» Office Christmas Parties

Not really my office party but...
Just plain jealous. From the Times Monday 21st December...

"THE FOOTBALLERS’ CHRISTMAS PARTY is an endangered institution as managers continue their crackdown on excess away from the pitch, but Sir Alex Ferguson, often portrayed as the biggest killjoy of them all, is not slipping into the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge. “Go out and enjoy yourselves,” he told his players on Saturday evening. “Just make sure you stay out of trouble.”
And so Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and friends headed for one of the city’s more exclusive bars, packed with bottles of champagne and minor celebrities, among them Eric Cantona, who once said that he wished he could stay at United just for the parties. And there was karaoke, doubtless to the delight of Ryan Giggs, and even talk of a mock casino, but the focus would be on the bar, where the aim was to break the record set by last year’s bill, a not inconsiderable £78,000."

78K on a bar bill! Oh why was I born physically dyslexic!
(Wed 22nd Dec 2004, 10:34, More)