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You know, around the holidays (i.e., Christmas) my parents always (used to) hang up this flat little wooden thing in the shape of a christmas tree in the kitchen. Each day there is an ornament you hang on the tree, and each ornament has a number that corresponds to one of the first 25 days of december. On December 3rd, for example, you put up the ornament that has a #3 on it.
Anyway, when I was about 8 years old, and my brother was about 5 years old, we used to fight over who got to put up any given ornament on any given day. Seriously, we used the scratch and claw and bite and pull hair and call names, fighting over that damn ornament on each day. Eventually my mom got so sick of it that she devised a set of rules to govern the placement of ornaments. Basically my brother and I would alternate the days on which we got to put up the ornament.
This worked for a while but being children, it didn't take us long to figure out that, since there were 25 ornaments, if you alternate in this fashion one of us invariably got to put up one more ornament than the other. So whoever got to put up the ornament on day one got to put up a total of 13 ornaments in December and the other was left with a paltry 12. So starting when I was 9, my brother and I used to fight over who got to put up the first ornament in December, because we both wanted to get to put up 13 ornaments instead of 12. Seriously, we used to scratch and claw and bite and pull hair and call names, fighting over who got to put up 13 of those damn ornaments and who got to put up 12. Finally my mom got so sick of it that she determined that she would put up the Santa Claus ornament on December 25 herself, thereby rendering this problem void. Right?
Nope. Despite the fact that we both only got to put up 12 alternating little wooden ornaments each year, we still had both decided that we wanted to be the one to put up the wooden star on day 1, so starting when I was 10 and my brother was 7, we used to fight over who got to put up the star on day 1. Seriously, we used to scratch and claw and pull hair and call names, fighting over that damn first ornament each year. Finally my mom got so sick of it that she decided that not only would we alternate ornament-days, and not only would she put up the little Santa Claus on day 25, but we would alternate years in which we got to start the cycle on day one. That is, this year I got to start day one, and next year my brother got to start it. So my mom would write down at the end of each year who got to start it up the next year.
But that wasn't good enough either. My brother and I the next year discovered something else to fight over, and something else the year after that. Eventually my mom just gave up and the stupid wooden tree and all the ornaments have sat in a closet collecting dust ever since.
If you guys don't get the point of this story, then, well... keep fighting over the stupid rank-spotting game and see what happens.
Anyway, when I was about 8 years old, and my brother was about 5 years old, we used to fight over who got to put up any given ornament on any given day. Seriously, we used the scratch and claw and bite and pull hair and call names, fighting over that damn ornament on each day. Eventually my mom got so sick of it that she devised a set of rules to govern the placement of ornaments. Basically my brother and I would alternate the days on which we got to put up the ornament.
This worked for a while but being children, it didn't take us long to figure out that, since there were 25 ornaments, if you alternate in this fashion one of us invariably got to put up one more ornament than the other. So whoever got to put up the ornament on day one got to put up a total of 13 ornaments in December and the other was left with a paltry 12. So starting when I was 9, my brother and I used to fight over who got to put up the first ornament in December, because we both wanted to get to put up 13 ornaments instead of 12. Seriously, we used to scratch and claw and bite and pull hair and call names, fighting over who got to put up 13 of those damn ornaments and who got to put up 12. Finally my mom got so sick of it that she determined that she would put up the Santa Claus ornament on December 25 herself, thereby rendering this problem void. Right?
Nope. Despite the fact that we both only got to put up 12 alternating little wooden ornaments each year, we still had both decided that we wanted to be the one to put up the wooden star on day 1, so starting when I was 10 and my brother was 7, we used to fight over who got to put up the star on day 1. Seriously, we used to scratch and claw and pull hair and call names, fighting over that damn first ornament each year. Finally my mom got so sick of it that she decided that not only would we alternate ornament-days, and not only would she put up the little Santa Claus on day 25, but we would alternate years in which we got to start the cycle on day one. That is, this year I got to start day one, and next year my brother got to start it. So my mom would write down at the end of each year who got to start it up the next year.
But that wasn't good enough either. My brother and I the next year discovered something else to fight over, and something else the year after that. Eventually my mom just gave up and the stupid wooden tree and all the ornaments have sat in a closet collecting dust ever since.
If you guys don't get the point of this story, then, well... keep fighting over the stupid rank-spotting game and see what happens.
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So,your saying that this game will last for a year?
So,your saying that this game will last for a year?
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Exactly. Boy, you're as sharp as a tennis ball, aren't you?DaemianLucifer wrote: So,your point is that this game will last for a year?
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I think his point was that his mother didn't know how to keep him and his bro' in line.DaemianLucifer wrote:@Corribus
So,your point is that this game will last for a year?
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And so, by analogy, maybe the moderators here need to do a better job. Kalah has definitely been slacking.ThunderTitan wrote: I think his point was that his mother didn't know how to keep him and his bro' in line.
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Damn analogies, they ruin everything.Corribus wrote: And so, by analogy, maybe the moderators here need to do a better job. Kalah has definitely been slacking.
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Yeah killing each other, not because the other has better females or has a better territory, but just for the heck of it... That what we're got at...DaemianLucifer wrote:Well fighting among selves is just a part of human nature.And I dont know why its called human nature,since it is displayed in every sentient beings behavior.Probably because being special is also part of human nature
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. And bumping this thread.
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I'll help. This flamethrower should do the trick...theLuckyDragon wrote:Wow, soooo many cookies, soooo little time! Someone please help!
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P.S. Lucky Dragons aren't lizards! They've got fur, you know!
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