Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux

freshpopcorn

Sorry DenMan.

Autosport

Sorry for your loss Denman xxx

Posy

Oh DenMan, I'm so sorry to hear that.

Like Loughc said, we're here any time you need us. Christmas isn't always all fairy lights and fun, and we are here for the tough days just as much as the good ones. Take care of yourself. xx

Mam of 4

Sorry for your loss DenMan .

freshpopcorn

Anybody fancy a Christmas tattoo?

Loughc

Postgrad10

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Anybody fancy a Christmas tattoo?

Love the pumpkin too ! Is there an Easter bunny on the other arm?:)

Postgrad10

Leg?

freshpopcorn

No idea. It's not me!

Postgrad10

I think it's a knee where the trunk of the tree is.

Loughc

Well February is flying away! Thursday week is the 1st of March, what the frick?

Over half way through the month and it only feels like now I'm coming up for air to pop in and properly say hello this month!

baby and crumble

Loughc wrote: »

Well February is flying away! Thursday week is the 1st of March, what the frick?

Over half way through the month and it only feels like now I'm coming up for air to pop in and properly say hello this month!

Stop, it's been mad. I'm 3/4 way through my first year back in college AND working fulltime. It's madness.

In other news, I finally got to try out the Lidl mince pie ice cream that i've been saving.

Oh my. Oh my it's nice.

Also our cat likes it. :p

Loughc

baby and crumble wrote: »

Stop, it's been mad. I'm 3/4 way through my first year back in college AND working fulltime. It's madness.

Oh wow you're going to be super busy this year so, what are you studying?

CheerLouth

baby and crumble wrote: »

Stop, it's been mad. I'm 3/4 way through my first year back in college AND working fulltime. It's madness.

I take my hat off to people like you, B&C, who work and study! How do you get the time?!!!!!

baby and crumble

Loughc wrote: »

Oh wow you're going to be super busy this year so, what are you studying?

I've started a Doctorate in Social Studies. I do my lectures in "blocks", one week intensives, then have assignments and thesis work to do when I'm back in Dublin. This is year one of (hopefully only) four.

CheerLouth wrote: »

I take my hat off to people like you, B&C, who work and study! How do you get the time?!!!!!

Honestly? I have no idea. :p:p

Jude13

Sorry for your loss denman.

Back in work today after a four day weekend! sounds good but caught a gastro/pukey thing first day of the weekend and couldn't even leave the house to get to the doc. scraping through today with flat 7 up and plain rice.

Cork Lass

Sorry to hear that Jude, it’s an awful way to be. Thank god for 7up. Hope your better soon

Jude13

Cheers, tis a fleeting pain in the ... I don't know how strpiedB and others go through worse. Ive a high pain threshold for broken legs and stuff, from experience. But two nights without sleep, sitting on the jacks puking into the bath nearly had me tears.

Anyway I may head home now as Ive been a little sick again and dont want to make everyone else sick. Think I will sneakily throw on a christmas movie.

Cork Lass

Jude13 wrote: »

Cheers, tis a fleeting pain in the ... I don't know how strpiedB and others go through worse. Ive a high pain threshold for broken legs and stuff, from experience. But two nights without sleep, sitting on the jacks puking into the bath nearly had me tears.

Anyway I may head home now as Ive been a little sick again and dont want to make everyone else sick. Think I will sneakily throw on a christmas movie.

Don’t know if it will help or not but a good few years ago a doctor in Spain told us to use flat coke instead of 7up. We’ve always done this since and it’s worked for us. Might watch a a Christmas move myself

chuckles30

I've been away from here for a while now - lot of stuff going on, but I just saw this article and had to post.  Poor Kevin the Carrot is in trouble with the ASA :( Another ad to join the Guiness ad in the annals of history never to be seen again on tv........
https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/watch-this-aldi-kevin-the-carrot-christmas-alcohol-ad-banned-and-branded-irresponsible-36627045.html

Posy

Ah for feck sake :rolleyes:

Loughc

chuckles30 wrote: »

I've been away from here for a while now - lot of stuff going on, but I just saw this article and had to post.  Poor Kevin the Carrot is in trouble with the ASA :( Another ad to join the Guiness ad in the annals of history never to be seen again on tv........

https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/watch-this-aldi-kevin-the-carrot-christmas-alcohol-ad-banned-and-branded-irresponsible-36627045.html

AH lads that's a shocking ruling by the ASA, there's currently bloggers promoting items and unrealistic photoshopped images to a young ill-informed audience and offering nutritional advice despite no qualifications on the matter, which has been flagged to the ASA, nothing is done and then they pull Kevin the Carrott as kids might be influenced to drink.

I reckon the person who complained about the ad has a lot of work to do :rolleyes:

baby and crumble

Fck sake I loved Kevin!

kitten_k

But is not just the ad that has to go and not Kevin?

freshpopcorn

kitten_k wrote: »

But is not just the ad that has to go and not Kevin?

Kevin to return and murder several Irish TD's/Minister in the ads for Christmas 2019 instead of alcohol being shown!

baby and crumble

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Kevin to return and murder several Irish TD's/Minister in the ads for Christmas 2019 instead of alcohol being shown!

It was Kevin the Carrot
With a vegetable peeler
In the Dail Bar.

:P

Autosport

How is Kevin going to support Katie and the kids :eek:

freshpopcorn

Autosport wrote: »

How is Kevin going to support Katie and the kids :eek:

I was just reading the Coronation Street thread and clicked in hear and I thought you were talking about Kevin Webster for second!

Jude13

Tis the way of the world, we have a draft list of 'offensive terms' in here, wife is one of them. tis life partner don't ya know. And I used to think it was he and she and sometimes he wanted to be called she and vice versa which Im 100% behind and thought it made me youthful and a leftie, boy I was wrong, there's about 20 new terms.

Hopefully they wont pull the ads from youtube anyway

DvB

chuckles30 wrote: »

I've been away from here for a while now - lot of stuff going on, but I just saw this article and had to post.  Poor Kevin the Carrot is in trouble with the ASA :( Another ad to join the Guiness ad in the annals of history never to be seen again on tv........
https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/watch-this-aldi-kevin-the-carrot-christmas-alcohol-ad-banned-and-branded-irresponsible-36627045.html

Has the Guinness ad been confirmed yet as being banned though? I keep hearing conflicting reports about that bill.