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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Mr. S reckons that not the least of the benefits of retirement from paid employment is No More Office Christmas Parties (and boy, do I remember some disasters!)
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Mrs. S, also freed from those shackles *mops brow*
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Firenze
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Mr. S reckons that not the least of the benefits of retirement from paid employment is No More Office Christmas Parties (and boy, do I remember some disasters!)
Gwon, tell us.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
My office Christmas party is next week and I Don't Want to Go™.
Everybody hates office Christmas celebrations, except for a few souls who throw themselves wholeheartedly into the joy of Christmas planning. Our lot have been planning the Christmas Party since August. I never go, but most people seem to like it and it goes down well.
Christmas planning can be fraught though. I remember one office Christmas lunch I organized many years ago:
"Do we have to have the Christmas menu? I don't like anything on it."
"Um. So long as I don't have to sit next to Doris."
"Have you already put the booking in? I've just invited Julia and Rosemary, hope that's all right."
"I can come but I'll have to leave at 1.15 because I've got a meeting. Do you think they'll have served the main course by then? If not, will I have to pay the full amount?"
"I'm vegetarian and I don't like nut roast. Can they do something else for me?"
"I'm vegetarian so I'll have the turkey, but I don't like roast potatoes or Brussels sprouts and I won't want the stuffing."
"I don't have any cash for the deposit, can I pay you later?" (x 8)
And so it went. It reached a crescendo over the bill, which would have been fine except for one person who insisted on paying exactly her share, including one-eighth of a bottle of sparkling water that had been bought between three people.
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My team lunches were always a hoot; with two exceptions, department-wide lunches were a complete disaster, except for the planners.
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Piglet:
...although the second one was so packed and noisy you couldn't really hear yourself think...
Since retirement [a lot of years ago] I have given up thinking and my life is much sweeter for it - I heartily recommend it to all.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by Firenze:
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Mr. S reckons that not the least of the benefits of retirement from paid employment is No More Office Christmas Parties (and boy, do I remember some disasters!)
Gwon, tell us.
The Chinese restaurant where I ended up in their loo throwing up every morsel I'd eaten ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) (and as G*D is my judge it wasn't the drink!) was a strong contender for Worst Christmas Meal Ever; but the all-time winner was a Medieval Banquet at the Donkey Cart in Petersfield. The local football club had come along as a stag evening, and spent their time trying to prise timid females away from their boyfriends, and when that didn't work, they resorted to dropping their trousers and mooning us ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Mrs. S - it wasn't me who burnt the place down later that year, honest! ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Ariel - yup - I recognise all those scenarios. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Intrepid Mrs S - in a class of your own there.
Just trying to decide whether to do 'proper'-ish (i.e. with buckwheat) blini for our team bring and share which has replaced the hell of lunch out.
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Firenze
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The words 'medieval banquet' would, in themselves, have me suddenly discovering some vital filing I needed to do the day of the party.
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Ariel
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You can usually spot the Office Christmas Lunch from a distance. It's the long row of often gloomy-looking people wearing colourful paper hats and striving to make polite conversation while they wait for the food. There's also usually someone wearing antlers, a Christmas-themed jumper or Christmas earrings with flashing lights. (Beware of anyone wearing all three.)
If they're already wearing the paper hats, it does mean you aren't going to be suddenly startled by a fusillade of sharp explosions as the crackers are all pulled at once, as they'll have done that stage.
I got a tiny plastic yellow crayfish in my cracker last year. That was fun.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
... "I'm vegetarian so I'll have the turkey ..."
I think the correct reply is "No you're not".
I've had a partially lazy, partially productive day today; I spent the morning sleeping and the afternoon making a batch of red-pepper jelly for Christmas presents and sorting out jars and lids for the next batch, while listening to The Best CD Of All Time™*.
Piglet, getting there.
* Praetorius' Christmas Mass sung by the Gabrieli Consort
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One Christmas do done with the Guide leaders, which was OK, barring the crackers and hats.
The work one next Friday is the one I really don't want to attend. Not only are we supposed to "party like it's 1999", ie come in fancy dress, but we've also had the office memo saying getting drunk and/or behaving inappropriately at the works do is still a sacking / disciplinary offence. (And the reason I really don't want to go is that I know a mob of them will drink heavily and bond in their cliques.)
