Jonathan Bromley
@bromleyj.bsky.social
Lapsed physicist, retired nerd, choral music fanboy, drools over wilderness landscapes. Prone to extreme grumpiness in the presence of scientific illiteracy. Husband and fond supporter of a stellar Parkinson's advocate.
Never - NEVER - let a retired electronics engineer loose on repairing Christmas lights.
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Never - NEVER - let a retired electronics engineer loose on repairing Christmas lights.
Your pain duly felt.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Your pain duly felt.
BBC R3 news bulletin just now reported on a bloke who nicked and swallowed a valuable piece of jewellery, including the funniest news line I've heard in years:
- the man was arrested, underwent a medical assessment and IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED
(my emphasis)
💩
- the man was arrested, underwent a medical assessment and IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED
(my emphasis)
💩
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BBC R3 news bulletin just now reported on a bloke who nicked and swallowed a valuable piece of jewellery, including the funniest news line I've heard in years:
- the man was arrested, underwent a medical assessment and IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED
(my emphasis)
💩
- the man was arrested, underwent a medical assessment and IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED
(my emphasis)
💩
Title of World's Favourite is hereby contested.
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Title of World's Favourite is hereby contested.
The BIG COAT has been deployed.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The BIG COAT has been deployed.
Very pleased to see @parkinsons.org.uk CEO Caroline, and at least two Movers and Shakers, in the audience for the parliamentary debate triggered by @moversand.bsky.social Parky Charter.
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Very pleased to see @parkinsons.org.uk CEO Caroline, and at least two Movers and Shakers, in the audience for the parliamentary debate triggered by @moversand.bsky.social Parky Charter.
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Do you get your money back if you press button B?
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Do you get your money back if you press button B?
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
I see someone posted part of it already, but the whole of Ronald Searle's guide to gerunds (from How To Be Topp) is surely worth repeating.
![Two pages from the Molesworth book How To Be Topp (Geoffrey Willans, illustrated by Ronald Searle). Four cartoon panels showing "The Private Life of the Gerund" (a roughly spherical quadruped with a curly tail, a mop of unkempt hair and a long snout):
- The gerund attacks some peaceful pronouns
- Kennedy discovers the gerund and leads it back into captivity
[Kennedy was the author of a Latin grammar primer that was very popular in English private schools in the mid 20th century]
- A gerund shut out. No place for it in one of my sentences
- Social snobery [sic]. A gerund 'cuts' a gerundive.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7crulzrkqgmeb4rwmvs77jj/bafkreiciyr4tvmhysmupv6ftunmgpc4kshzbm66o6cfjvxa2avb3novrxq@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I see someone posted part of it already, but the whole of Ronald Searle's guide to gerunds (from How To Be Topp) is surely worth repeating.
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
We were really lucky here - mild, and no rain since about 4.30.
For the first time ever I really leant into Hallowe'en tonight, projecting this onto a dust sheet flung over the hedge. Kids loved it, so much so that I ran out of treats by 6.30 and had to shut up shop.
For the first time ever I really leant into Hallowe'en tonight, projecting this onto a dust sheet flung over the hedge. Kids loved it, so much so that I ran out of treats by 6.30 and had to shut up shop.
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We were really lucky here - mild, and no rain since about 4.30.
For the first time ever I really leant into Hallowe'en tonight, projecting this onto a dust sheet flung over the hedge. Kids loved it, so much so that I ran out of treats by 6.30 and had to shut up shop.
For the first time ever I really leant into Hallowe'en tonight, projecting this onto a dust sheet flung over the hedge. Kids loved it, so much so that I ran out of treats by 6.30 and had to shut up shop.
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only
Saw this and thought of @abbeythelab.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Saw this and thought of @abbeythelab.bsky.social
This is becoming... worrying.
October 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is becoming... worrying.
Unsolicited wick pic.
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Unsolicited wick pic.
So you're telling me that Evensong obligationd can be discharged solely by a pub visit, with no singing required?
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So you're telling me that Evensong obligationd can be discharged solely by a pub visit, with no singing required?
Tomorrow I shall mostly be fixing a friggin' leak in our 25-year-old central heating system, so at least it'll take my mind off politics I suppose.
Perished drain cock washer, since you ask.
Perished drain cock washer, since you ask.
September 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tomorrow I shall mostly be fixing a friggin' leak in our 25-year-old central heating system, so at least it'll take my mind off politics I suppose.
Perished drain cock washer, since you ask.
Perished drain cock washer, since you ask.
Unbelievable visibility yesterday evening. From the top of little Killiney Hill just south of Dublin, a hazy view of the Mourne Mts over 100km to the north. Howth peninsula (~12km N) clearly visible beyond the trees.
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Unbelievable visibility yesterday evening. From the top of little Killiney Hill just south of Dublin, a hazy view of the Mourne Mts over 100km to the north. Howth peninsula (~12km N) clearly visible beyond the trees.
Next up, the carpenter who became a medium and now collects astral planes.
September 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Next up, the carpenter who became a medium and now collects astral planes.
Has the image on the right undergone amateur restoration?
September 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Has the image on the right undergone amateur restoration?