To those of the non-ass persuasion...
Thlayli
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Dan...
Thlayli wrote:
>
> Happy Boxing Day, eh?
>
> --
> Thlayli BMF
wait... now, from much reading, I assume that non-ass means Canadian. I
think I've figured that part out. But, don't them merkins(Americans)
have the whole Boxing Day thing going on too?
eh?
Or maybe I should just check google again. bah.
Dan
Spyinthesky
"Dan..." <da...@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:3C295AE6...@shaw.ca...
> wait... now, from much reading, I assume that non-ass means Canadian. I
> think I've figured that part out. But, don't them merkins(Americans)
> have the whole Boxing Day thing going on too?
>
> eh?
I don't think Americans do as I mentioned it to a friend of mine and he'd
never heard of it.
I think its a Commonwealth country thing-Canada, Australia, NZ etc.
NO idea where the Boxing came from
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mommagoth
> Thlayli wrote:
> >
> > Happy Boxing Day, eh?
> >
> > --
> > Thlayli BMF
>
> wait... now, from much reading, I assume that non-ass means Canadian. I
> think I've figured that part out. But, don't them merkins(Americans)
> have the whole Boxing Day thing going on too?
>
> eh?
You're correct on the assless=Canadian connection (don't take it
personally; it's a private joke) but I assure you...
Most Americans don't have a clue as to what Boxing Day is, or that it even
exists. Unless we are unwittingly celebrating it by mobbing the stores for
after-Christmas sales, I'd say that Americans generally picture a holiday
where everyone in Canada takes the day off to watch men pummel each other
in the ring.
Tales from the Heartland...
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> Most Americans don't have a clue as to what Boxing Day is, or that it even
> exists. Unless we are unwittingly celebrating it by mobbing the stores for
> after-Christmas sales, I'd say that Americans generally picture a holiday
> where everyone in Canada takes the day off to watch men pummel each other
> in the ring.
>
> Tales from the Heartland...
> momma
Yeah, isn't that the day where we box up all the shit that doesn't fit
or just plain sucked and take it back to the store. Merry Boxing Day!
Now box that shit up and give me a fucking receipt!! Goddamn
minimum-wage-having-to-work-on-christmas-oh-poor-me-fuck! I don't care
that your fucking crack baby is at home dying of hunger and you have to
schlep my packages to and fro the car in the blistering cold for minimum
wage while I make derisive remarks about your overly greasy hair and the
5 day stubble poking through your control top pantyhose. I WANT TO
EXCHANGE THESE ITEMS! Somebody spent a lot of time thinking about what
I wanted for Christmas, went out to the store, spent their money and
completely FUCKED UP! Who in their right mind would think that *I*
would want *this* piece of shit. Wait...What?!?! IN STORE CREDIT?!? I
don't think so bitch, you'd BEST give me my fucking money right now!!!
*ahem* sorry 'bout that.
<was that a good stereotypical American consumer?>
That's what Boxing Day is all about, right?
Happy New Year everyone!!!
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Yokes
>Happy Boxing Day, eh?
I tried in vain to get my bosses to give me the day off as a religious
holiday. Didn't work. Its tough being a Canadian working in this god
foresaken country.
laytre
yokes
Yokes
>wait... now, from much reading, I assume that non-ass means Canadian. I
>think I've figured that part out. But, don't them merkins(Americans)
>have the whole Boxing Day thing going on too?
nope. they actually like having to go to work. silly americans
>eh?
eh!
laytre
yokes
Yokes
>I think its a Commonwealth country thing-Canada, Australia, NZ etc.
>NO idea where the Boxing came from
correct
http://www.k12.nf.ca/mountainview/boxing%20day.htm
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britian, Australia, New
Zealand, and Canada. Boxing Day falls on December 26th, which is also
St. Stephen's Day. The holiday for Boxing Day takes place on the
following Monday if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. The
traditonal celebration of Boxing Day includes giving money and other
gifts to charitable, needy people, and people in service jobs. The
holiday originated from the middle ages (A.D. 400's-1500's).
Boxing day is a tradition in English Colonies. They would
"box up" their unwanted clothes and other things for the poor. Now
it's just "another day off".
