Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

[Spears]

Yeah, in hindsight I'd give everyone one free pass I think. So missing out once wouldn't make a difference, and if you knew you'd be on everyday you could skip a question where you had no idea. Next time...

your too kind @E.N.

[Wichita Lineman]

Great fun @E.N. thanks for all the organising. 

I was getting better near the end so I'm already looking forward to next years event! 

Well done to all the winners at both ends of the table.

[Sawduck]

Congrats Shane , thanks for running this E.N great competition. Merry Christmas everyone

[cee_jay]

@E.N. that KS for an excellent game. Even if I did question that excellency along the way.

Congrats @ShaneU enjoyed your Christmas songs!

[ari101]

Congrats Shane! I'm going to have to check out those Jingle Bells versions when I can listen tomorrow!

Thanks EN, this has been fabulous fun!

[Toto Wolfcastle]

Congrats @ShaneU, good game!

Thanks for running it @E.N.. Always enjoyable.

Merry Christmas everyone.

[Butty Brennan]

Thanks for putting on a very enjoyable game E.N. Congratulations ShaneU on your victory.
I didn't get my Christmas present of a perfect zero but I came pretty close on the last question.

Now that I double check it, I actually finished in the top ten

[jp liz v1]

Congrats @ShaneU and @nothing

Thank you @E.N.

Merry Christmas Everyone

[Leg End Reject]

Thanks @E.N. that was a blast! I'm looking forward to the torture next year.

Congrats @ShaneU, you know us better than we know ourselves! Great answers and songs throughout.

Hard luck @Spears, you deserved that spoon.

[E.N.]

That wasn't meant to be such a hit and run earlier, but the kids weren't going to bed and santa presents needed sorting! All fine now, a final quiet beer then bed

Thanks everyone for playing along, it's only fun because of the banter along the way. Hope it wasn't too tortuous, some of the questions were a stretch but it's hard to think of that many

Have a great Christmas everyone!
In fact, I've just noticed it is Christmas

Bye for now

[Necro]

Thanks EN for running. Happy Christmas everyone unfortunately personal circumstances meant I couldn't complete the game. Advent Calendar is such a staple now of the formally Forum Games now FoG crew it's almost like Santa

Well done Shane on a solid performance, well deserved win (and I loved the evil Christmas songs as an FYI )

[Purple Mountain]

Only popping in now. Brother and family here all evening for some tipples.
Thanks so much @E.N. for running the game. My first dabble. I really enjoyed it and getting my only zero today was a buzz.
I hope your small people are fast asleep now.
Congratulations to @ShaneU for the win. There was a good back and forth for pole position to keep it interesting.
So, what have I learned from my first Advent Calendar?? Take notes!!
So if @DejaBoo says in February that she loves brussels sprouts, file that away in my memory..if @Sephiroth_Dude says in April he goes to mass, make a note of that and if @Mam of 4 tells us in the summer she is shopping online already for her advent calendar, on sale on Amazon.. yep, make a mental note!
Night everyone. Hope those of you with small childer don't get hit too early with the alarm call!

[Zaph]

Another hugely enjoyable game, thanks for running it EN. And congrats to Shane on a seriously impressive win.

[Trigger]

how the hell did I end up on the podium let alone on second

Brilliant game @E.N. really enjoyed it and thanks for the work that was put in.

Congrats @ShaneU on the win, you didn't look like you were going to be stopped from about the midway point..Great scoring

Thanks to all for contributing and making ot fun for everyone, ye are all stars!

[Irish Aris]

Missing @Edser and @Irish Aris
On the ouzo already, Aris?

Hahahahaha, a little bit!!!
Thank you for organising this E.N.!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope you have a great day with your beloved ones!!!

[Butty Brennan]

I blame my youngest brother. He needs to get up earlier and out to my parents! One year we had to wait until 1pm!

I'd start without him. Couldn't wait that long. I love getting presents


In saying that, I need to wake my own kiddo's xmas morning to get up to their Santa gifts

& I mean, EVERY.SINGLE.YEAR !

Not once have they ever been up with the excitement at stupid o'clock, like we were in my mam's house when we were younger. 

strange little creatures..

