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    I ought to get BK on my terminal for this one! 8-)

    
    
    	Oh no... here it comes...
    
    	tigg~~~

    after the last couple of years, I'd say this is a lousy idea for a
    topic!!
    
    Chris D.

    I remember this disucssion in like 88 or 89...I remember BK's posting!!
    8^)
    
    
    But then again, I remember a LOT of BK's postings!!  ];^>  (My fav
    probably being "Tigga~~'s bounce in the bedroom")

    BK hated xmas... 
    
    he was a wicked groucy thing when it came to xmas...
    
    I hope i'm not like that this year (although it looks like its haeding
    that way for me :*(   )
    
    
    
    			wendy o'
    
    

    Personally, I try to forget BK's postings...

    presonally, I try to forget BK.

    personally, I try ...
    

Personally...

    
    	Can't get much shorter than that. (8
    
    	RE: Buck
    
    	I'm ignoring you. pffffffffffth.
    
    	

    
    You guys are mean. BK wuz kool.

    
    
    	I agree for the most part Pete.  He gets a bit out
    	of hand when drinkin' though.....
    
    	FWIW - I love Christmas....the lights, the music, Christmas
    	trees.....I hate the crowds though.  And I like a white
    	Christmas....as long as the snow melts on December 26. =)
    
    	JJ
    

   Christmas is WONDERFUL!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    				...NOT!  
    
    
    
    'pril

    RE. JJ...
    
    YOU think so?? I have known BK for while and i never thought he got out 
    of hand at partys/drinking..maybe i was always worse than him and
    never noticed :*)
    
     Now Robyn and I are a different story...
    
    		wendy o'
    

    
    BK was always cool. Especially when drinking! I'll have to call
    him up and do some imbibing this weekend.

    
    Yo Tigga, BTW, the last time I talked to BK he wanted me to tell you
    to call him. If you need his number let me know.

    
    	RE: Pete
    
    	thanks... I still have it somewhere I think.  I'll send ya
    	mail on it though just to double check.
    
    	tigg~~~

    
    Got my christmas tree yesterday...straight from Canada... yay. 8|
    
    
    Christmas is only fun if yer under 10 years old.
    
    
    
    Chris

    ...I think Christmas is great if you have someone special in your life to 
    share it with...one special person or a close family, friends whatever ...
    if not, then it can be kind of depressing.....                       
    /k

     
    RE: .19
    	agreed.
    
    What about New Years....does anyone enjoy that...
    
    
    Chris

    
    re: .19
    
    That's for sure. The past two years were pretty grim, but this year is
    gonna be AWESOME!

    ..New Years???...please God let this one be better than last years.....
    ...i got stood up......i'm going to go flush my head down the toilet
    now..........*sob*........../k
    

    What is there to enjoy about New Years?!?  I mean, a holiday glorified
    for substance abuse is a hard one to swallow for me!

    
    Mine was WICKED boring last year. But again, this year should be the
    best in a long time. It's ABOUT time!

    Pantera is playing at the Limits this New Year's Eve.
    
    I'm looking forward to it!
    
    'pril

    
    We're playing a gig on 1/2/92 at Club 77 in Milford. Should be cool.

    
    
    	re: Wendy o and Pete
    
    	I guess for the most part yeah, but I'm thinking of
    	one specific instance.  That was a while back so I
    	can't say I know what he's like now....been ages
    	since I've seen him!
    

    
    New Years...NOT!  I never go out on *amatuer* night!!!!!
                                                          jazzzzz
    
    

    
    Jess, I think you brought a tear to my eye.  8^)
    
    
    
    Chris

    Well put, Jess!
    
    gh, who also enjoys Christmas

    
    
    	Wow Jess, that was really nice!  Seeing it through a child's
    	eyes gives it all a new meaning.
    

    Very well said Jesse.  Nothing like being a parent on Christmas.
    
    Chris D.

    
    
    re/ last
    
    
    but theres nothing like getting spoiled like a kid at xmas... :*)
    
    
    I wish i had my other old *so back** :*)
    
    
    			wendy o'
    
    

My brothers and sisters tieds me to the piano when I was about
8 and made me watch them open all their presents.

:(

    re/ last
    
    i'll bet you got Coal in your stocking too :*)
    
    
    are we gunna have a H-M xmas party this year???
    
    

    re-1
    
    hahaha!!
    
    there was the year my brother and I were supposed to go down together
    but when I awoke,he was down stairs playing with my presents.
    
