I am quietly pleased.
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That was quick.
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https://restaurantguru.com/Cafe-Max-Milton-Keynes/menu

A double decker bus. I include this purely for purposes of irrelevant comparison.

Our favourite fast food venue used to be a double decker bus. Sadly the wheels fell off* and it was replaced with a static thingy.

Still the best burgers in Milton Keynes.

I don't know why I mentioned that. Sorry.

*I made that up.

Yesterday I voted by post in my local council elections. I cast three votes.

I vote by post atm in reaction to Johnson and Rees-Mogg's blatant attempt to skew voting. I'll probably change that.

My council is a Lab/Lib coalition. I'm happy with that.

Who did I vote for, I don't hear you ask?

I was a bit hazy on blue, for some obscure reason.
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Just had a distressing and utterly infuriating experience. A friend is terminally ill and a few of us got together with her.

I had to leave as the motif was moaning, about everything. Carers are crap and lazy, the NHS is shit etc.

My piss was boiling as she is a stoic and didn't need nor want it.

I can live with that. Somehow.
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That is somewhat true by necessity and public consideration, but in my experience most dog keepers put their dogs needs before their own.

Hell, if you look after an animal you are a slave to it (but dogs are more pliable than cats).

Samuel Palmer, self portrait c. 1826.

HUMAN ARTIST, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

Hmm. The advantage of dogs is that when you say MOVE! they move.

Exactly! I then had that damn song going through my head all day. But meatless? A new one on me.

Enjoyed that. A good word.
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No, honestly, he did.

Stupid game. Blue and purple were complete and utter flukes. I had no firm idea.
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I blame Trump.
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I almost joined you. It was a toss up over two words for #5.

Good morning.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/18/trump-executive-order-psychedelic-drugs-ibogaine.html

I could possibly have done with some of that this morning when the array of Wordle possibilities unfolded itself upon me.

I thought you might be ahead of Trump in the mind-enhancing drug stakes!

(That's an interesting cohort he has in that photo. Also, it might explain his signature.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywxlrr7z8o

My faith in the UK justice system was never in doubt.

What a pair of execrable characters. One wearing a "hoody" and one masked-up (probably for the first time).

"I'm glad you are hanging your head . . . and we'll be extremely fair but I want you to know, as another human being, I feel sickened."

You are on a stunning roll atm. What performance enhancing drugs are you taking? I _want_ to know.

I could see touching cloth becoming a distinct and unwelcome possibility!

That didn't go too badly.
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I made a stoopit mistake on #3 and was beginning to panic.
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I see the Straights of Iranian Hummus are closed again. Tut.

That'll do.
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Do you have a source for that?

I had an inkling on drinks but as I don't drink any of them I was thrashing about a bit. I like tea, and wine (and occasionally gin).

I was fearing the worst.
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Not quite a fall, but nearly. I certainly wobbled.

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

This is the best argument I've seen for capping the voting age at 60. Well, not me, obviously.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...