Today I Consign To Hell -the All Saints version

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  • Well, only when they're 12!
  • ... and when a change is made that alters the meaning? In God rest you merry, gentlemen the last line has morphed from this holy tide of Christmas all other doth deface ... into ... all other doth efface which alters the meaning somewhat.

    But then, how many carol sheets are printed with the comma in the opening line in the wrong place so we have God rest you, merry gentlemen - in other words the worse for drink - rather than God rest you merry, gentlemen meaning be cheerful.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    ...Yes, I'm looking at the NEH and Once in royal David's city. ...
    But what did they do to it?



  • So would you prefer singing "Hark! How all the welkin rings, glory to the new-born King"?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I rather like that, Karl - and most people round here know how much I hate messed-about-with hymns!

    We've had a few carol-singing gigs this year, so D. and I (with a bit of help from t'interweb) typed out a sheet with words, and made sure they matched those in Carols for Choirs, which is by definition correct. :mrgreen:
  • BT. We were supposed to have an engineer come to the house on Tuesday afternoon. We were asked to move furniture to ensure the engineer had clear access. It took an hour to move all the boxes etc out of the study. The engineer did not come.

    We rebooked for this morning. Meanwhile, the contents of the study were left strewn round the rest of the house. The engineer was a no-show for the second time.

    The engineer (Daniel) came today, on a Saturday! He arrived promptly and was very helpful. The problem is outwith our house, and has been reported to the engineers who fix outside cables. So not fixed yet, but at least we have progress.
  • Golden KeyGolden Key Shipmate, Glory
    Priscilla--

    Gift bags and boxes are much easier than wrapping. Sometimes, they can be gotten cheaply (dollar store, etc.) and they can be reused. Also works to use something like a reusable shopping bag, especially those fold-up ones, which becomes part of the present.

    FWIW, YMMV.
  • Golden Key wrote: »
    Priscilla--

    Gift bags and boxes are much easier than wrapping. Sometimes, they can be gotten cheaply (dollar store, etc.) and they can be reused. Also works to use something like a reusable shopping bag, especially those fold-up ones, which becomes part of the present.

    FWIW, YMMV.

    Amen to that - some of our gift bags have been in the family for years!
  • And there is no better feeling when searching out wrapping paper, tape, scissors, and ribbon, to spy the handles of a gift bag that will save the day.

    TICTH depression, anxiety, and the subsequent lack of interest in all things Christmas that comes from both.
  • TICTH my own disabilities, which mean that I have to leave Carol/Christingle/Crib Services to others to conduct....
    :angry:

    OTOH, the Faithful may well be edified by my absence...
    :wink:
  • Rossweisse wrote: »
    ...Yes, I'm looking at the NEH and Once in royal David's city. ...
    But what did they do to it?
    Took the first line of verse 3 and bolted into the last 5 of verse 4 so you only have 5 verses as opposed to the usual 6: and in the last verse instead of When like stars his children... they'be altered it to Where like stars ... which is beyond irritating

    In the case of God rest you merry, gentlemen there are numerous differences, they've excised completely the bit about the Shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind, and left their flocks a-sleeping in tempest, storm and wind
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    .... they've excised completely the bit about the Shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind, and left their flocks a-sleeping in tempest, storm and wind
    Possibly because they couldn't get it to rhyme? It's not as if it's rocket science - tempest, storm and wynd. :smiley:
  • But is it pronounced "wind" or "wined"? At school we were taught to do the latter.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Down with food poisoning. Especially food poisoning two days before Christmas. Boooo.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    And colds. Or rather, codes. Reedy hobble codes. Cough. Snivel.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    And a nasty bout of Pink Eye (conjunctivitis). Confined to the house, no festive party-going, no last-minute shopping, no appetite for mince pies.
  • Ouch. Nasty ailments, all. Hopefully better (very) soon!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    All your horrid ailments are putting my hell consignments (having no money, and the bureaucracy of lawyers and pension providers that's preventing access to what we should have) into perspective. Hope you all feel much better very soon. :cry:
  • Best wishes for a speedy recovery to all those suffering ailments and sickness over Christmas.
  • Rossweisse wrote: »
    ...Yes, I'm looking at the NEH and Once in royal David's city. ...
    But what did they do to it?
    Took the first line of verse 3 and bolted into the last 5 of verse 4 so you only have 5 verses as opposed to the usual 6: and in the last verse instead of When like stars his children... they'be altered it to Where like stars ... which is beyond irritating

    I don't know about the last verse change, but the verse 3 and 4 change is what Kings did before skipping that part altogether. I do think it is an improvement. There are aspects of Mrs Alexander's purposes which are not fitting nowadays - like the divine ordering of the positions of rich and poor which no-one now sings about in "All things Bright".
  • And the vision of heaven - "waiting around" - is hardly enticing!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    That might depend on what we're waiting for ... :innocent:
  • Golden KeyGolden Key Shipmate, Glory
    Ailments here, too. Bahhh!
  • And the vision of heaven - "waiting around" - is hardly enticing!

    I've always thought that!
  • More odd than hellish...

    The real estate agency who requested $5 from my bond refund. I'm not sure what $5 will pay for...or what it is in aid of. Did I forget to change a light bulb?
  • WTF? A light bulb costs $5? Tell them to get a cheaper one...

