Jean Waddie

The Pope. On a plane. With a baseball bat.

The Holy Father heard you had some objections to the filioque clause and he just wants to discuss them

This is the cross-over content I'm here for 😄

Born in London, living in Scotland - half-two, but my mother would object and say it should be half-past two.

Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

Last year we forgot we hadn't changed ours - only discovered in January why we were feeling under-cosy in bed 😮

I feel this should include jelly babies

I remember when ibuprofen became available, when I was a teenager - it was miraculous!

My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

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I read this in British, and while I've translated it into American, I still have that picture lingering in my mind...

Like, how??? I saw the original, with Elaine Paige, (yes I'm old) of course she's the lead!

Except that most BrE accents are non-rhotic, so they would have /oʊvə/

That is exactly what it looks like!

It also has a fabulous war memorial - Bruce on his horse with WWI soldiers around him

It was "fox" for me!

I think you've identified the problem - any system that depends on one word sounding like another only works for people with the same accent. "Hook" Vs "boot" is going to confuse my Scottish husband, plus "up" for my Yorkshire friends!

The woman with Polly sounds like Joyce Grenfell 😄https://youtu.be/52_VCxM1FmQ?si=2ueRhwxduk_ULvqZ

A successful morning - good to hear.

This is not my beautiful pub... The strangeness of social media as it stops being a social hub.

Further thoughts on social media stopping being like the pub, and the hollow weirdness of it all.

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I used to work in an office that often did that. You had to check both sides before going out at lunchtime!

Yes, all babies rather than first babies makes a big difference!

1930-34

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There's a butter museum in Cork, which was surprisingly good.

Thanks for the ear worm

And hopefully that's the kind of thing that can translate to other cities, once companies have got used to it in London

We used to live near a fancy cards-and-candles shop. When a cheap card shop opened nearby, the posh one put a sign in the window saying effectively "If you don't shop here we will CLOSE" It seemed more of a huffy threat than a prediction!

That's interesting, we use that in Scottish English. "All orders must be uplifted within a week" if you have bulky waste you arrange a"special uplift" from the council.

I've been doing squares of lace and cable patterns for a patchwork cushion, and the number of them I have started and ripped out two or three times before discovering I got the maths wrong...!

I used to have singing lessons with someone who was married to two of them in succession. (About 40 years ago, not current members)

An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.

Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map