Boxing Day?

re: #1 LilyGecko

LILY i have some choc. for you

evil gila monster laugh HEHEHEHEHEHE

re: #1 LilyGecko

Boxing Day?

Boxing Day

re: #2 yochanan

I won't fall for your trick...

Last Sunday in the regular NFL Season comin right up.
The Bears have had everything break their way last week.
Now if the Giants play their game against the Vikings, the Bears just need to beat Houston.
I am a Bears fan & they are a testament to tenacious mediocrity.

I am heading out to do some post Christmas shopping

re: #4 Desert Dog

I know. It just seemed like a random topic.

re: #1 LilyGecko

A British tradition

re: #5 LilyGecko

I won't fall for your trick...

"Candygram"

(Jaws music in background)

Forget Boxing Day, it's KWANZAA! whew hew!

re: #6 opnion

Last Sunday in the regular NFL Season comin right up.
The Bears have had everything break their way last week.
Now if the Giants play their game against the Vikings, the Bears just need to beat Houston.
I am a Bears fan & they are a testament to tenacious mediocrity.

I'm still laughing about the lowly 49ers beating the J-E-T-S.

re: #11 subsailor68

Well, I'm going into hiding.

re: #12 Desert Dog

ewww

re: #6 opnion

Last Sunday in the regular NFL Season comin right up.
The Bears have had everything break their way last week.
Now if the Giants play their game against the Vikings, the Bears just need to beat Houston.
I am a Bears fan & they are a testament to tenacious mediocrity.

Houston has done pretty good their last few games.

re: #14 LilyGecko

Well, I'm going into hiding.

Better not be trying to take my MEAT with you... ;p

re: #1 LilyGecko

My Grandfather was a Customs/Immigration officer @ Coutts/Sweetgrass - Canadian border. His family was from Nova Scotia. We celebrated it in our home by putting together boxes of food (can goods, etc.) and gave them to the less fortunate in the community.

Actually, I gotta go.

(Chucks the meat forty feet away.)

Go and get it if you want it!

BBIAW

re: #14 LilyGecko

Well, I'm going into hiding.

Heh, heh, won't help.

LAND SHARK!

re: #13 debutaunt

I'm still laughing about the lowly 49ers beating the J-E-T-S.

That was a surprise, but the Lions are now poised to ruin the table.
This will make them immortal, just like the Cubs going 100 years & no World Series title!

re: #19 LilyGecko

Actually, I gotta go.

(Chucks the meat forty feet away.)

Go and get it if you want it!

BBIAW

Smacks LilyGecko on ass and scampers off to retrive his meat... ;p

Happy boxing day (or Kwanzaa, if you celebrate that 40ish year old "holiday"), lizards!

re: #16 Cathypop

Houston has done pretty good their last few games.

I know, but the Bears are so mediocre that they drag you down to that level. Go Bears!

Buy American/Canadian/British today. Don't buy Chinese junk

re: #23 davinvalkri

It's a fake holiday

re: #11 subsailor68

CandygrramPAJAMAGRAM

(Jaws music in background)

fixed that for you

re: #6 opnion

Now if the Giants play their game against the Vikings, the Bears just need to beat Houston.

NFL Odds

Giants +7.0
Vikings -7.0

Bears +3.0
Texans -3.0

/not gonna happen

I'm very sick of the snow. I have stuff to do and a lot of errands to run. I'm getting cabin fever.

re: #26 winston06

It's a fake holiday

Yeah, I know, some African Studies professor made up the days to encourage "African self esteem" or something like that.

re: #22 doriangrey

what do you mean your meat

re: #26 winston06

It's a fake holiday

Yup. Kwanzaa is celebrated only by Black Nationalists, self-loathing White liberals, and the Hallmark Co.!

What A Wonderful World (In Memoriam To Joey Ramone)

re: #31 yochanan

what do you mean your meat

re: #29 Killgore Trout

I'm very sick of the snow. I have stuff to do and a lot of errands to run. I'm getting cabin fever.

Have some fun - build a large snowman. Roll in the snow like the baby elephant.

re: #28 Killian Bundy

/not gonna happen

Yeah, but the fates seem to like the Bears.

re: #29 Killgore Trout

I'm very sick of the snow. I have stuff to do and a lot of errands to run. I'm getting cabin fever.

What's keeping you from going out and getting you chores done.

To all those across the big big ocean, and up in the icy North,
Happy Boxing Day!

re: #12 Desert Dog

Forget Boxing Day, it's KWANZAA! whew hew!

How The Grinch Stole Kwanzaa AND How The Grinch (Almost) Stole Boxing Day!

Well, in the country which invented Boxing Daym most people gave 'boxes' to themselves:
Boxing Day sales are 'busiest in memory'

Caution - short memories here! Twenty years ago, shops were closed on Boxing Day ...

You folks might recall that Obama held the Chinese infrastructure in particularly high regard - especially around the time of the Beijing Olympics. Well, turns out that the infrastructure isn't nearly as good as Obama thought - or what the Chinese themselves claimed.

Not when hundreds of their schools collapsed because they had substandard rebar (or lacked any altogether) and crumbled in the Sichuan quake killing more than 88,000 people in all (no one knows for sure just how many children were killed because the government refuses to separate out that particular fact).

Still,
the Chinese have made the most widespread admissions to date that millions of square feet of schools are incapable of providing proper quake protection.

re: #29 Killgore Trout

I'm very sick of the snow. I have stuff to do and a lot of errands to run. I'm getting cabin fever.

Get a grip, mun - think of 'Scott of the Antarctic'!

;-)

I always thought Boxing Day was when you boxed up your gifts for either a) re-gifting or b) return/exchange to Macy's.

You learn something new every day. Or should...

re: #37 Walter L. Newton

What's keeping you from going out and getting you chores done.

Answering your silly questions obviously... ;p

re: #35 debutaunt

Have some fun - build a large snowman. Roll in the snow like the baby elephant.

Yeah - or make Angels' wings in the snow!

re: #45 yma o hyd

Yeah - or make Angels' wings in the snow!

