What you got for X-mas verses what you wanted ... [Archive]

bruceb

12-23-2003, 08:30 AM

Tis the season to get stuff ... give stuff, and return stuff when the reciepts or tags are still with the merchandise that is.

What did you give, or get for X-mas that you really wanted, or didn't want? (And Sex doesn't count!)

Keep it on track with material goods in the material world, eh?

n2shotokai

12-23-2003, 08:40 AM

I asked Santa for an RPG to blast the idiots out of the way in the parking lots the day after Christmas when I return the stuff I don't want. Also a new 9 mm with extra clips and plenty of ammo to thin out the crowds inside the stores.

kenshorin

12-23-2003, 08:46 AM

What I really want are stuff I can play with. Some new computer geekwares, new car accessories, fun stuff. But I know I'm just gonna end up getting clothes and gift certificates for stores I don't shop in...

larsen_huw

12-23-2003, 08:48 AM

Originally posted by kenshorin
... new car accessories ...

Yeah, car accessories rule! :)

However, my type of car accessories differ slightly from those which sane people get! :D

captnigh

12-23-2003, 08:55 AM

What I really wanted were these Maui Jim sunglasses with these really cool flexible frames and polarized lenses.
But my fiance told me yesterday that I wasn't getting them because they were too expensive. :nono:
Man.
I hope she was kidding.

Robinson

12-23-2003, 08:59 AM

For people to know the meaning of "verses" versus "versus".

Apparently I didn't get it.

william northcote

12-23-2003, 11:50 AM

I want employment. or around £1,000 to pay off the debt I seemed to have been lumbered with in the last few weeks.

Apart drom that all I want for crimbo is... nothing. Can't be asked with the present unwrapping and all that.

CEB

12-23-2003, 11:54 AM

What I got : Socks

What I want : My mortgage paid off.

rache

12-23-2003, 12:21 PM

I got exactly what I asked for, clothes but I needed them so what the heck. Unfortunatly my grandmother's taste and my own are distinctly different... But she did give me $50 for college books. But with the prices now I will be lucky if it can buy half a used book.

Ye Olde corpse

12-23-2003, 12:40 PM

Tomorrow is christmas here in sweden, and i just want heckloads of money, since i really need some stuff that is going to cost me...that, and a new dogi!

A. M. Jauregui

12-23-2003, 03:40 PM

What I got : Cards and well wishes for the most part.

What I want : Something more memorable and long lasting, say a piece of art work... (Even though I save all of my cards in a shoe box. ;) )

Will it is an outrage that a person as clearly intelligent as yourself is without work...

william northcote

12-23-2003, 04:09 PM

Well life is life. Work is something I need more than ever. But I can only look and hope, dream ETC. Last time I really worked I had to work xmas day :(

But I need employment first and foremost. Xmas here is on hold. Having to cut back on everything is taking it's toll. Even have to get rid of the Internet, so no more e-budo, well for a while anyways :D

Second would be a somebody. But that is another matter ;) that can never be wished upon. So until then it is just my primary objective is employment and to work my a!ss off till I get rid of this debt for good.

Jay Bell

12-23-2003, 05:56 PM

What I'm getting: Things that good people got me because they care

What I want: Good people that care around me. And for Will to find a job.

Kimpatsu

12-23-2003, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by rache
I got exactly what I asked for, clothes but I needed them so what the heck. Unfortunatly my grandmother's taste and my own are distinctly different... But she did give me $50 for college books. But with the prices now I will be lucky if it can buy half a used book.
Is that6 the nature of your revenge, John?

PwarYuex

12-23-2003, 08:03 PM

I kinda know what I'm getting...
Spirited Away DVD, Clothes, Faulty Towers Series, Stuff to hang on my newly painted walls, books, yada yada...

Always get extra crap from people I never use.

My uncle always buys me something pointless, this year I bought him a shiny silver ball about the size of a rockmelon. It's called a zen ball that you put in your garden. Can't get more pointless than that.

kenshorin

12-23-2003, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by Will Northcote
Even have to get rid of the Internet, so no more e-budo, well for a while anyways :D

NOOOOOOO!!! You need a job, man! Thats just giving up too much! :laugh:

Kimpatsu

12-23-2003, 09:07 PM

The British ambassador to Washington was at home the week before Xmas, when the phone rang and a mysterious, foreign-sounding voice asked, "Vat do you vant for Krismass?"
Worried about bribes, the ambassador thought, "I'd better keep it simple", so he replied, "a pair of slippers and some bath salts, please".
"Oh, sank yu", replied the voice, and hung up.
The British ambassador agonised over whether to report this possible espionage contact, but decided instead to wait and see if the mysterious caller would call again.
A week went by, and Xmas came. On Xmas morning, the ambassador got up and switched on the radio. Out came the announcer's voice:
"Hi! And a merry Xmas to all our listeners! You're listening to KZXN Washington, coming to you from inside the beltway. We asked various ambassadors to Washington what they wanted for Xmas.
The French ambassador asked for an end to all wars.
The German ambassador asked for peace on Earth and goodwill to all men.
And the British ambassador asked for a pair of slippers and some bath salts."
---
Pace Kenny Everrett
:laugh:

Kimpatsu

12-23-2003, 10:41 PM

Read this great parody (http://www.after-hourz.net/spoofs.html) to see what I mean.
;) :laugh:

kirigirisu

12-23-2003, 11:03 PM

This (http://users.rcn.com/rostmd/winace/fundies/fstdt.htm) was funnier.