In England, the holiday has evolved into a celebration of the
family. Christmas Day was always the day you spent at home with your
family, but Boxing Day would always be the day you would go to your
grandparents' home. A Boxing Day meal usually includes ham or roast
lamb. Boxing Day has also come to incorporate sports, such as soccer,
and general activity after Christmas.
laytre
yokes
Patrick Alexander
:>wait... now, from much reading, I assume that non-ass means Canadian. I
:>think I've figured that part out. But, don't them merkins(Americans)
:>have the whole Boxing Day thing going on too?
: nope. they actually like having to go to work. silly americans
Hell, I went to work on Christmas. :)
Patrick Alexander
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fruit bat and purple queen fish and who's that babbler conversing with a
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Worldling
server.tampabay.rr.com:
> Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britian, Australia, New
> Zealand, and Canada. Boxing Day falls on December 26th, which is also
> St. Stephen's Day. The holiday for Boxing Day takes place on the
> following Monday if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. The
> traditonal celebration of Boxing Day includes giving money and other
> gifts to charitable, needy people, and people in service jobs. The
> holiday originated from the middle ages (A.D. 400's-1500's).
>
> Boxing day is a tradition in English Colonies. They would
> "box up" their unwanted clothes and other things for the poor. Now
> it's just "another day off".
This is all technical babbling to what is outdated folklore.
Commermorating the Queen and her loyal commonwealth, including us assless
folk. It was a way for us to return shoddy gifts. For the queen it was an
excuse to stockpile crap given to her by her ungrateful family --
"Tis the occasion to slappeth people in the back by returning gifts, and
giveth stores a day to clear out their warehouses at discount prices!"
How I love and hate this day. I went and bought $20 worth of groceries
that on any other day would normally cost $80!! Unfortunately, it took me
an hour to find parking and an hour to get through the store. hehe!
Walmart really has to get rid of those automated walkways. Because when a
stupid fuckin' couple gets their kiddie Pram caught at the top of the
walkway and people start falling on top of them... well, there's hell to
pay I tell ya! HELL TO PAY!
Dirk
Dan...
> How I love and hate this day. I went and bought $20 worth of groceries
> that on any other day would normally cost $80!! Unfortunately, it took me
> an hour to find parking and an hour to get through the store. hehe!
The Chapters near my house is closing, so everything is at least 50%
off. I went and bought 3 books and I might buy more tomorrow.
For those who care:
-Fight Club (already read it, but thought I'd like to have my own copy)
-Nineteen Eighty-Four
-No Logo
mmmmmm Boxing Week sales... actually, aside from that, you don't really
get a whole lot of deals around here anymore. I've even seen higher
prices at "boxing day sales". hell... I bought The Score DVD for
$33.00(canadian). That's insane, but I had a gift certificate, so it
wasn't THAT bad... or something.
Dan
goatbear
news:Xns9183DC85EE949d...@207.35.177.135...
> Walmart really has to get rid of those automated walkways. Because when a
> stupid fuckin' couple gets their kiddie Pram caught at the top of the
pram? PRAM? what the fuck is a pram?!? fucking canadians.
Thlayli
>"Worldling" <dirk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Walmart really has to get rid of those automated walkways. Because when a
>> stupid fuckin' couple gets their kiddie Pram caught at the top of the
>
>pram? PRAM? what the fuck is a pram?!?
Short for "perambulator". It's a baby carriage.
>fucking canadians.
Heh.
Yokes
FANTASTIC book. Better than Fast Food Nation, in my opinion. Should
be required reading for anyone who is a consumer.
on the fiction side, my current recommended book is All Families are
Psychotic by Douglas Coupland. Beauty.
laytre
yokes
jo...@amnin.com
bought it. will read it right after i finish the book joanna gave me -
zodiac (which, if you're reading this, is so much fun for me!!! but i
just started)
love and friends,
jody :)
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Worldling
news:6nBW7.36677$rM5....@news.webusenet.com:
A Pram is what I'm gonna strap you up in if you don't shape up boy! hehe
It's also known as a walker, or a baby carriage I suppose is the common
name in the States ya?
Dirk
Worldling
<calliope+use...@rescomp.stanford.edu> wrote in
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> y0 y0 y0! jo...@amnin.com got this party started:
>>Yokes <smgalbr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>-No Logo
>>
>>> FANTASTIC book. Better than Fast Food Nation, in my opinion. Should
>>> be required reading for anyone who is a consumer.
