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At stock cars in Onchan. Came here as a boy with @dudleybutt.bsky.social Still going. A survivor from mass tourism days.

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IoMN former sports editor John Watterson has been given an MBE. So well deserved! He’s still working so hard. Cares so much about IoM and sport.

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My son had his last day, so far, as a journalist yesterday after 35 years, many as an Editor. Here he is at the start of his career, doing an impression of me when I was young, and at the very end

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#Manx actor #DursleyMcLinden was born in Douglas, 60 years ago today.

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Is it a sign of too much time alone in the hills when you start seeing faces in the peat hags? Asking for a friend 😉

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Dearie me, interrogative determiner fans

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Texas Doctor Who? Did I miss a regeneration?

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Hangovers are necessary to prevent society collapsing into a drunken, obese, medical nightmare.

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I went to three garden centres yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. What have I become?

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Solar at 27% is the leading source of electricity this afternoon in the UK. Put the kettle on and make use of the sunshine for your tea!

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I've wheelie bin the victim of fake news

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Hey diddle, diddle . . . it's happened at last

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4 x 4 = 16 you do the moths

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I snooped on my boyfriend's Linkedin profile and saw that he uses the word 'solution' as a verb - ie. he boasts about 'solutioning complex business problems.' I'm embarrassed to realise I'm living with a Jake Humphrey-adjacent airhead. Thinking of asking him to move out.

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Well, as I’m sure you all know, we mark something important today. Yes: happy 45th anniversary of the thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony to all who celebrate

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Been watching Adolescence. Surprised nobody has mentioned the series on the internet.

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Prof. JRR Tolkien-illiterate dick Prof. Marie Curie-useless Prof. Albert Einstein-bloody thick Prof. Sir Issac Newton-no idea Prof. Sir Alexander Fleming-twat None of them as clever or as good at golf as Donald Trump. 🇺🇸

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It's a scientific FACT that the longest a pun has been funny is 11.5 seconds. Yet still the papers have Easter eggscellent, eggstra etc yolks (jokes) in them.

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Who's going to pay my pension? Please breed. www.iomtoday.co.im/news/number-...

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Good evening

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Today I learned that a Douglas shop that sells helium balloons recommends customers don’t drive over the mountain with them because they pop at Windy Corner

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Because I'm such an interesting chap, this week in 2011 I noted that petrol had gone down to 138.9 a litre. At the Brown Bobby it's currently 135.9. But snarl, snarl, poor victimised motorists etc

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