Category Archives: Traditions

Keep It Simple, Stupid

March 12, 2011 – 6:19 pm

From Big Al / Pattaya Them righties like to play rough on immigration. “OBAMA wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use. The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants! That would be 15 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would […]

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Heresy For One Night

October 23, 2010 – 1:24 am

The greater part of my life has been spent in New York. Manhattan and Brooklyn. I have never abandoned my support of the Boston Red Sox. My son’s name is Fenway. I gave my 1975 World Series Ticket to Harrison, my nephew. SRO was $7.50. When Keith Raywood invited me to the new Yankee Stadium, […]

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Her Royal Humbug

October 21, 2010 – 5:14 pm

Ebenezer Scrooge infamously declared his opinion of Christmas in Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL with the immortal words, “Bah humbug.” Typically portrayed as a banker, loan shark or lawyer, Scrooge’s name is synonymous with miserdom, although Queen Elizabeth II entered the anti-holiday ‘bah humbug’ by canceling Buckingham Palace’s annual Christmas party. The event was paid […]

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Happy Beermas

October 18, 2010 – 7:43 am

October is the high-holiday month for beer drinkers everywhere, especially in Germany where the nation celebrates the renown Oktobeerfest. Your attendance is obligatory Drink beer and drink it often. It’s good for you and if you have any difficulties, please refer to the above chart. It’s a life saver.

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OSAMA the movie 2003

October 2, 2010 – 1:07 pm

The Taliban ruled the majority of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Normal citizens welcomed the Islamic militants in hopes that peace could be restored to the lawless land, instead a strict Sharia law was imposed on their subjects. The burqa was draped over every woman and education was banned for any females over the age […]

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