The misbegotten waif thread a/k/a The Fray V2

[Relique du Madde]

Also Festivus. Its origin sounds fishy (I totally get the celebration of the first date aspect of it, but I suspect much of the backstory came about as a result of a BS response to an interview question). That doesn't even touch that people seem to be latching onto it because they are so afraid of offending people by saying "Happy/Merry <religious holiday>"

 

[renau1g]

Our priest was mighty fired up last night about the dropping of Christmas from the public arena. I find it funny that people would be offended by it *shrug* I've said Happy St. Patrick's Day to non-Irish people before and I've never seen anyone upset, I've said Happy Easter to non-Christians, and the same for Merry Christmas.

Anyways, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, or (belated) Happy Hanukah....or for those who like it, Happy Festivus

 

[Relique du Madde]

You forgot Yule or whatever the pagans/neo-pagans celebrate today.

 

[Scott DeWar]

nope, that was yours to mention!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Random fact:

B.B. King's guitar, most every one knows is named Lucile, saved his life twice, once when he was in a car accident. The car rolled over and he was under it, but Lucille got pinned under there with him and held the car up.

Why is it called Lucille? It all started in Twist Arkansas, where there was a brawl started by a man arguing with his woman. He pushed her into a can full of gasoline that was used to keep the place warm, spilling the contents all over the place. nearly burned up Mr. King in the fire that ensued, burning down the whole building. The woman that was the subject of the confrontation, well he name was Lucille.

source: Pandora.com song of Lucille, by B.B.King

 

[Leif]

Random fact:

B.B. King's guitar, most every one knows is named Lucile, saved his life twice, once when he was in a car accident. The car rolled over and he was under it, but Lucille got pinned under there with him and held the car up.

Why is it called Lucille? It all started in Twist Arkansas, where there was a brawl started by a man arguing with his woman. He pushed her into a can full of gasoline that was used to keep the place warm, spilling the contents all over the place. nearly burned up Mr. King in the fire that ensued, burning down the whole building. The woman that was the subject of the confrontation, well he name was Lucille.

source: Pandora.com song of Lucille, by B.B.King

But do you know where Twist, AR is? Or how to get there? I do!

 

[Scott DeWar]

I figured you would. it is about 15 miles east of birdeye, AR on Hwy 42 (twist hwy)

 

[Leif]

Ok, but there's a much easier way to find it: travelling down US 63 from Memphis, just west of the sprawling metropolis of West Memphis you'll come to an exit to Turrell (another Arkie hole-in-the-wall) and Twist, and from there you just follow the signs.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I reckon it would be far easier to mosey down over to yonder browser and pull up a google map in that thar tabular window. I dare say that if you type in twist arkansas the textual input box google's database would be most obliged to display it on the resultant map. If 'n it don't, I'd be hard pressed not to unholster my six shooter and blast a hole in the sonabich who programmed that no good piece of devil machinery and send him straight to hell!

 

[HolyMan]

Then don;t ask me for any directions

I would hate not to know the location and be looking down the barrel of a ...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeIyy2ipps&feature=fvsr]YouTube - Shinedown - 45 (Video)[/ame]


(Would someone please explain to me what was going on in the non-performance part of that video?)

HM