Carol Singers
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We had our first "carol" singers round last night (30th November). (for those in the rest of the world these are people (usually bored / moody youths - the same ones who come at halloween) who knock on the door and "sing" a christmas carol in expectation of a mince pie or money). They attempted to sing "We wish you a merry christmas..." (which isn't even a carol google says it is). I asked them if they were late from last year or early for this year. So, for the next ones that come round, I intend to make them earn their mince-pie. I'm going to print out some song sheets and they can sing a complete carol from the sheet before they get anything. Anybody got any suggestions for a nice long one? :) ChrisB
Chris Buckett wrote:
(for those in the rest of the world these are people (usually bored / moody youths - the same ones who come at halloween) who knock on the door and "sing" a christmas carol in expectation of a mince pie or money).
At Christmas time we go around singing Christmas carols and giving goodies, not requesting them. That seems more in keeping with the meaning of Christmas. :)
Chris Buckett wrote:
So, for the next ones that come round, I intend to make them earn their mince-pie. I'm going to print out some song sheets and they can sing a complete carol from the sheet before they get anything. Anybody got any suggestions for a nice long one? :)
This one[^] should do. ;P I have the tune if you'd like it. But if they're the typical young people, they may find it tough to even sing all the words to this[^]. :rolleyes: Oh, and if you really want to be mean, you can make them sing one of these[^] - they're wassailing songs, after all! :laugh: Christmas carols as torture - just wrong! :~:-D
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I wouldn't be surprised if the carol singers who call at my house can't read. (:doh: there goes my idea of printing song sheets!)
Yeah, give 'em money, then see them hours later p*ssed up and smoking, that's why I don't give out money to strangers knocking on my door, unless they've made to effort or from the church or somehere. We have the rotary club which dress up a trailer into santa's sleigh they come round all the streets in our area, collecting for charity dressed as Santas playing load christmassy music, now I do give to that cause because the kids love it.
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
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Chris Buckett wrote:
(for those in the rest of the world these are people (usually bored / moody youths - the same ones who come at halloween) who knock on the door and "sing" a christmas carol in expectation of a mince pie or money).
At Christmas time we go around singing Christmas carols and giving goodies, not requesting them. That seems more in keeping with the meaning of Christmas. :)
Chris Buckett wrote:
So, for the next ones that come round, I intend to make them earn their mince-pie. I'm going to print out some song sheets and they can sing a complete carol from the sheet before they get anything. Anybody got any suggestions for a nice long one? :)
This one[^] should do. ;P I have the tune if you'd like it. But if they're the typical young people, they may find it tough to even sing all the words to this[^]. :rolleyes: Oh, and if you really want to be mean, you can make them sing one of these[^] - they're wassailing songs, after all! :laugh: Christmas carols as torture - just wrong! :~:-D
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Chris Buckett wrote:
(which isn't even a carol google says it is)
This makes me think of a M$ strategy meeting... "Why don't we take away a functional start menu and replace it with a search function!" "That is the worst Idea I have ever heard, you are the biggest douche that has ever come through the Windows!!!! (I assume M$ wouldn't use a door, because Windows are faster)....... Google thinks it is a good idea"
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Yeah, give 'em money, then see them hours later p*ssed up and smoking, that's why I don't give out money to strangers knocking on my door, unless they've made to effort or from the church or somehere. We have the rotary club which dress up a trailer into santa's sleigh they come round all the streets in our area, collecting for charity dressed as Santas playing load christmassy music, now I do give to that cause because the kids love it.
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
Just 'cos they expect money doesn't mean we give it to them. They get a home baked mince pie, corgette (zucchini) and walnut cakes, or beetroot cakes. They should have learned their lesson by now.
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Chris Buckett wrote:
(for those in the rest of the world these are people (usually bored / moody youths - the same ones who come at halloween) who knock on the door and "sing" a christmas carol in expectation of a mince pie or money).
At Christmas time we go around singing Christmas carols and giving goodies, not requesting them. That seems more in keeping with the meaning of Christmas. :)
Chris Buckett wrote:
So, for the next ones that come round, I intend to make them earn their mince-pie. I'm going to print out some song sheets and they can sing a complete carol from the sheet before they get anything. Anybody got any suggestions for a nice long one? :)
This one[^] should do. ;P I have the tune if you'd like it. But if they're the typical young people, they may find it tough to even sing all the words to this[^]. :rolleyes: Oh, and if you really want to be mean, you can make them sing one of these[^] - they're wassailing songs, after all! :laugh: Christmas carols as torture - just wrong! :~:-D
J. Dunlap wrote:
they're wassailing songs, after all
They sound like a good idea - I could accompany them on my melodeon. :)
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Did you ever see the code obsfucation contest winner that printed that out ? It was awesome.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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We had our first "carol" singers round last night (30th November). (for those in the rest of the world these are people (usually bored / moody youths - the same ones who come at halloween) who knock on the door and "sing" a christmas carol in expectation of a mince pie or money). They attempted to sing "We wish you a merry christmas..." (which isn't even a carol google says it is). I asked them if they were late from last year or early for this year. So, for the next ones that come round, I intend to make them earn their mince-pie. I'm going to print out some song sheets and they can sing a complete carol from the sheet before they get anything. Anybody got any suggestions for a nice long one? :) ChrisB
Caroling can be fun with the right group of people. Although it's been years since I've done that, but it's something to be tried at least once.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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I wouldn't be surprised if the carol singers who call at my house can't read. (:doh: there goes my idea of printing song sheets!)
Get a cheap Karaoke machine, set it up so that the screen can be seen from your doorstep when you open the door, and hand them the mike
-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Did you ever see the code obsfucation contest winner that printed that out ? It was awesome.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
I didn't see it. Any idea where it is?
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Did you ever see the code obsfucation contest winner that printed that out ? It was awesome
oh please, find us a link...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
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I didn't see it. Any idea where it is?
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
See my reply to Rage.
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