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[challenge entry] a Merry Mongoid Christmas to y'all
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(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:31, archived)
# are all of you really christians then?
or are you just in it for the presents?
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:32, archived)
# i believe in god
but follow no particular religion

do i still qualify for pressie booty?
(Johnny2 Harrumph!, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:35, archived)
# dunno
I was just curious about the amount of merry christmassing going on.
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:36, archived)
# I just like the idea
of people being nice to each other for one day a year. Not that it ever really happens that way though.
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:38, archived)
# it doesn't happen
and I'd rather people were just nice to each other always. I despise the need to have a special day to pretend that you're being nice to each other and then that they don't even do it
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:39, archived)
# its the same with valentines
even if you buy that special someone a present every now and again for no real reason, if you don't do something on valentines day you are a cold monster with a heart of stone.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:41, archived)
# you're dating the wrong sort of person then
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:42, archived)
# yeah
you want the "remembers gifts well" model
(rednc, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:44, archived)
# engage drunk on wine mode
*never dated anyone*. just expressing an observation. jesus...twenty years old and never had a girlfriend...sob.
ahem, thats everyones cue to give me sympathy :)
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:47, archived)
# so you won't be wanting any presents then?
hmmm?
(I helped save b3ta! Bitchpapa, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:42, archived)
# no
I'd rather not, because I feel terrible for taking them
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:43, archived)
# you know
i reckon i could actually do without this year. if it was a choice between christmas existing as it is now, or not getting any presents, i would pick the latter. honestly.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:43, archived)
# yay! My thoughts
entirely - it implies that the rest of the year yer an uncaring cnut, but one special day you make an effort. Pah. What a boad of lollocks :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:07, archived)
# i am going to pedantic here
and say "shouldn't that be a god, rather than god, and shouldn't god be deity?"

i am drunk on wine though, so feel free to ignore this as pedantic bumjunk
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:37, archived)
# maybe you're right
and maybe you're not...

the white wizard will know...
(Johnny2 Harrumph!, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:45, archived)
# I'm in it to stop my mother crying.
But next year I may drop out entirely, and just send people token gifts.
(goat thinks you're shit, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:35, archived)
# I'm going to tell them I'm not playing along any more after this year
but we don't get presents as it is.
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:37, archived)
# I do,
it seems to upset them that I actually don't really want anything. Unless they want to buy me a £1700 powerbook, which they don't.
(goat thinks you're shit, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:38, archived)
# my parents give me money
but I don't need it anymore, so I can afford to tell them to stop.

(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:40, archived)
# what?
wait, you're always saying you can't afford to go places. doesn't money buy travel anymore? i'm in trouble if it doesn't. I've only got so many frequent flyer miles to burn.
(rednc, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:41, archived)
# well yes
but there's a difference between being able to afford a holiday and not being able to afford food
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:42, archived)
# bollocks
it's food for the soul, don't you know.
(rednc, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:43, archived)
# maybe i'll feel that way in a few years
but for now, just coming off being terribly terribly broke, food seems more important
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:44, archived)
# look, i want my money back
you're being too serious. i was merely suggesting that if you could get a free holiday, and your parents were willing, who'd it hurt? tell them to send me the cash instead.

(p.s. I'm only kidding. And now I really do have to go to dinner.)
(rednc, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:47, archived)
# cheapskates
(rednc, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:41, archived)
# or gift tokens?
?
(I helped save b3ta! Bitchpapa, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:43, archived)
# No,
they're just shit.
(goat thinks you're shit, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:44, archived)
# i pride myself on being so cynical
i am not even an atheist. I am solely in it for the presents.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:35, archived)
# haha, I was going to say that
but you beat me to it :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:40, archived)
# well people get upset if you don't buy them any
so why not.

imagine my little nephew's face when I say "No presents for you mate, I'm afraid I don't believe in supporting the rampant and cynical commercialisation of a religious festival I don't believe in"

bless 'im, he's only 6.
(I helped save b3ta! .spanky is singing "PEANUTS!", Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:35, archived)
# its a right shit nowadays
your made to feel as if you HAVE to buy presents. to be honest, I don't feel like celebrating the birth of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. his presence on this earth seems to have brought nothing but trouble for the last 2000 years
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:39, archived)
# Yup. Im just in it for
the blatant commercialism and free gifts.
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:36, archived)
# i think i'm just in it for the presents
and because the media has brainwashed me into thinking i *have* to be in it.
(I helped save b3ta! cwethan, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:36, archived)
# god bless
coca cola!

I'd like to say 'it's all their fault' but I've been down this road on 'ere before and was told otherwise
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:41, archived)
# yeah, i'd like to say that as well.
damn their brilliant marketing strategies!
(I helped save b3ta! cwethan, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:42, archived)
# i mark the official start of christmas
when i first see the advert with all those fucking trucks.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:48, archived)
# oh, i go by toys r us
there's a magical place we're on our way there, with toys in their millions all under one roof... it's called TOYS R US!
(I helped save b3ta! kikilookeylikey, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:53, archived)
# i don't wanna grow up, cuz if i did
i wouldn't be a toys r us kid.


(I helped save b3ta! cwethan, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:55, archived)
# I'm happy to say I've
never been a toysrus kid, and icklewitchy isn't either - she gets her toys from anywhere that sells what she wants after she's returned the christmas gifts she didn't want :) That might be a big store or a charity shop - we don't care!

Do you have shops run by charities in 'we got saddam' land?
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:09, archived)
# DUnno about the christianity bit
but I like the family antics
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:38, archived)
# i actually am a christian
it's quite nice
(I helped save b3ta! kikilookeylikey, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:45, archived)
# and what do you think of christmas these days?
?
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:55, archived)
# it's got veeeery little
to do with Jesus, and a great big squirrel of a lot to do with money and showing how great we are by giving a better present than anyone else. however, it does promote SOME good christian stylee things... family, love etc. like kittymeowmeow said, it'd be nicer if these things were taken into account all year, but i think it does do some good. and i like many pagan things, such as christmas trees and mince pies, which are fabbity, and i won't hear a word against them!
(I helped save b3ta! kikilookeylikey, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:09, archived)
# hurrah for you not
being very christian then :) Shirley family, love etc have bog-all to do with christianity and more to do with families who - *gasp* - like each other. Yay!

Oh, swift edit, to me xmas is double stress 'cos we're *expected* to do the family entertainment shite at the same time every year.....that we do quite a few other times during said year, but that's not xmas. Why should it be a special day when we have the parents and/or friends round? Why not like most other times when we have 'em round because we're social types......

Sorry, that turned into a rant :/
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:12, archived)
# well, they have to do with that too
but they are very christian too. i'm pretty new to this whole business, and not promoting it massively well. but it's great knowing you're loved all year round by someone who's even nicer than your sister. God, i mean. in case you were confused. as i am starting to be, slightly
(I helped save b3ta! kikilookeylikey, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:16, archived)
# well, at
least my sister exists......

bah.
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 1:19, archived)
# Right lovely
And festive
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:34, archived)
# that's wonderlandful!
woo
(I helped save b3ta! cwethan, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:34, archived)
# hehehe
beautiful.

woo mongoid!
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:35, archived)
# yay mongoid
although pc probs mean I can't see links :(
(I helped save b3ta! lemonhead, Tue 23 Dec 2003, 0:54, archived)