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Cagedbird
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Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 08:18 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

congrats on your daily poem, carey


How to Tell if You're a Grinch

You reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under your own name. (5 points)
You steal light bulbs from you neighbor's outdoor display to replenish your own supply. (5 points, 10 if neighbor's whole light sets or lighted Santa goes out)
You have dressed a dog or cat as Santa Claus, elf helper, or reindeer. (10 points for each; if you dressed an endangered species, 5 extra points)
You put out last year's stale candy canes for children. (1 point for each piece of sticky candy). If you put out a chocolate or marzipan Santa also, add 10 points.
You enclose a shoddy and inferior gift from Target, Walmart, or K-Mart in a Bloomingdale's or other prestige box to impress your friends. (5 points for each infraction).
You make collect long distance phone calls to your family on Christmas day. (5 points, 10 if from a cell phone), claiming you are stuck in a phone booth.
At the office Christmas party, you horde huge stockpiles of goodies for later consumption at home. (5 points; 15 points if you use this stuff for your own party)
You steal the wreath from a parked car to use on your own [Southern California only, others ignore]. (5 points -- nobody but Angelenos are dumb enough to dress a car)
After an invitation to a friend's house, you bring a commercially produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made. (5 points; 15 points if the fruitcake is from last year).
Any stealing from the Toys-for-Tots collection bins is a definite no-no. (20 points)

Evaluate your score on the "Grinch Scale" from 20 to 100.

20-30: You are just a cheeseball.

30-50: You are an apprentice in Yuletide larceny and are probably wanted by the police for overdue parking tickets.

50-100: Grinch, move over. The Meyer Lansky of Christmas crime has arrived.
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Rondall
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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:22 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Cute...I scored 50.

So close yet so far away.
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Cagedbird
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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 12:44 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

thanks Rondall. I didn't even take the test cause I know I am an ANGEL & not a grinch!:-)
I'll post sumpthin else 4 ya! Enjoy.

Another Fruitcake Recipe


1. Go to the crafts store.

2. Purchase one or more bags of dried fruit, some plaster of
paris, brown paint and a disposable cake pan.

3. Return home.

4. Unwrap the dried fruit, carefully folding the wrapper inside-
out and placing it at the bottom of your trash can. Better
yet, send it through your personal paper shredder and use it
for insulation in the attic.

5. Mix the plaster of paris with water and pour into the
disposable cake pan. Place dried fruit on top, gently
pushing in so it looks "baked" in the "batter." Let dry.

6. Take your "fruitcake" out of the disposable cake pan.

7. Cover the top, bottom and sides with brown paint, avoiding
the fruit.

8. Wrap your "fruitcake" in festive, colored saran wrap and
finish with a bow. I like using red wrap because it gives a
warm glow to the "fruitcake."

9. Give your "fruitcake" to someone you want to impress.
When they lift it, they'll say, "Wow! You must have made a
really rich fruitcake!" Don't forget to smile and say, "Oh, its
Paris-style fruitcake."

10. Don't worry about someone trying to eat your fruitcake.
Nobody actually eats fruitcake... that's just a rumor. Just so
you know, the dried fruit won't go "bad" because it has the
same preservatives as Twinkies, which have a shelf-life of
about 237 years.

Special note: Make sure to sign your initials on the bottom of
your masterpiece-- just in case someone tries to give YOU a
"Paris-style fruitcake" next year...


Author, Columnist & Poet:Evelyn (Eve) Hall

Visit my website at: http://www.evehall.com/
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Cynique
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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 04:01 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I must be one of the few people around who actually likes fruit cakes. My mother used to make them from scratch around Thanksgiving. Then she'd wrap them in cloths saturated with rum and wouldn't break them out until Christmas. Scumptuous!
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Cagedbird
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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 04:21 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Man, I know now not 2 throw them away, sorry:-(
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Cynique
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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 04:53 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Some people have even referred to me as a "fruitcake".
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Cynique
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Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 03:59 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Of course these people don't know what they're talking about. I'm not a fruit cake, I'm a sweetie pie.

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