Hi everyone, Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians. [-Rick-]
OT: Christmas Greetings
Started by ●December 21, 2006
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, > Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from > the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians.how 'bout commie, pinko, pot-smokin', airhead, librul, Vermonters who just elected their pinko Congressmen to the Senate? (i'm prayin' that Bernie will bring a chainsaw in there and take it straight to Bill Frist's desk.) r b-j
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org (Rick Lyons) writes:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, > Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from > the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians.Perhaps you should add "airports in Washington" to the list... -- % Randy Yates % "Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % you still wander the fields of your %%% 919-577-9882 % sorrow." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % '21st Century Man', *Time*, ELO http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, > Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from > the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians. > > [-Rick-] >What about a hardware engineer trapped in a software engineer's body? -- Jim Thomas Principal Applications Engineer Bittware, Inc jthomas@bittware.com http://www.bittware.com (603) 226-0404 x536 The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it. - Hobbes
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:23:30 GMT, R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org (Rick Lyons) wrote:> >Hi everyone, > >Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and >a Happy New Year! > >Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any >of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, >Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, >Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, >Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government >employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from >the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians. > >[-Rick-]Back at ya Rick and everybody else as well. Happiest of Holidays (whatever that may mean to you) to all of our comp.dsp denizens, lurkers, trolls and sociopaths. Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms, Intel Corp. My opinions may not be Intel's opinions. http://www.ericjacobsen.org
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, > Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from > the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians.Why, thank you, Rick! I fit several of your descriptions of those who don't celebrate Christmas, including almost (but not quite) devil worship. (I threatened the Township Council with insisting on a Devil Worship altar if non-government organizations were allowed to place religious symbols -- creche, menorah -- in municipal parks. They backed down.) Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bestow His spice to you all, Amen. Martin -- Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. --Bruce Schneier
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Eric Jacobsen wrote: ...> ... and sociopaths.why, thank you, Rev.> Eric Jacobsen > Minister of Algorithmshey, you got another prayer for us, Parson? ya know, kinda one like Patton required in that George C. Scott movie? a nice sociopathic one. like may each rouge nation with nuclear weapons suffer nuclear destruction in proportion to their possession of nukes. something like that. r b-j
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Democrats, > Neo-pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, people from > the U.S. state of Ohio, FPGA programmers, and Rastafarians. > > [-Rick-] >Thanks Rick, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well (and to everyone else here). The bit about Ohio reminds me of a post I fixed for you a long time ago: [1] For our European friends, Ohio is a part of America with no beautiful mountains, no ocean beaches for fishing, sea-skiing or skin diving, racial children, desert farmlands and snakes deep snow, productive crime, pretty wide girls with insects, no good-looking, clean or handsome men, no strong politicians, and unemployment problems, honest. Which was the correction for what Rick had written, obviously mixing up some of the words: > [1] For our European friends, Ohio is a part of America with > beautiful mountains for snow skiing, clean ocean beaches for > deep-sea fishing and skin diving, productive farmlands, > wide deserts with no snakes or insects, pretty girls, > strong good-looking men, handsome children, no crime, > no racial problems, no unemployment, and honest politicians.
Reply by ●December 21, 20062006-12-21
Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes:> [...] > Why, thank you, Rick! I fit several of your descriptions [...]Jerry, I'll speak up and say that I find your comments (which I did not repeat above) and your sentimentality offensive, unpatriotic, and extremely contrary to the season. -- % Randy Yates % "Midnight, on the water... %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % I saw... the ocean's daughter." %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Can't Get It Out Of My Head' %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % *El Dorado*, Electric Light Orchestra http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr
