Your Official Humbug thread

DaBreno

This may out a few of you off but I hasve a confession. this year I realised I hate Christmas. With a passion. There is no greater exercise of Stress, Panic and loathing of others that doesnt involve taking fire in the heat of Combat. Have already had an unpleasent fight with my family coz we arent going to be at home for Xmas day. Have trawled town for pressies and dont know what to get anyone. No one ever helps ("Surprise me" is the usual ****e) and everything costs a fortune. Its impossible to move on the footpath or road. So much pressure to spend, eat and drink and its all over in one day. Much like Weddings, Xmas has lost all meaning having been pulverized by the forces of commerce.
I think its safe to say I've lost the magic of Christmas and sadly, Im not a better person for it. (sorry to get all emo)

Am I the only one?

ps The Fairytale of New York is one of the worst atrocities on the airwaves. They all look like a row of slapped arses, cant actually sing well(although thats never been a showstopper for a lot broadcast vomit). It must be one of the most over-played songs ever. Oh yeah, Matt Dillon is a such "cool actor", I struggle to remember anything he's been in except "One night in McCools" which is easy remembered coz it has the letters c-o-o-l in the title.
Humbug!

Heisenberg.

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Sparky

Christmas traffic.

Oh no wait... it's like that all year round.

bluto63

I love all that about Christmas! If you know the people well enough, getting presents isn't hard. Also, not being home for Christmas day? Why not?

Christmas is pretty much the only time of year I see my extended family, so I enjoy it as much as I can.

Sad Professor

If you really hate it then just stop celebrating it... like me. I stopped sending cards and giving presents (except for my mother) years ago. I just don't care anymore, it's all a load of sh*te. Maybe one day someone will buy it back from coca cola but till then...

Bah humbug, I say.

Now... I'm off to request my nick be changed to Ebenezer

tracert

DaBreno wrote:

ps The Fairytale of New York is one of the worst atrocities on the airwaves. They all look like a row of slapped arses, cant actually sing well(although thats never been a showstopper for a lot broadcast vomit). It must be one of the most over-played songs ever. Oh yeah, Matt Dillon is a such "cool actor", I struggle to remember anything he's been in except "One night in McCools" which is easy remembered coz it has the letters c-o-o-l in the title.
Humbug!

Was with you up to this!

The one thin I dont like about christmas is the fact that I never know what I want-- and everyone keeps stressing me over what I want when I honestly don't know myself.

Red Hand

DaBreno wrote:

ps The Fairytale of New York is one of the worst atrocities on the airwaves. They all look like a row of slapped arses, cant actually sing well(although thats never been a showstopper for a lot broadcast vomit). It must be one of the most over-played songs ever.

I agree whole-heartedly with that.


Humbug!:)

Dave!

I'm afraid I don't belong in this thread because I love Christmas.

I'll leave now.

Pighead

DaveMcG wrote:

I'm afraid I don't belong in this thread because I love Christmas.

I'll leave now.

Thats because you're not a tightarse DaveMcG. Any fcuker who claims to hate Christmas actually hates the thoughts of buying presents and spending extra money. Tightwads the lot of them.

Its the parents of these tightwads Pighead feels sorry for. I mean theres only so many times you can force a fake smile as your darling son/daughter gives you yet another bottle of cheap perfume or aftershave. Pigheads kids are going to grow up loving Christmas and buying me magnificent presents.

Shame on all you Christmas haters.

Mossy Monk

i love tinsel

but the whole time leading up to Christmas annoys me
busy roads, busy streets, busy supermarkets, mindless people wandering aimlessly to places they don't need to be. 27th onwards i find is much more bearable

bluto63

Mossy Monk wrote:

i love tinsel

Reason enough to love christmas

seamus

Christmas is as commercial as you want to make it. Personally I love spending a week of the year catching up with old friends, having a laugh, and spending a couple of days lazing around with family, playing poker and generally having the craic.

User45701

I only like the drinking im not too much into the rest except for the time off work
Also all the new episodes of my faverate tv shows seem to stop

Kingp35

seamus wrote:

Christmas is as commercial as you want to make it. Personally I love spending a week of the year catching up with old friends, having a laugh, and spending a couple of days lazing around with family, playing poker and generally having the craic.

This is the good part of christmas (and darts on tv), its the pain in the ass of all the crap you have to buy and the stress it causes that annoys the hell out of me.

DaBreno

seamus wrote:

Christmas is as commercial as you want to make it. Personally I love spending a week of the year catching up with old friends, having a laugh, and spending a couple of days lazing around with family, playing poker and generally having the craic.

That only sounds the biz Lad. But why do we need a month of She-ite to preface something like that? Any month(or week even) will do. Xmas just seems like something dreamt up to kill notions like that.

seamus

DaBreno wrote:

That only sounds the biz Lad. But why do we need a month of She-ite to preface something like that? Any month(or week even) will do. Xmas just seems like something dreamt up to kill notions like that.

Cos you have to work most of the rest of the year, and people have other stuff to do than chill out and play poker

Pigman II

Moneys no issue to me but I just hate the act of shopping for and buying presents.

Where-ever possible I just tell family members to get themselves whatever they like and I'll pay for it. I just can't be doing with the bother of shopping.

Oh and Fairytale of NY is a great song and if you don't like it you are a creep.

DaBreno

seamus wrote:

Cos you have to work most of the rest of the year, and people have other stuff to do than chill out and play poker

Theres ALWAYS time for Poker!

