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Flying Squid

@flyingsquid.bsky.social

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A squid that flies. Interested in comedy and archaeology, doesn't shy away from left-wing politics, recent American emigre to the UK. Occasionally says something funny, but people rarely notice.

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

Funny, people were saying the same thing about Tommy Robinson.

And sadly, they were correct.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

—Señor Milei, ¿está libre?

—Estoy libre.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

You keep mentioning this Tommy Robinson fellow, and yet it really sounds like you're talking about that double-barreled toff, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

That symbol at the bottom there? It's a homophone of the symbol Prince changed his name to for a while, so even though they SOUND the same, be sure to use the correct one when writing dialogue.

This is the correct usage as per Strunk and White.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

"I know you mean well, but I prefer 'candle of color.' Now where's my feather duster girlfriend?"

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

Something tells me he has different ideas about who should be picking cotton at the plantation.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in Middlesbrough and was thinking of taking the train over to Hartlepool to see it. Where is it?

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

Also, Dick Lester made The Bed Sitting Room a few years later, which is even more absurdist, as it came from the demented mind of Spike Milligan, despite being about a post-nuclear hellscape.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

Also proof that you can make a film feel spontaneous and improvised- even if it was almost entirely scripted- when put into the right hands.

Definitely in my top 10 movie musicals, near the top of that top 10.

Bit of trivia: a young Phil Collins was one of the kids watching the Beatles at the end.

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

I know Matt Stoller isn't a "native born American," but I'd love to sit him down in front of a loom and tell him to get to work and see what he does.

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

I've heard of people doing that as a sandwich. A ramen brick with seasoning between two slices of bread.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

I wish I had known curry flavor ramen existed before I moved over to the UK this year. Why can't American supermarkets have curry flavor ramen?

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

Zia is just confused. It isn't opening hours for banks in Moscow yet.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact, that song was originally in a semi-pornographic film. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

'Mahna Mahna' came from a porn film

www.nbcnews.com

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 2d

The security guard's union strike enters its third day.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

It's just not worth spending this much time on a single sudoku.

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Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

What if I gave you some of this delicious cheesecake?

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

Can I interest you in some lotus?

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

Second note: No, we're not telling you the reasons right now, cheapskate. Go buy the other book. We're a business, not a public service. What do you want next, full summaries of what you missed in every new issue?

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

Some fool near her put several flags high up on lampposts, but the only large flag with a Union Jack they had was for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, so it's got her portrait on it in the middle, taking up most of the space.

Also, let these bigots know that St. George was a Greek from Turkey.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

"We prefer vertical video."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, well you should have thought of that when you pissed off Jimmy Fallon when you guest-hosted SNL in 2003.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 3d

But wasn't mass printing happening at a massive scale in Asia? The Koreans were printing books. The Chinese were printing money. They were doing it at scale. So I'm a little confused as to what the claim is here.

Yes, it changed things massively. In Europe.

Flying Squid @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not sure how Korean metal typesetting wasn't mechanisation...