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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Matt on December 22, 2003, 11:55 PM
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Many Christmas's ago, Frank Costanza went to buy a doll for his son. He went to reach for it because it was the last one, but so did another man and as Frank rained blows upon him, he thought there could be another way. The doll was destroyed, but out of that, a new holiday was born. It was called Festivus. No, not feminist, festivus. A festivus for the rest-iv-us..........
DECEMBER 23rd
The Holiday Itself...
During the last few weeks in December when Festivus takes place, families and friends get together at the dinner table and have something called "the Airing of Grievances". Durning this time, we share with family and friends all the ways they had disappointed over the past year.
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After the Airing of Grievances, we get together right in the same night to do something called "Feats of Strength". This is where the head of the household tests his/her strength with another friend or family member. The great honour is given out to a different person each year. This year, Cosmo Kramer was given the honor but turned it down to George Costanza as he had an appointment.
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Now for the pole. No it is not a tree. A pole, no decorations. Frank Costanza believes that tinsel is very distracting so there are no decorations. The pole is tall, silver, hollow, long, skinny, and heavy.
[The text here, I lifted from a similar post I made last year at R-------m (which I lifted from somewhere else before that). The images, I stole from some other site just now.]
Anyway, Happy Festivus, Everybody!!!
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Happy Festivus to one and all
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I have a little metal tube in my desk drawer at work. Not really sure why, its been there since I got the desk. I think its a section of wire conduit tube, anyway...
In honor of Festivus I stuck some play-doh on the bottom and put it up on my desk.
Sadly no one at work got it. I laughed, and laughed though. I wonder why no one comes near my desk now?
Wierd.
Scott ;)
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Happy Festivus to everyone! ;D
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Anyway, Happy Festivus, Everybody!!!
Wow, I had no idea! Indeed, Happy Festivus to all! I'm just sorry I didn't know about it earlier, or I would've bought metal pole gifts for everyone! Next year... :-*
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Yes, Happy Festivus to all. Maybe I can take some of the cardboard tubing from the wrapping paper I have & wrap 1 or 2 in tin foil. ;D
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AAAWWWW isn't that sweet.
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If my friend were still alive. He would have had a healthy bump of this thread. Since he's dead, I'm going to bump it in his memory
Happy Festivus Everyone, especially you, Matty Burchall. I Love You and Miss You :'(
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LET THE FEATS OF STRENGTH BEGIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Many Christmas's ago, Frank Costanza went to buy a doll for his son. He went to reach for it because it was the last one, but so did another man and as Frank rained blows upon him, he thought there could be another way. The doll was destroyed, but out of that, a new holiday was born. It was called Festivus. No, not feminist, festivus. A festivus for the rest-iv-us..........
Kramer: "That must of been some doll"
Frank: "Yes, she was"
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The ghost of Virex Past, Present, and Future...
Happy/Merry Festivus indeed everyone. And Happy/Merry Festivus to spirit of Virex, whatever plain of existance he may now reside.
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I would also like to give Festivus greetings to all of my friends. I would also like to let you all know that a donation has been made in your honor to The Human Fund - Money for People.
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As I pulled this post up to bump it up, Jerry Stiller made an appearance on the NBC After Hours re-run of Conan, plugging, of all things, a book about Festivus.
Some would call that a coincidence, others would call it bull****, but I call it a Festivus miracle.
Happy Festivus, everybody.
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Happy Festivus guys!
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My pockets are open this festivus, and I'd like to give a very special gift to the forum:
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Happy Festivus Everyone!
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It's Festivus for the rest of us I guess...
Happy Festivus and happy holidays to you all. Enjoy the weekend... Be safe traveling for those of you who have to and have fun.
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Thanks for the warm Festivus wishes Bill, it means a lot coming from a crusty bastard like your Jello Pudding loving shriveled old ass
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Happy Festivus, and with the skism and the flizzle and the Jello Brand Pudding.
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DECEMBER 23rd
The Holiday Itself...
