[Verginius Rufus]

Apparently the story of Rudolph goes back to 1939. I remember the song version as a kid, which was before 1964, and was completely unfamiliar with the 1964 elaboration of the story before this thread.

Meanwhile, have they ever identified the reindeer who ran over Grandma?

[buffaloguy]

“Meanwhile, have they ever identified the reindeer who ran over Grandma?

There were five suspects all of whom have passed on. Vito “the Enforcer” Deguerio is the reindeer suspected of the hit. He was a legendary hit reindeer employed by the Finnish mob and it turned out that Grandma lost a shipment of peppermint Meth and couldn’t pay it off. Cornelius is a suspect in the lost peppermint meth caper. Jes’ sayin...

[oblomov]

I occasionally use the “Island of Misfit Toys” metaphor to describe a motley group within an organization that operates in innocuous desuetude...

[reed13k]

Wasn’t it “blitz”en?