Comments on: How To Crash a Christmas Party http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/ Trying God's patience since 1958 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nicholai http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-18594 Nicholai Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:13 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-18594 The "Too cold for the habit" bit hit the spot just right, probably works really well if you say it with just the right amount of eccentric in your voice. Yah the garage is a great idea, but it isn't always open. I always make sure to go down to Jons and buy myself a large 1 little bottle of 10 dollar vodka. I always get this one called Russian Shot, its fairly smooth for 10 bucks and says Russian on it. It also is a subtle psychological mark that anyone notices when I walk in the door, and assume that I have brought it as a gift for the host, when in reality I just drink and share with the good peeps of the party. So to recap, its shows authenticity(Russian Shot), gives the impression that I belong there, and allows me to bring my socialistic drink-sharing charm to the heart of the party. The “Too cold for the habit” bit hit the spot just right, probably works really well if you say it with just the right amount of eccentric in your voice.
Yah the garage is a great idea, but it isn’t always open. I always make sure to go down to Jons and buy myself a large 1 little bottle of 10 dollar vodka. I always get this one called Russian Shot, its fairly smooth for 10 bucks and says Russian on it. It also is a subtle psychological mark that anyone notices when I walk in the door, and assume that I have brought it as a gift for the host, when in reality I just drink and share with the good peeps of the party.

So to recap, its shows authenticity(Russian Shot), gives the impression that I belong there, and allows me to bring my socialistic drink-sharing charm to the heart of the party.

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2759 John Shore Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:51:32 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2759 This (Tam's) is SO FREAKIN' FUNNY!! I can't believe how funny people are. It sounds like you're just giving the most boring, plain, of-course-you'll-do-it-this-way advice. HILARIOUS! This (Tam's) is SO FREAKIN' FUNNY!! I can't believe how funny people are. It sounds like you're just giving the most boring, plain, of-course-you'll-do-it-this-way advice. HILARIOUS!

]]> By: tam http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2758 tam Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:49:32 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2758 Sigh. My parents have one of those crappy houses with no garage/kitchen connections. If you would like to crash their Christmas party via the garage method... I suggest you pretend ypu were downstairs checking the woodburner (the garage door leads to the basement) then walk up the stairs to the kitchen. Sigh. My parents have one of those crappy houses with no garage/kitchen connections. If you would like to crash their Christmas party via the garage method… I suggest you pretend ypu were downstairs checking the woodburner (the garage door leads to the basement) then walk up the stairs to the kitchen.

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 John Shore Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:07:16 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2734 Man, these are the best. I had no idea party crashing was such a ... THING! I didn't know people really crashed parties! Too great! Man, these are the best. I had no idea party crashing was such a … THING! I didn’t know people really crashed parties! Too great!

]]> By: Skerrib http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 Skerrib Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:12:24 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2718 With all this talk of feeding the hungry, it seems that you need to expand your audience a bit John. If you teach hungry people to crash Christmas parties, that could be quite beneficial. And perhaps a charity tax write-off for you. You know, the whole "give a man a fish/teach a man to fish.." thing. You could be the next United Way, man! With all this talk of feeding the hungry, it seems that you need to expand your audience a bit John. If you teach hungry people to crash Christmas parties, that could be quite beneficial. And perhaps a charity tax write-off for you. You know, the whole "give a man a fish/teach a man to fish.." thing. You could be the next United Way, man!

]]> By: theunthinkable http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2703 theunthinkable Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:04:07 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2703 I'm sure no one wanted 2 hear ur thoughs on giving out hams, that's nice and all but doesn't compare 2 the rush of being a party crasher. u seem like you'd have a dead party anyway that would be in desperate need of a serious crashin. what's ur address since u want 2 feed the needy? I'm sure no one wanted 2 hear ur thoughs on giving out hams, that's nice and all but doesn't compare 2 the rush of being a party crasher. u seem like you'd have a dead party anyway that would be in desperate need of a serious crashin.

what's ur address since u want 2 feed the needy?

]]> By: Ted. A. Thompson http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 Ted. A. Thompson Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:52:00 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2695 We crashed a party from a houseboat once. We were tethered out on the lake, saw action on the shore, and rode the jet ski over for a few hours of good food, drink and merry making. Unfortunately, we were told almost immediately to go back and jump in the lake by a bunch of buffed up guys half our age who could undoubtedly whip our babyboom butts. No food. No drink. No making merry. Should have worked out a better PCM, but hadn't read this article yet. Great piece, John, thanks. Ted A. Thompson phfft.blogspot.com We crashed a party from a houseboat once. We were tethered out on the lake, saw action on the shore, and rode the jet ski over for a few hours of good food, drink and merry making.

