A sheep, a werewolf and a walrus walk into a bar. - Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

It was be good or Santy that red big beared bollocks will not come or else come with only coal to you in my house, my dad had a way with words

It's 100% a city thing that then gets blamed on the poor innocent country folk as they adapt it Tongue

Alternatively it's simply a generational thing, you use whatever your parents used etc.

It was always Santa in this house though Dad would sometimes use Santy, since I've had kids myself though it's always Santa with them.

I always thought Santy was only used by the commoner's in Dublin.

We always said Santy as kids, but i'm all sophisticated these days and only ever call him Santa now Tongue

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Right, it wouldn't be the advent calendar without too many questions about trees! You've all had time to put one up, if you're going to. But what sort?

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#Advent Question 14:
Do you have a real Christmas tree?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

Oh Christmas Tree oh Christmas Tree....

(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

No, Mam beat you to it. She even wrote me a story to go with her answer Smile

(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

Awwww second!! I feel bad so I'll give you your present early!

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(14-12-2021, 10:51 AM)Trigger Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

Awwww second!! I feel bad so I'll give you your present early!

Yeah thanks Trigger. So.... Thoughtful.

Oh hey I forgot to give you your card yesterday with your present. Here ya go buddy..

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(14-12-2021, 10:24 AM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?
No, Mam beat you to it. She even wrote me a story to go with her answer

A story!! Fancy! Big Grin

@BuileBeag Those last 2 gifs are top notch,

If only your gameplaying was as good as your gif game eh.. Tongue

(14-12-2021, 11:24 AM)Trigger Wrote: [ -> ]@BuileBeag Those last 2 gifs are top notch,

If only your gameplaying was as good as your gif game eh..

thanks!

I'm just a slow burner! I can still win this thing. Watch your back!

(14-12-2021, 11:17 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 10:24 AM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]No, Mam beat you to it. She even wrote me a story to go with her answer

A story!! Fancy!

Yep I might be useless at game playing, but I've any amount of stories to be told ! Some better than others of course pac

(14-12-2021, 11:57 AM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 11:17 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]A story!! Fancy!

Yep I might be useless at game playing, but I've any amount of stories to be told ! Some better than others of course

You should start a thread!!
Mammy tells us all bedtime stories! Tongue

(14-12-2021, 12:42 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 11:57 AM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]Yep I might be useless at game playing, but I've any amount of stories to be told ! Some better than others of course

You should start a thread!!
Mammy tells us all bedtime stories!

Indeed , they're the stuff nightmares are made of ,.perfect for you all pac

(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

Did you pm @Trigger Big Grin

(14-12-2021, 02:32 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 10:02 AM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Pm sent. Was my answer in first? Is there any prize for that this year?

Did you pm @Trigger

Yes. But just my usual morning msg to him, not today's answer! Wink

Little nudge for @cee_jay and @DvB

(14-12-2021, 03:20 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 02:32 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]Did you pm @Trigger

Yes. But just my usual morning msg to him, not today's answer!

A nude selfie is it @BuileBeag

Mam sends mucky stories and Buile sends nudes..
Keep it classy ladies!

(14-12-2021, 07:28 PM)Purple Mountain Wrote: [ -> ]Mam sends mucky stories and Buile sends nudes..
Keep it classy ladies!

50 Shades of FOGrey

(14-12-2021, 07:16 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 03:20 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]Yes. But just my usual morning msg to him, not today's answer!

A nude selfie is it @BuileBeag

Ah jaysus I don't hate him that much!!

Had to drive to Donegal and back today with work so apologies for the late PM. Not that it matters given the extreme level of crap I bring to this game...?

(14-12-2021, 08:09 PM)DvB Wrote: [ -> ]Had to drive to Donegal and back today with work so apologies for the late PM. Not that it matters given the extreme level of crap I bring to this game...?

All our crap is welcome

(14-12-2021, 08:09 PM)DvB Wrote: [ -> ]Had to drive to Donegal and back today with work so apologies for the late PM. Not that it matters given the extreme level of crap I bring to this game...?

Makes for the best funniest games!

(14-12-2021, 08:09 PM)DvB Wrote: [ -> ]Had to drive to Donegal and back today with work so apologies for the late PM. Not that it matters given the extreme level of crap I bring to this game...?

