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2013-12-23 
Good morning
Posted by Fred 2013-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 “I wonder if I might crave your momentary indulgence in order to discharge a by no means disagreeable obligation which has, over the years, become more or less established practice in government service as we approach the terminal period of the year — calendar, of course, not financial — in fact, not to put too fine a point on it, Week Fifty-One — and submit to you, with all appropriate deference, for your consideration at a convenient juncture, a sincere and sanguine expectation — indeed confidence — indeed one might go so far as to say hope — that the aforementioned period may be, at the end of the day, when all relevant factors have been taken into consideration, susceptible to being deemed to be such as to merit a final verdict of having been by no means unsatisfactory in its overall outcome and, in the final analysis, to give grounds for being judged, on mature reflection, to have been conducive to generating a degree of gratification which will be seen in retrospect to have been significantly higher than the general average.”
Posted by Sir Humphrey Appleby 2013-12-23 08:22||   2013-12-23 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 i can haz present?
Posted by Shipman 2013-12-23 08:34||   2013-12-23 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Merry Christmas to you, too Sir Humphrey!
Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-12-23 08:35||   2013-12-23 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by 3dc 2013-12-23 10:46||   2013-12-23 10:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Sir Hump - did I work for you once?
Posted by Glusons B. Hayes6470 2013-12-23 11:57||   2013-12-23 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Birthday Gam Shot

Holly Madison [Temp Hefner Squeeze][Filmography](age 34)



Celebratory Design (Deck the Halls)


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-12-23 12:06||   2013-12-23 12:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Holiday Gam Shot

Making a List, Checking it Twice


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-12-23 12:11||   2013-12-23 12:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Holly Madison looks like a very healthy woman, but it looks like she has trouble, climbing stairs, perhaps she has had too much champagne...poor dear.

And Sir Humphrey Appleby, poor man, is suffering with verbal diarrhea over this holiday season.

Lo siento mucho, espero que te mejores pronto señor Humphrey Appleby !
Posted by Au Auric 2013-12-23 12:38||   2013-12-23 12:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Sir Hump, it is a tough job but not entirely without a few gratificating perks despite the lack of recompense--the reward is truly within such heavenly work itself.
Posted by JohnQC 2013-12-23 13:39||   2013-12-23 13:39|| Front Page Top

#10 I love the classics:



Posted by Shipman 2013-12-23 14:14||   2013-12-23 14:14|| Front Page Top

#11 Yea, what Sir HA said, I think.
Posted by Dale 2013-12-23 14:45||   2013-12-23 14:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks, Ship - will definitely view it when I get home (can't view videos at work). I used to have the words someplace, but do remember the beginning:

Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo. Nora's freezing on the trolley, ... [sung to the tune of "Deck the Halls"] :-D
Posted by Barbara 2013-12-23 16:32||   2013-12-23 16:32|| Front Page Top

#13 Another entry for a "Chistmas Carol" from the Peoples Cube

The Twelve Days of ObamaCare
(A non-sectarian holiday carol.)

On the first day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
A website that crashed constantly!

On the second day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the third day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the fourth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the fifth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Five cancelled policies!
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the sixth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the seventh day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the eighth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Eight phone reps dithering,
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the ninth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Nine journ0lists bloviating,
Eight phone reps dithering,
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the tenth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Ten dems a-dodging,
Nine journ0lists bloviating,
Eight phone reps dithering,
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the eleventh day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Eleven million regulations,
Ten dem pols a-dodging,
Nine journ0lists a-bloviating,
Eight phone reps dithering,
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!

On the twelfth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to me
Twelve thousand excuses,
Eleven million regulations,
Ten dems a-dodging,
Nine journ0lists bloviating,
Eight phone reps dithering,
Seven scammers to hack me,
Six unneeded coverages,
Five cancelled policies,
Four times the deductible,
Three times the premium,
Two weeks of typing and
A website that crashed constantly!
Posted by Au Auric 2013-12-23 19:45||   2013-12-23 19:45|| Front Page Top

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