It happens every Christmas, every easter, every Bank Holiday (BUT mostly Christmas).

I'm talking about the British public's obsession with stocking up enough food to feed Africa twice over. I understand fully that people have family etc staying therefore more than usual amounts of grub is required BUT why last minute and WHY SO MUCH??? :confused:

My missus, bless her, has bought some smoked salmon (the one Jamie Oliver advertises)......WHY?????? we never eat it normally, dont even know if i like it AND we're gonna be at my mums anyway. We got a joint of beef (well, it must have been an obese pig....its effing HUGE) ham, pickles, chocs, 'special' biscuits and enough milk to drown the Chinese flippin' Army. Half of it will be chucked away :confused:

It's not hard to find a petrol station open on xmas day, and most of them are like mini supermarkets so its not as though everything shuts for 8 months. Even in the remotest of areas you may have to stock up for a day or two, but thats it.

I dont umnderstand it, and I refuse to be a part of it (like promising myself NEVER to visit a DIY store on a Bank Holiday Monday....WHY????????...IS THERE A LAW SOMEWHERE WHICH STATES THAT THE BRITISH PUBLIC HAS TO DECORATE ON A B/H MONDAY?????.....WHY?????)

Thanks for reading

scrooge!

LOL @ Paul...nah honestly i LOVE Christmas, I am just convinced we are all mental.

I dont think I saw a single word i could disagree with

its tradition :(

its like the tradition of going to see relatives you dont even like :(

given the chance i'd clear off somewhere else to escape it all but i refuse to pay as much for a few days as you could get a fortnight for amost other times!

BTW did you watch "grumpy old women " seemed to sum the whole farce up nicely

We got a joint of beef (well, it must have been an obese pig....its effing HUGE)

That's one weird MoFo lump of flesh you've got there. Beef from a pig..... :eek:

We got a joint of beef (well, it must have been an obese pig....its effing HUGE)

sorry but I just had to...ow do you get beef from a pig?

JIMMY!!!

your just too quick

That's one weird MoFo lump of flesh you've got there. Beef from a pig..... :eek:

i was gonna say that

our fridge and freezer is full to the brim,with stuff we never ever usually eat.

wheres my mrs now?down at tesco's,she's forgotten a few bits and bobs.

she'll come back with a bag of nut we can't open(almunds wtf are they for ??) and a tin of quality street,all that will be left come new years dayis will be the green triangle chocs

JIMMY!!!

your just too quick

AND as for New Years Eve......HYPOCRITICAL OR WHAT?????.......these are usually spent with friends/family/neighbours etc at parties. Thats all lovely and harmless BUT come 12 midnight you find yourself hugging and kissing and well wishing a) people you hardly know dont want to know or c) dont like.

Its a f*cking mystery.

@ Jimmy.....you know what I mean, pig/cow it all goes down the same hole