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In response to "Repost: I think its time for my annual anti-Salvation Army bell ringers rant. " by Guy

two of my fellow Rotarians were bell ringing down town last Friday night and two young adult boys eyed them cautiously - went into the store behind

Posted by JenBro Dec 15 '10, 17:17

them ... came back out - and approached only to ask them "so what did you guys get caught doing to have to ring the bell for your community service anyway?"

hee hee .. I'm sure the boys thought they had happened upon a couple of career criminals that could maybe give them some tips!

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one of my favorite things as a kid was our dad taking us to the annual Rotary christmas party where Santa gave out presents - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:21 3
- that's cool ... I'm betting the Rotarians in your town were the one's tagged for having "Santa appear" for all the young girls and boys - JenBro Dec 15, 17:24 2
  - i don't know. the town had a little t'giving or xmas parade where his sleigh would be the last float in line. but i don't know if any one of the - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:29 1
    - Our volunteer fire dept used to load Santa on the back of the fire truck and drive around town throwing hard candy to the kids. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 17:43
i feel bad for the people who have to work inside the stores. - Guy Dec 15, 17:19 15
- you really should learn to tune them out. It's not that hard. If you live in a big city it's a necessity. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:11
- thankfully the shifts are only and hour each - and we set ours up to be down town - just down from the Mitchell St. Pub - and each group goes for a - JenBro Dec 15, 17:25
- The Christmas muzak is just as bad. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:25 2
  - I'd rather listen to William Hung's version of Silent Night on repeat than the same constant, repetitive racket -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 17:27 1
    - The two things you said are pretty much the same. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:27
- jeezus dude, it's not like they're working in a chinese sweatshop for two cents an hour - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:22 9
  - a few hours each year? are you joking? - Guy Dec 15, 17:24 8
    - *laughing so hard* ... they must ring it at your work place huh? that would be unbearable ... heh heh ... I never thought about the people who work - JenBro Dec 15, 17:28 2
      - fortunately, not where i work, just everywhere else I go - Guy Dec 15, 17:29 1
        
        ok - you need to buy a flask and make a game of it - shot for every ring! -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:31
    - friendly tip: don't bring up your seething hatred of the Salvation Army bells until like the second or third date with Scarlett Johannsen -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:27 4
      - you never know, maybe they share a common hatred of charity workers. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 18:04
      - Guy, friendly tip...Don't take dating advice from pixie -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 17:31
      - haha... probably a good idea, but then again - maybe its something we will bond over -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 17:28
      - No, her hubbie's lack of hate was why she ditched him. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:28

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two of my fellow Rotarians were bell ringing down town last Friday night and two young adult boys eyed them cautiously - went into the store behind

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