Brrr... That sounds painfully cold...

re: #23 davinvalkri

Happy boxing day (or Kwanzaa, if you celebrate that 40ish year old "holiday"), lizards!

Well, here's Ann Coulter's take on Kwanzaa:

My Triumph Over Kwanzaa!

re: #29 Killgore Trout

Kilgore, Cook up a special one pot meal and invite others in the neighborhood over. They are probably sick of the cabin fever too.

re: #44 doriangrey

Answering your silly questions obviously... ;p

No, I'm serious. How much snow is on the ground/roads there? I really don't know. I was just asking.

re: #27 yochanan

fixed that for you

LOL! Loves me my pajamagrams!

re: #46 doriangrey

Brrr... That sounds painfully cold...

Kids here love doing it - admittedly, they have a differently adjusted inner thermostat compared to older folk!

re: #30 davinvalkri

Yeah, I know, some African Studies professor made up the days to encourage "African self esteem" or something like that.

Right, the guy started it in 1966, Ron Karenga.
He is an ex-con & rabid racist.
It is an old African celebration of the Harvest thet you really won't find on the Continent very much.
I made a joking Kwanzaa reference the other day & a couple of Lizards got really mental

re: #37 Walter L. Newton

I can get out just fine. I have 4 wheel drive and I know how to drive in the snow but it's the other Portlandiots that I worry about. I went out on Christmas eve and it's terrifying and incredibly dangerous out there.

re: #52 opnion

Right, the guy started it in 1966, Ron Karenga.
He is an ex-con & rabid racist.
It is an old African celebration of the Harvest thet you really won't find on the Continent very much.
I made a joking Kwanzaa reference the other day & a couple of Lizards got really mental

Why'd they go crazy?

re: #25 winston06

Buy American/Canadian/British today. Don't buy Chinese junk

Indeed. I attempt to buy all my wrapping paper and greeting cards and items NOT made In China. hard to do, and it costs more, but I've turned it into a challenge for myself. Place likes Pier One and Papyrus have options made in USA, England and Switzerland. I buy that stuff. It's not so fake-y.

re: #53 Killgore Trout

Portland, eh? I hear the City of (Neu)Roses is pretty snowed in...

re: #54 taxfreekiller

"down the road to San Marcos". Hmm...are you in the Hill Country?

(Kerrville here.)

re: #53 Killgore Trout

I can get out just fine. I have 4 wheel drive and I know how to drive in the snow but it's the other Portlandiots that I worry about. I went out on Christmas eve and it's terrifying and incredibly dangerous out there.

That's what I was wondering. How far are you from services (food, etc). If it's not a dangerous walk, this kind of weather makes for good walking.

re: #57 mikalm

Yeah, it's been over two weeks.

re: #60 Killgore Trout

Here in the Bay Area, we've just had violent rain- and wind-storms. Today it's actually pretty clear, albeit cold.

re: #52 opnion

Right, the guy started it in 1966, Ron Karenga.
He is an ex-con & rabid racist.
It is an old African celebration of the Harvest thet you really won't find on the Continent very much.
I made a joking Kwanzaa reference the other day & a couple of Lizards got really mental

LOL
one time i said that if the Dead played a concert outside the Denver Demo Convention that that nobody would be protesting..
A couple lizards just came unhinged and freaked out..Saying I was insulting the Dead...
Sometimes you just gotta laugh...

re: #47 subsailor68

now if there was a holiday for TRANNIES

re: #55 davinvalkri

Why'd they go crazy?

They thought that I was giving Kwanzaa the same status as Christmas.
I wished everyone a Merry Christmas, Hannuka, Kwanzaa, Festivus and Winter Solsice for the Druids. I thought that it was an obvious joke, but...

re: #61 mikalm

Here in the Bay Area, we've just had violent rain- and wind-storms. Today it's actually pretty clear, albeit cold.

Kicking the rear end of the drought.

re: #63 HoosierHoops

LOL
one time i said that if the Dead played a concert outside the Denver Demo Convention that that nobody would be protesting..
A couple lizards just came unhinged and freaked out..Saying I was insulting the Dead...
Sometimes you just gotta laugh...

Hoops, I was on that thread. I remember thinking that their comments were just silly.

I saw a car eoday with a dozen bumper stickers on it. One McCain, two Hooters, one "I'm the National Guard", one "Welcome to America now learn English." And right in the middle- a rainbow peace sign.

re: #64 yochanan

now if there was a holiday for TRANNIES

Hmmm...I get the feeling that you, like me, are not a huge fan. (I much preferred the class and civility of Wm F. Buckley Jr.)

Kwanzaa: Fact or Fiction?

When I was at Disney World's Epcot Center recently, they had a large, decorated pine tree displayed prominently. I then wondered if it was a Christmas tree or one of those newfangled "Holiday" trees. There were a number of placards on the tree, and the only ones that said "Merry Christmas" were in foreign languages so as not to antagonize over-sensitive Americans, apparently. What was in English was a placard that wished my unspecified holidays would be "happy" and one that said "Have a Joyous Kwanzaa." That made me wonder why Kwanzaa was the only holiday that could get specific mention in English. Perhaps the tenets of Kwanzaa could be offensive to me. Of course, I had no idea what Kwanzaa was and whether to be offended, so I asked the nearest Disney employee what Kwanzaa was. It happened to be Mickey Mouse, and he just shrugged his shoulders and danced a happy little jig in response. I then knocked him to the ground and demanded answers.

And, if any prosecutor asks, Mickey produced his own weapon before I pulled out the switchblade.

While the most common question in regards to Kwanzaa is "What the hell is Kwanzaa?" perhaps that's the wrong question to be asking. Maybe a better question is whether Kwanzaa exists at all. Not only do I not know anyone who celebrates Kwanzaa, I don't even know anyone who knows anyone who knows how to celebrate Kwanzaa if he or she wanted to.

The traditional story about the creation of Kwanzaa is that, in 1966, an American black militant exclaimed, "I ain't celebrating no white man's holiday!" and made a new African holiday which�s celebration would start the day after Christmas. As charming as that story is, there simply is no evidence to corroborate it. If Kwanzaa has been around nearly forty years, wouldn't there be some documented evidence of a Kwanzaa celebration? Instead, all supposed proof of Kwanzaa is highly questionable.

