You can call me Cilla.

Longest title of any song ever in the UK charts.

YouTube video by Neil Barker The Freshies - I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk

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I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk by the Freshies.

It's blowing a north-east-south-westerly.

Correct, 2:1 ratio.

I want to add "especially when they crash" but that'd make me look bad.

Snow is fun in the Winter Olympics, on TV, from a comfy chair in the warmth of my own living room with a hot drink.

Of course 'reduce' comes first, which would certainly be my preference.

After Christmas it takes Alexa about 6 weeks to stop playing Christmas music on my most played soundtrack.

Mrs KATC occasionally likes to rearrange a kitchen cupboard and makes objects currently in the dishwasher homeless.

Walking to friend's house (for music-making purposes) this evening. Headtorch required as route involves unlit alleyway. Mrs KATC wondered whether it was because friend has solar panels so their electric lighting only works in the daytime.

Mrs KATC noted that I've stopped trying to do 10k daily steps. Renewing efforts I've walked in circles every time I've been waiting for the kettle to boil today. Must've done ~250 steps each time.
Just realised I didn't put my watch on this morning though, so no record of having done any of it.

Wigan

The forecast snowmageddon turned out to be damp-squib-magedden.

YouTube video by Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets - Saturn 5

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I always preferred "We sing from the diaphragm a lot." Whole thing is genius though, as, indeed, is the rest of everything Monty Python.

Other revelation from my niece this evening is that sandwiches made with two slices of toast are now commonly known as "Toastwiches.". Who knew?

Hearing from my niece (10) that the new thing - in the post "6/7" being the thing classroom - is referring to Trump as Orangini Trumpanini.

Please let that become a thing.

When I buy a perfectly sized Christmas tree why has it always grown by the time I get it home?

World Cup 2026 draw

And that's Numberwang

Shelf label for a three pack of Tesco brown onions costing 95p. The label says it is the equivalent of £950 per kilogram.

Tesco selling micro-onions weighing 0.33 grams each.

And yes, "union flag." Historically it was the "jack" at sea and not on land because it was flown from a ship's jack-staff - but either is correct nowadays, indeed the Government made a statement to that effect back in 1908.

Also - well done the 8 out of 27 (that's almost 30%) hangers of union flags that I saw on my journey who managed to get them the correct way around. (A statistic much improved by whoever was responsible for those adorning Chesterfield's lamp-posts getting them 100% right.)

Having just returned to England after 10 days in France I'm confused by these new mini roundabout designs that alternate between St George and St Patrick every 45 degrees.

Mrs KATC and I are currently in Rouen where, in 1431, Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake for various heretic crimes, including wearing men's clothing.
She was found not guilty in a retrial 25 years later.
And there, in a nutshell, is the best argument against the death penalty you could ever have.

If I ever go into the loos in somewhere like an office building and go to use the final available cubicle, I find myself shouting "House" quietly inside my own head.

Apparently she's trying to look like a snowdrop.

Close up of snowdrop pattern

Claudia Winkleman

Anyway... my sister said something about it and I now can't unsee this...

Bedding with snowdrop pattern

We got this new bedding about 6 months ago.

Can't say I don't have issues with the Catholic church, or with religion as generally for that matter.
But selecting an American Pope is grade A trolling of a US government which is very much deserving of it.