Just adding my dad's one in here which is 'shit aunty', no idea where it came from, never heard anyone else use it either.
Just adding my dad's one in here which is 'shit aunty', no idea where it came from, never heard anyone else use it either.
I just go with a simple 'Bollocks'. Said it in a meeting recently when checking the news so think it sometimes sneaks out.
Kentucky Meat Shower????
Government says police and crime commissioners are a βfailed experimentβ, with the system due to be scrapped soon.
Given the shenanigans at Hertfordshireβs Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, with bullying claims, cronyism, unprecedented staff jollies and hotel bills, the cull is overdue.
This is entertaining. We are sending someone interesting to Eurovision with an actually fun track. A small ray of sunshine.
He did WHAT in a pasty shop?!
Oh right sorry my mistake. Phew.
Phallic fun in Lundun tahn today innit?
Just flagging up to the Vic and Bob fans out there that the latest Quite a Boast pod, always a quality listen, includes an interview with Mr Jim Moir himself open.spotify.com/show/2aO6stB... @northernmailman.bsky.social @tedmaul.bsky.social
A letter from out of off of the new issue of Viz, accompanied by two (count 'em) pictures of the latest issue. At jaunty angles. And here is the letter. A-hem... "When he got his Β£80 million recording contract back in 2002, Robbie Williams famously shouted "I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams". I don't know what his 'wildest dreams' entailed, but I'm surprised they involved selling catfood a quarter of a century down the line. Mike Tatham, Dundee'
There's a new issue (Viz 354) in the shops. Sorry no refunds. shop.viz.co.uk/viz354bs
Nuns walking down New York's Fifth Avenue, circa 1960 by celebrated photographer Vivian Maier #womensar
please film this as a Race Across The World where you want everyone to lose, unimaginable mental balm
Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Opening panels of Drakes On A Plane, a comic strip featuring Sir Francis Drake, Charlie Drake and Nick Drake. On a plane.
The world is in a perilous state. But there's a new issue of Viz on sale today, and while that may not particularly alleviate geopolitical tensions, at least it probably won't make them very much worse
No offence???
Filing this under 'least surprising anecdotes to hear'.
@frazerlee.bsky.social
Really enjoying this book from Justin. Even if you think you know-it-all about 80s pop, this book shoehorns all kinds of facts and context around the bits you remember, it really brings that period back to life. A brilliant book.
"But this time he puts his cock in the vases..."
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Nicely done!
Oh really????? #SlavaUkraini πΊπ¦
Sorry for your loss.
Cover of Get Ahead of Being Dead, Your Handy Planner for the End of Life by Evie King. Red flowers surround the text, living at the top, wilting in the middle, dying at the bottom. Quote from Richard Herring at top. Don't buy this book if you're already dead, it's too late.
π¨Cover revealπ¨
M is for maybe this starts with an m N is for next letter, and that one's an n E is for easy, like spelling this word M is for magpie, the stealingest bird O is for only three more letters to go N is for nearly there, you mnemonic pro I is for imminent, this poem's end C is for congratulations, my spellingwell friend
If you are unsure of how to spell mnemonic, here is a handy mnemonic:
Donald gets whacked
I dunno, just tossing ideas around
Couldn't get it out of my head, so now it's on here.
Itβs actually FEWER MisΓ©rables
"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
Lunchtime visit to the new Tube focussed exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery. Highly recommended if you like London, art, transport, The Pogues and relatively uncrowded art galleries. www.thecityofldn.com/event/jock-m...