"Well, it's sort of bit of this and a bit of that. Sometimes it's, well, I don't know. Been in the paper for a long time. Once in a while it's, well, you know, and then, other times it's not. Readers contribute and he types…
At my first newspaper job, employees were given frozen turkeys as a Christmas bonus one year. They were presented early in the day. So I had to store it under my desk until I went home much later. This was a long time ago. But…
A) Big fan. B) No way. What if something goes wrong? C) I'm sure they are nice and toasty, but I would never be able to fall asleep. D) I tried it once but dreamed I was in prison on death row. E) Other.
Here's something I said in my column on Nov. 21, 2000... The day before Thanksgiving is one of the three or four best days on the calendar. There's all the buzz of holiday anticipation and none of the disappointing reality.
You don't want that. So maybe it wouldn't hurt to remind everyone that, no matter how obnoxious certain attendees might be, there will be no sucker punches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy's_Christmas http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/christmas_songs/snoopys_christmas.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFQzyNJzj0 In the terms of the number of years, the time passed between 1967 and today is about the same as the number of years between World War I and 1967.