Furthermore, I don't remember hearing anything about Kwanzaa until sometime in the 90's. A quick Google search found no references to Kwanzaa before the invention of the World Wide Web, something that took place well after 1966.

With further research and the use of the great journalist staple - unnamed sources - I found out that Kwanzaa was not actually created until the mid 90's, and, not only was it not made by black militants, it was created by an old, rich white man.

Sometime in the 90's, political correctness started to take hold during the holidays with TV making sure to wish a "Happy Hanukah" and "Happy Holidays" along with the then common "Merry Christmas" (Ramadan was not mentioned since we had yet to have a large scale terrorist attack). An executive at NBC decided to one-up the competition in how diverse they were by having an African holiday to mention. Not wanting to bother to do the research to find an actual holiday, the executive made up a holiday, named it after his daughter's imaginary friend, and gave it a flimsy back-story. When others saw the mention of this "Kwanzaa," they did not question it so as not to be accused of being racist. Not long after, everyone was mentioning Kwanzaa during the Christmas season though none knew what it was.

In conclusion, while Christmas and Easter have fictional characters to tell our children about, the holiday of Kwanzaa itself is the fiction. If someone wishes you a joyous Kwanzaa, you wish him right back a blissful Flibberdygibble.

This is Pajamas Media reporter Frank J. signing off.

Heh.

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

I walked down to the hardware store earlier and picked up stuff for a bamboo bending experiment I have planned. I went out to try to find the bamboo I cut a few weeks ago (buried under the snow out back somewhere) and fell in my pond. It's kinda tough to find the edge on the pond (pic).

Just getting grumpy and complaining.

re: #65 opnion

They thought that I was giving Kwanzaa the same status as Christmas.
I wished everyone a Merry Christmas, Hannuka, Kwanzaa, Festivus and Winter Solsice for the Druids. I thought that it was an obvious joke, but...

Yeah, I remember Zombie objected to what s/he thought was an equivocation of Kwanzaa and Festivus wtih the real holidays. Can't say I blame him/her too much for overreacting -- around here, in the land of MultiKulti Uber Alles and Snarky Ironicism At All Costs, it does sometimes seem that the two made-up contemporary holidays are treated as equally (or even more) legitimate as the three historic celebrations.

re: #69 subsailor68

Hmmm...I get the feeling that you, like me, are not a huge fan. (I much preferred the class and civility of Wm F. Buckley Jr.)

Her off-the-wall take on things is fun once in a while.

re: #65 opnion

They thought that I was giving Kwanzaa the same status as Christmas.
I wished everyone a Merry Christmas, Hannuka, Kwanzaa, Festivus and Winter Solsice for the Druids. I thought that it was an obvious joke, but...

What about Thor? You're being insensitive to Vikings.
/sarc

re: #69 subsailor68

Hmmm...I get the feeling that you, like me, are not a huge fan. (I much preferred the class and civility of Wm F. Buckley Jr.)

NOT TO MENTION THE BRAINS

re: #71 Killgore Trout

I walked down to the hardware store earlier and picked up stuff for a bamboo bending experiment I have planned. I went out to try to find the bamboo I cut a few weeks ago (buried under the snow out back somewhere) and fell in my pond. It's kinda tough to find the edge on the pond (pic).

Just getting grumpy and complaining.

Is that a photo of you after you fell in the pond?

re: #75 Jim in Virginia

What about Thor? You're being insensitive to Vikings.
/sarc

That would be Yule.

re: #77 debutaunt

Thankfully I didn't face plant all the way in. Just up to my knees.

Tomorrow is HEAD-BUTT A LIBERAL DAY.

The Twelve Days of Global Warming.

[Link: hotair.com...]

Momma'.

re: #67 opnion

Hoops, I was on that thread. I remember thinking that their comments were just silly.

Hey.. Those dangone down dings.. And I like the Dead...But really thinking about the moral dilemma of having to choose between the democratic convention and a Dead Concert is provoking.

re: #73 debutaunt

re: #76 yochanan

Every once in awhile she says something that is kind of fun, but I keep getting the feeling that it's sometimes just a schtick, rather than a real conviction.

And, yep, the late, much missed Mr. Buckley definitely had the brains!

re: #71 Killgore Trout
Kilgore, where are you? Just curious.
Supposed to be 70 here tomorrow.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

I walked down to the hardware store earlier and picked up stuff for a bamboo bending experiment I have planned. I went out to try to find the bamboo I cut a few weeks ago (buried under the snow out back somewhere) and fell in my pond. It's kinda tough to find the edge on the pond (pic).

Just getting grumpy and complaining.

Aww - its lovely!
Is that thing in the middle the fountain where the hummingbirds come to drink?

(Sorry about your fall - must've been pretty cold ...!)

re: #80 AuntAcid

You mean, "Glasgow Kiss Day"?

re: #75 Jim in Virginia

What about Thor? You're being insensitive to Vikings.
/sarc

Wow - I had no idea that Vikings were sensitive!

re: #71 Killgore Trout

I walked down to the hardware store earlier and picked up stuff for a bamboo bending experiment I have planned. I went out to try to find the bamboo I cut a few weeks ago (buried under the snow out back somewhere) and fell in my pond. It's kinda tough to find the edge on the pond (pic).

Just getting grumpy and complaining.

Here's my friend Biff Rose (look him up on YouTube if you don't know who he is) in my backyard about 8 years ago working some affirmative action on a snowman...

re: #71 Killgore Trout

I walked down to the hardware store earlier and picked up stuff for a bamboo bending experiment I have planned. I went out to try to find the bamboo I cut a few weeks ago (buried under the snow out back somewhere) and fell in my pond. It's kinda tough to find the edge on the pond (pic).

Just getting grumpy and complaining.

Here's my friend Biff Rose (look him up on YouTube if you don't know who he is) in my backyard about 8 years ago working some affirmative action on a snowman...

(link helps)

Image: biffsmbf.jpg

Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate it!

re: #88 yma o hyd

Wow - I had no idea that Vikings were sensitive!

