James Ogden
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Every time an American dunks on British food, we take another of your signature dishes and pie it.
Thought I'd try and eat a bit healthier this week, happily Aldi had other ideas
August 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Every time an American dunks on British food, we take another of your signature dishes and pie it.
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This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
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I am FoI'ing the BBC on some issues to do with Israel-Gaza. DG Tim Davie told MPs on Mar 4: “Part of what I have tried to do for the BBC is to be a guardian of true impartiality through thick and thin, and that requires being completely transparent.“ But the BBC has so far withheld this information
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I am FoI'ing the BBC on some issues to do with Israel-Gaza. DG Tim Davie told MPs on Mar 4: “Part of what I have tried to do for the BBC is to be a guardian of true impartiality through thick and thin, and that requires being completely transparent.“ But the BBC has so far withheld this information
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If your site’s advertising interferes with Reader Mode, know that you are going to spend eternity being forced to wind floss back into the plastic container.
April 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If your site’s advertising interferes with Reader Mode, know that you are going to spend eternity being forced to wind floss back into the plastic container.
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Can we teach the Americans the term "Henry VIII powers" because I feel it would land harder over there
April 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Can we teach the Americans the term "Henry VIII powers" because I feel it would land harder over there
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So the reason Norfolk Island copped a dramatically higher tariff than the rest of Australia is two shipments of Timbaland boots from the Bahamas and some aquarium supplies from the UK that had their point of origin mislabeled or misrecorded.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
April 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
So the reason Norfolk Island copped a dramatically higher tariff than the rest of Australia is two shipments of Timbaland boots from the Bahamas and some aquarium supplies from the UK that had their point of origin mislabeled or misrecorded.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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What are some traits of good C programmers?
I'll start: they categorically refuse to write C
I'll start: they categorically refuse to write C
December 9, 2024 at 1:39 PM
What are some traits of good C programmers?
I'll start: they categorically refuse to write C
I'll start: they categorically refuse to write C
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In which I introduce "The Forecasting Paradox"
on.ft.com/3BGgLMM (1st 300 clicks free to read - enjoy!)
on.ft.com/3BGgLMM (1st 300 clicks free to read - enjoy!)
Forecast mostly gloomy, but that’s a good thing
[FREE TO READ] Forewarned isn’t always forearmed. Is there a better way to consider the future?
on.ft.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In which I introduce "The Forecasting Paradox"
on.ft.com/3BGgLMM (1st 300 clicks free to read - enjoy!)
on.ft.com/3BGgLMM (1st 300 clicks free to read - enjoy!)
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Every time a corporation or a billionaire complains about red tape and regulation, remember that we had to write laws because they behaved so unethically, and we had to enforce those laws because they insisted on breaking them.
#AusPol
#AusPol
December 30, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Every time a corporation or a billionaire complains about red tape and regulation, remember that we had to write laws because they behaved so unethically, and we had to enforce those laws because they insisted on breaking them.
#AusPol
#AusPol
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No one living in a cramped flat share has room for 'things', so they make terrible Xmas presents. Give them cash or an experience, like tickets to a gig. Or buy them a 3 bed house in the suburbs. That'd be a lovely Xmas present.
December 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
No one living in a cramped flat share has room for 'things', so they make terrible Xmas presents. Give them cash or an experience, like tickets to a gig. Or buy them a 3 bed house in the suburbs. That'd be a lovely Xmas present.
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Essentially they asset stripped our children to protect the boomers.
October 19, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Essentially they asset stripped our children to protect the boomers.
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I just looked at the website. It's what happens when you combine people who are good at basic web design, some very smart lawyers, and some extremely committed trolls. It is jaw-dropping. Scroll all the way through. www.apologize.lol
Cards Against Humanity Pays You to Give a Shit
Didn't vote in 2020? Cards Against Humanity will pay you to apologize.
www.apologize.lol
October 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I just looked at the website. It's what happens when you combine people who are good at basic web design, some very smart lawyers, and some extremely committed trolls. It is jaw-dropping. Scroll all the way through. www.apologize.lol
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Today is as important a moment for the Conservatives as the election. It’s the point when they decided to forsake any chance of a short march back into power and instead committed to a long, lonely journey through the wilderness inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
The Tories have just chosen five more years of lunacy and chaos
You can almost hear the champagne popping in Downing Street
inews.co.uk
October 9, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Today is as important a moment for the Conservatives as the election. It’s the point when they decided to forsake any chance of a short march back into power and instead committed to a long, lonely journey through the wilderness inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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It’s incredible really how Musk threw away a truly enviable public image. Five years ago if you had heard of him at all you probably thought of him as super rich but also successful, probably clever, innovative, maybe interesting. Now you know much more about him and think he’s a stupid dickhead.
October 6, 2024 at 1:46 PM
It’s incredible really how Musk threw away a truly enviable public image. Five years ago if you had heard of him at all you probably thought of him as super rich but also successful, probably clever, innovative, maybe interesting. Now you know much more about him and think he’s a stupid dickhead.
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In the future, we won't need programmers; just people who can describe to a computer precisely what they want it to do.
September 29, 2024 at 8:20 AM
In the future, we won't need programmers; just people who can describe to a computer precisely what they want it to do.
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I’m given to understand this particular move is no longer permitted. Wouldn’t be the first time a regulation was changed due to an asshole maneuver I pulled.
September 1, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I’m given to understand this particular move is no longer permitted. Wouldn’t be the first time a regulation was changed due to an asshole maneuver I pulled.
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WHY HAS BRIAN BLESSED NOT PLAYED RIDCULLY YET
I knew a theatre technician who did a show with Blessed and they were in the pub afterwards along with his wife only to hear someone criticising said show.
Blessed: YOU SIR ARE A CUNT, YOUR WERE BORN A CUNT AND YOU’LL DIE A CUNT.
Wife: Brian..
Blessed: Not now dear I’m calling this man a cunt.
Blessed: YOU SIR ARE A CUNT, YOUR WERE BORN A CUNT AND YOU’LL DIE A CUNT.
Wife: Brian..
Blessed: Not now dear I’m calling this man a cunt.
August 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
WHY HAS BRIAN BLESSED NOT PLAYED RIDCULLY YET
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Her: How much do you normally spend on a bottle of wine?
Me: Definitely no more than an hour.
Me: Definitely no more than an hour.
August 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Her: How much do you normally spend on a bottle of wine?
Me: Definitely no more than an hour.
Me: Definitely no more than an hour.
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If Elon Musk wasn't the world's richest person and didn't own car and space companies, the headlines today would be that Trump is being interviewed by a white supremacist.
August 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
If Elon Musk wasn't the world's richest person and didn't own car and space companies, the headlines today would be that Trump is being interviewed by a white supremacist.
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New Olympic sport idea: Surprise Pentathlon. Same rules as modern pentalathon, except the judges pick 5 current Olympic sports from a hat three weeks beforehand, and you'd just better hope you're good at skateboarding, dressage, judo, the 800m and surfing.
July 26, 2024 at 5:10 PM
New Olympic sport idea: Surprise Pentathlon. Same rules as modern pentalathon, except the judges pick 5 current Olympic sports from a hat three weeks beforehand, and you'd just better hope you're good at skateboarding, dressage, judo, the 800m and surfing.
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GOOD NEWS!
You can now buy fresh milk that will outlast Rishi Sunak's career.
You can now buy fresh milk that will outlast Rishi Sunak's career.
June 27, 2024 at 10:51 AM
GOOD NEWS!
You can now buy fresh milk that will outlast Rishi Sunak's career.
You can now buy fresh milk that will outlast Rishi Sunak's career.