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Did you ever read about her mississippi houseboat adventures?
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Did you ever read about her mississippi houseboat adventures?
fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe & onion
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe & onion
The answer is the shop around the corner
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The answer is the shop around the corner
Oooh. I loved mystic burek
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Oooh. I loved mystic burek
Feels like it could be a great space but yeah, not like that. Not that i'd want to live in a gated off place either
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Feels like it could be a great space but yeah, not like that. Not that i'd want to live in a gated off place either
Something like the Lewis chessmen but a functioning game of Hungry Hippos carved out of walrus ivory
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Something like the Lewis chessmen but a functioning game of Hungry Hippos carved out of walrus ivory
A buddo the size of an ice cream van cathedral buried in the soil
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A buddo the size of an ice cream van cathedral buried in the soil
You can clean up old coins by dunking them in HP sauce for a bit I think
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
You can clean up old coins by dunking them in HP sauce for a bit I think
I didn't like it either, now I want to know what your dad does like as he sounds wise
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I didn't like it either, now I want to know what your dad does like as he sounds wise
Joe Cornish - Antiques Roadshow [Adam and Joe Song Wars]
YouTube video by Phonicsey
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November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We should bring this sort of stuff back. Whitebait dinners too. Johnson probably would have tried if it wasn't for COVID
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We should bring this sort of stuff back. Whitebait dinners too. Johnson probably would have tried if it wasn't for COVID
Apart from bacon I'd like to see more smoky crisps - Lapsang Souchong perhaps, or a peaty Ardbeg - but done properly by actually smoking them not just adding some grim extract. Ruinously expensive I'm sure
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Apart from bacon I'd like to see more smoky crisps - Lapsang Souchong perhaps, or a peaty Ardbeg - but done properly by actually smoking them not just adding some grim extract. Ruinously expensive I'm sure
Olaf gets a brief mention in Half Man Half Biscuit's ode to The Wirral 'Oblong of Dreams'. There also seems to be a Stapledon Wood there in his honour
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Olaf gets a brief mention in Half Man Half Biscuit's ode to The Wirral 'Oblong of Dreams'. There also seems to be a Stapledon Wood there in his honour
I was a bit puzzled by the scene at the end in the cemetery - did he fail to recognise his sister?
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I was a bit puzzled by the scene at the end in the cemetery - did he fail to recognise his sister?
I read (and enjoyed this) this last night. At times it reminded me of bits of Twain and Jerome K Jerome, and also Sue Townsend
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I read (and enjoyed this) this last night. At times it reminded me of bits of Twain and Jerome K Jerome, and also Sue Townsend
If one more person says Benthic it will probably summon kirkdale books
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If one more person says Benthic it will probably summon kirkdale books
When I am an old shark I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When I am an old shark I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
Are you au fait with the Greenland shark?
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Are you au fait with the Greenland shark?
Dagenham/Romford way in Essex. RM6 6QU
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dagenham/Romford way in Essex. RM6 6QU
Further research suggests I saw a Moby-Dick themed crazy golf course - I wonder if @iammilliam.bsky.social has played here
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Further research suggests I saw a Moby-Dick themed crazy golf course - I wonder if @iammilliam.bsky.social has played here
Just went past this on a bus. There is some sort of Pequod and whale outside, possibly a themed playground - it's dark and was hard to tell
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just went past this on a bus. There is some sort of Pequod and whale outside, possibly a themed playground - it's dark and was hard to tell
I had an owl hooting outside my window this morning
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I had an owl hooting outside my window this morning