I'm a Sensitive New Age Viking.

Sugarloaf.

re: #65 opnion

They thought that I was giving Kwanzaa the same status as Christmas.
I wished everyone a Merry Christmas, Hannuka, Kwanzaa, Festivus and Winter Solsice for the Druids. I thought that it was an obvious joke, but...

pffft...hehehehe!

I got a Chupacabra for Xmas...

Image: Chupacabra_1.jpg

re: #88 yma o hyd

Wow - I had no idea that Vikings were sensitive!

One of the funniest observations about that subejct was made, I believe, by author Nick Tosches. He was talking about the rise of hypersensitivity in the 70s, and claimed that he once saw a handbill issued by the Klu Klux Klan during the Carter years that referred to the Invisible Empire's sheeted hordes as Klanspersons. Tosches said something like, "When even the KKK had to use politically-correct language, you knew the forces of Social Sensitivity had triumphed!"

re: #87 mikalm

You mean, "Glasgow Kiss Day"?

I received a box of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Grahams - "Crispy graham cookies enrobed in rich, dark chocolate" I'm pretty sure they contain some illegal substance and I may die of terminal deliciousness!

re: #80 AuntAcid

Tomorrow is HEAD-BUTT A LIBERAL DAY.

Why not? It cannot be any less rooted in any real tradition than kwanzaa.

re: #85 Jim in Virginia

Oregon.

Snowzilla

re: #92 Jim in Virginia

I'm a Sensitive New Age Viking.

Are you the one who took a swig from his beer bottle before they started singing?

re: #98 debutaunt

Trader Joe's rocks my socks. They have achieved the economically impossible: high-quality foods and beverages at comparatively low costs.

re: #94 davinvalkri

pffft...hehehehe!

Was it obvious to you that I was being facetious?

re: #61 mikalm

Here in the Bay Area, we've just had violent rain- and wind-storms. Today it's actually pretty clear, albeit cold.

Did my hike up Mt. San Bruno with the missus. An outstanding clear day. She had a hare run in front of her and (no kidding) she screamed and ran back toward me. I about wet myself laughing. The hare was not small, but still, no reason to go in to fits.

re: #90 Walter L. Newton

Heh.

re: #105 rawmuse

Did my hike up Mt. San Bruno with the missus. An outstanding clear day. She had a hare run in front of her and (no kidding) she screamed and ran back toward me. I about wet myself laughing. The hare was not small, but still, no reason to go in to fits.

Her maiden name wasn't Carter, was it?

Well lizards.. It's almost 2009.. Don't you wish Charles had a top 10 stupid remarks of the year we could vote on?
How bout best flames?
Most inspirational
Buzzsaw's top ten
BEST MELTDOWN
best comeback
Ect..

re: #96 mikalm

One of the funniest observations about that subejct was made, I believe, by author Nick Tosches. He was talking about the rise of hypersensitivity in the 70s, and claimed that he once saw a handbill issued by the Klu Klux Klan during the Carter years that referred to the Invisible Empire's sheeted hordes as Klanspersons. Tosches said something like, "When even the KKK had to use politically-correct language, you knew the forces of Social Sensitivity had triumphed!"

Goodness gracious me - sensitive KKK, biw I've heard everything!

Mind - the way us Brits remember the Vikings, sensitive is not exactly a description which springs to mind ...

re: #103 mikalm

Trader Joe's rocks my socks. They have achieved the economically impossible: high-quality foods and beverages at comparatively low costs.

Great wine selection and an all around fun place to shop. Did I mention the killer dark chocolate?

re: #105 rawmuse

Did my hike up Mt. San Bruno with the missus. An outstanding clear day. She had a hare run in front of her and (no kidding) she screamed and ran back toward me. I about wet myself laughing. The hare was not small, but still, no reason to go in to fits.

Was it this hare?

re: #86 yma o hyd

I still can't get a pic of those humming birds. They're too damn fast.

re: #98 debutaunt

I received a box of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Grahams - "Crispy graham cookies enrobed in rich, dark chocolate" I'm pretty sure they contain some illegal substance and I may die of terminal deliciousness!

OMG! I hadn't thought about Trader Joe's in years! When we lived in Encino, that was a weekly stop on the shopping route. Best stuff ever, and always cool surprise products. Between there and Gelson's (supermarket to the stars, dontcha' know), it was heaven.

re: #105 rawmuse

On the other hand, "Look at the bones!"

re: #98 debutaunt

I received a box of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Grahams - "Crispy graham cookies enrobed in rich, dark chocolate" I'm pretty sure they contain some illegal substance and I may die of terminal deliciousness!

Are you saying you've still got some left?

re: #108 HoosierHoops

Well lizards.. It's almost 2009.. Don't you wish Charles had a top 10 stupid remarks of the year we could vote on?
How bout best flames?
Most inspirational
Buzzsaw's top ten
BEST MELTDOWN
best comeback
Ect..

Most frequent usage of Ect, despite my comments about hairballs

re: #98 debutaunt

I received a box of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Grahams - "Crispy graham cookies enrobed in rich, dark chocolate" I'm pretty sure they contain some illegal substance and I may die of terminal deliciousness!

Those have been recalled due to toxic levels of, hmm, ahh, dihydrogen monoxide. Send them to me and I wiil, ah, take care, ah, dispose of them. Safely. Very safely.

Gotta run, Lizards. BBL, maybe.

re: #111 mikalm

LOL! that is srsly twisted.

Greetings from warm, about-to-be sunny Maui.

re: #105 rawmuse

Did my hike up Mt. San Bruno with the missus. An outstanding clear day. She had a hare run in front of her and (no kidding) she screamed and ran back toward me. I about wet myself laughing. The hare was not small, but still, no reason to go in to fits.

Gotta defend the missus: its the totaly unexpected rapid movement which makes one scream.
Same with mice ... see them scuttling on the floor of the kitchen, and screams are just tearing out of one's throat, be one ever so sensible!

re: #108 HoosierHoops

Well lizards.. It's almost 2009.. Don't you wish Charles had a top 10 stupid remarks of the year we could vote on?
How bout best flames?
Most inspirational
Buzzsaw's top ten
BEST MELTDOWN
best comeback
Ect..

