Things you buy only at Crimbo

[All Seeing Eye]

What sorts of food do you buy only at crimbo time that you can by all year round but don't?

I don't know why but every crimbo I buy:

• A big tub of Twiglets
• A large round tin of Celebrations
• A big bag of Bombay Mix.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Crimbo?

 

[Crusher Disciple]

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[All Seeing Eye]

Crimbo?

Click here and fast forward to about 2:50.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess I'd have to be British to understand what the hell was going on in that video.

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess I'd have to be British to understand what the hell was going on in that video.

Pretty much yeh.

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

Christmas.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess I'd have to be British to understand what the hell was going on in that video.

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

I am right there with you.

I have no idea what the fuck I just watched.

 

[Flibble]

Whipping cream!

 

[Holdfast]

male prostitutes

Do they come seasonally gift-wrapped for you?

Crimbo?

Click here and fast forward to about 2:50.

I'd forgotten that.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Pantomime scenery.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess I'd have to be British to understand what the hell was going on in that video.

Pretty much yeh.

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

Christmas.

Why wouldn't you just say that in the first place instead of using some obscure slang?

 

[Mallory]

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

Christmas.

Well, thanks for the explanation. Of course, it wouldn't kill you to actually use the word "Christmas" if you want people to post in your thread. I thought Crimbo was just another one of those weird, made-up holidays or some kind of pagan ritual or something.

 

[Trippy]

I thought it was lard

 

[RoJoHen]

I was thinking it was some big chain store like Costco.

 

[RoJoHen]

• A big tub of Twiglets
• A large round tin of Celebrations
• A big bag of Bombay Mix.

Also, wtf is a twiglet?

And Bombay mix...is that like, a bag of ingredients to make your own gin?

 

[All Seeing Eye]

• A big tub of Twiglets
• A large round tin of Celebrations
• A big bag of Bombay Mix.

Also, wtf is a twiglet?

And Bombay mix...is that like, a bag of ingredients to make your own gin?

 

[RoJoHen]

Forgive me for having no idea what the hell you're talking about.

 

[Ohappydagger]

I was thinking it was some big chain store like Costco.

Me too.

Yeah, sorry I'm late, I had to stop by Crimbo to stock up on Slurm.

 

[FordSVT]

And I still don't know what Crimbo is.

Christmas.

Well, thanks for the explanation. Of course, it wouldn't kill you to actually use the word "Christmas" if you want people to post in your thread. I thought Crimbo was just another one of those weird, made-up holidays or some kind of pagan ritual or something.

I just asked my sister who lived in England for two years and my good friend from high school who lives back in his native Scotland about this word and they'd both heard it used to denote the commercial aspect of Christmas, but it's not exactly a really common slang word people use every day, or a word "outsiders" would be well familiar with.

Certainly nothing to bang one's head in frustration over.

 

[Cutter John]

I was thinking it was some big chain store like Costco.

I could've sworn it was a cardgame you played with your grandparents.

"CRIMBOOO!" From Milton Bradley.


Anyway, this looks like a job for a Monty Python link.