The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 20:32 GMT

So how is everyone celebrating the longest night of the year? Snowy and I are enjoying the excellent company of a tub of Pringles and a bot. of rather select Chianti...

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 20:51 GMT

I'm finishing off my Marks and Sparks Port which is rather good.

3 films on BBC1 starting at 9.00pm

When you have a dark dungeon its always

the longest night of the year!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 20:57 GMT

Finishing off the port? But you'll have none left for Christmas!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Lad (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 22:39 GMT

I am well pissed on Merlot - after some really good food.. Looking forward to the nights drawing out again..

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 23:22 GMT

"Finishing off the port? But you'll have none left for Christmas!"

Shops are open tomorrow in Lewisham! hic

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 23:52 GMT

Ah well, it has been a small party. But there's some Chianti left. Hic to you too, Frank and Lad!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Snowy (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2003 at 23:54 GMT

Woof! (Hic!)

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 02:31 GMT

Woof hic to Snowy too!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
Santa P Dant (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 07:09 GMT

Tautology and/or incorrect use of relativity, and oxymoron, Tintin dear.

Is is "select" or not? Cannot be "rather", in the manner of "cannot be a little bit pregnant."

"select Chianti" Not two words one would normally put together.

What, no soup? (Or Quarter-pounder with cheese, at a staff discount of course.)

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 10:45 GMT

Who cares a fuck its christmas!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 10:55 GMT

No, it isn't. Christmas isn't for another three days.

What a good thing I've got some rather select Chianti left...

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Satyricon (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 13:51 GMT

I wouldn't crow too much dear heart, the winter solstice isn't until today.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/wintersolstice1.html

And the longest night isn't until tonight, so it's just as well you saved a little Chianti, select or otherwise.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 14:02 GMT

I obtained two more bottles of the excellent Port from M and S today hic!

Dishy guy serving in WHS I went back three times hoping to get served by him but luck was against me!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 15:24 GMT

The time between sunrise and sunset was one minute less yesterday than today or the day before yesterday. I don't know about your mathematics, Satyricon, but to my mind that makes yesterday the shortest day of the year.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 16:39 GMT

Tintin and Satyrcon its all relative

relative to just how many hours or minutes you stayed in bed!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Satyricon (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 16:42 GMT

Perhaps you need to work in units less than a minute, Tintin. The same calculation you use will not give you the shortest day of the year as it will give you the same length of day as tomorrow.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Satyricon (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 16:46 GMT

Just in case you doubt in dear heart, here's the data from HMG: (Date, Sunrise, Sunset, Daylight Hrs)

December 21, 2003 - 08:04 - 15:53 - 07:49
December 22, 2003 - 08:04 - 15:54 - 07:50
December 23, 2003 - 08:05 - 15:54 - 07:49

Re: The Blue Room Winter Study Party
® Melba (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 16:49 GMT

Strange. Doesn't that make yesterday and tomorrow both shorter than today? Rounding errors?

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 16:51 GMT

Hmmmm. Alright, you win! Hell, we'll just have another winter solstice party tonight then.
Especially since the daylight hours you posted refer to the metropolis, and we have 21 minutes less up here...

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 17:02 GMT

Ah, but look on the brightside - that means less chance of cancer for us Northerners!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 17:05 GMT

Not really, because over the whole year the number of daylight hours is the same - in midsummer the situation is reversed, and you get 21 minutes more daylight up north than the metropolis.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 17:38 GMT

Na, I stay indoors in the summer!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 17:48 GMT

That's not what I've heard.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 17:56 GMT

It's what you've seen that worries me!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 18:58 GMT

It worries me, too.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Sparlite (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 22:13 GMT

Oh I love a solstice party. So far I've consumed a box of 9 chocolate fairies, 8 Refreshers bars, 5 Drumstick lollies and some Haribo mix. My blood sugar levels will be far too high but who gives a damn. Now put the kettle on and make me a mug of Ovaltine please

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® emjay (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 22:19 GMT

Oh no, you have to make it in a pan with milk.

I could do with a party too. I have battled all evening with a Christmas tree that defies all my attempts to stand it up straight, not helped by the fact that it tripled in size between purchasing it and getting it home. I've just hurled some tinsel on it and that's all it's getting.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 22:22 GMT

Take some nylon string and affix one end to the ceiling and the other to the top of the tree. Alternatively, chop it up and make a nice fire.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® emjay (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 22:27 GMT

Well I had to chop a good bit off to get it in the door, so I could burn that. Who wants this German nonsense in their houses anyway.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 22 Dec 2003 at 22:30 GMT

Not me - my flat is officially Xmas tree-free.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
christmas insomniac (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 03:22 GMT

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the Blue Room!

In the space of three days we had:
(1) Moi saying sorry for being snappy (to Dylan1)
(2) 2 longest nights/shortest days
(3) Tintin admitting Satyricon won. (note - NOT that HE lost!)
(4) Frank not giving a fuck and celebrating 3 days early
(5) emjay noticing it all......well (1) but not (3) - why is that, one wonders?

Shame the snow melted, really! Merry Christmas everyone.

Is McDonalds open on Christmas Day?

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
Sister Peter Marie (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 05:00 GMT

(6) Some tedious smartarse making comments on how other people conduct themselves in a discussion, whilest adding absolutely nothing of any substance themself.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
Anon (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 07:38 GMT

<substance> dearest Sister PM (Pre-Menstrual?) has never been a prerequisite for stuff written in here.

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Satyricon (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 09:43 GMT

I followed Tintin's excellent suggestion and took the opportunity to have another party. Could you all be a bit on the quiet side until lunchtime please ...

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® Melba (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 11:30 GMT

Why aren't you in Hove, stacking shelves and thumping customers?

Did you find another excuse to skive off today, or just make yesterday's job last 2 days?

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2003 at 11:35 GMT

Off to the Millenium Dome today!

will give full report later!

Sure you just can't wait!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 24 Dec 2003 at 11:15 GMT

Actually, I am intrigued, so await more information on it from yourself.
Happy Christmas, TisFrank!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 24 Dec 2003 at 14:23 GMT

Hi mouse and your other half!

Arrived at 2.00pm had my bag searched and went

straight into what is for all purposes just a giant

fun fair with lots of different rides, plus an ice

skating rink and German market. The prices for a family of four to get in would be a lot and what with

food added. Items for sale on the German Market where

expensive but nice. I bought some chocolate ginger biscuits as a present and a wooden letter opener.

Fine for kids but expensive especially for the grown

ups having to pay! people over 60 got in free but still had to pay for each ride though you could buy a £10 arm band which still didn't allow you access to everything. This fair closes 31st December

a visit to Borough Market might have been more
entertaining.

see they have found life on Mars!
they found two off sick underground workers playing tennis!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 24 Dec 2003 at 14:35 GMT

Thanks for that, TisFrank.
So the Millennium Dome's still living up to it's reputation as a giant rip-off then? Ah well, if everything changed all the time I wouldn't know who I was from one day to the next!

Re: The Blue Room Winter Solstice Party
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 24 Dec 2003 at 14:37 GMT

Quite mouse a giant rip off! all under one roof or dome