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Neal Rafferty

@nealraff.bsky.social

Celtic, TV, music, cooking / food. Also puerility.

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Has anyone told Oolon Colluphid?

14.10.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT’

14.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.

18.08.2024 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1661    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 9

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

13.10.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3087    πŸ” 687    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 18
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

13.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23631    πŸ” 4838    πŸ’¬ 1537    πŸ“Œ 1818

Not in my experience; people will generally if not invariably understand and certainly make no lasting judgements.

13.10.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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For a brief spell, Trump won’t be the worse thing on the continent.

12.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Steve Clarke’s caution is deeply akin to Rose Kennedy’s black dress and the Pope’s Catholicism.

12.10.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’m genuinely putting myself into contention for a return to the Rangers manager’s job”

12.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just had a Ritter Sport and it was ok, but i think @govindajeggy.bsky.social had raised the bar impossibly high

11.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Week 53: 11th – 17th October, 1976 β€œWe’re all going soft in the head through eating oranges.”

Week 53: Pauline Quirke stacks beans, Joss Ackland attacks squatters with an axe, Arthur Mullard removes his trousers, Gemma Jones hosts some randy Liberals and Max Bygraves remembers last week. It has to be 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...

11.10.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

A young Harry Hill watching Mr Vinton and taking notes #totp

10.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This puts me in mind of John Finnemore’s extension to the old magpie poem…

10.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think history shows us that there’s a way to give Trump his prize so that we can all move on from this.

10.10.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Eric Morecambe on Ice Cream
YouTube video by Dave Byrne Eric Morecambe on Ice Cream

Still the greatest one-liner in television history.

09.10.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

I daresay Trump's interest in ending so many many wars will dissolve like a one ply hanky at a wake.

10.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Greece manager has moved up in the world since the days when he was menacing Shaggy and Scooby.

09.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a half of football you could punish your weans with.

09.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A scone / scone distinguisher of its day, clearly.

08.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It truly was the number one destination for messages.

08.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very occasionally, in a still moment, I can still hear my grandma call the Co-op β€œthe Cooper-eight-iv”

08.10.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Having consulted my diary, I find that I’m watching television that day.

08.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSeventeen years with Falmouth Electrics…”

07.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. β™₯οΈπŸ“š
#amindofmyown

07.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1003    πŸ” 1170    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 40
Vatican Broadside
 The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the
 Pope
 The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the
 Pope
 The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the
 Pope
 And the Pope said to his aide:
 "Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
 Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
 Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
 In relation to me getting out of bed?"

Vatican Broadside The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope And the Pope said to his aide: "Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot? Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot? Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot? In relation to me getting out of bed?"

07.10.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Racist arsehole Robert Jenrick holding up a wig like a puppet at his pathetic Tory conference speech which reaffirmed his bellendry

Racist arsehole Robert Jenrick holding up a wig like a puppet at his pathetic Tory conference speech which reaffirmed his bellendry

The useless cheeky monkey ventriloquist in Knowing me knowing you

The useless cheeky monkey ventriloquist in Knowing me knowing you

07.10.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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