I was thinking about your post and that might be the norm now: on Christmas morning I went for a walk about 9 and in well over half of the houses, maybe about 75% or more there was no sign of life at all. Even in several houses where there are families with young kids, not a sausage.
Would that many people really have a lie in on Christmas morning   I had no idea!

[Spears]

I was thinking about your post and that might be the norm now: on Christmas morning I went for a walk about 9 and in well over half of the houses, maybe about 75% or more there was no sign of life at all. Even in several houses where there are families with young kids, not a sausage.
Would that many people really have a lie in on Christmas morning   I had no idea!

I wonder has it anything to do with covid? Maybe families are taking it easy on Christmas because they are not doiing as much visitng these days??


Our own were reluctantly up close to 11. In saying that they were up quite late the night before.

I got up at about 8 myself becuase I was starving. Made some cereal, but then made a start on the main brekkie at about 10 becuase I couldn't wait any longer 

[Spears]

Hard luck @Spears, you deserved that spoon.

I did didn't I !!

Imagine stealing from someone at this time of year 

[nothing]

Hard luck @Spears, you deserved that spoon.

I did didn't I !!

Imagine stealing from someone at this time of year 

Takes a special kind of grinch to do something like that, how dare they!

[Butty Brennan]

I was thinking about your post and that might be the norm now: on Christmas morning I went for a walk about 9 and in well over half of the houses, maybe about 75% or more there was no sign of life at all. Even in several houses where there are families with young kids, not a sausage.
Would that many people really have a lie in on Christmas morning   I had no idea!

I wonder has it anything to do with covid? Maybe families are taking it easy on Christmas because they are not doiing as much visitng these days??


Our own were reluctantly up close to 11. In saying that they were up quite late the night before.

I got up at about 8 myself becuase I was starving. Made some cereal, but then made a start on the main brekkie at about 10 becuase I couldn't wait any longer 

Mass could be another factor. Most mass goers nowadays are older people, there would be far less families going anymore, and maybe even less again because of covid. That was something that got you up early on Christmas if you wanted it or not.    We weren't allowed open any pressies until we got back from mass in our house.

[cee_jay]

My youngest brother was up very early this year - he now has 18 month and 2 month year old kids, I think lie ins are a thing of his past
Unfortunately he didn't get to call out - we were woken by a text at 9am from my cousin, her 2 teenagers got a positive antigen yesterday morning. They arrived to my Mam's house on Christmas Eve (I had a stand up row in the kitchen making tea with my mam when she allowed them in), so they couldn't chance coming out.
It also means I am probably stranded in my parents for the rest of the Christmas.

[Spears]

I did didn't I !!

Imagine stealing from someone at this time of year  

Takes a special kind of grinch to do something like that, how dare they!

[DejaBoo]

Only four of us are (or would be) off to Christmas Eve mass.  

That's 14.3%

 

  Fun game, thanks for the advent fun E.N. !!!

 

 lol -  Is this the same Shane what said...

No no no please no. Almost as bad as the sad sacks who post on the boards christmas forum all year round

Congratz ShaneU - yer one of us now!  An honorary Christmas Elf who knows more about Chrimbo than the rest of us   ...and with cheeeery taste in music even

...Let teh ShanELF initiation begin.   (bring the spoon, nothing, we may need it) 

[ShaneU]

 lol -  Is this the same Shane what said...

No no no please no. Almost as bad as the sad sacks who post on the boards christmas forum all year round

Congratz ShaneU - yer one of us now!  An honorary Christmas Elf who knows more about Chrimbo than the rest of us   ...and with cheeeery taste in music even

...Let teh ShanELF initiation begin.   (bring the spoon, nothing, we may need it) 

LOL I never said I didn't like Christmas but it's OVER and I won't be even thinking about it until next DECEMBER  and not a moment sooner 

[davetherave]

Well done Shane, Trigs, and Kol.

Nothing in there at the end to rob poor Spears.

Thanks Nitty, huge undertaking. Back into hibernation for eleven months after all that work.

[E.N.]

Thanks Nitty, huge undertaking. Back into hibernation for eleven months after all that work

Yep, back into the cave I share with Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé

[DejaBoo]

LOL I never said I didn't like Christmas but it's OVER and I won't be even thinking about it until next DECEMBER  and not a moment sooner 

Too late,  yer an official Elf  now  

...the 365 day Countdown of ShaneU Christmas Choooones will be a welcome addition