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2006-12-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by .com 2006-12-24 11:13|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's very cool - I remember as a kid watching the radar track on a black-n-white TV at Grandma's in Fallon, NV. I don't think LA or San Diego TV ever showed it...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-24 11:54|| 2006-12-24 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Golly, I hope they won't shoot him down. Hey, guys, he's no threat, really, let him be, and that goes too for that Rudolph guy.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-24 15:59|| 2006-12-24 15:59|| Front Page Top

#3 By the time, any chance they could give me an holler when Santa comes to visit me? I have ordered adult toys on the internet, and so far, nothing has arrived yet, and I really, really need my penis pump/vaccuum developer if I am to eventually start a career in gay porn. Thanks in advance.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-24 16:02|| 2006-12-24 16:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Interestingly, this started when a local department store published an ad inviting children to call to find where Santa was. There was a typo, and the phone number in the ad was that of NORAD's predecessor agency. When the agency got calls from children asking where Santa was, a quick-thinking officer started providing offical reports, and they maintained the custom ever since.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-24 16:16|| 2006-12-24 16:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I had never heard that Eric, what an interesting story. Quirky traditions are the spice of life.

Posted by ryuge 2006-12-24 19:05|| 2006-12-24 19:05|| Front Page Top

#6 From the Wikipedia story:

In 1955, a Colorado Springs-based Sears store ran an advertisement encouraging children to call Santa Claus on a special telephone hotline. Due to a printing error, the phone number that was printed was the hotline for the Director of Operations at the Continental Air Defense (CONAD). Colonel Harry Shoup took the first Santa call on Christmas Eve of 1955 from a six-year old boy who began reciting his Christmas list. Shoup didn't find the call funny, but after asking the mother of the second caller what was happening, then realizing the mistake that occurred, he instructed his staff to give Santa's position to any child who called in[1].

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-24 21:36|| 2006-12-24 21:36|| Front Page Top

#7 *sniff* I was that first caller. Shoup crushed me. After decades of self-medicated therapy I've finally found peace. The experiences made me stronger. In that roundabout way I want to thank CONAD, GONAD, NORAD, and modern lithium-based pharmaceuticals for making me such a nice motherfucker.

/little charlie manson

Posted by .com 2006-12-24 21:50|| 2006-12-24 21:50|| Front Page Top

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