Happy Holidays December Scapegoat

Thumperchick posted a pic said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 4:50pm ET

Yeah, I said it. Happy. Holidays. You don't like it? Blame @TaRDy.

Blame @TaRDy for the lack of other holiday related goat pictures.
Blame @TaRDy for sneaking in a win in one of the closest scapegoat races we've ever seen.
Blame @TaRDy for being our longest running nominee... then ruining a great streak by finally being voted in.
Blame @TaRDy for (person) doing (thing you don't like)
Blame @TaRDy for someone being offended at something that isn't offensive.
Blame @TaRDy for the whole month, for whatever. It's his fault anyway.

Oh, I almost forgot - Blame @TaRDy for creating a Chrome extension that self stars everything you post. It's the real reason we've decided to heap tons of bullshit... honor! on them in the first place. Welcome to the scapegoat club, @TaRDy - congrats on finally getting what you deserve.

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kdemo said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 5:04pm ET:

Just don't blame @TaRDy for being late. It was fully disclosed in advance, and spelled out in the oath of office.

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narfcake said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 5:12pm ET:

Season's Bleatings!

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- @narfcake damn, that sounds better than my current "BAAAH (humbug!)" tag-line
  
  TaRDy said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:23pm ET
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- @narfcake Where were you and that great pun when I was writing this?
  
  Thumperchick said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:26pm ET
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- @Thumperchick Not here, I guess. Shoot, I MSPainted Happy Birthdays to you and @studerc, and I still haven't posted them -- and I'm overdue thanking last month's goat @christinewas for leaving an unworn copy of Magikarpet at one of my not-so-local Goodwill stores.
  
  I'm pretty sure it's @TaRDy's fault for that.
  
  narfcake said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:44pm ET
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MEHcus said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 5:12pm ET:

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- I blame @TaRDy for making some crazy lady dress this cute little goat up as an elf.
  
  sammydog01 said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:25am ET
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Lotsofgoats said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 5:50pm ET:

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- @Lotsofgoats this was simply a sketch artists interpretation of the ALLEGED events that took place that day, they have yet to prove it was me.
  
  TaRDy said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:24pm ET
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- @TaRDy looks like you
  
  fuckin creep
  
  Lotsofgoats said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 10:36pm ET
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- @TaRDy
  
  Lotsofgoats said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 10:41pm ET
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- @TaRDy ok really though krampus is creepy af, what is wrong with Europeans honestly
  
  Lotsofgoats said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 10:41pm ET
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studerc said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 6:05pm ET:

An extension to self star? Pshhh. I've been self starring manually since the beginning. OSS...Original Self Star-er. I for one blame @TaRDy for that damn millennial generation and their laziness.

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- @studerc but...but...I was born in the late 80's
  
  TaRDy said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:33pm ET
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- @TaRDy I was too! Twinsies!
  
  studerc said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:34pm ET
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- @TaRDy @studerc Hate to break it to you, guys... but we're consider millennials.
  
  There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.
  
  Thumperchick said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:39pm ET
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- @Thumperchick Shit. Well, i hate our generation. Buncha no good slackers...now, I'll finish this post eventually. Right now, i gotta take some selfies, pictures of food, and overconfindently discuss politics without any real knowledge of the political system.
  
  studerc said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:43pm ET
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- @studerc Every generation has their issues. So get of my lawn, dammit! Or what's left of it, since we can't water our yards anymore here in SoCal.
  
  narfcake said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:50pm ET
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- @Thumperchick boo this quote! This must be my fault.
  
  TaRDy said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:51pm ET
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- @Thumperchick there are no exact dates because old people want to blame too many people for the economy OOPS
  
  Lotsofgoats said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 10:43pm ET
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Ignorant said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 7:02pm ET:

Can I blame @TaRDy for this ?

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- @Ignorant I don't know if it's fair to blame @TaRDy for that.
  
  Thumperchick said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 7:11pm ET
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thismyusername said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:25pm ET:

Seasons Bleetings!!!

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TaRDy said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 9:53pm ET:

Damn you @TaRDy for making me buy those 2 losing scratch tickets today.

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- @TaRDy self scapegoating... is that safe? it might cause a black hole or something...
  
  thismyusername said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 10:15pm ET
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- @thismyusername - Maybe there's an extension for that?
  
  kdemo said Fri, Dec 4th 2015 at 11:29pm ET
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- @thismyusername @TaRDy I think that makes him the master-bleater.
  
