tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post113323046292258487..comments2023-11-05T05:42:01.187-06:00Comments on karlababble: Merry Bitchmaskarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02179619912129198718noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1134071537433560652005-12-08T13:52:00.000-06:002005-12-08T13:52:00.000-06:00#78 gave me heartburn just reading it. :-)#78 gave me heartburn just reading it. :-)ACGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566947935963041454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1134012052498356422005-12-07T21:20:00.000-06:002005-12-07T21:20:00.000-06:00While I agree in large part about the music (thoug...While I agree in large part about the music (though wombat's favourite is also one of my own favourite songs), and while I agree about the Christmas cards (as an adult, it <I>is</I> hard to declare popularity subtly to your friends and neighbours) I do enjoy the decorating. I enjoy sitting in the living room with the lights off and the Christmas tree lights on and the faint hum of the motorized elf hammering a shoe or whatever new trinket is on the tree... I enjoy those quiet moments, cuddling up with a cup of soup and the one you love and just being there, enjoying the moment while it snows outside.<BR/><BR/>That is Christmas for me.<BR/><BR/>And damn girl... you got hit by the xmas spammer? And I hear he checked his list <I>thrice</I> this year! I guess that's what you get for dissing Christmas in such a blatant (albeit humourous) way...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133707471617771012005-12-04T08:44:00.000-06:002005-12-04T08:44:00.000-06:00OK, lie down on my couch. First of all, go buy you...OK, lie down on my couch. First of all, go buy yourself a CD of "A Chrlie Brown Christmas." Unless you are indeed THE Grinch in a Karla costume, listening to these songs will make you smile - and there's no "Santa" or "Sleigh" or "Jingle" to be heard.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, you don't HAVE to do any of that crap. Make your own rules! Turn your back to THE MAN. Where is it written that you will be turned into a headless monkey if you don't send out cards, put up lights and wreaths, and travel? Try it! If you DO turn into a headless monkey, can I have your car?StaceyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065591964164283545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133645700230289352005-12-03T15:35:00.000-06:002005-12-03T15:35:00.000-06:00Imagine it for me! All this festivness, and I get ...Imagine it for me! All this festivness, and I get a dreidle.AvRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643848894450660726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133644059181803432005-12-03T15:07:00.000-06:002005-12-03T15:07:00.000-06:00Great post! Booze definitely top of list :)Great post! Booze definitely top of list :)Leesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436139686290653801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133612307318583292005-12-03T06:18:00.000-06:002005-12-03T06:18:00.000-06:00We recently installed a TV/DVD where I work, so I ...We recently installed a TV/DVD where I work, so I bring in movies to watch instead of listening to those Christmas songs they've got piped in. I turn their music down and my movie up. Oh, I so agreed with you on every point!thewriterslifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408434848838447115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133523336145217512005-12-02T05:35:00.000-06:002005-12-02T05:35:00.000-06:00Karla, I feel like you should run for President. ...Karla, I feel like you should run for President. I mean, at least your priorities are straight!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464465779161315273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133505691923423222005-12-02T00:41:00.000-06:002005-12-02T00:41:00.000-06:00Here is some info to give the next fundie that fre...Here is some info to give the next fundie that freaks out about your use of the "X". Idiots... :P<BR/><BR/>Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of , “Christ.” In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, “Christian.” But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ksms). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, and the snow thing. Move. No snow on the palm trees here in southern California. Then there is the entire southern hemisphere of the planet that is enjoying summer in December. <BR/><BR/>Damn, you bring the bitchiness out of me. Ha!john boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860448461815614521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133465376264385462005-12-01T13:29:00.000-06:002005-12-01T13:29:00.000-06:00OMG Karla...I think I love you. You crack me up!! ...OMG Karla...I think I love you. You crack me up!! I have to agree with your list on all counts.Kikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115142349477432139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133454935674904382005-12-01T10:35:00.000-06:002005-12-01T10:35:00.000-06:00AMAN Sister!!! You said it all!!! I won't even l...AMAN Sister!!! You said it all!!! I won't even listen to the radio station I normally listen to the other 10 months of the year because they start playing that damned Christmas music non-stop, 24 hours a day before Thanksgiving!!