More Christmas Triumph, Christmas Tragedy.

[erika]

I was just given a football sausage.  Triumphant or tragic, the jury's still out.

Oh my god that's a triumph! HAHAHAH I love it!

[mostlymeat]

Christmas triumph: having last week's podcast to listen to on christmas eve while wrapping presents.

-Ajax

[Sploops]

little known fact: Tom is Jewish. Hindu.

Fixed.

[dave from knoxville]

Christmas tragedy:

My high strung mother screaming and crying because I'll be arriving a little late this Christmas Eve.

Let this board be a witness, when I have kids I will never make them feel like crap around the holidays.

I'll take that bet.

Dave, you most likely speak the truth. But until I have children, I'm going to live in blissful denial about the fact that yes, I am turning into my mother.

I only say it because I am so turning into a combination of the least desirable parts of my parents.

[Miss]

Also, a Christmas triumph. My boyfriend got me an exact replica of the red dress Buttercup wears in the Princess Bride!! It may sound nerdy to some but it's a triumph for me! I'll be doing so much frolicking in grassy fields this summer!

That is an awesome gift. The dress is stunning & I think every little girl who saw that movie wanted to wear one just like it.

[Emily]

Also, a Christmas triumph. My boyfriend got me an exact replica of the red dress Buttercup wears in the Princess Bride!! It may sound nerdy to some but it's a triumph for me! I'll be doing so much frolicking in grassy fields this summer!

That is an awesome gift. The dress is stunning & I think every little girl who saw that movie wanted to wear one just like it.

while you're out in the fields you should roll your boyfriend down a hill and have him yell-

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas Yoooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssh!!!"

[DigiDan]

Christmas Tragedy:
Last year... single worst day of my entire life. Nearly lost my life and I am very lucky to be alive. (details spared.)

Christmas Triumph:
I can't really specifically remember any particularly great year or present. At least now I can know that no Christmas will ever be worse than last year's. The holiday has also sort of taken on an expanded meaning for me now, as I also see it as a celebration of my life. Not Jesus's life though.

[samir]

little known fact: Tom is Jewish. Hindu.

Fixed.

Score! Me and The Kid can unite in our Hinduism. Polytheism rules.

[mostlymeat]

Christmas Tragedy: my buddy said the xmas nite podcast was up, but it's not.

Tom did a show on xmas, right?

TOM!

friend: "so, do you want to go see Juno?"
me: "eh, not really"
friend: "why not?"
me: "tom said it's not good"
friend: "who's tom?"
me: "Tom Scharpling, the host of the Best Show on WFMU"
friend: "so, what, you won't do anything that tom doesn't like now?"
me: "pretty much. Tom is always right"

INSTEAD WE WATCHED LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD 2: BACK TO THA HOOD (THE SEQUEL TO LEPRECHAUN 5, IN THE HOOD) AND THERE WAS NO COBBLING OR SHOE REPAIR OF ANY KIND IN THIS MOVIE!

Many complained that it was terrible, but I think this is the first movie where someone was killed with a bong.

-Ajax

[Phantom Hugger]

Here's an older one that I wanted to call in with but chickened out....

199something

My Mom gets me and my older brother CDs for Christmas. My brother gets Van Halen's OU812, I get a live Bob Seger album (something with the Statue of Liberty on the cover).

A: My brother doesn't even LIKE music (no joke, he hates music)

B: The only time Bob Seger ever came on my radar was when those truck commercials were on or when I was watching Risky Business.

When asked to explain how she settled on these choices she said that according to the wall at the Musicland, Van Halen was the #1 record (so brother gets that), and I got the #2 record on the wall because I was into more underdog alternative music.

Sometimes I wish we lived in a world where there were only 10 choices.

[DigiDan]

Many complained that it was terrible, but I think this is the first movie where someone was killed with a bong.

But certainly not the last...



Also, if anybody would like to see the Leprechaun scene MostlyMeat refers to, there is a clip on youtube:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqiP6lW--G4[/youtube]

[Beth]

Christmas Tragedy: my buddy said the xmas nite podcast was up, but it's not.

Tom did a show on xmas, right?

TOM!

Tom was threatening the whole time that it was not going to be archived or podcasted, that it was a special show only for those who were listening at the moment. It wasn't podcasted as far as I can tell, but it was archived on WFMU's page, so you can go and have a listen. Also, this way, you're not missing out on all of the glorious Christmas music Tom played.

[Amplituden]

Christmas Triumph :

Getting an amazing model train set when I was 10.  I picked out the smallest cheapest model train set out of a catalogue and would have been thrilled to get that.  What I got had a steam engine that smoked, and had lots of cool things like a tower that you could drive the train under and load it up with coal. (well plastic bits that looked like coal)

Christmas Tragedy :

My family used to go over to another family's house and exchange gifts every year.  My sister and I each got our own board games (I got the board game Zaxxon).  My mother bought the other family's kids chocolate hocky pucks.  Really awkward and embarrassing.

[Kibblesmith]

In 2000, when I was a fat highschooler, I got stuck in a hole on X-Mas day.

Firetrucks had to cut me out with a saw.

That's the short version.

[bobby.]

Christmas Tragedy: my buddy said the xmas nite podcast was up, but it's not.

Tom did a show on xmas, right?

TOM!

Tom was threatening the whole time that it was not going to be archived or podcasted, that it was a special show only for those who were listening at the moment. It wasn't podcasted as far as I can tell, but it was archived on WFMU's page, so you can go and have a listen. Also, this way, you're not missing out on all of the glorious Christmas music Tom played.

boooooooooooooo, i'm only reading this now, having been festively refreshing and refreshing and REFRESHING iTunes for the past week.

hahaha

damn