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Aberdeen, Glasgow Warriors and literature fan.

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Amazing result!

24.05.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A penguin made of Penguin books

A penguin made of Penguin books

You know it must be #WorldPenguinDay if we're posting our Book Penguin made of Penguin Books. ๐Ÿง

25.04.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 487    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Once again on this auspicious date of April 23 I feel the need to remind everyone that Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not speak or read English.

23.04.2025 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1555    ๐Ÿ” 262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

That sounds a lot like the old "Zander Ferguson" problem that many commentators seem to have.

06.04.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sounds like... victory: Fans blew the roof off Pittodrie when Aberdeen beat Bayern Munich It was a night such as Pittodrie had never seen; a raucous, reverberating roller-coaster of different emotions as Aberdeen produced what many believe was

OTD in 1983: Pittodrie never witnessed another night like it as the Dons rallied to beat Bayern Munich! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...

16.03.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Barry Ferguson the first manager to take Jose Mourinho a post-match bottle of wine with the words 'does not imply health giving or medicinal qualities' on it

06.03.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
โ€œHe truly is a modern Henry Ford.โ€

Felicia Conlee, Element Namer

โ€œHe truly is a modern Henry Ford.โ€ Felicia Conlee, Element Namer

Elon Musk Appears To Give Nazi Salute
theonion.com/elon-mu...

23.01.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2393    ๐Ÿ” 279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

Merry Christmas! I got one of your buttery t-shirt a few days ago and love it. Excellent quality t-shirt and design.

26.12.2024 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SIMPLY HAVING A

14.12.2024 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47546    ๐Ÿ” 10400    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 830
A Traditional Family Christmas
ย 
It wasnโ€™t until that first Christmas with your family
that I realised how we all do it differently,
how every family forges its own traditions, as bright
and distinct as any giant, shining star.
ย 
The way you laid out coal sacks instead of stockings;
the recital of a limerick before the opening of each present,
Christopher Leeโ€™s heavy metal Christmas album
playing quietly in the background; the pre-breakfast snorkel;
ย 
the Dance of the Seven Baubles; the festive epaulettes;
lunch with its ptarmigan fritters in milk sauce,
the suet potatoes, and the sweet and sour popcorn;
the replenishing of glasses with red turkey wine;
ย 
sprout-rolling in the park; the posting of a tinsel stick
through Mr Jenningsโ€™ letterbox; and back for an evening of TV
(some classic episodes of Panorama) and games
(Hoist the Pickle, No Elbows Please!, Speculum) then bed.
ย 
The following year you came to my family for Christmas.
You said later that it was weird.


Brian Bilston

A Traditional Family Christmas ย  It wasnโ€™t until that first Christmas with your family that I realised how we all do it differently, how every family forges its own traditions, as bright and distinct as any giant, shining star. ย  The way you laid out coal sacks instead of stockings; the recital of a limerick before the opening of each present, Christopher Leeโ€™s heavy metal Christmas album playing quietly in the background; the pre-breakfast snorkel; ย  the Dance of the Seven Baubles; the festive epaulettes; lunch with its ptarmigan fritters in milk sauce, the suet potatoes, and the sweet and sour popcorn; the replenishing of glasses with red turkey wine; ย  sprout-rolling in the park; the posting of a tinsel stick through Mr Jenningsโ€™ letterbox; and back for an evening of TV (some classic episodes of Panorama) and games (Hoist the Pickle, No Elbows Please!, Speculum) then bed. ย  The following year you came to my family for Christmas. You said later that it was weird. Brian Bilston

Todayโ€™s poem is called โ€˜A Traditional Family Christmasโ€™.

13.12.2024 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 357    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Make being a book-banner into a mark of shame that leads to book-banners being shunned and reviled in decent society. Bring back shame and splatter it on censors.

12.12.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1297    ๐Ÿ” 306    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Sone Aluko's goal was something else in that game.

06.12.2024 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All these years later, I still haven't decided if MC Hammer was telling me that this very moment was the time to start hammering or if we were all of us living in the time of the hammer, collectively.

24.11.2024 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 136    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

A list of bands in order of efficacy:

3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention

22.11.2024 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24403    ๐Ÿ” 3084    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 478    ๐Ÿ“Œ 133
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bird sounds

16.11.2024 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29444    ๐Ÿ” 6015    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 228
book
Mary W Shelley
 He sprang from the cabin window as he said this upon th ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

Written in pen is
As he drifted away I could just make out his final words
"its ok if you call me 'Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster'
I really don't mind"

The end

book Mary W Shelley He sprang from the cabin window as he said this upon th ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. Written in pen is As he drifted away I could just make out his final words "its ok if you call me 'Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster' I really don't mind" The end

15.11.2024 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19962    ๐Ÿ” 1509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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Repost for a chance to win this Charlatans bobble hat

Might as well kick things off with a gift - winner picked at 9pm this Sunday

13.11.2024 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 550    ๐Ÿ” 1137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

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