<BR/><BR/>Did it ever occur to you the reason why cashiers are "sullen and bitter" and customer service agents are "disgruntled"??????????? Could it possibly be the customorons are hateful and nasty???????? HHHHMMMMM I work in a Big Bookstore and I see bad behaviour and hear hateful, nasty and down right rude comments all the time, but there is no better time than Christmas for the nasties. But the booze at the end of my shift makes it ALL better!!! Actually booze takes the edge off and makes everything a bit more bearable.<BR/><BR/>MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401667744228083776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133447462639264472005-12-01T08:31:00.000-06:002005-12-01T08:31:00.000-06:00I linked back to you the other day, you gave me a ...I linked back to you the other day, you gave me a great idea, and I hope you didn't mind me stealing/altering it. I linked back to you in the post.<BR/><BR/>I keep going back to the service dept and changing the music back to regular stuff and someone else keeps changing it back to Xmas music. aughhhhh. I'm there 14 hours a day, that stuff will drive you crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133411523492200472005-11-30T22:32:00.000-06:002005-11-30T22:32:00.000-06:00hahaha you said schlep!! an everyday word in our ...hahaha you said schlep!! an everyday word in our house.ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645596380925770157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133387597329822262005-11-30T15:53:00.000-06:002005-11-30T15:53:00.000-06:00buy me some gift booze...and make yourself happy?buy me some gift booze...and make yourself happy?Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128469969498904642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133385397411058802005-11-30T15:16:00.000-06:002005-11-30T15:16:00.000-06:00I have to redecorate my whole house? I have to han...<I>I have to redecorate my whole house? I have to hang wreaths, put up cutesy little knicknack snowmen, big gold bows, garish silver garlands, fake greenery, hideous red tablecloths and sappy welcome mats? I have to use Christmas plates? Christmas napkins? Everything in my lovely, tasteful home has to suddenly turn red and green, the two worst-matched colors on earth?</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I don't get you goyum.<BR/><BR/>And I say stay out of the malls no matter the time of year.ACGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566947935963041454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133380419837601512005-11-30T13:53:00.000-06:002005-11-30T13:53:00.000-06:00Ugh, I still haven't did my cards yet. First time...Ugh, I still haven't did my cards yet. First time in 4 years I've not sent them out early enough to not feel obligated...haha <BR/><BR/>The music...ah, I'm not a big fan of it all. blech. My first job was at Foley's and my manager in charge of the christmas stuff...ugh I figured out how much I hated manneheim steamroller that year. Ultimate elevator music. haha<BR/><BR/>Bah, Humbug.<BR/><BR/>;-) I can't wait to see whatever torturous outfit Jake gets this year...haha I swore I wouldn't...but I did cave and I loved it.Blondie...https://www.blogger.com/profile/00636237187491905263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133378080687316772005-11-30T13:14:00.000-06:002005-11-30T13:14:00.000-06:00Watch Jake turn into a christmas loving little boy...Watch Jake turn into a christmas loving little boy, including shrieks of "Santa, Santa" everytime you come within 50 feet of a man with a white beard.Heather B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07931351971982028473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133368259803983532005-11-30T10:30:00.000-06:002005-11-30T10:30:00.000-06:00For a moment at the end of your post, you reminded...For a moment at the end of your post, you reminded me of Steve Martin and his five wishes for Christmas, only yours may have actually been mildly funnier. Rock on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133356011865480202005-11-30T07:06:00.000-06:002005-11-30T07:06:00.000-06:00I used to be a very gung-ho Xmas freak, but nothin...I used to be a very gung-ho Xmas freak, but nothing will cure you of that like a decade or so of working retail at the holidays. I've actually seen a middle-aged woman jumping up and down, red-faced, fists clenched because a book she wanted wasn't available in hardcover--it was only in quality paperback (which, clearly, is not an appropriate gift on her lonely little planet). <BR/><BR/>I think Scrooge was really on to something.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133336238353327172005-11-30T01:37:00.000-06:002005-11-30T01:37:00.000-06:00I have alwas wondered ht you would hear if you pla...I have alwas wondered ht you would hear if you played Andy Williams version of "Silent Night" backwards. I think that most of the Christmas music is aproduct of corporate America to hypnotize us ino dragging out the plastic (not latex) plastic, charge cards.<BR/><BR/>As for the pissant attitudes at the mall. Why do you think people are trying to rename Xmas to Holiday season?