Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!intelca!oliveb!hplabs!sri-unix!sri-spam!nike!lll-crg!seismo!husc6!panda!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-trillian!rlk From: rlk@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (Robert L Krawitz) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: Re: read it and see!!! Message-ID: <1098@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> Date: Sat, 6-Sep-86 13:27:41 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-tril.1098 Posted: Sat Sep 6 13:27:41 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Sep-86 02:43:11 EDT Reply-To: rlk@athena.MIT.EDU Organization: MIT Project Athena Lines: 28 In article <1097@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> wesommer@mit-athena.UUCP (William Sommerfeld) writes: >In article <39@houligan.UUCP> bseymour@houligan.UUCP (Burch Seymour) writes: >>For lack of a better place to vent my spleen... I was in a local >>shopping mall yesterday (Sep 1, 1986 - Labor Day) and what did I see?? >>Christmas Decorations, complete with Santa's Hut (castle, shack, or >>whatever they call it there). Ferchrisakes, I can remember when they >>waited till thanksgiving to trot out that stuff. Then it was >>Halloween, but Labor Day!!!! > >Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and >a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and >Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT. I've heard a rumour >that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and >Christmas. Does anyone other than myself see a connection between >this and the Crazy Eddie Christmas sale in August commercials?? Can >anyone confirm this? > I can't confirm or deny this. I am authorized to state, however, that there is a conspiracy to swap the dates of Christmas and Easter. However, I am absolutely forbidden to state who authorized me to reveal this information. >... and a freshman stuck upon the great dome. Hmm! So THAT's what wanted the electronic blueprint for! ( doesn't read netgnuz). Intriguing. -- Robert^Z