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[StillStunned]

I guarantee the managers want no part in this bullshit. It's all corporate and based on analysts saying people buy more when reminded that Christmas is just around the corner. It's retail psychology to encourage people to spend more than they want on shit their intended recipient neither needs nor wants.

Like mince pies with a sell-by date in late-November. I mean, I get that there's an argument to be made for buying Christmas things before the big rush starts, but if you can't even keep them until Christmas, what's the point?

 

[yowser]

The first few months living in England (as a Yank) the locals were exaggeratedly polite about my 'Americanness' and US politics, leaders, etc. I never heard negative commentary or a joke at the US expense (although I could see the mindgears turning at the pub). Until one day a fellow said to me:

'Do you know we celebrate Thanksgiving Day here?'

I told him I was not aware of this.

'We don't do it the same day you Yanks do, however.'

'When then?'

'The Fourth of July.'

 

[MillieDynamite]

Why won't you be a good thread and just die‽

 

[Kumquatqueen]

From Michigan here. Christmas stuff was in stores 2 weeks before Holloween.

Is there still that part of Frankenmuth where it's Christmas all year round?

So far, only heard one ad for a Christmas radio station and no Christmas music out in the wild. If I ran the country, only classic carols would be allowed during the day, and Christmas pop songs would be reserved for evenings, if that. Possible exception for Fairytale of New York.

 

[Britva415]

For me I cannot listen to someone singing a song Freddie Mercury sang

I didn't expect to like Queen with Adam Lambert, but I hella do!

 

[intrepidgoodtime]

The before picture is often hotter…

 

[Statius]

Mid-November is when the Christmas season begins in stores in Europe. Halloween is much less of a thing here, if it's even celebrated at all, and Turkey Day is of course completely irrelevant. (Our Turkey is mostly a vacation destination).

Wait! They don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Europe?! When the pilgrims were saved by the native Americans before wiping them out and stealing the land?!

Is there still that part of Frankenmuth where it's Christmas all year round?

So far, only heard one ad for a Christmas radio station and no Christmas music out in the wild. If I ran the country, only classic carols would be allowed during the day, and Christmas pop songs would be reserved for evenings, if that. Possible exception for Fairytale of New York.

Yep. But I'd rather visit the small town of Hell, Mi. It's real, Google it.

 

[Statius]

I didn't expect to like Queen with Adam Lambert, but I hella do!

Yeah I know. He's got a good voice, great range. But man, I've been a Queen fan since I was old enough to appreciate music, it's tough lol

 

[SkyBubble]

I haven't been able to tolerate cola in general in years. But I still occasionally want an RC cola when we're walking down the grocery store isles and I see one.

Unfortunately, they just killed Diet Rite.

 

[SkyBubble]

Give me a smooth, buttery Irish whiskey.

What's wrong with bourbon?

 

[SkyBubble]

My latest controversial opinions. There is no way on earth that 1 person (Laurel) can read every story submitted each and every day, There is not enough hours in a day. Also, some stories, probably no pattern, go down the rabbit hole of purgatory (aka pending queue) and never see human eyes and/or the light of day (probably a technical cms glitch)

Agree 100%.

 

[SkyBubble]

I will say Roger Moore was much better than he gets credit for.

They had Moore in mind for the role, but he was committed to The Saint, so they hired Connery, and he defined the role.

Something similar would happen later when they first approached Pierce Brosnan. He was doing Remington Steele, so they hired Timothy Dalton.

 

[SkyBubble]

Honestly, all the Bonds have good or bad movies.

Are we counting Never Say Never Again as an official Bond movie?

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Yeah I know. He's got a good voice, great range. But man, I've been a Queen fan since I was old enough to appreciate music, it's tough lol

The lead singer is the hardest person to replace, and when it is someone as dynamic as Freddie Mercury was...
My dad saw them in concert like 3 times. If he had a time machine seeing them for a fourth would probably be one of the first things he did.

 

[Z_TheWriter]

The author's intended message or interpretation of symbolism and metaphors is not inherently any more correct or valid than an individual reader's.

 

[SkyBubble]

I don't hate the third one. It's definitely a dip from the second, and seems obvious it was cobbled together after being derailed from Ledger's untimely death. But I'd say it's still better than most other super hero movies.

https://ga2so.com/dave/

 

[Bramblethorn]

If you serve me water at a restaurant, what tf are you putting fruit in it for. Fuck that! I will send it back.

This. I will happily munch on a lemon slice, I love drinking water, but putting the lemon slice in the water ruins both of them.

 

[SkyBubble]

The 1980's TV series was pretty damned awesome, too.

So was the 1960s series.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a decent song but not in Sinéad's top five, probably not her top ten.

Beer tastes awful. Maybe use it in a beer batter, IDK. Yes, even your "not like other beers" beer. It's all gross.

Coffee tastes awful though it sometimes works as a dessert ingredient.

 

[SkyBubble]

Was there a series in the 80's too? I watched the TV series in 60's.

Nananananananana nananananananana

 

[SkyBubble]

This. I will happily munch on a lemon slice, I love drinking water, but putting the lemon slice in the water ruins both of them.

It's known as "infused water." I call it "confused water." It seems to think it's fruit juice.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

This. I will happily munch on a lemon slice, I love drinking water, but putting the lemon slice in the water ruins both of them.

It's one advantage of cost-cutting - most restaurants and bars don't give you the slice any more unless you ask. Great improvement!

 

[SkyBubble]

Many "twist ending" stories would be better without the twist.

Maybe you've never read O Henry.

 

[SkyBubble]

That's actually a good thing if the author is really clever and flirty in real life.

I think people try to push "clever and flirty" too hard and too long. Most of the time, it starts out as just a kind of mundane conversation.

 

[SkyBubble]

I kind of respect it when movies and tv show a proper puke

In Clint Eastwood's movie Trouble With the Curve, we get to hear him pissing.