Come to Hemel Hempstead!

https://youtu.be/NHVF1rnUKHw?si=0-4PFtQtMWmRRFDi&t=47

“We’re fucking kicking all the Muslims out of the mosques and turning them into Wetherspoon’s.”

What a silly billy. You can’t turn Muslims into Wetherspoons.

Mmm, they’ve been working on looking like fannies for a while.

I haven’t bought a Brewdog beer for at least a couple of years now since I don’t want to support a company that seems to be run by arseholes. It’s a shame because their Nanny State, in particular, was the first low/no alcohol beer that tasted of something rather than just sweet, bland, lager. But Drop Bear has totally replaced Nanny State as my low-alcohol beer of choice (please don’t tell me they’re arseholes too!).

It seems to me a given that you shouldn’t be able to place bets on outcomes you can directly influence. This is not so different from e.g. a boxer betting on himself to lose.

the more you thought about them the stupider they got

Yup, that perfectly describes my experience!

The Tomorrow People

Oh man, I loved the Tomorrow People as a kid.

They remade it a while back and turned everyone into identikit ‘teen dystopia’ people with the same teal and orange colour palette as every other ‘teen dystopia’. I didn’t watch the remake, maybe it was good.

I watched Dr. Who from Pertwee onwards. Even the bland Peter Davidson, pointless Colin Baker, and awful Sylverster McCoy. But I’ve really struggled with the current series. Not because of the performances of the leads but because the stories just make no sense to me (and that’s saying something).

“A rich, lefty, white male celebrity…" - well, she’s not wrong. Must make a nice change for her.

“… he can’t see the optics of attacking the only Black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end.” - and why hasn’t her government appointed any other black women?

“This is an early example of what life will be like if they win….” - sweet.

“Do not let the bigots and bullies win.” - see above.

Bozo the clown?

Nothing a generous sprinkling of caltrops wouldn’t sort out.

There should absolutely be an enquiry over the contracts awarded for PPE during the pandemic. It seems to me that some companies with no history of, or experience in, supplying medical gear won multi-million-pound contracts. I’d like to know the basis on which those contracts were awarded.

“Hey everyone, Elon’s renamed Twitter to X. We should have a one-letter name, it would be so cool. Like, the kids would love it. Elon’s a visionary. We should definitely, definitely, definitely do what Elon’s done. When has he ever made a mistake in business? Exactly, never! Maybe I could have a bonus worth billions! So cool!”

I’m anaspeptic, phrasmotic, even compunctuous to have read such pericombobulation.

GNU Terry Pratchett

418 Pop the kettle on - surely?

Ah, Da Management! Had a quick look for a clip of my favourite gag of theirs but couldn’t find it. It went something like this:

“Ron, they’re babbling.”
“I don’t like babbling.”
“I don’t like babbling either.”
“To be fair, I don’t like any hanging gardens.”

Do you know, to this day I still don’t know which is Hale and which is Pace.

In today’s money? About 17p, or 21 US cents. Shocking, really. I’ve got a club because at that price, why wouldn’t you?

403 - “If your name’s not on the list, you’re not getting in. Now do one.”

404 - “Mebbe try looking down the back of the sofa, mate, ‘cos I can’t find what you’re looking for here.”

I’m trying to work out some kind of “Are You Being Served? No you’re bloody not! Something, something, Mrs. Slocombe’s pussy!” for 500 but haven’t got anything quite bang on yet.