Sophie Baskerville

Historically accurate: In the French court at Versailles, most of the King's activities, from waking to bedtime, even the King's bowel movements, were a public ceremony attended by select members of the nobility. It was a significant honour symbolic of elevated status in the court hierarchy.

Ostrich? Dodo? Quail?

Quite a difference in value. And weight. And time required to hard or soft boil... ⏳️

It was a really great show, yes. Nice eclectic crowd, ready to forgive & absolve guilt - but not to forgive EVERYTHING!

Excellent format, enjoyed every minute, haven't laughed so much in a long time...

YouTube video by Michael Mauldin "...and it exploded."

#GalaxyQuest

youtu.be/_wMD0ZCh2Sc?...

Book cover for title "Collectivle Spoons of the 3rd Reich" showing lots of...err Nazi spoons!

Depends what sort of teaspoon it was, really...

Marvin, the Paranoid Android!

#HHGTTG #HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy

The character Otto (thinks he is a genius, but is a semi-moron. Sound familiar?) throughout the film, when presented with two options, he asks about the non-existent middle one instead of picking one. Image shows Wanda, Otto, and one other. Caption read "What was that middle thing..."

#FishCalledWanda

...without even taking the matches out first...

I usually end up taking an extension lead with me. 😤

Imelda Marcos theory of democracy:

“Democracy is the right to shoes”

🧥🚖

Blackadder II: Episode "Money". Blackadder cannot repay his overdue loan from the Bank of the Black Monks of Herod, motto "Repayment, or Revenge!" The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath & Wells has arrived to deliver said revenge using a red hot poker. Classic scene from the BBC's Blackadder series.

“Bend over Blackadder. It's poker time!”

#BishopOfBathAndWells
#ModernClergy

To be both practical and considerate for others' viewing sightlines, for preference Opera Hats rather than Top Hats....

The absence of historical violence-free examples (I can find none, but happy to be corrected if there are any) is, to say the least, disturbing and depressing

Cyanide in fruit seeds: how dangerous is an apple? The seeds, pips and stones of many varieties of fruit contain small amounts of cyanide, so here’s your handy guide on the pips not to eat

Complete with all that yummy bitter almond taste if you crunch the pips.

Just don't eat too many that way...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I saw what you did there.

“Yuck! How low can you go‽”
“Dachshund”
😶

Maybe the whole Fess was just for the thrill of slipping one in there. Well spotted 🤓

Is there more than one of her? 🤭

One Beatrix, several Beatrices - just like matrix, executrix, dominatrix etc...

But if she's called Jjjennifer Hhhall then she is invisible 🤭

He never drinks Guinness though. Probably because it's from abroad and you have to let it settle....

🧥🚕🫣

...and yet another grooming route opens up.

Endless enshittification.

Quakers - Wikipedia

The Quakers (aka Religious Society of Friends). No problem with any of the LGBT spectrum. Very accepting. All treated with respect.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers

Fingers from one hand shown, with lovely metallic purple acrylic nails

Lips with a lightish shade of purple lipstick 🫦

Purple rocks 😊

Happy Tranniversary in advance!

Of course!

The Ultimate Guide to Financial Help with Vet Bills Get financial help for vet bills with when you need it. Find resources and support to ease the burden of veterinary expenses.

There's even a page about how to do it on the gofundme webshite [sic]

www.gofundme.com/c/blog/help-...

Aerodynamic until it breaks the surface. Then hydrodynamic, presumably 🤓

Probably very similar shapes for low speed objects without much turdulence (see what I did there? 🤭)

Ever was it thus... bean counters only count beans, not quality.

As you say, good luck with that™️

Romani ite domum! 🤪

Wall outside The Little Theatre in Rhyl, with QR code marking the time the deputy PM was egged and hit back.

The QR code titled "Site of Deputy PM's Punch" with encoded text "In May 2001 Deputy PM John Prescott was involved in a sensational fracas with a protestor here, before TV and press cameras. Scan other QR code for details" Other QR code Leads to http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=site-of-deputy-pms-fracas-rhyl

And to this day, outside The Little Theatre in Rhyl, can be found this...

Did this during lockdown. Grabbed them from Teams when they went out of frame. Caused some confusion 🤭

Not a terribly good ANAGRAM, given the different numbers of letters and the obvious missing ones (n, p etc) 🤔

"Good description of", yes!