Thread: Is there a Santa?

Come on, ya gotta believe! I mean, if you can handle flying furry animals, then it's only a small step to the rest! For example:

1. As admitted, it is possible that a flying reindeer can be found. I would agree that it would be quite an unusual find, but they might exist.

2. You've relied on cascading assumptions. For example, you have assumed a uniform distribution of children across homes. Toronto/Yorkville, or Toronto/Cabbagetown, or other yuppie nieghborhoods, have probably less than the average (and don't forget DINK and SINK homes (Double Income No Kids, Single Income No Kids)), while families with 748 starving children that they keep showing on Vision TV while trying to pick my pocket would skew that 15% of homes down a few percent.

3. You've also assumed that each home that has kids would have at least one good kid. What if anti-selection applies, and homes with good kids tend to have more than their share of good kids, and other homes have nothing but terrorists in diapers? Let's drop that number of homes down a few more percent.

4. Santa would have to FedEx a number of packages ahead of time, since he would not be able to fly into Air Force bases, or into tower-controlled areas near airports. He'd get shot at over certain sections of the Middle East. and the no-fly zones in Iraq, so he'd probably use DHL there. Subtract some more homes.

5. I just barely passed Physics and only read Stephen Hawking's book once, but I recall that there is some Einsteinian Theory that says time does strange things as you move faster. In fact, when you go faster than the speed of light, time runs backward, if you do a straight line projection, connect the dots and just ignore any singularity you might find right at the speed of light. And don't say you can't go faster than the speed of light because I've seen it done on TV. Jean-Luc doesn't have reindeer but he does have matter-antimatter warp engines and a holodeck and that's good enough for me. So Santa could go faster than the speed of light, visit all the good children which are not uniformly distributed by either concentration in each home or by number of children per household, and get home before he left so he can digest all those stale cookies and warm milk. Yech!

6. Aha, you say. Jean-Luc has matter-antimatter warp engines, Santa only has reindeer. Where does he get the power to move that fast?
-You- calculated the answer! The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy. Per second. Each. This is an ample supply of energy for the maneuvering, acceleration, etc., that would be required of the loaded sleigh. The reindeer don't evaporate or incinerate because of this energy, they accelerate. What do you think they have antlers for, fighting over females? Think of antlers as furry solar arrays panels.

7. If that's not enough, wathc the news on the 24th at 11 o'clock. NORAD (which may be one of the few government agencies with more than 3 initials in it's name and therefore it must be more trustworthy than the rest) tracks Santa every year and I've seen radar shots of him approaching my house from the direction of the North Pole. They haven't shot him down yet, so they must believe too, right?

That Is Great

Good one.
Jean Luc Picard drinks very hot Earl Grey Tea. The guy must know something.

very intresting. im jewish though lol

Nice one Kate,

But this year there won't be a SANTA CLAUS......LOL

Because you told him you were good this whole year...!!!!......SO HE DIED LAUGHING........LMAO

lol Kate.....You are a child at heart, Santa will surely be bringing you something extra special.

lol... clanffa I don't think it matters what religion you are to appreciate good humor... Good one Kate

Originally Posted by clanffa

very intresting. im jewish though lol

Oh thats cool! happy Hanukkah! funny man santa is...jolly some say!..lol

Originally Posted by C L

lol Kate.....You are a child at heart, Santa will surely be bringing you something extra special.

n'awe, thats true.... Ive met grown ups and just dont want to be one...lol
hopefully the man has run out of coal this year...thats getting old...lol

Lol

We already got our radar hats on around here. NORAD is here in Colorado Springs and the tracking station is awesome! We get first word of where he is on Christmas Eve! (just kidding)...But I think is Cool that NORAD is known all over the world as the place that tracks Santa!!!

SANTAS DEAD LONG LIVE THE DEVIL I SAY

ITS PAGANISM GONE WRONG LEAVE IT ALONE ITS EVIL

lol ............ Well I never did believe ....

All I ever thought was we would buy all the gifts and this supposedly "Jolly Old Fella" .... would get all the credit .....

exactly its another christian belief gone mad took over by toysrus lmao

st nicholas ???? father christmas???? christ mass???????? santa claus?????? just who is this man with an identity crisis?????

Originally Posted by allstarfaces

exactly its another christian belief gone mad took over by toysrus lmao

st nicholas ???? father christmas???? christ mass???????? santa claus?????? just who is this man with an identity crisis?????

That's right I agree ..... and don't you dare start saying Santa is a woman ..... lol ....

It would only ever be a man .... lol ....

Being pulled by Reindeer

Give me a break ..... lol