He knows I prefer other pastimes such as stick stick, scumball, bogball and gridiron and there were obvious better book options he could have gone for (shefflin or Gerrard’s book) which would’ve made more sense. I think his end game here is for me to give it to him after I’ve finished it. I would’ve handed it over there and then but it might have caused an unnecessary awkward moment. Instead I thanked him politely and held my anger in check. I took his money in poker later that night though
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That’s karma, pal. You should regularly sicken him by making intermittent references to giving him the book when you read without ever i) reading it or ii) passing it onto him.
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The cunt mugged you off, good and proper.
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Should I wait until he brings it up or should I just casually slip it into conversation every time we meet
Go for a mixture. You can bring it up:
“I’m really enjoying the Jack Kyle book. I must pass it onto you when I finish it - I’d say you’d really like it too.”
Or if he asks for it:
“Oh yeah, I actually lent it to my brother. He’s really enjoying it too but I’ll get if back off him when he’s done.”
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I like this approach, string him along then every time we meet.
Cheers pal
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And keep “passing it” onto phantom other people. Work colleagues, friends, other family members. “I had it here for you last week but a work colleague was very keen to read it” etc etc.
Fuck the passive aggressive approach. Tell him it was a pile of shit (without even reading it) and that it made your hatred for Rugger even deeper.
I read half of it. It will indeed deepen your hatred of rugby
Having said that, he lived a life less ordinary.
I’m really enjoying Jack Kyle’s book, I leave on your daughters back end and read 2 pages of it every time I take her from behind.
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Winner!
Do many people get gifts from their father in law :o
Only the nice guys - i.e. the guy he suspects isn’t banging his daughter up the ass.
Have you settled in well so far mate?
It turns out we depart tomorrow morning, sorry for the confusion it was Christmas eve before I found out myself. Just as well I’m bolloxed today. Are you there yourself and settled in?
We are indeed. Little lad slept for over an hour on the flight thankfully. Some random lad starting chatting to me on the flight who I assumed was you but turns out I was mistaken. Probably explains why my jibe about visits to Grand Canal Dock went over his head
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Its a terrific read.
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My mother gave me the Brian O Driscoll book last Christmas… I haven’t seen it since I tore the wrapping off it.