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Graham Guest

@grahamguest.bsky.social

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London, UK Europhile, language nerd, occasional flâneur, part-time hermit. "At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool."

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · Oct 9

"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." – Francis Bacon

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 3h

- The Tiger Bread Who Came to Tea

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 3h

- The Count of Monte Crispbread

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 3h

Westward Hovis!

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 3h

- Baguette's Feast

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 19h

But Santa isn't either.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 1d

I had a message that the server was "experiencing issues", which I translated as "having problems".

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 1d

I went to the Malaprop School of Speech and Language for electrocution lessons.

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

Walking back home at an angle
After getting myself in a tangle
She said “Hey you are drunk”
Which is just what I thunk
And I’ve let my participle dangle

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, @christobai.bsky.social got there before me.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

Backwards, I trust. Can't have things being made easy.

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

I always include my imaginary tortoise.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

There was a young fellow called Seán
Who was expert at mowing a leán
His big sister Niamh
Said "You wouldn't beliamh
He's been doing it since he was beán"

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 2d

Dickens went on a bit.

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 6d

Our church has a cockney divine
Who thinks saying prayers is a pine
For most of the day
He refuses to pray
And all he can do is compline

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 6d

Surely Ironman is more qualified.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 6d

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 6d

Who on earth would even consider buying only one?

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 6d

I always smile at dogs – and cats, but they ain't bovvered.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 7d

Beardery Weirdery
Rosen of Middlesex
Went to the woods just to
Hear a bear’s voice

Perambulatory
Running and jumping up
All he could say was the
Bear was not noice

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 7d

When I arrive in an empty car park, I spend ten minutes driving around looking for the best spot.

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 7d

There was an old farmer from Slough
Who purchased a very large cough
It was ever so high
Reaching up to the skigh
And to milk it he didn’t know hough

Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone looking for a good EU-based cloud storage provider should take a look at Koofr.

Koofr @koofr.net · 8d

❗️Photos on Koofr are closer than they appear

You can now zoom into your (almost) full-size photos — right in the Koofr web app or on public links. Open any photo in your Koofr gallery and get up close with every beautiful detail.

(We take no responsibility for too much reality.)

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 8d

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 8d

I agree, but I'm something of a pendant.

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Graham Guest @grahamguest.bsky.social · 8d

irony, adj.
Resembling a ferrous metal.