The Insufficency of Humbug - part two
Last night, I ran into
this wonderful rant at
Atomic Nerds
Reader JBrock posted this little ditty this afternoon:
Dashing to the mall
in a fleet of rented trucks,
a million hairless apes are out
to spend some plastic bucks.
It’s Christmas time again
(or maybe World War Three)
and to keep the spirits happy now
we’ve got to kill a tree.
Oh, kill a tree, kill a tree, kill a tree for Christ
(Jolly old St. Nicholas, accept this sacrifice!)
Kill a tree, kill a tree, kill a tree for Christ:
Not sure what we’re doing, but it seems to work out nice.
We each deserve a ton
or two of shiny crap,
but to keep the goodies coming now
we’ve got to spill some sap.
And string electric lights,
and raise the ritual star,
and bribe our friends and fam’lies to
forget what jerks we are.
And kill a tree … (etc.)
We always kill a tree.
That’s always been enough
for videos and GI Joes
and all that kiddy stuff.
But Mommy wants a Hog
and Daddy wants a boat.
That’s prolly gonna cost at least
a chicken and a goat.
But kill a tree … (etc.)
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at December 10, 2009 7:30 PM
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