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Topic starter
01/12/2023 10:29 am
December is upon us, Christmas looms on the horizon and however you plan to deal with it, now is the time to start getting organised.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
01/12/2023 10:47 am
Funny stuff! The older I become, the closer to this scenario I get! On the other hand, each Christmas, my wife reverts back to a younger version of herself with accompanying increases in decorations that only I can put up! LOL!
01/12/2023 11:04 am
My guess is that the suburban spelunking Oggs may cave and abandon their wine cellar project after hearing the cheerful wandering carolers.
Topic starter
01/12/2023 11:13 am
Cheerful wandering carolers? Coming round here on Christmas Eve? Singing those cheesy little seasonal songs and holding out the charity begging bowl? I can deal with that. I have a fully functional AK-47 replica fashioned out of Lego and a length of lead pipe, and I’m not afraid to use it with extreme prejudice.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
01/12/2023 11:25 am
Cheerful wandering carolers? Coming round here on Christmas Eve? Singing those cheesy little seasonal songs and holding out the charity begging bowl? I can deal with that. I have a fully functional AK-47 replica fashioned out of Lego and a length of lead pipe, and I’m not afraid to use it with extreme prejudice.
The newspapers called it an Oggful Outrage. Witnesses said that Graeme sat in his rocker on the porch; screaming out "God bless us...each and every one"...as he picked the carolers off one by one.
Topic starter
01/12/2023 12:41 pm
Absolutely true. Although the local police (no doubt motivated by political correctness and an excessive desire to show they were "doing something") initially suggested that manslaughter charges could be brought, grateful neighbours rallied to the defence and claimed that Ogg had merely carried out a public-spirited humanitarian act with the sole aim of eliminating an intolerable public menace. The police later issued a full apology and no further action was taken.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
01/12/2023 12:45 pm
@jack-dodds, your image is obviously a recreation, albeit a photo-realistic one. The fabled "Oggun" has not a Lego in sight nor does it lend itself well to Oggrinch's beard.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Jack Dodds and Tony Perrone reacted
01/12/2023 12:57 pm
@jack-dodds, your image is obviously a recreation, albeit a photo-realistic one. The fabled "Oggun" has not a Lego in sight nor does it lend itself well to Oggrinch's beard.
Quite right about the recreation pic JK; in truth Graeme has more tattoos; including a huge one on his back depicting Santa's sleigh being shot down in flames by a SAM.
Tony Perrone and John Kuvakas reacted
01/12/2023 1:01 pm
Greame, as I enjoy my Christmas cheer over the next month, I'll be thinking of you in your subterranean hole. The only times that I feel like joining you is when I hear that continuous seasonal music at every store that I visit, and even on the phone as I wait endlessly to speak to an actual human.
On second thought, are you up for visitors?
01/12/2023 1:05 pm
Absolutely true. Although the local police (no doubt motivated by political correctness and an excessive desire to show they were "doing something") initially suggested that manslaughter charges could be brought, grateful neighbours rallied to the defence and claimed that Ogg had merely carried out a public-spirited humanitarian act with the sole aim of eliminating an intolerable public menace. The police later issued a full apology and no further action was taken.
Nice to see that the neighbors used common sense in order to maintain real estate values in the neighborhood. Good old fashioned abject terror may have played a part in their response too I suppose. Apparently the town was completely fenced off and renamed Humbugville, after Graeme ran successfully for mayor when the incumbent vanished.
01/12/2023 1:07 pm
Greame, as I enjoy my Christmas cheer over the next month, I'll be thinking of you in your subterranean hole. The only times that I feel like joining you is when I hear that continuous seasonal music at every store that I visit, and even on the phone as I wait endlessly to speak to an actual human.
On second thought, are you up for visitors?
When I arrive I'll set aside a chair for you by the fire pit David. Is brandy okay?
01/12/2023 1:26 pm
@jack-dodds, you and David have come up with a smashing idea! Hey, everyone! A holiday cheer party over at Graeme's house. We can all dress as Santa and his elves! I'll bring my boom box and my pre-recorded holiday tape, "Elevator Music for the Season."
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
01/12/2023 1:48 pm
Greame, as I enjoy my Christmas cheer over the next month, I'll be thinking of you in your subterranean hole. The only times that I feel like joining you is when I hear that continuous seasonal music at every store that I visit, and even on the phone as I wait endlessly to speak to an actual human.
On second thought, are you up for visitors?
Can I come with you? I'll bring the eggnog. (Read the label)
David Green and Jack Dodds reacted
01/12/2023 1:59 pm
@perrone1, sorry...no more room. Please send the egg nog.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
01/12/2023 2:36 pm
It was called "The Burning of the Yule Log at Gracie Mansion" back in the day, 2:00 hours here, his VCR tape was 5 hours. My father-in-law loved it and recorded it, played it every year during the Christmas breakfast and the opening of presents. Funny we had the festivities at my house in his later years and it was of course on my TV and across the room was the fireplace but it had a 30 gallon fish tank in it.
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