    
                                                  Staynz

    re: .35 and .37
    
    
    HAHAHAhA... No one ever touched my presents, I'd have to break some
    bones if they did.
    
    another question for everyone..
    
    WHAT DOES EVERYONE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS???????
    
    i know Buck doesn't believe in presents so Buck if you get any, I'll
    have 'em. 8) x 10E6
    
    

    
    
    well what I want is peace on earth and good will to all men
    
    
    ....................*****BS ALERT*****
    
    nah! what I want is no holds barred rumpy pumpy with several women at
    the same time and as I've been a good boy like Santa told me to be,do
    you think he would make the rumpy session in a big mudbath??
    
    
                                                  Staynz

    I always used to peak in mine!! and found em before they were wrapped 
    sometimes.. i think my mother did that on purpose, cause i would mope 
    a couple week before xmas and they always surprise me tho'
    
    

    
    RE: Ian
    
    	If Santa gave out presents like that, My list would be 85 pages
    long.  8^)
    
    Of course there is only one present I want. 8^)
    
    
    Chris

    RE-1
    
    what's the present you want then?
    
    
    
    
             Staynz

    
    RE -1
    
    Believe me, She knows. (how do you know??)
    
    
    
    8^)
    
    Chris

    re-1
    
    ah ha!! thats *my* secret!!
    
    
                                                Staynz

    
    
    I'm not too keen on secrets. 8^)
    
    
    
    chris

    I am,especially when I know what they are about.
    
    
    
    
                                               Staynz

I'd like:

- The custom USA Ibanez at Rice Music with the Grim Reaper paint job

- A genuine '57 strat to hang on the wall

- An original gold top to habg next to the Strat

- A Gibson Explorer

- 10 more Marshall 4x12's with 30wt celestions

- A pair of Strategy 400 MesaBoogie power amps

- All hot pink plastic for my KDX

- A Hot Pink/Black tiger striped CEET kit for my KDX

- Matching riding gear

- An ICO Enduro computer/ODO

- A "Jeff Slavins" port job for my KDX

- Answer Roost Boost

- Boyesen Rad Valve

- Two pairs of Metzlers for the Bloody Valley enduro in Arizona in March

- Christina Applegate; Naked...hog_tied...willing...begging !!

> 10 more Marshall 4x12's with 30wt celestions
    
    I thought you liked the 70wt Celesions better?

    
    
    Re: Greg. 
    
    You won't tell us, cause yers are more perverted.
    
    
    
    Chris

    if you want to be like that then fine.......us pervy gits'll find
    something more interesting to do  ;)
    
    
    
       ......anyone seen my leather mask with the zip mouth bit??
    
    
    
                                                   Staynz

RE: Greg

I like the Marshall cabs better than the ABC cabs...
Maybe I'll swap drivers sometime to find out.
Anyway:  10 more cabs.

:)

    
    
    I already recieved the gift I wanted for Christmas. Other than that,
    same as last year. 25 peice Tama Artstar, 25 2002 & signature series
    Paistes.

    
    A million dollars would be nice.
    
    
    
    Chris

    Tax free,of course...!
    
    
    
    
                                                  Staynz

    
    
    
    before i lost track...
    
    hey wendy-o.... :-P
    
    and Jesse, no ****, eh?!?!?  gimme a break!  And don;t you EVER forget
    how UNCOOL I am :').... so what if i stole his gf :')
    
    *cough, cough* did I say that?!? :')
    
    dyh fat free cream of mushroom soup??  :')
    
    

    
    
    
    re: .33
    
    especially when you have cute daughters :')
    
    re: .47
    
    no way... she has a BA these days...  i remember when she USED to be
    pretty HOT, now she's just a voice in a chorus...
    
    

    If .55 was Rob, then Shaddup cuz I wasn't refering to you.
    
    If .55 was BK on Rob's account, then I am right. You were pretty
    uncool. You scarfed lotsa beer for which you gave us nothing. Hey, no
    prob, we were partying, right. Then you really splurged, buying them
    Bud minis. Hey, no prob, then you got bent cuz that one chick took one.
    Me and Flip had a "just grab one" policy going, of which you readily
    partook, but if you had a problem sharing your beer you shoulda told us
    cuz then you wouldna got one damn drop of the beer I bought. Stole his
    gf? I know Rob stole YOURS! 

    
    re -1
    
    Which reminds me of an extra bit for the 1991 nominations - Best sign.
    
    Without a doubt, it has to be be Rob's "Kick me, I'm uncool"!!!!
    
