OT: how sad am I?

[Suz]

I'm reading these posts to amuse myself while I wait for the kids to wake up. Too excited to sleep!

[Weatherlawyer]

Light up your life and plug yourself into the chrizma tree you pagan!

It's chrizzmuzz day and the chip shop is closed I'm singinging this song for those with no clothes Feed the wuuurl feeduh wuuurul Donday know its chrizzmuzz?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Isn't that the wrong way round? ;-)

[Weatherlawyer]

Too excited to sleep! I'm reading these posts to amuse myself while I wait for the kids to wake up.

I suppose it is possible but it is hardly likely.

[T i m]

Erm, not sure what you think the 'sad' bit is Suz? ;-)

I had a bit of a lay in (9:30) and our 15yr old will get up when we wake her .. ;-)

We are going to her Sisters for dinner and picking up an old family friend (apparently) on the way. I hope I can find a room away from the main TV so *I* can watch something that interests me (not that there's much chance of anything that hasn't been repeated 100 times already being on). Maybe they will want something fixing ( *real* d-i-y'ers don't take Xmyth day off ) .. let's hope their PC's need defragging or summat! ;-)

Then we just have to get through the relentless sales ads / activity (no fun if you just want to pop in quickly to buy an everyday item) and sense returns for another year ;-)

All the best ..

Humbug ;-)

[Stuart Noble]

Resolve to have nothing to do with the whole thing next year. You'll feel better for it! Just off to the Ruby for Xmas lunch and a bottle of Kingfisher.

[T i m]

Well, we nearly have that now .. just 7 cards this year (a couple up from last year, and three of them were from the local take-away places!) ;-) (We still get one card from a relative to "Tim Julie and family" and she was my last wife of 17 years ago ..)?

No tree, decorations or other fire hazards to take down so that's more d-i-y time saved (keeping on topic lest we offend Mr Bacon) ;-)

You'll

I am / do ;-)

Damn .. I probably have some turkey to 'look forward' and I never ate brussles as a kid so sure ain't gonna start now! Can't even drink to numb myself as I'm driving ... ;-(

Oh well .. enjoy the Ruby Stuart ..

All the best ..

T i m

[Weatherlawyer]

Appropos of nothing much; did anyone here notice that Channel 4 showed A Christless Carol every day last week?

What was that all about? Were they trying for some sort of a record? Or has their programmes director been got at by Five?

Huh! Bumfug.

Now there is a channel. They are showing the Fixmass Drechtures tomorrow and guess what it is about?

Next year: The Naked Santa.

Can't wait.

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Guess what!

The truth About Christmass:

Jesus was born in a stable but all the cute animals were out in the fields -ergo the weather was good. Not only was the weather good but the farming community was expecting it to be good cause they were out there too.

The angels were overjoyed by the situation despite the lack of family planning on the part of their family. Not only were they pleased as punch, they wanted everyone else to be.

And guess what; they were not talking about shopkeepers from Tesco's to Cohen when they said it was going to be "a good thing this Christmass."

Nobody mentioned Christmass trimmings or lights, nobody mentioned Christmas presents, nobody ever heard of turkeys until nearly 1 1/2 thousand years later and nobody would have considered dragging a tree into their house over it.

And I am not just angry cause some little curly haired tosser left me without heating too neither. I am angry because the main concern for one and all at this time of year is the effing furkin weather.

I just wish I knew where the bastard lives that's all. Or had thought to get his van's number. I don't even know the name of his firm. Shit; I'd knock him arse over tip if I could find the 2@!

[Owain]

Thai red chicken curry, frangrant rice and, erm, nan breads, for dinner for me :-)

Owain

[Owain]

Can you not throw pebbles on the roof and pretend they're reindeer hooves?

Owain

[Stuart Noble]

Pretty spooky actually. Two of us and two staff listening to Cliff Richard records in the gathering gloom. Then a commando raid on the grandchildren for an hour (restrict all visits to that and everybody's happy). Over to relatives tonight to tear their turkey apart....