# It's Festivus today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173 "2011-12-23T07:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/1 "2011-12-23T07:35:06Z")
- erects Festivus pole. I have a bone to pick with all of you! But first, I challenge you to feats of strength. ---
**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 23, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/2 "2011-12-23T07:36:29Z")
Whenever you’re ready. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/3 "2011-12-23T07:40:38Z")
You! **TriPolar!** I don’t like your hat. ---
**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 23, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/4 "2011-12-23T07:52:05Z")
I was talking about the feats of strength. But since you mention my hat, I’d like to point out that I don’t like your dislike of my hat. And you always take too long to do some things. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/5 "2011-12-23T08:00:45Z")
I’ve had a few beers. I’m ready but I don’t know about steady! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/6 "2011-12-23T08:19:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I was talking about the feats of strength. But since you mention my hat, I’d like to point out that I don’t like your dislike of my hat. And you always take too long to do some things. You are permitted to back out if you have something better to do, instead. I’ll understand. ---
**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 23, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/7 "2011-12-23T08:28:18Z")
No I’m still here. That was just one of my grievances. I’m ready for the feats of strength though. ---
**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 23, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/8 "2011-12-23T08:33:23Z")
BTW: That’s a nice pole. Is it aluminum? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/9 "2011-12-23T09:02:03Z")
100%. Nothing else will do. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/10 "2011-12-23T12:25:00Z")
Feats of strength? I propose we hoist mugs of beer. Whoever can hoist the heaviest mug without spilling beer all over him/herself wins. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/11 "2011-12-23T12:41:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You are permitted to back out if you have something better to do, instead. I’ll understand. I have a hockey tailgate to go to. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/12 "2011-12-23T14:28:23Z")
I actually have a big aluminum pole. Lots of folks drive past our house going in and out of this largish subdivision. I keep thinking I need to put that thing out on the lawn near the road. I wonder if anybody would get it? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/13 "2011-12-23T14:31:50Z")
amateurs! the feats of strenght happens at the end of Festivus. Festivus can’t end until the head of the household is pinned. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/14 "2011-12-23T14:33:22Z")
You should do it **billfish**. People will either get it or you will be declared the neighborhood heathen. Win-Win either way! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/15 "2011-12-23T15:14:55Z")
I’ve got a preacher next door and a baptist across the street so it may be dicey 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/16 "2011-12-23T15:23:07Z")
Be sure to remember the true meaning of Festivus and make a donation to the Human Fund. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/17 "2011-12-23T15:29:41Z")
Okay, the pole has been put up out next to the road. Is the classic festivus pole supposed to have a bow on it? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/18 "2011-12-23T16:14:16Z")
Ran across this festivus tid bit: •In 2008 and 2009, a Festivus pole was erected in the rotunda of the Illinois Capitol building located in Springfield, Illinois. In 2008, the handle of a pool cleaner was erected by 18 year old student, Mike Tennenhouse, who along with Governor Rod Blagojevich began “airing grievances” on behalf of the people of Illinois.[20][21] The 2009 display was an unadorned aluminum pole. Read more: [Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](http://www.answers.com/topic/festivus#ixzz1hNJFIuCK) I bet old Rod has serious grievances to air this year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/19 "2011-12-23T17:33:40Z")
I got a lot of problems with you people! ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173/20 "2011-12-23T17:54:22Z")
I have a tabletop pole. [You can see it in the background](http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/382707_868566079872_42111580_39043240_404434726_n.jpg). 🙂 My son and I are making Mexican food tonight and for the ‘feats of strength’, we are playing Cranium. No fruitcake, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173.md?page=2)