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attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:07 am

accelafine wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:02 am It's natural for old people to be lonely and miserable.

Obviously, you are a case in point!

promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:11 pm Repost of a Prom75 Christmas Classic:

"this year i didn't do anything but drive around looking for somewhere open to eat. not a single 'merry christmas!' passed through my lips. no trees or nativity scenes of something that probably never happened. no turtle neck sweaters. no eggnog. i gave no presents and got nuthin from nobody... becuz i got nobody.

i am

utterly

alone.

i walk the street at night and pass a brightly lit house. through the window i see a family gathering around the dinner table. i can hear them laughing. the joyful banter of holiday cheer. after a brief prayer, they begin to pass the food around. sausage cheese balls. i love sausage cheese balls. i sit down on the curb and pretend to be with them. i can taste the greenbean casserole. it's delicious. i smile and crack a joke to uncle dave; hey dave, take it easy on the turkey, big guy. u know what they say... u are what u eat. he lightly punches me in the arm as everyone laughs at my lame joke. sinatra's christmas is playing now. what a great song i think, gazing up at the stars in the winter sky. that one there! look dave, that's the star that led the wisemen to the manger. yeah, he says looking up. it sure is, prom. it sure is.

then, out of nowhere, a car zooms by and hits a pot hole in front of me. a giant wave of mud water smashes me right in the face, breaking me out of my reverie. well how do u like that. guess i better be gettin home now. 'goodbye everyone' i whisper, wiping the mud water from my face, 'and merry Christmas'."

accelafine wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:42 am What in god's name is a sausage cheese ball?

accelafine wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:38 am

attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:07 am

accelafine wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:02 am It's natural for old people to be lonely and miserable.

Obviously, you are a case in point!

Well when I am I certainly don't want to be dragged off to a horrible force-fed xmas lunch run by kristiann do-gooders

accelafine wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:56 am He probably deserves it.

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:26 am Can you two just make out already?! Sheesh!

bahman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2025 11:37 am Happy New Year to everybody!

attofishpi wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:44 am

bahman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2025 11:37 am Happy New Year to everybody!

Here we go again, another thread derailment with an off-topic comment.

I'll try and get it back on track, at least in a semi style way...

Merry New Year bahman!!

...now get back to the bar and serve me a nice Expresso Martini!!

bahman wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 7:34 am

attofishpi wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:44 am

bahman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2025 11:37 am Happy New Year to everybody!

Here we go again, another thread derailment with an off-topic comment.

I'll try and get it back on track, at least in a semi style way...

Merry New Year bahman!!

...now get back to the bar and serve me a nice Expresso Martini!!

Sure! You want Martin? Here you go.