the true spirit of Christmas as some teach their kids.....

lesson 1: Steal a tree

after action review: "shoulda tought 'em to lie before teaching them to steal"

Some guy in central MN recently was caught carrying a tree and a saw away from a stump at the local civic center. Broad daylight and law enforcement came driving by! Said he couldn't afford to buy one, now he will have to pay about $250 for the tree plus the fine, what a looser!

Lesson 2 would be to pepper spray someone that gets in your way shopping!

Thats kinda like the thing my son sent me.......

I prayed to God for a bike.
Then I found out that God doesn't work that way.
So I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.

I just don't understand people, fights and pepper spray in stores, stealing trees.....what are we teaching our kids?

Rick

Down here in redneck, hillbilly country in the
Ozarks, it apparently is a custom to harvest your
own cedar tree for a Christmas tree. Miles and miles
and miles of highway and byway with a whole bunch of
self planted cedars growing as weeds. Just make sure
you cut the stumps down close to the ground.

Christopher

(quoted from post at 06:14:53 12/07/11) lesson 1: Steal a tree

after action review: "shoulda tought 'em to lie before teaching them to steal"

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Sorry about that.... Realized I was running late and was gonna post later from work. musta hit submit......

Anyway, 1st week of December, we have a thunderstorm and tornado like winds... Making the loop to check some horses, I see a tree coming up the hill. Old guy has a little piece of property at the edge of the woods with some Christmas trees planted on it for him and his family down below a couple of pastures..... When I realized that a tree was coming at me it was just in time to see 2 kids on a motorcycle. The one on back had the tree strapped to him. When they got up to more level ground between two planted fields, the wind caught and they went as$hole for teakettle into the field. The tree kid drug a little, MC a clump of mud as were both kids. Asked if they were hurt and what they were doing getting the tree on a day like this (figured they were the guy's family)... The younger one that was carrying the tree spouted off "dad said make sure we don't get caught"...... Kept the straightest face I could and told them to get the mud off of them and the MC and put every bit of it in the field where it belonged then pointed at a house at the edge of town and said to take the tree and go over there and wait for the police.... About 15 minutes later, they were where I told them to go, soaking wet. Don't know how long they waited there but bet they were cold......

I remember my best friend in high school saying,it's not Christmas if you don't steal the tree. Maybe it just irony that later on he did seven and a half to fifteen in State Prison for his total disregard for the law and the rules of society.

Dave couple of years ago they caught 2 teens, one 14 the other 16 who were sticking a gun in peoples faces at the gas pumps at a C store......mom setting around the corner in a car had put them up to it. Too bad she picked the C store with the donuts! Kids went to juvy and mom to prison! This was in a town of less than 20,000 in a farming area, not some big city. It's kinda like the kid caught tresspasing to hunt here this year.....learned it from his dad and grandpa!

Yea don't get caught......maybe dad should of told em if you get caught don't tell em I put you up to it!

Rick

"Twas the week before Christmas, and Santa sat in his office feeling really down. He was staring at a letter from the FAA wanting to revloke his pilots license. Momma Claus had PMS, the elves were threatening to go on strike, toy prices were up, again, and it was cold as all geddown out. Half of the reindeer had diorhea, and the other bunch had been eating too many beans. Rudolph had a short in his nose, and most of the kids didn't care about Chrismas anymore. There was a knock at his door, and a little angel walked in. She cheerfully announced, "I've got your Christmas tree outside, where DO YOU WANT ME TO STICK IT?".

Now you know why we put the angel on top of the tree----

(quoted from post at 17:48:14 12/07/11) "Twas the week before Christmas, and Santa sat in his office feeling really down. He was staring at a letter from the FAA wanting to revloke his pilots license. Momma Claus had PMS, the elves were threatening to go on strike, toy prices were up, again, and it was cold as all geddown out. Half of the reindeer had diorhea, and the other bunch had been eating too many beans. Rudolph had a short in his nose, and most of the kids didn't care about Chrismas anymore. There was a knock at his door, and a little angel walked in. She cheerfully announced, "I've got your Christmas tree outside, where DO YOU WANT ME TO STICK IT?".

Now you know why we put the angel on top of the tree----

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Hey.......that's my story :shock: