Aglomerado wrote: » My mum does something similar. She always gets a bottle of wine from a neighbour she doesn't like, so always feels she has to go out of her way to get a present for the neighbour that has to cost more than the wine that she got.
One eyed Jack wrote: » You could substitute my aunt and uncle* for the neighbours there and it's the same story - my parents would always get a bottle of that cheap vinegar wine (cider wine? Spot the connoisseur! ), and every year my mother would be fretting over what to get them, despite suggestions to return the bottle of rats piss she'd gotten the year before! *The word 'tight' doesn't even come close in describing them. The uncle is my brothers' Godfather, and every year on his birthday, he got a pound note in a card, until the pound coin was introduced, and then he just got a card :pac:
OldNotWIse wrote: » We had friends like that. Thanfully we've purged the tight fisted cúnts now. Every year I'd get a f.ucking Elizabeth Duke chain or bracelt. AKA Argos cráp. One year, my mum got Baylis and Hard on glitter shower gel. FFS a 60 year old woman using glitter shower gel? :P
One eyed Jack wrote: » Freudian slip surely? I'm afraid to google in case it's not!
Schwiiing wrote: » :eek: How come mine never looks like that?
OldNotWIse wrote: » Crabtree and Evelyn do one too. It's actually a lotion for crustacean infestations down below :P
Schwiiing wrote: » How do you know?
OldNotWIse wrote: » Crabtree and Evelyn do one too.It's actually a lotion for crustacean infestations down below :P
Pumpkinseeds wrote: » My uncle is my Godfather. I got one birthday card from the guy and that was for my 21st birthday. So 1 card in 41 years, my parents picked well with that fcuker. My brothers Godmother used to arrive every Christmas eve with cool presents for him, I don't think she ever forgot his birthday either and she was my aunts friend, so not even family.
Aglomerado wrote: » My brother (older) got the good godparents. An aunt and an uncle, both on my mother's side. Auntie used to buy me stuff too at Christmas but my brother would get something stupidly expensive from her like the latest bike. (She bought him the latest bike (BMX/ Racer/ Mountain bike) three Christmases running while I had my second hand High Nelly. ). She paid half his house deposit too! When I was born my folks decided the godparents should come from the father's side. So my father's unmarried brother and the youngest sister were asked. Uncle refused (because he was a cunnox really (thanks Jimgoose!!)) , so they had to get a relation by marriage to become my godfather. He turned out to be miles better than my own aunt, even sent me a couple of thousand out of the blue after I bought my house! You never know...
One eyed Jack wrote: » Jesus there's a blast from the past! *fondly remembers sitting on the carrier on the back as my brother tried to outrun the Gardai after breaking a red light on the way to mass*, actually now I think of it me hole was fair sore, they'd no suspension! Look at the price of 'em now -http://highnelly.ie :eek:
Aglomerado wrote: » :eek: No suspension, that's right, with the potholey roads I was cycling on my teeth were permanently chattering!
bodhrandude wrote: » Opening my heart up in the 'Anyone fed up with being single right now' and not receiving a reply, everyone hates me on boards. :mad:
jimgoose wrote: » Ye youngsters don't know ye're born. I've never ridden a pedalling bi-cycle with "suspension", in the name a' Jaysis. And nowadays they've disc brakes and more gear ratios than an artic! :pac:
eisenberg1 wrote: » I would imagine you have some sort of hi-octane powered penny farthing:D
Vel wrote: » What is it about some couples who see pedestrian bridges not as a means to cross a river, but as an opportunity to publically display their affection for each other by mauling and snogging each other against the railings and impersonating Rose and Jack on the bridge of the Titanic, while those of us with busy lives to lead have to try to negotiate by them while they indulge in their romantic moment
eisenberg1 wrote: » Neil Delamere,
One eyed Jack wrote: » Had to google, "Oh that clown!", about as amusing as having my nuts squelched on the carrier of a black nelly! :rolleyes:
