This has the makings of a disaster.
Also, it seems this diversion will run for two weeks. Will it also replace Abel's Story?
*hands balled into fists as he thinks of "Elmo's World"*
Must...
Not....
Kill....
Deebs....
Well ain't this cavity inducing
1 of 6 and it's already the most adorable thing ever. @.@
I never D'awwwwed this hard ever in my life.
i'm not even sure i want to know what elmo's world is but i'm guessing that this is going to be a slice of life mini with most of the characters being shown in there holiday spirit.
I would imagine all artist such as Ms. Williams enjoys being able to "step out of character" for a little non-canon diversion and fun. So far this has the makings of a fun little side trip.
:)
Quote from: !KCA on December 04, 2009, 03:55:07 AM
Also, it seems this diversion will run for two weeks. Will it also replace Abel's Story?
Quote from: Amber's Rant
I mentioned last week that I had plans to do a short little holiday story since I never get the chance to normally. So yeah. I'm doing it. Its only 6 pages long so not counting Abel's Story (which will be updating on Mondays like normal), this small snippet of seasonal whimsy will be going for about two weeks before we return to regularly scheduled DMFA.
So. Not counting Abel's Story, it probably won't count Abel's Story. And it probably won't take Abel's Story's place, because she's NOT COUNTING ABEL'S STORY.
God. Can't you guys read, or something?
Sheesh.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 04, 2009, 07:58:45 AM
God. Can't you guys read, or something?
Also from Amber's Rant:
Quote from: Amber's Rant
And now for those of you who don't read the rant and is wondering what is going on...
Of course, people who don't read that rant, don't read the rant...
The next step will be when the rant refers to things that are supposedly said in the rant, but actually aren't.
Just to mess with our heads :P
I wonder if Jyrras is gonna make a mechanical santa to make sure Deebs has a merry xmass
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 04, 2009, 08:02:14 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 04, 2009, 07:58:45 AM
God. Can't you guys read, or something?
Also from Amber's Rant:Quote from: Amber's Rant
And now for those of you who don't read the rant and is wondering what is going on...
Of course, people who don't read that rant, don't read the rant...
... and !KCA mentioned two weeks. Which is only referenced in the rant itself...
Quote from: thegayhare on December 04, 2009, 08:40:28 AM
I wonder if Jyrras is gonna make a mechanical santa to make sure Deebs has a merry xmass
Oh my.
I hope not.
Could you imagine the damage a robot Santa would do to Amber's world?
Let it be a reminder from Future Rama that a robot Santa is a terrible idea.
"Your all Naughty. All very naughty indeed."
"Except for you Azlan, Matilda, and Aliyka."
"These are for you. :doommuffin :doommuffin :doommuffin"
And after the gifts are handed out the the screaming chase of the other characters beggins.
Please no Robot Santa.
Deebs and Jyrras are absolutely wonderful. I love their chemistry.
I know I'm gonna love this arc.
Oh my... I hope Deebs' inevitable pinning of stockings on the heater doesn't cause a fire.
a fire? that beast looks like it's been made from pure explodium! :B
I don't know about a robot Santa but there are a number of classic approaches to Christmas episodes.
Christmas Carol pastiche with various DMFA characters serving the roles of the ghosts. Just imagine Wildy as any of them.
It's a Wonderful Life pastiche
The Grinch pastiche
Various versions where Santa Claus and/or Christmas is endangered and must be rescued: The Hogfather, Santa Claus versus the Martians, The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.
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As for KISS saves Christmas, that is why I included the "etc.". Otherwise, I would have been going forever.
Ernest saves Christmas
Elmo saves Christmas
Mater saves Christmas (the tow truck from Cars)
Hanukkah Harry saves Christmas
Felix the Cat saves Christmas
'The Powerpuff Girls saved Christmas on one episode. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Olive the Other Reindeer both involved saving Christmas.
What I'd really like to see is Oscar the Grouch saves Christmas.
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Another edit:
I forgot the various variations of A Miracle on 34th Street
Yes, Virginia, there really was a Gimbels, although they have since gone bankrupt.
Quote from: Naldru on December 04, 2009, 01:47:50 PM
Various versions where Santa Claus and/or Christmas is endangered and must be rescued: The Hogfather, Santa Claus versus the Martians, The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.
you forgot "Kiss saves Santa" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmAEauh5clY)
What? Can I not be silly durring Christmas?
Quote from: joshofspam on December 04, 2009, 10:10:58 AM
Oh my.
I hope not.
Could you imagine the damage a robot Santa would do to Amber's world?
Let it be a reminder from Future Rama that a robot Santa is a terrible idea.
but that was my dearest hope
Wait a second.
Deebs is made of animate chewing gum.
And that's a furnace.
