SR VIII: Vander Got Run Over By A Reindeer!

MovingPictures07 wrote: Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Sounds like you had fun, Robert. f**k no!  It was hell!  People crashing into you and looking at you like its your fault.  Kids running amok and climbing into the freezer units.  "Cripples" (read: fat asses) riding those oversized go karts with baskets.  Hell.  It was a circus.  I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised if a juggling bear on a unicycle came out of the gardening center. To top it all off, I go and get most of the Christmas shopping done (not planning to, but catching some great deals), and before I check out I happily call my wife to tell her we don't have to go out the day before Christmas (the only day she has off) to do our shopping, and I catch the third degree from her!  What?!  You didn't let me do the Christmas shopping with you? I know better than to call anybody now.  I was being sarcastic. Anyway, that really sucks to hear. I bet you're glad to have it done, but it seems odd that you got reemed for it.

You were sarcastic.  I was serious.  Kids were literally f**king playing in the freezer units.  I hope one of them tried licking the side.

I swear, my kids better not behave like that when we go out if they know what's good for them.

Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Sounds like you had fun, Robert. f**k no!  It was hell!  People crashing into you and looking at you like its your fault.  Kids running amok and climbing into the freezer units.  "Cripples" (read: fat asses) riding those oversized go karts with baskets.  Hell.  It was a circus.  I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised if a juggling bear on a unicycle came out of the gardening center. To top it all off, I go and get most of the Christmas shopping done (not planning to, but catching some great deals), and before I check out I happily call my wife to tell her we don't have to go out the day before Christmas (the only day she has off) to do our shopping, and I catch the third degree from her!  What?!  You didn't let me do the Christmas shopping with you? I know better than to call anybody now.  I was being sarcastic. Anyway, that really sucks to hear. I bet you're glad to have it done, but it seems odd that you got reemed for it. You were sarcastic.  I was serious.  Kids were literally f**king playing in the freezer units.  I hope one of them tried licking the side. I swear, my kids better not behave like that when we go out if they know what's good for them.

That's ridiculous, but believable.

Padraic wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Padraic wrote: One of the main rules of marriage:  You can't do anything right.  Why should I even marry then? The good parts outweigh the annoying ones. For successful marriages, at least.

Yeah, I figured, I was just playing off of your joke.

I can wait though.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Padraic wrote: One of the main rules of marriage:  You can't do anything right.  Why should I even marry then?

Doesn't hurt if you can't do anything right to begin with! 

Epignosis wrote: Padraic wrote: Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Sounds like you had fun, Robert. f**k no!  It was hell!  People crashing into you and looking at you like its your fault.  Kids running amok and climbing into the freezer units.  "Cripples" (read: fat asses) riding those oversized go karts with baskets.  Hell.  It was a circus.  I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised if a juggling bear on a unicycle came out of the gardening center. To top it all off, I go and get most of the Christmas shopping done (not planning to, but catching some great deals), and before I check out I happily call my wife to tell her we don't have to go out the day before Christmas (the only day she has off) to do our shopping, and I catch the third degree from her!  What?!  You didn't let me do the Christmas shopping with you? I know better than to call anybody now.  One of the main rules of marriage:  You can't do anything right.  My wife and I usually take one day off of work a few weeks before Christmas to "bang out" all of our brick-and-mortar shopping needs (try to do most purchasing online). Well, we usually order all ours too, but this year we had a lot going on the past few months, so we didn't do that this time. I hope I can do one thing right.  I bought her gifts today but had to hide them under the bathroom sink.    She's reading the second installment of the Twilight series, so I bought her the third one, as well as a bunch of scrapbooking paper (that's her big thing). We never buy each other much on Christmas (although I always give her a "limit" on what we will spend for each other, and I exceed it fourfold  ...see...suave....).  I could only exceed the limit this year by three bucks.

I was on travel for half the month, so I ordered her gifts while sitting in the Phoenix airport. 

Pat, I remembered you were traveling.  I meant to ask, how was it?  Did you get yourself a hula girl?  

Edited by Epignosis - December 21 2009 at 14:41

Epignosis wrote: Pat, I remembered you were traveling.  I meant to ask, how was it?  Did you get yourself a hula girl?

I don't think that's the sort of souvenir my wife would appreciate. 

But the trip went well - I'm going back for a longer period of time in January.

The local beer there is outstanding - Kona Brewing Co.  Everything I had by them was absolutely awesome.  Plus, one bar gave me a "Big Kahuna" glass to take home. 

Padraic wrote: Epignosis wrote: Pat, I remembered you were traveling.  I meant to ask, how was it?  Did you get yourself a hula girl?   I don't think that's the sort of souvenir my wife would appreciate.  But the trip went well - I'm going back for a longer period of time in January. The local beer there is outstanding - Kona Brewing Co.  Everything I had by them was absolutely awesome.  Plus, one bar gave me a "Big Kahuna" glass to take home.

I've had two Kona brews- one I liked and one I didn't, as I recall.

Henry Plainview wrote: Pat, why were you in Hawaii anyway? I want to go to Hawaii!

Work related.

I would consider Hawaii a good place to visit only if you're established on the West Coast.  For a beach vacation I found the various Caribbean islands to be just as good, if not better.

Padraic wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Pat, why were you in Hawaii anyway? I want to go to Hawaii! Work related. I would consider Hawaii a good place to visit only if you're established on the West Coast.  For a beach vacation I found the various Caribbean islands to be just as good, if not better.