What’s gone on?

  • Continuing the reposted Christmas series from 2009 for those that missed it. Day 12 – Midnight mass Ok, I doubt a lot of you will have experienced this. Anyway, when I lived in the family home, it was written into the tenancy agreement (the one you sign by being born) that as long as you

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  • Day 11 – Relatives Now, I have to be careful here as rellies might one day read this for themselves. Therefore, see the disclaimer at the bottom of this post. Just who is that mysterious woman? That’s what I ask myself every year. Every year she is there. Sat in the corner. Drinking the house

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  • Reposting this and other entries from this 2009 series Day 10 – Kids Yes, I know I was one once. But when I was a kid, you sat in the corner, kept quiet and got made a fuss of by that strange smelly Auntie that sat in the corner getting slowly pissed on port. These

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  • Reposting this and other entries from this 2009 series. Day 9 – Christmas TV There was a time when I would rush out to the newsagent and buy copies of the Christmas editions of TV Times and Radio Times. These were days long ago when in the UK we were so poor we only had

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  • Reposted from 2009 – Some references may be made to differing circumstances. Day 8 – Office Parties Possibly the most loathsome thing about Christmas….is the office parties.  God I hated them. Fortunately being a lazy student (in 2009), I don’t have to suffer “office parties”. However it was not always like this. My first office

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 7

    Blah blah, moan about Christmas, blah blah another gem blah blah blah swallowed up into cyberspace blah blah should get published blah blah fish cakes blah. Reposted from 2009 – Some references may be made to differing circumstances. Day 7 – Symbolism If you are reading this on Blogspot you might miss the following interactive

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 6

    Well, if you’ve been reading since day 1 you know the drill…..of course you could save time and look at the one I did in 2005 DAY 6 – Gifts I remember spending lots of time thinking about it. I had enjoyed reading it myself and thought that it would appeal to my brother’s sardonic

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  • Bah Humbug – Day 5

    Rather than actually do some work…yaddayaddayadda. Background noone is arsed about yadda yadda yadda …..blah blah. Christmas blah. Day 5 – Christmas Music It is fortunate to live in Gnomepants manor at this time of year. Especially as the house looks dark and spooky without the lights on outside. Moreover, there is no doorbell on

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 4

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of Christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 4 – Cards Every year I feel sorry for the postman. Down the lane with no name he comes bumbling. His sack

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 3

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 3 – Food shopping OK. Let’s think about something. Forget what time of year it is and think about some imaginary family

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