Andrew R's Avatar

Andrew R

@excelpope.net

Shortly to be replaced by Microsoft Co-pilot

3,417
Followers
267
Following
6,776
Posts
17.07.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Andrew R @excelpope.net

Well, my seller replied this morning, just with the shipping number.

I'm hoping that's a good sign, but also I've had the shipping number since they printed the label for it, on Tuesday, so it's not like we've moved forward a lot.

07.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not one to brag about my achievements, but according to my Fitbit I got a new personal best score for my sleep last night.

07.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Is Shaun still the only person named in Channel 4's broadcasting rules?

06.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

This is, objectively, the most hilarious thing I've seen on the socials today, and I've seen that Starmer/Military TikTok clip.

06.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great, I worked my arse off to get this 10-metre swimming certificate for nothing!

06.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, but also if you tell them they've only got 30 minutes to deal with the enemy fleet, or they'll miss Pointless...

06.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How about if we made pensioners work for their money, by having them crew dreadnoughts?

06.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice idea, but it's never going to cause the same sort of splash as The Great British Bukkake Off

06.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Before you go any further, you do know that factoid about it still being legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow & arrow is bollocks, right?

06.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really I just wanted an excuse to type out 'plenipotentiary' because it's such a great word that I get far too chances to use.

I sent my CV in for that ambassador's job, when they got shot of Mandy, and they didn't even offer me an interview.

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very much hoping the explaintrade fella is victim of auto-correct, and doesn't really think that 'plenty potentiary' is how 'plenipotentiary' is actually written.

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be my first guess as well, but would make more sense if I hadn't had an update that they'd printed the shipping label 3 days ago.

06.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll give them a chance to agree with me first, but if they're going to continue in this vein then I will.

06.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think they're scammers - huge business account, with a 97% positive score on nearly Β½ million sales - I think they've just made a mistake and are hoping that as I've already sent them €400 I'll just quietly cough up another €20.

06.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I did not have time marked in my diary for "Fighting with an Italian eBay seller" today, but I guess that's what we're doing.

06.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Do Moonpig not do a "Learn your email address, fuckwit!" card that you can have them send to themselves?

06.03.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose social media has a long and noble tradition of making up people to be angry at, "I hate people who enjoy playing football using Labrador puppies instead of balls," etc.

This is, at least, a little more grounded, in as much as you are a real person and must answer for your sport cruelty.

06.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't realise just ascribing idiotic views to you, then getting mad about you holding them was an option. This is a game-changer.

Why are you still using =IFERROR(VLOOKUP(… formula, Stephen???? I suppose you think XLOOKUP is Hitler!!!!

06.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Obligatory XKCD!

06.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Come to the North, where the weekend is OK and it turns to shit for Monday.

06.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Then again, after my wife watched it for the first time she complained that it was just a load of famous film quotes strung together.

06.03.2026 08:29 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

When I read a LinkedIn post with someone talking about how they manage their AI agents or work on refining queries I think it's nice for them that "Feeding my Tamagotchi" became a job.

06.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can still remember the reg of the Datsun Sunny my parents owned when I was 7 (OTY 718R), but not the reg numbers of either of my current vehicles.

06.03.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Leith is so old-school… I have AI agents to progress my jira tickets, do buildings, and flip grunts at K-smog and batboy.

06.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Which was famously based on Orwell's Coming Up For Air.

Probably. Nobody's ever read Coming Up For Air, so it might be.

05.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is like michael Caine visiting armenia

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, sure, she made up the quote, but as the man himself said...

05.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

They did ask Orwell to contribute to script, in exchange for an exec producer credit, but negotiations failed when they couldn't budge him from his position of being too dead to do it.

05.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I loved Get Your War On at the time, but this panel has always cracked me up.

(I did also have a GYWO t-shirt - "If 'elitist' just means not the dumbest motherfucker in the room then, sure, I'm an elitist" - but my wife didn't like it, so it had a series of washing machine / wood-chipper accidents)

05.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
05.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0