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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 13h

I tell you this though, hobbling around with this arthritis flare up is an absolute joy. I can't recommend it enough if you are looking to get a wide selection of groaning, pained expletives and moaning for your sound effects library.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 13h

This saturday part two of chapter one of The Great Gatsby is the Saturday Night Serial. It's grimmer than I remember. And I am only on the first chapter. Anyway, 27 minutes of me, burbling away, this Saturday.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 19h

Trying to think up a name for a group of podcasts I do. Asked a friend. They said 'how about Ed's bullshit buffet?'.

So there's that.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social In, Damn Spot.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a hat and trench coat is saying it is my business to know

ALT: a man in a hat and trench coat is saying it is my business to know

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Romeo, Romeo, wherefore park thou, Romeo?

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn't it be less effort to be nice to people? Seems to me these Conservative and Reform types are not happy people. There's something missing with them. Whereas people who are pleasant and kinder seem to have an inner peace. It's a weird choice to make an effort to feel like a sack of crap.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

Some beauties coming up this week in Well That Happened. They are at tops about 4 minutes, but all true. And this week we have saucy reverends, weird happenings and how an oboe can be used to to prevent forest fires*

*You can't.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

When you have a bit of arthritis in your toe and accidently stub it into a stool and the resulting exclamation can be heard clearly on Saturn.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

Weird thing falls out of sky but doesn't have 'Boeing' written on it: Panic ensues www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Mysterious object crash lands in the Australian Outback

An unidentified object was found near a remote mine site with authorities believing it has crashed on the planet.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 1d

www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comme... I don't trust Steven Greer. He knows a *little* too much.

Steven Greer has received 6K explosive Documents implementing Lue Elizondo & the "Ratpack" in illegal covert programs.. : r/UFOs

83 votes, 72 comments. 4M subscribers in the UFOs community. A community for discussion related to Unidentified Flying Objects. Share your sightings, experiences, news, and investigations. We aim to e...

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 3d

My new book, 'Sneezing for Fun and Money' is out now. Learn the art of sneezing, the history and the future of sneezing, with the incorporation of AI Sneezing from the Cloud.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 4d

To be honest, these days anything much above this is above my salary

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 4d

I have the people coming today to change my broadband from ok to, what is advertised as, ok with ribbons.

It's been a pain in the arse moving stuff about so they can install all this witchery and doodads.

If it doesn't work, well... there be monsters.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 4d

📣 New Podcast! "Henry James - Turn of the Screw (extract)" on @Spreaker

Henry James - Turn of the Screw (extract)

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 5d

Always remember when a musician's entourage member is arrested for carrying illicit substances, it's usually for the musician and not the individual. Same thing with the China espionage. People way down the ladder carrying the can while someone above counts their cash for classified lucre.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 5d

interesting article about everyone's favourite collection of obscene phone callers

Republicans Fired After Chats Leaked

YouTube video by Raw News And Politics

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 6d

📣 New Podcast! "J Sebastian Le Fanu - The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand" on @Spreaker #chillingreads #classictales #creepyclassics #darkliterature #eerieliterature #fictionalfrights #ghostlyencounters #ghostlyhand #ghoststory #gothicliterature #hauntednarratives #hauntingtales #spookystories

J Sebastian Le Fanu - The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand

In this richly layered and unsettling tale, Sheridan Le Fanu presents a haunting centered not around a traditional ghost, but around the eerie and inexplicable appearance of a ghostly hand.

www.spreaker.com

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 6d

So there were a bunch of kids outside a store, jumping up & down on the flowers. I asked if they had anything better to do, and was informed by one of them that this was nothing,"Cos last week I did a poo on them." My delight on walking away one fell off & banged his balls on a post was not small.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 7d

This should entertain. It's short and sweet, like me medium.com/@edparnell/2...

Medium

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 10d

📣 New Podcast! "Book of the week - Toddlers Guide to the Rubber Industry" on @Spreaker #bookoftheweek #bookrecommendations #comedy #funny #genuine #humor #kidsbooks #literaryadventures #parentingbooks #quirkyreads #rarebook #rubberindustry #toddlersguide #uniquereads #weirdbooks

Book of the week - Toddlers Guide to the Rubber Industry

An excellent work of outstanding natural beauty. https://www.cultjones.com/product/lowe-d-a-toddlers-guide-to-the-rubber-industry/

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 10d

I don't know what's happened. I used to be able to knock out decent copy without too much trouble. Now I write something, go to read it, and it makes NO sense. It might be because my glasses are broken and I am squinting and it's giving me a headache. Or I am going gaga.

Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 11d

DIGITAL ID SYSTEM ALREADY HACKED — TWICE

A government test team revealed the new Digital ID system was hacked earlier this year — so ministers disbanded the team and covered it up.

Then it was hacked again, and no one even noticed until the hackers themselves came forward.

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 11d

theonion.com/limbless-sli... Limbless, Slippery RFK Jr.: ‘Becoming An Eel Is A Sign Of Good Health’

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Ed Parnell @edparnell.bsky.social · 11d

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/oregon-republicans-protest-photo-south-america www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.com

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