Jalapeno Hummous, as you are asking
Is work winding down in the lead up to Christmas or is it as mental as always? Are you getting much/any/all time off over the festive period?

Alt:
1st hour of Christmas day is defined by?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:23, 189 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

It's worse than ever.
No, I'm only getting the bank holidays off.
( Kroney, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:31, Reply)

We now get 2 extra half days for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve afternoons as the office shuts then anyway
Woop....
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:32, Reply)

I might get a nearly-half-day on Christmas Eve
but other than that we're open across the period. Going to be a pretty shit Christmas all round. But at least I'll be in a new flat I guess. It'll be fun decorating that, anyway.
( Kroney, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Christmas eve is a Saturday...

(berk, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:46, Reply)

Christmas Eve eve

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Then I won't be getting the almost half day, either.

( Kroney, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:51, Reply)

No
But that's because I have exams.

Alt: Everyone pestering everyone else to get up and dressed.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:36, Reply)

We are compelled to save 3-4 days holiday for the days between the Christmas bank holidays
This usually results in about 10 days off.
This year I will be combining paternity leave with my Christmas break, giving me best part of a month off (hopefully).

Alt: As with the first hour of every day: denial.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I managed that with the 1st born
She was due in January and we are allowed to carry over 5 days normally. I got 8 carried over, took 2 days hol and a week paternity
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:47, Reply)

It was winding down a bit
that said, I'm not likely to get my lunch til about 3 or 4pm today :( The next three weeks are building up again in preparation for the study starting properly after Christmas. After Christmas is going to be mental.

However my last day is two weeks today then I'm not back til 4th January. But, as I said, it's going to be insanely busy.
(berk, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:42, Reply)

I remember working at Newcastle Uni that the summer hols were our most busy period

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Chicken and bacon sandwich.
Same as ever.
About a fortnight.
Alt: Literally, by being the first hour of 25th December. But that's not what you meant and only a prick would assume it was. I feel Christmassiest on Christmas day as soon as I wake up. So, I'd say the first hour of Christmas for me is probably the first hour I am awake on Christmas Day. If you are talking about when you feel the season has really kicked in, that would be the drive home from my last day at work before Christmas. The end.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I meant when you woke up
Is it champagne? Maltesers? Cat rape?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Bacon, coffee and smiles.

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:51, Reply)

I like this a great deal

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:52, Reply)

Christmas is what you want it to be.
People who are miserable at Christmas are miserable at Christmas because they want to be.
Or a close friend or relative has died.
Either way that should buck their ideas up and stop ruining a lovely time of year for everyone else.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Indeed
I didn't really "get" Christmas until we had kids. I get it now!

This year will be fucking ace with both of them going mental! I can't wait to see his face when he sees the ride-on Lightning McQueen we have got him!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I've always loved Chirstmas.
During my teenage years one set of cousins liked dressing in black for Christmas and sulking. They encouraged me to do the same because "Christmas is shit". I thought they were pricks and went off to have fun playing shit board games with my aunts, uncles and good cousins.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I remember lolling away waking my Granddad up by buzzing the Operation game every time he dozed off

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:00, Reply)

My uncle made one up once.
In recent years a similar game has appeared in the marketplace called Logo.
He should sue.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:12, Reply)

I hope you will play this for him when he does
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebInqG1pJI
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:01, Reply)

It doesnae work!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

How do you mean?
Like Davvo?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:06, Reply)

haha!
Exactly like that, yes
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Here...
have some free to download christmas music instead: www.last.fm/music/baldmonkey%27s+Split+Spleen+Experience/The+Best+Of+Now+That%27s+What+I+Call+The+Best+Ultimate+Christmas+Album+In+The+World+Gold+Top+Of+The+Greatest+Hits+Pops+Volume+46+Ever
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

The en
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(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:52, Reply)

alt addendum: Having read everyone else's answers I see I may have misunderstood.
If you mean what is the first hour of my Christmas day normally like, I would have to say smiley and exciting.
Sorry for the confusion. I'm not very bright. The end.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Apology accepted, Mr Horse

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:51, Reply)

This week is crawling a little
However, the next two weeks are going to be fucking manic, all hotels, casinos, bingo halls, etc order extra cards to keep them going over the holiday period, when we're closed. We'll send out about 5 times the usual amount of cards in the lead up to Christmas.

