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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan ...Is Santa Lavery Real?

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair Of course he is! Just like the Easter Lavery and the Dave Fairy! (Oooh. That was low...) :D

The night before Kickoff
A parody of "The Night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore

'Twas the night before Kickoff, when all through the house
not a FIRSTer was stirring, not even a mouse.
The wrenches were hung by the robot with care,
in hopes that St. Lavery soon would be there.

The mentors were nestled all snug in their beds,
while dreams of the Beast scored in their heads.
And Mentors in their team shirts, and I in my FIRST cap,
had just settled our brains for a pre-kickoff nap.

When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like an AndyMark,
tore open the shutter, and looked out into the dark.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
gave the lustre of midday to tetras below,
when, what to my wondering eyes should enter,
but a 'way and eight prominent CD posters.

With a little old driver, so lively and spry
I knew in a moment it must be St. Lavery.
More rapid than Ship date, his coursers they came,
and he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Martus! Now Morrison!
Now, Leung and Leverette!
On, Baker! On, Neun!
On, Clock and Kangasbapathy!
To the top of the bar!
To the top of the ramp!
Now dash away! Dash away!
Dash away all!"

As old clovers that before 2006 game fly,
when they meet with an tetra, mount to the sky
so up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
with the sleigh full of hints, and St. Lavery too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
the prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning around,
down the chimney St. Lavery came with a bound.

He was dressed all in hawaiin print, from his head to his foot,
and his clothes were all tarnished with magic smoke and soot.
A bundle of aluminum he was holding on his mitt ,
and he looked like a rookie just opening his Kit.
His eyes--how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a baton he held tight in his teeth,
and the mystery of it encircled his head like a wreath.

He was photoshopped just right, a right jolly old elf,
and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
soon gave me to know I had nothing dread.*

He spoke lots of hints, but went straight to his work,
and filled all the kits, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.

He sprang to his segway, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Kickoff to all, and to all a good night!"

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair Haha, thats ironic... http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...49&postcount=8

Originally Posted by Big Mike ive been a good boy i havent bearhugged anyone this year (except for kressly... and copioli but copioli started it :-p)

Originally Posted by dlavery <sigh> A lump of coal just won't do it any more. I'm gonna give you all negative rep points in your stockings for Christmas.... :ahh:

Originally Posted by dubious elise Just out of curiosity, what kind of vehicle does Santa Lavery use? ...

Originally Posted by Big Mike ive been a good boy i havent bearhugged anyone this year (except for kressly... and copioli but copioli started it :-p)

Originally Posted by Big Mike ive been a good boy i havent bearhugged anyone this year (except for kressly... and copioli but copioli started it :-p)

Originally Posted by sciguy125 Most of you are engineers, you should know better than this. If Lavery Claus existed, he'd be dead by now. Actually, his segway might protect him. There's no way he could hold on with 17,000 g's. He might be better off than Santa.

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet On that note, please see the physics behind why Santa is real. I'm sure Lavery Claus is the same

Originally Posted by Erin Rapacki Dear Lavery Clause, I've been a very good girl this year, so for Kickoff-Day I want a: - photoshopped picture of you as an umpa-loompa

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock Courtesy of Heidi.

Originally Posted by Adam Richards Thread created automatically to discuss this image in the Picture Gallery.

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock As a newly self-appointed elf, I can grant that one. Courtesy of Heidi.

Originally Posted by phrontist six-sigma? I always thought it was sigma-six...

Six Sigma at many organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection. Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving towards six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process -- from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303 All I want for [del]christmas[/del] [ins]kick-off[/ins] is for Microchip to give up on MPLAB and go with Eclipse instead. The more I try to make it work better, the worse it gets.