Just had a telephone appointment with my doctor and I'm pleased to report that my telephone is fine.

Yes, great choice!

Did you ever see Chicken Run (Hennen Rennen in German)? The Scottish chicken, whom the American rooster Rocky can never understand, is Dutch in the German version.

Finally I got to listen to this episode. Now the Monoraaail, Monoraaail chorus is stuck in my head. Thanks, guys.

Nope, I'd have had to look it up.

I am rather partial to "Jesus Tapdancing Christ", though.

Thanks, Pank!

Never thought a pope would be the one to reclaim the high moral ground but here we are!

Reader, I married him.

I don't like it when they show the muppets' legs.

We say "dog's dinner" but I imagine that's all down to the time difference ...

Great episode, Bill!

I only got into Judas Priest a couple of years ago and liked the sound of a "synthy" album so I checked this out.

I enjoyed the music but, as you say, the lyrics really drag it down. It sounds like he wrote them on the bus on the way to school ...

WHAT?! NEITHER OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE TWILIGHT ZONE?! What the hell have you been doing with your life?! I am appalled!

Despite this… 😡… lots of fun here. Leonard Nimoy is fabulous in the Monorail ep. It’s in my top 10 all time eps.

Cheers to @ianwinick.bsky.social and @mocca1976.bsky.social

Hey ... I've been busy!

POPE LEO XIV: I will not enter into debate. The things that I say are certainly not meant as attacks on anyone. The message of the Gospel is very clear: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’

DARREN, POPE LEO’S FRIEND: fuck him up leo

A Hungarian
called Hungarian
just won the Hungarian election.
Happily for them
the Viktor was the loser.

"The Gentle Caress of the Summer Breeze" | Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast

Back again after a brief, unscheduled absence, we dive into our new episode by exploring the complex character that is Martin Prince – a high-IQ nerd with a latent desire for mayhem and a dark, dark secret.

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Jay. Sus.

Share and share again. The USA should never be allowed to forget this shameful period in its history.

A black and white pic of Iranian-French graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi holding a cigarette in her hands. Beside her pic is a text of her words: "The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same..."

I feel like now is a good time to share this again

You at the back! It's SHOO-IN. Not shoe-in because what the fuck is that supposed to mean? "Relax, you got the job, we just need to kick you through the FUCKING DOOR?" Shoo-in. FUCKING SHOO-IN. Like an old-time cinema usher, go on, you're all right, in you go. Kindly. Not shoe-related. Fuck's sake.

Ein Mann steht vor einem Haus und hält ein Schild mit der Aufschrift "Jesus lebt!". Neben ihm liegen weitere Schilder: "Jesus kocht sich Kaffee!". "Jesus liest ein Buch". Aus dem haus schaut Jesus und ruft wütend: "Hören Sie auf, mich zu beobachten!"

Guten Morgen!

Ben Folds - The Concertgebouw BEN FOLDS' Paper Airplane Request Tour is a unique concert format during which the audience is invited to write their favorite Folds song requests on paper, fold them into airplanes, and launch them t...

Do you like Ben Folds, by the way? He's playing in Amsterdam at the end of November and I might go if I have someone to go with ...

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Franz Ferdinand live in Cologne - 04th April 2026 YouTube video by Jules181184

It was great!

Here's a vid I've just found on YouTube with snippets from the gig.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZF0...

Hey, hey ... I have ears!

😁

My Easter reading:
"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you told me to fuck off back where I came from, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."

Great night with you guys! And shout-out to Wild-Dancing-And-Rocking-Head-Back-Into-Other-People's-Faces-Guy in front of us ...

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Apropos of absolutely nothing, here are my ranking of Queen's albums using the rather wonderful Tiermaker website: tiermaker.com/create/queen....