During the last few weeks in December when Festivus takes place, families and friends get together at the dinner table and have something called "the Airing of Grievances". Durning this time, we share with family and friends all the ways they had disappointed over the past year.
I GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!
Happy Festivus!
(No offense, but this holiday is a little <pffffftt>
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I hate people. This works for me.
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Happy Festivus.
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Time for the yearly bump of the Festivus thread. Not much else to say that hasn't already been said here, so here's an article for you to read and discuss with your family during The Airing of Grievances:
Some sold on idea of 'Seinfeld' Festivus (http://www.dailynews.com/ci_4882759)
MILWAUKEE — Kevin Campanella hates buying and receiving Christmas presents that he says inevitably disappoint. This year, no such worries.
Campanella plans to seek "serenity now" by celebrating Festivus, a wacky holiday popularized in a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode. Billed as "Festivus for the rest of us," the holiday celebrated by the Costanza clan on Dec. 23 features an airing of grievances and feats of strength in which a guest must pin the host before the party ends.
In protest of Christmas' commercialism, character Frank Costanza puts up an unadorned aluminum pole instead of a tree. The metal, he says admiringly, has a "very high strength-to-weight ratio."
"I just always loved that episode," said Campanella, 28, a landscaper from Warwick, R.I. "But it's not so much about the show — I think the idea of Festivus is a good idea."
So does The Wagner Companies. The Milwaukee-based maker of hand-railing components is bringing back its line of Festivus poles for the holiday season. The company had plenty of metal rails on hand already and launched the product last year on a whim.
"We did it mainly as a lark. We never looked at it as a tremendous moneymaking scheme," said Tony Leto, the firm's executive vice president of sales and marketing. "But in many ways, Festivus is taking on a life of its own."
Wagner, which made $15 million last year from products including handrail brackets and pipe elbows, earned only a few thousand dollars from Festivus pole sales. Leto said the company received some media publicity upon launch of the poles but he credits bloggers with strong "Seinfeld" loyalties for spreading the news far and wide.
Wagner sold about 250 poles in 2005, with around 100 sales coming from the firm's 120 employees. This season, it sold about 300 poles by mid-December and was on pace to sell twice that number by Saturday, said Leto, whose claim to fame is that he shared a drama class with Jerry Seinfeld at Queens College in New York.
Wagner offers a 6-foot Festivus pole for $38 and a 2-foot-8-inch tabletop model for $30. The setup is simple: a hollow pipe, 1.9 inches in diameter, inserted into a collapsible aluminum base.
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, a "Seinfeld" fanatic who claims to have seen every episode eight times, proudly displayed one of the company's poles last year at the governor's mansion in Madison. But Doyle said he will donate the pole to the Wisconsin Historical Museum after reports that "Seinfeld" co-star Michael Richards used racial slurs during a standup comedy routine last month.
Leto said he hoped the Richards incident wouldn't affect his company's sales.
"Fans know it was a Costanza holiday, not a Kramer holiday," he said, referring to characters played by Jerry Stiller and Richards. "Anyway, Kramer eventually rejects the holiday at the end of the episode."
Gabriel Morales, 32, of Atlanta, said Richards' tirade didn't keep him from ordering a Festivus pole earlier this month.
"You know, people make mistakes, they say stupid things," said Morales, an information technology analyst who held his Festivus party early this year to coincide with a monthly dinner club. "No one at the party really cared about that either."
The "Seinfeld" Festivus episode developed from series writer Dan O'Keefe's childhood experiences. His father invented the holiday in the 1960s.
"As a kid, we'd come home and there'd be weird decorations," said the 30-something O'Keefe. "There was the playing of strange German and Italian pop music from the '50s. And the airing of grievances was a real thing."
Instead of a pole, his family celebration featured a clock and a bag. (O'Keefe said his father won't say what they symbolized.)
Wagner's Leto acknowledged the irony of making money off a holiday that celebrates anti-commercialism. But the company is having too much fun with the holiday to stop now, he said.
O'Keefe doesn't begrudge Wagner's commercial efforts.