<BR/><BR/>Don't travel. Let the old drunk fst bastard bring me gifts. <BR/><BR/>As for the gift exchange I'm all for it when my name is on the tag.Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376248135574964070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133335434279103792005-11-30T01:23:00.000-06:002005-11-30T01:23:00.000-06:00Okay, get ready to add this to your "reasons I hat...Okay, get ready to add this to your "reasons I hate Wombat" list: I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC.<BR/><BR/>Not ALL of it. There's a metric ton of crap holiday music. Hey Urban Outfitters, if Avril's singing it, it ain't a christmas carol! However, that being said, some of the "classic" christmas songs are AWESOME. They are versitile, they are beautiful, and they are FUN TO SING. <BR/><BR/>At the risk of causing bile to come rocketing up your throat, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that "The Christmas Song" (have yourself a merry little christmas...) is one of my favorite songs EVER. Not favorite "holiday" songs, FAVORITE. SONGS. EVER. I prefer it a little jazzy (my favorite version is Lena Horne's) but I'll take it any way they can record it. I actually look forward to Christmas time just so I can start singing it in the car. In fact, I've been known to sing it in August.<BR/><BR/>And before you all start grinching out on me, I have more cause to hate Christmas than any of you. My JOB is Christmas. I do christmas 10 months out of the year. If I can find it within me to love the holidays than so can you.<BR/><BR/>-sigh!-<BR/><BR/>Okay, I'm with you on the cards though. That shit is just a conspiracy to line the pockets of the paper companies. I call bullshit.<BR/><BR/>Also, in the bit about decorating your house, I read "decorative mats" as "decorative meats." For a second there, the casa de Karla got a LOT more interesting...CommonWombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641027892608666495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133330444699972922005-11-30T00:00:00.000-06:002005-11-30T00:00:00.000-06:00I'm something of a minimalist when it comes to Chr...I'm something of a minimalist when it comes to Christmas decorations. I believe a tree in my living room and stockings on my mantel are enough to show my holiday spirit. One wreath on the front door is acceptable. I am anti-lights on the house, anti-knick-knacks at any time of year, and I refuse to change the color scheme all throughout my house to accomodate the holidays. I won't keep poinsettias on accounta they are poisonous to the puppy. And I don't need mistletoe to be kissed. <BR/><BR/>And like you, I hate generic, impersonal cards with no photo and nothing inside but an illegible signature. But that could be because of the hours and hours I spend not only writing personalized messages, but also making every card. By hand. From scratch. <BR/><BR/>It's become something of a sickness, really. Last year, I had seven completely different designs for the 35 cards I would send out. So far this year, I have 14 entirely new designs for the 50 cards I will send out. I fear next year, I will become even more seriously addicted. What's worse, I spend more on these homemade cards than if I had just bought a pack of 50. <BR/><BR/>I think the only cure for my card-making obsession may be my eventual children -- I don't see how I'll have the time or energy (or creativity, for that matter) to do such a project after I've been running around after one or more toddlers all day. <BR/><BR/>But I do love the gift-giving (and getting, of course!) and the delicious food and the massive quantities of alcohol. So Merry Christmas, everyone!Nicole Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07708988817308041146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133326212020771142005-11-29T22:50:00.000-06:002005-11-29T22:50:00.000-06:00Listening to your mp3 player can drown out the mus...Listening to your mp3 player can drown out the music as well as provide you with a good reason not to talk to pushy sales people, simply point to your earphones and walk on...<BR/><BR/>The whole xmas is cold thing only applies to the norther hemisphere, fuck tradition and fly the whole family to fiji this xmas.. (or next xmas as some amount of forward planning would be benificial.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133316975517618582005-11-29T20:16:00.000-06:002005-11-29T20:16:00.000-06:00this post was kinda great, Karla. Well Sed. And ...this post was kinda great, Karla. Well Sed. And I think booze should always be at the top of any list.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06226614983992948378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133312140914097472005-11-29T18:55:00.000-06:002005-11-29T18:55:00.000-06:00For such a young person, you're extremely bitter. ...For such a young person, you're extremely bitter. And extremely smart to be so. Screw all that nonsense. Bah humbug. Booze rules.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1133306749840742942005-11-29T17:25:00.000-06:002005-11-29T17:25:00.000-06:00My insurance agent doesn't even send us a card.Now...My insurance agent doesn't even send us a card.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm all sad inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com