Seconded, or thirded, as the case may be!

re: #115 yma o hyd

Are you saying you've still got some left?

*Chewing and typing with mouth full*

Those Trader Joe's Graham Crackers dipped in Dark Chocolate, I am pretty sure they are a commie plot to soften us all up.

I discovered that after about 34 boxes of them.

re: #112 Killgore Trout

I still can't get a pic of those humming birds. They're too damn fast.

Video mode, or mode for fast-moving sports action, perhaps?

re: #120 Soona'

Greetings from warm, about-to-be sunny Maui.

Greetings, I look forward to visiting you in January. We will be in Kihei.

re: #123 debutaunt

*Chewing and typing with mouth full*

Teeheehee!
Thought so!
Eat them s-l-o-w-l-y, one at a time, they last longer ...

re: #121 yma o hyd

Gotta defend the missus: its the totaly unexpected rapid movement which makes one scream.
Same with mice ... see them scuttling on the floor of the kitchen, and screams are just tearing out of one's throat, be one ever so sensible!

So, the missus probably thought Ratatouille was a horror flick?

(Ducks.)

re: #72 mikalm

Yeah, I remember Zombie objected to what s/he thought was an equivocation of Kwanzaa and Festivus wtih the real holidays. Can't say I blame him/her too much for overreacting -- around here, in the land of MultiKulti Uber Alles and Snarky Ironicism At All Costs, it does sometimes seem that the two made-up contemporary holidays are treated as equally (or even more) legitimate as the three historic celebrations.

It was a mild attempt at humor. Lame maybe, but still just humor.
Kwanzaa is really laughable, but hey Festivus was a good Sienfeld episode.

re: #121 yma o hyd

Gotta defend the missus: its the totaly unexpected rapid movement which makes one scream.
Same with mice ... see them scuttling on the floor of the kitchen, and screams are just tearing out of one's throat, be one ever so sensible!

I wonder if Noam's found his mouse yet.

re: #108 HoosierHoops

Well lizards.. It's almost 2009.. Don't you wish Charles had a top 10 stupid remarks of the year we could vote on?
How bout best flames?
Most inspirational
Buzzsaw's top ten
BEST MELTDOWN
best comeback
Ect..

Sounds like a whiner... er I meant winner... yea, that's what I meant, a real winner... ;)

re: #126 rawmuse

Greetings, I look forward to visiting you in January. We will be in Kihei.

Hula pie at Kimos - eyes crossing in delight!

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

That's what I was wondering. How far are you from services (food, etc). If it's not a dangerous walk, this kind of weather makes for good walking.

Walk in the winter? In Maine? Good God Man, I'd Freeze my patootie off, ummm, maybe You've got something there. Better than dieting?

re: #120 Soona'

Greetings from warm, about-to-be sunny Maui.

*whack*

For Christmas, wife and kids got me a BIG Toblerone and a box of Trader Joes dark chocolate wedges with chipotle and cinnamon.
Unbelievable.
Which reminds me, there is still some left. Be right back.

Went by the mall, couldn't park, took twenty minutes just to escape.

Wasn't nearly that busy any day pre-Christmas, that I saw.

re: #128 subsailor68

So, the missus probably thought Ratatouille was a horror flick?

(Ducks.)

Yeah - or a revenge/snuff movie ...

Its the tails of mice and especially rats which are so horrible!

re: #131 doriangrey

How bout best flames?
how are doriangrey

re: #126 rawmuse

Greetings, I look forward to visiting you in January. We will be in Kihei.

Kihei is exactly where I've been the last two weeks. I'll be flying out tonight. But the "winter" weather will be beautiful when you get here.

Anybody see Marley & Me? It is getting bad reviews. It is a good book.

re: #135 Jim in Virginia

For Christmas, wife and kids got me a BIG Toblerone and a box of Trader Joes dark chocolate wedges with chipotle and cinnamon.
Unbelievable.
Which reminds me, there is still some left. Be right back.

I fear the day that Trader Joe's is shut down due to some trumped up charge. Rioting will ensue.

re: #136 itellu3times

Went by the mall, couldn't park, took twenty minutes just to escape.

Wasn't nearly that busy any day pre-Christmas, that I saw.

But the local news station is there, and found the same three people they find every year.

1 person returning gifts
1 person looking for bargains and starting next year's shopping
1 person spending Christmas gift money

re: #124 rawmuse

Those Trader Joe's Graham Crackers dipped in Dark Chocolate, I am pretty sure they are a commie plot to soften us all up.

I discovered that after about 34 boxes of them.

TJ's pack of chocolate and candy-coated cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and apricots - ditto.

I've been gone for 2 weeks, so sorry if this is a repeat, but this is my new clock.

re: #137 yma o hyd

Yeah - or a revenge/snuff movie ...

Its the tails of mice and especially rats which are so horrible!

hmmm...kinda with ya on that one.

re: #122 yma o hyd

Seconded, or thirded, as the case may be!

It would be so easy..Charles would just say..here are the catagories submiit your fav...You know everybody has got one of those bookmarks where somebody says 'It's True cause Jesus called me on my cellphone...'
or an inspirational post that brought tears to your eyes...
Clever ones...
Buzzsaw ones..I think we should at least vote on him

just kidding dorian
i have to put down the beer.

re: #144 griffon

I've been gone for 2 weeks, so sorry if this is a repeat, but this is my new clock.

I love it.

re: #132 debutaunt

Hula pie at Kimos - eyes crossing in delight!

If you haven't tried it yet, go to Cafe Olei. Best meal for the buck anywhere on the island.

re: #144 griffon

LOL I love it.

re: #145 subsailor68

hmmm...kinda with ya on that one.

Thanks, nice to know I'm not alone, having that feeling!

re: #151 yma o hyd

Thanks, nice to know I'm not alone, having that feeling!

