tuesday with chocolate to follow

Stevo_666

hopkinb wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Yay, won 2 bottles of grog in the Xmas raffle. Taylors tawny port - a bottle of 20yo and a bottle of 40yo. Sungod would be proud of me.

Nice Stevo. Good win that. The 40 yr old is not a cheap bottle! As I'm sure sungod will tell you, lovely on its own, stick it in the fridge for 30 to 40 mins before serving.

Good advice Hoppy. Maybe should have chilled it before I necked it?

Actually this completes my Christmas stash. As my new toy isn't showing up until well into the new year I may as well get lathered for the rest of the month.

pinno

I have a bottle of Absolut in my freezer for xmas day.
I will not mix it with anything.
That's my sole tipple to get me through the day as initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor. I hope to get a wobble in too. Wish me luck.
We're having roast beast and Yorkshire pudding.
No over fed new world fowl is going to end up on my plate.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor.

I think the phrase is 'why have a dog and bark yourself?'

big_harv

Right, just spent half an hour looking for a thread that exemplified our community inclusive spirit only to find the dumb ferk overstepped the mark and it was culled. This is very disturbing. There's nothing to be done and I'm going to bed.

I've also been in London and had some wine. 'night.

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor.

I think the phrase is 'why have a dog and bark yourself?'

Mrs P doesn't drive.
Mrs P ain't the best at cooking.
I'll be quietly footering in the kitchen getting smashed.
Mrs P will be dealing with the toots present riot aftermath better than me.

pinno

Night Harv.

BelgianBeerGeek

Stevo 666 wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Yay, won 2 bottles of grog in the Xmas raffle. Taylors tawny port - a bottle of 20yo and a bottle of 40yo. Sungod would be proud of me.

Nice Stevo. Good win that. The 40 yr old is not a cheap bottle! As I'm sure sungod will tell you, lovely on its own, stick it in the fridge for 30 to 40 mins before serving.

Good advice Hoppy. Maybe should have chilled it before I necked it?

Actually this completes my Christmas stash. As my new toy isn't showing up until well into the new year I may as well get lathered for the rest of the month.

+1 to hoppys advice. Do as the French would. After donning your gilet jaune and throwing paves at the gendarmerie, retire to to your agreeable gaff, drink something tres agreeable and shrug to your family “one can do no more”. Result is you are a revolutionary hero, you don’t actually dirty your salmon coloured sweater, and the tawny port is chilled to perfection as une aperitif! Bon appetit!

BelgianBeerGeek

Pinno wrote:

I have a bottle of Absolut in my freezer for xmas day.
I will not mix it with anything.
That's my sole tipple to get me through the day as initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor. I hope to get a wobble in too. Wish me luck.
We're having roast beast and Yorkshire pudding.
No over fed new world fowl is going to end up on my plate.

Something tells me you got this all wrong. Unless it’s all about the kids, right?

pinno

It's all about the kids.

I'm a naturally grumpy fcuk. I would have a spectacular big meal with drink as a winter solstice celebration, with friends on the 21st and sod all the commercialism, token cards to token people (just because you feel obligated), jingly jangly musak and even worse TV, coupled with all the disruption to 'normal service'.
Have a 3 day national holiday: the 20th, 21st and 22nd and then after that, bring in the new year.

BelgianBeerGeek

Aye, that’s pretty grumpy.
I kind of like the Dutch way (kid’s pressies on the 6th, religious if you want on the 24/25th) and the rest is merry making.
Cheers ya miserable baw!

pinno

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

Aye, that’s pretty grumpy.
I kind of like the Dutch way (kid’s pressies on the 6th, religious if you want on the 24/25th) and the rest is merry making.
Cheers ya miserable baw!

That cheered me up no end.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor.

I think the phrase is 'why have a dog and bark yourself?'

Mrs P doesn't drive.
Mrs P ain't the best at cooking.
I'll be quietly footering in the kitchen getting smashed.
Mrs P will be dealing with the toots present riot aftermath better than me.

It's not just dogs that can be trained

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

I'm a naturally grumpy fcuk.