    Meanwhile, TICTH the way in which the word 'migrants' is often used pejoratively in our fair (but unfair) Ukland.

    These poor people, fleeing perhaps from ghastly existences in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. - thank you so much, Mr. Trump - are trying desperately (via evil traffickers) to find a slightly better life.

    Jesu, mercy. Mary, pray.

    (I was woken at 5am today by the coastguard jellychopper looking for a further boatload. Full marks to the coastguards and police for the humane way in which they deal with these waifs and strays, but I consign to the deepest depths of Hell the unfeeling Gits in 'government' and 'the media' who condemn these folk out of hand).
  • O, and here's another shining example of the kindness and mercy of the Trump Administration:

    https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46709686

    :rage:
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Another one for the WTF category: last night we ordered a car to pick us up at the airport. The driver and husband en rouge went round to the back of the car to put the luggage in the boot and meanwhile I applied myself to attaching the baby seat and strapping Captain Pyjamas inside it, which was taking me a while because it was dark and he hadn't put any of the lights on. Before I finish installing the infant in the back the driver gets in the front and starts to drive off, running over my foot in the process.

    How the everliving expletive does a driver set out without noticing that all the passengers aren't yet in the car???

    Fortunately I was wearing big hiking boots (Christmas present from my parents that wouldn't fit in the suitcase) or he totally would have broken my foot.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    ...How the everliving expletive does a driver set out without noticing that all the passengers aren't yet in the car??? ...
    That's horrible! Can you file a complaint somewhere official?


  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    edited December 2018
    Excuse my French, but bloody hell, La Vie!

    That's definitely cause for suing him into the middle of next week! Hope you and Captain Pyjamas are both all right! :astonished:
  • How SCARY, I am so happy you and the Captain were not harmed.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Had I been seriously hurt I would definitely be contacting my insurers about a lawsuit. As it is it's probably more trouble than it's worth. Oh well.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Not your insurers - his. Surely the taxi firm has a right to know what an idiot he is?
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    Yes, la vie - you really should contact the taxi company. His actions are unacceptable.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Well it was one of those ones where you rate your driver afterwards (not Uber, FWIW, one of their competitors where the service is *usually* better).

    The rating was, shall we say, unfavourable.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Do the ratings go into minus numbers? With space for description of injuries?
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited December 2018
    Hmm. I suppose it all depends on whether other potential customers (or victims) check the firm online before calling them....

    It's a pity that (a) smashing wing-mirrors, (b) putting superglue on door-handles, and (c) letting down tyres, are all illegal (if satisfying) activities, at least in Ukland.
    :expressionless:

    Not that I am suggesting Any Such Thing, of course.
  • It does rather depend if you *accidentally* smash wing mirrors with your brake levers or not. Good luck justifying that one to the nice policeman as a complaint, driver who was far too close for comfort.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited December 2018
    O, I'm afraid I was thinking of smashing offending wing-mirrors with my Walking Stick, which is really rather naughty of me, I admit.

    'What, you want to assault a Cripple? That'll look good in the local paper, or on your CV! Hi! Policeman - HELP!!'

    Emotional blackmail? Sure - a useful weapon, which, frankly, I have no hesitation in using against Scrotes...
    :grin:
  • Two things.
    The idiot driving his car whilst on his phone who nearly went into me just now as he couldn't steer properly.
    Our geriatric car which we lent to our daughter for New Year's Eve and now won't start.....
  • For goodness sake, we're still officially in Christmas! It's FAR too early to have cream eggs in the supermarket!
  • Especially now that the cream eggs in the US are produced by Hershey and taste like plastic. I guess it is also to early to complain about the cream eggs as the Wise Men have yet to arrive, but I bet they would not like them either.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Just reading about creme eggs is making my teeth hurt - ugh!
  • [heresy alert] I've never liked cream eggs anyway - far too sweet and not very nice chocolate [\heresy alert]
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited January 2019
    O no - I agree!

    Horrid things, fit only to be fed to The House Of Toddlers (aka 'Parliament' )....so that their little tum-tums are upset, and their Mummies and Daddies have to keep them at home in bed, with a chunder-bucket by their sides...
    :grimace:
  • To be fair, I'm sure they've got sweeter over the years ... did they change the recipe at some point?
  • I rather think they might have done - although the things are now sicklier, rather than sweeter, IMHO.

    Hence my Evil Desire to inflict them on the House of Toddlers.....
    :grin:
  • LydaLyda Shipmate
    Speaking of overly sweet stuff that many people seem to really like- Nutella. I like hazelnut candies. I like peanut butter (and jelly :wink:) . I like hazelnut flavored coffee. I cannot bear Nutella. Ew.
  • Love the creme eggs. Love hazelnuts - hate nutella.

    TICTH the eyeglasses company who said my new ones would be ready at noon today and then called back to say that one of the lenses was improperly made and it would be at least another week for them to replace it. Sigh. My last new pair was seven years ago and it took a lot to convince myself to spend the money. Will try to summon up more patience.
  • Curiosity killedCuriosity killed Shipmate
    edited January 2019
    I've always found creme eggs disgustingly sweet. Even as a child I used to cautiously bite off an end of chocolate then use the hole I'd made to empty out the creme and rinse it off the chocolate so I could eat that unadulterated. These days I don't like the chocolate enough either.

    I don't like Mars bars either as too sweet.
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