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#21741 Hetan

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 11:01 AM

Merry Christmas Everyone - hope you all get lots of good loot and have a great time.

I know it's not necessarily the right thread for this but it may as well go somewhere :apt:

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#21742 Lady Bliss

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 07:41 PM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 25 December 2016 - 02:17 AM, said:

Restricted diets and Christmas do not mix well. I love cookies and sweets and can't have any and it seriously makes me want to cry like a little kid, watching everyone stuff their stupid non-diabetic faces with delicious crap.

I understand.... I can't do wheat or i'll break out into an itchy unfun rash. It doesn't help that my mother keeps baiting me with cookies and mince meat pies. "Can't you just itch a little?" *groan*

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#21743 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 08:20 PM

Abyss, on 25 December 2016 - 07:15 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 25 December 2016 - 05:11 AM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 25 December 2016 - 02:17 AM, said:

Can't you just focus on ruining it for everyone else by pointing out the calorie content of their favourite goodies and telling them they'll die?

Bloody baby has a cold and likes to shout about it in the small hours. I can't get back to sleep because I have "Do They Know It's Christmas" stuck in my head and THERE ARE PRESENTS DOWNSTAIRS!

You THINK there are presents downstairs.
What if they're all gone?

You should go check.

I was right about the presents. Sadly mine mostly comprised of 5 pairs of socks and 7 bars of soap, amongst other things. As my first Christmas as a mother this feels like a pathetic foreshadowing of the rest of my life.

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#21744 Abyss

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 08:29 PM

Mezla PigDog, on 25 December 2016 - 08:20 PM, said:

... 5 pairs of socks and 7 bars of soap...

boringest version of The 10 Days of Xmas ever.

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#21745 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 08:51 PM

Lady Bliss, on 25 December 2016 - 07:41 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 25 December 2016 - 02:17 AM, said:

I understand.... I can't do wheat or i'll break out into an itchy unfun rash. It doesn't help that my mother keeps baiting me with cookies and mince meat pies. "Can't you just itch a little?" *groan*

If I indulge my feet will get amputated, doesn't stop my family fr M offering me cookies just to be polite.

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#21746 worry

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Posted 25 December 2016 - 11:32 PM

George Michael died. Condolences to those who chose Last Christmas as their song in the Christmas thread.

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#21747 Tsundoku

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 02:09 AM

A list of famous people who died in 2016. A couple are Australian, so don't worry if you don't recognise them.

http://www.news.com....07f3fb491765db4

Anyone missing? Or was it last December we seemed to lose some more?

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#21748 Abyss

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 03:52 AM

death rattle, on 25 December 2016 - 11:32 PM, said:

George Michael died. Condolences to those who chose Last Christmas as their song in the Christmas thread.

Age 53... "unexplained but not suspicious"... weird.

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#21749 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 11:18 AM

I woke Mr PigDog up after his lie in this morning with the news of George Michaels death. His first reaction was to very innocently and without a hint of humour say "Wow it really was his last Christmas".

I know that 2016 feels like the year that just keeps on taking but don't forget that it is also the year that my firstborn arrived. I vow to raise him as a lefty who will take on the legacy of Trump and Farage, with the originality of Bowie and Prince, a populist streak to honour George Michael and with hair like Rick Parfitt.

Or y'know a John Connor type to make it in the nuclear wasteland after WWIII. Either way don't despair.

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#21750 Tsundoku

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 10:13 PM

Mezla PigDog, on 26 December 2016 - 11:18 AM, said:

Or y'know a John Connor type to make it in the nuclear wasteland after WWIII. Either way don't despair.

Terminator: Genisys John Connor, or a previous (?) version? :apt:

#21751 worry

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Posted 27 December 2016 - 06:35 PM

It's a heartbreaker.

Richard Adams also died. He was 96 so it's not so crazy, but man I adore Watership Down and The Plague Dogs. Shardik was a little beyond me when I tried it at a much younger age, but I'll give it another shot eventually too.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#21752 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 28 December 2016 - 07:46 AM

Richard Adams and Carrie Fisher.

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Posted 29 December 2016 - 07:09 AM

Briar King, on 28 December 2016 - 11:04 PM, said:

Da fuck?? Carrie Fishers mom Debbie Reynolds just had a stroke in the middle of making Carries arrangements and is in hospital now.

She died shortly after. Not v familiar with her work, but am utterly feeling for that family.

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#21754 Loki

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 06:39 AM

I know a lot of celebrities have passed away recently and it's always sad when someone dies but none of them have been 'my' celebrities, if you know what I mean? At least, until now.

William Christopher, who played Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H has passed away and I'm actually a little sad about it. I grew up watching M*A*S*H. I would spend every July school holidays at my dad's place and we would marathon his M*A*S*H videos straight for three or four days. I actually accredit a lot of my sense of humour to M*A*S*H but more than that, it taught me my greatest copying mechanism - to laugh in the face of loss or bad times. M*A*S*H is also one of the very few things (tv, books, movies etc) that has ever actually made me cry. (I totally broke down when Henry died

).

Anyway, it's messing with my groove at the moment.

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#21755 worry

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 08:04 AM

Yah, I love MASH too and particularly William Christopher's gentle voice.

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#21756 Traveller

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 02:25 PM

I'm at work, here til 7 and feeling very dopey already. Still got patients booked too, damned broken hips and hernias to fix.

Oh well at least there's cake.

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

#21757 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 05:58 PM

Brand new Honda Civic got t-boned yesterday. Hooray! Entire right side will need replaced.

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#21758 Messremb

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 06:26 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 01 January 2017 - 05:58 PM, said:

Brand new Honda Civic got t-boned yesterday. Hooray! Entire right side will need replaced.

Aren't you moving to Canada so one less material tie is a good thing?

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#21759 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 06:54 PM

Messremb, on 01 January 2017 - 06:26 PM, said:

HoosierDaddy, on 01 January 2017 - 05:58 PM, said:

Brand new Honda Civic got t-boned yesterday. Hooray! Entire right side will need replaced.

Aren't you moving to Canada so one less material tie is a good thing?

Lol. I might have been a bit depressed, in disbelief, and drunk. The 3D's or what have you.

I'mma fight the good fight here, 'cause for better or worse I am American. Plus, Canada is going to build a wall and make Quebec pay for it.

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Posted 01 January 2017 - 07:28 PM

hangover. caused more by not sleeping enough the previous night,t hen by actual drinking (it was a relatively tame amount, and very minimal mixing)

I still feel bent out of shape, but coherent enough.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.