About 95 percent of the people who are in your store are there for the birth of you-know-who.
Voldemort?
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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Jessica - Dec 07, 2005 7:24:46 am PST #8301 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
vw bug - Dec 07, 2005 7:28:01 am PST #8302 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Voldemort?
That's exactly what I thought. But, he probably doesn't know about that whole thing, 'cause he probably boycotts the Harry Potter books.
Gris - Dec 07, 2005 7:28:31 am PST #8303 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Tim Wildmon, head of the American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Miss., weighs in on what he sees as the war on Christmas.
I'm from Tupelo. I had no idea the AFA was based there. That actually surprises me a bit - for a deep South town, I always thought we were pretty liberal.
We also don't have a Target. IJS.
amych - Dec 07, 2005 7:28:50 am PST #8304 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What does Target think people are buying? They're buying Christmas gifts, not holiday gifts.Every once in a while, I worry that the message I feel of "if you're not a Christian you aren't part of our culture" at this time of year is just me being paranoid and oversensitive. So nice to be reassured on that front.
Jessica - Dec 07, 2005 7:29:58 am PST #8305 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Every once in a while, I worry that the message I feel of "if you're not a Christian you aren't part of our culture" at this time of year is just me being paranoid and oversensitive. So nice to be reassured on that front.
Yeah...wait, no it isn't.
brenda m - Dec 07, 2005 7:30:29 am PST #8306 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wonkette had a nice response to the White House xmas card issue:
May we suggest heeding National Council of Churches' Rev. Bob Edgar: "I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards."
Trudy Booth - Dec 07, 2005 7:31:39 am PST #8307 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
By the same token, though, Trudy's example of Columbus Day is a little different. Columbus Day is not, as far as I know, a traditionally gift-giving holiday. So the stores' decision to throw sales that weekend is up to them, and I don't think any consumers care why they're getting 50 to 75% off or whatever.
I phrased that badly. I just mean that stores don't "celebrate" or "acknowledge" ANY holidays, they're just an excuse for sales.
Every once in a while, I worry that the message I feel of "if you're not a Christian you aren't part of our culture" at this time of year is just me being paranoid and oversensitive. So nice to be reassured on that front.
And don't you forget it!
Nora Deirdre - Dec 07, 2005 7:32:30 am PST #8308 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
May we suggest heeding National Council of Churches' Rev. Bob Edgar: "I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards."
RIGHT!?!?!??!????
tommyrot - Dec 07, 2005 7:36:08 am PST #8309 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesus could be a Special Forces guy who sneaks into insurgent's camps and changes their water to wine, resulting in the insurgent being wasted.
Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2005 7:37:19 am PST #8310 of 10003
brillig
Voldemort?
Damn, beaten to the punch.