[Noisebridge-discuss] Christmas tree (against)

[Corey McGuire]

Shouldn't we just let Ani decorate a tree with steam powered sex toys?
Isn't that sufficiently discordian while still latently festive?

...hrm...what's the shear strength of slowly decaying Douglas Fir?  Size
queens, please relegate your decorative dongs to stuffing stockings.

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:

>
>   i agree. if there is some holiday decoration,
> i hope it's a hack, not anything in the usual
> domain. (might be too much to ask for sarcasm
> in the design.)
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 13:59 -0800, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> > Xmas is not everyone's holiday and I'd just as soon Noisebridge not take
> > sides, as it were.  I know that non-Christians in the USA are pretty
> > inured to Xmas (and Easter) if only out of self-defense, but I hope that
> > Noisebridge will not force a holiday on people who prefer not to
> > celebrate it.
> >
> > <curmudgeon>
> > Also. Can't we keep ONE place free from Xmas crap?  NB is a place to
> > work and do projects, not be bombarded by Holiday Cheer.  There is
> > plenty of that EVERYWHERE ELSE.  And who will clean it up afterwards? We
> > have plenty of difficulty cleaning up the regular messes without making
> > special holiday messes.
> > </curmudgeon>
> >
> > Rachel
> >
> > girlgeek_wt wrote:
> > > One possibility - pine greenery smells good, can be put in a vase to be
> > > kept fresh, (if we can find vases), and can be decorated.
> > > -Claudia
> > > On 12/3/2010 10:41 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:
> > >> I second the festivus pole.
> > >> http://www.festivuspoles.com/
> > >>
> > >> After the holidays, we can use it for dancebridge.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Patrick
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 12/3/2010 10:28 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
> > >>> Perhaps we should have a Festivus pole.
> > >>>
> > >>> --S
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Alex Handy<alexhandy at gmail.com
> > >>> <mailto:alexhandy at gmail.com>>  wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>      Might I suggest using circuit boards to build some form of
> wreath?
> > >>>
> > >>>      They are green, and plentiful. Also, is mistletoe acceptable?
> It's
> > >>>      all about sex, really.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>      On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:16 PM, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>       >  On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 10:10:01PM -0800, Josh Myer wrote:
> > >>>       >>  Last year, we did have some reasonably neat holiday lights,
> but the
> > >>>       >>  relay box which drove them has gone missing.
> > >>>       >
> > >>>       >  We still have the relay box (owned by Jonathan Foote) and
> the
> > >>>      associated
> > >>>       >  electrical cables on my shelf, but the mini-PC (also owned
> by
> > >>>      Jonathan)
> > >>>       >  and the webcam (owned by me) sadly disappeared.
> > >>>       >
> > >>>       >  -mct
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