Monday, November 27, 2006

Xmas busyness

All the shops seem to be about twice as busy in the whole of November and December as in the rest of the year. The same goes for online supermarket shopping, even now a month from Christmas, I have to order four days before I want delivery, instead of one day as normal.
I could understand if it was one week before Christmas, but two months?! What are all those people buying!? This is not a retorical question, I really don't get how anybody can consume two months shopping in the two days Christmas lasts.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

*Two* months? When do you celebrate Christmas?

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

two months, November and December.

Anonymous said...

Fascinating way of marking time. Nov 26 to Dec 25 = two months. Is this a Danish thing?
Most folk would regard it as one month.
(Sorry - I can't tell if you're joking.)

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

See my first sentence. "The whole of November and December".
Or at least until Dec 24.

Anonymous said...

Well, Santa does manage to eat two months worth of food in two days, to restore his trademark belly every year...

Hey, Santa, don't bother squeezing into my chimney this year. All I want is peace in my country; no need to come put it in my stocking.

Anonymous said...

LOL!

LT,
Check out this picture then. 'Ruff said!

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

It was no picnick in the olden days either. You try and keep that bright red outfit presentable while climbing up and down inside chimneys!

Anonymous said...

"So what do you want this Christmas, little girl?"
"World peace."
"...Howabout a nice train? Or a doll? I have plenty of those."
"My daddy's in Iraq."
And following an awkward silence:
"NEXT!" (Lucid said)

That's actually very sad indeed. All for the love of oil.

Anonymous said...

Well, Terry, in Lebanon we've gotten used to this : the funniest jokes are the ones about our own misery.

Ironically, this reminds me of jewish humour! ;-)

Ho, ho, ho...

Anonymous said...

Pascal said...
Well, Terry, in Lebanon we've gotten used to this : the funniest jokes are the ones about our own misery.

I'm sorry it's like that.

Anonymous said...

It's a survival mechanism : laugh at the face of adversity. I bet Lucid would instantly approve.

Besides, remember what has been written about Molière's plays:
"Quelle mâle gaieté, si triste et si profonde,
Que lorsqu'on vient d'en rire, on devrait en pleurer."

"Ain't no deeper merriness than laughing at what should have you crying right now."

In a way, it's character strength. The country's been a constant mess since 1975. How do you think we remained sane?
(Okay, relatively sane. I know what it must look like from the outside : "Dude, now they've really lost it!")

You DID find courage in faith when many would precisely have stopped believing in all that is good, didn't you? We're not very different.

Anonymous said...

"Laughter is among the greatest tools we've got in our arsenal"
Yup, a regular WMD, it is.
Weapon of Mass Distraction. Great against boredom in life and sourness-based attacks. ;-)
Very cost-effective, too.

There's only one thing I always take very seriously, and that's laughter. Way too important to take it lightly! :o)