    Flip

    
    Now where were we??? Oh yes, Christmas......What does it mean to me? 
    
    Now let's see, visions of gumdrops? No, I don't do drugs.
    
    Good will to men? No, I prefere tall, blond "young" women.
    
    A Partridge in a pear tree? Nope, I like Turkey...on the table.
    
    A visit from Santa? No, I still prefere blonds.
    
    I guess what I really like is the fact that I get an opportunity to
    give pleasure to others. No not that way! I mean giving someone a 
    present that they really want.....seeing the look on their face when
    they open the box, I love the feeling it gives me. It would be nice
    to have a special someone to buy for but I guess my friends will just 
    get extra this year!
    
    Cheers
    
    SLAM
    
    

    
    Christmas. For religion it's the birth of christ, the holiest day of
    the year. For others just a way to say 'hey thanks for bein' a friend'
    Does christmas need to have a deep down meaning? Why can't it just be a
    day where everyone sits and does nothing but talk and exchange gifts. 
    "It's the thought that counts" may be a cliche but it's the truth.
    No one said you had to buy a $1000 dollar gift just to make that person
    happy. If that's what they need to make them happy, you shouldn't be
    spending christmas with them. Hey everyone likes christmas because 
    it's free gifts. You may not believe you don't, but you do. All that gift
    has to be is seein' the face of one o' your dearest friends laughing. 
    Christmas is the only day of the year where people actually give you
    something because they like, love, care about, respect you. There's no
    need for christmas to be..."Christmas is materialistic. Presents are
    dumb. I don't want any. That's not what christmas is about" Then
    WHAT is IT about????? Seeing people that you care about, showing them
    how you feel, wether it be through a gift or through a hug, it really
    shouldn't matter. The point is, who cares about all the
    'materialisticness' of christmas....enjoy the day. It only comes around
    once a year! 
    
    
    Chris 

    
    
    ...........Christmas!
    
    
    bah humbug....Christmas is going to see your mum and dad,getting so
    pissed that you pass out face down in the toilet with your trousers
    round you ankles and you dad having to kick opeen the door before you
    choke on you own vomit(then again,would you want to choke on someone
    elses!!!).................THATS Christmas!
    
    
    
                                    Staynz

    
    That CAN'T be what yer lookin' forward to on Dec. 25th!
    
    
    
    
    Chris

    well,no!thats what happened 3 years ago.This year I plan to have my
    trousers up before passing out  8).
    
    
    
                                       christmas.....bah,humbug!
    
    
                                            Staynz

    -.63 
    
    Why ruin a bad thing.....leave your trousers down. If your gonna be a
    humbug be a consistant humbug. :-)
        
    SLAM

    well ok,at least if my butts poking up in the air,my dad can use it as
    a place to park his bike(think about it)
    
    
    
    
                                         Staynz
    

    A Hog I presume.........no, not your pop! The bike!  
    
    VVVVRRRRRROOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM ouch! Watch that hot manifold..... 
    
    SLAM

    I actually meant a pedal bike but in the long run..........who cares!
    
    
    
                                            Staynz

	Ya gotta hate those kickstands....

	Spratty (not speakin' from personal experience)

	%^}

    re: .61
    
    You can't really dust for vomit, you know.

Wagagagagaaaa...  It was actually someone elses vomit, but we can't prove it.

jc (Who just watched it courtesy of Greg - thanks dood !)

    
    
    Bah humbug as well.  Means double pay to me.
    
    PS Flip, Kick me :').
    
    Oh geez, I just recalled the drunken fake crying thing about being
    uncool....  :') :') :')
    
    

    
    You were USED and it's UNCOOL to dwell on these things.
    
    Plumeted backwards through any basement doors, with an extra human
    growth draped around your neck, as of late?  8^)
    
    Flip

    
    
    nah, nor have i managed to take down any shades or curtains or mosh in
    a kitchen of late :').  oh boy it's fun to reminisce.  what a great
    time that was :')
    
    

    
    
    meemmmmorrrieeesss....
    
    light the corners of my mind...
    
    
    like a certain road trip... 8*)

    Wot holidays?
    
    Joe Strummer.
    

    
    
    Now.. you can't be serious dood!  
    
    Christmas!  Or Chanukah or whatever..  

    
    
    Yeah, everyone knows about americas tri-holiday season
    
    Thanksgiving-Christmas-New_Years_Eve
    
    
    Chris

    
    
    well i know mines gunna s*c* BIG TIME!!!
    
    
    		wendy o'
    
    

    
    Is that a hint??
    
