I think we all do
I remember it every year when deciding on what to buy Mrs C_S.
The epic fail of all epic fails is an enduring reminder about exactly what not to buy a spouse/partner.
Taking one for the team at it’s best 
@Polski_Filip ‘s loo roll holder may be up there too - can’t wait to find out….
Loo Roll.
I ask for the same thing every Christmas and am always disappointed. A full size operational aircraft carrier with planes.
My prospects don’t look like improving. There is no aircraft carrier in my street and we have not received enough van deliveries for a self-assemly full size aircraft carrier with planes.
My hopes now rest on a bow-wrapped behemoth cruising majestically onto the Mersey come Christmas day.
It’s a long shot, I know - but if it happens, does anyone fancy a quick trip to conquer the Isle of Man? They’re allowing Michelle Mone to live there. That sort of thing was ample justification in the early 2000s.
Only if I can do this job
Always wanted to do it since the first time I saw Top Gun
For some years we have bought things like annual membership to Hillier Gardens. Hillier was a bad example, as because of Covid, we missed out May, June, July. When restrictions were lifted a bit, they agreed to extend our membership for three months. Brilliant, except they gave us January, February, March. So they can just fuck off! We never went during those 3 winter months, and have never considered an annual membership there since.
This years joint Xmas present?
An air fryer!
Mrs TB is doing all the research, to get the best.
I had one of these and it was shit
That’s not full size. You couldn’t achieve air superiority in Chingford with that setup.
It sounds like a very difficult childhood 
That Elastic launch rubber made for a very offensive weapon… my elder brother discovered this before I could hide it away. It almost had an eye out (the most common childhood injury in the 70s allegedly)
The problem with said toy was in getting the the angle of the angle of the landing right and the fact the hook never engaged with the string to prevent the aircraft from crashing. Thankfully only about 5 pilots lost their lives before I realised how shit it was and it was consigned to the wardrobe of broken dreams
Is to you
I’m sorry, but I’m not having that.
Mine is at least an inch bigger *
* Plus or minus two inches
I got one last year. Basic Ninja but still brilliant.
Mrs P_F spent all day shovelling snow & getting the tree up.
I did my bit
Fvck anything else i need beers
A view of the UK this Xmas
We got one of those recently. A very handy bit of tech
This is purely anecdotal, but we’ve done loads of gigs and shows this year, plus a lot of visiting friends and places. A lot of that has involved UK hotel stays. I’ve used plenty of hotels over the years, and this year it’s been noticeably difficult to make bookings. The obvious riposte is that they’re all struggling to find staff, or to restart after the pandemic, but when you actually get there the places are rammed and clearly heavily booked. So the “sorry, we’re fully booked those nights” I’ve been hearing all year does ring true.
Mind you, I suppose they might have heard about me. 