Nope, not alone. (And that bubonic plague thing didn't help their image either.)

re: #146 HoosierHoops

It would be so easy..Charles would just say..here are the catagories submiit your fav...You know everybody has got one of those bookmarks where somebody says 'It's True cause Jesus called me on my cellphone...'
or an inspirational post that brought tears to your eyes...
Clever ones...
Buzzsaw ones..I think we should at least vote on him

Yeah - best buzzsaw poem, that'll get the votes rolling in!

re: #147 yochanan

just kidding dorian
i have to put down the beer.

Heck.. I ran out and the limo driver is on Holiday.

re: #154 HoosierHoops

Heck.. I ran out and the limo driver is on Holiday.

OMG! NO! :D

re: #149 Soona'

If you haven't tried it yet, go to Cafe Olei. Best meal for the buck anywhere on the island.

Thanks - I love the whale watching. Best vacations ever during Jan-Feb for seeing the baby whales learning to leap out of the water.

re: #152 subsailor68

Nope, not alone. (And that bubonic plague thing didn't help their image either.)

Its pretty scary to know that they're probably just a few feet away, in the sewers.
I'm so grateful for those sonic pest repellers - they really do keep all such vermin out of the house.
We tried everything - there was a nice trap with poison bait in it which the dogs couldn't get at.
Well, mouse ate it, became ill, gor very slow - Big Dog, who loved chasing them, caught it and ate it, right in front of us!
Had to take him to the vet, long day on infusion because of the poison in the mouse ... he was ok, our bank balance, not so much ...

re: #153 yma o hyd

Yeah - best buzzsaw poem, that'll get the votes rolling in!

Did you read the Veterans day thread? Powerful stuff..Hard to find a top ten there..

Made it.

Four-hour, white-knuckle drive from Fargo to Minneapolis.

Tomorrow would have been worse.

It's nap time.

Good afternoon Lizards!

re: #154 HoosierHoops

Heck.. I ran out and the limo driver is on Holiday.

Oh man get on the snowshoes. Quick, get beer, you could go blind!

Gotta peel meself off the sofa - Madame Dog has made her wishes known ...
Happy Boxing Day, or what remains of it - seeya tomorrow!

re: #156 debutaunt

Thanks - I love the whale watching. Best vacations ever during Jan-Feb for seeing the baby whales learning to leap out of the water.

And they are a-leapn'.

re: #159 Noam Sayin'

Made it.

Four-hour, white-knuckle drive from Fargo to Minneapolis.

Tomorrow would have been worse.

It's nap time.

How's your mouse?

re: #157 yma o hyd

I read somewhere about putting out instant potato flakes and a bowl of water for the mice.

re: #133 bbuddha

Walk in the winter? In Maine? Good God Man, I'd Freeze my patootie off, ummm, maybe You've got something there. Better than dieting?

Oh come on. I've trudged across the street, from my apartment to Walgreens and KFC many times, in 3 to 4 inches of snow, and I never got lost.

For those rat haters, The Year of the Rat about to end, the Year of the Ox begin.

re: #165 MandyManners

How's your mouse?

This weekend...

We throw down.

re: #166 debutaunt

I read somewhere about putting out instant potato flakes and a bowl of water for the mice.

Also fried chicken and a salad on the side.

re: #168 Silhouette

For those rat haters, The Year of the Rat about to end, the Year of the Ox begin.

I HATE OX!

re: #157 yma o hyd

Its pretty scary to know that they're probably just a few feet away, in the sewers.
I'm so grateful for those sonic pest repellers - they really do keep all such vermin out of the house.
We tried everything - there was a nice trap with poison bait in it which the dogs couldn't get at.
Well, mouse ate it, became ill, gor very slow - Big Dog, who loved chasing them, caught it and ate it, right in front of us!
Had to take him to the vet, long day on infusion because of the poison in the mouse ... he was ok, our bank balance, not so much ...

I'm glad big dog's okay - sorry about the bank balance.

We lived in a huge old house (three story with an attic above), and would hear them running around at night. One night my wife got the idea to leave the attic door open.

Next morning, the cat came down, all happy and stuff. Never heard the little buggers again.

re: #168 Silhouette

For those rat haters, The Year of the Rat about to end, the Year of the Ox begin.

Rats and oxen - what an odd calendar they have.

re: #161 opnion

Oh man get on the snowshoes. Quick, get beer, you could go blind!

It's cool..We are going to dinner and going clubbing and dancing tonight with some friends...I love dancing...

re: #159 Noam Sayin'

Made it.

Four-hour, white-knuckle drive from Fargo to Minneapolis.

Tomorrow would have been worse.

It's nap time.

Welcome hoam.

Not only is today Boxing Day, but it is also the Feast of St. Steven , reputed to be the first Christian martyr

re: #168 Silhouette

For those rat haters, The Year of the Rat about to end, the Year of the Ox begin.

I guess I'll have to start checking the cabinets and closets for ox turds.

re: #168 Silhouette

For those rat haters, The Year of the Rat about to end, the Year of the Ox begin.

The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.

I guess this will not be the hallmark of Obama's administration. It looks like it should be the year of the sloth; a sign of prosperity through government bailouts and welfare.

re: #170 Soona'

Also fried chicken and a salad on the side.

I think they eat lots of dehydrated potato flakes and then drink some water - I assumed they swell up and are available for cats and dogs to eat with a potato course inside.

re: #162 Devil's Advocate

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Up-ding.

re: #174 HoosierHoops

It's cool..We are going to dinner and going clubbing and dancing tonight with some friends...I love dancing...

With beer! Whew!

re: #169 Noam Sayin'

This weekend...

We throw down.

Have you considered a sonic repellant that yma o hyd wrote about in No. 157?

re: #181 opnion

With beer! Whew!

LOL
yup..Bud Light

re: #179 debutaunt

I think they eat lots of dehydrated potato flakes and then drink some water - I assumed they swell up and are available for cats and dogs to eat with a potato course inside.

Well then, you'll need to set out some butter too.

re: #178 Jetpilot1101

The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.

I guess this will not be the hallmark of Obama's administration. It looks like it should be the year of the sloth; a sign of prosperity through government bailouts and welfare.

Or the year of the Ass. For far too many reasons to mention here.