    
    8^)
    
    Chris

    
    	I'm not going to Canada either ...
    
    
    	... in the words of Jimmy Buffett, let's get drunk and screw.  8^)
    
    							GTI

    re/gti
    
    ummm NO! :*)
    
    
    re.-2
    
    no that was hint for suej to invite me dinner so i dont have to cook
    xmas dinner :*)
    
    
    		wendy o'
    
    
    		wendy o'
    
    

    
    Xmas is going to be awesome this year! Psyched!
    
    

    
    Get outta here, pete.  8^)
    
    
    Your spoiling everyones rotten time.   8^)
    
    Chris

    
    
    So what does everyone think of the big one day off we get for X-Mas?

    
    
    I usin' it to sleep for a full 24 hours...
    
    
    Chris

    
    What day do we get off? Christmas is on Wednesday, right?

    Yeah, Christmas is on Wednesday, that's the day we get off.  Nice way
    to split the week around it...
    
    gh (who'll probably take some vacation even though he's not going
        anywhere for the holidays this year)

    I'm taking Christmas to New Years off.  I take at least that off every
    year.  Can't wait 'til Christmas!!
    
    Chris D.

    
    	I think the day before or after is a good time to take my Personal
    	Holiday ... and maybe a vacation day to make it a long w'end.
    
    	RE: Wendy'O
    
    	OK, but you don't know what you're missing.  8^)
    
    							GTI

    
    I don't think I'm gonna take any time off. It depends on my better
    half's schedule. I have to take next Friday off too to do the
    recording.

    
    You only get ONE day off for Xmas?  HA HA HA
    
    We get:	25/12	Xmas Day, Bank/National Holiday
    		26/12   Boxing Day, Bank/National Holiday
    		27/12	Company shutdown
    
    		w/e
    
    		30/12	Company shutdown
    		31/12	Company shutdown
    		1/1	NY Day, Bank/National Holiday
    
    	8^)

>>    	I think the day before or after is a good time to take my Personal
>>    	Holiday ... and maybe a vacation day to make it a long w'end.
    
    You don't want to waste a personal holiday for the day before
    Christmas!  Nobody does any work that day and everyone leaves by 1:00
    anyway!!!  Take the day after and Friday off!
    
    Chris D.

    For the last few years my Christmas day has been spend with family and
    friends in the old fashion way---and I love it because alot of them
    ain't gonna be around much longer..
    Christmas also means skippin some bills in December.......
    I haven't heard any new Rock Christmas songs this year..
    
           Crazy_lookin_for_a_way_to_get_the_26th_off_Al

Yeah Flip, they don't get much holidays in the US.

But then again they are on holiday every day! (^8*



GAZ

    
    He found himself looking at the Christmas tree.
    Same old decorations. They had dragged them down from the attic again
    and taken them out of their tissue-paper cradles again and hung them up
    again, just two evenings ago. It was a funny thing about Christmas
    decorations. There were't many things that remained intact year after
    year as a person grew up. Not many lines of continuity, not many
    physical objects that could easily serve both the states of childhood
    and adulthood. Your kids cloths were handed down or packed off to the
    salvation army; your Donald Duck watch sprung its mainspring; your Red
    Ryder cowboy boots wore out. The wallet you made in your first camp
    handicrafts class got replaced by a Lord Buxton, and you traded your
    red wagon and your bike for more adult toys - a car, a tennis racket,
    maybe on of those TV video games. There were only a few things you
    could hang onto. A few books, maybe, or a lucky coin, or a stamp
    collection that had been preserved and improved upon.
    
    Add to that the Christmas tree ornaments in your parents house.
    
    
    Excerpt from The DEAD ZONE by Stephen King
    
    
                                          

    
    A little Christmas story from /k...
    
               A FINAL VISIT fROM SAINT NICHOLAS   

    'Twas the night before Christmas and one thing was clear--  
    that old Yuletide spirit no longer was here 
    inflation was rising; the crime rate was tripling;  
    the fuel bills were up, and our mortgage was crippling; 

    I opened a beer as I watched my TV,
    while Donny sang "O Holy Night" to sweet sister Marie;   
    the kids were in bed, getting sleep like they should;   
    or else they were stoned, which was almost as good. 

    While Ma with her ball-point was making a fuss  
    'bout folks we'd send cards to who'd sent none to us;   
    "Those ingrates," she thundered, and pounded her fist;  
    "Next year you can bet they'll be crossed off our list!"

