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December dilemmas
Esquire, which seems to have declined from its Gay Talese days to really just being a slick magazine with novelty articles, has this novelty piece about solving dilemmas during this Most Wonderful Time of the Year:
December Dilemma No. 1: You Have “Wonderful Christmastime” Stuck in Your Head
December Dilemma No. 2: Accidentally Inform a Child That Santa Doesn’t Exist
December Dilemma No. 3: Suspect That You’ve Got Frostbite
December Dilemma No. 4: Need to Build a Fire
December Dilemma No. 5: Spilled Red Wine on Your Pants at Dinner
I might add these:
You Make Fun of Your Brother’s Gift For Dad Only to Discover That He Got You the Same Thing
You and Your Wife Agree Not to Give Each Other Anything This Year, But She Thought You Were Kidding
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I can’t read of these, as our company filter suspects that they have adult/mature content.
My primary dilemma is deciding which of the various treats available at work (and last night at Cub Scouts leaders meeting) to eat, so that I neither feel so deprived I’m thinking of how I wish I could eat some, or eating indiscriminately anything that is sweet and fattening.
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My company’s filter didn’t suspect they have adult/mature content … but should have.
We have personal experience with the Santa dilemma. My son’s 5yo playmate was visiting the house one December and observed us wrapping gifts. Out of the blue, he asks my wife, “Does Santa really exist?” She replied with a series of questions, drawing out his thoughts, and that was the end of it. A short conversation, and it was clear that he already had his suspicions.
Well, now. Cue the falling anvil. The boy’s dad was on our front porch the next night, spitting nails; he kept his son away from us from then on, breaking my son’s heart.
We didn’t initiate the conversation, and answered carefully when pressed, and it didn’t make a lick of difference. Yeesh.
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Pauline, if you drop the url into google you can read the article from their cache.
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Santa doesn’t exist????
When did this happen?
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Santa is like bloggers. Other bloggers don’t exist. They’re just a figment of my imagination. Some machine code somewhere just spits out simulated responses. I’m the only reality there is.
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It took elementary students less than a day to figure that end route around the school boards filter.
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“Santa doesn’t exist????”
Oh yes he does!! Trust me.
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