Planning to form a band called "Support", then go on tour and confuse people.
Chris Jones
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"Mein Fuhrer.... They didn't collect the recycling from Compton Road on Tuesday"
Want to know how to solve crosswords? You need a good vocabulary, a logical mind, and, well, you can fill in the blanks
With tax, why are people always "asked" to pay more? Such a strange choice of words. Papers wouldn't say that people are being "asked" to accept a cut in child benefit.
You never *really* feel old until your optician tells you your distance prescription has weakened.
Players still available as we approach the MLB trade deadline
When the pilot says they're in negotiations with Air Traffic Control to get an earlier departure time, what's involved? Are they offering cash? Free flights? A date with their sister? What?
So if I want to sell my house these days, I have to build a sex dungeon so I can get enough views on Bluesky?
Madame Pinkness@madamepinkness.bsky.social · 7d agoAny time I see a noteworthy house listing, oh has @oldenoughtosay.com seen it yet? "Extensive entertainment facilities" indeed. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...
Not saying there's a lot of firearms in America, but when I told US customs I hadn't packed any guns, they issued me one
That's nice. But how come when I head off on my holidays they don't put out a Sky Sports Alert
"There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible"
Chris Jones@chrisjones1.bsky.social · last wk."There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible"
"There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible"
I just don't see how giving out free women is going to help?
Poor from Bessent. The US Secretary to the Treasury should pay his taxes honestly like the rest of us.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2w agoBESSENT IS EXPLORING TAX STRATEGIES THAT MIGHT BE QUESTIONABLE.
More Odyssey updates as we get them
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2w agoBAHRAIN: SIREN HAS BEEN SOUNDED
Hearing that Burnham's message to the Trident submarine captains is to "put yourselves under the control of Manchester City Council"
I'm enjoying the coverage of the member of the royal staff that greets the arriving politician, repeatedly yanking on the car door until the driver unlocks it.
If I handed my resignation in to someone, I'd be a bit salty to find that they'd been "graciously pleased" to accept it.
Shove off Hamas, it's our turn. You can do yours tomorrow.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2w agoHAMAS NAMES KHALIL AL HAYYA AS NEW LEADER - STATEMENT
Since one PM has left and the other hasn't started yet, would this be a good moment for the half-time show?
Jesus, I think to myself, are there really people who watch this tedious coverage of the PM transition? Before realising that I, too, am watching this tedious coverage of the PM transition.
BBC: "Keir Starmer is once more an MP", showing a keen understanding of the UK constitution