    When out in the yard came a deafening blare;
    'twas our burgler alarm, and I hollered, "Who's there?" 
    I turned on the searchlight, which lit up the night,
    and, armed with my handgun, beheld a strange sight. 

    Some red-suited clown with a white beard immense
    was caught in our eight foot electrified fence; 
    he called out, "I'm Santa!  I bring you no malice!" 
    Said I, "if you're Santa, I'm Telly Savalas!"   

    But, lo, as his presence grew clearer to me, 
    I saw in the glare that it just might be he!
    I called off our doberman clawing his sleigh
    and, frisking him twice, said, "I think he's ok."   

    I led him inside where he slumped in a chair,   
    and he poured out the following tale of despair;
    "On Christmas eves past I was jolly and chuckling,  
    but now 'neath the pressures, I fear I am buckling."

    "You'll note I've arrived with no reindeer this year,   
    and without them, my sleigh is much harder to steer;
    although I would like to continue to use them,  
    the wildlife officials believe I abuse them."   

    "To add to my problem, Ralph Nader dropped by   
    and told me my sleigh was unsafe in the sky;
    I now must wear seatbelts, despite my objections,   
    and bring in the sleigh twice a year for inspections."  

    "Last April my workers came forth with demands, 
    and I soon had a general strike on my hands;
    I couldn't afford to pay unionized elves,   
    so the missus and I did the work by ourselves."

    "And then, later on, came additional trouble--  
    an avalanche left my fine workshop in rubble;   
    my Allstate insurance was worthless, because
    they had shrewdly slipped in a 'no avalanche' clause."  

    "And after that came an I.R.S audit;
    the government claimed I was out to defraud it; 
    they finally nailed me for 65 grand,
    which I paid through the sale of my house and my land." 

    "And yet I persist, though it gives me a scare  
    flying blind through the blanket of smog in the air;
    not to mention the hunters who fill me with dread,  
    taking shots at my sleigh as I pass overhead."  

    "My torn-up red suit, and these bruises and swellings,  
    I got fighting muggers in multiple dwellings.   
    And if you should ask  why I'm glowing tonight, 
    it's from flying too close to a nuclear site."  

    He rose from his chair and he heaved a great sigh,  
    and I couldn't help notice a tear in his eye;   
    "I've tried," he declared, "to reverse each defeat, 
    but I fear that today I've become obsolete."

    He slumped out the door and returned to his sleigh, 
    and these last words he spoke as he went on his way;
    "no longer can I do the job that's required;
    if anyone asks, just say, 'Santa's retired!'".  

    Christmas means going to see my kid sing tonight in her Christmas
    pagent. It's kinda funny cuz I've only her her sing this stuff all
    December. Then we're gonna head out to buy some presents at the mall,
    then play air hockey.

    Good one /k  and thanx for writin it out,Pete.
    
    
              Crazy_1_week_to_go_Al

    That poem was in MAD magazine a million years ago. 

    Oh yea and...
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    Well,, I said from /k, not by /k. 8-)

    I'll be glad when this farce is over:
    
    1)  Though I'm not a die-hard church goer, I still believe in `the
        reason for the season', but there's not much said about THAT
        anymore.
    2)  The whole commercial aspect of Christmas makes me wanna hurl.
    3)  The temporary congeniality of some folks make me wanna hurl too.
    4)  Drinking egg nog that's been in the fridge too long DEFINITELY
        makes me wanna hurl.
    
    Scary (but the parties are cool ...)

    
    	Merry Christmas, Scary ... God bless you and yours.
    
    	8^)
    
    	[I'm serious, believe it or not.]
    
    							GTI

    People with a Scroogie attitude make me wanna hurl.

>    People with a Scroogie attitude make me wanna hurl.
    
    Absolutely!  It seems sooo "trendy" to act like ya hate Christmas!  I
    love the holidays.
    
    Greg

    
    Me too!  I want Christmas in July too!!!!  Two of them a year!!!
    
    Chris D.   :^)

        
    
    
	Re: Scary and Greg
    
        >>The whole commercial aspect of Christmas makes me wanna hurl.
    
        >>Absolutely!  It seems sooo "trendy" to act like ya hate Christmas!  
    
    	
    	Amen bruthas!
    
    
    Paul

I like Xmas.  It's the 30+ or so days between Thankgiving and Xmas I 
hate.  Ick!  All the crazies come out and invade the malls !

jc

    Maybe you folks misunderstood me (or maybe I wasn't so clear ...).
    
