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Tinsel is common and for pikeys.
Discuss.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:20, 129 replies, latest was 9 years ago)
What do you put on your tree?
Garlic?
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:24, Reply)
Baubles. Trinkets. Christmas related decorations.
Just not tinsel. Tinsel is for pikeys, you see.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:25, Reply)
I like a bit of tinsel

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:27, Reply)
dunno ... sounds like a fire hazard in a caravan

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:26, Reply)
It depends on how it is being used
Used sparingly its fine, its a fine line though and very easy to go over the top when it does start to look very pikey.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:28, Reply)
It's also lunch for retards.
You tinsel eater.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:30, Reply)
All Christmas decorations are common, gaudy and tacky.
I fucking love it. Gimme a bucket load of tinsel preferably non matching.

The wife colour codes everything. Boooooring
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:37, Reply)
This^
Let the kids decorate the tree = explosion in glitter factory
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:39, Reply)
+ gary

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:42, Reply)
^common, gaudy and tacky^

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:59, Reply)
which is exactly what a Christmas tree should be
you dreary bourgeois joysponge
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:03, Reply)
No it shouldn't.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:06, Reply)
^dreary bourgeois joysponge^

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:07, Reply)
Oh boy I hope they have tinsel in New York where I'm going later!!!

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:40, Reply)
I was just saying how I hope a lion doesn't eat your shoes.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:41, Reply)
Oh thanks!!! I hope they don't get stolen by a black mugger!!

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:42, Reply)
I want you to take a picture for me of an American "rapper".
You should be able to identify them by the clocks around their necks.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:03, Reply)
What time do you leave for the airport?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:41, Reply)
Half three, aaaaaaages innit

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:42, Reply)
It really is
Go to the pub
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:02, Reply)
I have stuff to do first, but it's in the plan

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:09, Reply)
Are you going to New York
How odd I would have thought you would have mentioned this before now. You should go to the Friends building and then spit off the Empire State Building
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:43, Reply)
I'm going to spit at the friends building and throw myself off the Empire State

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:44, Reply)
I hope it doesnt smell to bad
Just think if you had carried on smoking like a real man your sense of smell would still be ruined and it would be much nicer
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:49, Reply)
^jelly of my nostrilz

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:51, Reply)
^ Jelly of me being a real man
Coughing is well sexy
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:54, Reply)
They don't call it Tinsle Town for nuffink !
Unless that's some other place.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:51, Reply)
It might be 3000 miles from NY but who's counting eh?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:53, Reply)
The Proclaimers tried to recapture their early success

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:54, Reply)
Oh, whoops, oh well, at least it got me to google and find this place, which looks alright
www.tinseltown.co.uk/menu-burgers.php
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:46, Reply)
you adorable cunt

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:04, Reply)
Keep up, grandad.
The best way to show off your common, pikey credentials at Christmas nowadays is with electric lights. The more the better.
Tinsel is more for the dumb office bints to put in their hair and drape lamely over light fittings 'to brighten the place up a bit'
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:51, Reply)
Icicles or GTF

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 9:57, Reply)
The shopping centre here has lights that I think are supposed to emulate dripping icicles.
They're absolutely ghastly.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:03, Reply)
what about animatronic reindeer on the front lawn?
they shit class
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:04, Reply)
I like an oversized inflatable snowman in the front garden and a Father Christmas hanging from one of the bedroom windows

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:07, Reply)
YES!!

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:08, Reply)
I flew into Boston one December and I swear down you could actually see the tacky illuminated garden displays from the plane
It was like flying into fucking Blackpool
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:09, Reply)
I am sure it gave you More than a feeling of Blackpool

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:10, Reply)
I'm doing that raised eyebrow look of disapproval that mothers do when you use swears at the dinner table

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:11, Reply)
And now I am erect
What are you going to do about that eh
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:15, Reply)
I'm going to suck it dry like mothers do at the dinner table

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:20, Reply)
So Christmas trees should be gaudy and tacky,
but lawn displays should be elegant and refined.

I see.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:18, Reply)
lawn displays shouldn't exist at all

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:20, Reply)
apart from those adorable and not at all racist little porcelain negro boys
which are also depressingly common in Boston
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:32, Reply)
dreary bourgeous joysponge^

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:10, Reply)
c'est bien terrible ton écriture

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:18, Reply)
It is good terrible for your writing?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:21, Reply)
your writing is well rubbish
One would expect a Frenchman, particularly a dreary bourgeois Frenchman, to be able to spell "bourgeois".
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:31, Reply)
votre écriture est terrible

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
why would a Frenchman be using Google translate?
c'est vachement bizarre, ça
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:41, Reply)
I'd love a bit of that, IDC, that sort of thing makes me happy

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:11, Reply)
I can just see your front garden covered in Christmas themed boggly-eyed Pug ornaments.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:13, Reply)
YES!!

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:17, Reply)
We did this one christmas and it was really awesome
www.flickr.com/photos/mr90nz0/4226837992/
www.flickr.com/photos/mr90nz0/4226068513/
www.flickr.com/photos/mr90nz0/4226833952/

The pictures don't quite do it justice
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:36, Reply)
Only if you have it rigged to a sound system
with distant HO HO HO's
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:07, Reply)
I have the sound of sleigh bells on a constant loop from 1st December through to Twelfth Night

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:10, Reply)
last year I bought that Christmas by Low on vinyl
No Xmas hollipops is complete without it!!!
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:22, Reply)
I imagine it has limited appeal.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:51, Reply)

Twelfth Night Easter
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:24, Reply)
Seems a bit unreasonable. Perfectly normal Christmas fair.
You stuck up French bum hole.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:23, Reply)
I've just bought my first Christmas present
ARGH
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:40, Reply)
Don't you keep a wife to take care of such things?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:40, Reply)
Like I'd let her near Amazon

