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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Dec 2, 2007 12:04:28 GMT -6
Looks like Phalon palmed it off on yinyang who then sent it special delivery to moonglum who then passed it off to me. I have left it for someone and dare I say it's looking extra gross....
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Post by Phalon on Dec 2, 2007 18:38:10 GMT -6
That fruitcake, Scrappy, is all brrrrr blue-ish and frost-bitten looking, because it seems you've been hit in the jugular, and are the juggler. I think you may have something other than one frozen fruitcake to throw.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Dec 2, 2007 23:58:55 GMT -6
I think you may have something other than one frozen fruitcake to throw. What? Where? When? *sigh* Never mind I'll find it.....
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Dec 3, 2007 0:03:23 GMT -6
Ok ok...that was super sneaky of our fairly boerd mother....off I go....
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 3, 2007 0:18:30 GMT -6
Ok ok...that was super sneaky of our fairly boerd mother....off I go....
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Post by Phalon on Dec 8, 2007 6:19:43 GMT -6
Looks like the fruitcake was busy bouncing around last night. I wonder what trail of crumbs it left? Scrappy, a run-down on where it's been? You're good at those things; I couldn't even remember you I gave it to, or if I even passed it on 'til you reminded me.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 11, 2007 0:06:33 GMT -6
I watched "Unwrapped" on the Food Network this evening; tonight's show was about holiday foods, and yep, there was a blurb about fruitcake.
In Manitou Springs, Colorado, there is a yearly event which brings people from all over the continent, (or at least from a few miles out), called the Great Fruitcake Toss. These people take lobbing their icky morsels of fruitcake petrification seriously; some are wrapped in duct tape; some are naked, (the fruitcake on both counts, not the people...though that is up for review for next year's event). There is the bare-handed toss for the get down to the barest of essentials sports enthusiast who needs no fancy equipment to hurl his projectile through space. And catapult-like contraptions for those wanting to get it as far away from them at catapultly possible.
I've been to Manitou Springs, though not during fruitcake tossing season. It was that same trip that Hubs and I got stranded in Cripple Creek, which, though devoid of fruitcake, was also a horror story of comedic proportions.
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Post by Siren on Dec 11, 2007 9:05:00 GMT -6
Petrified fruitcake tossing. Perhaps it could be a new Olympic event. But then, an aged fruitcake could could have so many uses: doorstop, boat anchor, wrecking ball, artistic medium (carved instead of clay or marble), or as a projectile weapon. Biodegradable, too (in about 1000 years, when it finally dissolves).
What will you do with yours, Scrappy? You know, the one I just gave you? *evil grin*
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 13, 2007 18:42:50 GMT -6
Members are able to make calendar events, so why not take advantage of it? If you want to attract new members to a game thread, put it on the calendar!
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Post by Phalon on Dec 27, 2007 7:08:31 GMT -6
Looks like I was left holding the bag this year; I just found the thing a week later, and damn, it's no wonder my arms are tired. Today is National Fruitcake Day, (though January 3rd is is the official Fruitcake Toss Day). Sheesh, who knew there were such festivities surrounding this stuff. There is even a club, (not a weapon made from fruitcake, though I'm sure it'd be considered a deadly one): The Society for the Protection and Preservation of Fruitcake. Fruitcake needs preservation assistance? I thought it had a self-preservation indestructable mechanism built in. Here is the run-down of National Fruitcake Day taken from www.holidayinsights.com/"About National Fruitcake Day When : Always December 27th National Fruitcake Day celebrates the rock hard, fruit filled holiday cake. While fruitcake was popular in the 40's and 50's, we are not sure if anyone has ever eaten this weighty, gooey, sugar laden cake. Scientists have been unable to penetrate deeply into a fruitcake, and therefore, have failed to uncover its exact composition. Its density has also hampered their ability to use carbon dating to identify the age of a fruitcake. Unconfirmed rumors suggest that some fruitcake are hundreds of years old. It is very appropriate for National Fruitcake Day to be celebrated shortly after Christmas. Once the holidays are over, it's time to get rid of your fruitcake. Giving a fruitcake is a Christmas tradition for many. It is also believed that recipients will re-wrap the fruitcake and give it to someone else. Who knows how many years, or decades, a fruitcake has been passed along? Ultimately, the trick is to make sure you give away the fruitcake before the holiday season is through. Otherwise, you get the joy of storing it, until the next fruitcake-giving season. On National Fruitcake Day, those with a sweet tooth can celebrate by eating a slice or two. Otherwise, we suggest you use this day to give your fruitcake to someone....anyone. Note: Our research failed to find any information that suggests this is an official "National" day, which requires an act of congress. Sure, you may argue that there are a few fruitcakes in congress. But to date, none of them has sponsored a bill to create or declare a national Fruitcake Day." Since I'm holding ours, I'll slice it up, and hand out pieces to anyone brave enough to actually eat the thing.....if I can get my chainsaw running. Any takers?
