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marty998

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A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« on: December 24, 2015, 12:08:48 AM »
You can see I have way to much time on my hands. Feel free to add to the Christmas cheer with your own carol.

Merry Christmas everyone.

(God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)

God rest ye merry 'stachians
who save up all their pay
The FIRE we desire
won’t come this Christmas day
Invest the lot to grow your pot
And hear us when we say
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

From Sydney to Vancouver
Landladies and Landlords
We pay our costs and interest
And hope the values soar
Before we sell and cash our chips
So we can cut the cord
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

In ETF’s our faith is placed
We’ve no one else to blame
The stockmarket is falling
Keep buying all the same
How that in New York City
Lies fortune and lies fame
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

Fear not then, said the Mustache Man
Let’s reach a greater height
This day’s the day you’ll go and set
Your savings rate alight
To free all those who trust one day
In FIRE’s own delight
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

The forumites a listening
Kept in the back of mind
Delaying Christmas purchases
For pay-back in kind
We smiled and waved at the excess
With healthy pockets lined
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

With Christmas cheer our bellies full
Of salmon, bream and cray
We’ve saved enough to pay the loans
And never went astray
So now we spend on what we like
And deal with come what may
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

We watch the flow of dividends
We all pick up the pace
We bank all of the rental cheques
And cruise to end of race
You cross the tape and raise your glass
And FIRE’s what you face
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2015, 12:50:53 AM »
Fabulous!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2015, 01:06:40 AM »
Remember that Mustashians
Do all their wants eschew,
And try to live a simple life
Where purchases are few.
Necessities we buy in bulk
And never one or two.
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

We bicycle to places near.
Or walk, or run, you see
We never buy a car that's new
And NOT an SUV!
We live near work so we can walk
and go to shop for free
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2015, 02:18:39 AM »
Oh Marty. You're a genius. I sang it aloud and everything.

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2015, 02:59:28 AM »
Fabulous!

Oh Marty. You're a genius. I sang it aloud and everything.

aww thank you both, glad you like it :)

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2015, 03:08:24 AM »
I liked it too - that's why I tried to add a couple of verses.

Then when the time does come quickly
And we can say FI
We look round at all our comerades
And bid them all good-bye!
If any ask how it is done
We cheerfully can cry..
Oh tidings of compounded joy, compounded joy
Oh tidings of compounded joy

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2015, 03:21:13 AM »
Just brilliant, mate.

Merry Christmas.

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2015, 03:40:54 AM »

Dashing through the snow,
On a secondhand push bike,
Over hills we go,
Badassing through the lights,


Mustache growing long,
Slow cooker on high,
Oh, the fun, to calculate
My new net worth tonight!

Ohhhhhhhh..... (Someone help me out here)

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2015, 04:51:09 AM »
I love this. Big smiles over here on Christmas Eve. :) Thanks guys!!!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2015, 03:47:13 PM »
Lets see what we can do with this...


Dashing through the snow,
On a secondhand push bike,
Over hills we go,
Badassing through the lights,


Mustache growing long,
Slow cooker on high,
Oh, the fun, to calculate
My new net worth tonight!

Ohhhhhhhh..... (Someone help me out here)

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to sell a ten bagger today, hey

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to write my spreadsheets up today!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2015, 03:54:54 PM »
I prefer a slight modification...

FIRE bells, FIRE bells
FIRE all the way
Oh what fun it is to sell a ten bagger today, hey

FIRE bells, FIRE bells
FIRE all the way
Oh what fun it is to write my spreadsheets up today!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2015, 04:22:29 PM »
Haha, love it ( though I had to Google ten bagger!) Merry Xmas x

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2015, 02:14:35 AM »
Haha, love it ( though I had to Google ten bagger!) Merry Xmas x

Merry Christmas too 11 ducks... ooh ooh ooh..

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me... 11ducks a singing...

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2015, 07:30:07 AM »
Well done Marty and everyone else who participated with their creativity! Merry Christmas! :)

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2015, 07:58:55 AM »
Awesome.  Love it Marty, and deborah's additions were great also!

I actually wrote a rhyming poem yesterday, but nothing to do with Christmas, just for fun, so I know how difficult it can be.  Well done!  :)
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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2015, 11:06:12 AM »
Good stuff, has some chuckles!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2015, 11:13:50 AM »
Love this! Thanks for posting!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2015, 11:41:59 AM »
Awesome!!

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Re: A Christmas Carol (MMM style)
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2015, 09:58:54 AM »
OMG this is amazing!!  My husband has been singing it around the house all week :D