"It sounds to me like they're making a good living — good for them," O'Keefe said. "It's just this joke holiday on a TV show. If they want to make a buck on it, go for it."
Or, as Seinfeld might say, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Happy Festivus, everyone.
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Happy Festivus, folks!
Didn't know if you saw this in the news, but there is a place that you can order your festivus poles from:
http://www.festivuspoles.com/pages/Festivuspoles.htm
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Happy Festivus!
It would be cool if you could get Festivus Poles somewhere.
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Happy and joyous Festivus, to you and yours.
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Happy Festivus!
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Well, it's that time of year again. I have absolutely nothing new to contribute this year, so here's a gigantic picture of Frank Costanza, discussing the Airing of Grievances.
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May this Festivus be everything you imagined it would be.
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Happy Festivus to everyone here who celebrates it. At my kid's School Program they seemed to go out of their way to include all of the major holidays...except one. A Festivus for the Rest of Us...Bah! Humbug
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Happy Festivus!
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That time of year again, folks.
All my best Festivus greetings to you and yours.
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Happy Festivus! :D
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Happy Festivus, Matt and Dale and anyone else who celebrates today
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The aluminum pole is up, and I can't wait to tell my family the stuff they did wrong all year.
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Happy Festivus!
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Today marks another day to gather around the ole pole and air the grievances, showcase our feats of strengths and yadda yadda yadda. Happy Festivus to one and all
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Happy Festivus! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM&feature=related) ;D
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I've got alot of greivances with you people >:(
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I, too, find tinsel distracting.
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Wow, air our grievances? I just don't have the time to celebrate it around here then.
Happy Festivus!
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I'll be vacationing in Del Boca Vista this year.
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Is it time to air our grievances...because I have many to air with you, sir >:(
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Hey, it's not my fault your wife's unsatisfied.
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I'll be vacationing in Del Boca Vista this year.
What, couldn't find a place to rent in Tuscany?
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Happy Festivus one and all!
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Hey, it's not my fault your wife's unsatisfied.
You're slacking in what she's paying you for.
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Even the Modern Seinfeld Twitter is celebrating!
Modern Seinfeld @SeinfeldToday
After a video of Festivus goes viral, a greeting card company attempts to co-opt the holiday. George's father goes to war with Hallmark.
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Bring on the feats of strength!
;D
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Hai! :D
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I crushed an open soup can with my bare hands. Happy Festivus.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Festivus Pole Erected In Florida State Capitol (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/12/pabst-blue-ribbon-festivus-pole-erected-in-florida.html)
Of all the lasting legacies that Seinfeld has given us, Festivus, the fake Christmas substitute holiday created by Frank Costanza, may be the most enduring. Recall fondly, if you will, the highlights of Mr. Costanza’s beautiful holiday: a pole, the airing of grievances, and the feats of strength.
Seinfeld may be long gone, but Festivus lives on, at least in the state of Florida, where a six-foot Festivus Pole made out of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans has been erected in the state Capitol building in Tallahassee, according to NPR.
Artist/protester/drinker of cheap beer Chaz Stevens constructed the Festivus Pole to protest the lack of separation between church and state after seeing a Nativity scene at the Capitol building.
Not sure whether or not Stevens is planning on challenging his state representatives in a feats of strength wrestling match.
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Happy Festivus Matt and to everyone else out there...just looking through this thread, remember when you died? Yeah, me either :-[
If my friend were still alive. He would have had a healthy bump of this thread. Since he's dead, I'm going to bump it in his memory
Happy Festivus Everyone, especially you, Matty Burchall. I Love You and Miss You :'(
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I'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE
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Happy Festivus to all and to all go blow yourselves
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Happy Festivus!
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Gotta limber up a little bit for tonight's Feats of Strength.
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I'm starting to wonder if the doll that Frank reached for was a Black Series Prototype Boba Fett at Walgreens?
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Every time December 23 rolls by, I wonder how much gas is left in the Festivus tank.
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AHHHH! The Festivus episode is on TBS right now!!!!!!!!!
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Welp.
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Airing of the grievances this year COULD be pretty epic.
