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[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!

Happy New Year!!

2005 was a great year and we're looking forward to an even greater 2006! The Iraqis have held their elections and as democracy and freedom takes hold, it appears the terrorist violence has greatly subsided. We're hoping that the war in Iraq is just about over and that as the Iraqis take over responsibility for their own security, our troops can finally come home. God bless them all. We pray for peace in the Middle East.

On the home front, we see President Bush's numbers on the upswing and our confidence is growing regarding continuing conservative successes in the midterm elections this Fall. Judge Samuel Alito should be confirmed for the Supreme Court in the next few weeks and our hopes for a more conservative court will soon be realized.

September 23, 2006 will mark Free Republic's 10th year anniversary. It's hard to believe that 10 years have passed by so quickly. Time flies when you're having fun. We've been blessed with many successes on Free Republic over the years and are praying for continuing success in the future.

Thank you all very much for making Free Republic the very best conservative site on the web!! FReepers are the greatest!!

May God bless you all with peace and prosperity in the new year and much happiness in all the years to come.

[Fiddlstix]

I am thinking...This Thread Needs a BIG...

Just Bumping thru... Be back later J
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[Lady Jag]

FUNNIEST CHRISTMAS STORY

This article was submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find
out who had the wildest Christmas dinner. The following won first prize.


Christmas with Louise

As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace
before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they
say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas
morning, although Jay's kids' stockings were overflowing, his poor pantyhose
hung sadly empty.

One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went
in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Walmart.

I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-
rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour
saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who would
buy that?"

Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted tobuy a standard,
uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so
I could use the car pool lane during rush hour.

Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different
models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do
things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry.

I settled for "Lovable Louise." She was at the bottom of the price scale.
To call Louise a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination.

On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life.

My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning
hours, long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose
with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank
what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home and giggled
for a couple of hours.

The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house
and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog
confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some
more. We all agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest
of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional
Christmas dinner.

My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. "What the
hell is that?" she asked.

My brother quickly explained, "It's a doll."

"Who would play with something like that?" Granny snapped.

I had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut.

"Where are her clothes?" Granny continued.

"Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran," Jay said, trying to steer her
into the dining room, but Granny was relentless.

"Why doesn't she have any teeth?" Again, I could have answered, but why
would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the
ambulance saying, "Hang on, Granny, hang on!"

My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me
and said, " Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?"

I told him she was Jay's friend. A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by
the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting.
It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at
home.

The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died,
who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a
noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning.
Then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and
fell in a heap in front of the sofa.

The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa
ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to
mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his
pants and Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat
in the car.

It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember.

Later, in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to
determine the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had
suffered from a hot ember from the fireplace to the back of her right
thigh.

Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her
To perfect health.

Louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies.

I think Grandpa still calls her whenever he can get out of the house.

[Lady Jag]

DONATE NOW!!!

JIMROB'S COLLECTING HIS DUCKS
AND HE'S TAKING THEM HOME!!!!

[Coop]

BTTT

[tioga]

I love that parody. LOL

[tioga]

Thanks for FReepublic, my check is in the mail. ;^)

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, tioga!

[Fiddlstix]

I do too. It is good. J

[tiredoflaundry]

You have been "flocked" BUMP!!

[Quilla]

Mr. & Mrs. John Kerry bump:

[cyn]

Hi, Jim -- thanks for FR. I don't waste my time anywhere else . . . er, h'mm, well . . . you know what I mean!

You'll have to imagine the card; I used the handy credit card option this time. Does it automatically get chalked up to FL?

[cyn]

goooOOOOOOOooooo GATORS!

[cyn]

I am SO thankful that image only shows up as the (usually dreaded) red X!

[tiredoflaundry]

;-)

[Quilla]

Odd, I can see it, but I did have to select "view picture" after refreshing My Comments. I hate it when that happens. ;-)

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, cyn!

[Lady Jag]

I'd love to buy dozens of those for my front lawn. I'm just too Scottish to spend that much $$ on plastic flamingos.

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$40 from Never Never Land
$10 monthly from Mississippi
$100 from California
$20 from Indiana
$30 from Florida
$20 from Wisconsin
$20 from Minnesota
$20 from Texas
$10 from Canada
$100 from Alabama
$10 from Florida
$50 from Never Never Land
$10 from Arizona
$10 from Kentucky
$100 from Delaware
$10 from Oklahoma
$19 from New York
$20 from Tennessee
$10 from Never Never Land

Thank you all very much!!

[RottiBiz]

Howdy everyone!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$40 from Never Never Land
$10 monthly from Mississippi
$100 from California
$20 from Indiana
$30 from Florida
$20 from Wisconsin
$20 from Minnesota
$20 from Texas
$10 from Canada
$100 from Alabama
$10 from Florida
$50 from Never Never Land
$10 from Arizona
$10 from Kentucky
$100 from Delaware
$10 from Oklahoma
$19 from New York
$20 from Tennessee
$10 from Never Never Land

Thank you all very much!!

[Lady Jag]