That day I have to attend work 1½-2 hours from home, with a bag of gubbins, including my work laptop. We get from 2pm off, and the party is 1½ hours from home at 8pm. The options are going home after we finish at 2pm, when I'll get home at about 5pm and then leaving again at 6:30pm dressed up to go back in to the party. Which isn't going to happen, once home I'll stay home. Or staying at work doing some extra stuff, taking what I need for the training day and a change of clothes in a backpack then getting home at midnight, with a 15 minute walk home uphill on an icy pavement wearing heels, dressed in flimsy party clothes and carrying a heavy pack. Which doesn't appeal either. Even if I thought I'd enjoy the party.
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Wesley J
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Do you have to go, Ck? Sounds profoundly unpleasant. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Good morning Shipmates. I am off to Church early today as I am in sole charge of the AV - erk!
The minister has decided to have a children's choir and play 3 videos during the service - double erk!
(We have two screens, a small screen for the minister and a sound desk - I will need octopus arms!)
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Even if I thought I'd enjoy the party.
Curiosity, would they notice if you weren't there? Really and truly? Couldn't you invent a reason why you would be late, and then just don't go? Or is it a sit-down do and a gap Would Be Noticed?
I feel for you, I really do. I hate some Christmas do's, I can't hear what anyone says, because of the background noise, and I'm not a sociable type anyway!!
I've perfected a all-embracing smile, which I hope indicates Yes, No, How dreadful! and Good for you! As appropriate.
Thankfully there are now only one or two I have to go to. Retirement is good!
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Curiosity, if the party's half as bad as you describe I'm not surprised people get drunk and 'behave inappropriately'.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Ariel:
... "I'm vegetarian so I'll have the turkey ..."
I think the correct reply is "No you're not".
We went through that (more than once). They conceded that turkey wasn't a vegetable, but insisted that people who don't eat meat are vegans, not vegetarians.
Anyhow, our office Xmas Lunch is tomorrow - should be good. We'll be bringing along the Secret Santa stuff, which will be opened while we wait for the meal.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Tonight's evening service was enlivened (?) by the vicar falling asleep at the lectern while leading prayers. We had a few moments to pray for those known to us in need of support, which went on... and on ... and on...
![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Eventually Mr. S cleared his throat - LOUDLY - and we moved on.
Mrs. S, whose stomach was rumbling ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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An English teacher at my old school was reputed to have fallen asleep during one of his own classes; he was such a boring old fart it wouldn't have surprised me, but a vicar falling asleep during the prayers ... ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
We successfully pulled off our first performance of the Byrd Mass for Three Voices today, and Morley's Out of the deep (with solo piglet). My solos seem to be a bit like London buses: you don't get any for ages, then two come along one after another. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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A maths teacher at my sons' high school regularly fell asleep in class. Something which was exploited in many ways by his classes.
What was sadder however was many years ago when I attended a small Anglican church near my childhood home. The minister was old and deaf and few realised he was slipping into dementia as well. At Evening Prayer one night he started the Lord's Prayer. Several times in fact, getting more and more muddled. Eventually one of the wardens came up and helped him to the vestry and another continued the service, although there was no sermon. That was the end of the road for him in public ministry.
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My maternal grandparents had promised the village Vicar that they would ask him to marry them, but grandfather's mother (who disapproved of the union) took so long to die hat by the time they did marry, said Vicar was getting very dotty. They had a spare priest to hand just in case, as he'd recently started reading the burial service at a wedding...
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I once had a diabetic maths teacher have a hypo during class. She was writing up a simultaneous equation on the board and it just got more and more confused and eventually one of us went next door to get another teacher as she obviously wasn't fully with us.
Lovely church service yesterday, 2 adult baptisms and a shipmate was there as a guest. It was great to catch up with her and her family
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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To be fair, he was probably just very tired - tired enough to fall asleep standing up during a period of silent prayer. I can sympathise with that (but it still had its amusing side!) ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
Mrs. S, only too aware that it will happen to her any day...
