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As a young lad I once hinted I like the game Mastermind.

By the end of Christmas Day I had seven Mastermind games from Mum/Dad and Aunts/Uncles.

So sometimes it does not pay off to hint what you want :P
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Am I looking in Brian :? ? No surprises there :grin:
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I mentioned to my children when they were younger that i'd never eaten toblerone as a kid.It was only for the middle class hockey set who lived on the edge of the park and not tatty kids from Cakemore Estate. :wink:
Ever since then i get a massive stick of it every christmas!! But you know what? I don't like it that much!! :(
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snoopysue wrote:Takes all the fun out of it though! I like not knowing what I'm getting. Last year he did well, and then he goes and spoils it all!!


You want to get him properly trained while he is still young and malleable :grin:
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Rob wrote:I mentioned to my children when they were younger that i'd never eaten toblerone as a kid.It was only for the middle class hockey set who lived on the edge of the park and not tatty kids from Cakemore Estate. :wink:
Ever since then i get a massive stick of it every christmas!! But you know what? I don't like it that much!! :(


I lived on a council estate, but we had toblerones. Never forget the day a sweet lorry overturned on the Oakham Road. Sweets and kids everywhere ..... I was there with me bucket - at the end of the day - most of them were gone - only the menthol and eucalyptus and the ones that fell in the ditch were left.
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Antie Em wrote:
Rob wrote:I mentioned to my children when they were younger that i'd never eaten toblerone as a kid.It was only for the middle class hockey set who lived on the edge of the park and not tatty kids from Cakemore Estate. :wink:
Ever since then i get a massive stick of it every christmas!! But you know what? I don't like it that much!! :(


I lived on a council estate, but we had toblerones. Never forget the day a sweet lorry overturned on the Oakham Road. Sweets and kids everywhere ..... I was there with me bucket - at the end of the day - most of them were gone - only the menthol and eucalyptus and the ones that fell in the ditch were left.


How lucky that was, wish I'd been there with my bucket, even the menthol would have gone the gog loves them. :grin:

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dianel wrote:I insist on a surprise ... and can hardly sleep on Christmas Eve for the excitement


In Denmark, we get our presents on Christmas Eve....Yes I know it's like getting your present on the evening before your birthday!
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Antie Em wrote:
Rob wrote:I mentioned to my children when they were younger that i'd never eaten toblerone as a kid.It was only for the middle class hockey set who lived on the edge of the park and not tatty kids from Cakemore Estate. :wink:
Ever since then i get a massive stick of it every christmas!! But you know what? I don't like it that much!! :(


I lived on a council estate, but we had toblerones. Never forget the day a sweet lorry overturned on the Oakham Road. Sweets and kids everywhere ..... I was there with me bucket - at the end of the day - most of them were gone - only the menthol and eucalyptus and the ones that fell in the ditch were left.

I heard at the time that kids on the Grace Mary Estate ate toblerones!! 8)
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