[HPforGrownups] Christmas traditions elsewhere (OT)

[morine10 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 7070

In a message dated 12/16/00 1:43:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wren at thejunkbox.com writes:


> seriously though, what if Wal-Mart started selling exploding bon-bons
> tomorrow? i'm sure rosie o' donnell would have a seecial expose about the
> dangers to children (i assume, of course, that these things are safe since
> they are so popular in other countries.  that ever stopped american hysteria
> before though), and congressmen would demand hearings on the issue, and we'd
> have a whole new mess to suffer through on the cable news channels.
> 
> sometimes i hate being an american.  there's no fun in it.
> 
> wren
> 
Isn't it the truth?  Seriously, don't they sell cap guns anymore?  Anyone 
remember those?  You loaded them with little strips of paper that had tiny 
dots of powder on them.  When you shot them the mad a "bang".  That's all 
that's in those crackers.  You couldn't shoot your eye out if you tried.

-Mo
An American, who knows what crackers are because her mother used to order 
them out of a catalog when we were kids.
 
"I want an official Red Rider carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle." 
-Ralphie, A Christmas Story


    
    



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