Guest Toplass-101 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 they've just been on the radio - looks bad - you'll only get a few pence in the pound back "eventually" shite.... just caught it on the news.... Dont build ya hopes up Radgi, in most Admins you wont get anything back at all. Its a sorryfactomundo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toplass-101 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Just heard about this earlier on, at work theres a shitload of people who have been saving all year through this and are now buggered. Luckily I work on the "fuck it I'll blow what I can on Christmas eve principle" and it was the nicest bottle of Windscreen Wash anyone has ever bought me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Just heard about this on the news today, awful that like. As said by some, divvint go and get yourself into loads of debt by trying to fork out the same amount. That alot of cash for anyone to loose. You'd be better off explaining (if you feel you have to) and getting people something small (or nothing). Im sure they'd rather you done that than jumped onto the slippery downward slope of high interest borrowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. It is the thought that counts, but if anyone gives me a biscuit for Christmas, there'll be trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. It is the thought that counts, but if anyone gives me a biscuit for Christmas, there'll be trouble. not even a ginger one? I dont mind receiving a box of those really moreish M&S luxury biccies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21119 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. You could save money and use McVitie's digestives too! Seriously though, although you obviously take Christmas seriously judging by the amount you had save, I agree with others that you should just tell your friends and family what happened. Any reasonable person would understand and not want you to get into debt or get stressed out by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. Individually wrapped biscuits? Sorry I thought she had a bit of misfortune, I missed the bit where she said she'd been trapped in a Dickens novel. Edited October 17, 2006 by ObaGol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. It is the thought that counts, but if anyone gives me a biscuit for Christmas, there'll be trouble. not even a ginger one? I dont mind receiving a box of those really moreish M&S luxury biccies though. No, not even a ginger one. I'll go through three tins of the cadburys biscuit selections over the festive period though. I watched more about this whole thing on the news this morning and it's awful. Old grannies losing £6k and stuff. Pretty shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. Individually wrapped biscuits? Sorry I thought she had a bit of misfortune, I missed the bit where she said she'd been trapped in a Dickens novel. Aye, I was imagining Bob Cratchit looking through the window at Tiny Tim tucking into his chocolate Bourbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 See that alex? Literary reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 See that alex? Literary reference. Wow, so you saw the cartoon with Scrooge McDuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. Individually wrapped biscuits? Sorry I thought she had a bit of misfortune, I missed the bit where she said she'd been trapped in a Dickens novel. i didnt mean one biscuit per present!! they are large boxes and you could half them to make them go around further and creatively wrap them prettily!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 See that alex? Literary reference. I notice you picked the only one of his novels converted to Disney, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah, yeah, very good wankers! I did have to look on wikipedia for Cratchit's first name though. Confirmed my heterosexuality tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you want my opinion, tell people what happened and buy them something small. Getting into financial difficulty or selling stuff for Xmas presents is just daft in my opinion. I'm sure people will understand your predicament and I would hate one of my friends or relatives to buy my presents they couldn't afford. Agreed. Sorry to hear your bad news Gina Why not buy a few boxes of Marks and Spencers 'nice' biscuits, ( on offer at present) split the boxes up, wrap the biccies into individual parcels and tie up with ribbon for small gifts. Its the thought that counts after all. It is the thought that counts, but if anyone gives me a biscuit for Christmas, there'll be trouble. not even a ginger one? I dont mind receiving a box of those really moreish M&S luxury biccies though. No, not even a ginger one. I'll go through three tins of the cadburys biscuit selections over the festive period though. I watched more about this whole thing on the news this morning and it's awful. Old grannies losing £6k and stuff. Pretty shocking. mmmm yes, those cadburys chocolate cakes are gorgeous too...especially the turkish delight one! (mouth watering here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Turkish Delight is minging! It tastes of flowers. Although if there's chocolate on it, I'll still put it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Turkish Delight is minging! It tastes of flowers. Although if there's chocolate on it, I'll still put it away. im glad you dont like Turkish D....it pisses me off when someone chooses that one from the box, why cant they just go for the flake cake one? ( im very protective over chocolate) I'll pretty much eat anything chocolatey, as long as its not white or cooking chocolate. My friend and i went away the weekend just gone to the Cotswolds, we were nearly an hour in ONE fudge shop in Stratford, just too much to sample and choose from!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Turkish Delight is minging! It tastes of flowers. Although if there's chocolate on it, I'll still put it away. How do you know what flowers taste like? I assume somebody stole your wallet one Christmas and you had to survive on flowers and ditchwater for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44173 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Turkish Delight is minging! It tastes of flowers. Although if there's chocolate on it, I'll still put it away. How do you know what flowers taste like? I assume somebody stole your wallet one Christmas and you had to survive on flowers and ditchwater for a year. I got some petals individually wrapped for Christmas one year. I ate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 What mannerof granny has put £6k away with them? PS on a separate level, this shows up christmas for the commercial shit-fest that it is tbh. I'll be sound as long as I get lashed. Couldnt give a shiney shite what presents I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Gemmill's in good company as Homer J eats flowers tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21119 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Oranges make good presents, and wooden spinning tops for any kids if they've been good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Gemmill's like Homer Simpson when he's trying to secretly eat all of those flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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