more proof of Phailidelphia

/you guys know its true

Whose hatred? Philly's? Eagles fans probably would boo Santa Claus.

So, the founder of Mothers Day later objected to its commercialization? She would really hate that the jewelry industry has turned it into Wives Day. Read More.
http://www.uncoveror.com/mothersday.htm

I remember reading that the lady who founded it, later mused about it being turned into a commericalized holiday?

Yes, Santa Claus, there really is a Virginia.

/Its Capitol is Richmond.

Those damned jewelry company commercials are so freakin' exploitative.

OTOH, it gives me a good yardstick to measure the rationality of females with.

"I want one of those 'three point' pendants, they represent the past, present and future of..."

"OUT WITH YOU, SHEEP!"

uncoveror: So, the founder of Mothers Day later objected to its commercialization? She would really hate that the jewelry industry has turned it into Wives Day. Read More.
http://www.uncoveror.com/mothersday.htm

Of course, just like valentines day, turn as many days as possible into "guilt men" day. Nothing sells useless expensive trinkets like guilt.

uncoveror: So, the founder of Mothers Day later objected to its commercialization? She would really hate that the jewelry industry has turned it into Wives Day. Read More.
http://www.uncoveror.com/mothersday.htm

That article is stupidly cynical. No mother I know expects to receive jewelry on Mother's Day.

This Mother's Day, just like last year, I got up with our 2 year old so my wife could sleep in. We went out and got her a nice card, and then went and got breakfast to bring home. He gave her the card and said "Happy Mother's Day" and I don't really think she could have been happier.

My mom lives half way across the country so I sent her a card along with some cute pictures of her grandson, and will be calling her today. I also don't think she's going to complain about a lack of jewelry.

Most of the complaints about over-commercialization of holidays have nothing to do with the jewelry/card/flower industry, and are just made by spiteful people who can't stand the fact that someone else might be happy to celebrate something.

phreakmonkey: Those damned jewelry company commercials are so freakin' exploitative.

OTOH, it gives me a good yardstick to measure the rationality of females with.

"I want one of those 'three point' pendants, they represent the past, present and future of..."

"OUT WITH YOU, SHEEP!"

The journey pendant: celebrating her transition from a free-spirited girl with little regard for tradition, into a cell-phone yapping, SUV-driving, French-manicured, helicopter mom with a deep yearning to show up all the other wives in the gated neighborhood with something shiny and artificially valuable.

rustyspork: Whose hatred? Philly's? Eagles fans probably would boo Santa Claus.

Guess you're talking about this event:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/eagles/2003-11-27-santa-snowballs_x. htm

He's just lucky it wasn't D batteries.

dionada:
The journey pendant: celebrating her transition from a free-spirited girl with little regard for tradition, into a cell-phone yapping, SUV-driving, French-manicured, helicopter mom with a deep yearning to show up all the other wives in the gated neighborhood with something shiny and artificially valuable.

wow, lol!
very funny but very accurate, especially in the suburbs.

(though you forgot McMansions)

butterwings: wow, lol!
very funny but very accurate, especially in the suburbs.

(though you forgot McMansions)

Thanks. :)

I swear, I'm not bitter. I don't even like diamonds.

As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.

Two weekends ago my Mom passed away. I get home from the hospital, check my email, and there's spam from Dell:

"KEEP IN CONTACT WITH MOM WITH DELL UPGRADES..."

Sometimes the interwebs can be very annoying.

So it's a fake holiday just, like Valentines day?

/Festivus is real though, right?
//it has to be.

fnordest: Yes, Santa Claus, there really is a Virginia.

/Its Capitol is Richmond.

LOL!

I like your style.

/newsletter, etc...
_/fnord.

WOW!!! A reference to the 1968 home Eagles game when a drunken Santa was booed by the fans.

/isn't it time for something original?

mmmm, I get to drive up to Tahoe in an hour and celebrate Mother's Day on my parents' boat. Thanks, money!

Yup, absolutely loathe all those syrupy and manipulative diamond ads. The message seems to be not that if you love her, buy her something nice but rather "If you don't buy her this, you don't love her because she'll be missing out on something that is now mandatory for all women to receive." Hey, I've got all the diamonds I need on my 40 piece drill bit set for my Dremel. And what is it with all those necklaces with the big diamond encrusted letter O anyway? They look like they're designed to clip a leash onto.