>>
>>> on the fiction side, my current recommended book is All Families are
>>> Psychotic by Douglas Coupland. Beauty.
>>
>>bought it. will read it right after i finish the book joanna gave me -
>>zodiac (which, if you're reading this, is so much fun for me!!! but i
>>just started)
Is that Zodiac the Eco-Thriller, or Zodiac the Serial Killer? I am
assuming the former since it's your calling, but it could be the latter too
I suppose now that it's been made into a miniseries and given some
notoriety.
> Glad you're enjoying it! I'd hoped that you would! I'm currently
> re-reading _Mists of Avalon_ by Marion Zimmer Bradley for a book
> club, but on deck I've got _Legally Blonde_ by Amanda Brown (yes, the
> book on which the movie was based, which was ACTUALLY set at Stanford
> Law School at around the time I was on campus as an undergrad) and
> _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep_ by Philip K. Dick... finally.
Speaking of Movie Novels, I'm working my way through _A Beautiful Mind: A
Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr._ by Sylvia Nasar. I want to read it
before I go see the Ron "Howardized" treatment of the material. Apparently
Nash was even more imbalanced in his personal life then is depicted in the
movie... how much more so is yet to be seen. I am also perpetually re-
reading the Body for Life series of Bill Philips 12 week EAS campaigns.
I'm a sucker for the motivational self-help don't sweat the small stuff
kinda literature.
> -joanna
Dirk
goatbear
news:a0gsjh$3th$1...@news.Stanford.EDU...
> _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep_ by Philip K. Dick... finally.
a great read. my favorite part is when he buys the goat :)
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goatbear
> A Pram is what I'm gonna strap you up in if you don't shape up boy! hehe
> It's also known as a walker, or a baby carriage I suppose is the common
> name in the States ya?
oh, sure. i bet next you're going to tell me they say "pram" in england,
too.
jo...@amnin.com
> Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo
> <calliope+use...@rescomp.stanford.edu> wrote in
> news:a0gsjh$3th$1...@news.Stanford.EDU:
>> y0 y0 y0! jo...@amnin.com got this party started:
>>>
>>>bought it. will read it right after i finish the book joanna gave me -
>>>zodiac (which, if you're reading this, is so much fun for me!!! but i
>>>just started)
> Is that Zodiac the Eco-Thriller, or Zodiac the Serial Killer? I am
> assuming the former since it's your calling, but it could be the latter too
> I suppose now that it's been made into a miniseries and given some
> notoriety.
>
the eco-thriller, of course ;)... love it... LOVE IT! like i said, i
just started it, but what can go wrong when a book mentions both nitrous
and PCBs within the first few pages? ;)
love and friends,
jody :)
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rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo
>pRAM stands for "Parameter RAM" which is used in Apple computers...
>it's the part of the RAM that's allocated for storing system settings
>like default font, serial port information, time, date, etc. You can
>"zap" the pRAM to reset the parameters to defaults, and this often
>solves those mysterious Mac problems.
teh pram is teh reson teh macintsoh frezes all teh time with teh
memary errer!!!!
br
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lupa
>"Worldling" <dirk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> A Pram is what I'm gonna strap you up in if you don't shape up boy! hehe
>> It's also known as a walker, or a baby carriage I suppose is the common
>> name in the States ya?
>
>oh, sure. i bet next you're going to tell me they say "pram" in england,
>too.
they do, the fucking asswipes.
~lupa (no, i'm not bitter. oh, and smrrches to drrkle!!)
hal9000
> "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo"
> <calliope+use...@rescomp.stanford.edu> wrote in message
> news:a0gsjh$3th$1...@news.Stanford.EDU...
>
> > _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep_ by Philip K. Dick... finally.
>
> a great read. my favorite part is when he buys the goat :)
I wouldn't go so far as to say a "great" read. I've always thought that
the movie adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels (ie: Bladerunner, Total
Recall) were better than the novels, and I don't think that about many
movies (was Re: Quit trying with the Dune movies...you'll never get it as
good as Frank Herbert's novel!).
But it certainly is a good book, and well worth the time to read it. It
does give a bit of insight into the Ridley Scott movie.
later...
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