Chippies, Giggles. Chippy.
Chippies, Giggles. Chippy.
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I'm not a geezer. Chipper or chippers.
Never been called a geezer before.
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€47 of stuff from a kebab shop? Surely that's enough to keep you going all weekend?
Do you have Father’s Day over there this weekend too? It used to never be much of a thing and it seems a really big deal this year, especially in this age when being a man at all is supposed to be shameful. Like, I would have always got my Da a card and whatever but never seen it treated like a big birthday or something like it seems to be now.
They’ll do anything to get us spending our money on shit we don’t need. Rampant consumerism.
It was always a thing though, and I can’t even blame social media for a sudden rise in prominence because it would have happened ten years ago in that case.
At what stage is this and Mother's Day gonna be cancelled? It seems pretty harsh for a lot of people who have associated traumas.
Happy Legal Guardian day!
People getting wound up about people celebrating Fathers Day are bigger losers than those who really celebrate Fathers Day.
My dads birthday is hardly a massive event anyway, so Father’s Day probably is on par.Got him a card and a small present, sent him a text. Job done. Also received a card and a small present.
I’m also tempted to log in to Facebook to see if any sad wives are posting about their amazing husband on Father’s Day (and likewise sad bastard men praising their missus on Mother’s Day) for being a fantastic parent, and comment something about them marrying their dad. But, just like most things I think about doing, I can never be arsed.
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Getting wound up? Give yourself a shake.
I didn’t mean you. I meant in general. Particularly the consumerism moaners.
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Feels like I'm stating the obvious, like a hack observational comedian saying "bloody Christmas stuff out in the supermarkets in October?!? World's gone mad!!", but it definitely feels like a top down consumerism thing. I don't mean consumerism in a generic lefty capitalism bad way, more that I've actually noticed more of a targeted push from shops n that - I had emails urging me to buy father's day gifts this year from The Telegraph, Cineworld and the West Brom club shop to name just a few - swear there wasn't as much stuff like this even a couple of years ago.Originally Posted by Giggles
It feels like the kinda lazy hegemony of marketers and business strategists that leads to every random corporate entity deciding they need to have a podcast cus everyone else has a podcast. I'm actually semi surprised the marketing department at the chartity I work for didn't try to get in on the act. Give your father the gift of...er, chucking us a tenner towards some irrigation project in Zambia or some shit.
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I've noticed a lot of "do you mind if we send you father's day emails this year as we know it is a tough time for some people" emails so someone's obviously made out selling corporate sensitivity training.
If I went up to my dad and wished him a happy father's day, he'd pretend I wasn't there and walk into the next room. Don't know if that says more about us or it.
I can't say I've noticed even the slightest difference in Fathers day celebrations.
I have noticed an increase in this bollocks though. And I say that as someone that has last both parents.
There is nothing - NOTHING - in the world that someone doesn't have trauma regarding. Fathers day. Christmas. Fireworks. Peanuts. Probably fucking Coleslaw at this point. Why can't people just cry their sad tears and shut the fuck up these days?
If trauma has to be the excuse to get rid of these shit days, so be it.
I've noticed a difference only in as much someone wished my happy father's Day which hasn't happened before
Didn't you only become a father in the meantime?
Actually that's the (Dad) joke, isn't it?
A waitress at the restaurant I went to yesterday wished me a happy fathers day.
Sure is.
My dad is a pain in that his Birthday and Father's day are within a week of each other. However I pushed the boat out for his 60th this year so he was resigned to socks for the secondary event.
As I rushed into town at 8am on Sunday to get my dad a card, it occurred to me what a fucking odd world newsagents live in. Open from 4.30 am
Elon Musk got a daughter for Father's Day. One of his sons has transitioned out of spite.
Them, bakers, farmers and postmen occupy a kind of secret universe and I'm not sure I want to see what goes on there.As I rushed into town at 8am on Sunday to get my dad a card, it occurred to me what a fucking odd world newsagents live in. Open from 4.30 am
Got an awards ceremony tonight.
TTH Awards 2022
Anyone else going?
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I'll do what I do with most award things and just wait for the results, I suspect.
Just about to pick up my tuxedo from the drycleaners
Who's doing the red carpet interviews?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but there’s not gonna be a livestream with multiple hosts dialling in, if you’re thinking it’s gonna be too overwhelming to open the thread before tomorrow morning.
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No livestream? Looks like a bag of cans and a big Clive marathon it is for me so.
Oh go on then, Live stream it is.
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Big Clive Marathon is wrestler's gimmick waiting to happen.
Was meant to go to the casino with my mate to play some poker on Friday, but I have no idea where my fucking ID is. I probably would have lost a load of money to some nerds in hoodies and sunglasses anyways, so probz for the best.
Going through an old box of Pokémon/Yu-Gi-Oh/MTG cards I have in my bedroom. I've gone through all the Pokémon cards and amazingly there's a few actually worth something. They're listed on eBay and probably gonna go for about £100 total which feels mad to me.
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I got rid of all my old Pokémon cards like 10-12 years ago. Must’ve been super nostalgic flicking through them again.
Reverse holo sandslash, sells for £20 ish, first edition holo machamp £10, reverse holo dark vaporeon goes for £50-75ish and £50ish for blaines arcanine (holo) if i'm luckyMore details.
I got rid of all my old Pokémon cards like 10-12 years ago. Must’ve been super nostalgic flicking through them again.
All holo Machamps are first edition.
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Spent the last 3 hours looking after the nephew. A mess was made. And possibly some things were broken. Kids.
Kicking dogs is one thing.
I said 'possibly'. By the looks of things, the discs he decided to slide across the floor aren't gouged to fuck.
Been offered £50 for the dark vaporeon (as well as £15 from a chancer).
Counter offer 85, will probz take 70. Not bad.
Have you got any cards of the “big 3”? (Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur) and dragonite, I guess.
Also worth checking if you have any 1st edition (besides machamp) or shadowless.
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I've got a dragonite but it's non shiny, non first edition and it's absolutely fucked lol.
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds.
My mate does a bit of music on the side, plays guitar and bass for a couple of tribute bands etc, including being the main backup bass player for Chesney Hawkes, lol.
This weekend old Chez was playing some naff festival in Tewkesbury, and our mate sorted VIP backstage passes for me, his girlfriend and our other mate. Was pretty funny hanging out with noted E-listers such as The Wurzels, Connie Talbot, the Hoosiers, a George Michael tribute and a Queen tribute.
We were loitering round the back of the stage during the end the Hoosiers and one of the security lads tried to usher us on to the side of the stage for goodbye Mr A - when we were like nah you're alright mate he said something about us being nervous - bless him, I think he thought we were overwhelmed hoosiers superfans rather than indifferent mates of Chesney Hawkes' bass player lol.
All in all, a pretty pleasant afternoon. Chesney himself is lovely, as are the rest of his band. The music was, overall, a bit rubz, but it was quite interesting seeing how a pretty low rent event like that functions logistically behind the scenes.
Oh and I got to see the Ringo for the bootleg Beatles having his big prosthetic nose stuck on. The bootlegs were absolutely the best thing on the bill and I have no idea how they got booked for that.
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