BS: What would you like for Christmas

Subject: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: rock chick
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 07:36 PM

A very Happy Christmas to all Madcatters.

So come on what would you REALLY like for Christmas, there are a few things I would like, but deep down I would like peace everywhere and everyone just to be content and happy, and of course good music, these things you can't buy with money and they are worth more than anything money can buy.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 07:43 PM

Apart from Peace on Earth and Good will to all Men I would cheerfully settle for enough cash to pay off the mortgage and buy a decent car so
I could tell them to do the usual thing with the day job,and go back to playing music seriously again.Or a nice bottle of GOOD mat whisky.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 07:46 PM

A 5 string Fiddle please.......Sorcha would like one too!!!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Dead Horse
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 08:05 PM

Leadfingers: Mat whisky - as opposd to *shine* I suppose;-)

I'd like a winning lottery ticket.........................
................and peace on earth & all that stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 08:30 PM

I want my Mudcat CDs to arrive in time to open them on Christmas Day.

World peace would be nice, but it seems rather a tall order right now.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Poddy
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 08:33 PM

a five-string for me too, and an amp, and someone to pay off my credit card bills and put me through grad school, and a food processor, and a playstation 2.

And peace on earth, goodwill to men, and an end to world hunger.

Visualize Whirled Peas!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 09:26 PM

CatsPHiddle don't forget me! I want a 5 string fiddle too!

Actually, I don't have money, I don't have relatives (let alone ones with disposable incomes) and my friends don't have any money. In reaction to the lack of money I've developed a lack of concern over not having any. Peace is good, but I'm selfish even if I don't have cash. I want love, I want music, and I want to laugh so hard I get a cramp in my face.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Bobert
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 09:34 PM

There is nothing materially I can honestly say I would like more than for my country to not invade Iraq. Nothin'! Not a winnin' lotto ticket! Not nothin'!

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 09:45 PM

Right now I am still recovering from a broken wrist which I thought was healed and I have to spend another few weeks in plaster, so what I am wishing for is my health and the love and support of my friends and my kids(I already know I can count on that).Sufficient money for my needs would be nice, too. Finances are a bit grim cos I can't do my usual job which involves driving. AND LOTS OF MUSIC AND LAUGHTER!!!! I believe music can do a lot to heal the world.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: mg
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 10:01 PM

all the above intangibles, plus some tangibles. Warm fuzzy socks and the plum Mudcat CD and one of those little tents that just pop open I could take to the ocean and throw on the beach and a new old dishwasher for Sunnycamp. Maybe a Pat Humphries CD too. mg

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 10:25 PM

I would say that I want a five-string fiddle too, but my wife has drawn the line at the fiddle. She has allowed me to learn hammer dulcimer, banjo and Dobro during the time we've been married without giving me too much grief. But, she's already divorced one beginning fiddler and probably wouldn't hesitate to make it two. I guess I'll settle for some new strings for a few of the instruments I've already got.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Bill D
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 11:09 PM

oh, I guess maybe an exemption from entropy would do me just fine.....

and a good bottle of very old Springbank single malt scotch.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 11:46 PM

Apart from the 5 string and Whirled Peas, I would really like a CD player that actually works......so I can listen to all this new stuff.

Oh, and for Mr. to stay home long enough for a good back rub.....well, maybe an all over rub.......

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Haruo
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:28 AM

I'd be happy with peace on earth and a reasonably comprehensive Japanese-Esperanto dictionary. And maybe Internet access.

Haruo

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: fat B****rd
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 04:25 AM

Apart from POE of course I really would like to feel secure about our Endowment Policy (cue double-breasted suit and false promises) and hope that we don't have to ask for sheltered accomodation instead of owning our little house.
Lord ! what a whingebag. Naturally I want Cds, books and DVDs. Merry Christmas 'catters.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Alio
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 07:26 AM

To have all the people I love around me - healthy and happy - and to hear that George Bush has fallen through a hole in the road somewhere (I reckon that's the nearest thing to achieving world peace at the moment!)

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 07:30 AM

Likewise our not-so-illustrious leader in Australia - little Johnny Howard.
                               Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Amos
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:18 AM

I'd just LOVE a decent banjo, a nice desktop soundstudio thing, a Martin 12-string, a car with less than 100,000 miles on it, a 36-foot sailboat, a workshop with a small CNC mill and a lathe in it, a contract for my book, and a new job.

But you know what? I am getting something much better instead -- my best beloved daughter is bound home for Xmas at the end of the week, and it looks like she will be pulling down a very successful first semester at the Conservatory, and my best beloved wife will be by my side, and her Mom's coming over and an array of really fine friends and about ten thousand Sea Monkeys. So all in all, I reckon I am doing okay, thanks!!

A

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: greg stephens
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:40 AM

Some socks, some underpants, some rather tight-fitting gloves, a humorous keyring that plays irritating tunes, and a book I've already got. Usual sort of things.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST,Walking Eagle
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:41 AM

Someone to watch over me! A nice man to be with to stick with me through my rough times. I promise I'll stick by him during his rough times. Mid 50's and sexy gray hair! Oh and he should play music as well! Sigh! Dream on woman.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Raptor
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 11:56 AM

SNOW so i can SKI

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 12:21 PM

Guest Walking Eagle.......I got me one of them...If I can find one so can you!!!

