Comments on Christmas cheer from Samizdata HQ

It's the first button up from the belt Captain!!

I dunna think it can take much more!!!...

Merry Christmas and a happy new year both.


Posted by RAB at December 25, 2006 11:55 PM

Blimey Perry, I didn't know you'd hooked up with Louise Brooks!

Rather splendid monster and... hippo socks?


Posted by Albion at December 26, 2006 02:52 AM

Perry,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

And to any miserable lefties and Grinches reading...
Yarbles!
Bolshy great Yarblockos to Thee and Thine.


Posted by Robert at December 26, 2006 10:24 AM

Happy Christmas from Malta! Currently a nice 16 degrees C here, the sun is blue, nice light breeze, off to Valetta for a walk along the harbour front and a couple of pints of Cisk beer.

Now that's what I call Christmas!


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at December 26, 2006 11:01 AM

OMG Adriana, what's happened to your beautiful blond hair?


Posted by Fabian Tassano at December 26, 2006 11:30 AM

Robert -- what is the point of that? Why turn a perfectly pleasant and convivial posting into an occasion for snotty insults?

And no, simply imitating slang from A Clockwork Orange is neither funny nor clever.


Posted by Infidel753 at December 26, 2006 12:08 PM

Most beautiful hair in my opinion! Yes like Louise Brooks, an icon and enduring image of style and independence.


Posted by Sandrine Duval at December 26, 2006 12:52 PM

Hi
What a proactive blogger you are. Love the choice of food and wine that you guys indulged in. The socks are definitely a must whilst celebrating that European Christmas spirit. Perhaps a lil Irish!
Am a southern Irish expat who calls Aus home. Enjoyed your article on Pinochet. I think the countries who were willing to hide him from facing the truth of his hineous crimes against humanity, should be made stand up in the court of law also. Don't you?
Enjoy the celebrations
Mares


Posted by Mares at December 26, 2006 01:39 PM

I dont do envy Johnathan, but this time I'm sorely tempted!
The trouble is I can walk every inch of that harbourside in my mind's eye, with you. Then we could walk up through the town, to a little restaurant I know near the Bristol Hotel and that beautiful park with the fantastic view, and sink a few!

As for you Mares-

What frightful bad manners!


Posted by RAB at December 26, 2006 02:41 PM

Infidel753

And no, simply imitating slang from A Clockwork Orange is neither funny nor clever

I'm sorry, was there something in the quote or its context that made you think I gave a fuck about your fossilised sense of humour?


Posted by Robert at December 26, 2006 03:32 PM

And before anyone ELSE decides to jump into my face over a JOKE, I would suggest you go back and read both the comment;specifically who that bit was addressed too, then go and read the Book, looking up the context of Alex' comment and who IT was addressed too.
Sorry Perry, some of these people drive me crazy.


Posted by Robert at December 26, 2006 03:43 PM

Peace, guys. This is supposed to be the season to chill out, spend time with people we like, have some good food and wine.. and change hairstyles as one sees fit.

Plenty of time to argue afterwards. :)


Posted by Adriana at December 26, 2006 05:02 PM

Merry Christmas Perry. Merry Christmas Adriana. (It may take me a while to get used to that hairdo, though).


Posted by Michael Jennings at December 26, 2006 11:42 PM

Nice hairdo.


Posted by jfjfd at December 27, 2006 03:11 AM

Season of goodwill and all that and all anybody seems to care about is Adriana's barnet.

OK, I can be as petty as y'all... D'ya think following sauerkraut soup with red cabbage is an optimal menu choice?


Posted by Nick M at December 27, 2006 07:52 AM
D'ya think following sauerkraut soup with red cabbage is an optimal menu choice?

And how. In fact everyone east of France and Italy will answer "yes".


Posted by Miroslav Banic at December 27, 2006 11:34 AM

Nice xenomorph.....

As for the haircut (as everyone's commenting) - not bad though I think I preferred the old red 'Saffron from Republica'-style cut from some time back.


Posted by Lerxst at December 27, 2006 07:05 PM

Oh Vanity thy name is Perry!

Some technical glitch is bound to be the reason that particular photo has gone missing I bet!


Posted by RAB at December 28, 2006 02:57 PM

I can see all the images just fine, RAB.


Posted by Albion at December 28, 2006 04:43 PM

NRA shirt! Way to go.

How did you get the tree to look like that? Very cool.


Posted by Luke... just Luke at December 28, 2006 04:53 PM

Well I couldn't for a while.
They do that to you, you know
The Management !
They change things when you're not looking!!
That smite control thing!!
It's pure evil I tell you!!!
You post a post, go away, and when you come back you find one before yours that wasn't there before you posted and if it had been you wouldn't have posted what you posted. Everybody still posted?
Then other times you are waiting for your comment to come up and watching others pass you by.
Bloody infuriating!! Still maybe that's enough of the Absinthe for tonight.
There's New Years to come after all...


Posted by RAB at December 28, 2006 11:41 PM
D'ya think following sauerkraut soup with red cabbage is an optimal menu choice?

Trust me, it worked perfectly. As for the caramellised parsnips ...


Posted by Julian Taylor at December 29, 2006 12:53 PM

Yes, the parsnips were... transcendent!


Posted by Perry de Havilland at December 29, 2006 01:30 PM
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