Portugal & Madeira news from Paul Abbiati:
Madeira Fireworks 2010 & 2011 Guinness World Record?
thanks to Anneke for the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2RvEvRWtE
Lisbon: come in your underwear and get a free outfit!
Lisbon Desigual Dolce Vita, 28 December, 2010, 9.00 am Centro Comercial
Dolce Vita Tejo.
The first 100 people who arrived at the shop in their underwear were offered a a ‘Desigual’ outfit for free!
Your next chance all readers whether “ever so nice” or not is Madrid, 2nd January 2011
How to get a Desigual outfit for free!
-Get up early, to be among the first 100, and get to the Desigual store (*).
-Get undressed, down to your underwear, and in you go!
-Doors open at 9.00 am
-Look around, try it on, check yourself out and choose a Desigual outfit (one top and one bottom)!
-Go to the checkout and pay nothing! We will take the alarms out of the items you choose.
(*) You must be of legal age. You must provide proof of age (ID card, passport, etc.)
Desigual:
http://wintersales.desigual.com/?lang=en
Blow!
This offer useless!
Don’t have jim jams.
Would a long raincoat suffice?
and wellies?
pound dropping for some reason again
Nearly There ….. 2011 beckons:
What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
Tinsilitis!
Going cold turkey now = and some!
Have loved your Christmas crackers Jon – my jokes are sometimes a little near the mark or silly haha – this one is not bad:
A man in Scotland calls his son in London the day before Christmas
Eve and says, “I hate to ruin your day but I have to tell you that
your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is
enough”.
“Dad, what are you talking about?'” the son screams.
“We can’t stand the sight of each other any longer”, the father
says. “We’re sick of each other and I’m sick of talking about
this, so you call your sister in Leeds and tell her”.
Frantically, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone,
“Like hell they’re getting divorced”, she shouts, “I’ll take care
of this”.
She calls Scotland immediately and screams at her father, “You are
NOT getting divorced. Don’t do a single thing until I get there. I’m
calling my brother back and we’ll both be there tomorrow. Until then,
don’t do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?”and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife.
“Done! They’re coming for Christmas – and they’re paying their own way..”
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Brrilliant Sue and all the cracker jokes. Need somereminders part way throught the year
Thank you Sue, brilliant joke, ta muchly everso…and another one – just like that!
I went to the doctor the other day,
I said ‘with all the excirment of Christmas I can’t sleep”
he said ‘ Try lying on the edge of your bed, you’ll soon drop off’
Happy New Year to all blog contributors and readers – long may it continue…..
From our neighbour: NO Fireworks in Machico tonight, will try to confirm.
I bought my wife a wooden leg for Christmas!
It’s not her main present, just a stocking filler……
I will probably spend this New Year’s Eve like every other year. In front of the TV set. It’s a tradition in our family — snoring in the new year.
Makes a change from christmas jokes
I’ll be spending New Year’s Eve like every year for the last three… in Funchal watching 19.5 tonnes (why didn’t they go for 20?) of fireworks let loose in the bay. I know it’s literally watching Euros go up in smoke, but I love ’em! This time I’ll be on a boat so I hope the sea stays calm otherwise I’ll be providing a display of my own.
Happy New Year everyone!
..my friends will be playing rock in one of the local bars from about 9pm onwards then there’s a local fireworks display and then celebrating until the early hours..best option for us this year as my wife has a bad cold…so watching the Funchal fireworks and staying over is out this year..
FELIZ ANO NOVO ….EVERYONE!
Paul Abbiati
Have a good one – whatever you decide, it’s what inside that counts – enjoy.
Happy New Year ALL.
Happy New Year To All!!
Happy New Year to all!!!
With the whole thing which appears to be developing within this particular subject matter, your viewpoints are relatively stimulating. In any case I did enjoy reading through it.