This is my first Mother's Day and I typed this with a hiccuping, wiggly 2 month old. My husband got me a tetsubin for a present. I'll have to get him something nice for Father's Day. Have to look up when it is though, I can never remember non-essential holidays.

OT:
I am working today and there is a mother here, that is literally sucking the flesh of her baby, and making pig snort sounds while kissing and holding her baby.

For the people complaining about the diamond industry's advertising, get over it. It's the goal of any company to sell their stuff. Just finished reading Freakanomics a few weeks ago and loved the quote:

Listerine's success wasn't a result of them curing bad breath, it's because they made people think bad breath actually existed. (paraphrased).

Other brands and industries do just as much manipulative advertising and we're not complaining about them. It's what advertising is all about. If you're stupid enough (or your wife/mom is stupid enough) to think the advertising is truth, then that's your issue.

Both my wife and mother are quite happy with the cards, Starbucks gift card, and picture frame w/ picture of our new baby.

My husband really wanted an ipod touch. So, I bought it for him a couple of days ago and told him it was for Mother's Day. Because that's what I wanted, him to be happy. It was lame and silly and just an excuse to buy him something he really wanted.

No point, just sharing.

butterwings: OT:
I am working today and there is a mother here, that is literally sucking the flesh of her baby, and making pig snort sounds while kissing and holding her baby.

Maybe she spilled some BBQ sauce on it.

I've had people see my baby and say things like "She's so cute, I could eat her up, I want to bite her chubby cheeks." Apparently infants bring out the latent vampire or zombie tendencies in some people. I feel like I should be carrying a holy water and a shotgun when I go out. Scary.

FunkOut: Apparently infants bring out the latent vampire or zombie tendencies in some people. I feel like I should be carrying a holy water and a shotgun when I go out. Scary.

Babies are tasty.

/suckling pig
/baby lamb

The Santa Clause Story:

More than three decades ago Eagles fan booed a young thin drunk guy who ran on the field in a santa suit and made a mockery of Santa in front of thousands of kids.

Snowballs:
Thown by NY Giants fans at Giants Stadium.

And while I'm at it, the court at the stadium was used for a couple years at the Eagles previous stadium. It was there to speed up cops ability to process arrested drunks so the cops would be able to keep doing their job. Over 100 fans are arrested at every Denver at Oakland or KC at Oakland game but this long ago closed court still gets more mention.

And Eagles fans did not boo McNabb on draft day. 50 idiots, as part of a radio stunt by a local sports station host, went to the draft to boo McNabb. They wanted Ricky Williams. I believe that says it all about their football knowlege.

/Live in Philly area
//Tired of all the repeated lies by lazy sports announcers who don't do their homework.
///Yes, I do feel better now.

RadiantAerynSun: My husband really wanted an ipod touch. So, I bought it for him a couple of days ago and told him it was for Mother's Day. Because that's what I wanted, him to be happy. It was lame and silly and just an excuse to buy him something he really wanted.

No point, just sharing.

You're about 2 months late - march 14th is officially "Steak and Blowjob Day".

Most of these "holidays" are nothing more the trumped up marketing campaigns that somehow became a yearly calender item. Usually it's to sell more cards.

Take back your day and just give a phone call. Saves you money and grief. Screw the rest.

\If Mom doesn't know how I feel by now then she'll never know.

moof: RadiantAerynSun: My husband really wanted an ipod touch. So, I bought it for him a couple of days ago and told him it was for Mother's Day. Because that's what I wanted, him to be happy. It was lame and silly and just an excuse to buy him something he really wanted.

No point, just sharing.

You're about 2 months late - march 14th is officially "Steak and Blowjob Day".

THIS!

Um... wrong! Mother's day started in 1860 as "Mother's Day for Peace", a call to end the Civil War.

http://mothersdayforpeace.com/history.php

FunkOut: Apparently infants bring out the latent vampire or zombie tendencies in some people. I feel like I should be carrying a holy water and a shotgun when I go out. Scary.

but the average baby could comfortably feed a family of four

whitman00: The Santa Clause Story:

More than three decades ago Eagles fan booed a young thin drunk guy who ran on the field in a santa suit and made a mockery of Santa in front of thousands of kids.

