Christmas Eve sometime in the 1970s
This didn,t happen to me but I was slightly involved it goes like this.

My mate P did something in the City, I had a couple of days off before Christmas so he called would we like to meet up on Christmas Eve after he finished work which would be about 11:30am.

We meet go to pub all good and well you think.
Next lunch he's booked a table at Simpsons (even at that time mega-bucks)
Excellent lunch washed down with 3 bottles of champers.
Back to the pub where in the spirit of Christmas he bought everyone in the place a drink, not bad you think but this pub had 3 floors "ouch"
At around 4:30 in afternoon I make sure he gets to St Pancras, pissed though I am I personally ensure he is on the train to St Albans.
Get home have a lie down.
5am Christmas Day Ps mrs on the phone is he with me as he hasn't come home.
8am Christmas Day Mrs P again to let me know he has called from Sheffield.
Taxi fare from Sheffield to St Albans £800, plus he had to buy the driver a fry up.
He to this day cant remember how he ended up in Sheffield.
Merry Christmas!!!
(raith50, Tue 18 May 2010, 7:07, Reply)