The 'I Hate Christmas' Thread.

[BruceV8]

Call me a curmudgeonly old git if you will, but I've never been a big fan of Christmas.

It starts earlier and earlier as each year passes. I saw my first Christmas stuff in the shops in September. The shops fill with pointless overpriced tat to buy for ingrates.

People with more money than taste decorate the outside of their houses. It looks like some ghastly incandescent ogre has vomited his luminous breakfast over their facades.

People you don't know, or like, or care if they live or die, pretend to be friendly just because its the time of year for goodwill to all men - apparently. Where does the goodwill go for the remainder of the year?

I'm an atheist, so the religious significance of it all escapes me. It escapes most other people as well but, I suspect, for different reasons.

The radio is full of annoyingly rubbish songs that would never see the light of day were it not for the annual insanity that descends upon us.

Its only redeeming features are the Christmas piss-ups. But as I drink most weekends anyway, it makes no difference to me. They bring out the worst Christmas feature of all: The pubs fill up with amatuers. People like you and I, who drink to excess all year round generally know how how to behave ourselves with a few bevvies on us. Not these clowns. They'll be rolling around on the carpet, or embracing strangers in unwanted festive hugs. On the plus side, there is the preponderance of silly drunken ofice girls who launch themselves on an unsuspecting public at the end at their annual disappointing office party. But even that can become tiresome after a while.

All in all its all too false, its all too forced and if I could I would hibernate.

[BruceV8]

sleep envy said:

BruceV8 said:

People like you and I, who drink to excess all year round generally know how how to behave ourselves with a few bevvies on us.

fabrication!!

I saw you in DDs

I did say 'generally'.

[BruceV8]

V8mate said:

BruceV8 said:

Call me a curmudgeonly old git if you will, but I've never been a big fan of Christmas.

Oh I don't know; I think you'd make a lovely little fairy for the top of the tree.

Thats another reason I hate Christmas. Takes ages to get those pine needles out of my pineapple fritter.

[BruceV8]

snowy slopes said:

V8mate said:

snowy slopes said:

I think this i hate christmas club, should be renamed
' the i hate everything, but right now its christmas club'

I dont see christmas as a time for gifts,food,getting drunk etc, i see it as the one time of the year most of my family meets up and we get time to spend talking and having a laugh together.

Like poor people do?

You're a card sir, why i remember back when you was a nipper see, your old dad used to bring you in to the engine shed, and we used to give you some of our cock so we did sir.

EF made up A

[BruceV8]

daemon said:

BruceV8 said:

I'm an atheist, so the religious significance of it all escapes me. It escapes most other people as well but, I suspect, for different reasons.

I would describe you as a 'normal person'. I hate the atheist tag as its used by religion to define us.

Personally i'm Anti-theist.

Edited by daemon on Thursday 2nd December 14:59

I'm not anti-thesist. The theists can be as religious as they like, for all I care. I just don't want them to involve me in it.

[BruceV8]

snowy slopes said:

So bruce, just out of interest, if you were doing some work on your car, slipped and sliced your hand open, would you
a) shout "oh random and outdated concept on a crutch"

or

b) "jesus fking christ on a crutch"

"fk me ragged sideways over over a barrel with a big stty roll of loft insulation!" Or words to that effect.

[BruceV8]

snowy slopes said:

BruceV8 said:

snowy slopes said:

So bruce, just out of interest, if you were doing some work on your car, slipped and sliced your hand open, would you
a) shout "oh random and outdated concept on a crutch"

or

b) "jesus fking christ on a crutch"

"fk me ragged sideways over over a barrel with a big stty roll of loft insulation!" Or words to that effect.

Okay, so what about if someone for a laugh ops a bag behind you whilst doing some training, you wouldnt utter any words that might have a religious theme, like christ,hell etc??

Use of a word doesn't necessarily imply belief. I once said "Christ, I woke up next to a right dragon this morning". It doesn't mean I believe in God and his son any more than I believe in winged fire breathing giant reptiles.

Hippocrocapigafrogs don't exist in any zoological sense either.

[BruceV8]

KaraK said:

Mobile Chicane said:

I hate Christmas. It's a miserable time of year to be single, and I don't have any family.

For me visiting the family is worse, having Christmas dinner with my brother, his wife, his wife's parents, his wife's brother and his girlfriend highlights my single status somewhat. Add to this my housemates (who are a couple) having a romantic christmas day "just the two of them" and all my other mates spending the time with their partner/spouse and it pretty much just serves to underline the fact that I'm going to die alone.

Opposite problem. I come from a big family who are spread all over the UK. They all extend invites for Christmas day, but if I accept one I upset the rest. So I volunteered to be on duty instead. Bliss!

[BruceV8]

Poledriver said:

a giant turkey drumstick

They're ace! I have them quite often. I like turkey as a cheaper and more flavoursome alternative to chicken, so even the traditional Christmas dinner isn't that special to me - although I do like it.

Edited by BruceV8 on Friday 3rd December 13:08

[BruceV8]

Fun Bus said:

the tt in my office who has worn a different Santa hat everyday since Monday - grow-up FFS; you're not funny.

I feel for you, you've got one of these:



These people should be sanded to death, with a not very powerful belt sander.