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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (5291)	12/17/1997 1:31:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Did I ever tell you I sing just like Brenda Lee? heehee. I already know you never heard of Mannheim Steamroller, but I love their version of Little Drummer Boy. And in your honor I am playing it RIGHT NOW. My favorite version, though, is my children singing it when they were still trebles. I love all Christmas music. penni, who is gleefully warming up and putting on her sparkly gossamer wings for a special performance just for you. Favorite Christmas Fairy: Did you ever see Bill Murray's Scrooged? Carol--ummmm---I forget. But gosh, she was funny.

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (5291)	12/17/1997 1:37:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Must be something in the air. The last two posts I read on SI BOTH mentioned balpeen hammers...now what are the odds of that? Lest you don't believe me: Message 2988857

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (5291)	12/17/1997 3:22:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Yo down there! Peoples of Earth! Gaugie here. Hi-Ho. On the road again, had to stop in to read something crisp and amusing and insightful. (Any suggestions? ~ JUST KIDDING!) I am amazed that the moment I got very frustrated ~ well, face it, I got mad ~ I felt I could come to a 'puter and come here and feel better. Wow. Taht I would see my little family of "imaginary" friends and "warmth and security" would replace uncertainty and those plumbing fixtures. Then I saw the words Jingle Bell Rock, and got all mad again. Takes lame-spam to episode levels. Easy to slap any human allowing it to continue. And they call it Jingle Bell Rock. Eat me. And there must, mathematically, be someone out there who likes it. I pity this sicko from afar. I imagine tactical weapons dropping in their neighborhood. I watch phosphor explosions like lil snowballs set to Hendrix until it's "over" and the all-clear sounds. On the smoking stub of the other hand, I have never heard anyone admit The Little Drummer Boy is their favorite Christmas song. I am suspicious this might be a trick. But here goes: It's my favorite too. Maybe "by far". I can't figure out why. Probly interesting to think about. Laced with goofball theories I suspect. "Humans Who Like The Little Drummer Boy" "Subset of Little Boys Who Like The Little Drummer Boy" "Little Drummer Boy ~ Little Bummer Boy?" "Effeminacy in Self-Deluded Twerps" Hmmm. Wasn't going to get into this without thinking about it intensively, for several days or weeks, as spontaneous thinking can reveal far too much about the personality. Maybe I just liked that the animals kept time. Or that it was the first time I heard the word ox, and found out it went with an a-ok animal that was like a cow, and thought, there is a good short word. Ox. You get a lot of sound out of what doesn't even really look like letters. If you stare at it, it almost disappears. But it bounces back to life the moment you say it again, which is good for an animal name. A weird sound; pretty memorable, but not unpleasant, especially since it goes with a good animal. ("Clorox" is a mouthful too. The ox part whaps you back in the face like a paddleball.) Is my childhood over yet? I'm sure this could be why Tommy likes it too. Or maybe I was RIGHT, and this whole thing was a trick.