xmas '06... Insomniacs thread !

[Vicious_Fishes]

its currently 1:45 and there are like a dozen people online.

amuse me biatches :p

heres my start...



i found the photo of johnny, the real one.

[fattyandthepiemakers]

So Johnny DID get a face for Xmas... nice...

[Vicious_Fishes]

yeah, it was a little wrinkly before, so i ironed it.

[muzza167]

Well, it appears my legs are asleep.... Oh boy Why am i not in bed ready to get up for a ride the next day.... oh wait its Tuesday already (boxing day), that means, have a boxing match with your sister, or get into those boxing day specials.

Don't ask :confused:

[Vicious_Fishes]

hmm, boxing day.

There are many theories as to the origins of the term. The more common stories include:

* In feudal times, Christmas was a reason for a gathering of extended families. All the serfs would gather their families in the manor of their lord, which made it easier for the lord of the estate to hand out annual stipends to the serfs. After all the Christmas parties on December 26th, the lord of the estate would give practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Each family would get a box full of such goods the day after Christmas. Under this explanation, there was nothing voluntary about this transaction; the lord of the manor was obliged to supply these goods. Because of the boxes being given out, the day was called Boxing Day.

* In Britain many years ago, it was common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the day after Christmas. Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts. This can be compared with the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name Boxing Day.

* In churches, it was traditional to open the church's donation box on Christmas Day, and the money in the donation box was to be distributed to the poorer or lower class citizens on the next day. In this case, the "box" in "Boxing Day" comes from that one gigantic lockbox in which the donations were left.

* The origins of Boxing Day can be traced back to regular punch-ups caused by excessive intake of alcohol by the aristocracy. It became popular and a pastime for families with unsettled issues of wealth and status.

* Boxing Day was the day when the wren, the king of birds, was captured and put in a box and introduced to each household in the village when he would be asked for a successful year and a good harvest.

stolen from www.wikipedia.com/istolethispost

[Vicious_Fishes]

hmm, mike&nat turn 96 today, happy birthday !

fark you all, i'm going to read, maybe that'll get me to sleep.

yes i can read !

[muzza167]

or maybe its to do with stuffing away all of those boxes that your presents came in. I mean, what am i going to do with the box that my $9000 computer came in? Maybe i could wear it on my head.

P.s. do not mock the power of solitaire, that is all my $9000 computer can play.... oh and it takes floppy disks and it can play pakman.... barely.

[Vicious_Fishes]

Dear Dad

Hey Dad, a funny thing happened when I got home last night.
You're gonna love this, I can see you laughing and saying
"You silly Bugger" Ha Ha Ha!
My foot accidentally slipped off the brake pedal and jammed
down on the accelerator as I was coming up the drive,
thus i landed the porsche in the loungeroom.
I'm really sorry, but I know you will find forgiveness in your
heart. If you need me, I have spent the night outside the Naval
Recruiting office and I'll be home in about 6 years.

David.

[flognoffsky]

i have to get up at 7am this mornig to ride to work that takes an hour then put up with a shitload of annoying costomers for 6hrs :mad:

[PINT of Stella, mate!]

well lads, It's still early here so I'm off to the pub.

If anyone's thirsty jiust say the word and I'll have one for ya - no sambuca though!

[Live2DieTrying]

my $9000 computer...
Does it have a solid gold case or something? Seems like an aweful lot to spend on a omputer. I hope it wasn't a present from rich parents to spoiled kid type thing. (and more of a present to self type thing)

[muzza167]

Does it have a solid gold case or something? Seems like an aweful lot to spend on a omputer. I hope it wasn't a present from rich parents to spoiled kid type thing. (and more of a present to self type thing)

Nah, i paid for it all by myself. I even have the LATEST version of DOS ;)

But unfortunately the integrated dictionary hasn't got "gullible" in it... I just had to say that :P

[Povi]

:eek: doesnt it!?!?!?!