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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Merry Christmas ! |
| Date | 2013-12-24 09:20 +1300 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <241220130920155614%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <181220131813500180%michelle@michelle.org> <rqi4b9den4a74e5jjk653vosh00u4208uq@4ax.com> <181220131945561756%michelle@michelle.org> <jnm6b9l4l3bpfhhj2ano5n8jlvruo9qf4f@4ax.com> <bhhk24Fgd7fU1@mid.individual.net> |
In article <bhhk24Fgd7fU1@mid.individual.net>, Tom Stiller
<clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-19, John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:45:56 -0700, Michelle Steiner
> ><michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> >
> >>In article <rqi4b9den4a74e5jjk653vosh00u4208uq@4ax.com>, John
> >><Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
> >>
> >>> >When someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, they're making an erroneous
> >>> >assumption about me.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry but I'm not.
> >>
> >>Yes, you are.
> >>
> Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for
> an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,
> non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice
> holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
> persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of
> others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
> at all . . . and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and
> medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
> accepted calendar year 2014, but not without due respect for the
> calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
> have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is
> necessarily greater than any other country or is the only ’ÄúAMERICA’Äù in
> the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color,
> age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or
> sexual orientation of the wishee. This message does not advocate the
> exploitation of non-union working class elves, or other handicapped
> persons. This message is respectful to the rights of reindeer and other
> animals, and not advocate the use of fur.
>
> By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:
>
> This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
> transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no
> promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for
> her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is
> revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted
> to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for
> a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday
> greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement
> of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the
> wisher.
Try this version from the old UK comedy show "Yes Minister" ...
I wonder if I might crave your momentary indulgence in
order to discharge a by no means disagreeable obligation
which has, over the years, become more or less established
practice in government service as we approach the terminal
period of the year - calendar, of course, not financial -
in fact, not to put too fine a point on it, Week Fifty-One
- and submit to you, with all appropriate deference, for
your consideration at a convenient juncture, a sincere and
sanguine expectation - indeed confidence - indeed one
might go so far as to say hope - that the aforementioned
period may be, at the end of the day, when all relevant
factors have been taken into consideration, susceptible to
being deemed to be such as to merit a final verdict of
having been by no means unsatisfactory in its overall
outcome and, in the final analysis, to give grounds for
being judged, on mature reflection, to have been conducive
to generating a degree of gratification which will be seen
in retrospect to have been significantly higher than the
general average.
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Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-17 23:45 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-18 06:04 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-18 06:20 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-18 01:44 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-18 08:29 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 08:07 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:23 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:33 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 11:26 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-18 12:53 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 12:27 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-19 10:38 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-18 21:19 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-18 17:59 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-19 12:00 +1300
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 17:45 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-19 10:22 -0800
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 00:13 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:20 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:39 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-18 14:35 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-18 16:32 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-19 11:35 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-19 15:16 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-19 10:41 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 00:17 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-19 08:54 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-19 08:00 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-19 16:41 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-19 11:33 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 12:57 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-20 13:09 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-20 13:23 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-20 14:09 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-20 17:49 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-22 16:43 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-22 17:12 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-23 13:32 +1300
Re: Merry Christmas ! gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-12-23 09:33 -0800
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-23 18:57 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-12-23 11:20 -0800
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-23 21:00 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-23 21:13 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-12-23 18:34 -0800
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-19 10:40 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-19 23:46 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 00:11 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-19 08:52 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-18 13:08 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 08:11 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-18 10:16 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-18 11:18 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 00:35 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-19 09:00 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-19 13:03 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-19 18:58 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 21:07 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-19 21:54 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 12:30 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-18 20:27 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-19 11:23 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-18 11:50 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2013-12-18 18:03 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-18 19:11 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 01:55 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-21 00:24 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-21 07:48 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-22 13:20 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 01:09 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 18:13 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 01:43 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-18 19:45 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 20:46 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-20 12:36 +1300
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 01:15 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-20 19:14 +1300
Re: Merry Christmas ! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-20 02:53 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-20 09:04 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-20 15:23 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-21 11:11 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-20 21:52 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-21 06:07 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2013-12-20 09:25 +0100
Re: Merry Christmas ! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-20 07:06 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-20 13:23 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 04:14 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-21 07:13 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-24 09:20 +1300
Re: Merry Christmas ! Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 22:58 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 20:55 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-19 20:43 -0700
Re: Merry Christmas ! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-19 15:15 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-19 10:26 -0800
Re: Merry Christmas ! Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-18 20:28 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 01:46 +0000
Re: Merry Christmas ! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:11 -0500
Re: Merry Christmas ! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-18 11:37 -0600
Re: Merry Christmas ! John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2013-12-19 00:37 +0000
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