Major Clanger

As someone with family members who have had to go on a long chase for an explanation of symptoms my best wishes for a good result or at least a useful diagnosis.

Reading Yearworth v NBNHST and I can't help but thinking that if Ward LJ had been sitting on this appeal he would have managed to quote the lyrics of "Every Sperm is Sacred".

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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

The Big One It is Summer, 1947. Europe is being torn apart by a war…

I’ve read the novel. That is exactly what happens.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

That said there is a tea shop in Pershore (Sugar and Spice) that doesn't number its tables but rather names them after nearby villages.

The one nearest the toilets is indeed Wyre Piddle.

We head over to Evesham now and again and Mrs Clanger and I often swear the satnav is just making up the names of passing villages.

a monkey in a pirate hat is playing drums and the word baa is on the drum ALT: a monkey in a pirate hat is playing drums and the word baa is on the drum

Absolute murder.

A map of the area north of Pershore, including villages such as Naunton Beauchamp, Throckmorton, Drakes Broughton and everyone’s favourite Wyre Piddle.

Over the other side of Worcester it gets absolutely bonkers.

A map confirming that the village of Wyre Piddle has a Piddle Bypass.

The A44 used to go through Wyre Piddle but it was diverted around it a few years ago so we now have a Piddle Bypass.

A map of the area north of Pershore, including villages such as Naunton Beauchamp, Throckmorton, Drakes Broughton and everyone’s favourite Wyre Piddle.

Over the other side of Worcester it gets absolutely bonkers.

Sorry, ex-Keble. Am typing on phone in v crowded train (see earlier post).

I went to Imperial in London and even we heard about the Destroy Keble Society. Membership fee was one ez-Keble brick, if I recall correctly?

When we were moving to Worcestershire Mrs Clanger ruled out houses in Lickey End because she didn’t want an address that “sounds like a disease sheep get”.

a man in a suit and tie is making a face ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a face

Train driver announcement:

“Sorry for the delays, there is a points problem on the Lickey Incline.”

It's great when modern technology lets you pretend you're in a sci-fi movie, like when I turn off the AC in my Nissan Leaf to extend the range and announce "Diverting life support to main propulsion."

I’m pretty sure the pre-workout Mrs Clanger takes before going to the gym is some blend of Buff-Out and Psycho.

A box, blue sides and top with bright yellow end. The sides say 'yfood' over the Fallout logo, and the end has the VAULT-TEC logo over the words 'BLAST YOUR HUNGER'

Six bottles of yfood protein drink with custom Fallout-themed labels depicting various characters from the TV show. The Ghoul, Lucy, Cooper, Dogmeat, Steph and Maximus.

Tops of the bottles, with flavour names around the Fallout logo. No idea what the plastic lid to bottle-cap exchange ratio is.

Yes, my VAULT-TEC liquid nutrition has arrived! Tastier, healthier and less radioactive than that Nuka-Cola rubbish!

You’re quacking us up with these.

a cartoon character is holding a fork in front of a sign that says pitchforks Alt: A cartoon character is in front of a sign that says pitchforks handing them out to a mob with burning torches. (They are all fish meant to be underwater but we'll let that pass.)

Actual scenes in rural Worcestershire at the time.

Oh yes, last year the posh village up the road announced their summer fete for the day we had already announced ours, and according to Mrs Clanger (who is on the Village J̶u̶n̶t̶a̶ Green Committee, this was tantamount to a declaration of war.

Going by inter-village politics around here, it's the aftermath of a retaliatory strike on the village up the road after they refused to move the date of their summer fete to avoid a clash.

I have to say that "Excuse me, I am not a paedophile, I am a pederast" really isn't the compelling argument some people would seem to have you think it is.

Seen it! Apparently the Harrier is not a fixture or fitting but can be included if you would like...

This £3.95 million mansion comes with its own fighter jet parked on the lawn The RAF Harrier GR7 is one of only eight of these fighter jets left in the UK

Huh. Apparently available if you want it thrown in.

www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...

Oh yes. Although I suspect it is neither a fixture nor a fitting…

Einstein 1, Skywalker 0.

I have two slightly different views on this joke

What really brought tears to my eyes is that shell measurements typically refer to the *width*…

How many Quantum Mechanics courses do you have to do to qualify to certify you for a Quantum Mechanic’s socket set?

You could put that as a description in a beer festival catalogue and people would still be queuing up for a half.