Pigman II wrote:

Oh and Fairytale of NY is a great song and if you don't like it you are a creep.

If Radioheads Creep was the most played Xmas song I would be a happy man. (As happy as a Radiohead fan can be anyways)

pbsuxok1znja4r

DaBreno wrote:

I think its safe to say I've lost the magic of Christmas and sadly, Im not a better person for it. (sorry to get all emo)

You don't even deserve to be associated with the word. "Emo" deserves far better than you.

Christmas > DaBreno

imeddyhobbs

I got a day off work today so that i could do some shopping.
I went into the shopping centre at 4oc and left at 4:10 emptyhanded
walked around the local district feeling like everybody was looking at me (like this dude) http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055031083 and then i realised i had lost all the ambition i had built up during the day and decided i want to be a jehovah's witness

tman

I've been in a bit of a foul mood about crimbo recently, but it's not all bad tbh.
Really looking forward to my nephew getting play with his pressie (robotyranus or something like that... it looks class). Then there's always the chance of a bit of nookie at a mate's crimbo party on Saturday...
Best of all is annoying everybody by calling it "crimbo":)

Still have to figure out what to get my ma for her 60th though... (poor dear was born on crimbo day)

randylonghorn

Mossy Monk wrote:

i love tinsel

but the whole time leading up to Christmas annoys me
busy roads, busy streets, busy supermarkets, mindless people wandering aimlessly to places they don't need to be. 27th onwards i find is much more bearable

I prefer the week or two before ... live in centre of town, so mates going to work drinks tend to doss in my place. As it's mostly the pub for pints, rather than more formal parties, I tend to get dragged along to carry them home (or that's the theory!!). Work Xmas parties can be good craic when you don't actually have to face people at work the week after ... lots of new talent for one thing, and you have the advantage that they're sick and tired of looking at the guys with you for the rest of the year!

And I actually enjoy shopping for presents!
It's the only time of year I voluntarily go shopping ... normally 20 minutes essential (or forced) shopping means at least 2 hours in the pub to recover!

It's the fact that recently work seems to have taken over more and more of the time coming up to Christmas that causes me stress, not Christmas itself.

Black Swan

The retail commercialisation of Christmas.

Beruthiel

randylonghorn wrote:

And I actually enjoy shopping for presents!

You sick bastard

Marksie

It was ok until they brought religion into it

petes

DaBreno wrote:

ps The Fairytale of New York is one of the worst atrocities on the airwaves. They all look like a row of slapped arses, cant actually sing well(although thats never been a showstopper for a lot broadcast vomit). It must be one of the most over-played songs ever. Oh yeah, Matt Dillon is a such "cool actor", I struggle to remember anything he's been in except "One night in McCools" which is easy remembered coz it has the letters c-o-o-l in the title.
Humbug!

Blasphemer!

c - 13

Pigman II wrote:

Oh and Fairytale of NY is a great song and if you don't like it you are a creep.

Well then, change my user name to Mr. Creep. This song is a pile of ****.

I dont mind christmas itself, buying the presents etc. but I really hate the business of shopping areas during the entire month of december.

Its like the holocaust is coming and everyone is stockpiling. People shoving other people out of the way to grab the latest "hot toys" from the shelves, people using buggys to smash their ways through crowded footpaths, people who go on and on about "Christmas Spirit" being ignorant fcuks to some poor member of shop staff who cant magically pull the newest Bratz toy out of their hole to appease the customer.

*Swirls Brandy*
Bah Humbug, throw tiny tim's crutches on the fire.

Mossy Monk

c - 13 wrote:

Well then, change my user name to Mr. Creep. This song is a pile of ****

that is a true statement
for me to say it is a good song would be terrible

Busterpuss

esp for the bah humbuggers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2562109.stm

Vicar tells children Santa is dead


Mr Rayfield said Santa Claus defies science

It is the news no child wants to hear - and certainly not from the mouth of a vicar.
Youngsters at a Christmas carol service were devastated when the Reverend Lee Rayfield told them Santa Claus was dead.

Even parents at the service in Maidenhead, Berkshire, were shocked to hear Mr Rayfield say it was scientifically impossible for Father Christmas to deliver so many presents so quickly.

Mr Rayfield has admitted making a serious misjudgment in telling the story to children as young as five.

Children are not children for very long and it is not his job to tell them things like this



Sue Smee, mother

He said: "I did not realise how young some of them were and I am sitting here now wondering how I managed not to realise.

"Even when I was there, I did not twig. I am mortified and appreciate I have put some parents in a difficult position with a lot of explaining to do. I love Christmas."

Mr Rayfield also told the youngsters that reindeer would burst into flames if they had to travel at the speeds necessary.

Mother Sue Smee was at the service with her five-year-old and nine-year-old sons.

'Totally inappropriate'

She said: "Children are not children for very long and it is not his job to tell them things like this.

"It has left us parents with a lot of explaining to do today."

Mother-of-four Sarah McCreery, also from Maidenhead, said: "It would not have taken a genius to look out at the congregation and realise how young the children were.

"It was totally inappropriate."

Mr Rayfield, whose comments came from an internet story on how scientific research could dispel the myth of Santa, is now writing a letter to parents apologising for the blunder.

The incident happened at the packed Saint Piran's School carol service at St Mary's Church in Maidenhead on Monday night.

Gran Hermano

For Christmas to be truly enjoyable you either have to be a sprog
or have sprogs yourself.