....that we're so used to surrounding ourselves in snow smothered images for christmas...snow pretty much =christmas..that when it does finally snow in this joint around xmas it just feels like february.

i've been walking around all day thinking it's the new year and i get a jolt everytime i remeber it's christmas next week.

'hmm...that's quite an interesting point you raise there michael_w'

'oh, thanks mate...i dunno...it's just one of the many interesting thoughts that flicker through my head during the day'

'really?....more like this?'

'oh, for sure guy. like, yesturday, i wondered if it's morally unethical to send e-cards at christmas because of the struggling greetings card industry and the precarious situation that literally thousands of charming chainstore girls could find themselves in if george mon-bi-tot and thom yorker have their way'

'er...right, well...i'm not sure if that's as good as the oth..'

'and also, how can a meat taste different just being from a different country? y'know? like...why is it catergorised as 'polish meat', y'know? it's just a type of meat from poland. don't you think?

'whatta prick'