    I *like* Christmas time, being with friends, being with family, being
    with black rum.  It's just the values that most folks seem to put on
    this season that irk me.  But, that's not my business and I certainly
    wouldn't try and change them.  And, I guess I get mad with myself
    because I have to be prompted by this holiday to `go that extra mile'
    to do something special for someone - it should be a daily thing, for
    everybody.  Damn, what a rose_colored world, huh ?
    
    I'm no Scrooge ... 8^)
    
    
    Scary

    Oh sure Scary, feel a little pressure and change your story. C'mon
    Scary, make a stand.

    I knew what you ment, Scary...
    
    
    Hey, just for everyone's info and all.  We're not sending out Christmas
    cards this year, so I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas here! 
    Thanks to all of you that sent me cards, they were way cool!
    
    Greg

    CHeapskate

RE: Greg

Yeah, what he said (us expectant dads gotta stick to the carpet...Errrr, 
together).

Happy Holidaze to y'all !!
jc

    You coupla tightwads ... sell one of those guitars and send ALL of us a
    card ... shessh ..  8^)
    
    Scary

    
    I sent some... cours they were all pornographic.... 8^)
    
    
    
    
    
    Chris

    AAAHhh Memories....
    
    
    Christmas to me means a day off ! hehehe ;)

    Yeah..
     Ans Thised Year it's Only ONE Day_Off..
    
    
      Crazy_Booooooooooooooooo_Al

    
    I've just re-read this string of notes... 8^)
    
    Jesse and I threw a couple of parties at Vicki's house;  BK drank 4-5
    cases of our beer and got upset when some girley stole one of his six
    mini buds (!); Rob surfed the basement stairs with BK's girlfriend
    draped over him - re-arranged Vicki's curtains - scaled the drainpipe
    and gave me severe bruising moshing in the kitchen; BK took a tactical
    vomit so that he could keep up with the alcohol consumption; so did
    Jesse, because he was the one that caught BK; BK accuses Rob of doing
    nasty deeds to Narley-er...an UNCOOL thing to do; Motorbreath gets two
    days of broken sleep because Rob was *terribly* upset at being uncool;
    Motorbreath says it's uncool to dwell on these things; Rob decides he's
    been USED; Motorbreath still thinks it's uncool to dwell on these
    things; BK demands $10 for gas to drive to NH to collect Rob; we only
    give him $5 because we stole his car the night before to hit the liquor
    store; and so on.
    
    That was an excellent holiday!
    
    Flip

    
    
    what does it mean to me.....
    
    
    
    
    10 days off! hargh,hargh,hargh!  8)
    
    
    						ian

    For me, this holiday season means starting my own traditions! 
    
    Peaceful quality time at home with the two most important people in my 
    life.
    
    'pril
    

	RE - 'pril

	YEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' 

	Cap'n Quad_who's_inserting_finger_down_throat!

    c'mon say what you mena...don't hold back!
    
    
    						ian

    I think we should take a look at the word holiday.  Basically it's
    composed of two words 'holi' and 'day'.  The word 'Holi' is the
    Scandanavian derivative of holey which is an adjective used to describe
    things that have holes.  One can probably imagine Vikings in the
    early days celebrating their 'holi'day by parading about in holey
    underwear as they plundered European villages.  
    
    Shane, who sees things that other people usually don't...

    
    Oooh, your a Holiday
    Such a Holiday
    Oooh, your a Holiday
    Such a Holiday
    

    
    Madonna does "HOLIDAY" better.
    
    Back in her early dazzzs!
    
    /jen

    
    Agreed Ian.  10 days off.
    
    

    Re: Hagar
    
      Well I was kinda close...besides I was just makin that up anyways
    ...pulled it out of my arse I did... 
    
    Shane, to whom the holidays really mean you can buy egg nog !!! yeesss!

    Re Shane
    
    What is a Egg nog??
    
    
    /Hagar

    Re: Hagar
    
    hmm..well it's a mixture see...one part egg the other nog.  Nog comes
    from the milk of flying reindeer which is why you can only get it at
    Christmas time.  It's yummy...
    
    Shane, who likes the egg nog that comes from the reindeer who have been
    drinking lots of rum ;)

Hopefully it's from the flying "female" reindeer, cause if it's from the male
then it's cream and it's called egg log (base 10).

/CQ  

                BBBBBwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhaaaaaa...

    
    avoid Low fat egg-nog....it just isn't the same!
    
    
    					Ian

    Also avoid canned egg-nog...
    
