The 2011 "I hate Christmas, Bah Humbug" thread
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My first job was working at Wilkinsons. Nothing wrong with that, except the tannoy that played an infinite loop of FIVE christmas songs that has forever burned into my psyche.
Family lives up country or abroad and since I'm working Xmas Eve and Boxing Day it will just be me and the cat. For some people it sounds unthinkable but to be honest it doesn't bother me that much. Plus the roads are empty so it's the best day of the year for a hoon!
My first job was working at Wilkinsons. Nothing wrong with that, except the tannoy that played an infinite loop of FIVE christmas songs that has forever burned into my psyche.
Family lives up country or abroad and since I'm working Xmas Eve and Boxing Day it will just be me and the cat. For some people it sounds unthinkable but to be honest it doesn't bother me that much. Plus the roads are empty so it's the best day of the year for a hoon!
Fun Bus said:
I see the "I love Christmas" thread has appeared so thought this needed a bump.
Yes, i was just coming here to say that not only has it appeared again but that the OP is being mean about me having to sell a car.Come help me ruin his Xmas joy. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Xmas is great. Barely any presents to buy, so rarely venture into shops, so don't get to hear the s
te xmas music. No horrid screaming brats either. So for me Xmas is all about partying and days off work. I'm.going to Amsterdam and getting st faced and then another few weeks and ill be off work for the best part of a fortnight, getting st faced.
It should help take my mind off being made redundant, anyway
te xmas music. No horrid screaming brats either. So for me Xmas is all about partying and days off work. I'm.going to Amsterdam and getting st faced and then another few weeks and ill be off work for the best part of a fortnight, getting st faced.It should help take my mind off being made redundant, anyway
I'm so far in I'm smashing christmas' back teeth out
Dont particularly mind it, but could do with out hearing slade a million times, could do without simon bloody cowfk cowell pimping his music drones for christmas number 1 (I hope someone has a push to get some obscure nonsense to number 1 instead), could do without the cheese and the crummy TV, could do without spending money on presents which 9/10 are useless or will never get used.
Im not that old, a decade ago I would of been quite excited for christmas. Now I would be perfectly happy going home to see my mum n dad, having some decent nosh and then sitting on the sofa with a hand permanently dipped in a tin of quality street.
fk presents. fk shopping for presents (way too stressful).
Dont particularly mind it, but could do with out hearing slade a million times, could do without simon bloody cowf
k cowell pimping his music drones for christmas number 1 (I hope someone has a push to get some obscure nonsense to number 1 instead), could do without the cheese and the crummy TV, could do without spending money on presents which 9/10 are useless or will never get used.Im not that old, a decade ago I would of been quite excited for christmas. Now I would be perfectly happy going home to see my mum n dad, having some decent nosh and then sitting on the sofa with a hand permanently dipped in a tin of quality street.
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k presents. fk shopping for presents (way too stressful).louiebaby said:
I like cycling, but half the fun of getting something new for that is researching, finding the best thing for the job, and getting a good deal on the price somewhere.
I like cars, but I don't want an autobiography from someone to do with cars, or another Top Gear spin off, merchandising, money grabbing piece of st.
It's not that I'm ungrateful, I just wish people would spend their hard earned money on stuff they want for themselves, so I can too.
I completely agree with this. Why does everyone waste their money buying others tat that is not needed all becuase its jeebus's birthday. I like cars, but I don't want an autobiography from someone to do with cars, or another Top Gear spin off, merchandising, money grabbing piece of s
t.It's not that I'm ungrateful, I just wish people would spend their hard earned money on stuff they want for themselves, so I can too.
Fun Bus said:
What gets me is the money people spend when they don't have it. The OH's brother and his wife are fked financially - started an IVA earlier in the year and recently received a court summons for non-payment of council tax. They treat her (well, their) Dad as a fking bank. He got to £3k of 'loans' this year (so far) and stopped adding up so as not to depress himself - fortunately he's not short of a few quid. The OH's Brother's M-I-L BORROWS - yes, BORROWS money EVERY year to pay for Christmas and then spends the following year paying off the loan before taking out another for the next Christmas.
Despite this. On 3 kids. They've (excluding their M-I-L) so far spent £500 on presents - and haven't finished yet apparently. It fking pisses me right off. I'm very firm with the OH that we never loan them a penny as she has before and has never seen it again. I work hard for me, not to bail out others time and time again.
Soon after my wife left me I fell on hard times. I remember one Christmas where I admitted to people I'm not flush so not spending much - I think my Mum asked me to buy her nothing in fact. It didn't do me any harm.
can't see how all this impacts on you at all tbh.ked financially - started an IVA earlier in the year and recently received a court summons for non-payment of council tax. They treat her (well, their) Dad as a fking bank. He got to £3k of 'loans' this year (so far) and stopped adding up so as not to depress himself - fortunately he's not short of a few quid. The OH's Brother's M-I-L BORROWS - yes, BORROWS money EVERY year to pay for Christmas and then spends the following year paying off the loan before taking out another for the next Christmas. Despite this. On 3 kids. They've (excluding their M-I-L) so far spent £500 on presents - and haven't finished yet apparently. It f
king pisses me right off. I'm very firm with the OH that we never loan them a penny as she has before and has never seen it again. I work hard for me, not to bail out others time and time again.Soon after my wife left me I fell on hard times. I remember one Christmas where I admitted to people I'm not flush so not spending much - I think my Mum asked me to buy her nothing in fact. It didn't do me any harm.
my xmas is still going perfectly fine. not heard a single xmas song or seen a single xmas advert or chavved up xmas lights. not going home so no need to go present shopping and won't be getting any unwanted gifts.
what i do have is enough booze to sink a ship, so game on!
I can tolerate Christmas but I have a few rules
The only Christmas song allowed is Fairytale of New York
The only Christmas film allowed is Die Hard
The only thing I find worse than having Christmas rammed down my throat is the boxing day sales. Seriously who wants to spend boxing day, not with your family, but stampeding through a shopping centre trying to find a bargain on some overpriced tat?
The only Christmas song allowed is Fairytale of New York
The only Christmas film allowed is Die Hard
The only thing I find worse than having Christmas rammed down my throat is the boxing day sales. Seriously who wants to spend boxing day, not with your family, but stampeding through a shopping centre trying to find a bargain on some overpriced tat?
Adenauer said:
Our neighbours have just put an illuminted Reindeer in their front garden, I noticed it last night when I looked out of the Kitchen window, it's just like this 
Hmm. Do you have a lifesize inflatable doll you could lie under its nose in an "appropriate" position?Photoshop expert required...
deeen said:
Adenauer said:
Our neighbours have just put an illuminted Reindeer in their front garden, I noticed it last night when I looked out of the Kitchen window, it's just like this
Hmm. Do you have a lifesize inflatable doll you could lie under its nose in an "appropriate" position?Photoshop expert required...
0a said:
deeen said:
Adenauer said:
Our neighbours have just put an illuminted Reindeer in their front garden, I noticed it last night when I looked out of the Kitchen window, it's just like this
Hmm. Do you have a lifesize inflatable doll you could lie under its nose in an "appropriate" position?Photoshop expert required...
I know from experience that the kind of person who puts up xmas lights this early really hates it when people play with them.
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