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Fuckin hell Fist, you've nicked my inventory!!!! you mean itinerary I happen to think he's rather a nice itinerary.

Congrats mate, hope all are well. Quiet one for us, in bed at 11.30 asleep at 12.02! Bloody long one for you

I saw it and hoped it wouldn't be what I already knew it would be. Jesus fucking wept. (We all adore mediocrity, by the way.)

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Eurovision 2009, the 2004 Croatian final and the 2005 international semi-final. Six bottles of wine between the three of us. Happy happy bunnies. Merry New Year everyone!

Predictable as all hell, but I'll have to go with the Decemberists and "The Hazards Of Love". It took me a while to warm to it, but seeing the whole thing played live in all its wanky glory last month basically sealed the deal. Honourable mentions for "One To The Heart, One To The Head" by Gretchen Peters and Tom Russell (from which my favouritest track released this year, the lovely "Guadalupe", is taken) and "Midnight At The Movies" by Justin Townes Earle.

There's an app for linking insufferable twats with the über-insufferable twat? What won't they think of next?

Meant to say, Alex, I tried out that lasagna sauce - with added meat - and it worked a treat.

This is not what I expected from "MEN ONLY"

Definitely Tilleys before then? The story of Fish's empty belly and the rest can be sorted out anon.

Canny meal today. Not enough booze though. Doing it all again tomorrow with the other half of the family but going out to a pub, so [a] can order something that isn't turkey, and can get on the lash.

Good call. I was in the crowd for that - it was Smooth Operator's birthday party.

This makes me so damn happy.

Merry Christmas to all and sundry!

I actually can't imagine a situation where that would occur. Unless it was the stereotypical bad-taste sweater or something. But that's what charity shops are for.

Sounds good actually.

I'm sorry, I don't normally dismiss posts out of hand, but.... Starbucks

And "anyone for a nice piece of breast?" à la Adrian Mole?

Surely you could take it to its logical extreme and serve up a turducken. Lazy sods.

Wey that's it, I'd rather have seconds of roasties and gravy than have to fanny around making soup and nibbles on Christmas Day. Mind you, I've never had to actually do anything more than the peeling and chopping myself, so the point is probably moot.

I know it's the season of joy and goodwill and all, but the new Lotus isn't really Lotus, is it? And those Donnelly clips/pics never get less shocking.

Do people really do starters on Christmas Day? Don't get me wrong like, it sounds lovely, but surely there's enough effort involved already!

10-day trip to the States already booked for June, so once you factor in the usual city breaks (Hamburg in February, Stockholm in March for Eurovision-related purposes), there's not much time left for anything more than that. Will try to get away to somewhere low-maintenance like Lanzarote for a week of catching up on reading/relaxing in the early autumn again though.

Stuffing balls? Spicy chipolatas.

I'm going to the fella's family for Christmas for the first time, so I'll take whatever I'm given and I'll like it. Should be as trad as it comes though, which is good. I can have poncey stuff the rest of the year.