# IANAShrink..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329 "2011-12-25T01:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/21 "2011-12-25T04:16:59Z")
**loshan** , It’s how you _perceive_ it. I have no idea of your age now, but if you’re an adult, then respond in an adult way, okay? As I know, your whole life will be filled with people who never “measure up”, but what I forgot? They _tried_. Q ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/22 "2011-12-25T04:20:45Z")
Yes I’m glad that you are here and we are all here together 😃 Being stuck out on the boat while my boyfriend is with his parents, my sister who lives with me in Houston flew back to Oregon to spend christmas with my mom and dad, and all my friends are updating their facebook statuses with Christmas stuff does make me feel a little sad. But I’ve taken up watching a show and reading a book, and chatting with you all, so it’s not all bad! I can’t wait to go home and see my boy though, and I’m ESPECIALLY looking forward to my first new year’s kiss! Because of various circumstances, I’ve never gotten to have one, either cuz I was single and didn’t have a date for the night, or because I was in a relationship and had to be away with my own family! So… I am really looking forward to that! I’ve been a long time fan of the Straight Dope columns since I first read about the Jesus H Christ article back in college. Only joined and started reading the message boards since the middle of summer, but it’s been a lot of fun. It’s by far the best message board I’ve ever seen! Merry Christmas to everyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/23 "2011-12-25T04:20:57Z")
lol Quasi…I am in my late 40’s (48 on Wednesday) and have long since gotten over the combined gifts, and pretty well insist on no gifts at all, much less one for each occasion. However, as a kid, it irked me. One of those things. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/24 "2011-12-25T04:21:35Z")
Wandering over from the other [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=636100) I wish to applaud this kind idea. My business is the news business; I have one good friend who just had heart surgery, another is battling cancer. I know what real problems look like. I don’t have any. Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays all! On the other hand I too am ready to take on anyone who wants a kind ear. I will be around all day tomorrow and will keep an eye on the Dope. I will be cooking a turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, kale, stewed tomatoes & mixed veggies for myself, Sophie, Lucky, Clover & Finney the dogs, and Egypt the cat. The chickens & geese will get double corn feed spread around the yard. It will amuse them greatly. Anyway, I’m here too if anyone needs it. PM is good too. I’m going to go to sleep soon, but will likely be up around 8am Eastern. Good night all! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/25 "2011-12-25T04:27:17Z")
I want all of you to be okay, and please don’t ever think you aren’t cared about. If you’re okay, then _we’re_ okay. Love Bill ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/26 "2011-12-25T04:27:20Z")
Okey Doke. I got a roaring blaze in the fireplace, my shotguns loaded, and I didn’t feed Blackjack all day, so he has a lean and hungry look. That fat old man better not try to break into my place tonight! So while I wait wearily for this deadly night to pass, I’m going to drink vodka to stay alert, and warily watching, but still willing, to swap tales of horror from Christmas past and Christmas future. Who else stays the vigil on this night and toasts the darkness? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/27 "2011-12-25T04:27:49Z")
Oh I heard this question on the show Extras, and it was one of those silly hypotheticals… Would you rather never celebrate Christmas, or have to celebrate it every day for the rest of your life? I would definitely choose the never, as sad as it may be, hahaha. ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/28 "2011-12-25T04:28:33Z")
I’ll trade you half a ham for half your turkey **2gigch1**. I don’t have enough people to justify both, and since we just had the turkey a month ago…well. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/29 "2011-12-25T04:30:14Z")
**Me** , _Me_, Uncle **TriP** Have at it!!! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/30 "2011-12-25T04:30:18Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Okey Doke. I got a roaring blaze in the fireplace, my shotguns loaded, and I didn’t feed Blackjack all day, so he has a lean and hungry look. That fat old man better not try to break into my place tonight! > > So while I wait wearily for this deadly night to pass, I’m going to drink vodka to stay alert, and warily watching, but still willing, to swap tales of horror from Christmas past and Christmas future. > > Who else stays the vigil on this night and toasts the darkness? Have an extra drink for me, will you Tri? I love me some Vodka, alas, we are not allowed to imbibe out here on the boat. I’ll toast you with my glass of icewater though! We are pulling into porn now… there’s all these lights from ships and platforms and buildings off in the distance. Very pretty 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/31 "2011-12-25T04:32:44Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > We are pulling into **porn** now… there’s all these lights from ships and platforms and buildings off in the distance. Very pretty 🙂 (bolding mine) And now we have something to talk about ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/32 "2011-12-25T04:32:57Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Yes I’m glad that you are here and we are all here together 😃 Being stuck out on the boat while my boyfriend is with his parents, my sister who lives with me in Houston flew back to Oregon to spend christmas with my mom and dad, and all my friends are updating their facebook statuses with Christmas stuff does make me feel a little sad. > > But I’ve taken up watching a show and reading a book, and chatting with you all, so it’s not all bad! I can’t wait to go home and see my boy though, and I’m ESPECIALLY looking forward to my first new year’s kiss! Because of various circumstances, I’ve never gotten to have one, either cuz I was single and didn’t have a date for the night, or because I was in a relationship and had to be away with my own family! So… I am really looking forward to that! > > I’ve been a long time fan of the Straight Dope columns since I first read about the Jesus H Christ article back in college. Only joined and started reading the message boards since the middle of summer, but it’s been a lot of fun. It’s by far the best message board I’ve ever seen! > > Merry Christmas to everyone 🙂 I found the doper boards right towards the end of my college years. It has been just shy of 11 years since I graduated college. Time flies when you’re having fun. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/33 "2011-12-25T04:34:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > (bolding mine) > > And now we have something to talk about Yes. Where’s porn? ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/34 "2011-12-25T04:34:45Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > We are pulling into porn now… Can you give the gps coordinates? I’m sure a lot of readers of this board would love to know where you are. :eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/35 "2011-12-25T04:51:36Z")
> [@loshan](#): > > Can you give the gps coordinates? I’m sure a lot of readers of this board would love to know where you are. :eek:😃 hahaha! Port! Port! We are pulling into PORT! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/36 "2011-12-25T04:56:56Z")
\<\\> To Christmas, the cruelest holiday! While sugarplums boogie in the brains of the oblivious, we, the old men, malcontents, misanthropes, and otherwise mötley crüe that guards the night, maintain our iron hearts and stony visage, ever aware of the shadow of the lonely soul cast upon the darkest night of the year. Bah humbug my friends! Before the fetid breath of despair bathes those who spend this night alone, it must pass by me and my breathren first, and that way will not be given willingly! \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/37 "2011-12-25T05:00:46Z")
Oh. Well, okay then. Sounds like y’all don’t need _me_ here, right? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/38 "2011-12-25T05:02:19Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Oh. > > Well, okay then. > > Sounds like y’all don’t need _me_ here, right? > > Thanks > > Q Bull. Of course we need you. You come back here right now young man! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/39 "2011-12-25T05:13:05Z")
Well guys it’s about time for me to log off and end my shift. Have a merry christmas!!! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329/40 "2011-12-25T05:17:57Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Well guys it’s about time for me to log off and end my shift. Have a merry christmas!!! Merry Christmas to you too drew! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ianashrink/607329.md?page=3)