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I wore a tie like Richard Gere.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · Mar 31

Harvey Price time then.

In 2016, I had an ill fated stint as the Social Media Producer on Loose Women on ITV. It was a disaster, I should never have applied for the job, I certainly shouldn’t have been given it. I could do the actual job standing on my head, but the politics of the place…woof.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 6h

Goodnight.

Archie the black cat fast asleep on a red cushion.

Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 7h

Massive “prove me wrong, kids!” vibes here.

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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 10h

I love my local offy. You already feel drunk before you even step into the premises.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 8h

Has there ever been a bigger disparity between television show and its theme than Weekend World? I mean, that theme was some fucking hard rocking shit, then it’s Brian Walden talking about train franchises or something.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 8h

Neil Buchanan looks wrong in a suit and tie.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 8h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 8h

Waterloo Road casting meeting

“So, we got rid of the shit Northern comedian that everyone hates. Who can replace him?”

“How’s about the other shit Northern comedian that everyone hates?”

“He’s the man for the job!”

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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 10h

At last! Now they've finally realised what AI is for, perhaps they'll stop trying to foist it on every other aspect of our lives

Panel of an old Roger Mellie cartoon - from about 30-odd years ago - in which he is presenting a 'wanking machine' which he has invented for Tomorrow's World. Drawn by Chris Donald.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 10h

Twinsies.

Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 10h

Sam Matterface. “The ball allegedly went out of play”. It’s not up on a rape charge.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 12h

Yours, maybe.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 13h

Very handsome.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 16h

PSA: Boots normally charges £18 for its Covid test bundle, but today you can get it for £10 in the Ten-Quid Tuesday deal.

The bundle is 2 packs of 5 tests each, so 10 tests in total.

We're currently in a Covid wave, so it's a really good idea to have some test kits in the house just in case!

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