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The 90's called. They want their holiday back.
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Airing of the grievances this year COULD be pretty epic.
New 3.75" TFA Figures! Sweet! Wait...
- They're 5POA? Ugh, that sucks.
- They cost $8 each? Man, that sucks!
- The pack-in build-a-weapons are a useless suck-fest.
- I can't find any of the figures I've spent weeks hating on at the stores - you suck, Hasblo!!!
- I finally found some figures... god the paint apps suck.
- I finally saw the movie - Zuvio sucks, he's not Boba Fett and he's not even in the movie for more than 1.5 seconds!
- I finally saw the movie - Goss Toowers sucks, he's not even in the movie for more than 1.5 seconds!
- Hasbro should just go back to making OT Cantina Aliens who were only in the movie for 1.5 seconds, that's what fans want!
- Ugh, my Targets are loaded with nothing but Wave 2 pegwarmers!
- Ugh, my local Walmarts are utterly devoid of any new Star Wars toys for kids (and by "toys for kids", I mean 3.75" stuff I want (but still hate), not the rest of the aisle jammed packed with Mashers, Micro Machines, Vehicles, Role Play and all the rest of that stuff kids might like).
I think that's about all for the 3.75" TFA stuff.... now where did I put my list for the 3.75" Black Series stuff (Walmart! $13 each! Wave 1! Paint Apps! HATE!)
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Yeah that about sums it up. :)
But hey, it's a hobby so it's fun. Everyone's JUST having a good time, right?
Oh and you forgot "I also don't like the movie, but also don't like that I can't buy the toys I hate, to the movie I dislike".
That last one was a doozy.
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I wished the dude at the liquor store tonight a Happy Festivus...a whilst wearing my new sweatshirt
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I was happy to have caught the episode last night. The "raining blows" line always cracks me up. :D
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(Are we still doing this?)
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God, I hope so. There is so much stupid nonsense going on right now to ridicule.
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I'm heading off to a party in a little while. Grievances will be aired!
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(Are we still doing this?)
Tryna quit Festivus, eh? I know which grievance I'll be airing about you.
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It's on at 8pm on TBS ;D
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We had an injury during the feats of strength at last night's Festivus celebration. I was cracking open walnuts with my bare hands. My wife's cousin was trying to one up me though. He thought he could crack open walnuts by smashing them against his forehead. Instead he wound up with a head wound.
But he was okay. It was a Festivus miracle!
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(Are we still doing this?)
Saw Scott on social media... so sure yeah.
Jeff’s list still pretty much defines the hobby.
Other grievances appear too many to air in one day.
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I'm guessing a majority of the grievances aired had to do with The Last Jedi. ;D
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If Festivus were a person, it would be of legal drinking age today. That makes us a bunch of old *************.
So, another Happy Festivus, I guess?
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I have a headache today and I’m kinda meh. It feels like festivus.
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H&H Bagels wouldn't give me the day off. At least I'll still get holiday pay!
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Happy Festivus indeed!
My wife and son had a batch of Christmas cookies that didnt turn out, they were talking about donating them to the homeless. I told them to throw in a bag of muffin stumps while they were at it.
And now on to the airing of grievances, or as its known these days, JTA...
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Bloop blorp
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Sorry I'm late! The guy in the denim vest gave me a fake phone number.
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Happy belated Festivus. My feat of strength this year will be sleeping without a fan on.
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Are we ready for the airing of grievances? Because I have a lot of bones to pick with you people! ;D
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I just barely have time to put up the aluminum pole this year.
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Festivus, Christmas, Humbug, whatever. All the best.
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You’re late. (Airing of a grievance).
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>:(
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:-*
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Watched it tonight…”he is so prolific!” ;D
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I see you’re still sticking with the denim.
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Happy Festivus all.
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Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.
Happy Festivus, to the rest of us!!!
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That must have been some doll! :D
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Heading to Target now to get a Festivus pole. I got a lot of problems with my family and now they’re gonna hear about it.
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(burp)
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Did I miss the Feats of Strength?
Happy Festivus :)