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The I Hate New Years Eve Thread

edited December 2009 in Not Sports Related
Probably alone in my thinking but.........gonna say it anyway, new years eve is the most pointless night of the year. Nothing worse than being approached by total strangers who are hellbent on wishing you "'appy new year". Only went out because we had a babysitter. Made sure we were home and nowhere near the pub at 12pm.

Nothing changes in the 1 second that the calendar takes to switch from 09 to 10. If life is shit itwill still be shit that one second later.

If you want to make things better for yourself, do it for yourself. Not because a date changes and your neighbours piss you off by letting pointless fireworks off and playing Amy Winehouse at full blast.
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  • im with you.
  • It probably helps if you're pissed Clem.
    Sentimental nonsense comes easy then.

    As it happens, just spent a pleasant night with the family and the in-laws, drinking a lot and reminiscing .
    A good craic.

    Happy new year anyway, guys.
  • Never liked it. Pubs are rammed full which I dont mind to much but its the everyone you dont know hugging you then the pubs empty by 12.20 and the the xmas holidays are over and everyone is back to work again.
  • Yeah pretty much agree, but if people want an excuse to party I don't begrudge them that. Two things that get me about this new year nonsense:
    1. The pointless texts and phone calls. HNY texts are getting to be like the new christmas cards - totallly boring shit that people do because they feel they have to. Thanks, but I don't want my phone buzzing and interupting me all evening with shitty soundbites sent out in bulk.
    2. New years resolutions - meaningless platitudes for people who haven't got the gumption to do what they want of their own volition.
  • But most of us get a day off : worth a bit of annoyance I reckon.
  • Massive waste of time and money imo

    overpriced and pointless

    enjoyed it 3 years ago in Vegas but never bother with it over here
  • Absolute shite, all of it. Just sat in traffic for two and a half hours after driving back from my brother in law's in North London. Pointless waste of time
  • Bunch of miserable gits. Its an excuse to have a drink and meet up with friends or family. Yes - you can do that any or every night if you want but you don't get a day off for the hell of it.
  • Oh and happy new year to you and yours
  • One or two very predictable posters in this thread.
    I had a great time by the way.
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  • Tom Jones on Jools Holland last night. Is it me or is he starting to go the same colour as Tango Man?
  • And how much do those fireworks cost the taxpayer!
  • Shurrup you miserable lot start with a clean slate and enjoy life!
  • You miserable fuckers. Some people deserve to be Charlton fans... ;-)
  • Im with you Clem i think kits all such a load of shite. Now i get paid on the last working day of each month and it is a really good oportunity to spunk my wages on places that if i went into again on Jan 02nd i would not be charged so highly to get in or for drinks. So i got pissed at home this year around all my family and it was the best new year for a long time just because i diddnt end up in some pub talking to people i dont even like.
  • Of course it's a bit silly but what I like is trying to remember what I was doing at other New Year's Eves. For example ten years ago I was in Cardiff having seen the Manic Street Preachers in concert at The Millenium Stadium.
  • edited January 2010
    [cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]Bunch of miserable gits. Its an excuse to have a drink and meet up with friends or family. Yes - you can do that any or every night if you want but you don't get a day off for the hell of it.

    Suzi, that is what it used to be like but in the last few years I have lost both my Mum and Dad and for me NYE has become an unwanted focus on the things in life that I can't change for the better. I can't bring my parents back, and I remember them with a great sense of loss. In the past we used to ring one another at midnight where ever we were - I can't do this any more and I'm sad about that.

    Should I think this way, probably not but the hope that came with the celebration has largely gone. Yes I have my children's long term future to look forward to but they are too young at present for that to be a reality in the near term.

    So I went to bed early with a filthy cold.
  • Is it not possible to keep these sort of issues to yourself, rather than bringing everyone else down with you?
  • edited January 2010
    [cite]Posted By: Robbo on the wing[/cite]Is it not possible to keep these sort of issues to yourself, rather than bringing everyone else down with you?

    It was an honest reflection on a thread which was about hating New Years Eve. If you don't want to feel miserable about NYE don't read a thread entitled "I hate New Years Eve".
  • I loved waking up today with no hangover not having spent silly money for no real return. Jus wish the
    match was today
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  • [cite]Posted By: mistrollingin[/cite]Tom Jones on Jools Holland last night. Is it me or is he starting to go the same colour as Tango Man?

    Yes because he's so old now that, like the Queen mother before him, he can only be kept alive with the extract of monkey glands. That turns everything orange, like the Wolves shirts in the 1930s when their team were fed a diet of simian hormones to boost performance.
  • [cite]Posted By: Robbo on the wing[/cite]Is it not possible to keep these sort of issues to yourself, rather than bringing everyone else down with you?

    Dear oh dear......all heart.

