We hosted our court Christmas party last night. It was a really good time! We had 17 people show up, which was everybody except the people in number 5 and 10 (no math questions coming up) and the new couple behind us.


The lady in number 5 is in hospital. The couple in number 10 came over to say they had other commitments, but brought a bottle of red wine.
It turns out, so did almost everyone else! My wife and I really don't drink alcohol at all. We now have an open bottle of red and an open bottle of wine and 4 that are not even open yet!

With a degree of fear, I ask my fellow Ironworkers; what should I do with all?

Regifting works. You've got 4 presents for people who do drink. Maybe the lady in number 5 would like one to celebrate with when she gets home.

Or wait a week and have a court New Year's party...

I was actually thinking of the New Years thing. I was joking about it at church today. It's a tough thing. I don't mind people drinking, but there's always those times when it goes too far. I don't want to be a contributor to that.

I think you could definitely regift them if you don't want to drink them yourselves. Regifting can be skeevy if it's a present that someone has bought especially for you and has put thought into it and so on, but a bottle of wine is a generic gift, and not really a gift at all in this context, more a contribution or thank-you for hosting the party. So you could certainly give them to other people who would appreciate them more than you.

use the open bottle for cooking?? Marinade a rib roast with it YUM!!

If you distill it a bit you can use it as fuel.

Send it to me. Giving wine to a Wiccan this time of year is, erm, a blessing for good fortune in the year to come, I swear.

Don't tell me you are a pagan!!

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]Boy, whoever started that site has some serious issues!

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]Boy, whoever started that site has some serious issues! </font>[/QUOTE]It's as true as the Bible!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yeah, and it's not even close!
It's terrble, what people do and say today. How about we start with: Love the Lord with all Heart, Mind, Strength and Soul and Love thy neighbour as yourself.

Loving thy neighbour and many of the other commandments are good principles to live by, regardless of religion.

anyway, excuse the ignorance, but what is a "court party"??? is that where you all dress up like judges or something?

and yeah, you can happily re-gift the wine when you go out to another party - although if you do that, you should probably drink a small glass (i mean, you would never take food you were not prepared to eat would you?)

Amen to that! People these days are too angry for their own good... :(

I don't know if you meant that to be funny, but I got a good laugh out of it!

I live on a court with 10 homes. We envited everyone and a new couple on the street behind us. Would the Judical type of court have a capital "C"?

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]No.. This doesn't mention anything about my eating babies (merely children- I prefer to kidnap them from the hospital) and targeting of heterosexual couples, killing the men and seducing the women into my depraved lifestyle. Don't believe them when they say that Wicca is a fairly benevolent, vaguely scholarly faith. It's all lies to promote the Liberal Agenda.

ahh! All is revealed! i was kind of serious - for all i know you could be a Judge! (or your wife)

also, we dont really have those here, would be nice though, although i live down a Lane anyway, so i would have to move to a court first (not many around though).

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]OMG..... That is some of the funniest $hit I have read in months.... [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

You eliminate males and turn females into Uma Therma/human spell checkers? [img]redface.gif[/img]

You eliminate males and turn females into Uma Therma/human spell checkers? [img]redface.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]No, I turn females into SINGING Uma Therman/human spell checkers.

It's worse than I thought... :(

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]OMG..... That is some of the funniest $hit I have read in months.... [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]You mean they were just kinding? Darn, I already sent it! :(

Don't tell me you are a pagan!! </font>[/QUOTE]No.. This doesn't mention anything about my eating babies (merely children- I prefer to kidnap them from the hospital) and targeting of heterosexual couples, killing the men and seducing the women into my depraved lifestyle. Don't believe them when they say that Wicca is a fairly benevolent, vaguely scholarly faith. It's all lies to promote the Liberal Agenda. </font>[/QUOTE]Most things I've heard of Wicca make it sound mostly evil, but then again my primary sources are The Dreams in the Witch-House and Castlevania.

What, Lovecraft making things sound evil? Ludicrous, simply ludicrous!

My manager emailed today to say he was doing home visits tomorrow. That's 1 bottle down!

I thought it was all just fluffywuffy adorable!

You look me in the eye and tell me this isn't pookums!

http://www.house-of-mysterious-secre...um%20plush.jpg

It's not pookums! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Which eye?

Brilliant!! ;)

The third one, granted me by the dark goddess I worship, of course,

Nothing would be cooler then watching your child fall asleep holding a cute little cthulhu. I mean thats not creepy at all... and yet so damn cool.

I gave 1 bottle to the boss yesterday and we had some friends over last night and had some more. It's starting to disappear.