Happy new whatever
Grandad December 31st, 2010
Traditionally, this is the time of year for a drop of retrospection.
I ain’t going to do that. Frankly anyone who does wish to look back on 2010 must have a psychotic streak of masochism. It was the most miserable fucking year in my lifetime, and anyone else’s, unless of course, you are old enough to remember the Famine.
I am delighted to see the end of that year. I shall not shed a tear as I bin the calendars, or tear up the diaries. The only good thing about it is that 2011 has to be better, as it surely couldn’t be any worse.
Likewise, this is the time of year for New Year’s Resolutions.
In my opinion they are a load of bollox. In fact they are merely a vehicle for making you depressed about yourself. You make some fancy resolution to exercise more or to smoke less or whatever, and within a couple of weeks you are back to your old routines, only now you have a sense of failure on top of everything else. Way back when, I made a resolution and I have actually kept to it for the best part of fifty years. I haven’t broken it once since. Not bad going? I resolved never to make another New Year’s Resolution.
Lastly, it is a time for wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I have stated before why I think that’s a load of crap. You either wish people well all year round or you don’t. Why reserve your good wishes to one day of the year? Do you really wish people ill for 364 days in the year, but come New Year’s Eve you suddenly have a change of heart and wish them well? Nah! It’s bollox.
Less than eight hours now and we can forget 2010.
Time to start getting pissed.
That’s the only sensible tradition on this day of days.
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Agree completely.
I know it’s semantic, but I think the suffix to boll is -ocks or -ix
All the very best Grandad. For every single day of 2011.
CR.
Ah happy new year GD, and remember ‘a guinness a day keeps the headache away’!
I am pretty sure that you have repeated last years post word for word and just changed the date. Anyways, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year ya miserable auld twot.
I’ll admit that 2010 hadn’t a lot to recommend it, but it was the year I started reading “Grandad”, and for that, happy new year you old crank !
Ian – I believe in a certain level of conformity. I therefore choose to use the suffixes -ox and -ix.
Ranty and Mick – Right back at yiz [or whatever the modern idiom is?]
TT – This day last year I [*gulp*] wished everyone a Happy New Year, and look what a fucking fiasco that was.
John – A latecomer, but welcome, none the less. Have you regretted it yet?
I’m with you Grandad. 2010 sucked! With that said I’ll still wish you a happy new year to you and yours.
Ox – oxen
Therefore bolloxen surely? No doubt the pedantic grammarians on this site will give me a right bollocking for that.
Happy New Year to yours and youren. That includes the 29th of February.
It’s 12.30 am here and I just had to wish you a happy new year GD.
Jan 1st and our road to town is open! Happy Day! 2010 is the year I found this GD blog and cancelled the TRIP to Ireland. Thank you, GD.
Brianf – I won’t wish you a Happy New Year, as i already did last night on Skype. I have to ration these things, you know.
Gerry – Is there a 29th of February this year? Even though it’s not a leap year? That should confuse a few people. Heh!
TT – And a Happy New Year to you too. Have you resolved to agree with me more often this year?
Willie – You make it sound like they only open the road to town on one day of the year. Have the discovery of this site and the cancellation of your trip anything in common, or is it just a fortunate coincidence?
GD-We were the unhappy recipients of a nasty late 2010 storm which closed our one road into town three days ago. I swiped the last bottle of booze from the shelf and made it home just before the g’munt closed the road. So, today its open! (It might have been open yesterday, but I didn’t care.)
And, Yep, I started reading Head Rambles and cancelled the TRIP. Read into that what you might.
No, there’s no 29th February this year of 2011. But it could prove to be the happiest day of the new year just commenced! It’s in the twilight zone, where Ireland is going to remain for some time.