Knew a girl at Uni who was from that town in Cumberland. (Joke writes itself)
05.12.2025 14:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@ajotoole.bsky.social
Ex-drinker, still not a fighter. Speed reader, slow writer. Black Country exile under Northern skies. This is an anecdote, sir, not a problem for you to solve.
Knew a girl at Uni who was from that town in Cumberland. (Joke writes itself)
05.12.2025 14:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is the noose an Albert Pierrepoint reference? (Retired to Southport)
05.12.2025 13:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 01 in 3 say Farage is right to claim racist and homophobic language is normal
This is from 2014:
05.12.2025 10:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I'm assuming Liz Truss's brave fight against the Deep State won't include refusing the ยฃ120k a year for life she gets for being PM for twenty minutes and panicking the markets so much it almost crashed the economy. Before bravely resigning. Then being bravely rejected by her constituency.
05.12.2025 09:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0trad thick olde
They've been in again, stickering up the meat fridge.
04.12.2025 19:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Viz thing about tedious pundits.
01.12.2025 15:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Chris Mason's wikipedia profile pic, which is hard to describe in words but crucially makes him look like a prat, which he is
the only good thing about Chris Mason is that this is his wikipedia profile pic
01.12.2025 14:31 โ ๐ 231 ๐ 37 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 5Norman Bates action figure. In a dress.
Spoilers.
01.12.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
01.12.2025 08:32 โ ๐ 971 ๐ 368 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 65Auteurs at 50, prob because that would annoy Luke Haines more than not appearing at all.
30.11.2025 20:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wordle 1,625 4/6*
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The Benefits Street Budget
The fucking Mail this morning.
29.11.2025 18:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Heard yer Dad is in the Club Shop buying this year's limited edition Christmas jumper.
29.11.2025 14:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 08 king prawn bao bun parcels. Upside down.
The idiots have been in, spray painting the picky tea aisle.
29.11.2025 14:17 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Royal family might have to give back a tiny amount because they live in massive houses the rest of the country pay for.
Incredible cognitive dissonance here
29.11.2025 08:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Tom Utley's last column. For old times sake.
Off you fuck, Tom.
28.11.2025 07:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A dog in glasses smoking a pipe. Is this bad? Yeah.
Thinking about it
27.11.2025 10:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In 'man, you've changed...' news: I've bought some slippers. Disgraceful.
(They're sheepskin lined Harris tweed black watch tartan slippers, but still... slippers. Ugh)
bifold doors strike down an aspiring social climber
Know your place
27.11.2025 08:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Festive Dhal at Bundobust is ๐ฅ
Sprout bhajis decent, Charso 400 dipa a lovely drop.
And another piece of the puzzle falls into place... ;-)
24.11.2025 18:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ruby mild. Tiled floor.
Good start. Drinking ruby mild in a pub with a snug.
24.11.2025 17:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Well, you know what Freud said about the Irish? (from The Depahted)
Off for dinner with a pair of psychotherapists. I'll be fine.
24.11.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Only takes a single listen to the 'Electric' versions of Nebraska to prove the E Street Band ruin everything they touch.
23.11.2025 11:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Did you know, the total value of whisky aging in Scotland is greater than the UK's entire gold reserves!
310 tonnes of gold,ยฃ22โยฃ25 billion.
Whisky in Bond,
22 million casks valued between ยฃ30 billion to ยฃ100 billion+!
No wonder England won't let us escape with 75% of that going to HMRC London!
Post someone who looks good in stripes
23.11.2025 08:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#PurpleFirst
Connections
Puzzle #896
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Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no Boaty McBoatface suggestions
Hooty McBlowfish
22.11.2025 16:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Soccer in the Sixties
Season 1960-61
27 August 1960
The second weekend of the season saw some high-scoring games, including Blackpool 5 Aston Villa 3 and Chelsea 3 Wolves 3.
There's nothing else in the world like test cricket. And that was nothing like test cricket.
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