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:57, Reply)
They invented private browsing for this mate
and in no way is it to be used for looking at naked ladies no sireee
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:58, Reply)
I meant giving her access to a site that sells that much

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:25, Reply)
Yeah... I hope you also told her the myth of electric lights and how they transmit killer waves
#keepingthebillsdown
#bitchesbetrippin
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:53, Reply)

Tinsel Christmas
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:47, Reply)
if u h8 r traditions so much y dont u go back and live in muslamistan?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:51, Reply)
because they're just as bad!
Why can't we just get through winter without decorations and terrible music? COME ON PEOPLE.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 10:58, Reply)
What's your favourite Christmas song?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:02, Reply)
Step Into Christmas - Elton John
Used to be Rock & Roll Christmas, but...well we all know how that turned out.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:03, Reply)
Prick.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Outrageous

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:08, Reply)
I'm just typing what everybody else is thinking.
Don't shoot the messenger.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:16, Reply)
I won't lie, this is upsetting news

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:18, Reply)
If it's any consolation I rarely, if ever, think about your prick.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:27, Reply)
typical French lies

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:29, Reply)
Stay by East 17 or Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You
Any other answer marks you out as a prick.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:05, Reply)
What I like best about Stay Another Day is that it isn't really a Christmas song, but in order to secure that all important Christmas no 1 slot, they covered it in bells and wore big parkas in the snow in the video

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:08, Reply)
Same with 'Stop the cavalry'
It has the 'wish I was at home for xmas' line, but nothing else to suggest that it's a xmas song. Just some bell bollocks.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:12, Reply)

Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:17, Reply)
good point

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:18, Reply)
exactly! ex-fucking-zactly

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:19, Reply)
See also Pipes of Peace, which although the video depicts the 1914 Christmas truce, has no mention of Christmas in the lyrics.
In fact, the Jona Lewie one also has a World War One themed video.
Maybe there is something in that.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
1914 was officially the last recorded incident of Germans having fun at Christmas.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:36, Reply)
They put out shoes instead of stockings, if you can warrant it.
The disappointment of the young German child to wake up on Christmas Day only to find that instead of a shoe full of presents a fucking lion's got in and eaten them must be a terrible thing to witness.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:52, Reply)
Mariah Carey eh?
Cor!
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:53, Reply)
Anything other than Slade or Wizzard marks a man out as a committed paedophile.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:23, Reply)
A Spaceman Came Travelling

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
and The Power of Love.
Im all about Our Lord Jesus
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:34, Reply)
I'd protect YOU from the Hooded Claw, Jay x

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:58, Reply)
Omg, the company I went for that 3rd 'worksim' interview 3 weeks ago just sent me an email saying they want a skype call with me tomorow, I think they want to discuss wages.
=DDDDDD
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:06, Reply)
You'll be strolling down Brighton Boulevard arm in arm with Tony and Lance in no time, Gonz me old china.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:11, Reply)
#SingingWhenWereWinnnig

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:25, Reply)
Boom!

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:17, Reply)
GET IN THERE
I thought it was really rude that they've been incognito for like 3 weeks, was like *this* close to sending an email saying "Could you please let me know where I stand". So glad I played it cool this time.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:26, Reply)
There's a difference between threadbare strands and luxury tinsel.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
It's time to accept your baldness, jase

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
Quick life tip for you:
If anything's marked out as "luxury", it's aspirational targetted marketing bollocks for bottom-feeders, social climbers, the nouveaux and the lower orders in general.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:35, Reply)
Should we even be celebrating the French Christmas?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:36, Reply)
Yes.
See: Noel Fielding
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:37, Reply)
He takes the silver medal behind Brand
Fucking beak nosed cunt
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)
Is Noel Fielding often marked as a "luxury" good, then?
Well, well, well.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)

utter pretentious shite
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:41, Reply)
I'm either way to thick, or way to clever... to get his shows. I'm not sure which one.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:42, Reply)
Too 'not a prick' mate

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:44, Reply)
No need for this kind of compliment
please call him something rude asap to balance the world
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 12:04, Reply)
Yup, that too

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 12:21, Reply)
says the Frenchman who prefers tasteful Christmas trees, the single most Hyacinth Bucket desperate climbing nonsense in the world

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:39, Reply)
My dear boy, I don't prefer anything of the sort.
Taste is a matter of breeding, not choice.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:40, Reply)
my mistake ... affecting a clumsy pseudo-aristocratic mode of speaking is worse than tasteful Christmas trees

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:42, Reply)
I'm afraid I can't help it if I naturally create an attractive tree
instead of vomiting tinsel and lametta everywhere.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:44, Reply)
I bet you think you're too posh to watch 'Enders on Christmas day.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:46, Reply)
I don't watch Eastenders at Christmas or any other time.
Neither do I watch Emmerdale, Neighbours, or Hollyoaks. I am also very much not posh.
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:47, Reply)
^ Corrie fan

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
Isn't ITV ghastly?

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
The BBC isn't a whole lot better these days, lamentably.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:50, Reply)
GAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:48, Reply)
Also, im well aware of advertising and marketing, thanks
Seems you have been lured in by the sudden influx of Christmas ads yourself, hm?
(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:47, Reply)
Put a shirt on.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:48, Reply)
Take your jealousy elsewhere.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
you have paedo binman facial hair

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:56, Reply)
take your jealousy elsewhere and stop your online stalking.

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:57, Reply)
^ paedo binman ^

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:58, Reply)
^ obbsessive, compulsive paedophile homosexual

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 12:00, Reply)
all paedos are homosexual m8

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 12:12, Reply)
It's far too fucking early for Christmas anyway

(, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:37, Reply)

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