This Grinch hates......

glatt · 12-02-2010, 08:16 AM

The biggest local grocery store here has imposed a limit on the bells this year. The bells can only ring for 6 days before Christmas. And only during certain hours.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-02-2010, 09:24 AM

Console yourself with it's the Salvation Army, which is one of, if not the, most efficient charities. If you're concerned about impressing strangers, ink jet up some twenties, and stuff them with great flourish.

monster · 12-02-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The biggest local grocery store here has imposed a limit on the bells this year. The bells can only ring for 6 days before Christmas. And only during certain hours.

Well done that store. I'd probably be more receptive if they just revved an engine or ran a washing machine on a spin cycle. Anything but the bells, the bells.....

So, all in agreement on the fake cinnamon, then?

Bullitt · 12-02-2010, 02:13 PM

Agreement on the fake cinnamon.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
"Holiday tree" bullshit. It's a Christmas tree, get over it.

I've been a Salvation Army bell ringer before, it's a very rewarding experience. You meet some great people too.

Lamplighter · 12-02-2010, 02:19 PM

All you need to say to appreciate the SA is "Katrina"

Shawnee123 · 12-02-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Well done that store. I'd probably be more receptive if they just revved an engine or ran a washing machine on a spin cycle. Anything but the bells, the bells.....

So, all in agreement on the fake cinnamon, then?

So, it's the tintinnabulation of the ringing of the bells that you find unpleasant, no? Is it because the gush of euphony voluminously wells? Is it the smells? Is it the world of merriment their melody foretells?

Who doesn't like cinnamon?

Pete Zicato · 12-02-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Who doesn't like cinnamon?

Hate the smell of fake cinnamon.

Love the smell of Mrs. Z's baking with real cinnamon.

kerosene · 12-02-2010, 08:15 PM

Radio commercials

Pete Zicato · 12-02-2010, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Well done that store. I'd probably be more receptive if they just revved an engine or ran a washing machine on a spin cycle. Anything but the bells, the bells.....

Oh yeah.

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Originally Posted by monster

So, all in agreement on the fake cinnamon, then?

All artificial scents. I can't stand to walk past a bath and body store in the mall.

monster · 12-02-2010, 08:30 PM

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All artificial scents. I can't stand to walk past a bath and body store in the mall.

Oh ugh. Scents are often a problem for me too (asthma). I sell gift gards as a fundraiser for the school. A few years ago around this time I opened up the delivery packet and couldn't breathe because Bath and Body had decided to make their gift cards scented. Candy cane and cinnamon

Even the office staff who are normally into that sort of thing complained about the stink.

12-02-2010, 09:24 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Console yourself with it's the Salvation Army, which is one of, if not the, most efficient charities. If you're concerned about impressing strangers, ink jet up some twenties, and stuff them with great flourish. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-02-2010, 02:13 PM	#4
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Agreement on the fake cinnamon. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. "Holiday tree" bullshit. It's a Christmas tree, get over it. I've been a Salvation Army bell ringer before, it's a very rewarding experience. You meet some great people too. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

12-02-2010, 08:16 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The biggest local grocery store here has imposed a limit on the bells this year. The bells can only ring for 6 days before Christmas. And only during certain hours.

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	All you need to say to appreciate the SA is "Katrina"

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kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Radio commercials

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