Alt: Being shitfaced with your friends at the pub.
EDIT: When I actually wake up, it's an hour of recovery, before phoning my Dad to come and collect me.

Also, spicy chorizo stew, thanks for asking.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I have some more steak and chorizo in the fridge
I'm trying to figure out how best to combine these two magnificent things
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Have the steak seperately
This stew was very cheap to make, very filling, and fucking delicious.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

Steak is going out of date.
I may concoct an excellent sammich involving steak, chilli and cheese for tomorrow, with red onion chutney added for extra nom
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:58, Reply)

Oof, nice!
I picked up a couple of cheap steaks not too long ago, just so I could have sandwiches for a couple of days. Still 1 left over afterwards, ending up making a sweet chilli beef stir fry, was excellent, but fucking hell, it had a kick to it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:02, Reply)

My vietnamese soup thing with the raw steak yesterday worked a fucking treat

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Superb, what was the recipe?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Sportscow's make it up as you go along Thai/Vietnamese soup
2 x spring onion, finely sliced
1 x thumb sized piece of ginger, matchsticked
2 x chilli
1 x coriander bunch stalks only

Stir fry until smelling nice then add veg stock and a few mushrooms. Cook until mushrooms are done and soup turns almost black

I then added really finely cut raw steak, coriander leaves and more shredded spring onions

It was fucking lovely! The steak gets slightly poached in the heat of the soup
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

How many portions were you able to get out of that?
Did you add noodles, and if not, could you?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:24, Reply)

I made too much for one big portion
I thought about adding noodles but didn't have any!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:26, Reply)

May well do this myself, I can't see even needed decent steak
Add some noodles and peppers, make it into a 2 or 3 portion meal.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:28, Reply)

I've been winding down since the end of June.
Alt: bacon buttie and reading the obligatory Viz annual.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Brown or red sauce?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Red, I'm afraid.
I know you extol the virtues of brown on a bacon buttie, but I prefer it. If I'm feeling really decadent I'll forgo the sauce and melt some brie on it instead.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Brown sauce for a sausage butty, red for bacon

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:54, Reply)

What if it's a bacon AND sausage buttie though?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:55, Reply)

If there's bacon in the sandwich, it has to be brown sauce.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Red
EDIT:

If bacon and sausage are mixed, then egg must be introduced
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

This is true
But without black pudding in there, you're missing an opportunity.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:57, Reply)

Black pudding is something I've got to be "in the mood" to have
This is most times though, but not so far in a sarnie
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:58, Reply)

I fucking love black pudding on a roll, with sausage, bacon, runny egg, and brown sauce.
NOM
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:00, Reply)

I shall purchase some at the weekend for this exact purpose

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Good man

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

I think this might actually be a matter of taste and there is not really a right or wrong sauce for any sandwich.
I'm probably mistaken though. I often am.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I think you might be right.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

It's right up there with all the great conundrums;
how do you pronounce scone?
milk or tea first?
what's the best cheese?

It doesn't matter and there are better things to discuss unless you are making me a sandwich, a cup of tea or buying me a present of cheese. (You'll notice I don't address the scone question here. This is because even I am not that much of a fucking prick.)
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Same as gone
Tea
Mature Cheddar, I'd say.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

I don't care.

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:04, Reply)

I used to live above a cheese shop years ago.
It nearly ruined me.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:05, Reply)

One hot day in summer it melted?

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Cheese showers FTW

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Fondue bath.

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I prefer a shower TBH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Instead of scented shower gel you could use that squeezy Primula with chives in.
Or shrimp.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:18, Reply)

I use that for deodourant

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Cheese string tampons.
Stiltenema.
The works.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Nah, the whole shop was refrigerated.
We did have an overpowering stench of cheese in the flat for a while. Then we discovered the cause was a hole in the bathroom floorboards when laying a new carpet. Oh how we laughed.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I was pretending the entire shop was made of cheese and that's why you said cheese shop.
It's even better in my head because the shop doesn't even sell cheese. It sells second-hand books. So when it melted, all the books were ruined.
There's this guy who owns the shop going "Fucking hell! The shop made of cheese has melted! All my second-hand books are ruined!"
It's pretty funny. I must be a very funny person.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Yes, I know you were.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Sorry.
I might go home and carve some mild chedder into a shop.
Mature is too crumbly.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Not a full-sized shop.
A little model one.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:27, Reply)

How should you poach an egg?

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

FUCK OFF. That's how.
FUCK OFF YOU TEDIOUS PRICK.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:04, Reply)

In water
egglols
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:05, Reply)

if you don't pronounce "scone" correctly
the joke doesn't work
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I've never had a set way of saying scone.
I say it both ways. I never know myself how I'm going to say it until it is said. Meaning the joke only works 50% of the time.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:10, Reply)

you ARE wild and crazy

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:11, Reply)

You should see my collection of Red Dwarf tee shirts.
They are tee shirts with catchphrases from a sit-com on them, meaning I am a comedian. A very funny comedian.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:14, Reply)

i thought people over the age of 25 weren't allowed to wear things with slogans on them?
i must review the law on this point.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Slogans are for people with nothing of their own to say.
All my clothes have slogans. Even my pants. One pair says "These are underpants". It's ironic because it is literal.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:22, Reply)

The fastest item in the bakery one?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:10, Reply)

no, the one about the margaret thatcher film having an 18 rating
duh
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Harsh

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:12, Reply)

you love it like that

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)

True

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:16, Reply)

But fair.

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Also true

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:16, Reply)

I'm taking a stab in the dark here, but the punchline must be 'not suitabel for miners'?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Or 'not suitable' even.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:17, Reply)

As the tailor said to the three-armed man.

(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:18, Reply)

You're in grave danger of me liking you if you carry on like this.
And you wouldn't want that now, would you?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

I'm a very likable person.
I have over 50 Hot Wheels cars, 13 Nerf Guns and a fuckload of Scalectrix. Or Scalextric. Whatevs.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:21, Reply)

I don't believe you.
You can't hold the handle down on a scalextric controller with hooves.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Specially adapted.
I mean, I'M NOT A HORSE.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Shut it, Mr. Ed.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Oddly, brown sauce is also excellent with breaded fish.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I'm not mad keen on brown sauce.
But sometimes I desire it.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:02, Reply)

You owe Danny Baker royalties.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:04, Reply)

The Sausage Sandwich Game.
Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, or No Sauce At All?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Sausage sandwich is red sauce

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)

HP Guinness

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Vile, vile stuff

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

You are so wrong.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:25, Reply)

I don't like Guinness

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:27, Reply)

You are so wrong

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:28, Reply)

I've tried it many times, in different locations, I even tried it at the brewery
And I simply don't like the stuff.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:30, Reply)

That's the most common answer.
Only the proper weirdos say 'No sauce at all'.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:16, Reply)

I have one friend who has his with no sauce and no butter.
He's a bit odd.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

There's always one.
I have a friend who does that because he won't eat dairy at all. No reason, he's not allergic, he has no moral objections, he's just never eaten it and is convinced he would hate it if he tried it.

He was on Rainbow as a kid, refusing to eat cheese in one of their VT segments.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:21, Reply)

We seem to know some very odd people.
And I don't just mean on here.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:23, Reply)

I've not read Viz for years!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:51, Reply)

I get the book every year.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Sorry DG but..
k t
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Sod off.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:57, Reply)

hehe

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:58, Reply)

Interview tomorrow.
Which means getting up really bloody early to catch a bus into town as the missus needs to be in South Shields by 8:15. I really hope it's worth it...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Cool
Are you getting dropped off for the Metro then?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:05, Reply)

No, I'll just get a day ticket for the bus as it'll work out cheaper.
I may be heading back into town later as well to meet my former colleagues, so it'll be handy for that as well.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:07, Reply)

That sounds like a bit of a plan has formed there
Good work fella!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I am nothing if not organised.
Although if the weather's like this tomorrow I may just stay at home once I'm back.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Last of the leftover curry here.
Work looks to be slowly winding down towards Christmas. I'm looking forward to a half day on the Friday and then I'm off till the 3rd.

Alt: a sound sleep I should hope, or do you mean the first waking hour? If so, wandering around, scratching, making tea, and seeing what's in my stocking I expect.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Work is fucking mental at the moment
I currently have connections to 5 different sites at the moment. I need larger monitors....
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I've had that the last few weeks, not it's winding down a bit now

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:03, Reply)

haven't decided yet. pasta maybe.
work is mental. and i am in barbados for a week.

when my mum was around, we had christmas eve presents and dinner before brother and i fucked off to the pub and parents put out the presents/drank champagne. then in the morning we had a book or similar by the bed and a morning present with coffee/croissants etc. everything else waited until after lunch, to stretch out the day. we had table and pudding presents, then had to wait until everything had been cleared away. late afternoon was an orgy of present opening, then tea. eventually when we were all ready for bed, we got stockings.

i have no idea how my mother managed this for all of us. she started shopping and wrapping in about august. since she died it's just been get up wherever we've gone for christmas that year and hit the beach.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Dirty Burger King because I was starving and forgot my lunch.
This also means day old sandwiches for dinner tonight so I don't have to throw them away.

I'm off from 23 to 3rd Jan. A couple of days with my folks then going away for New Year.

1st hour the last couple of years has been a bit flat as we do Christmas Day on Boxing Day now that my brother is a single Father and spends Christmas Day with his daughter and his ex before bringing her round to my parents for a second Christmas Day on Boxing Day.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

dude
it's nearly christmas. treat yourself.

throw the minging stale sandwiches away!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Nope, won't waste them.
It saves me cooking anyway, so it's swings and roundabouts.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Oof, I do love a BK every once in a while
XL Bacon Double Cheeseburger meal, supersize, after which I feel like I'm going to die for about an hour.

Worth it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:14, Reply)

I had Supersize Double Whopper with cheese, no Bacon.
I don't like Burger King Bacon.

And yes, i feel a bit ill now. It will be a good couple of months before I do it again.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:15, Reply)

do it can shit properly
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Yes, that's a concern too.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:17, Reply)

Nice!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Tuna surprise sammich and crisps.
Works pretty much the same for me although I do get less phone calls.

Alt: running round making sure my dad has his coffee and fry up.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Did you make your own sandwiches?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Nope! shop bought.
Although I do usually.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:49, Reply)

So what was the surprise?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:52, Reply)

There was a poo in it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:54, Reply)

It's mixed up with cheese.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I work in retail. What do you reckon? At least this year I'm off in the 'in-between' week.
Spicy tomato and lentil soup, Castello creamy blue cheese and crackers.

Alt: the shift from vowing fervently never to drink again, to wondering if you'll get a dirty look for having sherry with your breakfast*.

*then thinking you will get a dirty look, then thinking 'fuck it, it's Christmas, I'm allowed, and doing it anyway
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:48, Reply)

As discussed yesterday - Sherry is a morning drink
Particularly for the elderly.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:53, Reply)

I had to stand behind an elderly woman with my hands on her shoulders earlier to stop her being blown over by the wind.
It was hard not to laugh.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:54, Reply)

You were raping her at the time weren't you?

( WormuIus, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:03, Reply)

No I was getting some lunch during the lunch break I have at the job that I have

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Is that the full time steady job at which you are paid a reasonable wage?

