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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:45:51 -0500
- From: John Charles Fiala <jf2z+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Christmas? But it's only November!!
- In-Reply-To: <1992Nov16.053734.12729@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- References: <1992Nov16.053734.12729@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- Excerpts from netnews.alt.callahans: 16-Nov-92 Christmas? But it's only
- No.. David Mar@physics.su.OZ. (1108)
-
- >"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??
-
- Why, because it sells more toys and ornaments, I would expect.
-
- >"Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!"
-
- Ah, capitolism. Ya gotta love it.
-
- -john
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