    Try Southern Comfort brand if you can get it...then put some Southern
    Comfort in it!  8)
    
    'pril

    I second the Southern Comfort egg nog - IT's AWESOME!!
    
    

    
    
    
    		bbbrrrrrrrrr !!
    

    
    I can't drink Southern Comfort any more.A friend and myself drank waaay
    too much a few years back and I havent been able to face a drop since!
    
    
    						Ian

    I too woofed on SoCo.  But I still like it.  I just have more, umm,
    respect for it now...
    :-)

I woofed on Seagrams 7 about 20 years ago.  I find SoCo much to close a match.
Of course the fact my friend and I split a bottle in 45 minutes is an important
part of the memory.

The only scotch/bourbon/whiskey I can tolerate now is Yukon Jack...

Tim

    
    this may sound ironic coming from a man whose country makes Scotch but
    I can stomach the smell never mind the taste of whisky.Bloody
    horrible....I'll stick with my McEwans Special,thank you very much!
    
    
    						Ian

Rob Roy McGregor will be a turnin' in his grave Ian!

    
    
    	Yup......  I had a very bad SoCo night last year in Boston.
    	Can't even stand to smell the stuff now......
    

    JACK and I parted ways in an episode very similar to these one's
    mentioned.........15 and foolish!
    
    Paully
    

    i did 11 shots of tequila when i was 17.....was literally the shade of
    moss for 3 days.......couldn't stand to even look at a bottle of the
    stuff for 11 years after that...........come to think of it..the only
    thing i havent' totaly hosed on has been jim beam and drambuie.....not
    served together of course...........i'm so proud.....;')/k

    Ever since 18 May 1985, my nemesis has been Yukon Jack!!
    
    Why I drank a 5th of it, I'll never know.  I probably would have been
    ok, had I not moved onto Buds and Jim Beam...

  >  Ever since 18 May 1985, my nemesis has been Yukon Jack!!
    
    Oh no, I blew chunks on that too!  Missed an entire concert.
    
    
    

    
    
    Karen...getting plastered is part of the Xmas spirit.I mean,isn't there
    a carol that goes 
    
    
    "deck the halls with bows of holly fa la la la la,la la la
    'tis the season to get hammered fa la la la la,la la la"   8)
    
    
    						Ian

	My sister and I developed Creme de Coke, a wonderful concoction made
	of every liquor behind my grandparents bar along with marshmallows
	potato chips, pretzels, and coke.

	I lost and had to taste first, instant yak, but what would expect at
	10 years old...

	/Cap'n Quad

    
    
    btw...I just was reading a catalogue for the "sportman"(ie tossers who
    dress up like bushes and shoot animals)and there was a selection of
    swords for sale.One of them was a Claymore(a traditional Scottish
    sword).I don't think it was a antique as it was only $85.99.
    
    
    						Rob Roy MacGoldie

    The only time I ever yak'd was my 21st bd where I cannot blame
    any one alcohol as I think everyone was going down the list of the
    Mr. Bostons drink guide to make sure I had a taste of everything.
    The last thing I remember are Fireballs with tabasco sauce in em...
    yeechh !!  But I don't _remeber_ puking at all...does that count ?
    Besides I turned bionic that night and was able to jump over small
    shruberrys and cool stuff like that...
    
    Shane, who sails with the Captain now...Capt Morgan that is...

    
    I'm a notorious yakker!Ask Jim Whitman! 8)
    
    
    						Ian

    What the Holidays mean to me:
    
    The true (mean) spirit of X-mas:
    
    	1) A lady trying to convince a too-savvy store manage
    	   that because the CD she was trying to buy was obviously
    	   mis-marked the store should honor the price:  $.99 for
    	   the newest Beatles album.  She probably even switched
    	   the tags herself - looked the type at least
    
    	2) People fighting over a mall parking spot when another parking
    	   spot about 10 yards away is wide open
    
    	3) A bitchly lady threatening her kid that Santa isn't going to
    	   stop at their house if he keeps acting like a "little sh_t".
    
    Ah yes... another day at the mall during X-mas....
    
    	Ebeneezer Blickstein

    I Luv it when A_Little kid says to their Parent"I'll Love you more if you
    buy me this". One of My GIrls tried this on me Years_Ago and I said
    "No.You'll love me more when I give ya Some)Thang to eat when yer
    Belly is Growlin."       Worked.
    
    
      Crazy_McScrooge_Al

    ...Christmas Buttered Rum.
    
