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  • Quincel
    Quincel Posts: 4,042
    And a very Merry Christmas to you too. Thank you for another year of enlightening analysis, interesting trivia and some cracking betting tips as well.
  • bigjohnowls
    bigjohnowls Posts: 22,951
    Merry Christmas Mike. Thanks for the great site
  • isam
    isam Posts: 42,205
    Merry Christmas Mike
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Happy Christmas to OGH and all PBers.
  • MarkSenior
    MarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    To OGH , his family and all who post on here , have a Super Xmas .
  • Toms
    Toms Posts: 2,478
    edited December 2013
    It's an intriguing and often amusing site OGH, and for me instructive. Thank you.

    footnote: "politicalbetting.com" = "giant celtic bloom pit". (sorry)
  • NickPalmer
    NickPalmer Posts: 21,724
    MarkSenior said:

    To OGH , his family and all who post on here , have a Super Xmas .

    Hear hear!
  • TwistedFireStopper
    TwistedFireStopper Posts: 2,538
    I'm a bit of a Bah! Humbug! when it comes to Christmas, but I echo the sentiments downthread to the Smithson clan, all the Lurkers, and all posters past and present, and that includes you, too, tim.

    May you all have the Christmas that you want, and that your hopes for the future be realised.
  • Me_
    Me_ Posts: 66
    FPT- Hey Nick! Brazilian parties are such a mess.

    If you need any help, just say it. We have more than 20 parties in Congress. And, yes, we do make politics of every country look sober!

    As for the law ending cosmetic animal testing in São Paulo, there's a big probability that the governor will sign it (there are already petitions on the internet and 2014 is election year).
  • Charles
    Charles Posts: 35,758
    Happy Christmas, one and all.
  • philiph
    philiph Posts: 4,705
    All the best to everyone this Christmas
  • Tim_B
    Tim_B Posts: 7,669
    Merry Christmas to OGH and all on here.

    Department stores at the mall have been open for 100 hours straight and will close at 6pm. I bet the folks working there will be glad of the break.

    True to form the bah humbug brigade are trying to spoil the fun. Greenpeace has an ad with Santa saying that due to ice melting at the north pole he might have to cancel christmas. This is showing all over the place and kids are seeing it and getting upset. Adults will recognize who is playing Santa. Here is the extended version of the commercial.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQJuzSqj6s
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    Merry Christmas everyone!
  • ZenPagan
    ZenPagan Posts: 689
    Nadelik Lowen oll

    or in otherwords merry christmas all if you insist on one of the lesser languages :)
  • dr_spyn
    dr_spyn Posts: 11,312
    Merry Christmas...am trying to tell small niece that Father Christmas is kept sober on the day by fairies and his sleigh is limited to 100mph by Notwork Fail.

    Best wishes to OGH and family as well as PB contributors, posters and lurkers.
  • NickPalmer
    NickPalmer Posts: 21,724
    Tim_B said:


    True to form the bah humbug brigade are trying to spoil the fun. Greenpeace has an ad with Santa saying that due to ice melting at the north pole he might have to cancel christmas. This is showing all over the place and kids are seeing it and getting upset. Adults will recognize who is playing Santa. Here is the extended version of the commercial.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQJuzSqj6s

    Hammersmith Council have joined in the Scrooge act, writing to all their tenants telling them to be frugal so they have enough money for the rent. I suppose one could regard it as prudent advice for people in arrears, but they've apparently sent it to all tenants, even those who have always paid on time.

  • notme
    notme Posts: 3,293
    Tim_B said:

    Merry Christmas to OGH and all on here.

    Department stores at the mall have been open for 100 hours straight and will close at 6pm. I bet the folks working there will be glad of the break.

