Christmas is over and I'm back in work. Had a nice visit home to Dublin. A day and a half is the perfect length - enough to catch up, not long enough to get involved in familial strife. My brothers, la_zorra and I managed to get through five cases of beer and my dad and I through a bottle of shit expensive scotch I got him in Fortnum & Mason. You know, because little baby Jesus loves us. I miss my brothers' fights though, they're hilarious. My 16 year old brother is pretty chunky and my 10 year old brother has super-fair hair:
10 year old: "Mum bought you gym membership for Christmas because you're so fat"
16 year old: "There's nothing she can buy you to make you grow eyebrows"
Then the 10 year old stood on the 16 year old's face.
Not to be outdone in the stupidity stakes, my 21 year old brother ended up needing stitches on Christmas Day. He was walking around, talking on the phone to his mate when he slipped on a jumper left on the floor, twirled, fell face first onto the Christmas tree which toppled over, flipped onto his back and before hitting the ground pulled a lamp down which landed on his hand, shattered and cut him deep enough that we could see bone. We helpfully and sympathetically damn near pissed ourselves laughing.
The lady and I got ourselves a digital camcorder for Christmas. Huzzah for home-made porn! The most unexpected present was from my former employers, who got me a case of beer and a large bottle of vodka. What was your best present?
10 year old: "Mum bought you gym membership for Christmas because you're so fat"
16 year old: "There's nothing she can buy you to make you grow eyebrows"
Then the 10 year old stood on the 16 year old's face.
Not to be outdone in the stupidity stakes, my 21 year old brother ended up needing stitches on Christmas Day. He was walking around, talking on the phone to his mate when he slipped on a jumper left on the floor, twirled, fell face first onto the Christmas tree which toppled over, flipped onto his back and before hitting the ground pulled a lamp down which landed on his hand, shattered and cut him deep enough that we could see bone. We helpfully and sympathetically damn near pissed ourselves laughing.
The lady and I got ourselves a digital camcorder for Christmas. Huzzah for home-made porn! The most unexpected present was from my former employers, who got me a case of beer and a large bottle of vodka. What was your best present?
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Unlucky you two couldn't make it out last night.
My best present are the boots that haven't turned up yet. Grrr.
In a very cool way, I've just managed to wipe your comment as well. D'oh!