Why all the hype?

[ajturbo]

over the last couple of weeks i have noticed a heighten level of excitement from lots of different people....

in all walks of life....

my question to one and all is


why all the hype??

sure we are entitled to a couple of days off, some have to go to work during the few days between Xmass and new year..

but hey, at the end of the day, it really is only a few days off...

i am personal getting a bit nervous about the racing i am going to in Taupo, nervous about, hoping that i do not forget to pack anything (list will be made as soon as i have finished this)

am not looking forward to the trip up and back ( in the van)


but apart from that....

why all the hype?

on the 25th i am going to see my mum... but that not special, i saw her a couple of weeks ago... yes she is still alive... and i think she still will be in a couple of days...

a special time for me is... anytime i spend with my friends
no hype involved, just a nice smile and a raised glass or two... and a good ride thrown in ...

so..why all the hype??
:zzzz::zzzz::zzzz:

[The Everlasting]

Yeah I have never understood what all the fuss is about.

[Pussy]

Because the retail sector has made it that way

[Usarka]

Don't, don't, don't believe the hype.

[Big Dave]

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1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment : Melissa came in looking happy and excited | [with clause ] we're just happy that he's still alive | [with infinitive ] they are happy to see me doing well.
• [ predic. ] ( happy about) having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with (a person, arrangement, or situation) : I was never very happy about the explanation | I can't say they looked too happy about it, but a deal's a deal.
• [ predic. ] ( happy with) satisfied with the quality or standard of : I'm happy with his performance.
• [with infinitive ] willing to do something : we will be happy to advise you.
• (of an event or situation) characterized by happiness : we had a very happy, relaxed time.
• [ attrib. ] used in greetings : happy birthday.
• [ attrib. ] fortunate and convenient : he had the happy knack of making people like him.
2 [in combination ] informal inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random : our litigation-happy society.
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happy hunting ground a place where success or enjoyment is obtained. [ORIGIN: originally referring to the optimistic hope of American Indians for good hunting grounds in the afterlife.]
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2 we will be happy to advise you glad, pleased, delighted; willing, ready, disposed. antonym unwilling.
3 a happy coincidence fortunate, lucky, favorable, advantageous, opportune, timely, well-timed, convenient. antonym unfortunate.

[vifferman]

I get a mounting sense of dread as the festering season approaches.
If it was purely a religious festival, it wouldn't be so bad (there'd be no hype).

I blame the Mrkns: it was much more low-key afore they got into it and Coca-cola-ised it.

I yam the Xmas Grinch. :Pokey:

I even escaped the orofice yesterday for an hour to avoid the company 'Secret Satan' and mince pie / cheap sparkling wine debacle. It was great! Went for a walk around the block, ended up getting a migraine, and sat in the shade under a palm tree till it went away and I could see again. And lo! While I was sitting under the palm tree, an <s>angel of the Lord</s> demon appeared unto me, and said, "Yay and verily (forsooth!): you are an arsehole, and you'll have to make up the time on your timesheet, you slacker!" :lol:

Hey! Look at me! I'm on KiwiBiker! :wari: (My boss isn't here yet, so I can be naughty, plus I don't give a crap)

[ajturbo]

happy |ˈhapē|
adjective ( -pier , -piest )
1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment : Melissa came in looking happy and excited | [with clause ] we're just happy that he's still alive | [with infinitive ] they are happy to see me doing well.
• [ predic. ] ( happy about) having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with (a person, arrangement, or situation) : I was never very happy about the explanation | I can't say they looked too happy about it, but a deal's a deal.
• [ predic. ] ( happy with) satisfied with the quality or standard of : I'm happy with his performance.
• [with infinitive ] willing to do something : we will be happy to advise you.
• (of an event or situation) characterized by happiness : we had a very happy, relaxed time.
• [ attrib. ] used in greetings : happy birthday.
• [ attrib. ] fortunate and convenient : he had the happy knack of making people like him.
2 [in combination ] informal inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random : our litigation-happy society.
PHRASES
( as) happy as a clam ( at high tide) extremely happy.
happy hunting ground a place where success or enjoyment is obtained. [ORIGIN: originally referring to the optimistic hope of American Indians for good hunting grounds in the afterlife.]
DERIVATIVES
happiness noun
ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [lucky] ): from the noun hap + -y 1 .

Thesaurus
happy
adjective
1 Melissa looked happy and excited cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, smiling, beaming, grinning, in good spirits, in a good mood, lighthearted, pleased, contented, content, satisfied, gratified, buoyant, radiant, sunny, blithe, joyous, beatific; thrilled, elated, exhilarated, ecstatic, blissful, euphoric, overjoyed, exultant, rapturous, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, walking on air, jumping for joy, jubilant; informal chirpy, over the moon, on top of the world, tickled pink, on a high, as happy as a clam; formal jocund. See word spectrum. antonym sad.
2 we will be happy to advise you glad, pleased, delighted; willing, ready, disposed. antonym unwilling.
3 a happy coincidence fortunate, lucky, favorable, advantageous, opportune, timely, well-timed, convenient. antonym unfortunate.
err... dave... WTF...???

hahahahahah

[gijoe1313]

Meh.Pfft.Bah.Humbug.Tish tosh. Harumph. All I want for xmas is to be able to ride my bike for as long as I like for as far as I like ... :whistle:

[Pussy]

Meh.Pfft.Bah.Humbug.Tish tosh. Harumph. All I want for xmas is to be able to ride my bike for as long as I like for as far as I like ... :whistle:

So you've done about 10,000km since the school year finished, then?....

