John Ix-mas
@frogalapeche.bsky.social
Even he. ❤s Dr Who, Lit, darkness, 007, Gothic Horror. I teach English. Socialist. Conan-Doyler.
Nibbled to death by an Okapi.
Attempting re-entry.
I invented the term 'Tillblerone'.
Release the Virtual Murder dvd!
"World's most correct man" 2024
Nibbled to death by an Okapi.
Attempting re-entry.
I invented the term 'Tillblerone'.
Release the Virtual Murder dvd!
"World's most correct man" 2024
Pinned
‘I don’t know if this is true’
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
‘I don’t know if this is true’
Hurry up and END!!!
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hurry up and END!!!
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I was very, very upset when I heard this news.
He had AT LEAST one more film in him.
He had AT LEAST one more film in him.
[December 3rd, 1985] Actor Roger Moore officially announced his retirement from the role of James Bond. At 58 years old, he was the oldest actor to have played Bond in the official Eon Productions series.
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I was very, very upset when I heard this news.
He had AT LEAST one more film in him.
He had AT LEAST one more film in him.
What was I thinking?
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What was I thinking?
It's the 'Piso and Plancina' plot of I Claudius all over again.
Corrupt to the core.
Corrupt to the core.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's the 'Piso and Plancina' plot of I Claudius all over again.
Corrupt to the core.
Corrupt to the core.
A skeleton...in an armchair???
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A skeleton...in an armchair???
Thanks to them.
Thanks to their families.
Thanks to their families' servants' tennis partners.
Thanks to marzipan.
That's about it.
#Stollen
Thanks to their families.
Thanks to their families' servants' tennis partners.
Thanks to marzipan.
That's about it.
#Stollen
Bakers in the eastern German city of Dresden have been making stollen for Christmas for hundreds of years.
German bakers bring Christmas specialty to life with rich tradition and sweetness
Bakers in the eastern German city of Dresden have been making stollen for Christmas for hundreds of years.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thanks to them.
Thanks to their families.
Thanks to their families' servants' tennis partners.
Thanks to marzipan.
That's about it.
#Stollen
Thanks to their families.
Thanks to their families' servants' tennis partners.
Thanks to marzipan.
That's about it.
#Stollen
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TFW "the only way of escaping or coping with the stress is to retreat into a dangerous world of fantasy'.
#VirtualMurder
#VirtualMurder
August 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
TFW "the only way of escaping or coping with the stress is to retreat into a dangerous world of fantasy'.
#VirtualMurder
#VirtualMurder
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"My wife will have the slab cake."
Love the patronising, frustrated sexlessness of the relationship between Mrs Tyson and her husband in BBC Ghost Story for Christmas: 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'.
Love the patronising, frustrated sexlessness of the relationship between Mrs Tyson and her husband in BBC Ghost Story for Christmas: 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'.
December 23, 2023 at 4:18 PM
"My wife will have the slab cake."
Love the patronising, frustrated sexlessness of the relationship between Mrs Tyson and her husband in BBC Ghost Story for Christmas: 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'.
Love the patronising, frustrated sexlessness of the relationship between Mrs Tyson and her husband in BBC Ghost Story for Christmas: 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'.
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Pic 1 Thanks to my wife deliberately (maliciously) singing it...then running off (laughing) for a walk, I've now got the Birds of a Feather 'Ding Dong' 1993 BBC Xmas promo jingle stuck in my head as an earworm.
Pic 2: An unrelated freeze frame from ITV's 1990s 'Cluedo' programme
Pic 2: An unrelated freeze frame from ITV's 1990s 'Cluedo' programme
December 24, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Pic 1 Thanks to my wife deliberately (maliciously) singing it...then running off (laughing) for a walk, I've now got the Birds of a Feather 'Ding Dong' 1993 BBC Xmas promo jingle stuck in my head as an earworm.
Pic 2: An unrelated freeze frame from ITV's 1990s 'Cluedo' programme
Pic 2: An unrelated freeze frame from ITV's 1990s 'Cluedo' programme
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'I'd like to thank the BBC for allowing me to work here. And I'd like to thank the wife and kids for making it necessary.'