Surely not?

awavey

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Pinno wrote:

They asked me yesterday when I posted something to some obscure (probably incestuous) place in Wales and I said it was a stem.
What efficacy it has, I have no idea when one can just simply lie about the contents.

It's for customs at the border, ready for brexit and all that.
They say they're getting rid of the toll booths on the severn bridge, but it's only so they can install checkpoints.

its just so it doesnt end up in Postman Pats airmail service, when it could like a lithium battery going suddenly wrong, cause quite a problem unsupervised, youve all seen Castaway, Postman Pat doesnt want to be marooned on Anglesey drawing Jess the cats face on a basketball to talk to.

BelgianBeerGeek

awavey wrote:

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Pinno wrote:

They asked me yesterday when I posted something to some obscure (probably incestuous) place in Wales and I said it was a stem.
What efficacy it has, I have no idea when one can just simply lie about the contents.

It's for customs at the border, ready for brexit and all that.
They say they're getting rid of the toll booths on the severn bridge, but it's only so they can install checkpoints.

its just so it doesnt end up in Postman Pats airmail service, when it could like a lithium battery going suddenly wrong, cause quite a problem unsupervised, youve all seen Castaway, Postman Pat doesnt want to be marooned on Anglesey drawing Jess the cats face on a basketball to talk to.

Awavey, you’re going to have start talking some sense. Unlike the rest of the bampots on here.

BelgianBeerGeek

Pinno wrote:

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

Aye, that’s pretty grumpy.
I kind of like the Dutch way (kid’s pressies on the 6th, religious if you want on the 24/25th) and the rest is merry making.
Cheers ya miserable baw!

That cheered me up no end.

Aye, right...
(Overplaying my hand :twisted: )

tlw1

Pinno wrote:

I have a bottle of Absolut in my freezer for xmas day.
I will not mix it with anything.
That's my sole tipple to get me through the day as initially taxi driver to see in laws :roll: , then chief cook and bottle washer, general janitor. I hope to get a wobble in too. Wish me luck.
We're having roast beast and Yorkshire pudding.
No over fed new world fowl is going to end up on my plate.

We are hosting Christmas for the first time, could have had a lot of decent beef for the price of the ferkin turkey

tlw1

oxoman wrote:

And I thought I was the Christmas Grinch. Will be cooking a late lunch as kids will be retired to respective caves to play to death new games etc, assuming internet doesn't crash on the day. OH definitely doesn't cook big lunches without stressing or cooking it to death. Suspect I will be off for wobble before lunchtime. Grandkids being entertained elsewhere this year so will play Santa on boxing day and let daughter get stressed out instead of me for a change.

Sounds good

We aim to spend the morning with the kids and then get a run in. At the pub for an hour or so with the whole village and then our respective parents and My brother and family are over for lunch. Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

Matthewfalle

TLW1 wrote:

Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

errrr - swap over? what, like keys in a fruit bowl?

tlw1

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

errrr - swap over? what, like keys in a fruit bowl?

Mmmmm - could be dangerous as a set of Audi keys could be an absolute win or fail!

Matthewfalle

TLW1 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

errrr - swap over? what, like keys in a fruit bowl?

Mmmmm - could be dangerous as a set of Audi keys could be an absolute win or fail!

Most likely a fail as its an Audi. Poor man's Volkswagen.

tlw1

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

errrr - swap over? what, like keys in a fruit bowl?

Mmmmm - could be dangerous as a set of Audi keys could be an absolute win or fail!

Most likely a fail as its an Audi. Poor man's Volkswagen.

True, could be back end pollution problems

Matthewfalle

TLW1 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

TLW1 wrote:

Then brother etc swop over with friends for a party - should be good

errrr - swap over? what, like keys in a fruit bowl?

Mmmmm - could be dangerous as a set of Audi keys could be an absolute win or fail!

Most likely a fail as its an Audi. Poor man's Volkswagen.

True, could be back end pollution problems

The MFs agree. No one likes a dirty exhaust pipe. THEY have been told that a bottle cleaner and some paraffin sorts out any residual deposits quite nicely however even THEY are a bit scared about this whole subject.