Joe Oliver
@joeolyver.bsky.social
Interested in History; particularly the Weimar Republic, Churchill post 1945, Theatre, Shakespeare, reading, writing, napping.
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Day 11 is a small piece of cardboard (Reminding me of Bart’s $350 limited edition Itchy and Scratchy animation cel)
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Day 11 is a small piece of cardboard (Reminding me of Bart’s $350 limited edition Itchy and Scratchy animation cel)
Day 10 is…I don’t know 🤷🏻♂️
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Day 10 is…I don’t know 🤷🏻♂️
Day 9 is Funzo - as he’s post Season 10 I had to remind myself of the lord - he was a toy programmed to attack other toys and eliminate the competition ‘like Microsoft’
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Day 9 is Funzo - as he’s post Season 10 I had to remind myself of the lord - he was a toy programmed to attack other toys and eliminate the competition ‘like Microsoft’
Hey Hey! Day 8 is this random Krusty the Klown Jack-in-the-Box
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hey Hey! Day 8 is this random Krusty the Klown Jack-in-the-Box
Day 7 is Snowball I complete with tyre marks. Too soon?
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Day 7 is Snowball I complete with tyre marks. Too soon?
Day 6 is the man himself - Homer!
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Day 6 is the man himself - Homer!
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
‘There’s only one fat guy who brings us presents and his name ain’t Santa’
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - a glorious round up of the best rip-off Christmas Laplands scandals from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - a glorious round up of the best rip-off Christmas Laplands scandals from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Day 5 is Bart as a Happy Little Elf (Elf Barto?)
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Day 5 is Bart as a Happy Little Elf (Elf Barto?)
Day 4 is Lisa as a Happy Little Elf
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Day 4 is Lisa as a Happy Little Elf
Day 3 is a Christmassy Marge
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Day 3 is a Christmassy Marge
Day 2 is Jasper/Frostilicus (as seen in the Kwick-E-Mart freezer)
Moon Pie? What a time to be alive!
Moon Pie? What a time to be alive!
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Day 2 is Jasper/Frostilicus (as seen in the Kwick-E-Mart freezer)
Moon Pie? What a time to be alive!
Moon Pie? What a time to be alive!
This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
October 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
Love a special offer
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Love a special offer
Always a sight to see
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Always a sight to see
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
August 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
Saw an impressive amount of Duke of Monmouth relics. Resisted asking if we could have the ostrich plume back
June 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Saw an impressive amount of Duke of Monmouth relics. Resisted asking if we could have the ostrich plume back
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
Various visions of Falstaff
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Various visions of Falstaff
The End of Titus Andronicus and this was after they’d washed the stage twice…
May 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The End of Titus Andronicus and this was after they’d washed the stage twice…