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David Astle (alias DA)

@dontattempt.bsky.social

Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com

4,531 Followers  |  130 Following  |  583 Posts  |  Joined: 22.09.2023  |  1.9528

Latest posts by dontattempt.bsky.social on Bluesky

Speed caution sign with a 5 circled in red, followed by “EXTREMELY SLOW CHILDREN PLAYING.”

Speed caution sign with a 5 circled in red, followed by “EXTREMELY SLOW CHILDREN PLAYING.”

♫ 12 drummers drumming
♫ 11 pipers piping
♫ 10 lords a-leaping
♫ 9 ladies dancing
♫ 8 maids a-milking
♫ 7 swans a-swimming
♫ 6 geese a-laying

12.12.2025 13:27 — 👍 404    🔁 110    💬 9    📌 3
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Gargoyles, grotesques, and corbels reading books are my favorites.

18.07.2025 19:24 — 👍 524    🔁 125    💬 8    📌 10

Please join my campaign to change the past tense of “sneeze” to “snoze”.

11.12.2025 14:52 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 1

Ducks in a row? Check
Cats in a herd? Still on it

11.12.2025 20:59 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

*Pronounces alpha male like tamale

10.12.2025 11:25 — 👍 119    🔁 40    💬 3    📌 0

I'm from a little town called Bethlehem, you've probably never harked of it

07.12.2025 22:40 — 👍 381    🔁 52    💬 21    📌 0

ME [arriving for my eye exam]: is this the right place

GUY BEHIND THE DELI COUNTER: no

05.12.2025 22:10 — 👍 141    🔁 40    💬 1    📌 1

Any non-standard item you use INSTEAD of a toothpick to dig out leftover food is called DENTAL FLOTSAM

11.12.2025 01:55 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Heard a fabulous malaprop this week: The Shrine Of Resemblance

(beware of imitations)

10.12.2025 20:50 — 👍 23    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Just wanted to say good evening to all the steamroller drivers out there.

09.12.2025 19:45 — 👍 50    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 2

Long story short, once upon the end

02.12.2025 15:25 — 👍 182    🔁 47    💬 5    📌 1
My Spotify Listening Age is 765

My Spotify Listening Age is 765

When you're super into lute solos

10.12.2025 16:52 — 👍 195    🔁 41    💬 6    📌 0

It's almost Christmas people. For the love of God, let's put a pause on reaching out, touching base, circling back, drilling down and deep diving

09.12.2025 23:51 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 9    📌 2

People who use the wrong word have my full symphony

09.12.2025 19:14 — 👍 33    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

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08.12.2025 07:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow.

Citizen Kandy Kane - 👏

08.12.2025 07:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yule-ify a film title

The Bourne Nativity
Nightmare on Elf Street
Das Santa Boot
Frosty/Nixon
Pulpit Fiction
Buy Hard
Hoho Rabbit
Reindeer Hunter
Life of Mince Pie
He’s Just Not That Into Yule
Silent Night of the Living Dead

08.12.2025 06:22 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 13    📌 0

All my BlueSky blather is in the cloud. Thanks @matterofstats.bsky.social

08.12.2025 01:04 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Wow. Thanks Tony. What a cool toy

08.12.2025 01:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

the word "mon·o·syl·lab·ic" has betrayed us

06.12.2025 22:11 — 👍 262    🔁 71    💬 13    📌 1
A person sits in a subway car, dressed as a Christmas tree.

A person sits in a subway car, dressed as a Christmas tree.

I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.

07.12.2025 14:46 — 👍 2232    🔁 507    💬 69    📌 37

My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?

Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord

03.12.2023 01:13 — 👍 9598    🔁 2678    💬 20    📌 33
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SHIT - you can lose it, know it, stir it, cut it, shovel it, shoot it, be in it, have it for brains, get it together, not give it, be full of it. Because it happens

20.03.2024 20:21 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'

Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

17.11.2025 15:24 — 👍 3409    🔁 616    💬 58    📌 19

Breaking: Jeffrey Archer awarded FIFA Prize For Literature

06.12.2025 19:47 — 👍 35    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.”

- Albert Einstein

04.12.2025 21:48 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 1

We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”

15.11.2025 16:42 — 👍 813    🔁 161    💬 12    📌 6

Amazon, please stop asking me if books I bought month ago met my expectations. I still have unread books I bought in 2012. Be real.

02.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 7412    🔁 517    💬 323    📌 72
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Show me a stranger painting I dare you. This is Susan’s unique ABC treasure found adrift on eBay

04.12.2025 08:03 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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