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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 9h

Anytime, anywhere, that someone says "Peter", I should get a small fee of, say, $0.02. I think that's fair. It is my name after all.

Anyway, changing the subject, what's the name of that band Lionel Richie used to be in?

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 10h

Wrong aspect ratios!? Ugh!

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 11h

"So Victor goes into the bathroom as Mrs. Meldrew’s coming out, and he sees there’s another man in there – er, what was he doing in there, well of course we know (the viewer) that he’s there for legitimate reasons, but Victor says ‘What the hell do think you’re doing’… very funny"

Kim Jong Un (not Kim Goody, quite a Kim Baddy) delivering a speech this week, in North Korea.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

“Before we crack on with the meat raffle, could the owner of a yellow Vauxhall Corsa please move their vehicle? Dave from the mobile discotheque says he can’t get his van in”

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Paul Connell @paulconnell.bsky.social · 14h

youtu.be/fnxAR56B8vs?...

Sooty & Sweep play The Buzzcocks

YouTube video by redmondlondon

youtu.be

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

I don't know why you're so down on them. My NFT image is very much treasured.

NFT, but it's the National Film Theatre. Ah, do you see?

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVh...

Meet the man who skateboarded & drank juice to Fleetwood Mac

YouTube video by THV11

www.youtube.com

Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

Happy birthday to Tony Hart. It'll be a shame when he departs this world, I'll miss him for sure.

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tony Hart. And the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 11th and 15th anniversary of his death.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

David Croft and Jimmy Perry present 'Upload Off My Mind', a new sitcom about life in a digital marketing agency.

"Can you present the analytics, Giuseppe?"
"Mamma mia! I thoughta you said 'anal light tricks'! Thissa presentation issa going to be a-ruined!!!"
"I guess we'll get to the bottom of it."

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

"Good news! I made the Red Cross!"
"What, you angered one of those Soviets?"

(Apologies.)

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

The sad thing is that I could write a 30-min episode, in real time, using hoary old WW2 jokes and racial stereotypes, all just from seeing three minutes of that shite.

The gay one: "I know you lot are hungry, so I'm going to do the mince later."

See?

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 1d

The ancient 'five reverse gears' gag makes an appearance too.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 2d

Smoking. Stop impersonating chimneys, FFS.

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 3d

The term was meant to refer to them not being the coolest or being the nerdiest, but somewhere in-between.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 3d

I for one am glad that The Inbetweeners is returning and I look forward to projects such as Holiday On The Inbetweeners and Mutiny On The Inbetweeners.

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 4d

It's shot in portrait.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 7d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 4d

I don't know if HMP Wakefield is state-run or is privatised, but if it's the latter then it has definitely lost profits.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 4d

I am at the football.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 5d

I am a CSA survivor.
I am anti death penalty.
I have read the news tonight on that LostProphets frontman.
This is where the 'Daily Mail trigger' fires off my dopamine and I am very very pleased to learn of his passing

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

I gave up on satellite shortly afterwards.

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

Well, I'm okay, I've got these cartoon JPEGs of bored apes...

...what?

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

They'll need more than six fingers to count their losses.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 6d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

When did they last show music videos?

TV Live @tvlive.site · 6d

MTV, the world's first 24-hour music broadcaster, is to stop showing rolling pop videos in the UK after almost 40 years when it closes five channels at the end of the year.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK

The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.

www.bbc.com

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

"Has anyone got a bottle of oranve dooooov!!?"

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8d

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 6d

"I do a lot for capitalism, but don't wanna talk about it, great mate."

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