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Happy festive season, everyone. May I wish all of you - yes, really! - a great time, whatever you do and whoever you do it with. Let's hear some good Christmas stories after the event, and how y'all did with the Boxing Day punting - for those of you capable of moving after the Big Blow-Out!

Happy Christmas, Talking Horses!
 
Goshdurnit! I'd got SteveM at 11-10 to lead with that, and you only third favourite, Phillips!

I wasn't going to go near New Year rezzies this time around, as none of the last ten years' avowals to Get Fit, Get Slim, Speed Less, Swear Less, Be Nicer to Everyone and Cut Down on Chocolate all fell by the second hurdle, but 2012's will focus on...

PUNT MORE! :D
 
Oi, Phillips! It's 'greetings', not 'bleatings'! Go and open up your own topic of 101 Things I Hate About Christmas!
 
Season's Greetings to all.

Some seriously good racing coming up so here's hoping it all beats the weather. Good luck with the betting.
 
From what I've seen it's gonna be relatively mild leading up to the big day so the King George should be ok.

I am off to Ireland for the Lexus on the 28th and feel nervous about that being cancelled.


Season's greetings to everyone.
 
Twas the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.

Why the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a " Holiday".

Yet the shoppers were ready with cash and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Rhianna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Harrods were hanging their trees upside down
At Selfridges the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate "Winter Break" under your "Dream Tree"
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.

Choose your words carefully, choose what you say

Shout:
MERRY CHRISTMAS
not Happy Holiday.
 
I'll drink to that! In fact, it's only an hour to when three chummies are popping in for very early Christmas drinkies, so I'd better get going... cheers!
 
To all you chancers, guessers, hedonists, masochists and general ne'er do wells - its has been somewhat of a mild pleasure sneering at your feeble attempts at posting anything mildy resembling a coherent thought or reasoned argument this past year. :whistle:

Hope everyone has a great Christmas and gets exactly what they want!!;)
 
Spoiled for choice, not one, but three offers of the Christmas Day belt-buster! I've gone for the one which is a few yards down the hall, instead of a 40-minute drive away. Two of the guests will be brother and sister Staffies - my favourite dog. Brilliant!
 
Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you all have a great time, whatever you do and wherever you may be :)
 
Some great side links to more debate and fun.

It's interesting to see Lee's views on 'political correctness' - I think he's slightly lost the point that not calling people names is just not being a bigot. I've never thought that it was politically correct to not call someone a dumb queer Kike, I thought it was normal not to do so on the basis that it would be illogical if you did - as bigotry is a failing of logic. It has nothing to do with personal preferences or choice, either.

If I try eating or drinking something I find distasteful, I just don't need to eat or drink it any more. I don't need to call it 'disgusting' or 'vile', I just opine that I don't like the taste, that's all. I don't decree it's banned or that those who eat or drink it will be hanged. Like a lot of women, I've had some disappointing blokes in my life - but it would be unreasonable for me to say they were disappointing white men, or disappointing believers or atheists. Their behaviour was disappointing, not their skin or their belief. That's why it's not politically incorrect for someone to bawl out racist or other derogatory remarks - it's illogical.
 
krizon said:
I wasn't going to go near New Year rezzies this time around, as none of the last ten years' avowals to Get Fit, Get Slim, Speed Less, Swear Less, Be Nicer to Everyone and Cut Down on Chocolate all fell by the second hurdle...
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You got to the second hurdle?!!! Respect!!! :lol:
 
:lol::lol: That's because I ran out at the first! The 'speed less' lasted for one trip outbound, and failed halfway back on the inbound! Mostly down to getting stuck behind a series of Mr Magoos, which did me 'ead in - I was undertaking middle-land oinkers doing 60 mph and gave up!
 
Cassiopeia was over
Cassidy's hanging hill,
I looked and three whin bushes rode across
The horizon — the Three Wise Kings.

An old man passing said:
'Can't he make it talk —
The melodion.' I hid in the doorway
And tightened the belt of my box-pleated coat.

I nicked six nicks on the door-post
With my penknife's big blade —
there was a little one for cutting tobacco.
And I was six Christmases of age.

My father played the melodion,
My mother milked the cows,
And I had a prayer like a white rose pinned
On the Virgin Mary's blouse.

Happy Christmas to all on the forum, and best wishes for 2012.
 
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