Queue on 15/12/2010 at 15:28
Christmas....
Bah! Humbug!
I'm ready to choke the next bell ringer I see, and see just how much of their body I can stuff in the fucking kettle.
fett on 15/12/2010 at 16:04
Standing in line Toys R Us last night with a credit card that inexplicably got denied, no cash, and a brand new bank card with no PIN number because my bank got hacked last month. Hanna Moncarly or some shit blaring on the speakers, kids wiping boogers on the last two packages of Silly Bands (Sushi? What kid (other than mine) gives a shit about Sushi?), borked rewards card, then fighting through a 22 degrees parking lot because some asshats without handicapped tags took all the handicapped spots. Got so cold I threw up for an hour when I got home and then realized I bought two of the same thing in the mad rush to get the fuck out of there.
I like Christmas but fuck this gift-buying bullshit. Everyone gets a friendly note and a twenty spot next year. Ho ho ho.
fett on 15/12/2010 at 16:11
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Soon I will enjoy my fifth Christmas in the sun... the fun filled day of swimming, presents, barbecuing, drinking, sweating and generally loving life.
Wow - has it been 5 years already? It doesn't seem that long. I'm old.
Queue on 15/12/2010 at 19:38
Quote Posted by fett
I like Christmas but fuck this gift-buying bullshit. Everyone gets a friendly note and a twenty spot next year. Ho ho ho.
The kids get two gifts each, and nothing over $30.00 (or some trendy horseshit that will be forgotten in six months) for each gift. The wife and I, as well as the rest of our families, don't exchange gifts and haven't in years.
I think I lost the "meaning of Christmas" back when people were rioting and trampling each other over Cabbage Patch Dolls. The season really exemplifies asinine consumerism at its finest, and we prefer not to be part of the herd. Honestly, what kid needs more than two gifts to know that you love them?
Stitch on 15/12/2010 at 19:47
You state a lot of obvious shit but get it all spectacularly wrong, Queue.
Renzatic on 15/12/2010 at 19:50
Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only good things I have to look forward to during the winter months, besides the first days of spring. After they're past, the only thing I have to look forward to is enduring the weather until the end of March.
When I woke up this morning and looked out the window, all I saw was frost on the window, brown grass, dead trees, and a slate grey sky. I thought "well, at least there are Christmas lights and cheery music on the radio", cuz otherwise there's not a damn thing to smile about during these drab, cold months.
edit: it's 28 degrees outside, and my lips look like they're peeling off my face. I HATE WINTER!
Chimpy Chompy on 15/12/2010 at 20:00
I'm sure you can have meaningful, thoughtful and happy gift-giving between loved ones without forking out huge amounts.
Tonamel on 15/12/2010 at 20:01
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Fuck warm weather.
SubJeff on 15/12/2010 at 23:58
28 degrees Renz? Lovely and warm then? Centigrade mofo, do you speak it?
I think it's great that you're still loving it over there Scots. I guess it was the right choice then. I'm really glad to see that it paid off. I always thought it was a brave move that, despite lots of people I've met doing, I could never make.
Weather here sucks at the moment and I'm sick of the xmas songs and adverts already. I got bored of it after about 5 years but until then I loved it. More and more I'm wishing for an African xmas on the beach again. I'll always remember waking up to open presents at 6am with the sound of waves crashing in the background and that weird morning light as the lake lit up with the rising sun.
Renzatic on 16/12/2010 at 00:10
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28 degrees Renz? Lovely and warm then? Centigrade mofo, do you speak it?
Oh. So sorry. -2.2222222222222223 Degrees C then. In other words, below freezing. And I hate it. I just got back from a 36 mile drive (to and fro, or 57.9363 km for our metric friends), and had to make the entire trip at or under 40 MPH (64.3737 km·h−1) because of all the random patches of black ice.
We're not equipped to deal with weather like this down here. If it gets any worse, and we end up with a quarter inch of ice on the road, everything will shut down for 3 weeks.
I hate winter.
Also...MULTINATIONAL DIFFERENCES OF STANDARDS! EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS! :mad:
