(Made a boot disk)

I've seen worse ...

haven't put together a boot disk. It shows something on boot, which is a start

I can if I can see them. Your post had two grey boxes, identical, no text

Look identical to me

did I make up the idiom? No

I knew a guy who'd buy peanut butter by the bucket. Just as he left the house, he'd stick his hand in the bucket. Walking to work, he'd lick the peanut butter off his hand for breakfast.

He was a Shetlander, from one of the smaller islands. Almost 100% Viking. Gremlins feared him.

slow

That Christmas goose that dad got from a friend's farm. They were just starting in the poultry business. ½hr into the cooking it started to smell bad. "It'll be fine!", says Dad.

The smell became worse. The guests looked nervous. Dad tried to carve it, but it was mostly slime. Rotten and inedible

A good save, I'd say

Arnold Brown's exasperated "But that's my story!" is my favourite bit.

It's likely very hard to track down, and isn't polished, but "That Sinking Feeling" is great too

oh no! Someone mentioned Biffo the Bear's hands!!
(= nightmare fuel)

he did pretty well, for being an owl

see, now that's a grown-up car

working out patterns from exhibits at the Aga Khan Museum. I've been doing this for about as long as it has been open.

muddling along, as ever

looks like they heard you ...
blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/21/t...

"Yeh, no-one will miss that red tile at all"

Nice!