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Simon J

Simon J

@hobnobking.bsky.social

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One of those late middle-aged men with a large synthesiser collection you were warned about. Widower. Single Dad. Excelling at both. Cymraeg

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Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 2h

Panasonic do excellent wall mountable, easy to operate, rich sounding small hi-fis with CD which are well worth a look, mate. I've fitted one in several kitchens.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 23h

Walk Like A Man from Tunnel Of Love

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 1d

Such witty badinage, you should take to the stage.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I do like a bondage chicken pole dancing in a tube.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't you say there'd be free Lego Star Wars for everyone under the age of 43, Minister?

Er.....no.

Well, Reform have just pledged.....*shot rings out.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 2d

p.s. The bone idle gotchas you seem to think represent the very peak of political reportage are wearing thin mate. Do some work or F off.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Mason will be devastated that his efforts to force Reform into every sentence he speaks have'nt paid off.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

And I suppose the real reason for my fearlessness is that maybe there is something after this. And if there is I might see my wife again. That'd be fucking ace.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

Oh I'm on the up, thanks. I'm still here because they want to observe me for a few days. I'll be out next week. So don't worry.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

All this seems very serious - and I suppose it is, but it's also a golden chance to get some perspective slapped back into you and lean into the pragmatic resilience that life teaches us all as we age. Living, or not, is what you do when moments like this aren't happening.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

These moments of utter, hopeless solitude seem to have delivered moments of life changing clarity or a font of folksy wisdom to people. But not me, oh no not me, I thought about the thousands of pounds I spent on crap implanted devices and the Minions themed boxer shorts I was wearing.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

But it still manages to do something that outfoxes these add-ons now and then and I end up lying on the sofa trying to stay serene as I wait for my brother to show up and take me to A&E or my life to flash before my eyes.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

Well, my heart went haywire again the other day, so I've been in hospital attached to many and varied machines for a couple of days and now I have my own room and fewer machines. My heart is a cranky cyborg these days, two implanted devices have metronomed and shocked it into getting me this far.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 3d

Yaaaaaaaaaaasaassssssssss!

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 4d

I've been looking at their website and you need to do a grail hound.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 4d

To teach us that men who inherit massive wealth aren't smart enough to just hire people who know about football to run their football team. They prefer to pick players for the squad themselves, using the rankings included in the most recent Madden video game.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 5d

It's not even that a lot of us seem unable to let anyone from a minority speak for 10 secs without interrupting or correcting them.

It's more that we hunt around for members of a minority who are saying things that are useful to us and brandish them as a 'gotcha' to the rest.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 5d

If you're going to agree with someone based on a superficial appraisal of their appearance and their ability to say what you need to hear, then you won't last long outside the safety and security of the your birthright. Namely that the white viewpoint is the only truly valid one.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 5d

People really are thrilled to have that clip of Haredi Jews to use as a stick to beat Israeli Jews with, aren't they?

Feels a bit like me wheeling out the anti-white elements of my wife's family to give me a character reference.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 6d

I've been leaf blowing, lads.

After a coffee I'm going to blow the same leaves into a better, more piley pile.

Retirement.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 7d

The Morning Star, eh? Always my first port of call for a balanced, fair-minded analysis of the defeat of their hero.

Oh and anonymous people pushing conspiracies at total strangers online are my second.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 7d

To any parent with two teenagers in the house, 24 hours peace is an eternity.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 7d

No, no we wouldn't, Chunky.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 7d

I've got a creeping dread that Zack Polanski is going to do the snowballing popularity thing that Corbyn did initially and then the bandwagon is going to lose a wheel when his ideals meet actuality.

Simon J @hobnobking.bsky.social · 7d

There's a painful lack of adaptability and imagination in the team. They appear to be having it coached out of them.