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You know those quasi chain letter blog posting where someone posts whatever subject then tags three or four other friends. I'm usually the friend that wouldn't get tagged... kind of happy about it too....

Well, most people I hang out with never get suckered into doing that thing.

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Since April 20, 1968, the amount of time of all of the Canadian Prime Ministers representing a riding outside of Quebec has been less than two years.

It's The Period of Gifticus

In my last posting, I touch upon Gifticus without explaining what Gifticus is. For those who are curious this is a early draft...

Gifticus, The Period of Disappointment, or The "Holiday" That Doesn't Involve Family

Gifticus starts one day before New Year Eve's and ends nine days after Valentine's Day. [December 30 - February 23]

There's no feast for Gifticus, and there's no religious affiliation for Gifticus so all may participate, but participants must be over the age of eighteen in order to celebrate. There are two gifts are involved, where one gift must be three hangars. The gifts are not wrapped in paper but in a plastic bag. Furthermore, it's two gifts per household, not two gifts per person, so you can disappoint more people. The best place to deliver gifts is at a home, but not necessary your own. And most importantly, the receiver of the gifts must reply in a disappointed thank you.

Acceptable Second Gifts:
- small quantities of hard liquor (which should be all drank by the giver's presence)
- six pack of beer (which should be all drank by the giver's presence)
- box of chocolates without the guideline
- gifts that are re-gifted
- anything you own that you want to get rid of, but not to give away to complete strangers
- anything that would be ideal for a yard sale
- anything curling related
- anything bowling related
- bad or cheesy movies (the more obscure and obsolete the format, the better)
- Small Furniture
- cover music (Led Zeppelin, no; Symphonic Led Zeppelin, yes)
- fixing manuals
- books (all kinds, new and used)
- tacky tourist gifts
- velvet paintings

Unacceptable Second Gifts
- Pornography of any sort
- Food (except for the chocolates)
- Jewelry
- Clothes
- non alcoholic beer
- large quantities of hard liquor
- large quantities of beer
- anything team sports related
- anything golf related
- anything auto racing related


For any questions about gifticus, reply in the comments section.

three things...

1. if you are trying to catch a mouse, use raisins and peanut butter, and wedge the raisin into the metal.

2. that cyclops kitten is not cute, it's what happens when you have old cats screw around.

3. the proper gifticus gifts are clothes hangars and another gift in which the receiver of the gift replies with a disappointed thank-you.

almost there...

Today, I snapped and bought cds for myself after a two month self-imposed ban. As Dr. Disc is closing down in London (which is a bit of a bitch), I took advantage of picking up used cds that were 70% off and new ones 20% off. It's like going to a comic book store with a three for a buck sale going on. I score a single from Suede (or London Suede depending where you're from) for $2 and a promotional cd of The Verve for $3.

I haven't gone antique cruising for awhile because I do not have a proper car, and the car I am driving, excuse me farm car, seems like it should have been the one that should have gone down and not the Sunfire. This week's problem for the Cavalier is brakes with a potential gas tank problem for next week. I am very confident that the Cavalier will not make it by spring.

here but not talking at the moment...

There are some things I wanted to get accomplished before I go back to quasi-regular blogging, but I will mention this... the majority of suicides are commited in the month of February, and the majority of people that commit suicide are senior citizens and not teenagers. I found this out from a gas attendant when I was paying for nacho chips and gas.

Another thing, where is the word "nacho chips" located on a bag of Doritos?