Quote of the day
“Despite the risks of high speed air travel Santa is never depicted wearing a seatbelt or a helmet.”
- Dr Nathan Grills and illustrator Brendan Halyday, from Monash University in Australia, who declared in the British Medical Journal that the image of a fat, jolly and slightly tipsy Father Christmas sends out the wrong message and could damage millions of lives, so instead of sitting back in his sleigh and breaking the speed limit Santa should get off and walk or jog. They went to suggest that obese Santa also needs to swap the brandy and mince pies left out by children for carrots and celery sticks stolen from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as they say the current image of Santa promotes obesity, drink-driving, speeding and a general unhealthy lifestyle. “Other dangerous activities that Santa could be accused of promoting include speeding, disregard for road rules, and extreme sports such as roof surfing and chimney jumping” and with Santa coughing or sneezing up to 10 times a day he may also pass on infections such as swine flu to children, the authors wrote.
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Well if he believes in Santa he probably is into global warming as well.
*sigh*
That’s how you know it’s nearly Christmas – when some complete rectum decides to use a festive simile to make a point about something joyless and hectoring…
Comeon – this has got to be a joke. Hasn’t it?
Killjoys of the world unite!
You have nothing to lose but your sense of apoplexy at other people enjoying themselves!
This is tongue-in-cheek.
Isn’t it?
Surely reality hasn’t got that far ahead of satire!
I think we should be more concerned that for years this old man has been sneaking into children’s bedrooms at night and leaving “presents” in their underwear. He’s clearly a menace but isn’t even required to have a CRB check!
It’s what comes of spending christmas in 90 degrees heat.
Is that for real? It is almost too cliched and too surreal to be true.