'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves".
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!
The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.
And as for the gifts, why, he'd never had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific.
No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passé;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.
So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth."

Merry Xmas

Too long for my short attention span. Read the 1st 4 lines and the last 4 lines. Enough said.

Merry Christmas

Ya... the first 4 lines then my eyes wandered over to the left and stayed there....

till my wife came in


.......b

QUOTE (Bruce Allert @ Dec 25 2004, 12:53 AM)

Ya... the first 4 lines then my eyes wandered over to the left and stayed there.... .......b

same here

Z posts words?

Never seen them.

He changes his avatar like Slits changes his underwear. Always a pleasant surprise.














Maybe that came out wrong.........................

Yeah, the middle part is a little long, but it's funny and has a nice ending. Merry Xmas, Mike and all 914 CLUB members.

Hey Milt, Happy Xmas. My Aunt Jill says Hello.

Best to you this next year.




Maybe I'll actually drive my car over and say hello myself.

Looks like the avatar was offensive to a few people...who actually deleted some threads....again....so in the spirit of XMAS....took it down....

Normally I could give a rats patootie....but go figure....

QUOTE

Maybe that came out wrong.........................

Who came out? (of the closet)

I like Mikes wheels, how much did you get them for (personally delivered too)?
Felix

QUOTE (mikez @ Dec 26 2004, 12:54 AM)

Looks like the avatar was offensive to a few people...who actually deleted some threads....again....so in the spirit of XMAS....took it down....

Just to clarify for the collective... no admins deleted anything.

-Lawrence

Yep....was NOT an admin action...the author of the thread decided to pull the plug his/herself.....no problem. Next week I'll be back to my old PITA self....