Happy Holidays!
November 9th, 2015 at 9:06:30 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11825 |
Seinfeld writers simply concocted a non-existent holiday for a TV show that never had any uniform practices or written language and suddenly Festivus was born. Happy Festivus A holiday for the rest of us :-) (Because I celebrate Festivus does not mean I am at war with Christmas) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
November 9th, 2015 at 9:38:06 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | I celebrate the after Xmas sales, when prices are lower as retailers rush to get rid of inventory. If winter inventory persists, and some always does, the lowest prices are at the February sales. I wonder if it would pay to stand outside Starbucks outlets, selling reindeer and Xmas tree stickers at $0.10 to Christianize the plain holiday cups. Somehow I doubt it. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
November 9th, 2015 at 1:01:30 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I just remembered, when the Higg's Boson finally showed up at CERN, and in the days leading to the announcement, there was some talk were the media referred to it as "the 'God' Particle," alleging that's what physicists called it. Well, yes and no. Physicists have inside jokes as much as anyone else. Many years ago a scientist, I forget his name, wrote a book about the Higg's Boson titled "The Goddamn Particle." He chose the title because it was going to be very hard to detect (in fact CERN detected the expected decay particles the theory predicts would appear when a Higg's decays, not the Higg's itself). The publisher persuaded him to change it to "The God Particle," and it's been a joke among physicists ever since. They didn't make much noise, but several Christian groups objected to any and all references to "the God particle." Maybe this constitutes an "attack" on religion, if you consider that using the word "God" in a joke qualifies as such. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
November 9th, 2015 at 4:43:53 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
You're damn right. I am waging a war on Xmas. It's like the vinca in my garden. Every year it goes further and further from where it's supposed to be. The hugest of holidays might get 2 days, 3 days max. The 4th on a weekend. New Years Eve / Day. Xmas is getting 57 f#$%ing days now. No. I'm done. It's on. Death to holiday creep. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
November 9th, 2015 at 5:19:48 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18793 |
Personally, I wouldn't mind if Starbucks put Jesus on their cups holding a cup of Starbucks coffee. If people don't notice that Christmas is being used to sell products when it is less blatant then show them what is really going on. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 9th, 2015 at 5:21:45 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18793 | double post You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 9th, 2015 at 5:29:44 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
If you're still a mailman, you're going love the CRAP out of Dec.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |