Saturday, December 24th. The Christmas Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

[Aristus]

"Not yet old enough for a man,
nor young enough for a boy..."

Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 5, Lines 158-159.

A word of explanation about today's WSTFTD. I was looking through 'Twelfth Night' (set in December-January) for a Christmas-themed quote, when I ran across this one, and thought it topical enough to jettison a Christmas theme in favor of this one.

Merry Christmas to all fans of WSTFTD, (all five of you... ) and a Happy New Year. Will and I love you all...

[fizzgig]

1. merry merry and happy happy to you

[Aristus]

3. Thank you, fizzgig! Haven't seen you around for a while.

I've missed you.

Where is your fizzgig avatar?

[fizzgig]

14. teh internets ate him :(

but i'll find him.

i mostly lurk now, but i feel like i've been a lot more active since the changeover.

how was your christmas?

[Aristus]

15. Wonderful Christmas. Time spent with family.

Four days away from clinic. A period of rest. Giving my blood pressure a break. Life is good.

Even better now that you're active on DU again. DU3 took a little getting used to for me. But I like it.

Oh, and guess what I found?



Merry Christmas, fizzgig!

[fizzgig]

16. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you honestly have no idea how much this made my day

[Aristus]

17. Well, I went to Google Images, typed in "fizzgig.gif", found the image, then copied the address.

......


......you know, when I write it out like that, it doesn't sound as awesome...

Anyway, glad you like it...

[fizzgig]

18. it is still just as awesome

it never dawned on me to do that *facepalm*

[Aristus]

19. Don't kick yourself.

Or facepalm yourself, either. I'm glad I could help. Always loved that scene from "The Dark Crystal"...

[Suich]

2. Hi, Aristus!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

I think there's more than 5 of us, aren't there?

The "man-boy" scares me!

[Aristus]

4. Thank you. And Merry Christmas to you, as well, Suich.

I don't know about actual numbers, but Will rarely gets more than five replies to a posting. Sometimes it's crickets in The Globe...

BTW, what's the code for the Santa emoticon?

[Suich]

5. colon Santa colon

They're here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/

[Aristus]

6. Took me a second, there.

Thought I'd dropped in on a consult between Santa Claus and his gastroenterologist.

Thanks!

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Best wishes to you and yours in this and the coming year!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Aristus!

I think your post is very appropriate for today! And I'm sure that Will would not have any objections either!

You always do a wonderful job, and all five of us appreciate it...

Merry Christmas to you and yours...

I look forward to more editions of WSTFTD in 2012!

[Aristus]

9. Kick for Christmas.

kick!

[femmocrat]

10. Another fan checking in!

Merry Christmas, Aristus!

[Aristus]

11. Awww, thanks, femmocrat!

You, too!...

[elleng]

12. I can no other answer make but thanks

and thanks and ever thanks.

Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene III

[Aristus]

13. That's the spirit, ellen.

And thank you, too!