Your Christmas List?

[johnnyh]

maybe age has sommat to do with it, but I really can't think of a single thing that I would like for Christmas this year. (excluding the silly very expensive things that are simply out of the question, ie 4 weeks on a beach in Jamaica or a holiday home in the Loire).

Maybe I already have too many gadgets!

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I have most things I need now...the only stuff I would like would be some Bianchi cycle clothes for use on the bike...especially the Bianchi long bib tights things with the green side panels...and the Bianchi jersey in plain celeste...they are available on the Bianchi shop site in case anybody feels the urge to buy them for me

 

[fossyant]

Not asked for anything this year !!!

 

[Baggy]

Decent kitchen scales and Songs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode on CD are on my list.

I'm disorganised and always last minute, but can console myself that the VAT reduction will have come into play by the time I start shopping

 

[Flying_Monkey]

A hairnet woven from the tears of tiny children

A real goat, not one of those rip-off ones people give you and they actually turn out to have been given to some ungrateful village in Ethiopia 'on my behalf'...

Actually, scrap that, I want a Narwahl (not work safe!)

Some lard and a bucket of feet.

 

[Kovu]

Some bike lights. Cos I always break mine somehow.

 

[longers]

I had been wondering when Narwhals would appear on here

 

[Baggy]

Some lard and a bucket of feet.

Heat the lard for yummy tootsie crackling.

 

[Dave5N]

Planet X Procarbon track.

'sigh'

 

[Arch]

A hairnet woven from the tears of tiny children

A real goat, not one of those rip-off ones people give you and they actually turn out to have been given to some ungrateful village in Ethiopia 'on my behalf'...

Actually, scrap that, I want a Narwahl (not work safe!)

Some lard and a bucket of feet.

FM, have you been possessed by the spirit of Arbitrary?

I'd also like someone to cuddle up to, perhaps it'll have to be a goat, like on your list.

 

[beanzontoast]

My family gets frustrated with me because I like any presents I get to be 'useful'. Hate the thought of someone wasting money on something I'll never use.

This tends to rule out surprises as, knowing what I'm like, they ask me for a list of suggestions, which means I kind of know what I'm getting. Problem is, when it comes to making the list, I can never remember any of the things that during the year I put off buying, saying 'No - don't buy it me now - I'll have it for Christmas'. Last Fathers' Day, we did some role-reversal and I gave my kids presents as a surprise instead because they were broke and I couldn't think of anything I wanted anyway.

All of which is why this Christmas, I don't have a list after all. Looks like we might club together (everyone's over 18 in our immediate family) and get what the 'kids' suggested - a family Wii. And then again, we might not!

 

[Night Train]

I'd also like someone to cuddle up to.

 

[pedaling]

Baggy - I recommend the kitchen scales. Massive improvement. We have some decent ones now and it's so much easier to bake. The scones work! They rise! I suppose with cooking it doesn't make too much difference though, once you get used to the recipes you can estimate and add as necessary.

PS: What's a narwahl, anyone?

 

[Arch]

PS: What's a narwahl, anyone?

Yeah, I daren't look, and I'm assuming we're not talking about the cetacean version....

 

[Arch]

How comforting to be participating in a forum where people casually drop words like "cetacean" into the conversation.

You're lucky I didn't know the latin binomial off hand, and couldn't be bothered to google...

Monodon monoceros it turns out.