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When Mr Nen and I were first married we had the very spiritual idea that we would pray together every night when we went to bed. He invariably prayed first and I, equally invariably, was asleep long before he stopped. As you can imagine, this didn't last very long - Mr Nen changed his mind about prayer being the priority at bedtime. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Nen - who nowadays usually falls asleep in the chair long before going to bed. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Having somehow managed to banjax the lower half of the lights on the Christmas tree, made an expedition to Canadian Tire to get replacements, only to find when I got them home that they were on a white cable* and would look wick** (as they say in Northern Ireland) on a green tree.
However, I re-allocated some I already had with a dark-coloured cable, and wound the new ones round the stuff on the mantelpiece (which is white) and sideboard (which isn't, but it doesn't seem to matter), where they really look rather pretty.
resourceful piglet
* memo to self: don't trust your non-existent French - read the English instructions on the box.
** wick adj. stupid, wrong, out of place, embarrassing.
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Hi everyone, my local ABC radio station is looking for some international Christian voices to do a short Christmas message. It involves a five minute phone conversation. Ideally someone not Anglican (heaps of Anglicans already) and who will just talk about their local customs and wish everyone in Perth (Australia) a Merry Christmas. Any takers? You could PM me...
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Firenze
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Piglet, I'm sure the mantelpiece looks lush*.
Having had a bad cold the last week or so, I've not been able to keep up the war on housework, let alone decorate. I was seriously thinking perhaps I should just spray gold paint on the crumpled tissues and add a handful of glitter to the already crunchy carpets....
*opposite of wick.
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Nen - who nowadays usually falls asleep in the chair long before going to bed. [Roll Eyes]
Glad I'm not the only one! Tend to miss the most interesting bits on TV now. Mr. N won't wake me up now - seems to enjoy telling me I've missed them!
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We are off to puppy class Christmas party this morning - Santa Paws is coming!
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We had our office Christmas lunch yesterday. Two people were off sick on the day but we still managed to have a good meal in a friendly country pub, with a log fire keeping us well and truly warm on the outside and glasses of mulled cider keeping us warm on the inside. The food was excellent - I had the figs wrapped in bacon and stuffed with gorgonzola, and the pork "three ways" with parsnip mash and calvados gravy. Veg were properly cooked as well. I thought about a pudding but couldn't fit it in by that point. Really good value as well.
We'll be going back in January for a New Year/welcome-to-our-new-colleague meal. It should be a nice introduction for her.
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We went to a new branch of Wingin' It for lunch yesterday and shared a sampling platter (which is what we usually do). However, we broke with tradition and shared a pudding, which consisted of "chips" made out of a sort of cake thing and deep-fried, with ice-cream drizzled with chocolate to dip them in.
I don't often say this about puddings, but this was an absolute winner - not too sweet, not too rich and perfect between the two of us.
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Ariel:
...I thought about a pudding but couldn't fit it in by that point...
Don't you know that humans have a special pudding stomach for just such an occasion?
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Whenever Mr. Plummer and I dine out, he always virtuously declines a pudding, and always ends up eating at least half of mine. In fact once the waitress recognised the look on his face and offered an extra spoon without our having to ask
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Our Guide Dogs party was a lovely chaos with pups of all ages from 8 weeks to 18 months - lots of silly games, food for the humans and Santa Paws brought presents for all the pups. The dogs were all well behaved and there must have been at least 30 of them.
A lovely social occasion - lots of special people and gorgeous dogs. I'm very lucky to have a new community to be part of.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
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Originally posted by Ariel:
...I thought about a pudding but couldn't fit it in by that point...
Don't you know that humans have a special pudding stomach for just such an occasion?
Mine would certainly be the shape of one if I did...
On balance I prefer savoury to sweet, and mostly would rather have a second helping of the main course or another starter than a pudding. But the closest you can usually get to that is a cheese course.
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... Mine would certainly be the shape of [a pudding] if I did...
Mine already is, and I usually don't.
If a cheese-board is on offer, that's what I'll have, but while there are several places here that offer a cheese-and-charcuterie plate as a starter, it's a rarity as an alternative to pudding. The only place I can think of that does it is Bacalao, which is fiscally in the "special treat" category.
More red-pepper jelly production and Praetorius this evening - I reckon I have enough jars for the people who usually get them.
As the bread and pâtés will have to wait until next week, the next thing on my to-do list will be a batch of tablet. D. came in from a Faculty meeting this afternoon bearing a miniature bottle of Bailey's, which may well find its way into the mixture - someone posted a recipe on Facebook for fudge with Bailey's in it ...