Cat

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:12 PM

Hey all you Mudcat folks hoping for peace on earth, have you picked up your SantAnon present yet? No? Then you best get yourselves on over to:

www.peaceforchristmas.org

and pick up your Peace on Earth gift to give to the world too!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 01:15 PM

Cat, honey what a waste,you wanna try toyboys

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:05 PM

I would like my loved ones and the people I care about to be safe and happy. As a little extra bonus, I wouldn't mind if everyone in the world could be safe and happy. And warm. Safe, happy, and warm. And well fed. Safe, happy, warm, and well fed. But not too warm. So I'd like the ones in hot places to be cool enough to be comfortable. So that's safe, happy, well fed, and comfortable. That's not too much to ask, is it? Oh, yeah, and I'd like them to be healthy too. That's about it, I think. Thank you very much.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:05 PM

toy boys????   Im only 22 if I had a toyboy it would be illegal!!!

I am VERY HAPPY with the man I have and we have a wonderful and loving relationship.

Cat

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Mrrzy
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 03:13 PM

A LOVER! I'm tired of the single life! Or, rather, the celibate life. MANY lovers would be OK too, and I could stay single.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 05:45 PM

Well Cat honey,I'm only 21,so I guess I'd do. Don't need Viagra either

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Cluin
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 06:01 PM

To quote Steve Martin:

"If I had one wish that I could wish this holiday season, it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.
If I had two wishes I could make this holiday season, the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace. And the second would be for 30 million dollars a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account.
You know, if I had three wishes I could make this holiday season, the first, of course, would be for all the children of the world to get together and sing, the second would be for the 30 million dollars every month to me, and the third would be for encompassing power over every living being in the entire universe.
And if I had four wishes that I could make this holiday season, the first would be the crap about the kids definitely, the second would be for the 30 million, the third would be for all the power, and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year to have an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought out slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina-somebody, I can't think of her name. Of course my lovely wife can come too and she's behind me one hundred percent here, I guarantee it.
Wait a minute, maybe the sex thing should be the first wish, so if I made that the first wish (because it could all go boom tomorrow, then what do you got, y'know?). No, no, the kids, the kids singing would be great, that would be nice.
But wait a minute, who am I kidding? They're not going to be able to get all those kids together. I mean, the logistics of the thing is impossible, more trouble than it's worth!

So -- we reorganize! Here we go. First, the sex thing. We go with that. Second, the money. No, we got with the power second, then the money. And then the kids.
Oh wait, oh jeez, I forgot about revenge against my enemies!
Okay, I need revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in hell! That would be my fourth wish. And, of course, my fifth wish would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.
Thank you everybody and Merry Christmas. "

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 06:02 PM

Sean Connery covered in chocolate.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: harpgirl
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 06:23 PM

...I want my brother to come to my home just once to visit me...

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Just Amy
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 06:33 PM

Liz - YUM

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 06:36 PM

Did I mention Viagra...No I don't believe I did. I am glad that at 21 you don't need it. Besides I don't want to have to make do!!!.....as I said...anyone that knows me and my bloke knows that we are happy........and believe me the sex is very good.

cat

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: smuggler
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 07:03 PM

To play all the instruments ever played
To speak all the languages ever spoken
To drink all the drinks ever drunk
To make the biggest pizza ever seen
and use them all for one bloody big party in the middle of Iraq

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Gareth
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 07:12 PM

Speaking as one who drew the short straw for Xmas day and Boxing day duty in our accident control center, peace on earth, and no carnage on the M4 motorway between Newport (Gwent), and "Dear Old Swansea Town". _ No I don't mind - Have you met my relatives !!!!

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: alison
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 12:16 AM

... to get through the next few weeks intact .....

.... a less stressful year than the one that is finishing......

.... for my kids to be happy.........


you're a lucky girl cat....... hang on tight to him


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 02:06 AM

for my friends to be happy...and at peace...

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 03:23 AM

Heloo, I would like a hamster, some chocalate, and a book about fire engines.cheers.john

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 01:31 PM

A pony.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Cluin
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 02:16 PM

I want an Official Red Ryder, Carbine Action, 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle, with a compass in the stock and a thing that tells time.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 02:27 PM

you'll shoot your eye out....

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Midchuck
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 02:31 PM

I've got one in the back room - not all the fancy extras, but a real Red Ryder. Had it since I was 10, and I'm now 61. Actual wood stock.
It's busted, but I wonder what it's worth now....

Peter.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Cluin
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:09 PM

Damn! They really are everywhere.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:27 PM

Would it be too crass to ask for a knee-trembler with Nigella Lawson?

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Cluin
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:29 PM

Watch out! I heard she bites.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:35 PM

Wouldn't you all love to have one of those cool peace presents from the Santa Peace Elf? Of course you would! Pick up your gift that will keep on giving long after the holidays are over at:

www.peaceforchristmas.org

SantAnon

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Sonnet
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 04:39 PM

A big hug to give all my mudcat friends, especially Bat Goddess, who supported me when I was at my wit's end over my diabetic cat Charlie. (He's doing really well now, thankyou.)

love,

Jay

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Auxiris
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 04:04 AM

The only thing I can think of that I would really like for Christmas is that the garage we're having built somehow be magically finished before the end of the year, but this doesn't look very likely. Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année, tout le monde!

cheers,

Aux

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: GUEST,Walking Eagle
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 03:42 PM

Harpgirl - - I hope your brother comes home to see you too. AND I'll take Robert Redford covered in Butterscotch!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you like for Christmas
From: Kim C
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 06:09 PM

I have a Red Ryder BB gun! It don't have a scope or a compass, though.