XMAS?!?!?! Nooooooo!

[PetrolTed]

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=12092773&method=full&siteid=50082

[Windsorphil]

Have the dates been confirmed for this years Xmas then?

[ATG]

Typical of the HSBC. In fact its not for Xmas later this year. They are still processing a backlog of Xmases from previous years due to a member of staff getting confused and stuffing the Xmases down the back of a filing cabinet.

[anonymous-user]

welsh. nuff said!

[CarZee]

Christmas is banned in the CarZee household this year - we're not having it! Humbug.

[JMorgan]

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welsh. nuff said!

English manager's

[Toffer]

Just can't get the staff!

[loudpedal]

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Christmas is banned in the CarZee household this year - we're not having it! Humbug.

explain???

Christmas is magic. Sitting on @rse for 5 days eating brown food and drinking booze.

[nigelbasson]

quote: eating brown food

Did anyone else double take when they read this? Or am I just having one of those bad days at work?

[CarZee]

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quote: Christmas is banned in the CarZee household this year - we're not having it! Humbug.

explain???

Christmas is magic. Sitting on @rse for 5 days eating brown food and drinking booze.

No - sitting on arse for 5 days eating & drinking might be good, but please, no tinsel, no stupid plastic tree, no cards, no religion, no spending money on piss-poor presents that'll be shoved in a drawer and never seen again. And as for the shite on TV, well....

It's an exercise in vapid consumerist gluttonly which serves no spiritual or social purpose anymore & thus is redundant. Move the bank holidays to August.

I don't need an excuse to eat a hearty meal and get pissed with friends & family. I certainly feel no obligation to adhere to an outmoded religious celebration. Tradition is no friend of mine.

So just you enjoy the melee at Lakeside/Meadowhall/MetroCentre/Trafford Centre/Bluewater. Enjoy the jangly music about sleigh bells and santa and just keep paying Slade the royalties for that damned stupid song. It's not for me.

Christmas is about giving all your money away to greedy retailers and not being able to speak to your departmental secretary for a year after drunkenly groping her tits at the office party.

Humbug, Humbug and thrice Humbug.

ps Mrs CarZee knows how I feel about xmas, but I haven't told her about my proposed cancellation of this years event, so I'll probably get my arse kicked when I get home tonight

>> Edited by CarZee on Thursday 8th August 16:16

[M@H]

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quote: eating brown food

Did anyone else double take when they read this? Or am I just having one of those bad days at work?

Yep !

[Windsorphil]

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[Christmas is about giving all your money away to greedy retailers and not being able to speak to your departmental secretary for a year after drunkenly groping her tits at the office party.

I hope she is now the Mrs CarZee that you speak of, or you're in deep st...

[loudpedal]

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quote: eating brown food

Did anyone else double take when they read this? Or am I just having one of those bad days at work?

brown food... cake is brown... chocolate is brown... nuts and raisins...both brown. spuds... brown... turkey... light brown...christmas cake.. brown..
mince pies... brown inside.

get the image?

only exceptions are brussel sprouts and cranberries.

and carrots.

I need to get out more.

[M@H]

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I need to get out more.

Yeah... try green, blue, orange, yellow, and red food

[gnomesmith]

Those of us familiar with Cardiff's Albany Road will not be surprised.

[scruff400]

Hurry folks!! Get those sprouts on now or they won't be done...

[Cotty]

XMAS great like I need an excuse to drink more than I do.

Oh well at least my family know I like cars so will stock up on cleaners, polish, leather (easy), sponges etc

Carzee best thing to do is do all your Xmas shopping on the that way you dont get sleigh bells and santa rammed down your throat

[Big_M]

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Christmas is banned in the CarZee household this year - we're not having it! Humbug.

I wish it was banned in the Big_M household - I hate all those 'Duty Runs' to visit the relatives. Rather be doing something constructive such as redecorating the bedroom but Mr Big likes to veg in front of the box.

How about a PH alternative christmas?

[philshort]

I'd heartily recommend two weeks in Florida over Christmas/New Year. You can't get away from Xmas completely, but it does kind of fade into the background!

[JonRB]

Those of you who cook with an Arga (sp?) should have started cooking your turnkey last week in order for it to be ready by Dec 25th.