Posted on 12/08/2010 4:35:47 PM PST by LongElegantLegs
The holiday season is a good time to ponder the lesson of "A Christmas Carol," the heartwarming classic story by the beloved dead English writer Charles Dickens. The story begins on Christmas Eve with mean old miser Ebenezer Scrooge being mean to his lowly clerk, Bob Cratchit, who is a good and humble man despite having a last name that sounds like an intestinal mishap, as in "The dog made cratchit on the rug."
Scrooge then goes home, and during the night he is visited by a series of ghosts, including the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Stranded in a Motel 6 in Albany, N.Y. Horrified, Scrooge rushes to the Cratchit home the next morning to atone for his meanness by giving the Cratchits a turkey, and everybody rejoices except Tiny Tim, who was hoping for an Xbox 360, so his Christmas is ruined.
The lesson we learn from this timeless story is that it's important to get the right gift. All too often we give people gifts that they don't want, or can't use.
For example, recently my wife gave her mother a DVD of a concert performance by Michael Buble, the suave Canadian crooner who makes Barry Manilow sound like Snoop Dogg. My mother-in-law loves Michael Buble, so you would think the DVD would be a perfect gift for her. You would be wrong.
We had to return it, because it was in the "Blu-ray" format, which is an exciting new DVD format developed by the consumer electronics industry for the express purpose of not working in the consumer's current DVD player.
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As in, this piece left me crying out loud with laughter. What a scream.
As they say, read the whole thing.
Great humor. Dave Barry cracks me up every time!
I’m a little bit outraged that this year’s guide is so bare-bones...Usually there are pictures of Dave and his staff modelling each item. :-)
Maniki Butt Bra for Men ping
That list makes socks and boxer shorts sound like good Christmas presents.
Well, no models required, cuz I’d never be able to see thru the tears. Starting with the butt bra and then the visor
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