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@hurstaka.bsky.social

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 25

I just saw the new Cadbury's ice-cream advert, and it exposed a horror story for our times..

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I Scream, You Scream..

I Scream, You Scream.. I saw an advert earlier today for a new Cadburys ice-cream. In it, a young lad opens a fridge, takes out an ice-cream carton, removes the lid, and sees it’s completely …

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 3d

Squilhouette..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi going from Badenoch to Worsenoch..
#PMQs

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Sep 18

Must have had a good night at the state banquet, I found him on the pavement this morning, looking quite chuffed with himself..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hope you're doing ok and coping with the treatment as best you can. Better times ahead.. x

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Sep 13

Herondipity..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Sep 12

Coming up on tonight's episode of 'Singing With Squirrel'..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Sep 5

Logferatu..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 28

RIP @coachpolly.bsky.social

So long, and rest easy..
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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 27

At first, I thought they said 'a conservative scottish MP has defecated to #Reform'

Sounds about right..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 25

I just saw the new Cadbury's ice-cream advert, and it exposed a horror story for our times..

hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/i...

I Scream, You Scream..

I Scream, You Scream.. I saw an advert earlier today for a new Cadburys ice-cream. In it, a young lad opens a fridge, takes out an ice-cream carton, removes the lid, and sees it’s completely …

hurstaka.wordpress.com

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 24

I've never owned an apple corer before now. Feels quite grown up, but also slightly dangerous, like it could turn on you and put a hole through your hand..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 22

Heads up to any insomniacs out there!

The best bedtime story, and best version of Goldilocks, that you'll ever hear..

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Pack Up Your Troubles - Laurel & Hardy (Bedtime Story)

YouTube video by Gerry Watts PoL

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sometimes I get misty-eyed for the old days of Broken Britain and the Credit Crunch, before everything turned to shit..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 17

Me, mum & sis at Butlins, Skegness.

Can't help feeling it's like they're peering through a little window into the future, and I'm here, smiling back, waving and wishing I was there..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 16

Remember singing this when it came out, thinking you were being really grown up..

'Will you do it anymore?
As soon as you walk out the door
Well I just wondered, did you ever?
All the time..'

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Nancy Sinatra Lee HazlewoodI Did you ever all the time

YouTube video by Simonoves simon

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 14

I found the perfect food item for bridging the class divide - Yuzu Jaffa Cakes!

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 10

Imagine if hack journalists used the same language irl. They'd refer to their kid 'breaking silence' about what they want for lunch. Followed by an 'important update' which would be that they still haven't decided..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Smile, though your bark is breaking..'

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 4

Following revelations of drug taking on #Strictly, dances on the next series are to include, The Crackstep, Pass a Doobie and the Cha-Cha-Charlie..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 4

There once was a storm, name of Floris
With more bluster than ex-PM, Boris
The amber alert
Means it could lift your skirt
And might even overturn lorries..

#StormFloris

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 3

I see Twitter is now using Rage Verification. It means you can't get access unless you can prove you're a toxic sociopath who's determined to start an argument..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 2

I reckon they will have in about 3 n half hours..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Aug 2

Not sure who's bought the big house on the corner, near me, but I think it might be Bela Lugosi's dad..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Jul 24

You got this..

Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · Jul 24

'Don't Make Me Angry - You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry..'