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Yes that's the one.
Good pension and benefits as well.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:18, Reply)

I thought so.
It is a very good job and you should mention it more often, especially when Wormulus is around.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:20, Reply)

You know we were talking about google analytics before
are you qualified?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:53, Reply)

Not qualified, no. It's quite good though.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:57, Reply)

I like GA, it's become the default analytical tool for the web these days, even for people with huge throughput.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:08, Reply)

Yeah we use Urchin7 which is basically the same thing but internally hosted.
I thought I might as well get the IQ stuff seeing as it's $50. I was working on it last night, fairly user friendly and powerful.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:08, Reply)

Cool, I've not used that one, but the fact that everything on google is API'd up means we can do literally whatever our imagine takes us that is relivent

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:20, Reply)

alt
I don't want to get out of bed but my brother and sister and jumping on the bed yabbering about fucking Christmas.
( WormuIus, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:56, Reply)

Is your last name Walton?

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Alt: If you're being pedantic, and asking about the period from midnight to 1am,
most likely staggering back down the hill from my old local.

If you're talking about my first waking hour, it will most likely be defined by my sister waking me up and excitedly reminding me it's christmas day, before putting a brave face on things, getting up and trying my best to look like I didn't overdo it the night before.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:06, Reply)

Hello stranger
how're things with you?
(berk, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Howdy
Can't complain. Well, I could. But I won't. A bit under the weather, and the 'V'-word is looming, but alright otherwise.

How's you?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:16, Reply)

Vagina?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:19, Reply)

Velociraptor?

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Vomit?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Virgin

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:26, Reply)

Nope, but please keep guessing
I'd like to think that all your first guesses suggest something about your personalities...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Vi
Va
( thealternativefact, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:28, Reply)

That's the badger
I'd say you win a prize, if I had one to offer
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Go off and win your own prize - good luck.

( thealternativefact, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Thank you!

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:36, Reply)

i'm sure you have much to offer a girl, crow
don't be so hard on yourself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Hey, I can't help it, it just goes like somet...
Oh, sorry, 'hard on yourself'...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:31, Reply)

my eternal memory of you now will be of those cocktail sausages
i will have to bring some to the next bash and you can all eat them.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:44, Reply)

top tip
read up on your examiner's research and if they start giving you grief start dissing their life's work. Cuss their entire publication history right up and then strike a b-boy arms folded pose. They'll judge you to indeed possess spunk by the bucketload and respect you for it.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:38, Reply)

They're not guesses they're descriptions of you.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:28, Reply)

A virgin-vomiting vaginal velociraptor?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Sounds like Swipe every 4th week.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:35, Reply)

why every 4th week?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:44, Reply)

Virus?
Vocoder?
Vhristmas?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Valetudinarian?

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Raaaaarrrrrrrrrr!
*disembowels with hooky toenail*
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Just sayin' here, you know, what with that "industrial-size ping-pong fella"'s flat and everything, just saying, I beat him to the post when it comes to purchasing a home.
I don't mean to say this is a valid excuse to dump him, at least wait until after christmas 'cus you've worked hard all year in getting a decent christmas present (that's a _lot_ of both kind of moaning to put up with).... but you know, just that naturally it makes me a better potetial provider and protector for a potential family, which naturally puts me in a seperior light when it comes to genetic material.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:24, Reply)

I love your dogged, stalkery and determined enthusiasm, Gonzles.

( thealternativefact, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:25, Reply)

The little engine that thought he could and definatly would !
I-think-i-can I-think-i-can I-think-i-can I-think-i-can WOOO-WOOO
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:35, Reply)

I might visit your new flat soon.

( thealternativefact, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:35, Reply)

Check out where the 121 and 329 goes ! And N29 !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:42, Reply)

i THINK the n29
was my old nightbus home as a student. does it go through manor house/turnpike lane?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:45, Reply)

Yes, and it's still beyond grim.

( thealternativefact, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:50, Reply)

*sigh*
+n up off
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:14, Reply)

What can I say? 'tis but once a year...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:16, Reply)

+t

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Only once a year?
*sadfaces*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:55, Reply)

First hour is me, my mum and brother eating croissants and drinking Bucks Fizz.
We're like a carbon copy of an Iceland advert. Then the next two hours is us waiting for my dad to turn up wondering where he is.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:34, Reply)

La di da
So much for grim up north
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:44, Reply)

As if I spend Christmas up here.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 8 Dec 2011, 14:54, Reply)