Who has a street party for Christmas?

[nuthin' fancy]

We had ours today. A fine way to get to know those people over the fence.

[Tonz]

Yeah had ours also.

Recently moved to country, very quiet road
gut knocks on door one day and invites me to party At his place.
" going to be lots of booze, singing might get carried away too'
'wow sounds great ' says I 'who else is coming?'
"just you an me mate"

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by Tonz

Yeah had ours also.

Recently moved to country, very quiet road
gut knocks on door one day and invites me to party At his place.
" going to be lots of booze, singing might get carried away too'
'wow sounds great ' says I 'who else is coming?'
"just you an me mate"

I heard a similar joke except you add sex and violence on top of booze and singing. It was mainly pointed towards Tasmanians.

[Tonz]

I knew there was more to this joke but couldnt think in the excitment.

[poppa smurf]

older than I am but still makes me smile.......

Joe Bob has been in the business world for 20+ years and is worn out from all of the stress. He quits his job and buys 40 acres and a cabin in the remote regions of Montana--as far as he can get from the rest of humanity. His only human contacts are the postman, who visits once a week, and when he stops at the local market for groceries about once a month. Other than that, his life is absolute peace and tranquility with no human interaction.

After six months of living in nearly total isolation, as he is finishing dinner one evening, someone knocks on his door. Upon opening it he is confronted with a large, bearded man.

"Name's Mike...your neighbor from five miles West of here. I’m having a party on Saturday and thought you'd like to come."

"Great," says Joe Bob. "After six months out here I'm ready to meet some local folks."

"Thank you," says Mike. As he is leaving, he stops, turns and says to Joe Bob, "Gotta warn you. There's gonna be some drinkin' goin' on."

"Not a problem. After 20 years in the business world, I can drink with the best of them."

Again, as he starts to leave, Mike stops and says, "More 'n' likely, there’s gonna be some fightin' too."

Joe Bob says, "Well, I know how to get along with people. I can take care of myself and I'll be there. Thanks again."

Again, Mike stops and says, "I've seen some wild sex at these parties, too."

"Now that's not a problem," says Joe Bob, "I've been all alone for six whole months! I'll definitely be there. By the way, what should I wear?"

Mike stops in the door once again and says, "Whatever you want…just gonna be the two of us."



and yep! street party here every xmas.......xmas eve I'm out the front giving away lollies to the littlies in my santa outfit.

wouldn't miss it for quids.......smiles for miles.......costs me around $150 just for lollies but well worth it to see the little faces light up.

just about finished putting the lights up, one more string of icicles across the top gutter and we'll light em up.

[rst2000]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

and yep! street party here every xmas.......xmas eve I'm out the front giving away lollies to the littlies in my santa outfit.

i hope you have a current working with children check, hate to see you get locked up on xmas eve........

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by rst2000

i hope you have a current working with children check, hate to see you get locked up on xmas eve........

funny you should say that, I just had my annual police clearance check. (wife works in the system)

wouldn't mind being locked up over xmas, good tucker in the slammer, so I'm told......and I don't have to cook it.

[rancidpunx]

Our little sub diversion out in the country does a lot of partying. We take it in turns for Friday night drinks as well as random get togethers. Its bloody funny at times with everybody acting like they are 18 and knocking back rum. Christmas is usually a good time as the non partyiers come along as well and Santa stops by for the kids. New Years eve is Mad Max themed.

[poppa smurf]

S.I.L. lives down south, every weekend is "drink's", they take turns whose house it is this week.....all D.I.N.K.'S......or kids grown up, up market affair with "theme nights".......last week was "pirates", very silly and childish , but very good and bloody funny, we often go to those.

where they live is only about 30 minutes north of Gawler in a small town, xmas is a "whole of town" affair, staged in the local footy grounds, we often attend that, just like the good old days where santa comes along and hands out the pressies.

xmas in larger cities has become more about the receiving rather than the gathering and the giving.

not uncommon out here to have street parties or whole of town gatherings in small towns, we stage similar.........all for the kids of course.

a lot of these things are slipping into history as families become too busy.....so sad.

[Peter B - CV8]

I live in a cul-de-sac with about a dozen houses. We have Christmas drinks & nibbles & then back up again to celebrate Australia Day.
Us blokes will quite often have a few coldies in the arvo (especially if we've all been out in the garden/ cutting lawns etc).

