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A Christmas Story?

by Steve Gibson, Dec 24, 2000 5:30am PST
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So, being as that it is the day before Christmas, everyone is supposed to do silly things with your family or friends or something and smile at grandma telling her what a blast you are having babysitting your puking and pooping nephew. As you sit there waiting that extra hour for the rest of the family and happen to load up the page, why not share the joy (anguish) of past Christmas excursions? I think my favorite one is when I was a young teenager, we drove 7hrs to some amusement park, and got a flat tire about 90 minutes away from the place. We spent the night in a hotel (car places were all closed) and I woke up with a roach on my arm. That sucked a lot.




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  • Christmas story?

    Ten miles north of Kavala, Greece, lies the wasteland that stretches between this port city and Turkey. A bunch of us got drunk, put together a basket with some food and bottles of wine, and got in Olga's beat up old Volvo. We were taking this stuff to some villagers whom she knew -- an old couple, with no electricity, living in a ramshackle farmhouse.

    When we got there, the shotgun was still smoking. You'd think there'd be a cleaner way to kill an ox, but then I'm a city boy and what the hell do I know. A neighbor or friend had killed the beast, and now they were cutting it open, splitting the huge chest from neck to groin. Do you know how much blood comes out of a 500-pound animal? It ran along the frozen earth steaming, and it smelled like sour wine.

    Anyway, we delivered the goods, the old lady of the house delivering leathery kisses to our cheeks, bringing us inside and forcing some Greek pastries on us. The house was chilly; I noticed Saran wrap covering up a missing pane. Later, dropped off at the place I was renting, I remember thinking it was a pity I couldn't fuck Olga, who was engaged. Ah, well. That's Christmas -- better to give than receive. ;)

    Happy holidays, Shack.