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Xmas Disasters thread

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    #32
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Though it is cheering to know that the Catholic Church in Longford has mastered the art of time travel...

    The fire was probably caused by a faulty flux capacitor.


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    #33
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Car broke down yesterday, it's completely fucked!

    Ah well..........


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    #34
    dimejinky99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭dimejinky99


    My ma was found dead yesterday. She always kinda wrecked christmas, least she's consistent.


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    #35
    thebigcheese22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭thebigcheese22


    dimejinky99 wrote: »
    My ma was found dead yesterday. She always kinda wrecked christmas, least she's consistent.

    Hope you're joking... :eek:

    When I was around 12 my dad's car was stolen on Christmas Eve...Guess where he decided to store all the presents?! That was a very frugal year... :(

    This year is going well though :)


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    #36
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    My brother got a new phone, put in the sim card the wrong way, its stuck and we cant get it out..


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    #37
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    Oven broke this morning. Had to borrow a friends old cooker to get the dinner done. Not the worst thing that could have happened but pissed me off no-end at the time.


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    #38
    lindtee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭lindtee


    Dad fell down the stairs and damaged his coccyx in the early hours of yesterday.

    Skidded as I was just about to turn into my dad's house to get Santy presents yesterday .Went sliding towards the wall. Of course I did the wrong thing and rammed my foot on the break. Stopped about 6 inches from aforementioned wall, didn't think I was going to stop at all. Not quite a disaster but nearly.


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    #39
    dimejinky99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭dimejinky99


    No i'm serious sadly.


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    #40
    G86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,660 ✭✭✭G86


    dimejinky99 wrote: »
    No i'm serious sadly.

    Really sorry to hear that:(


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    #41
    GLUEY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭GLUEY


    Uncle just tell and broke his shoulder...


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    #42
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Today felt like a bad Xmas TV comedy special.

    1st - I find out that a relative who never stops talking utter shìt about nothing for years and years was going to be joining us for Xmas dinner for no apparent reason.

    2nd - The gas cooker nearly exploded, litteraly. A loud hissing noise came from one of the hobs before a fùckin' gigantic fireball shot out...............luckily the dinner had been pretty much cooked so we backed the hell away from it.

    3rd - My sister who's a veggie tried putting odd ingredients into the beloved dinner and ended up with terrible soup, terrible stuffing and just got the mammy in an insane mood.

    4th - 5 minutes into our finally prepared dinner the pipes in the kitchen decide to burst and the ceiling is flooded. Cue me and the ol' lad up in the attic for a few hours to fix it.

    Overall not really a fantastic Xmas, memorable though :pac:

    EDIT: Oh, and I got 3 pairs of black socks for Xmas :p


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    #43
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,737 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Archeron wrote: »
    St Mels Cathedral in Longford burning down on Christmas day. That really sucks.
    Tell me all about it. Really gutted I was. Totally ruined my plans for Sunday.

    I've been casing the joint all month and had a perfect alibi organised :(


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    #44
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,397 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Water pipe burst in the inlaws, fortunately it was at the outside tap part, and a friend of theirs up the road is a plumber.


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    #45
    xw2lj9uspm1eyh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭xw2lj9uspm1eyh


    I broke my external hardrive (it slipped off the table) today serves me right for been stuck in front of the computer Xmas day :P(hope it can be repaired though).


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    #46
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Duggy747 wrote: »

    EDIT: Oh, and I got 3 pairs of black socks for Xmas :p

    Are you sure they're black and not very very very very very very very dark blue?


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    #47
    Michellenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Michellenman


    Young lad across the road from us was taken off in an Ambulance this morning, poor thing. Looks like an injury to his arm, what a way to spend Christmas morning. :(


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    #48
    a-k-47
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭a-k-47


    Im having a fcking great christmas


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    #49
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    I got Saw IV as a present when I asked for Saw V :rolleyes:


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    #50
    unklerosco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,831 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    My mam just fell on the ice n is limping around the place badly... She's meant to be off on her holidays tomorrow....


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    #51
    Ahsurelookit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Ahsurelookit


    Ok posters way to spread the Christmas cheer.... I understand that Christmas can be difficult for people but personally I took today as a day of enjoying a rare time where friends and family come together and show some apprieciation to each other. (not just with the show of gifts and monetary objects but the fact that each person makes the effort to be there) Im usually a bit of a ba humbug but this year I was so, so, so thankful to not be working that everthing felt special. Dont get me wrong this time last yr I was on call, the year before sitting in casualty with my mam. To all you who have had a bit of a pants Christmas, log off, go downstairs n spend time with the people who have made you who you are. And to those who have had a series of unfortunate events today- be there, go home, have some rest and look forward to the year to come being better than the year just gone. Onwards and upwards and keep the faith! Happy Christmas x


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    #52
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    I was invited to Christmas Dinner by my former inlaws this afternoon, had finished the meal and were chilled watching TV, looked inside the kitchn and saw the cat on the kitchen table tucking into the black Forrest gateaux. :eek:


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    #53
    RMD
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    I got ****e presents, had a pretty ****e dinner and I'm ****ing exhausted, but I've had the best christmas I've had to date.


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    #54
    hedgeh0g
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭hedgeh0g


    Know someone who lost their house in a poker game on xmas 10 years ago


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    #55
    hedgeh0g
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭hedgeh0g


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    I was invited to Christmas Dinner by my former inlaws this afternoon, had finished the meal and were chilled watching TV, looked inside the kitchn and saw the cat on the kitchen table tucking into the black Forrest gateaux. :eek:

    Cat ate my left over turkey when I was a starving student. Had to throw it out.


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    #56
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    hedgeh0g wrote: »
    Cat ate my left over turkey when I was a starving student. Had to throw it out.

    Which, the cat or the turkey ?


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    #57
    Duff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,610 ✭✭✭Duff


    hedgeh0g wrote: »
    Cat ate my left over turkey when I was a starving student. Had to throw it out.

    The cat or the turkey?


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    #58
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    I lost at Catcphrase when we played a dvd game of it :(

    Now Im sleeping on my couch cos I offered my bed to my sis and her bf.


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    #59
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Duff wrote: »
    The cat or the turkey?
    Ha beat you to it. :D


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    #60
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Not a personal disaster but my cousins parrot (Got today) was killed by crows. Was like watching something outta the Discovery Channel lol


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    #61
    Katniss everMean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭Katniss everMean


    Grand mother had a heart attack, spent Christmas in A&E in Blanch...


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