Merry Christmas - someone had to say it

[The Medway Handyman]

I'm not negative. I'm positive they are both fuckwits.

[Tim Lamb]

Kids heading your way on Boxing day: if I can get them to Heathrow and it is actually operational!

regards

[stuart noble]

It's only a credit card festival. Hang your stocking on the barby and romp in the fake snow

[D.M.Chapman]

Same to all (including dennis and IMM - what's happened to him anyway?)

Maplin as pimping a nice present he might like - still time for him to pick one up from his local store apparantly:

[Tim Watts]

Drivel was wibbling here the other day...

[Tim Watts]

Wish you luck - the constant warnings on the Picadilly line this morning made Heathrow sound like a warzone:

"Only travel if you have absolute confirmation your flight is flying..."

[Peter Twydell]

In message , D.M.Chapman writes

Looking forward to Christmas even less than usual. 20 miles down the M1 to Brat 1's MiL for the 25th, then 100-ish miles to Harwich to catch the

23.15 ferry to the Hook of Holland on the 26th. NL temperature forecast to be -7 to -9 for the 110 mile drive on Monday morning. Oh joy.

[Lino expert]

Felicitations all round, if I might make so bold.

c",)

[fred]

In article , Jim White writes

Just for you :-)

[ARWadsworth]

I'll probably just be pissed.

I have already been told to find something useful to do. Apparently teaching the girlfriends lad how to open chocolates off the Cristmas tree and fold the empty wrapper up before putting it back on the tree is not useful.

[stuart noble]

I think you'll make a fine step dad

[Dave]

I hate Christmas these days. It has been over commercialised in recent years and has lost a lot of quality from it as a result.

Wife went to Portsmouth on Saturday morning, with one of our Nephews driving. She arrived at 11-00 pm plus. I would have advised her to stay overnight here and set off early Sunday morning, but there is no telling her. The gritting would have been done better and the traffic would have flowed better.

There is nothing for me to do down there except drink. TV is out of the question because of the noise of 4 females. Mother, daughter and two g daughters.

Anyway, there is no reason for anyone else to not enjoy Christmas and I sincerely hope you all will.

Dave, not a Scrooge :-)

[Clive George]

Books, games, walks, heck, even conversation and playing with the rest of the family. With a bit more preparation, internet (use a USB dongle if your host doesn't have a suitable connection).

Take your sharp things with you and have a few hours honing?

That box of mixed useful things - take that and sort it out?

I think I might be turning into my mum :-)

[Adrian C]

A Merry Alcohol content to everyone and those standing beside / aside.

*whoosh*

;-)

[Dave]

Can't concentrate in the presence of a female voice.

The only walks are the extremely cold ones and considering I have lost most of my body fat over the last 2 years, a walk could kill me.

I have one of those, but with 4 women in the room, I ain't going to concentrate.

Takes me about 10 minutes to do the whole of the kitchen knives to a razor sharp edge.

I'll stay at home, if you don't mind.

Dave

[The Medway Handyman]

Ohhh Errr Missus....

[Ron Lowe]

And a Merry Xmas to all too.

I'll either be in Val D'Isere, or sleeping in Edinburgh airport.

[Clive George]

Not even Charlotte Green? (actually, I probably can't concentrate with that voice)

That's written in a way which makes it sound bad - if so, commiserations. (I had the luck of being a skinny bastard in the first place, and with suitable clothes can cope with most cold.)

When I'm at the in-laws, there's typically several children running around plus various adult siblings - yet I can normally find somewhere quiet if needs be.