Coates is Odd This Day

Blimey. I mean, I’m looking forward to it, but…

Always used for keeping unidentified keys and random bits of string. None of them ever saw soup

Oh, yes. Somebody should make it, certainly, but they’d be good

It was fun to write

A golden frame around a Monet-style painting of a lily pond. It’s officially titled Clouds In The Style Of Claude Monet, 1903–6, by John Myatt, and was available from Castle Fine Art for £35,000 when I downloaded it, and may still be

27 years ago today, artist John Myatt was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to defraud, after painting around 200 fake works, including Chagalls and Matisses over a period of eight years, which convinced buyers despite usually being rendered in household emulsion mixed with KY Jelly 🧵

Instantly ordered one of these, obviously

Although the words “10-year anniversary edition” have made me sad and angry

For anyone who by some incredible mischance has not read / or listened to this, one of the most striking and influential books of this century.

It is!

Marvellous, and makes me want to try it. Good work OMOH

Oh, ours is 18 this year, so we’re half relishing the absolute halfwit, and half bracing ourselves

A tweet: photo of two people doing the luge, and the caption “Imagine if you were in a relationship with your luge doubles partner but broke up before the Olympics. You'd have to spend the next few weeks with your ex on top of you wearing skintight clothing and rubbing their arse into your crotch”

Reminds me, my sister sent me this today

Yes, there’s a ‘Picasso’ of his on the website I linked to, which is particularly good. Clearly talented!

I’m old enough to remember postal orders for, say, £2, and I’m still not retiring when I’m 60. This is from a company I have a pension with, too, so they know what I’m worth

Thank you for this marvellous image. If we could monetise making each other laugh on the internet, we’d be… well, laughing

A photo of part of a letter from a pension provider: “We're counting down to your retirement, are you? 3 years. 11 months. 26 days.*” The asterisk takes you to a footnote which says they expect me to start drawing a pension when I’m 60

Hahahahahahaha like fuck

Ah, thank you. I might have to check that out

Yes, it’s *almost* admirable

Oh, brilliant. Thank you

Thank you! Glad you liked it

Thank you!

Oh, yes! I’ve been meaning to write about him

Amazing, isn’t it?

Thank you!

I don’t think it’s his best. The Picasso later on seems quite good, though

Thank you!

Fantastic. I shall head down that rabbit hole soon, thank you

Yes! A splendid turn of events

Thank you! Glad you liked it (and hope you’re not feeling too shit)

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