:-)

re: #174 HoosierHoops

It's cool..We are going to dinner and going clubbing and dancing tonight with some friends...I love dancing...

White man's overbite or do you have the moves?

re: #185 subsailor68

Or the year of the Ass. For far too many reasons to mention here.

:-)

You reasons would encompass more pages than an Ayn Rand novel.

re: #184 Soona'

Well then, you'll need to set out some butter too.

And chives and sour cream

Oxen, as far as I know, have never been responsible for the death of half the population of Europe.

re: #162 Devil's Advocate

Excellent!

re: #188 Silhouette

And chives and sour cream

No gravy?

re: #167 Walter L. Newton

Yes, I'm remembering the 3 - 4 inches of snow with fondness when I'm digging out the shed so we can get the snowblower out, when I'm slogging thru knee deep snow or sliding across our driveway which is experiencing a serious bout of schizoid behavior. it snows, we clear, it rains then freezes then snows again. It actually is pretty much like a ice skating rink now. Rockefeller center has nothing on us.
I may not have mentioned this... I dislike snow, rather a lot. I'm thinking of suing algore for mental distress. I was looking forward to this global warming thing he kept prattling about

re: #187 Jetpilot1101

You reasons would encompass more pages than an Ayn Rand novel.

Oh yeah!

re: #184 Soona'

Well then, you'll need to set out some butter too.

Keep some turkey gravy handy.

re: #182 MandyManners

Have you considered a sonic repellant that yma o hyd wrote about in No. 157?

I'm of the opinion they don't work.

re: #186 loppyd

White man's overbite or do you have the moves?

I have the fun...that's all that matters
at the xmas party late in the evening with were all sitting around talking with the music playing and there was one girl dancing alone on the floor.
My wife looked at me and said 'you get at there and dance with that girl right now..'
We don't care.. it's all about fun

re: #1 LilyGecko

Boxing Day?

Awnh-hawnh-hawnh, angleterre piglet! Your Marquess of the Queensbury rules, zey are, how you say, "no match" for my savate française! Take zat! [les effects du Foley: le punch! le kickez-vous!]

re: #192 bbuddha

Check out the "All Gore Doomsday Clock" on Rush Limbaugh's website. According to the Goreacle, we have 7 years to go before the planet burn up in a fiery Armageddon event.

re: #195 Noam Sayin'

the ones for bugs and spiders work. I can't speak for rodent control. Cat's seem to do the trick for that

re: #192 bbuddha

Yes, I'm remembering the 3 - 4 inches of snow with fondness when I'm digging out the shed so we can get the snowblower out, when I'm slogging thru knee deep snow or sliding across our driveway which is experiencing a serious bout of schizoid behavior. it snows, we clear, it rains then freezes then snows again. It actually is pretty much like a ice skating rink now. Rockefeller center has nothing on us.
I may not have mentioned this... I dislike snow, rather a lot. I'm thinking of suing algore for mental distress. I was looking forward to this global warming thing he kept prattling about

It's not wonder you are having trouble with all the Fluffy White Global Warming Crystals (TM), you didn't get the memo. This is not global warming per say, this is climate change.

See, doesn't that make you feel better?

/s

re: #178 Jetpilot1101

The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.

I guess this will not be the hallmark of Obama's administration. It looks like it should be the year of the sloth; a sign of prosperity through government bailouts and welfare.

Actually obambi is a "metal ox" same as me.

re: #195 Noam Sayin'

I'm of the opinion they don't work.

Yma says they do.

re: #202 VegasRick

Actually obambi is a "metal ox" same as me.

He's a mental midget but "mental ox" will do the trick.

re: #199 Jetpilot1101

Check out the "All Gore Doomsday Clock" on Rush Limbaugh's website. According to the Goreacle, we have 7 years to go before the planet burn up in a fiery Armageddon event.

So that's where the prequel to the planet of the apes begins..

re: #199 Jetpilot1101

Oh Poo. The Mayans gave us til 2012

re: #200 bbuddha

the ones for bugs and spiders work. I can't speak for rodent control. Cat's seem to do the trick for that

Italian leather furniture.

re: #201 Walter L. Newton

This is not global warming per say, this is climate change.

Formally known as "weather."

re: #207 MandyManners

Italian leather furniture.

Keeps out rodents?

re: #198 Throbert McGee

le punch! le kickez-vous!

Le broken nail! Merde!

re: #205 HoosierHoops

So that's where the prequel to the planet of the apes begins..

I think Dr. Zeas was initially modeled after Al Gore which lends credence to your theory.

re: #201 Walter L. Newton

OK I'm going to borrow a trick from MandyManners...Whack...
Now, I feel better. :-)

re: #183 HoosierHoops

LOL
yup..Bud Light

The King of beers! Well the Light King of beers.

re: #206 bbuddha

Oh Poo. The Mayans gave us til 2012

Considering they didn't see their own demise coming, I'm not too sure about their divining abilities.

re: #206 bbuddha

Oh Poo. The Mayans gave us til 2012

Gore gives us until 2014. If I had to pick, I'd trust the Mayans.

re: #207 MandyManners

Italian leather furniture.

Are you saying that might be a bad combination

re: #176 opnion

Not only is today Boxing Day, but it is also the Feast of St. Steven , reputed to be the first Christian martyr

Wouldn't that have been Christ?

re: #206 bbuddha

Oh Poo. The Mayans gave us til 2012

Talk to any Mayan. They're pretty confident about that date.

re: #179 debutaunt

I think they eat lots of dehydrated potato flakes and then drink some water - I assumed they swell up and are available for cats and dogs to eat with a potato course inside.

Gotta be better than what my dog eats right now. She eats her own offal.

re: #217 Truck Monkey

Wouldn't that have been Christ?

I don't think Jesus was a Christian.

re: #217 Truck Monkey

Jesus was Jewish

re: #220 Slumbering Behemoth

I don't think Jesus was a Christian.

He was of the Jewish faith but considering that Christianity was founded on His teachings, I'd call Him a Christian.

re: #199 Jetpilot1101

Check out the "All Gore Doomsday Clock" on Rush Limbaugh's website. According to the Goreacle, we have 7 years to go before the planet burn up in a fiery Armageddon event.