Yep, all crap is welcome Big Grin

Nice that you got a little visit to the best county in the country Wink

(14-12-2021, 08:31 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]
(14-12-2021, 08:09 PM)DvB Wrote: [ -> ]Had to drive to Donegal and back today with work so apologies for the late PM. Not that it matters given the extreme level of crap I bring to this game...?
Yep, all crap is welcome

Nice that you got a little visit to the best county in the country

Welcome to Cork

Right, it's our lowest score yet!

Only BB, Wichi and Homer's parents have real trees, giving us just 9.7%

Everyone went higher than that, Trigger and Deja were the closest...

Player	Answer	Guess	Score
Trigger	No	12%	2
DejaBoo	No	12%	2
ShaneU	No	13%	3
Leg End Reject	No	17%	7
Sephiroth_Dude	No	21%	11
Irish Aris	No	25%	15
Butty Brennan	No	29%	19
nothing	No	30%	20
Hyblaeus	No	30%	20
Neowise	No	33%	23
jp liz v1	No	33%	23
BuileBeag	Yes	35%	25
Zaph	No	35%	25
ari101	No	35%	25
Purple Mountain	No	35%	25
Toto Wolfcastle	No	35%	25
davetherave	No	36%	26
Kol	No	37%	27
Quickbeam	No	38%	28
Mam of 4	No	39%	29
lorcand1990	No	39%	29
Barna77	No	40%	30
Spears	No	40%	30
Homer J. Fong	Yes	40%	30
aaronjennings	No	40%	30
DvB	No	40%	30
Necro	No	45%	35
Sawduck	No	45%	35
Edser	No	45%	35
Wichita Lineman	Yes	50%	40
cee_jay	No	60%	50

And that sees Shane retake the lead...

Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
ShaneU	135	3	138
Neowise	126	23	149
Trigger	153	2	155
Irish Aris	142	15	157
DejaBoo	163	2	165
Kol	145	27	172
Necro	138	35	173
ari101	151	25	176
Leg End Reject	172	7	179
Quickbeam	151	28	179
lorcand1990	157	29	186
Homer J. Fong	159	30	189
nothing	171	20	191
Zaph	167	25	192
jp liz v1	179	23	202
Toto Wolfcastle	188	25	213
cee_jay	166	50	216
Butty Brennan	202	19	221
Mam of 4	194	29	223
Sephiroth_Dude	215	11	226
Edser	192	35	227
BuileBeag	211	25	236
Barna77	207	30	237
Purple Mountain	214	25	239
aaronjennings	214	30	244
Hyblaeus	230	20	250
Sawduck	233	35	268
Wichita Lineman	234	40	274
davetherave	269	26	295
DvB	286	30	316
Spears	333	30	363

Wow!
Very surprised that more people don't have a real tree tbh .

(14-12-2021, 09:59 PM)Mam of 4 Wrote: [ -> ]Wow!
Very surprised that more people don't have a real tree tbh .

I was pretty sure that artificial trees would be in the majority, but not by that margin

A preemptive message for @Trigger

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Central heating and the trend of putting trees up in November means real ones aren't really an option for many.

Hey Buile you must like eating dust do ya? cuz you just got a mouthful of mine!

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Oh you know it's bad when Seph goes ahead of you.. better leave this one for tonight Big Grin

I said in my PM it would probably be lower than 12% pac

(14-12-2021, 10:07 PM)Sephiroth_Dude Wrote: [ -> ]Hey Buile you must like eating dust do ya? cuz you just got a mouthful of mine!

Seph!!!

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Ouch! That hurt!
Even when I was submitting I knew Necro, Zaph and LER had fake trees as we had a brief discussion on where to buy them recently enough.
I still haven't bought one. This has is still Christmas tree free Sad

although I have a Lego Christmas tree on the mantelpiece, and a Lego Christmas penguin and Nutcracker.

(14-12-2021, 10:14 PM)cee_jay Wrote: [ -> ]Ouch! That hurt!
Even when I was submitting I knew Necro, Zaph and LER had fake trees as we had a brief discussion on where to buy them recently enough.
I still haven't bought one. This has is still Christmas tree free although I have a Lego Christmas tree on the mantelpiece, and a Lego Christmas penguin and Nutcracker.

I need these!!!

I got the Christmas tree for free last year - limited edition. I think it was a gift if spend over x amount - I was buying the Batwing. Himself looked the set up on ebay before I opened it on Sunday, they are going for £70 up to $135. I saw it on Amazon today for £135!