    [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: mistrollingin[/cite]Tom Jones on Jools Holland last night. Is it me or is he starting to go the same colour as Tango Man?

    Yes because he's so old now that, like the Queen mother before him, he can only be kept alive with the extract of monkey glands. That turns everything orange, like the Wolves shirts in the 1930s when their team were fed a diet of simian hormones to boost performance.

    Was remarked upon in this household as well. Very strange orange glow going on.
  • Well, last night I nearly couldn't be bothered ......... but eventually went out at 10pm.


    In my area, we're 2 villages just a mile apart and if you live here, you get to know lots of people.

    So had invite to friend's party, which was a really good laugh, but stayed only half an hour and then moved on to the football clubhouse, where loads of friends and people I know were partying - mates of mine were playing in the band there.


    Just before midnight some of us crammed into a taxi, and went over the hill to the next village - time to grab a drink in the pub, and caught up with loads more people I knew, nearly everyone in fancy dress.

    Then everyone gathered around the war memorial in the village square as the clock struck 12 - yeah, hugging and kissing (what's wrong with that? I've always liked kissing women....lol. Knew most of them, anyway ......) and Auld Lang Syne. Then loads of dancing and good times in the nearby hotel bar overlooking the sea. Got home eventually a bit worse for wear at 4am.

    I nearly couldn't be bothered. But it was party night - and I caught up with loads of friends, and had a great time.
    Glad I went.
  • [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Well, last night I nearly couldn't be bothered ......... but eventually went out at 10pm.


    In my area, we're 2 villages just a mile apart and if you live here, you get to know lots of people.

    So had invite to friend's party, which was a really good laugh, but stayed only half an hour and then moved on to the football clubhouse, where loads of friends and people I know were partying - mates of mine were playing in the band there.


    Just before midnight some of us crammed into a taxi, and went over the hill to the next village - time to grab a drink in the pub, and caught up with loads more people I knew, nearly everyone in fancy dress.

    Then everyone gathered around the war memorial in the village square as the clock struck 12 - yeah, hugging and kissing (what's wrong with that? I've always liked kissing women....lol. Knew most of them, anyway ......) and Auld Lang Syne. Then loads of dancing and good times in the nearby hotel bar overlooking the sea. Got home eventually a bit worse for wear at 4am.

    I nearly couldn't be bothered. But it was party night - and I caught up with loads of friends, and had a great time.
    Glad I went.


    i wanna live down there oggy fooking shite in london
  • Tend to agree that it's a waste of money as too many businesses double their prices and pubs charging for the privileged being in a packed sweaty hellhole . We shouldn't need an excuse to have a good time, or meet up with family and friends. Used to be much better in Scotland where the pubs all shut about 3pm on the 31st so it was a lot more social and not all about the cash. And you got two days off so you could have a proper drink (i.e. liver damaging).

    That said, I had a great time at Up the Creek and fell over just once.
  • Oggy's night sounds like the right sort of New Years Eve to me :-)
    So on the charlton scale if oggy's was an Andy Hunt ( pretty decent with always a chance of scoring) mine was a bit Brian Hughes this year as in ok but nothing brilliant :-)
    At least it wasn't a Mike Small or a Pouso ( 'king hell) ;-)
  • Rolled in at 6ish after having a brill night, lovely meal in Cactus Pit beforehand, yumyum

    ROll on next NYE ;-D
  • on a bit of a downer today but always the same nyd.I love Christmas and make no bones about it,always feel a bit low and empty on nyd.As the song says I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
  • dont worry charlton tomorow,personally i get depressed all round christmas dont no why either !!
  • Personally I had a cracker, but then again

    1. I don't live in London, so my wallet is still intact
    2. I'm 19, and getting wasted is still like incredibly cool and stuff

    Deep-rooted cynicism is still 10-20 years away :-)
    [cite]Posted By: bingaddick[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]Bunch of miserable gits. Its an excuse to have a drink and meet up with friends or family. Yes - you can do that any or every night if you want but you don't get a day off for the hell of it.

    Suzi, that is what it used to be like but in the last few years I have lost both my Mum and Dad and for me NYE has become an unwanted focus on the things in life that I can't change for the better. I can't bring my parents back, and I remember them with a great sense of loss. In the past we used to ring one another at midnight where ever we were - I can't do this any more and I'm sad about that.

    Should I think this way, probably not but the hope that came with the celebration has largely gone. Yes I have my children's long term future to look forward to but they are too young at present for that to be a reality in the near term.

    So I went to bed early with a filthy cold.

    Sorry to hear that Bing. In fairness, I took Suzi's comment to be directed at the comments about traffic queues and overpricing, rather than those for whom the day brings about painful reflection. It's like Christmas: some people just like to be the scrooge and moan about commercialisation and how it's just another day, and for others it genuinely brings back painful memories or exacerbates loneliness.
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