I will have a shot of each and decide which one to continue with. Probably the whiskey.
THANK YOU! You have increased my spirits. HAHAHHAHAHA
THANK YOU! You have increased my spirits. HAHAHHAHAHA
Happy Festivus!
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Let the party begin. The Devil and Sobriety take the hindmost.
You mean.. the butt?
I don't know what that is. I don't want to know what that is.
Happy Festivus to all-- no ifs, ands, or butts. 
I hate Seinfeld and everything associated with it, but I do like the idea of Festivus for the Rest of Us. I'm a sucker for a good rhyme.
I hate Seinfeld and everything associated with it, but I do like the idea of Festivus for the Rest of Us. I'm a sucker for a good rhyme.
I also love HPLHS. Their movies and audio dramas are fantastic.
I am tempted to fly to Florida from Australia just to view and photograph the Festival pole made out beer cans that has upset certain conservatives. How can something that takes less thn a square foot of floor space cause so much friction?
"Festivus" is a pseudo-holiday made up by the father of one of the writers on the sitcom Seinfeld. The "holiday" made its way into the plot of a 9th season episode, probably the closest the show ever got to a "holiday episode."
The holiday eschews the religious aspects of other holidays this time of year and the commercialization of Christmas (the genesis of the holiday in the back-story in the episode.) The holiday, generated by George Costanza's father Frank, is fairly mean spirited as it involved lashing out at loved ones and eventually fighting them.
In the wake of the episode it's taken on a tongue-in-cheek form of celebration also probably as a form of "revolt" against the religious/commercialization of other holidays this time of year. It's a holiday everyone can enjoy.
Bullet points of the holiday:
1. The ornamental centerpiece is a 6-foot aluminum pole with no adornments. (Of note. In a recent holiday display "protest" someone erected a pole made one of beer cans along a nativity scene and menorah.)
2. "The Feats of Strength." In the episode the holiday isn't "over" and no one may eat until someone has wrestled the host of the dinner and has him pinned.
3. "Airing of the Grievances." In the episode it's common during the holiday dinner to shout at loved ones the ways they've let you down over the past year.
4. "Festivus Miracle." Though created by Kramer it's "part" of the holiday as celebrated by fans. Usually by exclaiming normal, mundane but coincidental occurrences as "miracles."
No gift exchanges required and no traditional meal. (The Costanzas were having meatloaf and spaghetti.) It's just a fun little "holiday."
Local radio station has an "Airing of the Grievances" inspired by the show (including sound clips from the episode in the bumper-music for the segment) every Friday during the last hour of the program where callers call in and air a grievance which is noted with little to no argument from the hosts.
I know what Festivus is Trekker. I don't know what butt whiskey is.
And while we're at it I am VERY GRIEVED at how you feel you must pit your shallow bombastic holiday against Xmas which is obviously the superior holiday because it has an X in it and X is a mysterious and superior letter!!
And while we're at it I am VERY GRIEVED at how you feel you must pit your shallow bombastic holiday against Xmas which is obviously the superior holiday because it has an X in it and X is a mysterious and superior letter!!
Come on Trekker, give us a grievance. Let it all out.
I am typing SO HARD.
Are you using a Remington typewriter?
I have been told, not lovingly either, that that's what my keyboard typing sounds like.
This touch typing stuff is bullshit, you don't TOUCH you SMASH like a man, a man with ideas that must be pounded out into the world. A real man.
This touch typing stuff is bullshit, you don't TOUCH you SMASH like a man, a man with ideas that must be pounded out into the world. A real man.
I'm thinking a jackhammer.
Come on everyone, let us keep Festivus going! It's not over until one of you has me pinned! At since none of your are in my home then pinning me is impossible, ergo, the holiday will continue until I declare it over!
So let us have the AIRING OF THE GRIEVANCES!
Not against other board members, per the rules, but how about just with life, society and everything that's happened over the past year.
Me? I'm still pissed off at the way the Mandarin was handled in Iron Man 3!
I also hate that the new windshield-wipers I bought don't wipe the part of the windshield they're actually touching. Hell the part it doesn't clear is likely the strongest point since it's where the wiper blade connects to motor arm! Stupid cheap windshield wipers!
So let us have the AIRING OF THE GRIEVANCES!
Not against other board members, per the rules, but how about just with life, society and everything that's happened over the past year.
Me? I'm still pissed off at the way the Mandarin was handled in Iron Man 3!
I also hate that the new windshield-wipers I bought don't wipe the part of the windshield they're actually touching. Hell the part it doesn't clear is likely the strongest point since it's where the wiper blade connects to motor arm! Stupid cheap windshield wipers!
