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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:57 AM
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the holidays bring out the worst in everyone
discuss.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:58 AM
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1. I think you just said it all right there in that one sentence.
Discuss.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:59 AM
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2. That is just beneath me!
Discuss





























:P :silly:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:01 AM
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3. They do televisionwise.
When the WB offers such Christmas delights as the "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" animated special, not to mention a "Scooby-Doo Christmas" special.

And being around people shopping isn't a barrel of laughs, either.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:35 AM
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10. oh man
i thought you were kidding

there really IS a Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer special =/
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:23 PM
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13. Bad Santa - the only time I smile.
Billy Bob was great.
as for the rest of the season - to hell with it.
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VaYallaDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:01 AM
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4. Just plain old cuss. Forget the dis.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:08 AM
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5. You won't feel that way when the Window of Joy opens
It is such a happy, happy place.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:10 AM
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6. the window of joy was shut down
i'm having an edward scissorhands moment

the angry villagers stormed it & threw rocks at it :(
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:19 PM
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11. Damn that matcom!!!!
Now what will I do?


:cry:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:18 AM
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7. hopefully; i'm really down on the holidays this year
it really seems like everyone gets even bitchier than they are during the rest of the year.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:21 PM
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12. Here STM, this will cheer you up.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:31 AM
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8. Fuck you.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:32 AM
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9. .
:thumbsup:
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:24 PM
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14. Yes. My side of the family is crazier than ever.
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 12:26 PM by CottonBear
My mother and sister have mounted (behind my back) a campaign of hate and accusation against my husband. We are dumbfounded. My mother is normally very polite but I am afrais that she is an upper-middle class snob. We may not go to visit them for Christmas. It would simply be too uncomfortable and I might be tempted to strangle my sister (who still lives at home at age 40, has never married, gotten a college degree or voted.)
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:08 PM
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15. Yes.
My two decades in retail have led me to this conclusion as well.

I'm actually not feeling as hate-filled toward humanity this year, which must be because I'm very happy and am looking forward to Neil's visit on Dec. 27. :)
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:11 PM
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16. The holidays tend to bring out EXTREMES
Often the worst -- I haven't really been out there amidst it, but I know how it gets -- but sometimes the best.

It's unchecked, rampant, insane levels of consumerism that's the key to most bad behavior at this time of year, I think, even away from a direct shopping context.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:06 PM
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18. It's X-TreeMs. Like X-Mas but different.
Bah. Bah, humbug.
RAmen and Merry Solstice.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:41 PM
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17. I think it brings out the best in our friends
Nothing more wonderful than sitting around at someone's house, fire going, friends all around, (noticing ornaments you painted for them hung on their tree), exchanging gifts like homemade cookies, books, handmade jewelry, etc.

Family has all the emotional baggage (can you believe Michael was so cheap this year? Charlie spent so much on presents for Mom and Dad, I wonder what he's after?)

Friends make you remember why holidays can be fun.
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