We don't talk enough about how a pandemic made everyone get into sea shanties.
Jenny Ainsworth
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It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Huh huh huh
Well the lad has passed all he needs to get to college and I am officially done with secondary school thank GOD
GCSE day. My daughter took 5 times to get her maths 🫠 My son gets his today. For the love of god let him have passed his maths. At 55 I am so bloody DONE with education
My tan when I have my sunglasses on vs My tan when I take my sunglasses off
The state of us that this ridiculous, corrupt and shitty little outfit is taken seriously as a potential government in waiting. We need to get some self respect fast and boot them into political oblivion. Or - for some of them - prison. Happy with either.
Some good insights into the spiteful whingefest that is Farage and this little gem on Yusuf Zia: "A lot of people are on not-speaking terms with Zia and it's nearly always Zia who initiates it.. It needs to end. You cannot behave like a child in politics” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Reform UK suspends Tory defector Tim Montgomerie after criticism of Nigel Farage
Board member called out party leader last week for failing to appear at Clacton by-election count
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I’ve had a jacket spud for tea. That’s in then. Autumns here. See you in March **pulls up the drawbridge**
Lovely walk this morning. Cool, fresh, not muggy. Perfect for the morning after my remarkably sedate birthday yesterday
Morning friends and fiends. May your Tuesday be glorious unless you’re a dickhead
Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.
'And fling the new moons through his stormy banner, And the full moons and the dark moons.' Ted Hughes was born on this day in 1930.
Thought I’d just pass on some relationship advice my grandma once gave to me: if you’re unhappy with your partner or spouse why don’t you replace their head in every photograph in your house with a picture of your celebrity crush? x
THANK YOU AUNTIE BEEB FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS BIRTHDAY PRESENT
I find myself Birthday Queen. And I do decree on this auspicious day when I’m all the five’s that you will never find any unexpected items in the bagging area x
Cannot believe I’ve only just watched the Beastie Boys doc on Apple TV. So bloody good
Reminds me of that great tweet which went something like “Americans check themselves into rehab for what the average Brit drinks on a two-hour train journey.”
No idea what happened but seems a bit much for the police to arrest a tree. Must have been special branch x
Homer Simpson disappearing into hedge (in Lego) Credit to Jason Allemann & Kristal / @jkbrickworks
can't believe they call them baby potatoes when petitoes is right there
I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.
God this has been a sad sorry tale from start to finish it really has
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 7d agochrist, what a depressing story all round, and what a series of failures of responsibility to get to this.