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The absolute joy of being on holiday at a European seaside resort, being one large beer and some moules frites down, and not giving a single shit about anything on here. It’s really good.
Always thought I would begrudge Danny Welbeck absolutely nothing. What a player; what a guy. But then he joined Chelsea. #bhafc
[extremely sub sub ft. melanie williams voice] if there ain’t no duck then there ain’t no goose
On these terms I reckon there are in fact seven Ivory Coast Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Federated States of Micronesia New Caledonia New Zealand Papa New Guinea
Daniel Tunnard@danieltunnard.bsky.social · 5d agoExcluding cardinal points, demonyms (eg Dominican Republic), "United", foreign words (Verde) and obscure full names (Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela etc), there are FIVE countries that have adjectives in their names in English. Is this question too complicated? No. Go!
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You shouldn’t have a London derby in any sport where both teams are called “London”, it’s silly.
James W@jamesuk.bsky.social · 7d agoHow have Mubai Indians just lost to Middlesex!?! 😲😲😲 #theHundred
Shout out to the man on the train calling his bank about ID theft and who has read his name, postcode, and the long number on his card to the whole carriage.
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
Every so often I stop and think about the men in the generation above mine whose parents paid to have them sent away and physically punished.
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · last wk.School was savage but we got the worst of life over with
There is a dressing room team song performance on Sunrisers Leeds insta stories which is the most embarrassing social media content I’ve ever seen in sport.
I saw the Coral at Northumbria University I think this year, they were boss #totp
Andy Burnham, 21, writes to The Guardian in defence of Philip Larkin
Somewhere the ghost of Stewart Morris is screaming CUE THE TEACAKE
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 2w agoIn case you missed the Commonwealth Games opening it started with King Charles III stepping out of a TARDIS and it ended with a giant tunnock teacake on fire
Sometimes a person just walks past you and says exactly the right thing. www.newstatesman.com/politics/wes...
The games was largely bailed out by Robert Maxwell, and I was at the 100m final won by Ben Johnson with then-Prince Andrew in the crowd, an impressively cancelled afternoon of sport.
It’s the start of the Commonwealth Games today so we should all watch the 1986 opening ceremony in Edinburgh (40 years ago tomorrow) with gallery talkback from Stewart Morris. CUE THE PIPER. youtu.be/DTwuI_HDhxw?...
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Not to be too Martin Lewis about things but: if you use TfL services and they’re delayed by 15 mins you can claim a refund. I have just checked my bank account and doing this has earned me £43 in the past year.
The most important constitutional document that Britain has, the Wikipedia page “List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure”, is not yet updated.
Probably the two best Pope-watchers in British journalism, Ed Stourton and David Willey, have died within a week.
Dr Sarah Brand@sarahgailbrand.bsky.social · 2w agoAh, sad. Go well, Ed Stourton. Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which player is the Spanish football federation boss guy going to try to snog