Went to the local for a pint last night - straight in the door and there it was 'Thinking about your Christmas Meal - think about having it at the Bricklayers'Arms'. Christmas bloody Christmas I'm still getting some wear out of my shorts for heavens sake. Who wants to think about bloody Christmas... here we go again. Whose hosting the lunch, what about presents, have you booked the time off?
If it was up to me we'd abolish the whole bloody event; with all the religious festivities to choose from why do we settle for December 25th as the only bloody day people are remotely civil to one another?
Cancel it and save the money - isn't there a recession on.
Of course Tina doesn't agree, she can't wait to waste more of my hard-earned money. 'Ted' she says I 've just seen this course at the local college where you can make your own Christmas cards, wouldn't it be lovely if we could do one including a photo of the family round the tree?' Who does she think we are bloody royalty, who wants a photo of a couple of overweight oldies, a son who looks like he needs a bloody shave and a Cheryl Cole wannabee with over tight stretch leggings sporting bleeding antlers.
Only redeeming feature of the visit to the local was the new guest ale 'yuletime winter warmer' mine's a pint -
