Thank god its all over

Dean820 · 01-01-2010 2:14pm #1

Seriously. I hate Christmas and New Years.

offaly1 · 01-01-2010 2:15pm

I hear ya!i hate it too.we sound like two bah-humbuggers!

Gummy Panda · 01-01-2010 2:16pm

I know how you feel. I'm all about Easter and celebrating Jesus on the cross.

"Nail him up!!"

Tea_Bag · 01-01-2010 2:21pm

Christmas is so lame. tbh the only Christmas carol that i dont mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPXPQ-s0SlQ

dylano_k · 01-01-2010 2:22pm

offaly1 wrote: »

I hear ya!i hate it too.we sound like two bah-humburgers!

Mmmmmmmm humburgers

cranoo · 01-01-2010 2:31pm

I cant stand it either :mad:

jd007 · 01-01-2010 2:36pm

+1. Christmas and New Years is overrated!

Hank_Jones · 01-01-2010 2:39pm

Quite underwhelming alright.

Giving crap presents, receiving crap presents, eating turkey for like a week.

galwayrush · 01-01-2010 2:39pm

The entire last decade was over-rated.:rolleyes:

Gummy Panda · 01-01-2010 2:39pm

dylano_k wrote: »

Mmmmmmmm humburgers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVfbwP04_To

Hank_Jones · 01-01-2010 2:42pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVfbwP04_To

Is it wrong that I was totally turned on by that?

ColmDawson · 01-01-2010 3:28pm

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is it wrong that I was totally turned on by that?

Not at all — that's a rather sexy burger.

alwaysadub · 01-01-2010 3:31pm

Whoo hoo thats it all over and done with for another year thank feck. Maybe next yr i'll go spend it on an island by myself. Save me putting up with all the crap.

Davidius · 01-01-2010 3:36pm

It's not over until January 6th.

MagicMarker · 01-01-2010 3:37pm

Dean820 wrote: »

Seriously. I hate Christmas and New Years.

You might want to look at the calender.

Pushtrak · 01-01-2010 3:43pm

I usually don't like New Years because I so often hear people say "New Year, New Start". As if they are feckin synonymous. Have a new start because you want to change something, not because its a new year. Didn't encounter any of that last night, which was good.

My name is URL · 01-01-2010 3:54pm

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

MaybeLogic · 01-01-2010 3:55pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

I can't wait.

Davidius · 01-01-2010 3:57pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

This is my sole reason for existing.

googlehead · 01-01-2010 3:57pm

Amen to that. My face is about to crack from the seasonal spirit:mad:

I can go back to being moody again:cool:

Bajingo · 01-01-2010 4:01pm

I love christmas but I hate new years..nothing happens after the countdown..then you spend ages in the cold watching fire works..I never liked it

El Siglo · 01-01-2010 4:01pm

Hate Christmas and New Years, fucking awful times so they are. So glad it's over, back to normality!

Pushtrak · 01-01-2010 4:10pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

I actually forgot about that. Then we can think "Rich fecker" :pac:

Flukey · 01-01-2010 4:17pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

If it is anything like 2009, you could be waiting a while. Back in the Celtic Tiger times, you wouldn't have to wait much, but it is certainly noticeably slower in the past few years.

As to Christmas, as stated already, it isn't over yet. The worst thing is that it starts before it begins and ends before it finishes. Here we are in the middle of Christmas and how many Christmas songs have you heard in the past week? For weeks previously you couldn't escape them, then as soon as Christmas actually begins, they all stop. There were people having Christmas parties in November. Shops have been advertising for months. If they began advertising on the 1st of December, seeing as the majority of us don't do our shopping until the final week and we all have to do it, they wouldn't lose any money. In fact they'd save themselves a few months of advertising expenses, so they'd do even better. Christmas is always a bit of an anti-climax. Once Christmas Day is over, the next few days are amongst the most boring of the year. You get another little peak for New Year's Eve, but that is it. It isn't over yet, but all the buzz is gone. As it isn't over, when people ask me "How was your Christmas?", I always answer something like "Not bad, so far." Asking how your Christmas was, on the 26th of December, is like asking how your flight was as you get onto the plane, or asking how your holiday was as you arrive at your destination. If you want to know how my Christmas "was", ask me next week.

Dean820 · 01-01-2010 4:51pm

Flukey wrote: »

As to Christmas, as stated already, it isn't over yet. The worst thing is that it starts before it begins and ends before it finishes. Here we are in the middle of Christmas and how many Christmas songs have you heard in the past week? For weeks previously you couldn't escape them, then as soon as Christmas actually begins, they all stop. There were people having Christmas parties in November. Shops have been advertising for months. If they began advertising on the 1st of December, seeing as the majority of us don't do our shopping until the final week and we all have to do it, they wouldn't lose any money. In fact they'd save themselves a few months of advertising expenses, so they'd do even better. Christmas is always a bit of an anti-climax. Once Christmas Day is over, the next few days are amongst the most boring of the year. You get another little peak for New Year's Eve, but that is it. It isn't over yet, but all the buzz is gone. As it isn't over, when people ask me "How was your Christmas?", I always answer something like "Not bad, so far." Asking how your Christmas was, on the 26th of December, is like asking how your flight was as you get onto the plane, or asking how your holiday was as you arrive at your destination. If you want to know how my Christmas "was", ask me next week.

You think too much.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 01-01-2010 5:02pm

Flukey wrote: »

... rabble rabble rabble... If they began advertising on the 1st of December, seeing as the majority of us don't do our shopping until the final week and we all have to do it, they wouldn't lose any money. In fact they'd save themselves a few months of advertising expenses, so they'd do even better... rabble rabble rabble...

BULLSHíT

MaybeLogic · 01-01-2010 5:04pm

Avalyn Square Partridge wrote: »

BULLSHíT

How do you really feel,Xavier?

dylano_k · 01-01-2010 5:08pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVfbwP04_To

I know it was a long shot but i was hoping she was eating a certain kind of burger

Spiritoftheseventies · 01-01-2010 5:15pm

El Siglo wrote: »

Hate Christmas and New Years, fucking awful times so they are. So glad it's over, back to normality!

Sure without the countdown to christmas life would be unbearable. Nothing wrong with taken a breather every now and then

The Pontiac · 01-01-2010 5:37pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The only good thing about the new year is being the first to spot a 10 reg car

The '10' part will appeal to a lot of people I'd imagine. '10 C 1' would be nice, but I think The Lord Mayor gets this one.

The introduction of the yearly number plates back in 1987 was a work of genius by the government in fairness. People bought cars solely for the reason of showing off their new or nearly new car. Prior to 1987 all you had to do was give it a good wash and polish and you were laughing.

If there's one industry in this country that I've absolutely no pity for it's the 'main' car dealers. They're the biggest rip-off merchants, the lot of them. Yes, I'm generalising here too. No pity whatsoever.

My name is URL · 01-01-2010 5:44pm

<Ollie> wrote: »

If there's one industry in this country that I've absolutely no pity for it's the 'main' car dealers. They're the biggest rip-off merchants, the lot of them. Yes, I'm generalising here too. No pity whatsoever.

I wouldn't say you're generalising.. the amount of price fixing that goes on in the dealership industry is shocking