Bah ! Humbug !

[Evans Electric]

Here we go again .......... Bloody 'ell .... snow and bleedin' reindeers starting to appear all over the place .

I suppose The Badger has started on his mamouth lighting display again , reducing the voltage across the Midlands .

 

[NozSpark]

I didn't think you had Christmas in Birmingham??

 

[Evans Electric]

We don't ...we have Winterval so we don't upset anyone . And I noticed that last year , the council Christmas street lights things were all very PC and neutral with no stables, mangers , wise (or not so wise) men ,donkeys, camels , shepherds washing socks by night, no three kings from orient are, angels, Mary & Whatshis name ,and definately no baby Jesus .

Basically sort of... stars ...wooshing . :C

Oh well Happy Hanukkah

 

[Evans Electric]

What the hell are you building there Noz , an Ark , do you know something we don't ?

 

[steptoe]

FFS,

my young lad has an EID festival at school tomorrow,

Im not against anyone, but they NEVER celebrate any of MY festivals,

and Im fairly sure they dont celebrate Christmas in Islamic countries either.

 

[Evans Electric]

What are "your festivals" Steps ? I somehow don't see you celebrating by left footing off to High Mass and confessing your sins . Are we praying for the return of King Billy in his Dutch national foolball colours.

Or is it to the woods on Walpurgis night to practice the dark arts. ( Blimey straight out of Harry Potter that is)

Yes the EID fireworks are going off as I type

 

[steptoe]

All hallows eve is a biggish celebration from my part of the world,

5th Nov is non existent, :|

I dont have any sins to confess.

Funnily enough, I have a good joke about that, but another time maybe....

 

[Badger]

talking of badger i have been running cables for the last 2 hours or so, :slap outswide, just to power everything. for halloween.

 

[husky2013]

i was gobsmacked in july to find certain supermarkets already with the xmas stuff on the shelves

but i have started xmas shopping already mainly for the neices & nephews all of them are getting tablet PCs including the 2 year old who is getting a Leap Pad one!

and iv just bought a set of Honda CB550/4 Carbs off ebay for me dad for xmas! now i wonder if me mum would like a Honda CB550/4 Wiring Loom or Solenoid! Hmmmmmmm

 

[Sharpend]

i was gobsmacked in july to find certain supermarkets already with the xmas stuff on the shelves

but i have started xmas shopping already mainly for the neices & nephews all of them are getting tablet PCs including the 2 year old who is getting a Leap Pad one!

and iv just bought a set of Honda CB550/4 Carbs off ebay for me dad for xmas! now i wonder if me mum would like a Honda CB550/4 Wiring Loom or Solenoid! Hmmmmmmm

I'm sure she'll be fine, after all mums, I find will generally accept any gift providing the rest of the family is happy!!

 

[misssweden]

5th Nov is non existent, :|

I never get this one. Do you celebrate that someone failed to blow up the parlament? Or that someone tried...?

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

..... Im fairly sure they dont celebrate Christmas in Islamic countries either.

Perhaps this is one reason why Christmas celebrations are diminishing ?. The UK is slowly but steadily becoming an Islamic country.

As for celebrating Christmas. It is grossy over commercialised. It is quite simply about commemorating the birth of Christ, not about spending so much money on presents you cannot afford to eat or put the heating on in January !

 

[OnOff]

My missus is the only one dressed up in a witches outfit tonight, neither of the kids wanted to. So there she is, pointy hat and all doing dinner and I said to her "Maybe next year you can dress up in a witches outfit!" :lol:

Gonna wait until she's sweeping up and ask if she's having trouble starting it!

 

[Evans Electric]

I never get this one. Do you celebrate that someone failed to blow up the parlament? Or that someone tried...?

I think it began celebrating the fact that they were caught . Guido Fawlkes , I believe, was found guilty and was hung, drawn & quartered . This is being tied up, his belly cut open, innards drawnout onto the floor still attached , still alive, they are then set on fire while he watches . He was then cut into four I believe.

Bloody teach him not to pay his council tax !!!

 

[elvis]

I believe they stuck his hied on tower bridge as well...

No wishy, washy half the sentence for good behaviour, they knew how to dole it out back in the day!

Maybe they left his knob on for being a good prisoner!

 

[Andy™]

I never get this one. Do you celebrate that someone failed to blow up the parlament? Or that someone tried...?

he was the only person to enter parlament with honest intentions...

 

[Sidewinder]

You beat me to that exact comment Andy!

With one exception, the word EVER,

He was the only person to EVER enter Parliament with honest intentions!

 

[misssweden]

Bloody hell, they didn't do half-measures back then did they?

(Note to self: Set up direct debit for council tax payments... )

 

[misssweden]

Speaking of the parlament, someone down the pub told me that the smoking ban doesn't apply to the MP's private bar. Is that true?

 

[Andy™]

Speaking of the parlament, someone down the pub told me that the smoking ban doesn't apply to the MP's private bar. Is that true?

you would think no laws apply to them