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Subeditor and/or writer with Monocle, The Register, Metal Bulletin, Project and various other esteemed organs. Accumulator of books, records and facts. Formerly @MattDupuy and @PigBlurry at the other place.

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Who called it "thrush" and not "the beast from the yeast"?

07.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of black and white cows are sitting on a table with the words okay one last time written below them ALT: a group of black and white cows are sitting on a table with the words okay one last time written below them
01.08.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it's way too massive, have you considered holding your phone further away?

01.08.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like I should post this on that subreddit where they find sentences that have never been used before.

01.08.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Chuck Norris has a "Wall of Heroes" in his house. It just contains a mirror and a signed picture of Lucy Bronze.

28.07.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Figures. She's really good with crosses.

27.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lucy Bronze played the entire tournament with a broken leg. I think some sort of medal is in order

27.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with nuclear. It's just the project being managed very badly

19.07.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ditto the Paris-Dakar rally or whatever they call it now. Admittedly you get a car or truck or motorbike to do it with, but you also run the very real risk of dieing.

17.07.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never in doubt #SWEvsENG #Euro2025

17.07.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, rules and red tape are a "boot on the neck" of big business? Um... good?

16.07.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is just absurd. I am certain I heard her say that it will allow wealth to "trickle down" to working people. There's so much ridiculous and abhorrent about that suggestion I don't know where to start. Quite apart from the fact that we tried this before and it led directly to a financial meltdown

16.07.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

panic at nabisco

15.07.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2128    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 10

'Columbia' is Oasis's best song, though

16.07.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tributes paid to Aylesbury WW2 veteran, 106, who loved custard Leslie Lemon's granddaughter describes him as

Hope Leslie made a will or there could be a custardy battle.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

16.07.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Who's doubtless right now considering pardoning her just to shut her up?
#GhislaineMaxwell #Trump #Epstein

15.07.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be truly impartial, it's about time we heard music from the Anticlaimers.

15.07.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True. People's tastes are fascinating. To be honest, while I love 'I Feel Love' with every cell in my body, I am also rather scared of it

13.07.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An except for access sign on a fence at the Botanics in Glasgow, except the picture depicts a constitution class starship and a Klingon bird of prey

An except for access sign on a fence at the Botanics in Glasgow, except the picture depicts a constitution class starship and a Klingon bird of prey

A sign on the riverside opposite Finneston cran, warning No Godzillas 8am to 6pm except Sundays, with a graphic depicting the big kaiju fella menacing the cran and the horrible wee hotel next to it.

A sign on the riverside opposite Finneston cran, warning No Godzillas 8am to 6pm except Sundays, with a graphic depicting the big kaiju fella menacing the cran and the horrible wee hotel next to it.

Whoever it is going round Glasgow putting daft signs on stuff, please keep up the good work. Thanks.

12.07.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2987    πŸ” 974    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 48

Fair enough. It's all subjective. But while there are a million songs with better lyrics and greater emotional effect than this one, none did what this one did. Like the Pistols' 'Anarchy In The UK', 'I Feel Love' influenced literally every record that came after. It reset the clock. It is year zero

13.07.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite possibly the greatest song released by anybody, ever.

13.07.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Swedish Goblin? Next you'll be telling me the Swedes had a fleet of B-36s to carry them, too.

10.07.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alas.

09.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tory Norman Tebbit goes crackers at Chinese New Year bash It's a classic kung fu scene.

So Norman Tebbit finally got on his bike. Can't pretend I was a fan, especially as he moved to my home town after he left parliament. However, he was the subject of one of the greatest stories ever, where he literally got into a fight with a dragon. So there's that www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

08.07.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#booksky

05.07.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8188    πŸ” 658    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 57

I suspect the atmosphere in the Millie Bright household will be pretty weird after watching that #FRAvsENG #Euro2025

05.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.

03.07.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1456    πŸ” 646    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 151
RULE 1.
THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE EXCEPT BY GOING "Π’Π•Π•Π -BEEP!"
RULE 2.
NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE - ONLY HIS OWN INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS.
RILEろ。
THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME - IF HE WERE NOT A FANATIC.
(REPEAT: "A FANATIC IS ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM.' -GEORGE SANTAYANA)
RULE I.
NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "Π’Π•Π•Π -BEEP!" RULES.
THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD - OTHERWISE, LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER.
ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
OF THE TWO CHARACTERS - THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT.
RULE 7.
ALL MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION.
RULE 8.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENEMY RULE 9.
THE COYOTE IS ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED BY HIS FAILURES.

RULE 1. THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE EXCEPT BY GOING "Π’Π•Π•Π -BEEP!" RULE 2. NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE - ONLY HIS OWN INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS. RILEろ。 THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME - IF HE WERE NOT A FANATIC. (REPEAT: "A FANATIC IS ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM.' -GEORGE SANTAYANA) RULE I. NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "Π’Π•Π•Π -BEEP!" RULES. THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD - OTHERWISE, LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER. ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TWO CHARACTERS - THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT. RULE 7. ALL MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION. RULE 8. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENEMY RULE 9. THE COYOTE IS ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED BY HIS FAILURES.

Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner

03.07.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1579    πŸ” 473    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 34
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Bjorn Again – The Blurry Pig Posts about Bjorn Again written by mattdupuy

Since it's Vince Clarke's birthday, here's a wild fact I found when researching an article that tangentially involved him: if you add up his contributions to Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, he's had the same number of top 40 hits as The Rolling Stones (43) mattdupuy.wordpress.com/tag/bjorn-ag...

03.07.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Given that man's evident skill, I am surprised Taiwan doesn't have a more successful rugby team.

28.06.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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