    

    have you guys heard the Adam Sandler 'Happy Hanukah' song ?
    that guy is a riot...
    
    Shane, who sings along 'so grab a yamaka, it's time to celebrate
    hanukah, drink your gin and tonica, and smoke some marijuaniha'

    
    
    RE:Ian..
    
    Ya, my truck definitely lost that "new truck smell" that 
    night... 
    
    
    Whit-

    Everyone hurls on Yukon...  Brrr..
    
    Hey, check out some little-known cool stuff called "Jeramiahs Weed".
    It's sort've a Beams-meets-SoCo-meets-Yukon.  Good stuff.
    
    Worst thing that happened to me of late was swilling a case of buds 
    and a quart of GoldSchlager (102proof cinnimon schnapps) with my best
    friend, who was moving to Phoenix the next day. (on empty stomachs-
    brrp) 
    
    I called my spousal unit and said "come get me"...  
    
    By the time she showed, me-and-me-pal were bawling like babies, all 
    cuddled up and slobbering on the floor.  Must've looked ridiculous. 
    :-)
    
    Then we had power-puking contests from his deck rail.
    
    I never hurl unless I start on an empty stomach...

    
    Hopefully I've managed to escape standby/callout this year, so the
    holidays should mean a whole week off!
    
    

    Coop -- remember that dream theater show in Boston?

    Yep.  I didn't hurl tho.  I just tried to pick a fight with half the
    city of Boston....  :-)

    
    
    	Who could possibly forget it?!  =)
    

    Heyhey, WATCH it would ya!?
    

    
    
    	Probably true.......  but you did have trouble standing
    	up if I remember correctly.  =)
    

    He sure did, he was hangin all over me in the front row!!

    Because your fun to hang on muffin! ;)

    Anyone see "How the Grinch stole Christmas" last night?  Roolin!!
    

    
    call me the Grinch....I can't stand this Dr Seuss tripe.I'd prefer to
    watch something like "A Christmas Carol".A damn site less insulting
    to your intelligence.
    
    
    								Ian

    
    why that nasty grinch even stole the roast beast....
    
    /jen (who loves the expressions on the face of the grinch's pooch!)
    
    

Max!

    
    
    	Yup.... watched the Grinch as well as Frosty and Rudolph
    	(We bought the tapes of the last two cuz I kept missing
    	  them on TV..... now I just have to find Charlie Brown)
    
    
    	re: Ian
    
    	ppfftth!  While a Christmas Carol is definitely a classic,
    	so is the Grinch!!
    

Let me guess Ian, you like the version of Christmas Carol with Mr Magoo?

Do they still show that one?

Tim

    Re: Ian
    
    "bah humbug", said the Scotsman and he stuck out his tongue
    "why I'd rather listen to ABBA CDs then watch this Grinch dung".
    
    And all of the noters, who so loved Dr. Suess
    pulled down the Scotsman's kilt, and gave him a goose.
    
    For it's not an insult to your intelligence to watch cartoons you see,
    it's what keeps us young, and brings the kid out of you and me.
    
    Lil Shane-Who

    
    Shane....don't give up you day job! 8)
    
    
    ian

    
    Ian...if you don't stop with all those Bah humbug's I'm gonna tell
    Father Christmas to take back your shortbread, IRNBRU, haggis, and 
    smarties!
    
    /jen
    

    
    he can take the shortbread,Irnbru and haggis but if he even looks at my
    Smarties,I'll slap his big rosy puss and send him packing!
    
    
    					Ian

     Ian, do they have Christmas in Scotland???

     /Cap'n Quad_who_knows_they_don't_celebrate_4th_of_July_and_Patriots_day_
      even_though_they_should!!!	

    
    no there isn't such as thing as Christmas in Scotland.What we have is
    the festival of the "Holy Quirkafleeg" in which we all paint ourselves
    blue and dance about naked!
    
    
    					Ian

    
    Oh Ian...I thought you folks did that EVERYDAY!
    
    /jen (who was very embarassed last time she bought smarties in the UK
    and the cap popped out and the smarties well falling all over the store
    floor!)
    

	Thanks Ian, I knew it.  I had a bet with another "resident alien"
	over in our group, but he said "NO WAY" , we celebrate Xmas...

	/CQ

    
    I was over in England once for Halloween...they had to offer FREE cover
    to get people to wear 'fancy dress' (costumes) at the clubs...and they
    were BIG on carmel apples!   
    
    DYJHIW you just looked at your latest paystub and see you're at 243
    vacation hours!   ECKS!   
    
    /jen