I can't remember his name but he's very close to the chapel.
I can't remember his name but he's very close to the chapel.
There's a gravestone in Brompton for someone who was part of European royalty. It starts listing his titles and positions and gives up part way with "etc. etc.". It always made me laugh.
This is hilarious.
Also, completely enraging.
@themerl.bsky.social
"Look at this absolute unit here..."
You've clearly got a fan on the BBC News crew.
He was on TV news this morning doing his insincere I'm sorry face. Proud of myself that I didn't throw anything at the TV.
Has anyone checked that the dolphins are still here? If not, we're in worse trouble than we thought.
You have failed to pay the appropriate tuna tax.
You need this. Yes you do. You need this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK1H...
I'm sure they'll tut very loudly and look especially disappointed.
So they've spotted the polls that say that the war is unpopular and they've flipped accordingly. Chancers.
There used to be a "Punks Not Dead" (no apostrophe) in Southampton bus station. Someone had written underneath "They just smell that way".
I like the alt text.
That mug has been well seasoned.
Congratulations!
Battery fires are much harder to put out so I'm not sure that it's possible to put them out sufficiently quickly to stop further battery explosions.
I've used Travelodge in the past as a simple, cost-effective way to stay somewhere overnight, but I won't be using them ever again - their security policies and duty of care (or lack of) are ridiculous
It's Mothering Sunday in a week's time! If your mother's no longer around it can be hard. I will as usual be reading out the names of our Remembered Mums/Mams/Moms from halfway up this beauty - the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster. If you'd like me to read out your Mum's name, reply with #Mums26 β€οΈ π
If you're going to fake parts of your articles with AI, you can't expect anybody to trust anything you post on your 'news' website.
I like this place but it does have a humourless wanker problem.
That looks horribly familiar. I think I've stayed there. Or Premier Inn are going for the "bleaker than a Britannia Hotel" market.
Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins.
Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.
In other non-dreadful news.
"What I found was that there's a huge need out there for women gardeners to work with older people who just can't manage their gardens anymore."
The company ... connects women across England and aims to support them entering the industry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amanda Foreman addresses the camera in her BBC documentary βThe Ascent of Womanβ. A subtitle shows that she is describing a ritual of some kind, saying βAnd then in the afternoon, the women shouted obscenitiesβ
β¦and probably with good reason, on International Womenβs Day or indeed any other
History repeats itself.
That sounds brilliant. Do you know any good screenwriters?
Connections
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Today's small victory
He'd been attacked several times in the past and knew he was a target. I would think that he'd spent his entire sentence in fear and much of it in pain. I don't condone what happened but there is some satisfaction in that.
A monochrome βspot the mistakeβ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?
From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you donβt reply, could you please βlikeβ or share this one?)
I saw Skunk Anansie last year. Skin was amazing. She must have a terribly haggard portrait in her attic. #totp