Snowballs:
Thown by NY Giants fans at Giants Stadium.

And while I'm at it, the court at the stadium was used for a couple years at the Eagles previous stadium. It was there to speed up cops ability to process arrested drunks so the cops would be able to keep doing their job. Over 100 fans are arrested at every Denver at Oakland or KC at Oakland game but this long ago closed court still gets more mention.

And Eagles fans did not boo McNabb on draft day. 50 idiots, as part of a radio stunt by a local sports station host, went to the draft to boo McNabb. They wanted Ricky Williams. I believe that says it all about their football knowlege.

/Live in Philly area
//Tired of all the repeated lies by lazy sports announcers who don't do their homework.
///Yes, I do feel better now.

You forgot about the car batteries we were chucking at Jerry Jones' hair.

moof:
You're about 2 months late - march 14th is officially "Steak and Blowjob Day".

Really? An occasion more noted by lack of observance than anything else, no doubt.

mark12A: Two weekends ago my Mom passed away. I get home from the hospital, check my email, and there's spam from Dell:

"KEEP IN CONTACT WITH MOM WITH DELL UPGRADES..."

Sometimes the interwebs can be very annoying.

:(

Hugs and cookies.

butterwings: OT:
I am working today and there is a mother here, that is literally sucking the flesh of her baby, and making pig snort sounds while kissing and holding her baby.

Ya, we moms can get a little weird with our adorable (even if they aren't really) little bundles of joy.


Diamonds suck, imo, and I find most jewelry gaudy. I'd rather have a bunch of sloppy kisses and hand-drawn cards any day. Now that my kids are getting older, I get wonderful crafty things, too. This year I got a plant in a pot painted with thick goopy paint and a colorfully painted glass candy dish from my two oldest. These hold more value than any diamond ever will, imo.

/although the plant will probably be dead within a week.
//is terrible with plants :(

Get her the brochure of the place that turns peoples ashes into diamonds, and puts them in jewelry for you.

So she knows what you're going to do, and that she will always be with you.

Anaiya:

:(

Hugs and cookies.

Thanks. I thought maybe Dell was offering me some souped up version of an Ethernet card that really did interface with the Ether Beyond...

Mothers Day was NOT invented 100 years ago in Philidelphia. Mothers Day existe dlong before Philadelphia ever did. It goes at least as far back as 16th century England, and many believe it goes back much further than that.

LurvMachine: Get her the brochure of the place that turns peoples ashes into diamonds, and puts them in jewelry for you.

So she knows what you're going to do, and that she will always be with you.

Can you do this with living people of whom you're not particularly fond? I have a list of at least three, so right there is a demi parure of earrings and a necklace.

whitman00: The Santa Clause Story:

More than three decades ago Eagles fan booed a young thin drunk guy who ran on the field in a santa suit and made a mockery of Santa in front of thousands of kids.

Snowballs:
Thown by NY Giants fans at Giants Stadium.

And while I'm at it, the court at the stadium was used for a couple years at the Eagles previous stadium. It was there to speed up cops ability to process arrested drunks so the cops would be able to keep doing their job. Over 100 fans are arrested at every Denver at Oakland or KC at Oakland game but this long ago closed court still gets more mention.

And Eagles fans did not boo McNabb on draft day. 50 idiots, as part of a radio stunt by a local sports station host, went to the draft to boo McNabb. They wanted Ricky Williams. I believe that says it all about their football knowlege.

/Live in Philly area
//Tired of all the repeated lies by lazy sports announcers who don't do their homework.
///Yes, I do feel better now.

Philly still sucks. How about cheering when Irvin was on the field and potentially paralyzed?

Also, I do believe there's more to the Santa Claus story. Something about the original Santa Claus being late or not showing so the officials selected another guy who was in the suit. Arguably, he did make a pathetic SC, but he didn't run out on his own just to annoy people. And yes, that version of the story did come out when the guy who was SC told it on national TV.

Philly sucks. Had to get that in again.

moof: RadiantAerynSun: My husband really wanted an ipod touch. So, I bought it for him a couple of days ago and told him it was for Mother's Day. Because that's what I wanted, him to be happy. It was lame and silly and just an excuse to buy him something he really wanted.

No point, just sharing.

You're about 2 months late - march 14th is officially "Steak and Blowjob Day".

How can I be late, when I observed that at the time??

ronaprhys wrote:
> Philly still sucks. How about cheering when Irvin
> was on the field and potentially paralyzed?

I was at that game. Irvin went down. The stadium got quiet. Maybe a thousand fans cheered. No one knew the injury was serious when they cheered. The guy was a loudmouth and a total %&!@$.

Candyman: Mothers Day was NOT invented 100 years ago in Philidelphia. Mothers Day existe dlong before Philadelphia ever did. It goes at least as far back as 16th century England, and many believe it goes back much further than that.

Also the UK had Mothering Sunday on 2nd March. It moves like Easter as it's linked to the Christian church calendar.

Headline fails to mention Grafton, WV.

That is all.

sparticle: LurvMachine: Get her the brochure of the place that turns peoples ashes into diamonds, and puts them in jewelry for you.

So she knows what you're going to do, and that she will always be with you.

Can you do this with living people of whom you're not particularly fond? I have a list of at least three, so right there is a demi parure of earrings and a necklace.

Probably, but there are some legal issues that may come up.

ronaprhys: whitman00: The Santa Clause Story:

More than three decades ago Eagles fan booed a young thin drunk guy who ran on the field in a santa suit and made a mockery of Santa in front of thousands of kids.

Snowballs:
Thown by NY Giants fans at Giants Stadium.

And while I'm at it, the court at the stadium was used for a couple years at the Eagles previous stadium. It was there to speed up cops ability to process arrested drunks so the cops would be able to keep doing their job. Over 100 fans are arrested at every Denver at Oakland or KC at Oakland game but this long ago closed court still gets more mention.

And Eagles fans did not boo McNabb on draft day. 50 idiots, as part of a radio stunt by a local sports station host, went to the draft to boo McNabb. They wanted Ricky Williams. I believe that says it all about their football knowlege.

/Live in Philly area
//Tired of all the repeated lies by lazy sports announcers who don't do their homework.
///Yes, I do feel better now.

Philly still sucks. How about cheering when Irvin was on the field and potentially paralyzed?

Also, I do believe there's more to the Santa Claus story. Something about the original Santa Claus being late or not showing so the officials selected another guy who was in the suit. Arguably, he did make a pathetic SC, but he didn't run out on his own just to annoy people. And yes, that version of the story did come out when the guy who was SC told it on national TV.

Philly sucks. Had to get that in again.

Irvin?

I was AT that game. Here's the true story. Irvin hit the carpet hard and was hurt. Yes, the fans cheered. HOWEVER! When it was realized through the stadium that Irvin was truly hurt, it was quiet. Only when DEION SANDERS began prancing around Irvin like some Evangelical preacher on crack did the fans boo again.
You didn't see Sanders' behavior on TV. But, don't let the facts get in your way of forming an opinion.

Regarding Santa Claus story. AGAIN, you FAIL. It was Howard Cosell, who years later, decided to drudge up a non-story and make it filler for his broadcast. The fact that the first Santa Claus was drunk and replaced by a skinny guy, who claims only a few snowballs were thrown out of the stands and the "booing" was more geared to the fact that he was too skinny to be Santa.

Are you really that ignorant? Or do you just believe everything you've been told.

ronaprhys: Philly sucks. Had to get that in again.

We don't give a shiat what you "think" about Philadelphia... or Jersey for that matter.

Seems to me that you don't like New Jersey (from your profile), and don't like Philadelphia. Ever stop to *think* that it might be YOU!?

/you'll be much happier in New Hope

NarrMaster: Headline fails to mention Grafton, WV.

That is all.


I know what you mean.

St.Albans native

I throw batteries at Santa because Mom would belt me if I threw batteries at her.

Goddamm. Homer's Mom died on the Simpsons tonight. I did NOT need that.

Way to spoil it.