July 27, 2024 at 8:13 PM
'I'd like to thank the BBC for allowing me to work here. And I'd like to thank the wife and kids for making it necessary.'
The faces look a bit 'Reeves and Mortimer'
I've often wondered what a Vic and Bob Alice in Wonderland might be like, I suppose this is as close as we'll ever get.
I've often wondered what a Vic and Bob Alice in Wonderland might be like, I suppose this is as close as we'll ever get.
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The faces look a bit 'Reeves and Mortimer'
I've often wondered what a Vic and Bob Alice in Wonderland might be like, I suppose this is as close as we'll ever get.
I've often wondered what a Vic and Bob Alice in Wonderland might be like, I suppose this is as close as we'll ever get.
I'll be watching extant eps of OUT OF THE UNKNOWN each night until 20th Dec - 60 yrs since the TX of S1's finale: 'The Midas Plague' (Frederick Pohl).
Got it Yule 2017. Adored it instantly.
Last night it was 'No Place Like Earth' by John Wyndham - A good (if quaint) anti-colonialist love story.
Got it Yule 2017. Adored it instantly.
Last night it was 'No Place Like Earth' by John Wyndham - A good (if quaint) anti-colonialist love story.
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'll be watching extant eps of OUT OF THE UNKNOWN each night until 20th Dec - 60 yrs since the TX of S1's finale: 'The Midas Plague' (Frederick Pohl).
Got it Yule 2017. Adored it instantly.
Last night it was 'No Place Like Earth' by John Wyndham - A good (if quaint) anti-colonialist love story.
Got it Yule 2017. Adored it instantly.
Last night it was 'No Place Like Earth' by John Wyndham - A good (if quaint) anti-colonialist love story.
How exactly does one 'suck dry...hard earned tax dollars'?
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
How exactly does one 'suck dry...hard earned tax dollars'?
Remember when she and her co-presenter gave Theresa May a stupidly easy ride? I do.
Bollocks to her.
Bollocks to her.
Holly Willoughby fined £1,600 for careless driving
Holly Willoughby fined £1,600 for careless driving
The TV presenter drove her Mini Cooper without due care and attention near her home in Richmond.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Remember when she and her co-presenter gave Theresa May a stupidly easy ride? I do.
Bollocks to her.
Bollocks to her.
This might be my joint favourite Tara King story.
The Avengers - All Done with Mirrors (2nd December 1968). Tara, with a little help from Watney (Dinsdale Landen), tackles the villainous Barlow (Edwin Richfield).
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This might be my joint favourite Tara King story.
A Roast in a...
I’m quietly fascinated by this:
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Roast in a...
RB: "The thief, a Mr Al Bumen, claimed it was a yolk that got out of hand, and that his brain was all scrambled."
RB: "The jeweller, a Mr E Benedict, labelled the thief as 'hard-boiled' and 'cracked' if he thought he didn't have to shell out for what he poached."
RB: "The jeweller, a Mr E Benedict, labelled the thief as 'hard-boiled' and 'cracked' if he thought he didn't have to shell out for what he poached."
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
RB: "The thief, a Mr Al Bumen, claimed it was a yolk that got out of hand, and that his brain was all scrambled."
RB: "The jeweller, a Mr E Benedict, labelled the thief as 'hard-boiled' and 'cracked' if he thought he didn't have to shell out for what he poached."
RB: "The jeweller, a Mr E Benedict, labelled the thief as 'hard-boiled' and 'cracked' if he thought he didn't have to shell out for what he poached."
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Things the UK can't live without.
1. A totally nationalised NHS
2. Brown eggs
3. HMV
4. Lidl xmas chocolate marzipan
I'm sure you'll add your own things.
1. A totally nationalised NHS
2. Brown eggs
3. HMV
4. Lidl xmas chocolate marzipan
I'm sure you'll add your own things.
January 23, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Things the UK can't live without.
1. A totally nationalised NHS
2. Brown eggs
3. HMV
4. Lidl xmas chocolate marzipan
I'm sure you'll add your own things.
1. A totally nationalised NHS
2. Brown eggs
3. HMV
4. Lidl xmas chocolate marzipan
I'm sure you'll add your own things.