Polls have now closed at the Galton & Simpson by-election.

The turnout is expected to be very nearly an armful..

Traffic, Lights..

Bloke in the supermarket, picking up watermelons, holding them to his ear, and tapping them.
Can't help imagining his face if one tapped back..

Political Nonsense.

Twas Brylcreem, and the slimy tories
Did squirm and dangle in the wabe
All mimsy were the Faragegroves
And the Reform wraths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jenrickwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Kuenssberg, and shun
The frumious Badenochsnatch!”

(To the tune of Puff The Magic Dragon..)

#Grok The AI Chatbot
Developed for X
Takes quite decent images
And turns them into sex

It's little Elon's caper
And some have had enough
They want Ofcom to take it down
For making dodgy stuff..

Suggested opening song for tonight's #Panorama - #Evri #WheresMyParcel

Evri time they don't come by
I die a little
Evri time, they lie & lie
I cry a little
I need my 10L Compostable bin Liners
When they change from 'We're nearly there' to
'Some other time', Argh!
Evri's times? Pie in the sky..

"Last one to leave, turn out the lights.."

Whoever arranged this draw is, ironically, a massive ballbag..

#WorldCup2026

In-store music in supermarkets provides no great salve for the monstrous costs and greedflation on display.

However, if there has to be a soundtrack to one's ire at Tesco's latest mushy peas price-hike, then it could be worse than John Holt's, Help Me Make It Through The Night. I was almost jaunty.

This Budget has had a bigger build and more publicity than the Oasis reunion.
After Weds they should take it on tour. Generate some extra revenue..

Redcoat..

It's all new Singing With Squirrel!

Me: Do you like punk/new wave, mixed with music hall-esque lyrical wordplay?

Her: I don't know what any of that means. But you crack on, fella..

R-E-L-E-A-S-E - by Lammy Wynette

His R-E-L--E-A-S-E came early today
Him and another L-A-G got clean away
Now they're on the run, because of what they've done
In the past, Illegally
Oh I can't believe this accidental R-E-L-E-A-S-E

It's not easy directing a squirrel and a monkey nut. And yet..

'Dracula meets Autumnwatch'
- Transylvania Bugle

'Scarier than when Twitter tried to cancel me' - Stephen King

Roll Up, Roll Up..

Squilhouette..

Kemi going from Badenoch to Worsenoch..
#PMQs

Must have had a good night at the state banquet, I found him on the pavement this morning, looking quite chuffed with himself..

Hope you're doing ok and coping with the treatment as best you can. Better times ahead.. x

Herondipity..

Coming up on tonight's episode of 'Singing With Squirrel'..

Logferatu..

RIP @coachpolly.bsky.social

So long, and rest easy..
x

At first, I thought they said 'a conservative scottish MP has defecated to #Reform'

Sounds about right..

I Scream, You Scream.. I Scream, You Scream.. I saw an advert earlier today for a new Cadburys ice-cream. In it, a young lad opens a fridge, takes out an ice-cream carton, removes the lid, and sees it’s completely …

I just saw the new Cadbury's ice-cream advert, and it exposed a horror story for our times..

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I've never owned an apple corer before now. Feels quite grown up, but also slightly dangerous, like it could turn on you and put a hole through your hand..

Pack Up Your Troubles - Laurel & Hardy (Bedtime Story) YouTube video by Gerry Watts PoL

Heads up to any insomniacs out there!

The best bedtime story, and best version of Goldilocks, that you'll ever hear..

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Sometimes I get misty-eyed for the old days of Broken Britain and the Credit Crunch, before everything turned to shit..

Me, mum & sis at Butlins, Skegness.

Can't help feeling it's like they're peering through a little window into the future, and I'm here, smiling back, waving and wishing I was there..

Nancy Sinatra Lee HazlewoodI Did you ever all the time YouTube video by Simonoves simon

Remember singing this when it came out, thinking you were being really grown up..

'Will you do it anymore?
As soon as you walk out the door
Well I just wondered, did you ever?
All the time..'

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