Kimpatsu

12-23-2003, 11:08 PM

I know why I don't believe it. I have reasons... - I think the universe is way to complex to have to come from single cell organisms."
A classic example of the Argument from Ignorance logical fallacy, which Richard Dawkins explains in depth in The Blind Watchmaker. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393315703/qid=1072246098//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/102-9853699-6145738?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

bruceb

12-24-2003, 03:39 AM

Originally posted by Robinson
For people to know the meaning of "verses" versus "versus".

Apparently I didn't get it.

Well, Richard .... we are all singin' the blues, aren't we?

So in writing verses for a song, there are no versus, only verses ....

n2shotokai

12-24-2003, 08:39 AM

Maybe we could all pitch in and give the Prez a new cell phone! Think of the lives saved. Ohhhhhh not Rudolph!

Vapour

12-24-2003, 06:30 PM

http://www.whatacrappypresent.com/

:D

bruceb

12-25-2003, 03:37 PM

Well, it was a near perfect X-Mas day. Although the kids are getting bigger, and there are fewer more expensive presents that are opened, it was a pretty good holiday.

Like most smart Dads, I cooked, I got the things I really wanted for X-Mas before Christmas, and right about now my feet are up on my desk as I lean back in my chair while watching the 007 days of Bond on Spike TV.

The fact is ... I really didn't need anything for X-Mas cause I have everything I already need, which is pretty tough to realize for some people because they want, want, want and never realized how little they really need.

All I wanted was a nice quiet holiday without too much ado ... and I got it. Question is ... how long will the peace remain? Can I make it to New Years with this same quiet atmosphere in my happy home? Maybe ... but then as we all know ... the other shoe drops with some minor emergency, some minor catastrophe, don't we? I will just have to weather the next minor emergency when it comes, but for now ... how sweet it is! ( as Jackie Gleason used to say.)

william northcote

12-25-2003, 04:37 PM

Right, I am off to Bruce's house to shatter his peace, a few windows, smash the CD player, computer, TV Et all... ravish the dog and be home for Hogmanay. :D

Shitoryu Dude

12-25-2003, 06:36 PM

Crap I got for Xmas:

A Nerdshirt I would never have purchased
A big tin of popcorn
Two boxes of toffee

Cool stuff:

Target barrel for my 10/22 carbine
A book about Sir Francis Drake and his voyages in the ship The Golden Hinde
Three bottles of Spanish wine

What I wanted but didn't get:

A Howard Clark bainite katana

:beer:

bruceb

12-26-2003, 07:40 AM

Originally posted by Will Northcote
Right, I am off to Bruce's house to shatter his peace, a few windows, smash the CD player, computer, TV Et all... ravish the dog and be home for Hogmanay. :D

I just might enjoy a little rough and tumble. In fact ... ya might be licking the blood off your wounds instead of having your way.

Just don't bugger the inflatable lighted snowman till after new years ... gotta get some mileage from the decorations.

( gee... have ya noticed how the bigger guys here get all head up like some bulls fighting over who is the alpha male? I have. Wouldn't it be better if we get past that animal instinct?)

Oh well ... what is your address? I will mail you a new Betsy inflatable to bugger, and calm the animal down, eh? (just kidding .... no flame war intended.)

william northcote

12-26-2003, 07:46 AM

Bruce, you mentioning a bit of rough and tumble to me brings up the notion of sweaty body and something from the chemist :o

Naa even though it was a fun thing to say, I hope you have a nice relaxing holiday season till new years. And if you get drunk, post a pic on here :D

bruceb

12-26-2003, 07:48 AM

In case you really want to find my house ...

Blue house, on Burr Street, in Barnegat, New Jersey, USA, Baker on the mail box.

Here is a picture in case you get lost, just keep looking at all the houses on Burr street until you find me.

If you bring your own tent, you can pitch it in th back yard so we can grapple for a couple a days between beers ...

william northcote

12-26-2003, 08:22 AM

Long way to walk from the land of the limeys :D But it does sound tempting hehehehe

bruceb

12-26-2003, 04:05 PM

I have one inflatable, but my neighbor has four, plus his porch is a showcase of Christmas items, when mine is just storage.

Before ya catch a boat to work your passage, wait till spring, about April. I can probably get you a job out on the Bay raking clams, fixing nets with my Clam Farming buddy who has a farm in England too. He inherited a small 400 acre farm, I can't remember where at the heck it is right now, but his Scales ancestry hails form England as does my Baker ancestry.

Oh, well ... guess I have better stock the front porch fridge with a couple of cases of beer for those of you that pop by for the holidays, eh?

Happy Christmas.

n2shotokai

12-26-2003, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by bruceb
I have one inflatable, but my neighbor has four
Bruce, that is something most people just wouldn't mention, even though most participate :p

william northcote

12-26-2003, 05:39 PM

I had one, and one night filled it with helium. It escaped and last thing I know of it was that the RAF were chasing after it. Must have been a slow day on the tom front.

posiview

12-27-2003, 09:15 AM

I wanted peace onearth and goodwill to all people - all I got was a tie!

bruceb

12-27-2003, 11:30 AM

I posted a picture of my inflatable ... anyone else brave enough to post theirs? Just make sure your dolls have clothes if they are anatomically correct, will ya?

I feel a round of the old song, Frosty the Snowman coming on but sung in da voice of the da old schnozzz, Jimmy Durante.

Frosty .... the Snowman ...