Motu and the Ghost of Christmas Presents

[Motu]

Christmas - bah humbug!!! Who's idea was this? I hate Xmas,I'm in a grumpy mood - you got to get presents for everyone....what do they want? how do I bloody know.Everywhere I go I can't find parking,can't move in shops,they are full of crap I don't want and can't imagine anyone else wanting.

It happens every year,I get in a bad mood with all the pressure to perform in the present department....and I can't,I'm a disfunctional present finder.

:argh: :calm: :brick:

[RiderInBlack]

I'm with you on that one, Motu (I'd say more but it would have to go on the Reg Rav Thread).

[Jackrat]

Just don't do it mate.
I only buy for a couple of young kids who's parents can't afford it.
Even then I buy them stuff that "I LIKE"
You know,drums,trumpets,huge water pistols,,,,two strokes one day :laugh:

[wari]

I LIke XM-ass ... :doobey:

[Ghost Lemur]

I'm feeling for you Motu.

Personally I don't go anywhere near a mall from now til after boxing day, if it wasn't for the fact I'm going to need to get some groceries this week I wouldn't go near any shop either.

[avgas]

Why is it uncool to give cash? Its the best bloody present. I want it, everyone else wants it. And you can add a card to give that personal touch

[Two Smoker]

Why is it uncool to give cash? Its the best bloody present. I want it, everyone else wants it. And you can add a card to give that personal touch
shit yeah, then i can buy what i want lol.. its like getting a bonus from work....

[jrandom]

I'm already homicidal, and there's still a week to go.

I get it when I'm on hold, calling the bank or the phone company or the power company or anyone else.

In the damned clothes shops when I'm dragged to the mall by Mrs Random.

Outside the clothes shops walking back to the car.

On the radio.

EVERYWHERE!

STUPID BLOODY CHRISTMAS SONGS!

[TwoSeven]

he he.. I dont celibrate that silly stress season, so for me its a few beers some food and watch crap tv till the queens speach comes on :)

Christchurch doesnt have enough people to notice it getting busy, although I did have to get some cager to move out of the bike park the other day.

[riffer]

STUPID BLOODY CHRISTMAS SONGS!
Oh yeah. Don't I know it. You forgot Xmas songs at home and Xmas songs in the car, kids singing christmas songs at school concerts.

I'd had enough today. Out went the Best Christmas Album ever out of the car stereo.

In went Blind Melon, just for a mellow change.

And my darling wife let slip my Xmas pressie is coming from Motomail...

Oh well - maybe xmas ain't so bad after all. :whistle:

[Ms Piggy]

I LIke XM-ass ... :doobey:
Yeah - I with Wari on this one.

Although I do sympathise Motu.

[edit: have more to say, but when don't I]

I think the present buying fiasco can really get out of hand and people feel obligated to buy something amazing and fantastic. I do like buying a present that's well thought out but, sometimes practical gifts are the best or just asking the person what they might like. I'd rather someone didn't give me a useless peice of shit b/c they felt they HAD to buy for me. We have that whole, buy for 1 other adult, thing in our family now. It's fun and it means everyone gets a little something.

[Milky]

get yourself a family like mine who doesnt believe in christmas. It saves so much stress... :mellow: I think that it transpired after a particularly dismal year when noone got what they wanted, and the family had a conference...
That might be a half decent idea for you Motu. get the guys some lipstick and the girls some engine oil, and in a couple of years they will be begging for no presents at all ;)

[Jackrat]

I'm already homicidal, and there's still a week to go.

I get it when I'm on hold, calling the bank or the phone company or the power company or anyone else.

In the damned clothes shops when I'm dragged to the mall by Mrs Random.

Outside the clothes shops walking back to the car.

On the radio.

EVERYWHERE!

STUPID BLOODY CHRISTMAS SONGS!

LOL yeah,I wish the Red Baron had shot that bloody Snoopy basket.

[RiderInBlack]

LOL yeah,I wish the Red Baron had shot that bloody Snoopy basket.Hey, that's the only one I like (the rest just stink of dog shit).


That might be a half decent idea for you Motu. get the guys some lipstick and the girls some engine oil, and in a couple of years they will be begging for no presents at all ;)With Motu's luck the boys will became Metrosexuals and really love the lipstick (as long as it has moisturiser and is the right colour). His girls probabaly already like the smell of oil and think it is aftershave.

[Juan]

Least it's warm for you guys, freezing here!!!

We have two teenagers to buy for, NOT this year.... CASH is king..

My Good lady and myself are saving for our mega holiday to see you next year... so no prezzie hunting this year :laugh:

[Ms Piggy]

Least it's warm for you guys, freezing here!!!
That's where you're wrong! Bloody freezing, raining & blowing a gale!

See: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=7256&highlight=complaint

[Eddieb]

In went Blind Melon, just for a mellow change.

An excellent choice of sounds., A shame Shannon Hoon disappeared.

I could do without Xmas as well, pressy shopiing is just too much stress.

[Ghost Lemur]

Hey, that's the only one I like (the rest just stink of dog shit).

Ditto, growing up going on holidays at Christmas it was the only tape everyone could agree too. I can still handle it more than any other (more for nostilgia than anything else).


With Motu's luck the boys will became Metrosexuals and really love the lipstick (as long as it has moisturiser and is the right colour). His girls probabaly already like the smell of oil and think it is aftershave.

:killingme

[James Deuce]

An excellent choice of sounds., A shame Shannon Hoon disappeared.


Commited Suicide.

[El Dopa]

I'd respectfully suggest that anyone who thinks things are bad here should go over to the UK for Christmas. Take it from me, it's ten times worse. And it starts in September.

So go over there, have a 'stroll' down Oxford Street, preferably on Christmas Eve, just to really get the flavour of the season. Have a go at doing your shopping there, attempt to not fly into a homicidal rage with every single person you see by the end of the day, attempt not to get knocked over and trampled in the crushes in the shops. Go home, attempt to retain some sanity in the face of brain-wilting christmas TV programming and advertising (a real cathode-tube lobotomy).

There is nothing else to do in the UK this time of year except hibernate and watch shitty Christmas TV, apart from perhaps looking forward to a few days cooped up (cabin-fever style) with rellies you normally spend time trying to avoid.

The whole 'Christmas-is-coming-unless-you-spend-loads-of-money-it's-going-to-be-a-disappointment' experience is rammed down your throat every time you step outside your front door, literally from about September/October onwards. And because there is nothing to do except watch TV, it's rammed down your throat on the inside of your front door, too.

Believe me, it's a fuckin' breeze here. If I didn't have some time off to look forward to, i'd find it easy to ignore the fact it was happening altogether.

Over here, we've got daylight until 9:00 PM (dark by 4:00PM in the UK this time of year). Yeah, the weather's been (unseasonably) crap recently, but the sun just came out after all the shit thats been chucking down recently.

Oh, and my Christmas bonus will just about get my bike back on the road, and i've got a bit of time to actually do some riding. So all in all, my glass is at least half-full.

So please please please quit yer bitchin'. You've never had it so good

Seasons greetings to one and all.

[Skunk]

I don't hate Christmas - I hate the 'you must buy presents and sing carols' crap. This is a *religous* holiday not a merchandising period. :mad: :angry2:

So I say "Fuck it" :drinknsin