Here's wishin' all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Of course, these good wishes are also directed at those of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, filthy IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, and Rastafarians. [-Rick-]
Holiday Greetings
Started by ●December 23, 2019
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On 23/12/2019 09:13, Richard (Rick) Lyons wrote:> Here's wishin' all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at those > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, > filthy IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, > U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, > Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, > Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, > Australians, and Rastafarians.We Areligionists (AKA Atheists by the Religionists) do celebrate Christmas and the Christian churches are entirely to blame for this because for centuries, millenia even, our ancestors were subject to very cruel deaths if we did not conform (and in Brit the Recusancy Acts were not repealed until 1888) so it is in our traditions to celebrate at Christmas even when we knew all religion to be infantile make-believe, a veritable bucket of cowshit. Richard Dawkins coined the word, "meme" for mental traditions that perpetuate through the generations.
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On 2019-12-23, Richard (Rick) Lyons <r.lyons@ieee.org> wrote:> Here's wishin' all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at those > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, > filthy IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, > U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, > Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, > Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, > Australians, and Rastafarians. > > [-Rick-] >Hey, we Australians celebrate Christmas, even if singing about snow and white Christmas doesn't make a lot of sense here right now. Many are too busy trying to put out bushfires this year instead of celebrating. Have a Good One. And don't get caught!
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On 12/23/2019 04:13, Richard (Rick) Lyons wrote:> Here's wishin' all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at those > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, > filthy IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, > U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, > Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, > Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, > Australians, and Rastafarians. > > [-Rick-] >Merry Christmas, And for those who don't celebrate Christmas, enjoy whatever Solstice holiday you do celebrate. -- Best wishes, --Phil pomartel At Comcast(ignore_this) dot net
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:13:44 -0800 (PST), "Richard (Rick) Lyons" <r.lyons@ieee.org> wrote:>Here's wishin' all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and >a Happy New Year! > >Of course, these good wishes are also directed at those >of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, >Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, >filthy IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, >U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, >Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, >Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, >Australians, and Rastafarians. > >[-Rick-] >Warmest seasonal salutations to everyone! ;)
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 3:28:55 AM UTC-8, Fred Smith wrote:> > Hey, we Australians celebrate Christmas, even if singing about snow and white Christmas doesn't make a lot of sense here right now. Many are too busy trying to put out bushfires this year instead of celebrating. > > Have a Good One. And don't get caught!Hi Fred. I added Australians to my list just to poke fun at my Australian DSP pal Peter Kootsookos (who used to frequent comp.dsp regularly). Good luck fightin' the bushfires. (Your bushfires have been reported on in the television news here in the States recently.)
Reply by ●December 23, 20192019-12-23
On 23/12/2019 18:37, Richard (Rick) Lyons wrote:> Hi Areligious Republican. > OK. When it comes to religion I'll mark you down as "Undecided." >Then you'd be mistaken. Children are sometimes thought to have imaginary friends but it is not mentally normal for adults to have them. Really, with all the advances in knowledge made over the past 200 years, anybody who still believes in gods is in my opinion a certifiable loony.
Reply by ●December 24, 20192019-12-24
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9627737-the-first-gulp-from-the-glass-of-natural-sciences-will Have a happy Mark
Reply by ●December 24, 20192019-12-24
On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 2:03:47 PM UTC-5, Areligious Republican wrote:> On 23/12/2019 18:37, Richard (Rick) Lyons wrote: > > Hi Areligious Republican. > > OK. When it comes to religion I'll mark you down as "Undecided." > > > > Then you'd be mistaken. > > Children are sometimes thought to have imaginary friends but > it is not mentally normal for adults to have them. > > Really, with all the advances in knowledge made over the > past 200 years, anybody who still believes in gods is > in my opinion a certifiable loony.https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9627737-the-first-gulp-from-the-glass-of-natural-sciences-will Have a happy Mark