Shocked and a Paul
@paranoidadnoid.bsky.social
Music, rugby, fatherhood. Opinions may not even be mine, let along those of anyone associated with me.
Ooh, if it’s helpful, I’ve got a full set of fully detailed scorecards for every women’s test involving New Zealand since September 2004. I’ll just paste them all below.
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Ooh, if it’s helpful, I’ve got a full set of fully detailed scorecards for every women’s test involving New Zealand since September 2004. I’ll just paste them all below.
Try putting it on the playlist instead of the original at your next seasonal gathering and watch the reactions
a man wearing a blonde wig and a mustache is standing in front of a green forest .
ALT: a man wearing a blonde wig and a mustache is standing in front of a green forest .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Try putting it on the playlist instead of the original at your next seasonal gathering and watch the reactions
I once played Pictionary. Where & with whom is lost in the mists of young adulthood. One player was furious that his team failed to identify his rotund quadruped as an elephant. His team gently suggested that perhaps some large ears may have helped. Or some tusks. Or maybe, just maybe, a trunk😂
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I once played Pictionary. Where & with whom is lost in the mists of young adulthood. One player was furious that his team failed to identify his rotund quadruped as an elephant. His team gently suggested that perhaps some large ears may have helped. Or some tusks. Or maybe, just maybe, a trunk😂
Eyes getting a bit old? Want to read your email in landscape so it’s a bit bigger?
NO, FUCK YOU - unnecessary navigation panel taking up 1/3 of screen is better.
Ok, I’ll just go to settings to hide the navigation panel?
NO, FUCK YOU - nav panel is compulsory. No hiding option.
NO, FUCK YOU - unnecessary navigation panel taking up 1/3 of screen is better.
Ok, I’ll just go to settings to hide the navigation panel?
NO, FUCK YOU - nav panel is compulsory. No hiding option.
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Eyes getting a bit old? Want to read your email in landscape so it’s a bit bigger?
NO, FUCK YOU - unnecessary navigation panel taking up 1/3 of screen is better.
Ok, I’ll just go to settings to hide the navigation panel?
NO, FUCK YOU - nav panel is compulsory. No hiding option.
NO, FUCK YOU - unnecessary navigation panel taking up 1/3 of screen is better.
Ok, I’ll just go to settings to hide the navigation panel?
NO, FUCK YOU - nav panel is compulsory. No hiding option.
Hey Siri, what vessel is barleywine traditionally served in?
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hey Siri, what vessel is barleywine traditionally served in?
Actually, we are popping in in our way to the airport!
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Actually, we are popping in in our way to the airport!
Not aimed at archaeologists, but maybe the Voynich Manuscript is a forward-looking hoax?
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not aimed at archaeologists, but maybe the Voynich Manuscript is a forward-looking hoax?
You’re practically forced to. I see no other option!
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
You’re practically forced to. I see no other option!
No, sorry. We’ve got a family thing on.
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No, sorry. We’ve got a family thing on.
Did not come across at all like a 14 year old beer. Poured with a nice head. Well-blended flavours (often the coffee becomes overwhelming in older coffee stouts). The main issue it has age-wise is that there are now a few great coffee stouts around that didn’t exist in 2011!
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Did not come across at all like a 14 year old beer. Poured with a nice head. Well-blended flavours (often the coffee becomes overwhelming in older coffee stouts). The main issue it has age-wise is that there are now a few great coffee stouts around that didn’t exist in 2011!
Hardly a fair fight. That’s 16.7% of NZ’s navy against only 0.89% of China’s.
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hardly a fair fight. That’s 16.7% of NZ’s navy against only 0.89% of China’s.
I have reservations about any hobby where running 20km is just a training run *amongst other training runs that same week*.
Mind you, one of my hobbies is trotting about blowing a whistle while complete strangers hurl verbal abuse at me. So it takes all types.
Mind you, one of my hobbies is trotting about blowing a whistle while complete strangers hurl verbal abuse at me. So it takes all types.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have reservations about any hobby where running 20km is just a training run *amongst other training runs that same week*.
Mind you, one of my hobbies is trotting about blowing a whistle while complete strangers hurl verbal abuse at me. So it takes all types.
Mind you, one of my hobbies is trotting about blowing a whistle while complete strangers hurl verbal abuse at me. So it takes all types.
My wife is training for a 100km trail race early next year. I don’t even really have stuff. I’ve just told her point blank that, while she has my unwavering moral support and admiration, frankly there are better hobbies.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My wife is training for a 100km trail race early next year. I don’t even really have stuff. I’ve just told her point blank that, while she has my unwavering moral support and admiration, frankly there are better hobbies.
Huh. So there’ll be no shredded cheese available in the States? I guess that will…ahem…make America grate again.
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Huh. So there’ll be no shredded cheese available in the States? I guess that will…ahem…make America grate again.
Similar in New Zealand:
Ick, pick
Dog shit
You are
Not it
Ick, pick
Dog shit
You are
Not it
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Similar in New Zealand:
Ick, pick
Dog shit
You are
Not it
Ick, pick
Dog shit
You are
Not it
Huh. Guess I need to re-evaluate my app choice.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Huh. Guess I need to re-evaluate my app choice.
Who failed to challenge “GOV”?
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Who failed to challenge “GOV”?
Wait until she sees this one…
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wait until she sees this one…