Alex 35534 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 50 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Having not seen them (we did Great Expectations twice at school, put me off Dickens for life) I can’t really talk with authority but I think the last two issue a heartwarming message for mankind at the end? That is in essence what, as far I can make out, Christmas is about; the birth of hope. Not that I’m in anyway religious but I can sort of get on board with that, but when in reality the whole thing for my entire life has been an ever increasing and now completely suffocating exercise in commercial and retail bullshit I can’t really reconcile the two. I don’t really want sermons or selfish consumerism. That sounds like I don’t like Christmas which isn’t really the case , I just want the version I can pretty much get with my family as it is . Which probably isn’t much different to most on here, just without the schmaltzy fuckin films ☺️ Although the apartment is a sort of rom com it’s Billy Wilder so there’s plenty cynicism in there. To be honest in lots of ways that’s what Christmas is also about, so it’s equally valid. And I say that as someone who doesn’t mind a little bit of sentimentality at this time of year. Re: the two ‘traditional’ Xmas stories we mentioned. Ones really about reminding the main character how many lives he’s he’s touched in a positive way, when he’s in his darkest times. The other is about how it’s never too late to change. I mean that’s my main takeaways from them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45817 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 I'm helping my mam and stepdad move house today. What a day to be in a high sided van. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4405 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 (edited) Not a Christmas film but killing time before the match I've stumbled across Airplane on Sky. The food poisoning has just kicked in... Edited December 7 by NJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33708 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Putting the tree up with the wife, knackered and pissed off already, the wife's Christmas playlist which gets put on religiously when we put the decorations up is the worst I've ever heard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33708 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Temporary pua shit cessation, Kylie is on schmaltzing it up with Santa baby and honestly..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21941 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Fingers crossed for you next song is Arriane Grande Santa Tell Me. Feel fucking dreadful. Was the Xmas do last night and think I've caught the lurgy. Hate feeling this shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3953 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 My favourite Xmas film is goldfinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35534 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, Renton said: Fingers crossed for you next song is Arriane Grande Santa Tell Me. Feel fucking dreadful. Was the Xmas do last night and think I've caught the lurgy. Hate feeling this shit. Me and my lass have been floored with for about 5 days. Despite being a nurse she hasn’t had the appointment for her flu jab yet. Two of my kids have had the spray. Both ok / minor symptoms. The other one hasn’t had theirs. We’re waiting on an appointment for him to get a jab as the nasal administered one caused an allergic reaction last year. And he’s been really poorly with it. So a combination of that and the symptoms suggests it’s the fucking flu. The real one, not the one people say they’ve got when they’ve got a cold. On the plus side I’ve barely eaten and have lost about three quarters of a stone already. So swings and roundabouts. Apparently there’s 350% more hospital admissions for flu than the same time 12 months ago so there must be loads of it going around Edited December 7 by Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21941 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 1 hour ago, Alex said: Me and my lass have been floored with for about 5 days. Despite being a nurse she hasn’t had the appointment for her flu jab yet. Two of my kids have had the spray. Both ok / minor symptoms. The other one hasn’t had theirs. We’re waiting on an appointment for him to get a jab as the nasal administered one caused an allergic reaction last year. And he’s been really poorly with it. So a combination of that and the symptoms suggests it’s the fucking flu. The real one, not the one people say they’ve got when they’ve got a cold. On the plus side I’ve barely eaten and have lost about three quarters of a stone already. So swings and roundabouts. Apparently there’s 350% more hospital admissions for flu than the same time 12 months ago so there must be loads of it going around I've had my jab but guess I could still have got it, maybe less severely. Rest. Of my family are okay so far. Got a 3 hour show to watch at the ice rink tomorrow, not what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35534 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Yeah. Even if you feeling ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4107 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 4 hours ago, Gemmill said: I'm helping my mam and stepdad move house today. What a day to be in a high sided van. Try a double decker on the southern coast you great nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45817 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 She's moving to Cleadon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4786 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 All his family moving in for the CT bong party’s. When are you coming? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35534 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Just look out for the pampas grass 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13985 Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 10 hours ago, spongebob toonpants said: We watch The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds every Christmas Day. I will take no criticism or answer any questions on this family tradition My lass tried to get me to watch that last year That’s not getting a repeat. But she’ll not watch Die Hard, the silly bint. I’d even stretch to Die Hard 2 tbh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4107 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 10 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: My lass tried to get me to watch that last year That’s not getting a repeat. But she’ll not watch Die Hard, the silly bint. I’d even stretch to Die Hard 2 tbh Your loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9804 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 (edited) 22 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Merry Christmas! ( I never knew Ingrid was a Holocaust survivor, three years in a camp near Danzig!) 3 years pffft. Kenneth Williams had a whole career in camp roles. Edited December 8 by Toonpack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11487 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 Sounds as though Assad will have plenty of time to watch Christmas films in exile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17583 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 Maybe he’s gone to Russia who he was mates with but look a bit distracted nowadays so they can’t really help him out much when he decides to murder his own citizens. Mind, when I see the phrase “Syrian rebels” it sends a shudder down my spine…are these cunts back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21941 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 Rumours his plane has crashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17583 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 “CRASHED” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17583 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/08/who-are-the-syrian-rebels-who-have-captured-damascus-explained-in-30-seconds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42931 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 TALES FROM THE TRUCK VOL 89. ffs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42931 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 4 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: TALES FROM THE TRUCK VOL 89. ffs. Addendum- Just had a proper road rager follow me in to an industrial estate and jump out for a rant whilst I was waiting at a barrier The prick was angry that I pulled out instead of smashing in to the back of a slow moving wagon or something- couldn’t really understand his Yam Yam accent. Funny as fuck tbh, the more angry he got, the more I laughed in his face, which got him wound up to the point of offering me a bout of fisticuffs I don’t know if was me tapping my monkey wrench on the dashboard, or asking him to hang in while I put my boots on, so I didn’t break my toes on his face, but after I’d got booted and turned back to the window, he’d fucked off. And yes, fucking Wolverhampton! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35534 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 Haven’t been there for nearly 30 years. Is it still a fucking shit tip? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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