{"id":27237,"date":"2014-12-24T19:17:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T00:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=27237"},"modified":"2014-12-24T19:17:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T00:17:56","slug":"twas-the-night-before-christmas-2014-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=27237","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Twas the Night Before Christmas 2014 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twas the Night Before Christmas 2014 Edition<\/strong>
\nBy: MTK<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the sim<\/address>\n
Sire prices were inflated the pickings were slim.<\/address>\n
The 2015 shared mare rush being planned with precision and care;
\nIn hopes that graded winner glory soon would be there.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
The sim addicts, chat bots and lurkers all nestled snug in their beds,
\nWhile degenerates Given, Cadet, and random aussies ploted hot racing ahead;
\nThe stakes were high at least twenty five dollars no less
\nWinning horses claim street cred, losers face auction distress.<\/address>\n
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When out on the track arose such a clatter,
\nThat the always hammered MTK awoke to see the matter
\nDan had won but was was cursing to Robbie’s delight
\nThe aussies had no cash and tried to pay with vegemite.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
The message boards awoke with a lot of post race hissing
\nJust like in previous years horses ran but came back missing
\nQuestions were asked and theories were lobed
\nJust ST BILLGULCH testing they weren’t alien anal probed.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
Now a middle age sim genius, with fast growing tykes
\nWe knew it was ST BILLGULCH otherwise known as Mike
\nLike the Call to the Races his players they came,
\nAnd he whistled, and shouted and called them by name<\/address>\n
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Now, Lenny ! now, Daniel! hey Skunker and padre!
\nOn, Dixie! now Donny, Frankster, redhill and mlot
\nAt the top of the lane they all made a plead
\nBegging St Bill Gulch for a graded winning stratch breed.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
Pulling hard to the left, ST BILLGULCH gave a sigh
\nAs Slower lower Desperado and Gowans came flying by
\nSo up on the roof top the horses they flew
\nWith the sleigh full of soon to expired sire shares and ST BILLGULCH too.<\/address>\n
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And then as a clanking was heard on the roof
\nThe prancing and pawing of each pixalated hoof.
\nAs I looked at the message boards the sim’s future was bright
\nOnly complaints of automated Eclipses, George Orwell was right!<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
He was dressed all in old forms from his head to his hat,
\nAnd unanswered e-mails stuffed in his sack.
\nWith a bundle of programs, a brown bag he had a tight grip,
\nHe started to stagger and slur like Dr. Dipper lip.<\/address>\n
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His eyes now glassy but the sim is stable and thriving
\nThe game is easy to use and new players are arriving
\nHis wake was crowded with touts in the know
\nBargies knightmare and dragnil and the newbies causing his coffers to grow.<\/address>\n
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An old sim racing form he held tight to his chest,
\nTrying to win credits by deciphering a sim contest.
\nBTB is better than ever thanks to gcliffo, emmy and roxy
\nThat squirrelly rodent runs the show she’s practially Mike’s proxy<\/address>\n
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He was chubby and plump, like a retired old jock
\nAnd resembled a pauper who was just out of hock.
\nWith a wink of his eye and a slap of his knee
\nHe added functionality and new sires with glee.<\/address>\n
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He spoke not a word but kept straight at his work,
\nErasing and coding he then turned with a jerk,
\nAnd laying his finger on the database with joy
\nHe had an satisfied grimace the game was his toy.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
Sire ratings are done and announced with great care
\nUpgrades and downgrades discussed with great fan fare.
\nCity Zip, Pioneers and Starspangledbanners
\nO’Reilly for Ed but my downgraded shares where are Mike’s manners?<\/address>\n
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Now back to the rooftop, to his team gave hollar
\nA Galileo he bred with his last sim dollar
\nI heard him exclaim, then he drove out of sight,
\nThanks for simming ya’all and TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018           Twas the Night Before Christmas 2014 Edition By: MTK \u2018Twas the night before Christmas,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27244,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27237\/revisions\/27244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}