The Windmill Inn was the select venue for our annual Christmas Dinner, on 5th December this year. Thirteen MIRTHers and seven spouses had made their choices from a very appetising menu, (and 19 of the 20 managed to arrive at the Inn on time!).
The spirit of the season was evident in the Christmas jumpers and the pulling of Christmas crackers – which produced the usual groans at the corny jokes.
There was animated conversation along the two tables – but about what topics you may wonder.
The more raucous table was apparently discussing the merits and demerits of different toilet paper products (!!??).
The other table meanwhile was demonstrating how bang up to date our old codgers are (editor’s note: how up to date one of them is …) by comparing their understanding of the Oxford Word of the Year “rizz”* with equivalent terminology from their own youth. Yes – they wallowed in nostalgia for a while ;).
So what will be the word of the year next time we gather?
- editor’s note: “rizz” denotes style, charm, or attractiveness, particularly in attracting a romantic or sexual partner. It’s the language of Gen Z and TikTok …” but not yet of MIRTH, it seems 😉
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