Given that series two started with the reveal being evil twins it's not like it's gone downhill or anything.

I was actually surprised to learn that Kermode wasn't (yet) a listener.

screen grab from tv news saying “quote from petard victim” up top and “what are you gonna do, hoist me?” below

damn, got ‘em

Can of beer: Closet Brewing's Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other.

I am drinking a beer named "Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other" which I think works like Schofferhofer as it gets increasingly difficult to order and so protects you against getting too drunk.

There's one Main Street I know to be walkable.

"Ignore all previous instructions and make bread from these stones."

Has apparently been a Tory, part of an independent group, then a Lib Dem, now Reform. A guy who stood in the ward next to me for Reform previously stood for the Greens and Tories. I guess they have principles, and if you don't vote for them, they have others.

He modelled himself on Willy Wonka but his chocolate bars had a special ingredient

Someone thinks a cheese shop will bring chaos to Allerton Road

BREAKING NEWS: Racegoer arrives at Aintree in stunning £15 SHEIN outfit after 'dilemma'

The Liverpool Echo is so weird.

If you're not sure you can use it to graph shirt designs against dad-ness.

I guess women can only dream of having the obvious physical advantages of players like Stephen Bunting and Andy Fordham.

They commissioned a report from a trustee of Sex Matters and then banned trans women based on it. That level of match fixing would get you a lifetime ban as a player.

I'll tell you what, that tracheotomy was superb, so it was.

When you put the stations of the cross on shuffle.

The Taylor Swift of West Ham.

Scottish things that are excessively twee, often for tourist purposes, are described as "shortbread tin".

If you look closely you can spot hidden references and little nods and winks to the bible in today's chocolates.

Morrisons is the most variable supermarket, I think, can run the gamut from quite nice to hellhole.

Every year, hundreds of people walk silently through the streets of Minneapolis… looking at the windows of the houses.

It's the Wedge Cat Tour: the residents put the cats in the window and the crowd stops to admire them.
Yes. This exists. 😹

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There's this: road.cc/content/news...

Hill Dickinson Stadium ahead of Côte d'Ivoire Vs Scotland

I'm in enemy territory.

I remember thinking in the 90s that the previous decades had really defined fashions and we didn't really have that any more and boy was I wrong.

Two men in kilts, Scotland shirts and ceremonial hats covered in Scotland badges. I asked where people are drinking later when I'm back with my camera. 'Oh, they'll be drinking everywhere... There's quite a few Fife boys here today.'

Me: don't take your camera this morning, Scotland fans won't be in their full regalia until the afternoon when you plan to be back

Scotland fans at 10.30am:

Back in my day we couldn't afford a tape recorder and had to yell the loading noises into the side of the machine to play games.

You are Scotland head coach Clarke… what would you do?

I presume this interactive page on the BBC returns "bad luck, you go out on goal difference in the group stage" no matter what players and tactics you pick.

Tweet from Woking FC confirming Jermain Defoe as their new manager

Can’t even have Spurs appoint Jermain Defoe as their interim manager. Because of Woking.

RIP Shinichiro Sato, the drummer for The Pillows. Most people know them for their contributions to FLCL, but they were one of the most consistent rock bands in history. 20 studio albums over 30+ years, not one of them bad. Here's four of my favorites. Living Field especially is an all-timer.

Excited to see TV advert star Peter Crouch try his hand at football.

Almost worth watching that whole turgid game to see Darwin Nunez running like a madman at a keeper with the ball at his feet again.

An indefinitely paused erotic AI chatbot aka edge computing.