"I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a wasteful, disastrous subject; a wicked, cadging, lying, filthy, blasphemous, and demoralising subject. Christmas is forced on a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press: on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred; and anyone who looked back to it would be turned into a pillar of greasy sausages."
-George Bernard Shaw
Happy fucking Black Friday.
6 comments:
Total non-sequiter comment but Barack Obama follows your twitter??? very cool.
Shit! I forgot to go shopping on Black Friday!
I have fond Christmas memories. Yes! They were the good old days, when Santa filled my stocking with coal. and when depressed Mom knocked over the Christmas tree with her bowling ball. Why did I ever leave Christianity and deprive myself of such fun.
Here's my feeling. You're supposed to "love each other and be good to each other" (in the words of my parents) all the time (or as much as possible). On the other hand, buying presents, flowers, chocolates, and/or greeting cards every day of the year would break all of our banks. So, once a month or less, we have a day for splurging on the ones we hold in our hearts; Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's, birthdays, etc.
Cheesy? Yeah; but as cynical as I am, I practically need a break every now and then. The holidays seem like a good time for "cheese" breaks.
i second that, i hate christmas
Well, I guess donning the old gay apparel is out.
Loup Garrou
Greasy sausages, eh?
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