Excuse my long silence, I did not forget you, be sure of that.
06.03.2026 10:47 β π 60 π 11 π¬ 5 π 2Excuse my long silence, I did not forget you, be sure of that.
06.03.2026 10:47 β π 60 π 11 π¬ 5 π 2Surely vagin is fairly formal? (I can't believe we're having this conversation!) On a similar note, just prior to a visit to my Parisian gynaecologist a girlfriend issued me with a stern warning I should say "relations sexuelles" and not "baiser". (Good advice; I would have said "baiser" for sure.)
06.03.2026 10:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Imagine how good heβd be with a nice wet piano.
06.03.2026 10:40 β π 85 π 18 π¬ 5 π 0Americans do this all the time with food products. One example: www.petitebitesco.com
06.03.2026 09:32 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Also, in French it's LA bite and LE vagin! smh
06.03.2026 09:05 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0LOL I can't think why that never struck me before!
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Oh thatβs brilliant. Properly hooting with laughter over here.
You should have heard the hilarity when I told the kids about Sunakβs βEat out to help outβ scheme.
Unconfined hilarity in a French bar when I got bitten by a mosquito and produced my After Bite pen.
06.03.2026 08:31 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Advert for some earrings that look like jammy dodgers: Silver Rain Silver Sponsored β’ C Our Petite Bite Collection turns fruit and food motifs into delicate sterling silver jewellery. Perfect for gifting, stacking, or adding a playful detail to your daily look. SRS Home Reels Friends Groups Notifications Profile
When the marketing guy dropped French at the first opportunity but still thinks it sounds cuteβ¦
06.03.2026 07:55 β π 32 π 12 π¬ 6 π 3aaagh.
06.03.2026 07:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just don't go out in bare feet and step in it.
06.03.2026 07:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I really hope the sound I can hear outside my bedroom door isnβt a vomiting cat. If I donβt get up and look, it didnβt happen, right?
06.03.2026 06:10 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0I can only quote the great Annie Dillard and her magnificent "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek: "Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. And insects, it seems, gotta do one horrible thing after another."
06.03.2026 06:24 β π 206 π 31 π¬ 14 π 13/3 Tower of the Westerkerk by Hendrick de Keyser, painted by Jan van der Heyden. Centuries later, Anne Frank listened to its bells from her hiding place nextdoor.
06.03.2026 00:11 β π 24 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Ian is staying at my sister-in-law's with Sandy who has badly bruised his thigh muscle in a collision with his uncle.
05.03.2026 09:12 β π 161 π 11 π¬ 5 π 4Stunning view of the Westerkerk by Jan van der Heyden. Wish I were there right now! Today is his day.
05.03.2026 22:45 β π 150 π 20 π¬ 2 π 1Cronenberg's THE FLY is great, but Kurt Neumann's 1958 film is much better than you might expect. Different, but in its own way just as horrific. Also, a sad fate for Dandelo the white cat - though not nearly as ghastly as in George Langelaan's original story. See my book CATS ON FILM for details!
05.03.2026 21:12 β π 17 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Two hands hold up a cat, looking straight into the camera, with a shawl wrapped over its head and a peculiar toothy grin on its face. caption" "It's dangerous to go alone. Take babushka with you."
05.03.2026 20:10 β π 52 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0oh my dear sweet lord, Donny Convict just dragged Little Miss Hair Extensions out back to the gravel pit. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
folks, please read my in-depth analysis of the firing of Kristi Noem. many people are saying it's a post like no one thought possible. it may be my greatest post ever. link is here: bit.ly/4cOlsnV
05.03.2026 20:52 β π 1222 π 202 π¬ 58 π 9Dam in Amsterdam with focus on the glorious new Town Hall, practically glowing in the sunlight. Painted in 1668 by Jan van der Heyden, born OTD 1637.
05.03.2026 20:54 β π 97 π 16 π¬ 1 π 0Falcone's assassination is referenced at the start of Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo (2008). The mafia used a skateboard to plant explosives under the road and blew up his car.
05.03.2026 20:24 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Black and white photograph of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsalino, sitting at a table. Falcone is saying something to Borsalino; they are both smiling.
Italian judges Giovanni Falcone & Paolo Borsalino, both assassinated by the mafia. If you want to read more about them, I recommend Alexander Stille's Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia & the Death of the First Italian Republic (1995), which made me cry.
05.03.2026 20:18 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Quite. I looked him up because I thought he might have been that Mafia boss who died recently, but no, that was Benedetto Santapaola, also involved in the Falcone assassination. He died in prison at the age of 87; somehow these scumbags all manage to live to a ripe old age.
05.03.2026 19:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm keeping my finegrs crossed. Lumiere also runs two cinemas in Antwerpen that I go to regularly, plus others in Bruges and Mechelen, so this is not their first rodeo. Let's hope it works out.
05.03.2026 19:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Incidentally, Giovanni Brusca, the sack of shit who ordered the kidnapping & murder of a child that inspired SICILIAN GHOST STORY, as well the 1992 murder of anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone by blowing up his car (which also killed Falcone's wife & three bodyguards) is currently a free man.
05.03.2026 19:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Great news. I always liked Studio Skoop, which has an excellent bar. Among the films I have seen there during @filmfestgent.bsky.social: Who Can Kill a Child?; Todo Modo; Sicilian Ghost Story.
05.03.2026 18:54 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1The Old Town Hall in Amsterdam, so conveniently destroyed by fire in 1652. Here depicted by Jan van der Heyden as example of bad firefighting practice. His pump would have saved it!
05.03.2026 17:47 β π 45 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Clytemnestra (Irene Papas) despairs upon learning of the planned sacrifice of her daughter in order to set sail for the Trojan War in this adaptation of Euripides' classic tragedy.
05.03.2026 17:12 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Nearly posted a wrestling gif before remembering that I hate gifs on my timeline, so I imagine that goes for most other people too.
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