James McNaught

I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

Photo of a man wearing a tie standing astride a bicycle with one arm raised in the air.

"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist

#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)

I had to buy these, mostly to find out what “Christmas seasoning” is.

Mince pie flavour?
Baileys flavour?
Too many quality streets flavour?

I was going to say the same thing.

Rabbit, by Chas & Dave.

Film: Fatal Attraction.

What he said.

Spot the difference.

I got one that was considerably more understated.

Really depends how well they play the drums.

Philip Marlowe is going to discover a body in that house.

A bit of proper bacon as well.

screen grab of Henry the vacuum cleaner's wikipedia page

Happy birthday to Henry the vacuum cleaner x

The 25th is National Crisp Sandwich Day.

Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"

Did a tour of work today for some of those people who definitely know what colour the boathouse would be painted, if there was a boathouse.

Unfortunate cropping by Bluesky though.

Another in the continuing Guardian series:
“That thing you like is bad, actually”.

*thumping the table*
KRYSTEN RITTER KNITTER KITS
FOR YOUR RITTER KNITTING BITS
DON'T BE BITTER OR A QUITTER
DON'T BELIEVE YOUR KNITS ARE SHITTER
DON'T GET JITTERS, KNIT OUTFITTER
KNIT LIKE KRYSTEN RITTER KNITS

Isn’t there another word for unpaid labour?

Sean Penn looks like Wile E. Coyote after a TNT mishap

Nature is healing

I need to know what tea this is, so I can make certain I never accidentally order any.

Especially National Anthems.

I loved that book!
Lots of amazing facts, but the sizes of tsunamis stays with me, and the giant earthworm.

*waves in 55 year-old*

This would still really hurt if it fell out of the sky onto your head.

I keep seeing this movie advertised on the side of buses.
I’m hoping the boxing stuff is a red herring, and it is either a film about a robot that smashes things, or a machine that is simply marvellous.