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I'm not sure if other countries do this, but in the Netherlands it's customary for employers to give their employees a gift for Christmas, usually in the form of a box with groceries.
My employer gives the employees a big piece of meat, a big piece of fish, an expensive bottle of liquor and two bottles of good wine.
Nice enough, except when you're a vegetarian and don't drink alcohol...
So I got cheeses and juices.
I like the cheeses, but the juices...
They're pure juices. Purest of the pure. They're not all sweet, like you think juices are supposed to be. Some are sour. They're intense. I don't know if I can take any more of these juices.
I'm drinking blackberry juice right now and... Well it's not sweet like the last blackberry juice I drank. It's even worse than the passion fruit juice I had.
Oh my god they're great I need more juices! These aren't drinks, they're experiences! They're like drugs! GIMME MORE JUICES!!!
So much better than alcohol.
And by the way, this is my first *drunk post* EVER! Except it's not alcohol that does the talking, it's the juice.
I'm currently waiting for the pure juice effects to wear off... 
juice.
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..sounds like you had so much sugar that it is overloading your intestines and fermenting in there. Are you sure it is not the alcohol talking?
As for pure fruit-juice goes, I heard it blends well with rum. Especially if you got some coconut and pineapple.
Sander Rossel wrote: in the Netherlands it's customary for employers to give their employees a gift
for Christmas, usually in the form of a box with groceries.
More and more are moving towards gift-vouchers so that employees have the freedom to choose a gift from a website.
I still like the old grocery-box more, including the litter that surrounds the box after opening 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: sounds like you had so much sugar
Not from the juices though 
Eddy Vluggen wrote: moving towards gift-vouchers
Like V&D, which were all useless...  
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Well I didn't get them
And the cat has no empty box as everything came in small wooden crates.
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Nika's reaction to empty boxes yet...
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Goedzo has one behind the sofa where he can hide, which he is doing now. Seems to be his new 'safe place' to be.
How is the hangover? 
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A FYI for you: I generally avoid European origin cheeses, especially those of France, as they typically use animal sourced rennin for the curdling step.
I will use microbial or vegetable based rennin cheeses, when specified, or Kosher cheese at any time (since animal rennin would be a no-no).
You ought to try straight Cranberry Juice (if you can get it). A sour orgasmic experience without the worry of STD's.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: animal sourced rennin for the curdling step
Yeah, I'm not that kind of vegetarian.
I don't eat fish or meat (for 18 years last Christmas), but that's as far as I go.
I'm not even sure if I could get vegetarian cheese where I live, even the veggie burgers are sparse...
It's kind of like leather shoes are made of dead animal, but I still wear them.
I care about animal well being, but I care about not making life too difficult as well
W∴ Balboos wrote: You ought to try straight Cranberry Juice
Already drank that bottle
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It's okay, Sander. Getting juiced at New Years is a well respected tradition in my family.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Interesting gifts in the Netherlands. In Ohio, U.S., in my department of 40, I received about 4 Christmas cards, a calendar, an electric candle, and a homemade tree ornament. Out of my group of 9, I received nothing, nothing from my manager, nothing from her manager, and nothing from the rest of the group. I did not hear a Merry Christmas from anyone in my group and maybe 1 or 2 the entire week, but hey, it was dress down all week!
Things were different in the private sector. In the private sector I might receive a gift card or bottle of alcohol.
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jgakenhe wrote: Out of my group of 9, I received nothing, nothing from my manager, nothing from her manager, and nothing from the rest of the group
And they say the Dutch are cheap 
jgakenhe wrote: I did not hear a Merry Christmas from anyone in my group and maybe 1 or 2 the entire week
You're living Scrooge's Christmas Carol... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: And by the way, this is my first drunk post EVER! Except it's not alcohol that does the talking, it's the juice
Are you certain that these juices haven't been fermented just a leetle bit?
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Nah, as someone who doesn't drink I'd taste that immediately
Although the juice taste is VERY strong...
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Sander Rossel wrote: as someone who doesn't drink I'd taste that immediately
Oh no you wouldn't! Millions of spiked Proms punches tell a very different story!!!!
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I opened Google, IST midnight, 30th Dec. Google is wishing the new year.
Wishing a very happy and prosperous new year to all CPians from me too.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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Wait for a while and their 'e' would tell you the secret of their 'l'.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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Anurag Gandhi wrote: happy and prosperous
Both seem extremely unlikely but I suppose it's the thought that counts.
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...this[^].
Or is this a Leslie?
/ravi
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Mmmmmm... Bacon...
I shall celebrate with a bacon sandwich.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Every day is bacon day, it's an outrage to try to restrict it to one day.
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Observed, cooked a batch over camp fire this morning
New version: WinHeist Version They all laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same. Kurt Cobain
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My home cure is not quite ready: it should be eatable tomorrow, but I'll wait for Friday so Herself can have some as a birthday breakfast.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I think it may have something to do with the fact that it's officially not December 30th but August 30th! The December faction is not to be encouraged. It's not big and it's not clever!
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Who declared this, Ravi? And why didn't I get the memo?
Will Rogers never met me.
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