[LoudPipes]

Our street has one every year.
I think ours is this week but the wife will let me know on the day.

[uniacidz]

Live in concrete jungle where neighbours are all different nationalities and aren't social






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[WHYME]

Originally Posted by uniacidz

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That's funny you say that, I usually find the different nationalities to be the most sociable and hospitable.

[Franco Cozzo]

I just met the people who live two doors up the road the other week, after living here since 1994 lol.

If I'm outside doing something usually the neighbours come for a chat but other than that we all mind our own business.

[zilo]

I used to cringe when invited to a street party.

The level of familiarity that develops afterwards in some people is just annoying.

Luckily they have to be good swimmers now to annoy me.

[blueoval]

I have no problem being friendly and courteous to my neighbors, but that is where the line is drawn. I stay out of their business and they stay out of mine, with all due respect of course.

I do have one neighbour whom has helped us out and will go out on a limb to help him out since we built our house opposite his place. Top bloke, always friendly and will always go out of his way to help out if we need it. Sometimes comes over with free Lobsters his son has caught while out on his boat.

[MDS69]

We use to have great Xmas street parties until the organiser and another neighbour moved. They were usually that good the police would turn up.

[mik]

nah not so much, its pretty quiet in our street, as for christmas celebrations usually we lash out and put a spare roll of dunny paper on the cistern ...... just in case of visitors, not the cheap stuff ..... the scented stuff .

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by nuthin' fancy

We had ours today. A fine way to get to know those people over the fence.

It took a street party for you to finally get to know your neighbours?

[xxx000]

we had our regular street party last weekend

a few new faces, nice new indian family and a canadian couple too

plus some austrians back after a couple of years away

it's such a busy time of the year, or we all just make it busy for some reason

[tut0r]

I would love to have a street party and have nice neighbours, its depressing half the time you can't say even hello without them giving you some disgusting look. Melbourne isn't like what it used to be.

[CoupeKing]

I got a big family so the people in the street will have to wait until relatives start dropping.If I could pick my neighbours I`d have Greeks on one side and Italians on the other. They fed the world! The lady I'm next to now, I swear she`s addicted to the sound of lawnmowers.

[BPXR6T]

Street party here every night of the week. Although I am the only house on the street so its a pretty sad affair which usually ends with me falling asleep after a few cans in front of the idiot box...

[katefactor]

We have had one for the last 3 years, what a blast. Starts a 12pm and goes till midnight + have about 50 odd people and kids, BBQ ride on mower rides, cricket and the occasional drink lol. Cant wait till sat for this years 29 degrees and 21 overnight forcast so woo hoo. ps ride on's with trailers are very handy to re supply the eski btw as long as you stay on the nature strips

[Ford_The_Win]

I'm sure all my neighbours are nice people and I'm polite to them, but I mind my own business and they, theirs. I talk to people all day in my line of work and am in a very busy office, I don't have the energy for small talk when I get home. It's nothing against them or anything personal, people are all different.

[katefactor]

We live in an area of semi rural blocks mostly 2 to 5 acres so not on top of each other I suppose. Guess thats why it works so well, only about 40 houses in the street. When we first moved there we only knew 2 people but now know most to just say hi or wave. Creates a great atmosphere and for those on their own adds some security if something goes pear shaped. As an example my neighbours dog went missing yesterday, he lives on his own and was very worried, a quick couple of door knocks and the whole street was on the lookout. Just got a call from my wife as I am on the spirit atm and the pooch has been found in a rabbit hole under his concrete drive. So a quick wip round and one neighbour grabbed my backhoe to start and another rang his mate at the fire brigade and at the monent they are cutting up the concrete drive. All happened in an instant. Miniture Dachund so going to be tricky, fingers crossed

[katefactor]

Just got the call, they got her out and off to the vet. Looking good but have to check her over as she will be very dehydrated

[GT0132]

Live in a cul de sac. We have street drinks on the last Sunday of every month which is held indoors taking turns at someone's place in the cooler months and outdoors in summer. Usually 6 families take part but for the December one at Christmas more usually come...about 15 houses in the street

We've even done a Hunter Valley trip together and next year planning a cruise. I have great neighbours.