{"id":14541,"date":"2011-12-24T19:24:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T00:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2011-12-24T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T00:24:57","slug":"spoiler-warning-presents-christmas-is-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=14541","title":{"rendered":"Spoiler Warning Presents: Christmas is Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"

An email from Rutskarn:<\/p>\n

The computer with the video was laid low by a virus halfway through upload. Please inform the readers of this.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to wear the swearing thing thin, so I should probably cut this e-mail short.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another virus? Really Rutskarn? <\/p>\n

Okay, so we may never see part 2 of this Sherlock Holmes thing. Or maybe we just need to wait until Rutskarn can get his computer to a therapist. <\/p>\n

In the future, here are some handy safety tips:<\/p>\n

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  1. That guy isn’t really the former president of Cairobi, and he doesn’t want to give you a million dollars.\n<\/li>\n
  2. The person who sent that email isn’t a young coed, she’s not anxious to have sexy chat with you, and in fact she’s not actually a woman at all.\n<\/li>\n
  3. That guy with the van isn’t actually inviting you in to give you free candy.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the interest of filling this space and pacifying this crowd of enraged fans, allow me to offer the following gems from YouTube. First is the classic earworm, the tune that was more of an infection than a musical number. When I was a kid, watching this Christmas special in mid-December would mean you’d have this sucker stuck in your head until late February. <\/p>\n