  ACraigL said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:15am ET
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- @thismyusername Probably the universe as we know it will just blow up into a different dimension.
  
  Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 1:42pm ET
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MrsBeckett said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 10:55am ET:

I blame @TaRDy that it is now past my due date, and baby is still not here! She seems nice and snug inside of me!

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- Speaking of babys: @Thumperchick How is your pregnancy going?
  
  MrsBeckett said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 10:56am ET
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- @MrsBeckett good! Due date is 2 months from today. I hipe yours decides to vacate soon!
  
  Thumperchick said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:00am ET
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- @MrsBeckett my bad, I told her to take her time arriving and that its ok to be TaRDy. Sometimes I give bad advice.
  
  Also, I do appreciate you considering having her middle name be TaRDy in my goatdom honor.
  
  TaRDy said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:59am ET
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- @TaRDy How late did you tell her to come? She still is nice and snug inside of me!
  
  MrsBeckett said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 4:06pm ET
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- @MrsBeckett - At this rate, she'll be born walking and talking and voting in the daily meh poll.
  
  kdemo said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 4:40pm ET
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- @MrsBeckett I was wondering if she'd made an appearance just yet. How far are you?
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:30pm ET
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- @Thumperchick I'll be 41 weeks on Friday, but unless she decides to appear sooner, I go in for induction tomorrow evening. I keep hoping she'll come on her own, but it doesn't seem that way. I thought it would be Monday night becausw I was almost done with her baby blanket...only had a few more rows to knit! Then thought it would be this afternoon because a friend who is a doula flew back home this afternoon (it was a coincidence she was here)!
  
  MrsBeckett said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:45pm ET
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- @KDemo It sure seems like it!
  
  MrsBeckett said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:46pm ET
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- @MrsBeckett Sorry about that, if I recall correctly, I said something along the lines of "show up late, but not too late that it is so close to Christmas that you ruin your double presents" I think that puts her arriving around the 13th at 00:00 EST (aka midnight). I have arranged Meh to sell a carseat for you on Sunday, but it's a refurb.
  
  TaRDy said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:47pm ET
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- @MrsBeckett In light of your newest post about induction, I assume that means they are getting the plunger out. I'll let her know she better arrive tonight at rollover and we will have to move our meh deal a few days ahead.
  
  TaRDy said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:50pm ET
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- @TaRDy The 13th would be a bad day, anyway. I already have a nephew, brither-in-law, and family friend who is like a brother that have that as a birthday...and I promised my Brother-in-law that I would name her Taylor Swift of she was born on his birthday.
  
  The carseat sounds like a good deal, but will it get here on time for me to bring baby home from the hospital?
  
  MrsBeckett said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 6:04pm ET
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- @MrsBeckett Hope all is going well!
  
  TaRDy said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 3:14am ET
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- @TaRDy It sure did. I would post a picture of her, but I can't figure out how to do it from my phone, so it will have to wait! Stupid goat, making it difficult to post baby pictures on the forum!
  
  MrsBeckett said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 3:49am ET
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- @MrsBeckett congratulations!!!!!
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 4:10am ET
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- @MrsBeckett Congrats!!
  
  narfcake said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 4:15am ET
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- @narfcake @thumperchick Thanks! She is perfect (at least to me!), just like her big sister. I don't know how I managed to create two perfect babies, but I did!
  
  MrsBeckett said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 4:21am ET
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thismyusername said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 7:48pm ET:

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- @thismyusername This ^ is priceless.
  
  Pavlov said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 12:08am ET
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sligett said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 10:02pm ET:

There has not been enough purple recently. I blame @TaRDy. I hope @Barney is well nonetheless.

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- Happy purple to you, @sligett! Yes, we need moar purple.
  
  Barney said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 10:19pm ET
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- @Barney Speaking of purple, if you've got a Red Robin restaurant near you, they've got a Purple Lemonade drink (with free refills!).
  
  dashcloud said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:26pm ET
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- @dashcloud Hey, we've got a Red Robin. I'll have to check that out. Thanks!
  
  Barney said Sat, Dec 5th 2015 at 11:32pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  Work on that @TaRDy
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 9:21am ET
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- @dashcloud @Barney This always goes through my head when I see Red Robin
  
  thismyusername said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 9:53am ET
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- @sammydog01 Aw, I love purple.
  