OH GOD NO DEEBS DONT DO IT YOU'LL GET ALL MELTERED :<
Quote from: e_voyager on December 04, 2009, 07:31:25 AM
i'm not even sure i want to know what elmo's world is but i'm guessing that this is going to be a slice of life mini with most of the characters being shown in there holiday spirit.
You don't, trust me--and so I'm not going to tell you.
Just that no one should operate heavy machinery while watching it.
Well I guess having Debs around is good practice for when Jyrras has kids, They generally can't remember the entire carol either.
Jingle bells
batman smells
robin layed an egg
batmobile
lost a wheel
the joker got away!
...my sister told me I wasn't allowed to teach her kids that version.:(
Quote from: terrycloth on December 04, 2009, 06:42:46 PM
...my sister told me I wasn't allowed to teach her kids that version.:(
It is your duty as an Uncle to teach your sibling's kids all the great songs, jokes, and bodily functions timing that are the core of all family traditions! >:3
Someone has to teach them to "pull my finger." That and insure all gifts for the youngest ones make lots of noise. Lots and lots of noise...
Ah, yes... Remembering long ago, as a child making up different words to Christmas-season carols (Not actually Christmas carols, since they weren't religious, but seasonal nonetheless)...
To the tune of "Frosty the Snowman"
We built a snowman,
Filled him up with TNT!
Children came to play,
We blew them away,
See them hanging from the trees!
We iced the highway,
Just to watch the traffic clog!
Then Old Man Jones,
said the Cops he'd phone,
as he released his dog.
There must have been some poison in that piece of meat it found...
'Cause the minute Fido swallowed it, he began to thrash around!
Oh, we all love Christmas,
The entire neighborhood!
And we're waiting up for Santa's sleigh,
'Cause we've been oh, so good!
Quote from: terrycloth on December 04, 2009, 06:42:46 PM
Jingle bells
batman smells
robin layed an egg
batmobile
lost a wheel
the joker got away!
...my sister told me I wasn't allowed to teach her kids that version.:(
Teach them this one instead:
Jingle bells, batman smells, robin ran away, wonder woman lost her bosom on the motorway, hey!
Bad, BAD use of the shameless Monty Python reference. Even worse, it's the same one everyone uses.
Quote from: terrycloth on December 04, 2009, 06:42:46 PM
Jingle bells
batman smells
robin layed an egg
batmobile
lost a wheel
the joker got away!
...my sister told me I wasn't allowed to teach her kids that version.:(
Why not? I learned that as a kid from other kids. So even if you don't teach it to them, they'll hear it from other kids.
Quote from: proeliator bradypodidae on December 04, 2009, 07:53:43 PM
Someone has to teach them to "pull my finger." That and insure all gifts for the youngest ones make lots of noise. Lots and lots of noise...
I have always thought that the "pull my finger" joke was quite lame.
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 04, 2009, 10:01:32 PM
I have always thought that the "pull my finger" joke was quite lame.
Absolutely!
Is that Christmas carolers I hear in the background or am I going more insane then ever?
Quote from: terrycloth on December 04, 2009, 06:42:46 PM
Jingle bells
batman smells
robin layed an egg
batmobile
lost a wheel
the joker got away!
weird when I was growing up it was exactly the same except the last bit "and joker broke his leg"
Quote from: terrycloth on December 04, 2009, 06:42:46 PM
Jingle bells
batman smells
robin layed an egg
batmobile
lost a wheel
the joker got away!
...my sister told me I wasn't allowed to teach her kids that version.:(
I made up like 3 or 4 more verses as a kid. I can vaguly remember some of them. They were totally random like "Batgirls in the bedrooms makeing all the beds". It fits to the tune though.
Well, I have to give a backhanded compliment now--much as I hate the "Elmo's World" rendition of Jingle Bells, it's the least bad example of changing Christmas carol lyrics, which is a particular pet peeve of mine....
Quote from: Baal Hadad on December 05, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
Well, I have to give a backhanded compliment now--much as I hate the "Elmo's World" rendition of Jingle Bells, it's the least bad example of changing Christmas carol lyrics, which is a particular pet peeve of mine....
I probably should be glad I haven't heard that then, I don't like it when people do that either. It tends to irk me somewhat when someone uses the tune of most standard christian music (old style, not current generation rock type) and changes the lyrics to them.
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 05, 2009, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Baal Hadad on December 05, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
Well, I have to give a backhanded compliment now--much as I hate the "Elmo's World" rendition of Jingle Bells, it's the least bad example of changing Christmas carol lyrics, which is a particular pet peeve of mine....
I probably should be glad I haven't heard that then, I don't like it when people do that either. It tends to irk me somewhat when someone uses the tune of most standard christian music (old style, not current generation rock type) and changes the lyrics to them.
Not a problem here. None of the tunes in this thread were even faintly relevent to Christianity. Most of what we celebrate as "Christmas" is gobbledegook made up by non-Christians, anyway.
