I told my daughter in law that I wasn't wanting to to give gift cards or gift certificates this year. I said when you tell someone that's all you want it's saying to them, you don't trust them to know you well enough to buy you a decent gift. She didn't say anything and she's getting a damn good food processor but not any gift cards...grins
Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Fw: 'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck. > > hehehehehehe so just give them all gift cards i guess > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "send stuff here" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "delmas recipes" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:01 AM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Fw: 'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's > a > wreck. > > >> >>> 'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck. >>> >>> How to live in a world that's politically correct? >>> >>> His workers no longer would answer to Elves, >>> >>> Vertically Challenged they were calling themselves. >>> >>> And labor conditions at the north pole >>> >>> Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul. >>> >>> Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety, >>> >>> Released to the wilds by the Humane Society. >>> >>> And equal employment had made it quite clear >>> >>> That Santa had better not use just reindeer. >>> >>> So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid, >>> >>> Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid! >>> >>> The runners had been removed from his sleigh; >>> >>> The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A. >>> >>> And people had started to call for the cops >>> >>> When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops. >>> >>> Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened. >>> >>> His fur trimmed red suit was called Unenlightened. >>> >>> And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows, >>> >>> Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose >>> >>> And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation, >>> >>> Demanding millions in over-due compensation. >>> >>> So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife, >>> >>> Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life, >>> >>> Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz, >>> >>> Demanding from now on her title was Ms. >>> >>> And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion >>> >>> That making a choice could cause so much commotion. >>> >>> Nothing of leather, nothing of fur, >>> >>> Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her. >>> >>> Nothing that might be construed to pollute. >>> >>> Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot. >>> >>> Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise. >>> >>> Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys. >>> >>> Nothing that claimed to be gender specific. >>> >>> Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific. >>> >>> No candy or sweets, they were bad for the tooth. >>> >>> Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth. >>> >>> And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden, >>> >>> Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden. >>> >>> For they raised the hackles of those psychological >>> >>> Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological. >>> >>> No baseball, no football; someone could get hurt; >>> >>> Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt. >>> >>> Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe; >>> >>> And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away. >>> >>> So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed; >>> >>> He just could not figure out what to do next. >>> >>> He tried to be merry, tried to be gay, >>> >>> But you've got to be careful with that word today. >>> >>> His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground; >>> >>> Nothing fully acceptable was to be found. >>> >>> Something special was needed, a gift that he might >>> >>> Give to all without angering the left or the right. >>> >>> A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision, >>> >>> Each group of people, every religion; >>> >>> Every ethnicity, every hue, >>> >>> Everyone, everywhere, even you. >>> >>> So here is that gift, it's priced beyond worth. >>> >>> May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth. >>> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.23/591 - Release Date: >> 12/17/2006 >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
