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    Everytime ya pop into town its chocka full of feckers is runnin around around like headless chickens thinkin it's the end of the world buying everything and anything in bulk cos the shops are closed for a day!

    Worse still, wankers that can't park seem to be everywhere this time of year and take up every other parking space.

    Fecking parkin wardens are invisible to everything else goin on except what i do......... Bah humbug


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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Xmas is one of the biggest con jobs ever foisted on the world. I boycott it on principle. I don't need to be dictated to by commerce and fairy stories to have fun with friends and family.
    Cor what would the Three Wise Men and Jesus think of that

    Mary" Can I re gift the Frankensence as we already have some?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Cor what would the Three Wise Men and Jesus think of that



    Mary" Can I re gift the Frankensence as we already have some?"



    Jo " WTF do I do with mirr?"

    The 3 wise men were actually 3 travelling salesmen... Most likely selling snake oil, ointments or sexual supplements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Cor what would the Three Wise Men and Jesus think of that

    Mary" Can I re gift the Frankensence as we already have some?"

    Jo " WTF do I do with mirr?"
    The so called three wise men were a guess and an assumption. They were astrologers and the account doesn't say how many but because there were three types of gifts it was assumed there were three men. Herod sent them to find Jesus as he wanted to kill him, but after seeing the baby they didn't go back. Obviously Herod was miffed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    The so called three wise men were a guess and an assumption. They were astrologers and the account doesn't say how many but because there were three types of gifts it was assumed there were three men. Herod sent them to find Jesus as he wanted to kill him, but after seeing the baby they didn't go back. Obviously Herod was miffed.
    and, actually, none of that happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    and, actually, none of that happened.
    Of course it did.

    So did the Hobbit.

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    a. turn of the tv
    b. buy your stuff locally made
    c. take a vacation

    must say i was having a good run this year. But then, I don't buy pressies, I don't watch tv, and all i will do on boxing day is eating and drinking in my back yard. If peeps want to see me they know where to find me.
    squeek squeek

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    I don't need to be dictated to by fairy stories to have fun with friends and family.
    For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    and, actually, none of that happened.
    Are you saying that none of it happened and the only written records were done 70 years later based on hearsay?

    What next...Coca Cola inventing Santa.
    DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by unstuck View Post
    Yeah, unlike some...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Obviously Herod was miffed.
    Is that when he teamed up with Ford?

    Merry Christmas Ed.

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    There's never enough of this around at christmas.

    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Websites who say something will be delivered by 18 December.

    I figure I have one point five days left of reliable courier deliveries in which Mrs B's main Xmas pressie will be delivered. Ditto for some of Daughter B's gifts.

    Given they were ordered a month back I feel I had ordered in advance. The website tells me they packages are with the courier awaiting delivery ........



    On a brighter note I ordered 90% of the gifts I am giving off the internet - great shopping and apart from the above going well so far.


    As a side note I added a new helmet for myself to the list ....... that too is in NZ, titillating close to delivery - will it arrive in time for a boxing day ride? This is more exciting than waiting for Santa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Xmas is one of the biggest con jobs ever foisted on the world. I boycott it on principle. I don't need to be dictated to by commerce and fairy stories to have fun with friends and family.

    The atheists of our nation celebrating the birth of the son of God.

    Commercial reality at it's worst ... but the Boxing Day specials make it easier on the mind (and WALLET) ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    I drag out 'Love Actually' each year. Best Xmas movie ever - even some boob in it. It's my movie guilty pleasure.
    Boob? Damn. Must pay more attention next time!
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