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[hathycol]

This morning, I stumbled downstairs at about eleven with my pajama top on backwards, something I noticed just as I saw Katie, who was possibly somewhat alarmed by the mascara smeared apparation wearing a man's dressing gown (it used to be Dad's, I basically stole it) and mumbling about 'fucking bastarding wine'.

... yeah. Staff night outs are bad for me and my self-respect. I actually had a great night, but I'm puzzled as to how I found myself in my manager's living room, taking sneaky drags on her fag*, a glass of wine in hand, trying to use a hula-hoop. I will clarify there were several of us there. I have no idea why my manager has a hula-hoop. I have no idea why we danced around to Thriller in her living room, either, although I have a sneaking suspicion the answer is 'wine'.

Oh, god, I have to work with these people next week. Help.

On the bright side, I'm not as hungover as I should be. Bit of a headache and the usual hangover feeling, but drinking sweet drinks for Britain seems to have done the trick. As such, I deem the night out a success as at no point have I thrown up bouncing purple lentils in a paper bag on my bedroom floor. I appreciate this is a somewhat strange and extreme yardstick, but we've all got to have our limits.

(Besides, I wil hopefully be a grown-up civil service type this time next year and I won't be able to get away with this shit.)

*I know that Smoking Is Bad And Will Kill Me, I also spent eighteen years living with prolific smokers and any damage has already been done, and I don't smoke unless someone around me is smoking and I'm absolutely wasted already. I have had the lecture already and I am highly aware I'm going to get another one tonight so please save your typing fingers.

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[sunlightdances.livejournal.com]

As such, I deem the night out a success as at no point have I thrown up bouncing purple lentils in a paper bag on my bedroom floor. I appreciate this is a somewhat strange and extreme yardstick, but we've all got to have our limits.
*cackles*

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

Pfft to the cigarettes. I smoked at the Christmas work do, because other people were & I was drunk and they quite happily gave me cigarettes. Now the chef smokes so I hate to think what I'm doing to myself by being at his cause his room is so smoky.
On the other hand I don't care.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Oh, Amanda Palmer!

[hannahbassill.livejournal.com]

Aww bless ya, yeah I understand that yardstick! I'm sure I commented to that effect after the first time you mentioned that lol!

Work do's are meant to be a laugh where you all get blatted beyond recognition - none of em should hold any of it against you even if they actually do remember it... I'm sure they did some stupid stuff too!

As for the smoking issue, I've been puffing away for about 8yrs minus the year I gave up in the middle. As twisted as it sounds there's gotta be something that kills us before we ALL reach 100 and totally annihilate the economy for our kids/grandkids etc. :/ All the best for you guys who wanna live as long as possible though (like my Nanna wanting to send a 100th birthday letter to the Queen). I know, pretty dark view but don't you think it's weird how everyone lives so long these days!? I mean our ancestors were lucky to reach 30! As I'm a Celt/Viking/Saxon for my work I'm down with the quality of life rather than span of it LOL!

[tau_sigma]

(Besides, I wil hopefully be a grown-up civil service type this time next year and I won't be able to get away with this shit.) - Amen to that. *hopes*

Wiiine. *g*

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

If you don't care, then that's pretty much fair enough, I think!

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

To be fair, in that period of history, plenty of people lied to ripe old ages; my favourite is good old Jean de Jeanville, who lived to 98 and wrote a mad book full of reminisces... I don't know how people can spend so much on fags, that's the part that puzzles me, to be honest.

[hannahbassill.livejournal.com]

My mate Barb gets the big packs of Golden Virginia baccy from a mate who's a lorry driver... £6 for a month or more of baccy. Simple. Rizlas are £1 for 8 packs of 50 on the market, extra slim filters 60p on the market simple. It doesn't cost me that much :/ People who live on packet fags are silly though.