[ExI] netwonmas wisecracks

[Kelly Anderson]

2011/12/23 spike <spike66 at att.net>:
> This year I have seen a deplorable lack of Christmas wisecracks in this
> forum.  Unacceptable.

Happy Ramahanakwanzmas Spike!!!

> Last year I told of the three amigos, my son and his two cousins, aged 4, 5
> and 7 respectively.  The seven year old told the other two there is a
> Christmas song about a guy who eats peoples’ faces off.  Sure enough, when
> they got to the part about “…Jack Frost nipping at your nose…” they shrieked
> in horror and fled from the room, much to the consternation of the adults.

You're the man. It's funny how we celebrate by lying to our children
about how a jolly old socialist is going to bring them presents
without price...

Hitchens talked about the Dear Leader and the birthday of his Dear
Son... how Christmas turns the entire society into a bit of a
totalitarian state... it's all pretty funny. Especially in light of
the passing of the Dear Son in North Korea this last week... Hitchens
is just SO right about SO many things... his passing really bites.
It's hard to say if the world is a worse place because of Christopher
being gone, or a better one because Kim is gone... maybe there is some
balance being maintained... LOL!!!  Hitchens would get a kick out of
that kind of magical thinking eh?

> I still have problems with some of the lyrics of the songs that are
> mercilessly pounded into our consciousness this time of year.  For instance,
> “…the ox and lamp kept time, pa rumpa pum pum…”  Is that creepy or what?
> What were these two beasts actually doing to “keep time?”  Were they tapping
> their hooves?  Swaying to the beat?  Either way, would that freak you out or
> what?

Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra ... hell that always makes me laugh... every time.

It's a funny time of the year for me. I'm stuck between an
ex-girlfriend who does Christmas in an out of control way (she has 12
full sized Christmas trees), my kids who love the holiday and think
I'm the grinch, and my new girlfriend who doesn't celebrate the
holiday for religious reasons... and my good atheist friends, who just
shake their heads in disbelief... It's all a delicate and hilarious
balance.

Happy New Year everyone!! And happy winter solstice, at least the days
are going to get longer from here on out... :-)

-Kelly