[Usarka]

So you've done about 10,000km since the school year finished, then?....

Yes but he really wants to be able to ride as long and as far as he likes.

[avgas]

Due to work and MBA.....this will be the first 6 conseq. days of leave I have had off in 1 year. Where I am not on call......don't have to do assignments.....don't even have to be NEAR the office.......
I may even get the bike going again.

[spacemonkey]

Hype?
There's been Hype??

Shit how'd I miss that? :weep:


heh well I have to admit to some excitement over all the time off work (don't go back till the 18th) and all the play time this gives me.
But other than that, the emotionally charged Christian/retail load of bollocks gets ignored by me and has been ignored since I was a kid. :calm:

[Dave Lobster]

I yam the Xmas Grinch.


No, that's me. I've even sent people lumps of coal this year :)

[ynot slow]

Is a time for family and friends,can't see where expensive gifts which aren't practical needs to be advertised eh.

I enjoy the time for what it is,enjoying good company with friends and family,especially family as we aint getting younger,and with it is friends or family who have died between each xmas,RIP to all who have died this year,we miss you.

[ajturbo]

Meh.Pfft.Bah.Humbug.Tish tosh. Harumph. All I want for xmas is to be able to ride my bike for as long as I like for as far as I like ... :whistle:
can you NOT do that any OTHER time of the year???

[Pussy]

Is a time for family and friends,can't see where expensive gifts which aren't practical needs to be advertised eh.

I enjoy the time for what it is,enjoying good company with friends and family,especially family as we aint getting younger,and with it is friends or family who have died between each xmas,RIP to all who have died this year,we miss you.

Spot on, Tony!
My first Christmas without my Dad.... that's why I'm foregoing the Cemetary Circuit this year to spend some time with me Mum

[ajturbo]

Hype?
There's been Hype??

Shit how'd I miss that? :weep:


heh well I have to admit to some excitement over all the time off work (don't go back till the 18th) and all the play time this gives me.
But other than that, the emotionally charged Christian/retail load of bollocks gets ignored by me and has been ignored since I was a kid. :calm:
yeah... and don't it piss the women off... hahahahahah

HTFU!!!

like i always say...

if i want to buy you something, i'll buy it... i don't care for days or dates...

i expect the same..!!!

[Headbanger]

so..why all the hype??
:zzzz::zzzz::zzzz:

Santas coming.

Kids love it, and its great for me as a parent to see the buzz, I'd hate to be immune to it.


Though if I didn't have kids it would just be a pain in the arse.

[Genestho]

Santas coming.

Kids love it, and its great for me as a parent to see the buzz, I'd hate to be immune to it.


Though if I didn't have kids it would just be a pain in the arse.

Yea Im not into the retail excitement, the traffic is already banking up round here, along with the mental out of town drivers in a rush to be the car in front at all costs.

Did the Xmas shopping a month ago, because it's always the same ole same.

My boys are amped, and we write the note, put out the redbull and crackers n cheese for Santa:D, snow footsteps to the tree for when they wake up, the wee faces are delightful - and that's for Free.

We got people arriving today and tomorrow to park up!

If there were no short people,I'd skip the whole thing!

And then it's Boxing day, and then its the TRRS!:banana:

Amped!!!:banana: :D

[ajturbo]

frig... just spent the last 2hrs looking for my entry tickets... to find them on a bulldog clip NEXT to the puter.....arrrrrgggg coffee time i think

[firefighter]

Pfft. Yeah I guess it is cool to go on about how lame x-mas and holidays are these days.

However.

This looks to be a good hot summer. (do'nt care what you say i'm gonna trust it)

Heaps of parties, beer, wine, bbq's, delicious food, friends who actually can be bothered getting together to enjoy the weather.

Camping.

Seafood, diving, fishing.

Good riding, just be prepared for a bit of traffic and do'nt obsess over it, just enjoy the cruisy ride.

The beach and bon-fires.

Celebrations.

Family who are around actually bother to get together. You actually do spend some precious time with your nieces and nephews.

Spend a little too much on what you should be, enjoying the fruits of life, not on crappy possesions.

Fucken great time of year, just use it wisely.

Do'nt get caught up conforming to the grinch hype.

[gilly]

why all the hype??


on the 25th i am going to see my mum... but that not special,
:zzzz::zzzz::zzzz:

1. find a nice girl
2. settle down
3. have kids
4. watch them grow
5. appreciate that they love you no matter what and you love them
6. enjoy your grandkids

You'll grow up one day and enjoy this special season that is Christmas

Be thankful you get to hug your mum on Christmas day, I haven't seen mine for 3 years (they in aussie) and at 46 I still miss not seeing my parents at Christmas.

P.S. Give your mum and big hug and tell her you love her. The best Christmas gift you can give. (Wouldn't hurt to offer to clean the windows or do the dishes while your at it).

[ajturbo]

1. find a nice girl
2. settle down
3. have kids
4. watch them grow
5. appreciate that they love you no matter what and you love them
6. enjoy your grandkids

You'll grow up one day and enjoy this special season that is Christmas

.

yeah.. that sounds too easy...

plan A == would be to get a house first.. so i don't keep moving
find a nice girl?? have more fun with bad girls..
settle down? hell no.. the bad girls are not bad for no reason..
have kids..? hell no, one is enough
watch them grow?... thank god for the warehouse
appreciate that they love you no matter what and you love them?... let me think more about this one...
enjoy your grandkids?... na, they would make too much noise and bitch about my speed on the bike

grow up??? where's the fun in that?????:mad: