Ok, so I was in a long meeting and my mind started to wander. Happy holidays to you and yours – hope you all have a good holiday break and that 2009 is better for all of us.

All together now …

On the first day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me, a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the second day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the third day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the fourth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me a Quad-Core AMD Phenom™ Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the fifth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me – 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the sixth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the seventh day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me  seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the eighth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me, an 8 GB flash drive, seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the ninth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me a 9 mega-pixel SLR camera,  8 GB flash drive, seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the tenth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me 10 iTunes downloads, a 9 mega-pixel SLR camera,  an 8GB flash drive, seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the eleventh day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me 11 YouTube instructional videos, 10 iTunes downloads, a 9 mega-pixel SLR camera, an 8 GB flash drive, seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

On the twelfth day of non-denominational holidays, my true love gave to me, 12 good Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, 11 YouTube instructional videos, 10 iTunes downloads, a 9 mega-pixel SLR camera, an 8 GB flash drive, seven anti-virus patches, a six button mouse, 5.1 stereo sound, a Quad-Core AMD Phenom Processor, three GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card in a brand new AMD-powered PC.

p.s. no prizes for the obvious error!

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