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    • CommentAuthorjodymonkey
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2006 edited
     

    So the post here on Gullible states it would be 30,000 ish for all the items.....
    where did the fact finders find this???

    It was on MSN a few days, maybe a week?? ago with a complete breakdown of what things would cost :
    (I do realize some of these things may be a bit arbitrary, size/karat of gold rings, exact kind of dancing girls )

    One partridge
    $15
    Pear tree
    $89.99
    Two turtle doves
    $40
    Three French hens
    $45
    Four calling birds
    $399.96
    Five gold rings
    $325
    Six geese a-laying
    $300
    Seven swans a-swimming
    $4,200
    Eight maids a-milking
    $41.20
    Nine ladies dancing
    $4,576.14
    10 lords a-leaping
    $4,039.08
    11 pipers piping
    $2,053.20
    12 drummers drumming
    $2,224.30
    Total Christmas Price Index
    $18,348.87

    And the total if you added up every day they say it would be around 75,000.

    Many facts here I am *very* curious where/how they were checked....

    :wink:

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      CommentAuthorcadet
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006
     

    Wrong area of the forum....

    • CommentAuthorjodymonkey
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006
     

    Right after I posted it I wondered whether This was the right part or not......

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    moved... let's hope it doesn't need to get moved again :v:

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006
     

    I'm pretty sure their numbers are arbitrary. How do maids-a-milking come in so very cheap compared to ladies dancing? Obviously, they did not include the dairy cows, right? And why are 9 ladies dancing more expensive than 10 lords a-leaping?

    Also, last time I tried to purchase a swan it was not $600. One can buy an adult mute swan for as little as $50 (less for hatchlings due to freight savings! LOL).

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      CommentAuthorlegatissimo
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006 edited
     

    Can you send me the contact info for your swan supplier? The prices I'm seeing out here (in the District of Columbia) aren't ever lower than about $450.

    Also, I didn't know you could buy them pre-muted. I always just muted them myself.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006
     
    Posted By: Udoboy

    I'm pretty sure their numbers are arbitrary. How do maids-a-milking come in so very cheap compared to ladies dancing? Obviously, they did not include the dairy cows, right? And why are 9 ladies dancing more expensive than 10 lords a-leaping?

    Definitely, no cows were included in the cost of the maids-a-milking. I haven't priced dairy cows lately, but I'm sure that eight of them would cause the cost to increase substantially. The ladies, though, I can explain. The cost of the ball gowns is higher than the cost of the lords' clothing. Isn't that one of the reasons you men always tell us that we're high maintenance? :rolling:

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      CommentAuthorJoshuaU490
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2006
     
    Posted By: jodymonkey

    Nine ladies dancing
    $4,576.14

    That's $508 a lady, I've seen "dancing ladies" for as much as 2,000 dollars and as little as 40, so that one really depends on the quality of the ladies.

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      CommentAuthorbufar
    • CommentTimeDec 13th 2006
     
    Posted By: Athene

    Definitely, no cows were included in the cost of the maids-a-milking.

    Definitely. When the song was written nobody had what we think is a maid (except for monarchs). Maids-a-milking is most likely a reference to wet-nurses.

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      CommentAuthorTaed
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2006
     

    I'm not surprised that the going rate for a British Lord is only about 1/100th that of a US Congressman...

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2006
     
    Posted By: bufar
    Posted By: Athene

    Definitely, no cows were included in the cost of the maids-a-milking.

    Definitely. When the song was written nobody had what we think is a maid (except for monarchs). Maids-a-milking is most likely a reference to wet-nurses.

    This is certainly a possibility, however, I prefer to think of "maid" in terms of the archaic meaning of young girl or maiden.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2006
     

    Ok - after much thinking about this, I looked up the definition of "maid" on dictionary.com. Here it is:
    maid
    noun
    1. a female domestic
    2. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

    If we take maid to be the second definition, the likelihood that the maids-a-miliking were wet nurses becomes even more remote, as in those days an unmarried girl was unlikely to have had children (especially the virginal, unmarried girls), and thus, would not be qualified to be wet nurses. Hence, we have to figure in the cost of the cows, as well as buckets, stools, and any other milking implements required.

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      CommentAuthorFact totum
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007 edited
     
    Posted By: JoshuaU490

    I've seen "dancing ladies" for as much as 2,000 dollars and as little as 40

    I understand there are dancers in NYC whom one needs only give a dollar to.

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    yes, in very class 'clubs' lol

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      CommentAuthorHaoest
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    something is fishy here...

    Oh right trance is not here yet.

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      CommentAuthorbufar
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    That's because this is an old topic that somebody decided to bump.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     
    Posted By: bufar

    That's because this is an old topic that somebody decided to bump.

    10/10 for reading my mind.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     
    Posted By: Haoest

    something is fishy here...

    Oh right trance is not here yet.

    Proves it's not always my fault!

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     
    Posted By: Trance
    Posted By: bufar

    That's because this is an old topic that somebody decided to bump.

    10/10 for reading my mind.

    Posted By: Trance
    Posted By: Haoest

    something is fishy here...

    Oh right trance is not here yet.

    Proves it's not always my fault!

    i said that you're always involved

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    I'm not the scapegoat, remember?

    And you're seldom right!

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    ah... andrés!! its all your fault!!

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    Ah hah!

    I just realised, I'm involved when the subject goes off topic, but it's never solely my fault!

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    yes, and we have our scapegoat so it's all andrés' fault that we go off topic

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    Hey!! May I at least be a scapecat?

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 7th 2007 edited
     
    Posted By: andresoforo

    Hey!! May I at least be a scapecat?

    NO

    Any other questions?

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    How about a scapegecko?

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2007
     

    Maybe a scapearmadillo....

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2007
     

    How about a scapehuman.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    That would be a scapeman.

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     
    Posted By: D League

    That would be a scapeman.

    You sexist pig. Not all humans are men.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    I apologize for my lack of respect to other forms of scapes. There's also scapewomen and Trance.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    We appointed Andrés the scapegoat/human/man!

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     
    Posted By: Trance

    We appointed Andrés the scapegoat/human/man!

    The scapesatyr?

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    Sure!

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      CommentAuthorFact totum
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: D League

    That would be a scapeman.

    You sexist pig. Not all humans are men.

    Hell, not all men are men.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    Not all men are humans.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: Trance

    We appointed Andrés the scapegoat/human/man!

    The scapesatyr?

    Could be a scapefaun, too... Hmmm... Andrés, do you play the pan pipes? Anyway, it's better than a scapechimera!

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     
    Posted By: Athene

    Andrés, do you play the pan pipes? Anyway, it's better than a scapechimera!

    Coincidentally, I have written a symphony for the pan flute, handbells and tuba.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    Wow! If you need someone to help out with the handbell part, count me in - I'd love to hear this symphony!

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    No, I don't play the pan pipes. Besides, the polls where taken offline before the election was closed

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      CommentAuthorcmseagle
    • CommentTimeMar 9th 2007
     

    I vote for a scapevestite.

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2007
     

    ooh i second that vote lol

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2007
     

    andrés already won this vote

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      CommentAuthorcmseagle
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2007
     

    I vote for trance.

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      CommentAuthorcmseagle
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2007
     

    wait, did you really post that before me? or is the forum messing up again?

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2007
     
    Posted By: cmseagle

    I vote for trance.

    I assume you mean me. Why do you vote for me?

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