He did say that we had 10 years 3 years ago.
It is amazing to me that he is taken seriously. More & more scientists are breaking their silence about the scam.
I just heard John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel interviewed.
He claims that Global Warming is junk science & that he is now so close to retirement that he does not fear retribuition.

re: #209 Silhouette

Keeps out rodents?

I have leather furniture - for now, it keeps out cats.

re: #209 Silhouette

Keeps out rodents?

Only the lower-class rats.

BBL...

re: #221 bulwrk

Hey, you gotta pay rent if you're gonna be in my head. Buy me a beer and I'll call it even. :)

re: #221 bulwrk

Jesus was Jewish

Many Jews did not like Jesus..

re: #216 bbuddha

Are you saying that might be a bad combination

Could be.

re: #218 Soona'

Talk to any Mayan. They're pretty confident about that date.

I have to admit, I haven't talked to any Mayans recently. the 2012 deadline conversation was from a previous life.

The latest FU from the UAW.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Read it and weep.

re: #219 Truck Monkey

Gotta be better than what my dog eats right now. She eats her own offal.

Our Yorkie gets into the cat's litter box. We call that "grocery shopping".

re: #226 Noam Sayin'

Later, sweet tater.

re: #230 bbuddha

I have to admit, I haven't talked to any Mayans recently. the 2012 deadline conversation was from a previous life.

I'm not Mayan, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

re: #234 Truck Monkey

LOL good one

re: #222 Jetpilot1101

Does that mean I can be the first Behemothian? Behemothite? Behemothist?
/just being silly, nothing to see here

re: #223 opnion

He did say that we had 10 years 3 years ago.
It is amazing to me that he is taken seriously. More & more scientists are breaking their silence about the scam.
I just heard John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel interviewed.
He claims that Global Warming is junk science & that he is now so close to retirement that he does not fear retribuition.

Kudos for him for finally growing a spine. I think the next few years will see a systematic dismantling of the "Climate Change/Global Warming" hoax. A lot of scientists will have to eat crow. Even our dear leader may have to masticate his fill of carrion. The "skeptics" will be vindicated and Al Gore will be a global laughing stock.

re: #228 HoosierHoops

He never renounced his faith.

re: #222 Jetpilot1101

He was of the Jewish faith but considering that Christianity was founded on His teachings, I'd call Him a Christian.

He wasnt.

BTW, happy Boxing Day to all you...boxers?
May your good deeds be rewarded!

re: #236 Slumbering Behemoth

Does that mean I can be the first Behemothian? Behemothite? Behemothist?
/just being silly, nothing to see here

You can worship a potted plant and call in "Plantianity" for all I care. I love this country where we still have freedom of speech.

re: #227 Slumbering Behemoth

Gladly

re: #230 bbuddha

I have to admit, I haven't talked to any Mayans recently. the 2012 deadline conversation was from a previous life.

Many of the indiginous people in the Yucatan in Mexico claim Mayanhood.

re: #241 Jetpilot1101

...and freedom of religion.

re: #214 Silhouette

Considering they didn't see their own demise coming, I'm not too sure about their divining abilities.

After looking at the threads I've missed today, I was wondering something. I recently got to go on a tour of a massive computer facility that is set up to run various types of jobs. They have a physical space that is open to constant visual inspection that allows a connection or no connection, depending on the set up for the job. So, my question is for Charles is whether he has the account identity info on a drive that is physically off the internet... a space with no connection... to protect the data from the LGF stalkers. Somebody on one of the other threads said these LGF stalkers are running google searches, etc. and I would hate to think of them hacking the lizard processor.

re: #217 Truck Monkey

Wouldn't that have been Christ?

St. Stephen was stoned to death in 34AD for blaspheming against Moses, so yes you are correct.
You could also say that Christ was the first Christian

re: #223 opnion

He did say that we had 10 years 3 years ago.

And The Population Bomb (1968) predicted "in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death" and that nothing could stop it. And in later editions, predictions already proven false were quietly removed.

Amongst other remarks, Ehrlich also stated that "India couldn't possibly feed two hundred million more people by 1980," and "I have yet to meet anyone familiar with the situation who thinks that India will be self-sufficient in food by 1971." These predictions did not come to pass. In the book's 1971 edition, the latter prediction had been removed.

re: #245 kcladderman

What happened to my post?

re: #244 Jetpilot1101

...and freedom of religion.

Not to be confused with freedom from religion

re: #249 kcladderman

Its there

re: #247 opnion

St. Stephen was stoned to death in 34AD for blaspheming against Moses, so yes you are correct.
You could also say that Christ was the first Christian

Actually, the term *christian* was a derogatory term used for the followers of Yeshua (his Hebrew name) in the first century, meaning, *little christs*.

re: #248 Silhouette

He who makes predictions for a living should make lots of predictions.

That buffoon Al Gore fancies himself as a modern day Nostradamus.

re: #241 Jetpilot1101

You can worship a potted plant and call in "Plantianity" for all I care. I love this country where we still have freedom of speech.

Wow, that was a total non sequitor, but I agree. I love this country for that reason, and many, many others.

re: #237 Jetpilot1101

Kudos for him for finally growing a spine. I think the next few years will see a systematic dismantling of the "Climate Change/Global Warming" hoax. A lot of scientists will have to eat crow. Even our dear leader may have to masticate his fill of carrion. The "skeptics" will be vindicated and Al Gore will be a global laughing stock.

I hope that you are correct, but there are a lot of stakehloders in the Hoax.
If you have not read Michael Chrichton's State of Fear, get your hands on it. He lays out the scam

re: #247 opnion

St. Stephen was stoned to death in 34AD for blaspheming against Moses, so yes you are correct.

With Saul/Paul overseeing.

Someone recently pointed out to me what I knew but had never thought about - that the majority of the Bible is written by murderers. It speaks well of redemption and forgiveness.

When is Briefing Day?

re: #254 whiterasta

That buffoon Al Gore fancies himself as a modern day Nostradamus.

Nostraldumbass