tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post5673329858914418447..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: People NOT on my Christmas Gift ListBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-79096525635444120432009-12-09T00:15:33.108-05:002009-12-09T00:15:33.108-05:00Add to your list businesses that use "the not...Add to your list businesses that use "the notorious phone menu" with its automated voice to usher callers around to their different departments. <br /><br />"If you want to reach our billing department please press 6." So you press 6 only to encounter a second menu. "If this is about your auto loan please press 1. If this is about mortgage loan please press 2." So you press 2 only to encounter a third menu. It is at this point that I have been known to yell into the receiver and demand to talk to a real live person....not that it gets me anywhere. <br /><br />I hate those automated voices and phone menu things and I am usually a very agreeable lady especially during the Christmas season. But one can take only so much.Mrs. Geezerettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957440812143446191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-53887907864864917652009-12-08T22:31:49.301-05:002009-12-08T22:31:49.301-05:00Bah! Humbug.Bah! Humbug.John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-23973723205897760932009-12-08T18:00:57.628-05:002009-12-08T18:00:57.628-05:00In response to your number 7: switch to Haloscan. ...In response to your number 7: switch to Haloscan. I've had little to no spam from that site as opposed to blogger's commenting. <br /><br />Oh and to number 10: AMEN!The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-10316716625811493352009-12-08T14:13:27.055-05:002009-12-08T14:13:27.055-05:00@Bandit - That's a good idea. That's not a...@Bandit - That's a good idea. That's not a good idea.<br /><br />@Leslie David - I think Bilbo should send us gifts for every religious day there is.<br /><br />@Eminence Grise - Athiests are more obsessed with God than any religious fanatic could ever hope to be.<br /><br />@Bilbo - Thanks for providing me a forum here.<br /><br />Wv: swory - A village in Poland. No really. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SworyMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-78383331798567515132009-12-08T11:28:13.412-05:002009-12-08T11:28:13.412-05:00A bastardized Supreme Court, aided by the ACLU, de...A bastardized Supreme Court, aided by the ACLU, developed the conditions that led some idiot to think up the "Sparkle Season. Somehow the court confused a bar on establishing a state religion, per the Constitution, with "Everybody's right not to be offended by somebody else celebrating their religion according to their conscience, possibly in the public square." With their clothes on.<br /><br />Heck, Christmas isn't my holiday, but I sure as heck don't want anybody's enjoyment of it to be diminished in the slightest by the fact that Buddhists don't have Christmas. (I don't know why in Thailand they decided to give presents at New Year's, rather than Buddha's birthday. I mean, if they wanted to take up another country's custom, they might as well have taken a Western European Approach, considering their close relationship with the UK! New Year's is more Chinese, although they do it on the equivalent of the Vietnamese Tet.) But I digress. <br /><br />Exactly what is it about a creche that offends people? Give me a break! Jesus is a historical figure. You can't wish him away!<br /><br />Are they afraid their religion (atheism) just might be wrong? It's neither my fault nor Bilbo's that they didn't understand they were taking the wrong side on Pascal's Bet!<br /><br />Eminence GriseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-63856963840076059892009-12-08T11:13:52.046-05:002009-12-08T11:13:52.046-05:00Christmas is Christmas, Solstice is Solstice. Fra...Christmas is Christmas, Solstice is Solstice. Frankly I'm glad my holidays aren't as crassly commercialized as Xma$ (spelling intentional),Leslie Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-81281492295073833112009-12-08T08:37:19.914-05:002009-12-08T08:37:19.914-05:00Get one of Mike's rooftop Santas and put it on...Get one of Mike's rooftop Santas and put it on the capitol building since that is what the are doing to us. Mike will put it on the roof for you.Banditnoreply@blogger.com