    True to form the bah humbug brigade are trying to spoil the fun. Greenpeace has an ad with Santa saying that due to ice melting at the north pole he might have to cancel christmas. This is showing all over the place and kids are seeing it and getting upset. Adults will recognize who is playing Santa. Here is the extended version of the commercial.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQJuzSqj6s

    Except of course ice at the north pole isnt melting. You see these pressure groups with their shock posters and videos. The same is said about other things. Shelter run campaigns about the growing numbers of people homeless and sleeping rough. Homelessness is barely a third of what it was a decade ago. Then we have pictures of poor hungry children going without, which again is largely old bumph, obesity rates are higher for children of parents who are on benefits.
  • smithersjones2013
    smithersjones2013 Posts: 740
    To all and sundry (and there are a good few sundries on here!) have a very merry Christmas!
  • Theuniondivvie
    Theuniondivvie Posts: 44,327
    edited December 2013
    Tim_B said:

    Merry Christmas to OGH and all on here.

    Department stores at the mall have been open for 100 hours straight and will close at 6pm. I bet the folks working there will be glad of the break.

    True to form the bah humbug brigade are trying to spoil the fun. Greenpeace has an ad with Santa saying that due to ice melting at the north pole he might have to cancel christmas. This is showing all over the place and kids are seeing it and getting upset. Adults will recognize who is playing Santa. Here is the extended version of the commercial.

    How dare those spoilsports cast a pall over 100 non-stop hours of retail. They'll be telling us it's nothing to do with the birth of Christ next.

    Happy non-specific festival of clinging on to crumbs of comfort in the midwinter darkness, to right and left and everyone in between. A wee glimmer of positivity from an honorary Glasgow Boy:

    Hassan Rouhani ‏@HassanRouhani
    May Jesus Christ, Prophet of love & peace, bless us all on this day. Wishing Merry #Christmas to those celebrating, esp Iranian Christians.
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    Ho ho ho ! Watching a docu on Mel Smith at the gfs parents.
  • foxinsoxuk
    foxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Merry Christmas, one and all!

    And for the benefit of those who are working, no mention of the Q word!
  • JohnLoony
    JohnLoony Posts: 1,790
    Is Ed Miliband around?
    No, he's tall and thin...
  • MikeK
    MikeK Posts: 9,053
    I see that OGH has made a Selfie. :D
  • RichardNabavi
    RichardNabavi Posts: 3,413
    edited December 2013
    Pulpstar said:

    Ho ho ho ! Watching a docu on Mel Smith at the gfs parents.

    I knew him well at Oxford. I have some stories...

    Merry Xmas to all! And of course special thanks to Mike, Robert, our invisible moderators, and all who make this wonderful site what it is.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Bit bizarre that some homes in Surrey and Sussex may be without power tomorrow. Those are usually the least likely places to be hit by bad weather. Hope they do get power back in time for Christmas lunchtime.
  • compouter1
    compouter1 Posts: 642
    edited December 2013
    Merry Christmas to OGH, all the posters and polling crossover predictors.

    PS. Why is there a picture of Mr Magoo on the top of this thread? ;-)
  • Cyclefree
    Cyclefree Posts: 25,709
    Just back from Midnight Mass. Merry Xmas to one and all and a special thanks to Mike, Robert and the moderators.
  • Sunil_Prasannan
    Sunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,074
    edited December 2013
    Merry Xmas, everyone!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxhopWCZjec
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    "Beer-loving politician Nigel Farage may be forced to spend Christmas day in the pub after electricity supplies failed in his home village."

    http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/24/nigel-farage-ukip-leader-to-spend-christmas-in-the-pub-after-uk-storm-4242221/
  • ShneurOdze
    ShneurOdze Posts: 10
    AndyJS said:

    "Beer-loving politician Nigel Farage may be forced to spend Christmas day in the pub after electricity supplies failed in his home village."

    http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/24/nigel-farage-ukip-leader-to-spend-christmas-in-the-pub-after-uk-storm-4242221/

    Fear not, Nigel tells us (via Twitter) that he has given up waiting for the power to be restored and has packed his family into the car and taken them off to relatives.
  • Plato
    Plato Posts: 15,724
    Merry Christmas from Eastbourne - hope Santa was generous.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5bo4VDEH-U
  • MikeK
    MikeK Posts: 9,053
    A Happy and Merry Christmas To OGH and a all who frequent the halls of PB.
  • Verulamius
    Verulamius Posts: 1,555
    Merry Christmas.

    Spare a thought for Saint Anastasia whose Day it is also; does anyone celebrate Her Day?
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    TheScreamingEagles Posts: 122,805
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