Stuff you are supposed to like but is actually rubbish

**tiktok** · 23/12/2009, 9:52 AM

Fairytale of New York

**Hitman** · 23/12/2009, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

This book:

Seconded, and I'd like to nominate Catcher In The Rye as well.

**osarusan** · 23/12/2009, 1:37 PM

Originally Posted by Hitman

and I'd like to nominate Catcher In The Rye as well.

Catcher in the Rye is a masterpiece. But for me at least, it took time to get to like it. I read it when I was 15 or so, and thought it was rubbish. Read it again a few years later and it seemed pretty good, and now I think it is superb. It is just an amazing description of cynicism born of isolation.

**tetsujin1979** · 23/12/2009, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by Hitman

Seconded, and I'd like to nominate Catcher In The Rye as well.

Friend of mine loves that book so much, he named his first born son Atticus!

**thischarmingman** · 23/12/2009, 2:47 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

Catcher in the Rye is a masterpiece. But for me at least, it took time to get to like it. I read it when I was 15 or so, and thought it was rubbish. Read it again a few years later and it seemed pretty good, and now I think it is superb. It is just an amazing description of cynicism born of isolation.

Agree totally.

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Friend of mine loves that book so much, he named his first born son Atticus!

I think you're thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird

**osarusan** · 23/12/2009, 5:17 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Friend of mine loves that book so much, he named his first born son Atticus!

Check my signature Tetsujin san.

**tetsujin1979** · 23/12/2009, 6:17 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

Agree totally.
I think you're thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird

I am, crap

Originally Posted by osarusan

Check my signature Tetsujin san.

domo arigato!

**Thunderblaster** · 23/12/2009, 6:25 PM

Penneys! For a whole lot of things for Christmas! And a lot for the family! Absolutely hate that ad with a passion and it really should be banned because the jingle and the singing is so annoying!!

**Joe Strummer** · 23/12/2009, 9:05 PM

Hate this smug Bas#ard with a passion

**Angus** · 23/12/2009, 9:56 PM

Christmas - the whole thing from start to finish is a colossal waste of time, energy, money and is a giant pain in the gulags from early november

There are no redeemable features - and yes I am a parent and no, the look on their faces is a false joy and lasts 15 seconds.

**rambler14** · 23/12/2009, 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by Angus

Christmas - the whole thing from start to finish is a colossal waste of time, energy, money and is a giant pain in the gulags from early november

There are no redeemable features - and yes I am a parent and no, the look on their faces is a false joy and lasts 15 seconds.

Steady on scrooge. Xmas starts a chain of enjoyable events such as the pub on Stephens' Day!

New Years Eve now there's a waste of time........it's just the clocks ticking over!

**Angus** · 23/12/2009, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by rambler14

Steady on scrooge. Xmas starts a chain of enjoyable events such as the pub on Stephens' Day!

New Years Eve now there's a waste of time........it's just the clocks ticking over!

Well, allow me to retort - the pub on stephens day is not an event; it is a nascent location on a given random date on the calendar and is no different to a miserable tuesday in march, apart from the football and racing on, and loads of people off work - none of which has anything to do with christmas - it could be a busy saturday

**SligoBrewer** · 23/12/2009, 10:11 PM

Arcade Fire.

**Mayo Red** · 23/12/2009, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by rambler14

Steady on scrooge. Xmas starts a chain of enjoyable events such as the pub on Stephens' Day!

I don't really mind Christmas either way but St. Stephen's Day is the one day in the year when you run into every gobsh1te in the pub that's home for Christmas etc and that you wouldn't care if you never saw again in your life!! Questions like "And what are you up to with yourself these days???"........etc etc, very tedious, and the only solution sadly is to drink more!!

**Angus** · 23/12/2009, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Mayo Red

I don't really mind Christmas either way but St. Stephen's Day is the one day in the year when you run into every gobsh1te in the pub that's home for Christmas etc and that you wouldn't care if you never saw again in your life!! Questions like "And what are you up to with yourself these days???"........etc etc, very tedious, and the only solution sadly is to drink more!!

...and "how did you get over the christmas ?" "loads of gargle ?? ha ha ?"