Merry Christmas you annoying buggers!

[nakedfrog]

I want to still be talking to my family at the end of this!

Still not sure you're playing the right game then

 

[WelshBloke]

Still not sure you're playing the right game then

Monopoly happened yesterday and we survived that!

 

[BoomerD]

Monopoly happened yesterday and we survived that!

Might be time to play Uno!

 

[WelshBloke]

Might be time to play Uno!

Or start this?

 

[nakedfrog]

We played "Shit Happens" when visiting family for a wedding a few months ago, that was fun.

 

[lxskllr]

Monopoly happened yesterday and we survived that!

Christ, my father used to piss me off with Monopoly. He played it like real life, so his goal wasn't to win, it was to do sufficiently well to feel comfortable. Games would go on, and on, and on... and when I try to get ahead, he gives me shitty deals on property, while not trying to get ahead himself. Maddening :^D

 

[iRONic]

Risk is an awesome game!

For our annual Christmas and New Year's Eve get-togethers we play a game with dollar bills called “Left Center Right ”.

How to Play Left Center Right | LCR Dice Game Rules

Learn how to play the Left Center Right dice game. Roll the special LCR dice to win more chips. Figure out more about the rules and scoring methods here!

www.coololdgames.com

 

[Shmee]

Merry Christmas to all! Sorry for a day late, I was tired yesterday.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Sounds like someone didn't get Australia.

I used to love playing risk. Its best to always take Australia first, with that all you have to do is break into Asia, make it to Africa, work your way up Central America then challenge the weakened forces holding America.

Canada is the spoiler and Iceland is always hard to take.

After the board game, I would play this version which worked well:

(short promotion video)

 

[WelshBloke]

Sounds like someone didn't get Australia.

I started with most of Australia! And it was part of my secret mission. Unfortunately NA (which is the other bit of my mission) is a cluster fuck of everyone piling troops in! My original plan was to let them fight it out then mop up the winner but now they have such attrition going on that i might aim for global conquest!

 

[WelshBloke]

Yesterday I drove for eight hours to drop my mum off, then today it took me seven hours to get back.
I'm now sitting in a hot bath drinking absinthe and smoking pot like a proper hippy!
#blogpost

 

[WelshBloke]

Oh and I kicked arse at Risk!

 

[Chaotic42]

 

[nakedfrog]

Yesterday I drove for eight hours to drop my mum off, then today it took me seven hours to get back.
I'm now sitting in a hot bath drinking absinthe and smoking pot like a proper hippy!
#blogpost

Which absinthe?

 

[IronWing]

Which absinthe?

Get a bottle of the pure flower stuff.

You know, absinthe without leaves.

 

[WelshBloke]

Which absinthe?

That one! Although I got fancy glasses and an absinthe spoon for Christmas.

 

[nakedfrog]

That one! Although I got fancy glasses and an absinthe spoon for Christmas.
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Should have figured it'd be some weirdo brand not available near me
Ah well. My current bottle is nearly empty so I'll just browse and pick one.

 

[IronWing]

That one! Although I got fancy glasses and an absinthe spoon for Christmas.
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The alleged hallucinogenic properties of absinthe are real!

Dude, that's a fork.

 

[WelshBloke]

The alleged hallucinogenic properties of absinthe are real!

Dude, that's a fork.

The only picture with the fancy spoon and glass is a bath picture and you can see my grouting! No one needs to see that!

 

[nakedfrog]

The alleged hallucinogenic properties of absinthe are real!

Dude, that's a fork.

So, what you're saying is...

 

[FelixDeCat]

Stop forking around and do a New Years thread! 🥳 🎉 🪅

 

[WelshBloke]

Stop forking around and do a New Years thread! 🥳 🎉 🪅

I shall be working again!

 

[WelshBloke]

Which absinthe?

I have this now.
Would not recommend.




It's not strong enough to dilute and still make a satisfying drink. It makes no louche which I find alarming (plus it's clear), and it's not bitter enough so ends up being a bit sweet if you use a sugar cube.

It's marketed as a "new modern" approach on absinthe and tailored to using in cocktails rather than the traditional water and sugar cube thing (which is my way of drinking absinthe) and that just sounds like a bit of a cop out to me.
I'd describe it as an absinthe adjacent drink, but even then I probably wouldn't recommend it.

 

[lxskllr]

Attractive label and bottle.

My very first bottle of single malt scotch(Deerstalker) I bought based on price and appearance. I got what I deserved :^D I looked it up, and found the packaging won awards. The contents certainly didn't :^D

 

[WelshBloke]

Whoops! I thought that this was the booze thread!