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(2,928 posts)I was just showing Tommy my new radio controlled helicopter..... Why is there a plant right there anyway!?!
Probably wrecked my helicopter more then the stupid plant!
See!?!? It's ruined[\i]!
ashling
(25,771 posts)some Velveeta Shells & Cheese
N/t
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)(sits in new black and Cherry spindle backed chair from WalMart)
rant away dixiegrrrrl (if I put too many r's in dixiegrrrrrrrrl will you know who I'm talking to?)
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)First rant:
cheap furniture from China that Wal Mart sells!
grrrrrrrrrrr
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)so there's that.
Did you know that Texarkana is really just a town in Texas?
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)might have something to say about that!
petronius
(26,602 posts)What, it's due tomorrow? Fine, I'll get up early - now get off my back!!1!
ashling
(25,771 posts)I have to draw the line somewhere.
petronius
(26,602 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)Nom, nom, nom, mmmmm,nom,nom, nom
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Specifically, I'd like to talk about Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) from Holland. I'm not sure where the idea originated for Zwarte Piet but whomever was responsible should have been flogged. You see, Piet is Sinterklaas' black friend and they travel together...on a boat. From Spain. Piet steers. If you're good, Sinterklaas brings you gifts. But...if you're bad, Sinterklaas waits with the boat while Piet goes inside with his big stick and burlap sack to drag you away to make toys for the good kids, never to see your friends or family again.
Because that wasn't bad enough. They have holiday parades...and people dress up in blackface for these parades as Zwarte Piet.
ashling
(25,771 posts)part 1
part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=vU1D1HKTDCY&NR=1
part 3
Chan790
(20,176 posts)I forgot how funny Sedaris is. I hadn't heard that one before...his Santaland Diaries stories are just as good.
ashling
(25,771 posts)tonekat
(1,816 posts)In_The_Wind
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