  Barney said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 11:20am ET
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- @thismyusername Does this mean you are inviting me out to Red Robin? If so, I accept. I want some purple lemonade.
  
  Barney said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 11:21am ET
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- @Barney If only we had teleporters :)
  
  thismyusername said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 12:44am ET
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- @thismyusername Darn it.
  
  Barney said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 6:37am ET
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ceagee said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 3:58am ET:

I blame @taRDy for missing out on online shopping deals. I went to check out an order at Target ( just household stuff nothing exciting, but there were some extra good deals involved) Gremlins removed one of the items b/c the quantity available changed. By the time I got it back in my basket, with a different quantity the deal was dead. Thanks goAt.

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- @ceagee
  
  ceagee said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 4:08am ET
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- @ceagee He saw your shopping cart and bought every available whatever its was.
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Dec 6th 2015 at 9:23am ET
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- @sammydog01 @ceagee I can only confirm and not deny these allegations.
  
  TaRDy said Mon, Dec 7th 2015 at 9:59am ET
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Smitty2525 said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 8:36am ET:

Blaming someone named Tardy for anything seems so unnorthernliberal

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- @cranky1950 I'm sorry you forgot to @ mention me. This is my fault.
  
  TaRDy said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:52pm ET
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- @cranky1950 Blaming a perpetually late-goat isn't offensive at all. Taking this long to do so is @TaRDy's fault.
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Dec 9th 2015 at 5:54pm ET
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narfcake said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 4:16am ET:

It's past 1am here and I'm still not asleep. Curses, @TaRDy!!

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thismyusername said Sun, Dec 13th 2015 at 8:15pm ET:

No idea where I found this (grin) but it's pretty awesome.

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PlacidPenguin said Tue, Dec 15th 2015 at 10:23am ET:

Shipped a medium flat rate box (which includes 2 day shipping) yesterday. First they said it would be delivered the 17th, now they're saying that it'll be delivered the 18th.

I get that there are still people waiting to celebrate holidays, but: lousy goat >_< (@TaRDy)

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- @FroodyFrog Season's Bleatings!
  
  TaRDy said Tue, Dec 15th 2015 at 1:15pm ET
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- @TaRDy
  
  PlacidPenguin said Tue, Dec 15th 2015 at 1:22pm ET
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thismyusername said Fri, Dec 18th 2015 at 10:35pm ET:

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sammydog01 said Fri, Dec 18th 2015 at 11:15pm ET:

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narfcake said Fri, Dec 18th 2015 at 11:57pm ET:

I'm probably overdue in blaming @TaRDy, but it's kinda hard too after this ...

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- @narfcake You bought 53 t-shirts there?
  
  dashcloud said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 10:07am ET
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- @dashcloud Yes. All woot shirts. There will be an upcoming round of "name that shirt".
  
  (We never did get any additional ones from @dave.)
  
  narfcake said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 10:12am ET
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- @narfcake Wow! It must be nice to live in the land of T-shirts. Damn you @TaRDy!
  
  dashcloud said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 10:58am ET
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- @dashcloud Well, SoCal has it's pitfalls too. Like cost of living. And traffic. And more traffic. And even more traffic.
  
  narfcake said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 11:12am ET
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- @narfcake And earthquakes. And brush fires. And mudslides. And even more earthquakes.
  
  sammydog01 said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 11:17am ET
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- @sammydog01
  
  narfcake said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 11:28am ET
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- @narfcake "Name that shirt"... You mean something like Fluffy or Spot or maybe Bob? Bob would be a great name for a shirt!
  
  Barney said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 12:59pm ET
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- @Barney Uh, no. Though if you want to name all my purple shirts ...
  http://shirt.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4439494
  http://shirt.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=4856384
  
  narfcake said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 1:40pm ET
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- @narfcake I bow down to you, Shirt Goat.
  
  Barney said Sat, Dec 19th 2015 at 5:12pm ET
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PlacidPenguin said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 12:48am ET:

What's the rule for blaming the goat if I'm working on something now, but it won't be fully done until the next goat takes the pen?

Would I still be able to blame @tardy, or do I need to wait for the January goat?

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- @FroodyFrog Blame them both!
  