Unfortunately, we were told almost immediately to go back and jump in the lake by a bunch of buffed up guys half our age who could undoubtedly whip our babyboom butts. No food. No drink. No making merry. Should have worked out a better PCM, but hadn't read this article yet.

Great piece, John, thanks.

Ted A. Thompson

phfft.blogspot.com

]]> By: samanthamj http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 samanthamj Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:47:27 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2692 hmmmm.... I've crashed a wedding reception in my day... but, never a Christmas party... I have too many freaking parties to go to this time of year already... matter of fact... I SHOULD be at a a really good one RIGHT now... but, I gave it up for my kids b-day party/sleepover tonight and big day tomorrow instead. Man... I bet they put on a good spread and open bar tonight too... I hope my son appreciates this! And, for the record... the wedding reception crash was a blast... but, eventually people were on to us... and we admitted we were actually suppose to be at the Greek wedding reception in the next ballroom over but their party looked like more fun. They let us stay anyway... even our husbands... We had a riot! =) LOL... hmmmm…. I’ve crashed a wedding reception in my day… but, never a Christmas party… I have too many freaking parties to go to this time of year already… matter of fact… I SHOULD be at a a really good one RIGHT now… but, I gave it up for my kids b-day party/sleepover tonight and big day tomorrow instead. Man… I bet they put on a good spread and open bar tonight too… I hope my son appreciates this!

And, for the record… the wedding reception crash was a blast… but, eventually people were on to us… and we admitted we were actually suppose to be at the Greek wedding reception in the next ballroom over but their party looked like more fun. They let us stay anyway… even our husbands… We had a riot! =) LOL…

]]> By: bernard borah http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 bernard borah Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:51:30 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2690 Thanks for your blog. Heres my thoughts on crashing Christmas parties. What kind of party would Jesus want to crash? And what would He want for HIS birthday. One scripture comes to mind right away from Matthew 25 , “I was hungry and you did not feed me, depart from me into eternal fire.” If Jesus is going to send some people to eternal fire for not feeding the hungry, he must take feeding the hungry very seriously. So I’m thinking that one thing Jesus wants for his birthday is the hungry to be fed. 29,000 children die everyday (including Jesus birthday) from preventable poverty related causes and He would like this to stop. Christians in the United States spend about $100 billion buying Christmas gifts to friends and family whose birthday is some other day of the year. The U.N. estimates that for about $13 billion a year we could feed every malnourished person in the world. That’s only about one tenth of what Christians spend giving each other gifts on HIS birthday. Think of the possibilities! (For an online booklet on this subject see goodmeasure.org "A little more would change the world." One idea to give Jesus a birthday gift can be found at busyshirts.com. Have a Merry Jesus Birthday. Bernard Borah bborah@gmail.com Thanks for your blog.

Heres my thoughts on crashing Christmas parties. What kind of party would Jesus want to crash? And what would He want for HIS birthday.
One scripture comes to mind right away from Matthew 25 , “I was hungry and you did not feed me, depart from me into eternal fire.” If Jesus is going to send some people to eternal fire for not feeding the hungry, he must take feeding the hungry very seriously. So I’m thinking that one thing Jesus wants for his birthday is the hungry to be fed. 29,000 children die everyday (including Jesus birthday) from preventable poverty related causes and He would like this to stop. Christians in the United States spend about $100 billion buying Christmas gifts to friends and family whose birthday is some other day of the year.
The U.N. estimates that for about $13 billion a year we could feed every malnourished person in the world. That’s only about one tenth of what Christians spend giving each other gifts on HIS birthday. Think of the possibilities! (For an online booklet on this subject see goodmeasure.org “A little more would change the world.”
One idea to give Jesus a birthday gift can be found at busyshirts.com.
Have a Merry Jesus Birthday.
Bernard Borah
bborah@gmail.com

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2687 John Shore Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:37:43 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/crash-christmas-party/#comment-2687 Um. Wow. Fun gone horrible. Um. Wow. Fun gone horrible.

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