Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)

[Pseudonym]

The rest of the UK but not Wales? Poor us. :P

 

Christmas jumpers on Christmas day is a fairly new thing in my family. We also used to dress up super smart, even if we weren't seeing anyone else or going anywhere. 

 

When I was little my mother used to put my hair in ringlet rags on Christmas Eve, and when it was bedtime me and my parents would turn off all the lights and go up the stairs by candlelight whilst singing carols. On Christmas day, after presents, my mother would take the rags out of my hair so I'd have beautiful long ringlets and I'd have to put on my prettiest dress.  

 

I don't know if the candlelit thing was always the case, my siblings are a lot older than me, and all 'half' siblings - my brothers have the same mother as me, my sister has the same dad. I get the feeling it might be something that was fairly new. 

 

 

[Artemis]

Lol, Wales too, but Ireland has always been #1 on my list, and England #3.  There are LOTS of places I really want to go!

 

 

[J.P.]

Oh, you should see the stoic Octoberfest :D

[Artemis]

Lol, I was thinking to myself when I wrote that that Oktoberfest might be an exception.

[T.o.b.y]

You know, I have lived here all... No, not all my life, actually, but as long as I remember and I have never been to the Oktoberfest or any of the knockoffs further north. Maybe that's because I don't live in or near Bavaria but even if I did live there, I would still avoid large crowds of people getting drunk like the plague.

 

I don't like being around drunk people. Slightly tipsy, fine, but when it gets to the point where nothing that comes out of anybody's mouth makes any sense and there's puking and falling over furniture, I am out.

 

When I was in high-school, it seemed like all the kids drank. You could get beer and wine legally by age 16, but some started earlier and most didn't just stick to those two. There were numerous plans to get me drunk and / or stoned on various class trips but I am proud to report that they all failed. I might have a stick up my you-know-what, but I am neither stupid nor gullible. When in doubt, I only drank water straight from the tap (tap water is very good and safe in this country) and I never let my food out of my sight.

 

It would take Sherlock Holmes to drug me. Which would be okay, I guess... I mean, it would be for science... And I am pretty sure he wouldn't put up a video on YouTube, nobody reads his website anyway and I am sure John would step in and save me before I choked on my own vomit.

[T.o.b.y]

P.S.: Now I am imagining John stepping into 221b and nearly falling over a woman who has passed out on the floor. In answer to his questioning look, Sherlock says: "what? I needed to test this substance and you weren't available."

[Pseudonym]

Lol, probably followed by "Try this," which John absently does, most of his attention on you on the floor. He crumples down beside you. Sherlock quirks his head, "Hmm," and wanders back into the kitchen. 

 

I'm not a fan of drunk people either. Last night at the party, everyone decided it wasn't lively enough and went to a bar. It was so loud, and packed, and full of drunk people I had one beer and legged it. 

 

Don't like being drunk either. Tipsy is okay, and since I'm British and drinking is 'what we DO' going to the pub is a big part of any social life. When it gets lethal is when I'm enjoying myself talking too much to realise how much I'm drinking. When I went out with my friend a few weeks ago, the one I was worried might come onto me, I got slaughtered. I don't remember getting home. I lost my hat. I woke up in the wee hours curled up on the bathmat - not because I was sick, I have no idea why. Just thought it looked comfy apparently. Last time I went out with that friend drinking, last year, was a similar story - too much chatting meant getting drunk without realising it. I woke up the next day with a cracked phone, a chunk missing out of my elbow, and eyes so swollen I could barely see due to that oh-so-delightful feeling of existential despair (and accompanying sobbing) that sometimes prays on drunken folk. Fun and games. 

 

Meant to be going out tonight too, but dunno if I can face it. 

[Artemis]

I don't like being around drunk people. Slightly tipsy, fine, but when it gets to the point where nothing that comes out of anybody's mouth makes any sense and there's puking and falling over furniture, I am out.

 

When I was in high-school, it seemed like all the kids drank. You could get beer and wine legally by age 16, but some started earlier and most didn't just stick to those two. There were numerous plans to get me drunk and / or stoned on various class trips but I am proud to report that they all failed. I might have a stick up my you-know-what, but I am neither stupid nor gullible. When in doubt, I only drank water straight from the tap (tap water is very good and safe in this country) and I never let my food out of my sight.

 

It would take Sherlock Holmes to drug me.

^ Ditto.

 

I went to Germany with a student group when I was in high school, and since the legal drinking age is 16 there, my classmates were taking advantage of it.  They kept trying to get me drunk and/or stoned as well, by persuasion and ruse, but yeah, nothing doing.  Of course not drinking was socially isolating, but it's not like they were my friends anyway, and frankly I was ashamed to be associated with them.  They were staying up at all hours (when we had to be up at 4am the next morning) making a ruckus, trashing the rooms, and crawling out the hotel windows onto the roof of the neighboring McDonald's.  So rude and disrespectful.  There were many complaints, and our teacher/trip leader had to have a "talk" with us.

 

But I  was the "weirdo" for going to bed at a reasonable hour. 

 

We have Oktoberfest (of sorts) around here too, but I've never been, and I have no idea how it compares to the German one.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

I remember going on a uni trip to Italy, and the hotel had booked in two group holidays; a load of lairy uni students... and a gaggle of people from Saga (over 60s). Needless to say, the two groups didn't mesh. Our lecturer ended up going door to door telling people to shut up - not being a party animal I was already in bed. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Don't like being drunk either. Tipsy is okay, and since I'm British and drinking is 'what we DO' going to the pub is a big part of any social life. When it gets lethal is when I'm enjoying myself talking too much to realise how much I'm drinking.

 

Yup, me too.  I've only twice drunk enough that I {A} threw up and/or {B} had a hangover.  The first was when I arrived late to a wine and cheese party after they'd run out of cheese and crackers.  I got into a philosophical conversation, which distracted me, and meanwhile the caterers were emptying the remaining opened bottles by wandering around the room topping off people' glasses.  I managed to get home (it was a fairly short walk), had a nice face-to-face chat with the toilet, then collapsed.  My roommates came in later, found me on the floor, and carried me to my bed (where I remained for the next week, because the hangover segued very smoothly into a nasty cold).

 

The second time was at a class reunion.  I got to chatting with a couple of guys who had been on the football team (whereas I had, shall we say, *not* been a cheerleader).  Our lives had remained so different (i.e., one fellow had been a Hollywood extra for a few years) that we had a fascinating conversation.  That time, fortunately, all I drank was a couple cans of beer (because there was no more soda pop), so I merely woke up next morning with a dysfunctional head.

 

[Arcadia]

I don't think I've ever been drunk. Been tipsy a few times, my friends tell me I'm very amusing (you mean I'm not amusing all the time? I'm hurt!) Basically I don't like the taste of alcohol, so I'm not that tempted to drink except on special occasions ... like the Christmas toast last night. I like that when I have a drink, it feels like doing something special and celebratory. When I was in college, it seemed like the other kids drank for one reason ... to get drunk. I never understood why that was considered "fun". I was a real wet blanket.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

If I have alcohol in my system, it means I had some baked item containing vanilla extract or had a pickle. If the alcohol level in what I'm supposed to be having is high enough to be the equivalent of a beer or harder drink, then we have serious issues because I will look like a drinking noob. A single infant dose of DayQuil is the maximum amount of alcohol I can handle at one time without losing it. So it's nice to be able to tell people I'm allergic.

[aprilmaynolight]

Hey!!! It used to be cool when this forum (website) had snowflakes falling down as decoration. Why did they disappear? They were beautiful.    

[Carol the Dabbler]

Hey!!! It used to be cool when this forum (website) had snowflakes falling down as decoration. Why did they disappear? They were beautiful.

 

They're still there, it's just that Tim doesn't turn them on and off anymore, he's now leaving the choice up to each individual.

 

If you click the "Change Theme" button at the bottom of any forum page, you'll see that each of the non-mobile themes has two versions, the "no snow" version and what should be called the "snow" version. I'm guessing that you turned off the flakes several months ago when you decided it was spring. All you have to do now is change your theme to one that doesn't say "no snow."

[Pseudonym]

Back in work for two days. Booooooo. I want to stay in and read and not see anyone. 

[J.P.]

I'm back to work too. I also thought it would be two days. Can you imagine my disappointment when it turned out there are actually 3 working days until weekend.

[Pseudonym]

Despite me unfollowing the worst offenders, I am getting so tired of hunting through Tumblr for fic recs (pretty much the only reason I go on there) and getting bombarded by 'okay, but can we talk about...' followed by some utterly ridiculous post about how 1 plus 2 equals 7 in this particular Sherlock scene, or that particular look. Apparently the 'proof' today that they are sleeping together is that we never see John's bedroom on screen because they only use one bedroom. I... just... can't.

[Pseudonym]

Car slid on a patch of ice this morning. Yikes. 

[Artemis]

Despite me unfollowing the worst offenders, I am getting so tired of hunting through Tumblr for fic recs (pretty much the only reason I go on there) and getting bombarded by 'okay, but can we talk about...' followed by some utterly ridiculous post about how 1 plus 2 equals 7 in this particular Sherlock scene, or that particular look. Apparently the 'proof' today that they are sleeping together is that we never see John's bedroom on screen because they only use one bedroom. I... just... can't.

 

It really is irritating.  I can't even follow "Sherlock" blogs because half the content is "proof".  I came across the one bedroom theory a few days ago. 

 

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Car slid on a patch of ice this morning. Yikes.

Been there, done that before. Definitely frightening. The last serious time ended up with me getting rear-ended by a semi truck and I walked away from that crash.

[Pseudonym]

This day in work. How it doth drag. 

 

I've never crashed because of ice luckily, I did skid off a roundabout towards a bollard once but managed to stop just before hitting it. 

 

 

[Artemis]

Is it going to be sunny today?  I don't want it to be sunny today.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Don't worry, it won't be. I checked the weather forecast, more rain. You just live down the street, right?

[Artemis]

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[Pseudonym]

*sigh* You're not here to use by balcony again are you?