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The Official Friday Silliness Thread's End of the Year Clearance Sale
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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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posted on
12/29/2006 12:09:42 AM PST
by
sully777
To: sully777
End of Year Sale
Blow Out Prices On All Items
Marked Down 75% Off
Our Everyday Gouging
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:19:53 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: skinkinthegrass; Tatze; Lost Dutchman; Silly; pax_et_bonum; BruceysMom; Gordongekko909; ...
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Click the Picture Upper Class Twit of the Year
Roll Call:
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:22:05 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: Allegra; Dallas59
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:26:42 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
Click the Picture: Action League Now!
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:36:30 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:40:49 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
Here and aye!
Readying myself for my first ping to the, "Singles," thread......
First time in a long time, too.
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:41:05 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(You never forget that kind of pain.)
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:46:41 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: RandallFlagg
Here and aye!
Readying myself for my first ping to the, "Singles," thread......
First time in a long time, too.
But are you ready for the worst blizzard in the history of all mankind...according to the Weather Channel?
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:48:55 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:53:05 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: TheresaKett
Hey hey...site for sore eyes.
Have a safe weekend and holiday.
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posted on
12/29/2006 12:55:36 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: nuke rocketeer
The eyes have it...
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posted on
12/29/2006 1:01:00 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
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posted on
12/29/2006 1:14:33 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
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posted on
12/29/2006 1:20:48 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
12/29/2006 1:22:08 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: sully777
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posted on
12/29/2006 1:24:07 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: sully777
But are you ready for the worst blizzard in the history of all mankind...according to the Weather Channel?Why do you think he's pinging the singles thread?
GO RANDALL!!!
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posted on
12/29/2006 2:44:43 AM PST
by
dirtbiker
(I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head up my a$$....)
To: sully777
Nice to have you back and running the show!
MM
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posted on
12/29/2006 3:44:27 AM PST
by
motormouth
(Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.)
To: Dallas59
HIlarious!! That baby pic made me spew my morning coffee all over the desk...you should post a WARNING label BEFORE you ever put that one back up...
BTW..Happy New Year..
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posted on
12/29/2006 3:55:41 AM PST
by
ken5050
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