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i have beaten the common cold! yesterday morning, throat tickle, by last night runny nose. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 13:08
and you don't want to know how hard it was to find Hannukah songs to include in our caroling this year - znu invictus Dec 22, 13:03 10
- orrin hatch's! and, also, simon baron-cohen's. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 13:06 1
  - not simon (heh), erran. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 22, 13:09
- ~ Paul Newman's half-Jewish, Goldie Hawn's half too ~ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 13:05
- The image I have of you singing Adam Sandler's Hannukah song is slightly less funny than my image of TFox eating quiche -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 13:05
- Adam Sandler wrote one -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 13:05 1
  - ... and he wrote it specifically because there weren't very many. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:07
- no Adam Sandler cover? in all seriousness, Hannukah is not that big of a holiday, is it? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 13:05 2
  - not very well suited for a 8-person a capella caroling group. - znu invictus Dec 22, 13:06
  - You know who's fault it is that Hannukah isn't that big of a holiday? - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:06
- What about "Hi-Ho for Hanukkah"? (or is that the same thing?) -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 13:04
Oh, did I tell you what someone wrote on the elevator sign that says "No real christmas trees, please"? - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:03
Is Roger More still around......I wanted to ask you how...... - Its a Disney Christmas Carol Dec 22, 13:03 1
- Stalker! - Roger More Dec 22, 13:06
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- You and David. -- nm - nubby Dec 22, 13:08
- Well, he has been pretty solid, since. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 13:06
- #shityankeesfansthink -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 13:03 3
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    - that makes more sense than stomping your feet and saying "Daddy, I want *another* Mark Teixeira!" You sound like Dudley Dursley. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 13:07 1
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i'm loling at the holiday greetings below - zdroid Dec 22, 13:01 2
- Are there any ghosts? -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 13:02 1
  - they've been preemptively excortized by community prayer apparently -- nm - zdroid Dec 22, 13:07
Hmm, I rather like the Fox Sports redesign. -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:59
Happy Kwanza -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:57 1
- a P2P holiday? -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:58
I think a relative has already made some seven layer bars, but I'm thinking of a modified ty97 version. -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:57
Ndamukong Suh became the first defensive player voted The Associated Press College Football Player of the Year on Tuesday. -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:56 1
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With a nod to Remlik, a repost: Rage Against the Machine beats X-Factor winner to score UK's Christmas #1. -- (link) - Mop (229 lbs) Dec 22, 12:55 2
- It's vaguely like a real-life Love Actually -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:55 1
  - I was thinking that this morning. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:57
I hope the person replying with "Merry Christmas" is not doing it as a correction but as a share that you can wish them the same without offending the - m --nm - MyrrhDragon Dec 22, 12:53 3
- I get Merry Christmas a lot in response to Happy Holidays, but it's usually with a smile - TWuG Dec 22, 12:56
- that's as it should be. if i am in a foreign country on a holiday and someone wishes me Happy (Whatever) i accept it gratefully. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:54 1
  - I never got why poeple are offended by such comments. If a jewish person wished my a Happy Hannukah it wouldn't upset me. -- nm - Fiiiiiiive Cuzzin Todds Dec 22, 13:02
st poll: this poll is so important I am hiding it in the im. - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:53 22
- Bacon-wrapped shrimp, Crown Rib Roast, Turnip and Mustard Greens, Sweet Potato Pie, A lovely Cabernet Sauvignon. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 13:07
- crab cake prime rib ? pecan crostini, like pie only thinner denser -- nm - zdroid Dec 22, 13:04
- I recently discovered Pfeffernusse at Trader Joe's, they are great. Other than that, i like ham. -- (link) - con_carne Dec 22, 13:03
- app = chex mix, main dish = prime rib, side = corn casserole dessert = apple pie drink = champagne -- nm - The JenBro Who Stole Christmas Dec 22, 13:00
- sausage balls, spiral ham, green bean casserole, cherry pie, booze -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:59
- baked brie with brown sugar and currants. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:58 1
  - oh, i didn't go beyond aps, Main - turkey, side - stuffing, dessert - apple pie with vanilla ice cream -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 13:00
- app: cheese. main: sliced honey baked ham. side: mashed potatoes. desert: apple pie. beverage: Coors Light -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:58
- Appetizer: cheese. Main dish: Turkey. Side: Tourtiere. Dessert: Buche. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:55
- Prawn cocktails, Turkey with loads of stuffing and gravy, what do you mean side dish, black forest gateaux, white wine. -- nm - Loyola Dec 22, 12:55
- Appetizer: Black olives. Main dish: a cranberry roast beef my wife makes. Side: scalloped potatos Dessert: apple pie - TWuG Dec 22, 12:54
- cream cheese and chives on Ritz crackers. quiche during presents. (there, an insight into TFox family christmas.) -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:54 10
  - how do you eat quiche during presents? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:55 9
    - My mental picture of TFox daintily eating quiche amuses me -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:58 4
      - Quiche is crazy delicious. There is nothing dainty about how I get down on that stuff. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 13:00 3
        
