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Tittering at my own hilarity courtesy of an ancient Facebook memory.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

A very cloudy view south over the A1 towards central London from the Archway bridge. The experience is marred somewhat by the bridge’s recent-ish (well, less than 20 years) fortifications, not that I’m opposed to them. Very sad that they’re needed, though.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Anyone else get an unholy thrill when repatriating their teenage son's perfectly clean trousers and hoodies from the washing basket to his wardrobe when he's bunged them in there because he's too lazy to put them away? Sooner or later they will actually be dirty but those days are many months away.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

“Conserve and reform” would be an interesting campaign slogan.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Did Nick Robinson really have to say, without any apparent hint of irony, that he’s “delighted” to be joined by Nigel Farage on #r4today? I’m not saying the interview that followed wasn’t robust, but words that are more neutral ARE available for introductions. Plenty, in fact.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

I've finally realised who JD Vance reminds me of. Still, you've got to hand it* to him. *A lit grenade

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It's only known as a 'conclave' because the cardinals are so buff; if they all had pot bellies, it'd be a 'convlex'.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Appalling journey back from the remote Herefordshire village my parents moved to 25ish years ago. We got in my dad’s car to go to Hereford station at 12.30 and, what with MASSIVE delays at Didcot and Oxford, it’ll be pushing 9.30 when we get home. I could genuinely have cycled the 162 miles quicker.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Organised Religion Trivia As far as I can tell from Wikipedia, this is the first time in history there’s simultaneously been no Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Why does it take so long to announce a new pope? Can’t they just appoint the last pope’s eldest son?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Two-question pope trivia quiz… From the perspective of England, what’s notable about these two popes? A) Adrian IV B) Clement VII

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

When there's only one Easter card left at Hallmark.

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

Thinking I was hilarious, I asked my son what the square-root of ANS was only to be told that I’d done that joke before, about six months ago. What predictable twits aging dads are.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Shit, this is the most dangerous type of mud.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Lovely walk from my parents’ house in Herefordshire to Powys. They’ve lived here for 25 years and we often drive into Wales but this is only the second time I’ve gone by foot despite the border only being four or five miles away. Finding someone to join me is half the battle. I failed so came alone.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Si, eh? (2,2,5) This is a sort of all-in-one reverse-cryptic crossword clue, and it's a topical one.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment