Miss Freckles
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Back off, that is my test subject! I won't have you taking all the credit again for my valuable research! 
To arms, fellow Duffers!
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Great, somebody brought up invisible text. Now I have to check every post. Thanks a lot, guys.
Miss Freckles
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GG. You eat anything and everything. Clearly you are free to do whatever you want. Including invisible-text hypocrisy.
Miss Freckles
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But the Can doesn't even have arms!
Miss Freckles
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Really? A can with legs? Can you show me a graven image?
WarriorSatyr
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That is clearly a false Can. It's not even a tenth as shiny as the real thing! No, that must be Oscar the Grouch taking a walk.
Miss Freckles
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Or maybe it's what the Grinch does in summer...
Miss Freckles
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I don't get it.
John Knox = founder of Scottish Presbyterianism = holidays are Catholic, and the pope is the Antichrist. Knox forbade Christmas celebrations, and eventually Scotland followed suit. In 1640, the Parliament of Scotland outlawed "Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming." Christmas wasn't named a national holiday in Scotland until 1958.
So, the Grinch.
So, the Grinch.
Miss Freckles
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I like how your mind works. I also like the thought of a Scottish Grinch - well of course he is, being grumpy and all, how could I not see it? I also completely love the name "Grinch Knox". Hehe.
It does make sense....
Also, December 6 has been called "Punch a Heretic Day" (not by me...). Apparently St. Nicholas punched Arius in the face at a church council. He narrowly avoided being defrocked.
You've got to love Christmas. So many warm and fuzzy things about it. Like King Herod.
Also, December 6 has been called "Punch a Heretic Day" (not by me...). Apparently St. Nicholas punched Arius in the face at a church council. He narrowly avoided being defrocked.
You've got to love Christmas. So many warm and fuzzy things about it. Like King Herod.
Miss Freckles
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How do you know so much about saints?
I don't actually know that much about saints, when you consider how many saints there are. But as for the ones I do know about...I've just picked things up. From Catholics, Catholic websites, and Protestants who are into church history. It's pretty random.
Anyway, it's pretty hard to forget that St. Nicholas punched Arius at a church council.... So much for a roly poly Santa Claus with rosy red cheeks.
Anyway, it's pretty hard to forget that St. Nicholas punched Arius at a church council.... So much for a roly poly Santa Claus with rosy red cheeks.
Miss Freckles
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The rosy red would be from the exertion of punching, and can be very attractive in a person. Ask Mr. Darcy.
Miss Freckles
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Mrs Gardiner says that she recollects having heard him spoken of as a very proud, ill-natured boy.
Just to set the record straight: it wasn't Mr Darcy who was afflicted with rosy-red cheeks; it was Elizabeth, and the rosy-red cheeks weren't the result from punching but from walking. Since Elizabeth never punched anyone, we may conclude that walking is an effective method of letting off steam.
Just to set the record straight: it wasn't Mr Darcy who was afflicted with rosy-red cheeks; it was Elizabeth, and the rosy-red cheeks weren't the result from punching but from walking. Since Elizabeth never punched anyone, we may conclude that walking is an effective method of letting off steam.