        Sure, but there's a list somewhere of "manly food" and quiche is not on it -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 13:02 2
        
        There's a whole book! - Elf Andie Dec 22, 13:04
        
        it should be. "egg, bacon, and cheese pie"? that's mantastic! -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 13:03
    - ? cut a slice, put that shit on a plate, walk into the room with the tree, eat bites while others are opening, put fork down when it's my turn. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:55 2
      - why would you cut a slice of shit, put it on the plate, then eat it with a fork? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:57 1
        
        ... and call it macaroni? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:59
    - with a fork -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:55
"Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kiss My Ass, Kiss His Ass" - Clark Griswold Dec 22, 12:52
I think this all goes back to thing I've discovered over the last few years. People just like to bitch about stuff - CQ Dec 22, 12:50 11
- It seems to me this is about intolerance, too -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 13:06
- uh-huh. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 13:01
- wealthy people are supposedly the worst. Because when you pay $600 for a steak (or whatever) you're bound to be disappointed -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:59
- people can find happiness / satifaction in bad conditions too - zdroid Dec 22, 12:56 1
  - very true -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:59
- Your IM is what comforts me when I'm feeling financially strapped. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:52 2
  - I'm highly confident that I'd find very little to bitch about were I a billionaire. With your help I can test this theory! -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:54 1
    - I just pictured that crazy guy in the hardware store in Garden State. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:55
- "it's so hot here, it melts the ice in my crystal goblet of sangria too quickly' - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:51
- word -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:51
- I hate that. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:51
ugh, 2/14 is a Saturday this year. (That's the weekend I may be in NY. What an inopportune weekend for having a get-together) -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:49 5
- nmbTy97 - I've committed to SXSW this year - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:50 4
  - psst -- (link) - zork Dec 22, 12:55 [Backboard] 1
    - LOL!!! you naughty elf! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 13:01
  - woo-hoo! - ty97 Dec 22, 12:53 1
    - woot! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 13:01
LIR: debate in Switzerland: muslim students are to be exempt from singing xmas songs where the lyrics say that Jesus is God's son -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:45 29
- Couldn't they just alter the arrangement so that a group of kids would sing one part (sans-Jesus), and another group of kids would sing the rest? - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:52 2
  - They should be allowed to sing alternate lyrics, of the Jingle Bells Batman smells variety -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 13:04
  - they said "they can choose not to sing and like .. you know .. play an instrument" -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:54
- singing is a requirement? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:49 5
  - yodelling -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:55
  - well, most kids do like to sing. and most teachers do sing with them -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:51 2
    - sure, and they can sing if they want, and they can not sing if they don't want. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:52 1
      - I think it's grownups that have a problem with it. What was that again with the patient at the hospital and the offensive picture? -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:55
  - Yes. - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:50
- You don't wanna sing, don't sing. I don't care what your reasons are. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:46 10
  - and if you wanna be free, be free. cause there's a million ways to be. you know that there are. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:52
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    - yeah, like when people argue that I should stop talking because someone else might get the vapors... - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:51
    - We agree. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:49 5
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        Guh. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:57 3
        
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        I sing Cat Stevens songs to my daughter all the time. ;) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 13:08 1
        
