A grid of 5 by 5 squares, labelled as Christmas Bingo Card. Reading the squares from top left to bottom right they are: 1: Uncle Derek tells a racist joke, and everyone has to pretend to laugh, because he's loaded and eats 5Kg of bacon per week. 2: Mum fails to hide her annoyance that dad has bought her a sex toy, labelled as “Industrial Grade”… again. 3: Nobody can find the turkey 4: Dad does 14 sweet sherry shots then tearfully confesses he has a secret second family. 5: Driving to Asda, to bang on the locked door, demanding to know where their fucking poppy is! 6: Dad forgot to get gas and has to drive all the way to the North Sea to get some. 7: Watching The Sound of Music frame-by-frame, to see if there are any nip-slips. 8: Grandad John has brought bottles of his home-made formaldehyde again. 9: Nobody will talk to the dog! 10: Everyone complains that the family gift limit of £2 hasn’t been increased in a budget speech since 1968. 11: Turning on the telly at 3pm, but all that’s on any channel is the Protect & Survive logo. 12: Granddad makes sure everyone has exactly 27 sprouts 13 (centre): GRAVY BOAT IS LOST IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE 14: Family gathers round the piano, to recite the first 1,000 decimal places of Pi. 15: The toilet is on fire. 16: Mum & Dad insist on getting out the photos of when they first met, during their gap-year in Cambodia in 1975. 17: Grandma’s annual tale of her best white Christmas ever. The one where she sucked-off Bing Crosby. 18: Mum announces, unprompted, that if she were PM, she’d legalise torture of everyone who listens to Radio 2. 19: Uncle Derek announces he’s going out to get lager. He knows the shop is shut but wants to yell through their letterbox that if they were white Christians they’d open up and serve him. Bollocks! Out of alt text space. Anyway, it continues in much the same vein for another 6 squares. You're lucky to stop here, really, because it's one of those ideas that seemed funnier than it was

Well, the big day is tomorrow, so why not spread a bit of peace on Earth by remembering how many of us are united by the same little perennial details of Christmas Day with your festive bingo card. First to get a complete line wins their own weight in gold!

I miss you on X. I only visit this site occasionally and yours was the first post I saw today. I hope you have a very merry Christmas with your family.

Interesting thread. On my last assessment I was awarded pip without an end date. I don’t think I had any fours but I have a progressive condition and am less able now than I was at the last assessment. I’m sure I’m not the only person on PIP worried about what’s ahead.

It says “legal”. That’s usually about the law 😂

Can you read? The quote says that people who identify as trans should not be treated in law as members of the sex they are identifying as. If you want to dress as a woman and call yourself Mabel go ahead but don’t expect to be able to e.g. join a women’s sport team.

I don’t support anyone who thinks trans people shouldn’t exist. The definition of ‘trans’ is far too wide. If an AGP man is not allowed to wear his fetish gear to work he still exists. Do you think this is okay?
This is a teacher.

What do you mean by trans? Do you include men who get off on dressing up as women? Should they be able to wear their fetish to work?

Nobody is trying to eliminate trans people. Belief in the reality and importance of sex (as opposed to gender) does not require anyone to disappear.

Halfords didn’t submit the cert online. Daughter was fined. Halfords paid fine and new MOT but only after Dad intervened. 2/2

Be careful if you’re having an MOT on your car. My daughter had an MOT carried out at a local Halfords and paid a lot of money for essential repairs. Then months later she was stopped by police for not having an MOT! 1/

I don’t suppose you’ll take any responsibility for this but it’s what your rhetoric leads to:

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Who me? Who am I trying to eliminate?

Haha if you think JK Rowling was in the shadows you’ve not been paying attention. As someone who has bought all of her books I’m delighted that she is using her money to support women.

Helen Joyce was a breath of fresh air on Women’s Hour this morning. So clear in her answers. Speaking from a common sense position without resorting to attacks on people who wouldn’t agree with her.

@lawstrath.bsky.social why have you deleted this post on X but left it up here? The article is wrong on so many points. For example gender is not a protected characteristic, gender reassignment is. Sex is also protected. How can a law school promote an article that is wrong on the law?

What planet are you on? You certainly can’t be talking about human beings. I take it you’re not a medical doctor nor a scientist.

Just had a dive into bluesky by searching some key words. Wow, there is a lot of antisemitism, most of it coming from people who would call themselves anti-Zionist. I’m not surprised really, but the world is getting scarier for Jews.

I used to add cheese to everything but stones in my gallbladder put a stop to that 🙁. I’m limited now to small amounts of low fat cheese and it’s breaking my heart.

In case you needed any reminding of how much Twitter's 'verification' system has changed, see this from Fahima Abdulrahman and myself: www.bbc.com/arabic/artic...

I seem to be blocked by whomever you’re quote tweeting. That’s despite me having only been on Bluesky for five minutes and only following two accounts.