Conference 7.286::sports_91

290.0. "The Chainsaw's Christmas Message" by CAMONE::WAY (Cheez-Whiz, Choice of Champions) Fri Dec 18 1992 10:27

Well, this is somewhat of a tradition, but I really did think that there
might not be a Chainsaw's Christmas message this year.

For the last couple of years I did a poem, or a poem parody, and it seemed
that the words kind of flowed out of this well inside of me, and after
I had captured and controlled the flow, the work was mostly done.....

This year, for lots of reasons, the well seems to be dry.  It seems as
if there are no fancy words, or witty rhymes for the Chainsaw's 
Christmas Message.


So, when fancy and witty doesn't work, I suppose that plain and simple,
a reflection back on traditional methods is not a bad substitute.

So, here goes:



	This year has been a hard one.  We have all seen hardship
	in some form or fashion, whether it be sickness in the
	family, friends having a hard time, or even just fighting
	off the blues from the general downturn in things good
	and happy.

	Here in SPORTS, I have felt that it has almost been like
	people in battle.   You go from day to day, and you
	never know when the person next to you was going to get
	it.

	We've lost some dear friends, this year in SPORTS.  It's
	not the only year we've lost them, but this year it seemed
	that we lost more than ever before, and the very heart
	of the file was cut deep.

	In the Army, they have a toast:  "To Absent Comrades",
	and that toast has never applied so well to a SPORTS
	Get Together as it did this year.

	This was a testy year in SPORTS.  People were arguing
	and bickering more than I've ever seen, and it seemed
	that it was at least part of the reaction to the down
	times we were all experiencing.

	Lines that were once funny suddenly seemed to be annoying.
	Stories that used to make you smile didn't quite do the
	trick any more.  People you used to take with a grain of
	salt now bothered you more than a burr under a saddle,
	or a raspberry seed stuck in your back teeth.


	But, through it all, the one thing I've noticed is that
	despite the down times, despite the departures, those of
	us who are still here still have at least the spark of
	the SPORTS spirit.   As we go on, so it goes on, though
	perhaps in a different form than that which gave us
	The Trial, the supporating sore soaking through the
	suit jacket, or even the Chainsaw's Christmas poem.


	Christmas is a time of giving, and I've thought long
	and hard about what I might give to SPORTS.  Unfortunately,
	unlike The Littlest Angel, I don't have a little box of
	treasures.

	So, like I said in the opening, perhaps all I can give this
	year, instead of smiles and levity, is the warmth and 
	fellowship of a simple, traditional "Merry Christmas".


	So, to all the SPORTS noters, I'll say "Merry Christmas,
	Happy Chanukah, or Happy Whatever-You-Celebrate".   
	
	May you all have the happiest of New Years, and to steal
	a line from L.A. Law, "may the saddest day of your new year
	be now worse than your happiest day of this year".


	Finally, "To Absent Comrades".........


Merry Christmas,
'Saw

    Here's wishing all a safe and Happy Holiday!
    
    I hope all of you get your wishes fulfilled, especially Karen who needs
    reliable transportation.
    
    Got to run, I've got to get busy giving everyone their Christmas goose!
    
    lEe

    Happy Holidays to all of younzes.
    
    Have a safe one
    
    JaKe
    

Happy holidays to those of us left...  

(and to those of us still here in spirit)

    
    
           Happy Holidays to all youze guys and yours.
    
    And don't forget..
    
              Everytime a bell rings
              an Angel gets his/her wings.
    
    
    Chappy

    
>>(and to those of us still here in spirit)
    
    Hey, I'm at home, on vacation this week, and very shortly(no offense
    Kev or =bob=) I'll be INDULGING in spirits!!!
    
    (8^)*
    
    JaKe
    

�    Kev or =bob=) I'll be INDULGING in spirits!!!
 
Make sure and indulge in some Cheese-Whiz too, Jake - you deserve it!

=bob=

    Gots a BIG multi-user style jar of Cheez-Whiz Lite all lined up. 
    Although, we're not putting hot dogs on the table today, so Nathan
    cian't come up with another classic, although, he may do it some other
    way.
    
    JaKe
    

        It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. 
       It was the holiday season at a "restructuring" DEC. No, 
       this is not the lead-in to yet another cloyingly clever 
       'Night Before Christmas' parody. This is Tommy "Smile E. 
       Coyote" Brydie's way  of saying, "Take care of yourselves. 
       I almost like some of you."
    
       Happy Holidays

    

	Happy Holidays to one and all in what is still the best conference on
the net.

	Jim M.

	JaKe,

	Pop one of dem Arns fer me!  This has all the makings of a REAL
	LLOOOOONNNNNGGGGG day. (no pun intended)

	Best wishes and happy holidays to all (even Hal)

	Bill