Christmas toast to absent friends.

But a handsome and wholesome 15st.

 

Is that as great as learning that life is a piece of shit and it just
gets worse until you die?

 

<raises mug>
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SE-V/CBR1100XX-X/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..78895.../...20405.../..31257.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 PM#5 WG*
'^' RBR 2005: Abandoned - Bronze Award.

 

This makes me feel really good about being 16st.

On the other hand, I'm fit.

 

Bear said:

Jesus, you have got it bad [/QUOTE]

I'd just like to take a moment this Christmas eve to reflect on the
missed opportunities of 2005 - one of which is my sadly remiss
behaviour in forgetting to tell you to **** /right/ off enough.

I bet Santa brings you a piece of coal now.

 

I've not lost a child as of - but that's the one that'd **** me up big
time. My bro' lost his first born son at 18 months or so, the big ****
up for him, at first, was meeting people who didn't know.

 

< raises a small family and a field of wheat>

 

The said:

Because I'm a jolly happy fellow - I refuse to rise to such manky bait.

 

Bear said:

I hadn't noticed you being especially reticent in that department,
but hey ho [/QUOTE]

It's a matter of scale really I think... I reckon I could have ramped
up an order of magnitude easily if I hadn't been so easily distracted.

Been a funny old year - but a fucking good one eh?

I thought the police had asked you to stop doing that?

--

 

*snort*

 

Bear said:

True enough - big up to you for your support and help this year by the
way - in case I've forgotten to say it before.

And a big up to Mike and Mu. Especially Mu.

It's ended up as a fucking top year mate. Best of my life so far and
I'm hoping for better things next year.

I bet you can't pat your head and rub your tum tum at the same time.

 

Ben Sales? If you're 16 stone, I'm a monkey's miscarriage. Unless you've
changed a hell of a lot since we last met.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15

 

muddy said:

Not in public old chap.

 

Y'know.
The Japanese have this religion called Shinto (or so I'm told). And that
religion believes that, whenever you speak the name of a dead person out
loud, for the instant you speak their name, the person lives again.

I have this tradition of naming my personal list of "absent friends" (see
elsewhere in this thread) and raising a glass to each, every News Years Eve.

To me its a nice way of remembering, and, for an instant at least, having
those friends around you, once a year.

YKIMS

Dave

 

Bear said:

You've thanked me several times, but then you were probably half-cut
while doing so. And it's been a pleasure.[/QUOTE]

Half cut - I think I spent a bit of time this year (in the early
summer) pissed as a **** 95% of the time. Sorted now (as you prolly
know).

More of the same I hope sincerley.

 

Big said:

Nice thought.

 

Nice idea, although a bit smelly.

 

Sorry Sir.

 

The traffic lights mock me.

 

To my birth family except my Gran who is a ok.

You can all **** yourselves and go to hell.