Quote from: Attic Rat on December 05, 2009, 06:43:26 PM
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 05, 2009, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Baal Hadad on December 05, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
Well, I have to give a backhanded compliment now--much as I hate the "Elmo's World" rendition of Jingle Bells, it's the least bad example of changing Christmas carol lyrics, which is a particular pet peeve of mine....
I probably should be glad I haven't heard that then, I don't like it when people do that either. It tends to irk me somewhat when someone uses the tune of most standard christian music (old style, not current generation rock type) and changes the lyrics to them.
Not a problem here. None of the tunes in this thread were even faintly relevent to Christianity. Most of what we celebrate as "Christmas" is gobbledegook made up by non-Christians, anyway.
Indeed. Xmas as we know it was based on a pagen holiday. And before someone gets on me for useing Xmas and takeing the "Christ" out of Christmas. I have a list of facts for you
1. X is the Greek Symbol for Chi
2. Chi is the first 3 letters of Christ
3. Way back then, X (Chi) was used to represent Christ as a code by his followers. The current government at the time, (I think it was the Romans) didn't like Judeism or the (then) new Christianity.
I've been wanting to spread that info and rub it ins someone's face since I learned it myself.
I was going to say, "Jingle Bells" scarcely qualifies as a Christmas song anyway--winter, sure, but what in the lyrics actually has to do with Christmas, its celebration, or anything either religious or secular relating to it (other than snow and a sleigh, which isn't even Santa's)?
Quote from: Lego3400 on December 05, 2009, 07:32:15 PM
Quote from: Attic Rat on December 05, 2009, 06:43:26 PM
Quote from: kusanagi-sama on December 05, 2009, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Baal Hadad on December 05, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
Well, I have to give a backhanded compliment now--much as I hate the "Elmo's World" rendition of Jingle Bells, it's the least bad example of changing Christmas carol lyrics, which is a particular pet peeve of mine....
I probably should be glad I haven't heard that then, I don't like it when people do that either. It tends to irk me somewhat when someone uses the tune of most standard christian music (old style, not current generation rock type) and changes the lyrics to them.
Not a problem here. None of the tunes in this thread were even faintly relevent to Christianity. Most of what we celebrate as "Christmas" is gobbledegook made up by non-Christians, anyway.
Indeed. Xmas as we know it was based on a pagen holiday. And before someone gets on me for useing Xmas and takeing the "Christ" out of Christmas. I have a list of facts for you
1. X is the Greek Symbol for Chi
2. Chi is the first 3 letters of Christ
3. Way back then, X (Chi) was used to represent Christ as a code by his followers. The current government at the time, (I think it was the Romans) didn't like Judeism or the (then) new Christianity.
I've been wanting to spread that info and rub it ins someone's face since I learned it myself.
I learned that last year when someone posted it on what was either a DeviantArt journal or a FurAffinity journal, so I reposted that on my FA journal. You would think that pastors would research what something is, but for the most part they would rather have their interpretations told instead (which I do see alot of, its rare for a pastor to be accurate about things)
I have been aware for quite some time that the day Christmas is celebrated on was originally a pagan holiday and the Catholic church decided to celebrate Christmas on that instead. I think I've also heard that Jesus was probably born in the spring instead of winter.
You forgot to mention that many of the Protestant (non-Catholic, since some would have objected to being called Protestant) groups viewed Christmas as a Papist plot. You could be jailed in Massachusetts for celebrating Christmas. (Which may be part of the reason that some felt that it was very important to have freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights).
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With regard to the Church of England being the main cause of religion of freedom, you can look up the history of the Puritans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan), the people who settled Massachusetts. They moved to the colonies because they longed for the days of Cromwell when the Church of England enforced a no tolerance policy towards worship. Note that the Pilgrims/Puritans called themselves Congregationalists, and Cromwell was a congregationalist.
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There is a reason that the phrase banned in Boston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_in_Boston) has become part of the American idiom.
Quote from: Naldru on December 06, 2009, 06:01:30 PM
You forgot to mention that many of the Protestant (non-Catholic, since some would have objected to being called Protestant) groups viewed Christmas as a Papist plot. You could be jailed in Massachusetts for celebrating Christmas. (Which may be part of the reason that some felt that it was very important to have freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights).
Now that's wild, that and the main reason for freedom of religion was because of The Church of England.
As far as Christmas once being banned in Boston by the Puritans... that much is true. Puritans sought refuge because the Church of England was intolerant of the religious intolerance of said Puritans... Learn something new everyday.
That's why they chose the name "Puritans". They saw the Church of England as having become corrupted, and they wished to follow a "purer" version of the faith. When you tell the people running your country how corrupt and impure they are, they get angry. Especially if your accusations are true.
Some Catholic authorities are still mad at Martin Luther for doing just exactly that.