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@chrallen.bsky.social

Freelance Vocal Coach in Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Lover of cricket, history and Tolkien. Cannock Chase Under-14 High Jump Champion 2007.

28 Followers  |  130 Following  |  8 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  1.5332

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Just popping out to LIDL, or 50-1-500-50 as the Romans called it.

16.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 4
Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

Bram Stoker 1847-1912 A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

07.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2553    πŸ” 780    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 54
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Oh you absolutely useless wankers

06.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3209    πŸ” 544    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 70

A genuine post here, but Abide With Me before the cup final is one of football's best traditions.

17.05.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I've invented a new word.

Plagiarism.

26.04.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

My mum wanted a baby seal for Mother’s Day so we all clubbed together

30.03.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.

β€œAlaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”

Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X

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09.03.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6624    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 213

Howay the lads!!

16.03.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How did I know they’d cast me as Quasimodo in the school play? Let’s just say I had a hunch.

14.03.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Free speech’ latest…

06.03.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1034    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 15

Zelensky's finest achievement to date may be in not lamping these cunts

28.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1353    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 11
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Did Dave Chappelle’s Rick James come up with this ad?

16.02.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Regardless of who loses tonight, at least you’re not Drake.

10.02.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

Smith should retire. 9999 is Bradmanesque. #AUSvIND 🏏

05.01.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy new year everyone. You’re all great, in some way. Each one of you has a weirdness - a superpower if you want to see it that way - that no-one else has. There’s no perfect, archetypal human. A species is the sum of its parts. And yet, as just one human, you are: special.

01.01.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1560    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 6

Hypothetically, of course, if one does a good deed (eg, giving directions to a confused elderly man, say), does that deed retain the quality of β€˜goodness’ even if it subsequently emerges that the directions given were inadvertently completely wrong by about 180 degrees or does the deed become bad?

18.12.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Time must name a 'Person Of The Year' they ought to show their working by ranking all of us on earth from one to eight billion. Like the world rankings in tennis or snooker. We'd all know where we stood.

12.12.2024 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 3
Cartoon: two men chatting. One, holding something in his hands says "I've made a model of Mount Everest”. The second asks "To scale?". He replies "No, just to look at".

Cartoon: two men chatting. One, holding something in his hands says "I've made a model of Mount Everest”. The second asks "To scale?". He replies "No, just to look at".

There’s a version of this going round on Facebook. Here’s the original. It’s by… me!

Furthermore, if you like it, I can draw one for you!

https://www.worldofmoose.com/products/everest-cartoon

10.12.2024 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2840    πŸ” 401    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 18
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Lord of the Rings and Christmas Lights with a beer = perfect

08.12.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah. Knew that would do it.

07.12.2024 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You really do run out of words to describe Joe Root

07.12.2024 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Since the start of 2023, only 9% of balls bowled to a number 11 by England would have hit the stumps. I feel there’s a quick fix there.

28.11.2024 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

I love watching snooker. It's the only sport where the crowd don't know how to react until the commentator tells them. Imagine in football if a goal went in and the crowd sit in silence until they hear a commentator say what a great effort it was.

28.11.2024 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Round round get a round I get a round.

Tray tray need a tray I need a tray.

The Beach Boys down the pub.

20.11.2024 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Jacob Bethell has more T20I fifties than Ben Stokes.

16.11.2024 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Jacob Bethell has made the step up to international cricket look easy and it’s so fun to watch

16.11.2024 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Full Moon tonight. Beautiful to look but remember to wear moontan lotion to prevent moonburn

15.11.2024 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

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