I am deeply sorry to say this, but, that is straw.

An outdoor coffee table made of recycled pallet wood. Instead of legs it is suspended from itself at four corners by blue ropes.

I made a table out of a pallet that has no legs but is suspended from itself. It wobbles, but not enough to spill your tea.

Lovely

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So, about those Eid prayers in London...

"What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?"

"Nelson's column, innit?"

"And the highest thing on the column?"

"Nelson."

"And on Nelson?"

"His hat."

"And the highest thing on his hat?"

"That bit that sticks up."

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The English word "shark" was two different meanings: a predatory cartilaginous fish and a predatory scoundrel. We sometimes understand the predatory scoundrel to be by metaphor from the predatory fish, but evidence suggests these two meanings have entirely separate origins—German … and Maya??
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I see Question Time has reached its inevitable endgame. It was bound to happen.

Jessie the cat, who normally looks black, stretching in a rare ray of sunlight that gives her a shiny chocolate appearance.

It's sunny! The black cats are actually shiny chocolate brown!
#caturday

NEW on Wonkhe: AI has yet to have a meaningful impact on the flourishing world of the open mic night. David Kernohan argues that this tells us a lot about learning, community, and finding joy buff.ly/Jna0rek

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Cartoon of an angry-looking man with thin legs standing ankle deep in water, holding a daggers in front of his nose so it looks like a beak. Caption: We can be herons Just for one day Yes, he looks a bit like a heron.

That's cool.
I've been there lots this year, but never looked at it like that.

Genius crossword No 269 Deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on Saturday 29 November. You need to register once and then sign in to theguardian.com to enter our online competition for a £100 monthly prize

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Hard but very much worth the effort.

Why did the palindrome cross the road?

To get a map a mate got.

#palindrome

Is it too late to suggest that Bluesky posts should be called 'Bleats'?
A real word, and an animal noise!

Oops, apologies to you both.
Good joke though.

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social made that joke a few days ago. You should follow him; he's smart and funny.

I made a garden coffee table with no legs.

Barnaby Rudge is quite good though.

I dig this

What I did with my day off ( @olihawkins.com )

The greatest bonus panel of my career is here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/crystals

#smbc

@petermoorefuller.bsky.social

Illustrating "Minnie the Moocher" -- Minnie, stoned out of her gourd, sees the King of Sweden in fancy dress appear in her ratty room.

She Had a Dream about the King of Sweden - Van Arno, 2005

This is absolutely superb. Proper, numerate, data-aware research into a complex and controversial issue.

A cartoon showing various activity at an airport, including an extorted luxury jet, an exploding X rocket, a ketamine enthusiast wheeling a barrow of money to his plane, many ICE officers -- some taking people to an El Salvador plane, another with a zip-tied child being blocked by a federal judge -- scientists boarding a plane to Europe, a medical self-educator covered with pox, and more. All the people are represented by various animals. The story is made in the style of a Richard Starry children's book. Alt text borrowed from Mastodon..

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”

By Ruben Bolling

Genius. Click in.

I'd like to think we are one of those Silent Majorities.

RIP George Wendt.
Top Norm.

Graph showing violence in England and Wales down 75% over 25 years

A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation: