[DeTomaso] Merry Christmas NPC

[Christopher Kimball]

And you can't forget the "airing of grievances..."
 
> From: artstephens at charter.net> To: michael at michaelshortt.com; chrisvkimball at msn.com> CC: detomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Merry Christmas NPC> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:04:10 -0800> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't George's dad's creation of > Festivus, for the rest of us? (that don't have a traditional holiday > celebration). If I'm not mistaken, George was required to compete with his > dad in performing "Feats of Strength" during this heart warming family > gathering. And wasn't there something about a pole instead of a Christmas > tree?> > Art> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <michael at michaelshortt.com>> To: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>> Cc: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 7:49 AM> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Merry Christmas> > > > as Paul Harvey would say,> >> > Here's the Rest of the story............> >> >> > The Human Fund> >> > Due to his unconscionable cheapness, George Constanza found yet another > > way> > to save money after receiving a gift donation certificate from Tim Watley.> > Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts (per normal custom) with his> > co-workers, when George was given a gift he in turn gave his co-worker a> > card stating that a donation had been made in their name to a charity > > called> > "The Human Fund" (with the slogan "Money For People"), when in fact this> > organization didn't exist. George had fabricated The Human Fund to get out> > of having to spend money on gifts. Kruger (played by Daniel von> > Bargen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_von_Bargen>),> > is told by his accounting department that his company needed to donate > > some> > money (for tax purposes). Kruger subsequently gives George a company check> > for $20,000 and tells him to give it to The Human Fund. The accounting> > department, after doing some research, later learns that The Human Fund> > indeed does not exist. Kruger—who is more angry at the fact that George > > gave> > him a fake Christmas present and less concerned with the possibility that> > George could have been> > embezzling<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement>money from the> > company—calls George on this. When he does so, George becomes> > flustered and begins to babble on about how he made it up because he > > didn't> > celebrate Christmas and was embarrassed to tell anyone. He insists that > > his> > family instead celebrates 'Festivus > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus>'> > ("They drove my family out of Bayside!"). Unconvinced, Kruger accepts> > George's invitation to the Festivus celebration at George's house to see > > if> > his story adds up.> >> > This is not to be confused with The Human > > Fund<http://www.the-human-fund.org/>,> > a legitimate organization based in Cleveland,> > Ohio<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio>.> > The organization began in 2005. From their mission> > statement<http://www.the-human-fund.org/mission.php>> > :> >> > The Human Fund effectively supports arts education programs for the> > under-served youth of the city of Cleveland, providing ongoing involvement> > and a commitment to funding several arts programs annually. We are a> > non-traditional foundation taking a fresh approach to fund-raising. Our> > foundation takes arts education seriously and as a friend of the arts, The> > Human Fund is committed to long-term relationships and financial support > > for> > youth arts programming.> >> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Christopher Kimball > > <chrisvkimball at msn.com> >> wrote:> >> >>> >> I made a donation to the human fund...(unless you watched Seinfeld, you> >> won't get that!)> >>> >>> >>> >> > From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com> >> > To: detomaso at realbig.com> >> > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:40:17 -0500> >> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Merry Christmas> >> >> >> > I would like to say a warm Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all > >> > the> >> De> >> > Tomaso family.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > In lewd of sending out presents this year, I have made a deposit in > >> > each> >> and> >> > everyone's name at the Purple Arrow Sperm Bank.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Larry (I need a smoke) - Cleveland> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> >> >> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> >> >> > DeTomaso mailing list> >> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> >> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >> _______________________________________________> >>> >> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >>> >> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >>> >> DeTomaso mailing list> >> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> >> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >>> >> >> >> > -- > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Michael L. 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