Neil Gendzwill Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I wanted to send some sort of Festive greeting, but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my solicitor yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great (not to imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher. Regards, Neil Gendzwill, or a reasonable facsimile thereof Disclaimer: No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 :lol: Nice to know we're not the only nation suffering through the season of riddiculous politically correct-ness And "best of the season" to you too:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Awesome. You just earned somewhere around 34 extra cool-points for that post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted December 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I can't take credit for it, and I don't know the original author. But I thought it was pretty funny. Have a joyous and peaceful Christmas, everyone, and best wishes in the New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTA2R Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 will be sending that to a few friends...nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavechaser Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Happy Festivus Neil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Happy Festivus! We have a festivus pole on our front lawn!!! I'll snap a picture tomorrow and throw it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I prefer "Happy mindless consumerism in celebration of the erroneous birth date of the Bloody Jesus on the Cross"...but hey that's just me. Hope I didn't offend anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik J Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Ah, the Holiday spirit - http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061216/NEWS/612160329/-1/rss01 Christmas' deepest roots are in pagan tradition - nothing to do with the "birth of Christ" or a fat man in a red suit with a big sack. It's interesting how this holiday continues to evolve. First Xmas is rammed down everyone's throats (centuries ago), now it's beginning to be rejected, so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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