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Leo Posted Aug 15, 2007
The Ten Commandments: (all grammar and punctuation issues are [sic])
1. Thou Shalt Not Shop 'til You Drop
2. Thou Shalt Not Go so deep into Debt that you are paying the Banks next sumer. That is Hell and Damnation.
3. Thou Shalt Stop Pretending that this is NORMAL. The Buy-As-Much-As-You-Can-Christmas was invented by retailers.
4. Stop Shopping and Start Giving. We all know What a Good Gift Feels Like. Its not about what you buy.
5. Save Your Soul From the Axis of Consumer Evil! #1-Big Boxes #2-Child Slave Labour #3-Sexual Abuse at The Feet of Three Story High .
6. Thou Shalt Have NO False Idols: Playstation 3 is Not as Good as Real Life. Thats why we'll forget about it by New Years Day.
7. Thou Shalt not Trample Thy Neighbor for Sale Items.
8. Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Motorized Ashtrays or Shopping Channel Zirconian Chandeliers.
9. Remember! You don't have to buy a gift to give a gift.
10. Lets save Christmas from the SHOPCOALYPSE! Are we shopping Ourselves to ? Christmas makes intense Plastic Trash and Burns lots of Fossil Fuel. Its the LAKE of HELLFIRE!
Below is some statistics on American spending during Christmas and on the back is a guide to being a better consumer. 
And if you do a video search for "reverend billy" you'll find some great clips on YouTube and Google Video. 
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Vip Posted Aug 16, 2007
Brilliant.
Cheers for digging that out. 
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Leo Posted Aug 16, 2007
Just realized, some words disappeared. That happens occasionally on the box I was using last night. That's three-story high supermodels and are we shopping ourselves to death?
Will fix it up and stick it to the bottom of the Edited Guide Entry.
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Vip Posted Aug 16, 2007
My brain didn't add 'supermodels' to the end of the sentence, it added 
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Leo Posted Aug 16, 2007
sexually abusive santas?! 
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Vip Posted Aug 16, 2007
The previous two points were talking about Christmas, and that got me into the 
vein... I didn't mean it! Honest!
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Leo Posted Aug 16, 2007
You've ruined my holiday season forever. First they tell me Santa isn't real. Then they tell me he's abusive... 
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Vip Posted Aug 16, 2007
There there... *pets*
It's only August, Santa can't surt you now...
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Leo Posted Aug 16, 2007
Ith the tooth fairy OK?
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Vip Posted Aug 16, 2007
The tooth fairy is a grumpy bugger, but sound. No worries there. 
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