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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2020-11-26 10:14 am

'Tis The Season...

Still nearly a month to go before the Day itself but that was our Christmas shopping that Tesco just delivered.

I asked the man to put the crates on the doorstep while I transferred the contents to bags and boxes and scooted them into the kitchen.

We haven't bought much that's especially Christmassy- just staple foods to see us over the midwinter period. Things like mince pies we'll get from the farm shop.

It's not clear yet what we'll be having for Christmas dinner or who we'll we eating it with.

Ailz just shared this with me. It's called If 2020 Were a Maths Problem.

Q: If the river is running at 2 mph and a wheel has just come off your canoe how many bags of cornflour would you need to reshingle your roof?

A: An equilateral triangle.
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[personal profile] basefinder 2020-11-26 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, that about sums up the year. Imagine if, way back in 2019, you had tried to pitch this year's events as a movie script.

Writer: "And then,"

Movie executive: "I'm gonna stop you right there. This scenario is just too far-fetched."

Our Christmas gift to each other will be us looking around our new home saying "Look what we bought for us!"

Our celebration will be the two of us, sharing a ham dinner. I imagine we'll put up the Solstice Ladder, even though we won't yet have our new sofa to enjoy it from. Camping (fold-up) chairs it is!
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[personal profile] adifferentstory 2020-11-26 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be doing my Christmas shop early December. I have a random Thursday off work so I'm hoping if I hit the supermarket during late morning/early afternoon it won't be stupidly busy. I shall no doubt buy far too much food considering I'm going to be at home on my own, I know we're 'allowed' to mix but I'm not risking it, it's not worth it.
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[personal profile] outereasy 2020-11-26 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I’ve never seen or eaten a mince pie, but the name screams Christmas coziness. The riddle you shared is right on the nose