[Closed] Any Christmas Disasters

Dishwasher broken

Mother-in-law had to call out a plumber to clear a blocked toilet; call-out fee alone was £250 and the final bill came £600 (1.5 hours work in total).

Washing machine beyond economical repair on Saturday night. £200+ in parts required to fix it.

I can't drink anymore Glenlivet, and I've just been a little bit sick in my mouth

Non as such but my "pigs in blankets" were such a hit the main attraction of the Goose was a bit of a damp squib 🙁

TBH next year I'm doing mountains of pigs in blankets with all the trimmings for Crimbo and everyone will be happy 😀

Mrs trs aunt was rushed to hosp at 3 am for allsorts of scans after a siezure

Nearly a bad day

Good news at 7 in the form of no brain tumour and new meds shout have her right as rain

Still no the best xmas as you can. Imagine

I've drunk all the Tanqueray Ringpur and having to drink standard Tanqueray now.

It's a bloody disaster !

Hi warton, no luck with the Glenlivet, unfortunately for you i'm busy making more of it at the moment for future drinkers

It was a complete train wreck.

It was all going fine up until dinner. We'd opened our presents, I'd got 2, everyone else had about 40 each. We'd played with our prezzies, had a couple of drinks and then we sat down at the table. My wife had been working very hard and I'd helped a lot too but then, well, she might have well put a big shit on my plate.

"WHERE'S MY ****ING PIGS IN BLANKETS!!!!????"

Turned out she'd forgotten.

And so she's disappeared without trace. I've no idea where she is now. The patio? Well it needed urgent christmas night attention, that's why it looks a bit uneven. It'll settle down.

Minor one - day was coming to an end, last glass of red wine in front of me, on the wife's newly covered er, pouffe... kid flying his remote control helicopter too low... tears and shouting ensued.

I didn't get drunk

I didn't have pudding

I didn't have any mince pies

I didn't wear my paper hat

Roast potatoes were disappointing

Disaster all round

spent yesterday morning in A and E with a broken nuckle, phone call today asking me to go back in as they suspect it my be fractured further down and need casting up.

This year has been pretty much a write off.

So let's never talk about it again.

Turned the fridge up to normal as it didn't feel cold, veg froze..... luckily we were planning on Christmas dinner today anyway. Was planning on spending today looking for a corner shop open in Burnley to get some replacements when one of neighbours came up trumps.

Sorry to dissappoint, even with a sick partner (the chef of the 2) my accident prone Sister in law cooked up a storm and it all tasted fantastic, food for 9 in a tiny lounge and no spillages on her new sofa either. All in all it went very very well!

My wife left a whole bag of presents behind including all my niece's ones. So I was duly despatched home from the MiL's where all the family was gathered, to get them. So an extra 50 mins round trip for me. And then back to find the MiL in hissy fit mode because the beef was now overdone and the carrots and parsnips burnt. Apart from that - all good.

The waffles I made this morning would be better termed awffles. Simultaneously burnt and runny raw.

Potatoes pre-bolied for too long, therefore roast potatoes were cancelled. Still I was off for once, could spend time with my family and get merry.

£600 to unblock a toilet, really? How bad was it that he couldn't do it himself?

Oh Mother-in-law I read that is brother.

Good day apart from one 1st world issue. My carefully prepped triple cooked chips were knackered by a numpty deep fat fryer mistake from the FiL. Instead of beautifully crisp and fluffy chips we had fat chip shop soggy ones.

The success of my chocolate fondant dessert went some way towards cheering me up though.

Oh and the Wife decided her Mother should decide if the beef is cooked enough, so it was cooked well done. Divorce papers are on the way.

Well done beef = fubar in this house. I commend your restraint. We would have had a lumpy patio too.

There's still time.

Drac - Moderator

Oh and the Wife decided her Mother should decide if the beef is cooked enough, so it was cooked well done. Divorce papers are on the way.

We had a similar incident 3 weeks ago, MiL reduced 2kg of rib eye steaks to shoe leather !!!!

She was Sous-Chef yesterday 😉

the mrs broke the coffee pot chistmas morning, we've been brewing up in a saucepan and using a tea strainer 🙂

All went well..Could change though,Off around mother in laws tonight...Bad food will be aplenty....lol

[i]Mother-in-law had to call out a plumber to clear a blocked toilet; call-out fee alone was £250 and the final bill came £600 (1.5 hours work in total). [/i]

I'd have thought he'd put the call-out at £250 because he didn't actually want to work, and didn't think anyone would pay... did he itemise the extra £350, and was she aware of the rate?

2 days at the outlaws counts as a disaster.. bland mushy veg, overcooked dry meat, their constant bickering, 27 deg C. House temperature, crap wine, shit jokes. Even the dog sulks under the coffee table the whole time we are here. At least the kids are having fun.

Had to get the kids home to bed before the cheese board came out.

[i]crap wine,[/i]

you could've supplied it?

Slight brussel incident during Boxing Day lunch at the in-laws.

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Almost spilt my tea, saved by a Bourbon biscuit.

Day before Christmas eve, torrential rain and the lead roof of the front bay window springs a leak. Fun on hands and knees baling, scraping and masticing. Awful couple of hours but it seems to be holding.

That night take family to see Hobbit, cold and windy so eldest puts her head down and gallops for cinema doors. Trips on raised manhole cover on pavement, bad wrist, and few other bangs and scrapes. Hence Christmas eve in A&E as it was swollen and limited movement the next morning. Scaphoid, but can't see a fracture on X-ray. Splinted for a fortnight and back in for a scan if it hasn't come good. Just in time for 2 GCSEs in first week back, oh well.

Worst thing though, got the latest Muse CD, just listened to it now, what the hell happened to them? Actual Christmas and pressies have been great. Oh, the top of the tree has gone a bit floppy, got any Viagra?
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crap wine,
you could've supplied it?

They laughed at the silly named wine I brought.. chartoo parp Der nerf.. sounds like a really rubbish frog wine said FIL and gave me some Italian red... thanks.

My wife's waters broke yesterday at 5. Nearly 7 weeks early. She's in hospital, kids upset.

crap wine,
you could've supplied it?

They laughed at the silly named wine I brought.. chartoo parp Der nerf.. sounds like a really rubbish frog wine said FIL and gave me some Italian red... thanks.

Lol'd at Samurai. 😆

How is Mrs Tang?