p_p_man
The 'Euro' European
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- Feb 18, 2001
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I've bought all the presents, sent off all my cards, got all the food and drink in and am as ready as I'll ever be.
This has never happened to me before and I'm bored. What shall I do for the next seven days?
Next year it's definitely back to the last minute rush when it's everone for themselves. I miss digging my elbow viciously into the ribs of the old folk as they try to grab the last turkey in the freezer.
Where's the fun when you can't trample on toddlers or push baby buggies out of the way making parents run after them, all thought of buying the bargain you just spotted vanishing from their minds.
Where're the endless queues with the added entertainment of fights breaking out as the original line breaks down into a mad stampede to the check-out?
I miss my weeks of working out beforehand to bring myself up to match fitness.
I went out yesterday into the busiest shopping street in my area just to re-capture some of the atmosphere of years gone by. But it's not the same if you're not actually buying anything.
So next year watch out. I shall be back!

This has never happened to me before and I'm bored. What shall I do for the next seven days?
Next year it's definitely back to the last minute rush when it's everone for themselves. I miss digging my elbow viciously into the ribs of the old folk as they try to grab the last turkey in the freezer.
Where's the fun when you can't trample on toddlers or push baby buggies out of the way making parents run after them, all thought of buying the bargain you just spotted vanishing from their minds.
Where're the endless queues with the added entertainment of fights breaking out as the original line breaks down into a mad stampede to the check-out?
I miss my weeks of working out beforehand to bring myself up to match fitness.
I went out yesterday into the busiest shopping street in my area just to re-capture some of the atmosphere of years gone by. But it's not the same if you're not actually buying anything.
So next year watch out. I shall be back!
