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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Classic of the genre. Great bloke. If only he hadn't been pro-Brexit.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 2h

I'm from Rochdale.
I know you said Lennon saw the poster in an antique shop, and I'm not contradicting you, but the story I heard was that it was on the wall of a Liverpool pub.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 4h

The circus was on Town Meadows in Rochdale.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 4h

She's giving Jeffrey Archer a bad name.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 5h

It's just a bit of youthful banter. Have you no sense of humour?

(The feeble excuse of misogynists, bullies, racists, and homophobes from time immemorial.)

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 6h

About who?

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 10h

Never trust anyone with an over-coiffured beard. They're all wrong 'uns.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 10h

And if the fine bankrupts them, they'll get bailed out with taxpayers' money.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 10h

Such a useful word.
If the English used it I wouldn't have wondered as a kid why a green hill would need a city wall anyway.

("There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall")

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 13h

The old parasite nicked that quote. Like everything else.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 21h

Tell me you've never read the book you're recommending without telling me you've never read the book you're recommending.
Or is this just a deliberate error for clicks?

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 21h

Can someone tell the illiterate twat that 'purposely' and 'purposefully' mean different things.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody Hell.
I agree with something Edward Leigh said.
I think I need a lie down.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Blimey. What a fortuitous occurrence. I wonder if either Harold or William decided to have the battle there on purpose.

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Rafael Sabatini is infinitely superior to Alexander Dumas.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

It would be more noteworthy if he had been shevelled.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

You think that's an excuse?

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Of course it was the egg.
It's evo-bloody-lution.
Something which was almost, very nearly, but not quite a chicken layed an egg, from which hatched a chicken.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

#DessertsVarietyInASongOrMovie

Rice Pudding on the Ritz

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

#DessertsVarietyInASongOrMovie

It's Only Arctic Rock and Roll

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Does the ale have body?

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

His usual expression, then.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Even if the old bat had wanted to leave the EU, as she championed the Single Market (which not one person voted to leave) it's overwhelmingly likely she'd not have wanted to leave that.

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Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but he's such a laugh isn't he?

Honest Dr John @honestdrjohn.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad to see he has his priorities right.