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Adso of Menk

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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." TTRPGs, miniature painting and wargaming, sprog-wrangler, reader and scoundrel

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · Oct 17

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien

a close up of a man 's face with the words " i miss my books and my armchair and my garden "

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i miss my books and my armchair and my garden "

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 53m

The Klammer Slammer

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Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me you didn’t ask anyone in Scotland about your product and without telling me you didn’t ask anyone in Scotland about your product name…

JobbyLobby - Job Boards Made Easy

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1h

(Ski Sunday Theme Intensifies)

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1h

To be fair wanking an entire choir takes enough dedication to make Roy Castle sing. Probably deserves an MBE at least.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 10h

As children, me and my brother found mum's sex aids that were hidden above the wardrobe. We thought they were toys and had a battle with them versus our He-Man and Zoids figures. I think they won. Mum quietly hide them somewhere else after that.

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 10h

It's either that or

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 10h

Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

It's a constant disappointment to me that the rest of the Necron range doesn't live up to the simple elegance of the basic Warrior kit. Lovely brushwork on this one

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 25

Charles Portis' novel True Grit is full of 19th century slang. Like the phrase "busted a cap" which is said by Ned Pepper in the book & the 1969 adaptation. By the time of the 2010 version, the phrase was mostly associated with "Gangsta Rap" & likely felt anachronistic & was cut 🧵

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 26

While writing True Grit, Charles Portis did extensive research on the Old West (particularly its vernacular) & I believe that John Wesley Hardin's 1896 autobiography was one of his inspirations. Here's a short 🧵 with a few examples of period slang they share:

Illustration from John Wesley Hardin's 1896 autobiography

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

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Zekiel @illmetbymorrslieb.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t believe that the #WarhammerCommunity piece missed the best bit of Chaos Space Marine art ever though!

This one came very close to convincing me to collect CSMs.

Scary looking power-armoured man with symbol of Khorne on his forehead and an oversized gun.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1d

Instant win for a Young Ones reference #universitychallenge

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I can see that

Stroking his moustache

"It puts the lotion on its skin in a display of primate submission or else it gets the hose again."

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahhahahhah

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine the 9 o'clock news comes on and the headline is "British Celebrity revealed to be a serial killer." Who would be the first person you'd think it might be?

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Shit.

I'm 50.

Is that not how it works?

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d

I've just turned 51. For the first 50 years of my life I genuinely believed that a pony would grow to become a horse as it got older. Only a quite heated with my 10 year old son saw me consult Google to be proven wrong.

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

My careers officer never told me this was an option.

Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 2d

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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Hope you managed this morgoth's ringpiece of a day ok.

Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d

Say it ain't so!

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

Some dude who has never once commented on the channel before asked me to record myself GMing. I said no. No big deal. Happens all the time.
Then the dude tries to pull the "You'd get more respect if you did" card, like some sleazeball coercing girls into sending them nudes.
Fuck that dude.

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did a new one

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable

jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Timothy West, born this day in 1934.

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Alice Dryden @huskyteer.co.uk · 2d

good morning

Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 2d

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