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| Rhoobarb |
So I went. After about 357 e-mails trying to work out what was happening we went back to the original plans.
The roads here were quite bad, didn't think I'd get out of my parking space to start with, but once I got up to the main road it was fine. A bit of nasty stuff in the middle of the road and a broken traffic cone that looked enough like a seal at the side of the road to make me look twice, twice.
Picked up my first passenger and returned to the motorway, taking the long, but clearer route to my next pick up. From there I relaxed and let him drive, reminding him - just in case - that J-turns and handbrake turns are NOT allowed in My vehicle! Yeah who's the boss now! Hah!
So we picked up our next and last passenger and proceeded along the remarkably snow and ice free roads to our destination. We were met with warmth and hugs, and a table spread with all sorts of foods. Not wanting to hang around we started making inroads into the pile.....
So that was when the first 'incident' occurred. A glass of wine placed dangerously close to the ski jumper was knocked off the table and over one of the guests. She jumped up and started cleaning up the mess. Shortly after that a plate was knocked over and the buttered bread fell - as it does - butter side down onto the chair, scattering sausage rolls, crackers and cheese everywhere. But that wasn't the end of it. The bottle of sparkling vodka was opened and squirted into the eye of my driver, and then spilt onto the jumper of the woman already wearing red wine.
More cleaning up and by now our hostess was demanding that we leave. We ignored her 
Upstairs and the Wii was brought out, dancing games took place and then boxing, tennis and other Wii-erd sports. During the Tennis, the Christmas tree took a battering as the red wine, and vodka wearing woman smashed it with her virtual tennis racquet. Unfortunately, though the racquet was a virtual one, the Wii controller was serving the same purpose and it smashed a bauble so hard that it bounced off two walls with a tremendous crack before coming to a crumpled broken heap on the floor. As if to keep it company a small decorative reindeer flew off the tree and landed beside it, knocking free a star as it did so.
The games were stopped.
Eventually.
So time to go home and we dressed up nice and warm, said our goodbyes and, in some cases, made our apologies.
The road back was clear, mostly but the freezing fog was unpleasant, as was the thermometer which was showing temperatures of -9.0 Brrrrrrrr
I got into my parking space much easier than I had left it.
I just want to say I was very good. I broke nothing, haven't ever broken anything in that house and have no intentions of breaking anything Ever!
Edited Thu 24 Dec 09, 1:55 PM by Rhoobarb
| 24 Dec 09, 2:30 PM Janie_0 UK(G), 8 yrs |
It wouldn't be the same if these incidents didn't happen, it was a pleasure as usual (and sometimes it was even hilariously funny). There are just some memories I will never forget - ever.
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| 24 Dec 09, 2:48 PM MindChains UK(FK), 5 yrs  |
Quote on the evening (after the tree got smashed during 'tennis') "New baubles please.."
Great night, nearly pee'd myself laughing.
Thanks Janie66 Knowing others is intelligence, Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, Mastering yourself is true power -Lao-Tzu |
| 24 Dec 09, 6:13 PM Mabell UK, 4 yrs |
If IC allowed long enough names, I would change mine to "red wine & vodka-wearing, bauble-thrashing, arseholed pillock". Gah! Can't take me anywhere can you! What a fun night, apologies all round, especially to mine hostess (again). Ha! And the dancing! Sweet! The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett |
- Just Dance!! 