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| 12-29-06 (29 Decembre 2006)
| Sully777
Posted on 12/29/2006 12:09:39 AM PST by sully777
HAPPY FRIDAY
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
New Years Myth: KRONOS (or Cronus) was the Titan god of time and the ages, especially time where regarded as destructive and all-devouring.
He ruled the cosmos during the so-called Golden Age, after castrating and deposing his own father Ouranos (the Sky) from the throne. In fear of a prophecy that he would be in turn be overthrown by his own son, Kronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea managed to save the youngest, Zeus, by hiding him away on the island of Krete, and fed Kronos a stone wrapped in the swaddling clothes of an infant. The god grew up, forced Kronos to disgorge his swallowed offspring, and led the Olympians in a ten year war against the Titanes, before driving them defeated into the pit of Tartaros.
Many human generations later, Zeus released Kronos and his brothers from this prison, and made the old Titan king of the Elysian Islands, home of the blessed dead."
New Years Ritual: In Ecuador, people celebrate Ano Viejo by making scarecrows from old clothe and newspapers. They fill the dummies with firecrackers and paper listing regrets, faults, problems, etc. from the past year. They light the scarecrow and watch it explode and burn, symbolizing an extinguishing of their past failures in the previous year.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Humor; UFO's
KEYWORDS: 20062007; hardtosmile; mundanemadness; newyear; ofst; tempusfugit
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To: sully777
Happy Saddam Necktie Party Day!
(I hope.)
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posted on
12/29/2006 4:08:44 AM PST
by
Enosh
To: sully777
Where did you get that picture of me, Sully ?
Nothing new, by the way.
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posted on
12/29/2006 4:45:03 AM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So much to flame;so little time !)
To: sully777
23
posted on
12/29/2006 4:47:00 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: sully777
I don't get it, Heather - Bob in accounting said there were files on this disk that I should see...
24
posted on
12/29/2006 4:51:53 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: sully777
25
posted on
12/29/2006 4:59:15 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
12/29/2006 5:04:48 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
To: sully777
Silly Time!
Happy New Year!
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posted on
12/29/2006 5:05:43 AM PST
by
YouPosting2Me
(My Mission: Get 'Millee' to start using a Tagline again...)
To: YouPosting2Me
9 out of 10 Dentists think the other guy is just being difficult.
28
posted on
12/29/2006 5:07:09 AM PST
by
YouPosting2Me
(My Mission: Get 'Millee' to start using a Tagline again...)
To: sully777
Morning sully!
Finally making it to your party!!!
Hope I'm not overdressed. 
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posted on
12/29/2006 5:21:18 AM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: sully777
ABC has announced that Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys will replace Ryan Seacrest as co-host of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2007.
When asked why the change was being made, an ABC spokesperson explained that Dick Clark was very impressed with "TO's mastery of dropping a ball in front of thousands of screaming drunk people."
To: YouPosting2Me
Auld Lang Syne : Lyrics Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne! Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
So simple, yet after 3 bottles of wine, mmmmm...not so much.
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posted on
12/29/2006 5:33:24 AM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: sully777
I like living in America!
32
posted on
12/29/2006 6:00:49 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Happy New Year, y'all!)
To: sully777; All
To: sully777
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posted on
12/29/2006 6:59:12 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: nhoward14
"TO's mastery of dropping a ball in front of thousands of screaming drunk people."nice...
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:12:36 AM PST
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: Izzy Dunne
We had a blonde bring her car to our shop. She said that every time she had to stop at a traffic light, the engine died.
We took the car into a bay and she sat in our waiting area. After checking out the vehicle, went out to talk to the customer.
Blonde: What's the story?
Mechanic: Crap in the carburetor.
Blonde: How often do I have to do that?
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:12:48 AM PST
by
Deguello
To: Millee
All I get is the dreaded red x...
Happy new year, sweetie!
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:13:38 AM PST
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: Millee
what is a lang syne anyway? LOL!
To: Millee
That problem is easy to solve.
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:18:58 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(To compare Congress to drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors. - Ronald W. Reagan)
To: conservativebabe
Something some drunk German sang 50 years ago & now we're all forced to slur it out every year.
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:19:05 AM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
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