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Post by katina2nd on Dec 28, 2007 5:43:50 GMT -6
Since I'm holding ours, I'll slice it up, and hand out pieces to anyone brave enough to actually eat the thing.....if I can get my chainsaw running. Any takers? No worries Lady P, I'll take a slice, matter of fact I'll take the whole thing off your hands if there are no other takers, love Fruitcake, the older and more matured the better.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Dec 28, 2007 12:08:26 GMT -6
Bluck Bud. And here I was going to offer to get out the catapault.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 12, 2008 18:22:11 GMT -6
Simnel Cake: is a light fruit cake, similar to a Christmas cake, covered in marzipan, and eaten at Easter in England and Ireland.
I guess that's what you do with your leftover fruitcakes ... you cover them in marzipan and pawn them off on someone else at Easter time.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 12, 2008 23:09:40 GMT -6
Yes, pass them off disguised as pink bunnies, and yellow chicks. No, no...those are "peeps" - another holiday ghastly "treat" that lasts equally long as fruitcake, and rivals it in its nastiness.
I know someone who actually waits for his peeps to grow stale, because he like them better that way. Bluck!
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Mar 15, 2008 20:01:50 GMT -6
I know someone who actually waits for his peeps to grow stale, because he like them better that way. Bluck! Stale or not. they are only good for one thing..... Sticking parts of your beat up car back on.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 16, 2008 7:17:46 GMT -6
Oh, I wish I would have known that when we had our beater, the Suburban Beast; I think there are chunks of that still on the roads from one side of the state to the other.
My car has not fared very well this winter. Road salt works wonders in speeding up the rust process, eating away my car doors along the bottom. Maybe I can stuff the holes with peeps, putting together a nice travelling peep show. Pink or Yellow? Which goes better with dark green?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Mar 16, 2008 10:17:08 GMT -6
Yellow.
Make ure you squeeze them together real tight.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 16, 2008 18:44:45 GMT -6
The floorboard rusted out of Mom and Dad's Chevette. Water splashed me when I hit a puddle one time. That's how I found out it was there.
Edited to: change the url of the image to get it to show.
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 7, 2009 0:47:49 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 2, 2009 19:29:59 GMT -6
Yes, pass them off disguised as pink bunnies, and yellow chicks. No, no...those are "peeps" - another holiday ghastly "treat" that lasts equally long as fruitcake, and rivals it in its nastiness.
I know someone who actually waits for his peeps to grow stale, because he like them better that way. Bluck!
As well as the 'Hot Potatoes' for summer, I've added some Peeps to the 'Holiday' smiley thread in case anyone wants to toss them about at Easter time.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 2, 2009 23:06:44 GMT -6
OMG, surely not? I can't believe it's that time already to lug this thing up from the basement along with the rest of the holiday decorations that have been gathering dust. And what's a little dust on the old fruitcake gonna hurt? Who knows....it might actually help it become more palatable.
It's hard to believe we've had this for six years, (thread says five, but we started it at ez-board Whoosh a year prior, I believe). It's certainly nothing like fine wine that gets better with age. HA! Fruitcakes only get heavier....and more dusty.
Looking back through the pages, this thing has bounced all over the place, and been handled by quite a few people. Good to see some of those names again. Fun to wonder what the hell we were talking about. I got a kick out of rereading Leafsoup's attempts to pass it - I think once she got the hang of it, she got a bit overzealous. That was the year it seemed there were three or four of the loaves of fruited lard being passed, and I swear Leafsoup just kept them coming. Ah, good times....good times.
And so, another holiday season starts with the traditional passing of the cake, and one can only hope, finally the breaking of the bread.....as long as it's not over someone's head. I see Joxie was the first to send it on its way this year.....
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Post by Phalon on Dec 8, 2009 22:08:05 GMT -6
Katina said:
Yes, who knows? That sounds more disgusting than it actually is though....I think.
I'm not sure, but I think the bouncing so far has gone something like this: Joxie, Ellie, Vox, Me(?), Stepper, Vox, Moonglum, Katina, and....
Or maybe Joxie had it twice? Somebody had it twice, but I'm not sure who. I'm also not sure who, when or where Moonglum got it, (maybe in the library with Vox?).
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 9, 2009 1:20:38 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Dec 11, 2009 7:39:14 GMT -6
Vollied back and forth, with a brief respite to pose for target practice, a gams warmer, and a failed attempt at becoming an immunity idol, the leaden fruit cake is spreading its holiday cheer across the board.
Joxie Ellie Vox Phalon, (and her invisible twin) Stepper Vox Joxie Moonglum Katina Siren Yinyang Phalon, (an evil twin, or a nice one?) Scrappy .....?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 19, 2009 1:12:31 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 19, 2009 1:32:29 GMT -6
Found It!
vickiej has it ... guessing she doesn't know what to do with it.
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Post by EllieNeo on Dec 19, 2009 13:12:21 GMT -6
last i saw it, jon gave it to vickie.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 19, 2009 17:52:36 GMT -6
Highlight my hidden post and you'll see I found vickiej has it.
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Post by stepper on Dec 20, 2009 22:02:05 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Dec 28, 2009 7:25:23 GMT -6
Do we know where it ended up this year? Last seen it was left upon Vickie's poststep.
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