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Mercedes's avatar

A stolen meme:

Who is the meanest reindeer in Santa's herd? Olive. You've heard the song: Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names.

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Scott McNeill's avatar

You beat me to it. 🤣

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Patris's avatar

Saving this to read to the grandkids Christmas Eve!

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Jennifer A. Steele's avatar

On my third read and cannot stop laughing. 🤣🤣🤣

BUT.

This is some of your best writing. ✍️

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Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

Crotch goblins..... best name for kids ever.

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Therese Chan's avatar

I love this so much! Merry whatever to you, James, and thanks for the laughs!

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LC Sharkey (they/them)'s avatar

Now that we've got all that sorted, here is the question I would still like to know the answer to: is the abominable snow monster's name "Bumbles," or is "Bumble" the self-identifying term for the monster's species? I used to know someone with a white cat they named "Bumbles," but then there was this discussion where someone claimed the cat should have been named "Bumble," because now his name is like the snowy equivalent to if you named your cat "Sasquatches." It's a picky thing, but I want to know, dammit!

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Franky Edder's avatar

Olive....LOL. It now makes me wonder if Popeye didn't have a male lover named Olly Voyal. (runs and ducks incoming vegetation)

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Margaret Maier's avatar

Reindeer Games had a great cast though. Check out that cast list, it's wild. Mod Squad guy and the porn actor, Sinise, Trejo, Farina... Although Charlize Theron looks like Marcia Cross in it. Not a great movie but entertaining at points. Pow wow....

I always think of Olive, the Other Reindeer book.

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