the fireworks have already started (8 days ago)
tonight, telly adverts featured two 'Best ofs' per break
wee dram, shortie, black bun... anyone?
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Isn't it illegal to do fireworks this early back there?
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i don't want to think about it.
we're at the inlaws' this year..
we're at the inlaws' this year..
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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They always start early. I'm going back to the DVDs and the 'net until February. Bloody toy adverts.
Christmas lights went up in Grantown-on-Spey today, they've no' even hud there "bony" yet , what the fcuk ?.
Being brave is coming home at 2am half drunk, smelling of perfume, climbing into bed, slapping the wife on the arse and saying,"right fatty, you're next!!"
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Now if my memory serves me well, did we not see Chrimbo lights up in Leeds when we were making our way from Pizza Hut to t'Bassment?scotty wrote:Christmas lights went up in Grantown-on-Spey today
So early, I wonder have they just not taken 'em down from last year?
My considered opinion is, the Christmas stuff is great, can't start early enough - the anticipation the festive season is invariably better than the reality of sitting with a dodgy paper crown on talking to a cousin you only see once every couple of years...
Fireworks, on the other hand, are great for about 5 minutes at "The Bells", but any other time of year just annoy the living s**t out of me and make me worry about everything that lives in my back garden...
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I celebrate it for the presents.
Besides that, I can't be bothered with the whole christmas thing.
Besides that, I can't be bothered with the whole christmas thing.
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You've got an entire zoo in there then?boudicca wrote:Fireworks, on the other hand, are great for about 5 minutes at "The Bells", but any other time of year just annoy the living s**t out of me and make me worry about everything that lives in my back garden...
Last year my dog went very well through the fireworks, it was her first time. She even did not look up
Hope she'll react the same this year
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Well, you've got a very brave (or possibly deaf) wee dug.Obviousman wrote:You've got an entire zoo in there then?boudicca wrote:Fireworks, on the other hand, are great for about 5 minutes at "The Bells", but any other time of year just annoy the living s**t out of me and make me worry about everything that lives in my back garden...
Last year my dog went very well through the fireworks, it was her first time. She even did not look up
Hope she'll react the same this year
It really does terrify a lot of them.
In my back garden, there are foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, innumerable woodpigeons and other birds... and no doubt (I hope) many more small scurrying things . And I do worry for them. The foxes especially - being canines - must not like it at all.
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No, she's an English Setter, so I guess she has bullet and shot proof stuff in her genesboudicca wrote:Well, you've got a very brave (or possibly deaf) wee dug.
It really does terrify a lot of them.
In my back garden, there are foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, innumerable woodpigeons and other birds... and no doubt (I hope) many more small scurrying things . And I do worry for them. The foxes especially - being canines - must not like it at all.
Anyway, just went to the shop and I saw it was already stuffed with all this crap for 'Sinterklaas' (without even all that newbie-Halloween nonsense being out already). Don't know if that exists in the UK, it's on September 6th, thought Santa Claus was inspired on him. It's the biggest children-fest in the entire year, on the name day of the patron saint of the prostitutes
But a bit early, right
There's no time restriction on sales as far as I know but there is an age restriction that shopkeepers seem to ignore more often than not. I'm surprised my street has been firework free so far this year. It's not unheard of here to see little brats throwing them at each other (I kid you not) upto 6 weeks before 5 November. The intensity seems to vary from year to year - last year was like a war zone so hopefully this one'll be a bit quieter.Obviousman wrote:Isn't it illegal to do fireworks this early back there?
I take that back - I've just heard some going off in the park!
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You're meant to have an explosives licence to let off fireworks in this country, but the reality is slightly different
The weird thing is that people celebrate Guy Fawkes here, when it's got nothing to do with South African history.
The weird thing is that people celebrate Guy Fawkes here, when it's got nothing to do with South African history.
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Aren't (or were) they quite liberal on all those kind of things in SA? I seem to rememb reading in a car magazine once about a car equipped with fire spitters or something underneath it Was something against car jacking IIRChallucienate wrote:You're meant to have an explosives licence to let off fireworks in this country, but the reality is slightly different
Next, it will be advertising next Christmas before the current one....James Blast wrote:the fireworks have already started (8 days ago)
tonight, telly adverts featured two 'Best ofs' per break
wee dram, shortie, black bun... anyone?
Todays sarcasm is tomorrow's news
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I think that was true, something they did in Jo'burg, but not here.Obviousman wrote:Aren't (or were) they quite liberal on all those kind of things in SA? I seem to rememb reading in a car magazine once about a car equipped with fire spitters or something underneath it Was something against car jacking IIRChallucienate wrote:You're meant to have an explosives licence to let off fireworks in this country, but the reality is slightly different
South Africa has a lot of laws, some of them are even good, but the fact of the matter is that there just aren't enough cops around to enforce them. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.
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I feel your pain Rob
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So, no to those lovely Brummie boyz then?Andrew S wrote:It's the Christmas music I can't stand. Enough to make one slice one's wrists - or somebody else's.
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What about it?Motz wrote:What about "Christmas for my Penis"?
They also omit "Stuff The Turkey" by Alien Sex Fiend... one of their best songs IMHO...
BOOOO-TIFUL! B-B-B-B-BOOTIFUL! Thatsa BOOTIFUL....
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