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[Keab42]

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This week's topic is Boxing Day.

The topic will change on 29/12/13, The first person to visit the thread on that date may change the topic.

[Prospero101]

So...I get the PREMISE of Boxing Day, thanks in no small part to this week's LRR video. But why is it CALLED Boxing Day? Is there a lot of punching? Is the international cardboard cartel behind it all?

[Keab42]

I've often understood it to be that it came from the fact that Servants and Tradesmen who would be waiting on their masters on Christmas day, would be given a Christmas Box by those masters the day after.

[Darkobra]

I've heard of it as "That's the day you get rid of all the boxes from your Christmas presents."

[Prospero101]

Huh. Around here, that's "Right fucking now, are you kidding me? No, not that one, that's a perfectly good box you're throwing out."

Ah, Irish Catholics. We're fun.

[Jamfalcon]

My understanding has been the same as Kaeb's, it's the day for thanking servants.

[Duckay]

My modern understanding of it, however, is that it is the day to have a lot of naps and not eat very much to recover from the previous day.

[MinniChi]

My dad always told me it was called boxing day because we would get rid of the boxes. And it's a big deal for the stores because they have overstock they wabt to get rid of. Thereby getting rid of boxes and pallets of items.

[Ptangmatik]

I've have no alcohol, a lot of leftovers and tried to get myself in a fit shape to go back to work tomorrow.

And I found we'd forgotten the crumpets! So that will be one awesome meal at some point soon.

[Jamfalcon]

My modern understanding of it, however, is that it is the day to have a lot of naps and not eat very much to recover from the previous day.

Here it seems to be the day to visit family that you didn't get to on Christmas Eve/Day. That obviously varies between people, but that's the way my family's holiday schedule usually works out.

[Lord Chrusher]

Boxing Day for me involved going to the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I was part of a world record crowd - ninety one odd thousand people. The middle of the day was a bit slow as the run rate dried up. However the last hour was quite exciting as the English wickets started to fall.

[Metcarfre]

not eat very much

hahahaha

I've had little affection for Boxing Day sales as generally the best sales are immediately before Christmas or in January.

For me Boxing Day is for naps, walks, family time, visits, and hot turkey sandwiches.

I will say there were some great flight deals. Vancouver to Iceland direct, round trip, all-in for $640? Yeah I'd jump on that.

[King Kool]

Have they been advertising Grudge Match in Canada as a Boxing Day movie?

[Jamfalcon]

I haven't seen any ads for it myself. I think we generally get the same versions as the US though.

[plummeting_sloth]

I attempt to buy my yearly copy of the Queensbury rulebook on boxing day, when it's price is considerably lower

[Darkobra]

So it's the 29th. New topic: Animals. No idea what time-line Keab has for this so he'll decide that.

If you could have any animal in the world, what would it be? What pets do you have or wish you had?

I've always wanted a penguin.

[Amake]

A wife, I think. Humans are my favorite animals.

But other than that I wanna go with the most giant octopus that ever lived. There could be real kraken-kind cephalopods out there that never left any fossils or never left the deep sea. Just out of scientific curiosity it would be fun to find out how big an octopus can be by having the biggest one. No dumbass ten-armed squid, though; octopuses are smart. They plan for the future and communicate with each other by creating patterns in their skin pigments. Imagine if you had one with a brain the size of a minibus, and twice that much para-brains in its arms. When it figures out it can use four times more tools than you it might take over the world, but totally worth it.

[MinniChi]

I would love to have a lion or a tiger. I know my boyfriend wants a pig, but I just can't have that. I would be too tempted to cook it.

My older son says he would like a tiger, and a kitty.

[Lord Hosk]

I want a pet fish. like a tiger barb, I would name him fish.

[Merrymaker_Mortalis]

I want a pet Polecat.

But my cat is almost pinemartiny so I almost have one.

Or a Red Panda.

or a Silver fox.

I would love a Husky, but I wouldn't be able to keep it happy with walks. Then again, owning a dog might make me more inclined to go walking. I could RP some generic fantasy hunter.

I have looked at owning a Giant Millipede, but since they don't give a shit beyond food, sex and survival, they're pointless to keep. They're an entirely selfish pet.

[Lord Chrusher]

I will be boring and just say cat.

[Ptangmatik]

I have never owned any pet, not even a fish or pet rock

[Merrymaker_Mortalis]

Is it first person of the forum date, or their personal date?

Badger.

[Prospero101]

No pets. I don't care what animal it is. Best case scenario? You get the smartest, most loving animal in the world, and it still shits in your house.

No pets.

[Ptangmatik]

You could say the same about children, yet I still plan to have one or two of them some day.

I wouldn't mind having a fish in a pond or some chickens in a garden, though when I tell people I'd have no trouble fattening them up and eating them (of course you have to get a properly licensed butcher in to slaughter chickens. I think fish are ok), I get some funny looks.