        I don't know any Yusef Islam songs -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:09
  - "I refuse to allow the National Anthem be sung in my privately-owned stadium, because my blind gardener is named Jos�, and the song is insensitive to - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:48
- hmm, ok. - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:45 8
  - I thought there was a family tree of prophets, with regard to Islam. Jesus was the son, Muhammed was the brother, something like that -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:47 7
    - I may be wrong, but Jesus is recognized as a prophet but not THEE Prophet in Islam. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:51 4
      - This is what I'm saying. There's a heirarchy, or a family tree, from what I recall. - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:53 2
        
        in Islam, Jesus is not divine, whereas in Christianity he is. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:54 1
        
        and has been since the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) -- (link) - marcel Dec 22, 12:58
      - from wiki.... - Remlik Dec 22, 12:52
    - and a remote cousin Mel - marcel Dec 22, 12:49 1
      - upon whose birthday we all celebrate Humpsmas -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:50
Some of my best friends are Catholics. I love them dearly, but they are not going to expect me to know all their particular Holy Days so I can greet - con_carne Dec 22, 12:43 7
- I always forget to wish people "Happy Satan Day" on April 30th. Those Satanists can't stand me -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:46
- There aren't really greetings for those days. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:45
- Just FYI, you really don't get alot of "Happy Good Friday!" It's not really good -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 12:44 3
  - See, this is what I don't know. Yet "Merry Christmas" is the one we're all supposed to know, regardless of religion? -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:46 2
    - Why do you hate our economy? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:47
    - how could you not know that one? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 12:46
- Happy Ashover Tuesday! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:44
the good - grandmothers xmas gift ordered. the bad - she lives out in the middle of noplace, amazon (even with overnight delivery) cannot delivery it - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:42 5
- Uh, you realize Christmas is in a few days, right?-- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:43 4
  - I dropped the ball on a few items that I should have ordered online before I did. - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:44 2
    - Well, if it is a Bears train, you know it will be slow. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:46 1
      - and in fact - it is. LOL - - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:49
  - yes, but I had no idea what to get her until last night. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:44
baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and coleslaw is what's for dinner. -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:42
I shall now greet everyone with "Happy Holydays!" that'll piss everyone off :) -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 12:42 3
- I thought it's Holidays, not Holydays? -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:46
- This is why I start every conversation with Get Bent. - David Dec 22, 12:45
- I shalt say "Happy drunkenassfacedays" -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:42
really, though, we should just avoid wishing anyone anything this time of year just to be on the safe side. -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:40 1
- *hand gestures at you* -- nm - b. Dec 22, 12:41
contextually appropriate seasonal greetings to all, and to all a good night! -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:39 16
- It is interesting that one would temper their greetings on Christmas when wishing other faiths well for the holidays, but when faced with a person - Loyola Dec 22, 12:41 14
  - no-one is saying if you want to wish someone Merry Christmas you can't, just saying being offended by "Happy Holidays" is rather illogical. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:45 9
    - It's ungrateful is what it is. It's taking a gift and spitting on the giver. -- nm - TWuG Dec 22, 12:47 7
      - The only instance I can see the critique as somewhat valid (and even then it's suspect)... - TFox Dec 22, 12:50 4
        
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        reminds me of when I was singing in church over easter weekend this year. - znu invictus Dec 22, 13:02
        
        *laughing* I love the smell of passive aggressiveness in the morning. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:57 1
        
        "Smells like ... frankenscense" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:59
      - That's why I never bought the argument that other faiths would/should be offended by anyone wishing them well, in whatever form. - Loyola Dec 22, 12:49
      - I hate when chicks do that. -- nm - Groiny Dec 22, 12:49
    - *ding* -- nm - Callisto Dec 22, 12:46
  - "happy holidays" and "season's greetings" are encompassing, not tailoring. - b. Dec 22, 12:44 2
    - Hey dude is male-encompasing but Hi, Kevin is tailored to me - oblique Dec 22, 12:49 1
      - (heh, tiny prints ad on the left.) I'm happy when people are nice. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 13:03
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- I don't celebrate Contextmas :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:40
okay, the individualy wrapped caramels are a bit of deviltry. -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:39 1
- You can just melt them in the wrappers and then scrape the plastic film off the top. (just kidding) -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:40
seasonal and/or seasonal-holiday greetings! -- nm - b. Dec 22, 12:38
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Happy holidays, ass face! -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:38 1
- wiggum? -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:38

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