I'm giving my son a rock for Christmas.

Is there a corollary to Godwin’s law stating that as a thread goes on, the probability of mangling a Monty Python sketch approaches 1?

Yes, but then again no one expects the Spanish Inquisition, do they?

No I had never seen that before. I liked that but the chick should have gotten much more naked.

I don’t get it. How is that a bad thing?

My back-then-future-Father-In-Law sort of gave me a rock for Christmas back when I first met my wife. It was in his yard but he said it was for me to aim my tobacco at. And that’s what I used it for; worked great for that.

Still have it; when we had to sell that house this year it was one of the few things I kept.

Yeah, but isn’t that your theory on all youtube videos, still photos, movie posters, and classic paintings?

Pfsh. You think that kid had it bad? He had parents…

Your quarks could assemble subatomic particles? Luxury!

Mine kept trying to negotiate a trade of electrons for gold-pressed latinum.

Everybody Wants a rock to tie a piece of string around :smiley:

I carried an M-16, and you carry that… that… GUITAR.

And SDMB profile pictures. :slight_smile:

A little late to the thread, but just had to share. My friends gave their 14yo son a lump of coal for xmas and nothing else. Of course, this followed some highly inappropriate behavior at school which almost caused his expulsion, but I am both awed and impressed that they followed through with the threat.

The other two kids are on the honor roll and got hooked up due to extra fund availability.

One year my kids got presents from The Grinch, Voldemort and Count Olaf instead of Santa. Their five-year-old cousin, who had a crush on The Grinch for some reason, was jealous!