Bear gave Clifton a nice jacket/sweater; Clifton gave Bear a [useless] toaster. Revenge ensues.
Hubby’s older brother gave premiums and other junk he got for free as Christmas gifts. Caused a great rift in the family that’s never healed. He still can’t figure out why other family members (not us; we just laffed) were (and still are) upset with him and his wife.
My immediate impression was to wonder whether the name was supposed to be significant, but my first guess was wrong: the “Cliff” on “The Cosby Show” turned out to be “Heathcliff”, and not “Clifton”. Besides, the person as drawn here looks more like Obama than Bill Cosby. All in all, I think an anonymous personal pronoun might have worked better: “His last Christmas…”
Andrea has it, but I didn’t take it as “revenge” per se so much as a wild bear provoked.
It’s a bit of absurdism as one doesn’t usually have within one’s gift giving and recipricating social circle a provokable bear but… there you have it.
It was a bit of a chuckle for me. Especially as a down parka is a *really* thoughtful gift and exactly a gift one would think a very consciencious and thoughtful bear would consider.
I’m kind of wondering what sort of relationship they have that they would exchange Christmas gifts. Were they roommates at college and stayed in touch with each other? Are they step-brothers?
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Bear gave Clifton a nice jacket/sweater; Clifton gave Bear a [useless] toaster. Revenge ensues.
Hubby’s older brother gave premiums and other junk he got for free as Christmas gifts. Caused a great rift in the family that’s never healed. He still can’t figure out why other family members (not us; we just laffed) were (and still are) upset with him and his wife.
We never took revenge, tho.
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So, the guy went up to the mountaintop to try on his new jacket, and a very erect bear is about to clock him with the new toaster?
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. . . and THAT’s how they became, and still are, the wealthiest family members. Estranged from family, but still wealthy.
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Does a bear want some useless $#! + in the woods?
Answer appears to be “no”.
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At least Clifton didn’t get him a shoe candle.
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They both wanted something warm and toasty.
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My immediate impression was to wonder whether the name was supposed to be significant, but my first guess was wrong: the “Cliff” on “The Cosby Show” turned out to be “Heathcliff”, and not “Clifton”. Besides, the person as drawn here looks more like Obama than Bill Cosby. All in all, I think an anonymous personal pronoun might have worked better: “His last Christmas…”
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The tags read: “To: CliftoN”(sic) (and the letters aren’t aligned) and “To: Bear”
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Andrea has it, but I didn’t take it as “revenge” per se so much as a wild bear provoked.
It’s a bit of absurdism as one doesn’t usually have within one’s gift giving and recipricating social circle a provokable bear but… there you have it.
It was a bit of a chuckle for me. Especially as a down parka is a *really* thoughtful gift and exactly a gift one would think a very consciencious and thoughtful bear would consider.
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I’m kind of wondering what sort of relationship they have that they would exchange Christmas gifts. Were they roommates at college and stayed in touch with each other? Are they step-brothers?
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