redm Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 So there I was desperately trying to come up with some ideas for our Christmas shindig and having absolutely no luck when I remembered that you Shedders are pretty useful when it comes to such things. Around 10 people, all different ages (youngest 31, oldest 63), would happily go to a nice restaurant and leave it at that but without some other focus they're all guaranteed to end up talking shop so entertainment is probably essential. I don't think they'd cope well (either would I) with one of those awful Christmas disco things in a crap hotel but any other suggestions would be gratefully received.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Go to a nice restaurant. Everyone stick ?20 in the pot. Give everyone a Bingo card with stock phrases from your line of work and as soon as someone they're talking to says it they can mark it off. Have people shift seats for each course so they have to mingle. First card completed gets the loot. Plus points a) everyone has to talk to lots of other people ?20 (or however much it needs to be competitive) should be incentive to not talk shop Minus point a) you don't get to see the boss doing his thang on the dance floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 So there I was desperately trying to come up with some ideas for our Christmas shindig and having absolutely no luck when I remembered that you Shedders are pretty useful when it comes to such things. Around 10 people, all different ages (youngest 31, oldest 63), would happily go to a nice restaurant and leave it at that but without some other focus they're all guaranteed to end up talking shop so entertainment is probably essential. I don't think they'd cope well (either would I) with one of those awful Christmas disco things in a crap hotel but any other suggestions would be gratefully received.... take them up to yon indoor virtual-golf place at tollcross, 'the clubhouse'. meal somewhere then off to that. you can bash the baw away with gay abandon while getting slowly/quickly pants-on-the-head ratfaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 take them up to yon indoor virtual-golf place at tollcross, 'the clubhouse'. meal somewhere then off to that. you can bash the baw away with gay abandon while getting slowly/quickly pants-on-the-head ratfaced. You know what people say about those who actively encourage ratfacing, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Lap dancing. Works for all the boys in my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo1874 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 last year we all took it in turns to write minute's of our xmas lunch out (as i got a notepad in my xmas cracker). They get funnier the more people have to drink and obviously everything is taken totally out of context and innuendo abounds. But we found it did help stop the talking shop stuff a bit as we made a fuss of minuting everyone we caught talking about work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 last year we all took it in turns to write minute's of our xmas lunch out (as i got a notepad in my xmas cracker). They get funnier the more people have to drink and obviously everything is taken totally out of context and innuendo abounds. But we found it did help stop the talking shop stuff a bit as we made a fuss of minuting everyone we caught talking about work. We played a game a couple of times at our christmas night out where you had to suggest which actor would play people in the Hollywood film of our workplace. Best to start this game once every one is half blootered, anteresting mixture of compliments and sly digs. Also kind of helps break the ice for when the snogging starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Don't play Chinese whispers whatever you do. At one of ours once a guy later claimed he didn't know what it meant (he wasn't even that old either) having whispered to Sheila the secretary "Sheila plays the hairy banjo"! She was not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 take them up to yon indoor virtual-golf place at tollcross, 'the clubhouse'. meal somewhere then off to that. you can bash the baw away with gay abandon while getting slowly/quickly pants-on-the-head ratfaced. Ah, the good old Scottish vernacular. I had to read that three times before I stopped misconstruing what it meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Dizzle Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 take them up to yon indoor virtual-golf place at tollcross, 'the clubhouse'. meal somewhere then off to that. you can bash the baw away with gay abandon while getting slowly/quickly pants-on-the-head ratfaced. Ahhh, my dad and his friends did that. Almost a pint a hole. By the end half of them couldn't face the curry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicTs Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Hawke and Hunter http://www.hawkeandhunter.co.uk/index.html Cocktails, grub, pool and live sport ! Its all good. Cant believe you are the youngest at your work Lee !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Haggis Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 As long as one ends up like this, job done: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Around 10 people, all different ages (youngest 31, oldest 63), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Number 10 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 A game we've played at work dinners is 2 truths and 3 lies, everyone has to write down 2 truths and 3 lies about themselves and take it in turns to read them out to table and everyone has to guess which is which, you find out all sorts of stuff esp if the vino is flowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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