  Thumperchick said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 12:50am ET
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PlacidPenguin said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 12:51am ET:

@tardy - shame on you for making the kind people at Meh have to deal with my rhymes.
Then again, shame that I also have to deal with my rhymes.

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Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 1:49pm ET:

@tardy I blame you for the 1050+ miles drive I did, starting at 7pm until 5am and then again starting at 11am until 9pm (forgetting about the time change - opps, had intended to get here by 8 - that is your fault too) with a car full of cats in a cage (and trust me on this cats do not get laryngitis from continued meowing). Then to top it all off starting to get sick in the middle of the drive... and now it is raining!! Not snowing! And I am 60 miles or so from the Canadian border. In the snow belt no less. And it will not be a white christmas. Bah mehbug to you.

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Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 1:50pm ET:

Christmas tree with goat (Ok @thumperchick how do I get these photos up?)

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/IstolemyGSD/media/dobieintree.jpg.html

Christmas tree with no more goat
https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FsQIZKB8jWMON17cIobhU9VUi0s=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2933604/_80041560_daa99843-c16e-431c-b1b7-1162fdf39bd5.0.jpg

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- @Kidsandliz
  
  With goat:
  
  No more goat:
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 2:03pm ET
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- @Kidsandliz it's the file names. Try to post simple urls without a bunch of special characters in them - and it HAS to end in jpg, gif, png, etc. ending in html is a no go.
  I'd fix it, but @FroodyFrog's got them posted for us!
  
  Thumperchick said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 7:41pm ET
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- @FroodyFrog Thanks for putting these up for me.
  
  Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 9:53pm ET
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- I probably should have titled them Goat and Goat after Christmas dinner LOL. Too late now.
  
  Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 9:54pm ET
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- @Kidsandliz
  
  No problem.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 9:58pm ET
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carl669 said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 2:38pm ET:

FYI... goat simulator is currently on sale at google play store for 99 cents.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator&hl=en

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- @carl669 Sounds like fun, think I'll give it a try. Thanks!
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 3:20pm ET
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- @carl669 purchased! and GoatZ and Surgeon Simulator...damn I went on a bit of a spending spree. I have $35 in google play money still from doing those surveys for a year.
  
  TaRDy said Thu, Dec 24th 2015 at 1:26pm ET
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- @TaRDy
  
  I have sightly less from Google Opinion Rewards. Oh well, at least over time, some apps which i have wanted have gone on sale. (And until some others go on sale, i can go to Amazon and spend my coins there. Then again, with Underground, even that is pointless...)
  
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thismyusername said Mon, Dec 21st 2015 at 11:11pm ET:

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sammydog01 said Tue, Dec 22nd 2015 at 9:47pm ET:

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PlacidPenguin said Fri, Dec 25th 2015 at 12:17pm ET:

I'm mad at you @tardy

A package was guaranteed to be delivered yesterday, and despite being out for delivery, now it's delayed.

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- @FroodyFrog Which delivery company? FedEx is supposedly out today delivering stuff they missed yesterday.
  
  narfcake said Fri, Dec 25th 2015 at 12:20pm ET
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- @narfcake
  
  USPS. Out for delivery yesterday, but that never happened.
  
  Kind of hard for someone to claim that it was delayed because of flood of stuff, but it was in the truck.
  
  Turns out, even though i didn't pay for it, i think I'm getting a credit in the amount of how much the item would have cost o_O
  
  PlacidPenguin said Fri, Dec 25th 2015 at 12:29pm ET
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- @FroodyFrog glad I could be of service.
  
  Season's Bleatings!
  
  TaRDy said Fri, Dec 25th 2015 at 8:54pm ET
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- @TaRDy
  
  Turns out that the money they refunded went to an order which someone placed on my account. Oh well, they got $17 for free.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Sat, Dec 26th 2015 at 5:51pm ET
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sammydog01 said Sat, Dec 26th 2015 at 6:12pm ET:

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somf69 said Sat, Dec 26th 2015 at 9:38pm ET:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/12/25/clayton_the_goat_in_an_elf_costume.html

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- https://www.flickr.com/photos/badastronomy/23907882856/in/album-72157607165535706/
  
  somf69 said Sat, Dec 26th 2015 at 9:51pm ET
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- video of @somf69's post for us lazy types :)
  
  thismyusername said Sat, Dec 26th 2015 at 10:25pm ET
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