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Claire Marshall

@clairemarshall.bsky.social

β€˜80s culture obsessed recovering Um Bongo addict, comedy enthusiast, proud leftie, secret writer. Cumbria via Liverpool UTFT MD ANT.

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28.10.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fella that looks like an off duty Father Christmas with a guitar made from a moose antler ( I think)

Fella that looks like an off duty Father Christmas with a guitar made from a moose antler ( I think)

28.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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28.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck Corinne x

28.10.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now *that’s* journalism.

27.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well you might well be on to something - we did used to play Hallelujah because my sister loved Thora Hird so anything’s possible.

27.10.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When we were too noisy playing upstairs my dad used to shout β€˜knock it off, it sounds like Pookie-fuckin’-snackenburger up there’ and that’s how I always refer to them. Which admittedly isn’t often, but still.

27.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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24.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
[Scene is a high school classroom. A teacher is writing on the whiteboard 'ACT 2 SCENE 3'.]

TEACHER:
OK class - open up Macbeth to Act 2 Scene 3...

TEACHER:
So - does anybody have any ideas on Shakespeares meaning behind the character of 'the Porter' in this scene?

[A voice comes from off-scene, behind the teacher's back[. 

VOICE:

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

TEACHER [turning round]:
Sorry….. who are you?

[We see a wider scene that shows it is the GHOST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, hovering over the heads of the startled students]

SHAKESPEARE:
I'm the Ghost of Shakespeare and I've come back to say: this scene means *absolutely nothing*.

The Porter is a funny drunk bloke I lobbed in to cover a costume change!

I mean like, not everything I did was genius OK? Stop giving me the ick.

TEACHER:
So um...what do you suggest we study?

SHAKESPEARE:
The most important text in British culture!

TEACHER:
Which is...?

SHAKESPEARE:
'Bollocks People Say on the Internet.'

TEACHER:
You think we should study... bollocks people say on the internet?

SHAKESPEARE:
Yes.

TEACHER:
But Mr Shakespeare... your Porter scene was a question in a past GCSE paper...
We need to analyse it so the kids don't end up failing their exams...


SHAKESPEARE:
Yes, and I'm just suggesting you should analyse Bollocks People Say on the Internet instead, so they don't end up painting flags on roundabouts.

[Silent pause]

TEACHER:
OK class - open up your phones to X...

[ends]

[Scene is a high school classroom. A teacher is writing on the whiteboard 'ACT 2 SCENE 3'.] TEACHER: OK class - open up Macbeth to Act 2 Scene 3... TEACHER: So - does anybody have any ideas on Shakespeares meaning behind the character of 'the Porter' in this scene? [A voice comes from off-scene, behind the teacher's back[. VOICE: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. TEACHER [turning round]: Sorry….. who are you? [We see a wider scene that shows it is the GHOST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, hovering over the heads of the startled students] SHAKESPEARE: I'm the Ghost of Shakespeare and I've come back to say: this scene means *absolutely nothing*. The Porter is a funny drunk bloke I lobbed in to cover a costume change! I mean like, not everything I did was genius OK? Stop giving me the ick. TEACHER: So um...what do you suggest we study? SHAKESPEARE: The most important text in British culture! TEACHER: Which is...? SHAKESPEARE: 'Bollocks People Say on the Internet.' TEACHER: You think we should study... bollocks people say on the internet? SHAKESPEARE: Yes. TEACHER: But Mr Shakespeare... your Porter scene was a question in a past GCSE paper... We need to analyse it so the kids don't end up failing their exams... SHAKESPEARE: Yes, and I'm just suggesting you should analyse Bollocks People Say on the Internet instead, so they don't end up painting flags on roundabouts. [Silent pause] TEACHER: OK class - open up your phones to X... [ends]

24.10.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 313    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 9

That’s amazing!

24.10.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely this - it’s ridiculous!!!

24.10.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RitaGamer @RitaGamer
ME, CALLING INTO BABESTATION: hey beautiful what are you wearing?
BABE: just a thong baby.
ME: just a thong?
BABE: yeah baby.
ME: Where's your fucking Poppy?

RitaGamer @RitaGamer ME, CALLING INTO BABESTATION: hey beautiful what are you wearing? BABE: just a thong baby. ME: just a thong? BABE: yeah baby. ME: Where's your fucking Poppy?

23.10.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wolf fleece πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

19.10.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alas no, but I did buy a copy of it at a car boot sale in Burscough about twenty years ago πŸ˜‚

18.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I heard your dulcet tones while I was batch cooking this afternoon - enjoyed the documentary!

18.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ace!

17.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your mum’s really pretty x

17.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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17.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What an album, played it to death πŸ‘

09.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He looks as though he’s going to practice kissing with it.

07.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.

First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology. First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.

First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

On 2 October 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology. First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

2 October 1925

John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.

First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

03.10.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A box of red records called Public Works and Utilities.

A box of red records called Public Works and Utilities.

One week till Public Works and Utilities! I’m really excited for this one!

03.10.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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01.10.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚that first telethon - I went and had all my hair shaved off apart from my fringe, I told the hairdresser I’d been sponsored to do it for the telethon (I was about 14) and she told all the old ladies getting perms - they gave me Β£2.50 between them which I promptly spent on chips, gravy and sweets.

01.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was dragged along to one in Liverpool that was for under 16s; awful. Apart from my (still) raging hatred of SAW, there were mass brawls between gangs of lads, fireworks flying indoors and a dancer (who was always on the main show in leg warmers) cleared his nose in the footballer’s way stage side.

01.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.10.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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