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- From: mar@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Mar)
- Subject: Christmas? But it's only November!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.053734.12729@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU
- Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au
- Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:37:34 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- Danger Mouse sidesteps yet another religious discussion and heads for a
- topic which, although still connected with Christianity, can safely be
- discussed without the requirement of religious overtones.
-
- "The Sydney Grace Brothers Christmas Parade was held yesterday. One
- commentator described it as 'what has become to be regarded as the official
- start of Christmas in Sydney'. I had to check my calendar to reassure
- myself that it was still November. Gosh, it isn't even summer yet!
-
- "Which brings me to another point. (For those North Americans who recently
- learnt what the word 'whinge' means, here is another example! :-) ) Why, oh
- why, in a country where the beaches are packed to capacity on Christmas Day,
- where Christmas dinner barbecues have to be reorganised because of total
- fire bans, and where eating cold turkey slices and salad for Christmas
- lunch while shooing away pesky flies is normal, why must we put up with an
- overweight man in a furry red suit driving a sleigh through tons of fake
- bloody _snow_ every Christmas??
-
- "Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!"
-
- - Danger Mouse.
-