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Welease Woderwick
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Pre-Christmas trip to the hypermarket this morning and I spent, erm, rather more than I intended.
Well, it is the only place locally that does sugar-free Plum Cake and as we buy for four other households apart from our own and all five households are riddled with diabetes it made sense to buy 5 cakes whilst we were there; and then they have a new range of cheeses in and checking the bill I find that over 60% of the mumble-mumble rupees was on cheese!
I do love cheese!
Ah well, it's only money.
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I'd have cheese over pudding any day. One of the treats of Christmas is a lazy meal of chiselling Stilton from a block and occasionally having a cracker with it.
I'm in the midst of a marking marathon, did 7 hours yesterday and will be doing 9-10 hours today. But I'll hopefully just have 3 more hours of marking left tomorrow and then I can leave my students to their own devices for a few weeks. Roll on Christmas!
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Last night we couldn’t be bothered to cook so went to a local brasserie where the dish of the day was Pot au Feu. I’m not a huge fan of marrowbones (too gelatinous for me) but went native and ate them anyway because I am British and my mother taught me to clear my plate .
The rest of it was a paragon of deliciousness – soft melty beef and enormous chunks of carrots, potato, turnip and savoy cabbage in a tasty, tasty broth. Just the thing for a cold winter’s night. It’s kind of peasant food, but those peasants had the right idea.
Tonight we are having a load of people round for dinner. For some reason, the guests seem very hung up on the idea that British food = jelly and have therefore insisted that they want me to make a trifle. I shall report back on whether they like it or not. I have my doubts. Getting hold of jelly was somewhat of a mission and part of me is thoroughly appalled at just how much I paid for it (over 4€!! For a packet of jelly!)
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Cheese is evil. It should never be put anywhere near food.
I just don't get what the obsession with that vomit-inducing mold is. Open up any recipe book and you are bound to find plenty of nice-looking dishes that get ruined by the addition of gone-off milk. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Originally posted by Sipech:
I just don't get what the obsession with that vomit-inducing mold is. Open up any recipe book and you are bound to find plenty of nice-looking dishes that get ruined by the addition of gone-off milk.
Haha - I have a friend who feels just the same.
In actual fact, of course, cheese is the food of the GODS - especially the blue stuff!
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Damn thy false gods of fetidness! Come and join the gods of fresh produce and non-stinky foodstuffs.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Four and a half hours of marking done, about 6 more hours to do today (and more tomorrow). I'd really like some Stilton now but am munching on last night's leftover lentil and squash curry instead.
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I snaffled a very lonely looking little lump of mature cheddar with jalapenos and garlic in the middle of the afternoon - it was bliss - fiery bliss but bliss all the same.
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Ariel
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Damn thy false gods of fetidness! Come and join the gods of fresh produce and non-stinky foodstuffs.
What, and renounce forever the exquisite pleasure of a Roquefort and all its ilk? Never!
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I suspect that the cheese/non-cheese debate could run and run, although in this particular neck of the interweb Sipech may be in a minority ...
I'll tell you what, S. - you have my share of the way-too-sweet, over-the-top pudding, and I'll have your share of the cheese and biscuits.
With a nice glass of port, obviously.
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Many years ago, we bought a copy of The Old Man Who Loved Cheese for my father-in-law's Christmas present. For some reason, Sipech's remarks about cheese remind me of this book...
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Meh. Amateurs.
If you want to discover the really stinky stuff, you need to cross the Channel.
A few weeks ago we were looking round the market and I spotted a cheese that looked interesting. A sort of round ball with a crinkly outside. I wanted to try it because it looked new! and exciting! and different! but turns out I was… overambitious.
I put one piece of it in my mouth and realised that with all the fermented rancid ponginess it had going on, there was no way I could possibly attempt to eat any more.
If you ever come across Gaperon, don’t go there. It’s less a cheese, more a biological weapon.
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I suspect that the cheese/non-cheese debate could run and run, although in this particular neck of the interweb Sipech may be in a minority ...
I'll tell you what, S. - you have my share of the way-too-sweet, over-the-top pudding, and I'll have your share of the cheese and biscuits.
With a nice glass of port, obviously.
You leave my port alone, bacon-face!
Next thing, you'll be after my mead.
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