They should have thrown trifle … the law would not have concerned itself with that

Demanding An Answer: Jeremy Paxman & Michael Howard – BBC Newsnight 1997-05-13 YouTube video by Cathal Woods

I am told that this is one for the teenagers, so with apologies for those who got the reference:

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I am prepared to believe that the UK PM did not overrule the vetting … but did he threaten to overrule it? (1/11)

The Road Traffic Ordinance in the Falklands only applies within Stanley and 4 miles around and on two other designated roads
The seat belt legislation was made separately and applies throughout the road network

April 11, 2026 YouTube video by NanoWrld

A very funny routine about a value for money spree of road traffic offences in India … none of which would be offences at all on large stretches of the Falklands road network (provided you wear a seat belt)

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A Falkland Islands paper £5 note sitting on a cafe table next to a mug of tea The note is printed in red and depicts the late Queen Elizabeth, a penguin and the FI coat of arms

Paper notes are being withdrawn from circulation in the Falklands at the end of the month*
But every time I time I think I have spent my last old-school paper note … I get another last one in my change

* £5, £10 and £20 only - paper £50 notes will remain valid

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William Kyle would presumably be the William Kyle of Kyle & Frew, which claimed to be Glasgow’s oldest firm of land surveyors dating back to 1778 … or it did until taken over by Andrew Sproul in the late 1960s

Wasn’t this originally a joke in Parks and Recreation?

Newspaper headline: JD Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

See also the old saying “More Catholic than the Pope”

(h/t @exum.bsky.social)

Newspaper headline: JD Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

See also the old saying “More Catholic than the Pope”

(h/t @exum.bsky.social)

There are now people for whom “is the Pope Catholic?” Is no longer a rhetorical question

It looks like one of the electronic photofit pictures they used to put together for Crimewatch

It filled a much needed gap

He’ll tease you / He’ll unease you / Just to please you /He’s got Dickie Davies Eyes

Why not go further and have a big clock to give all the panelists equal time to answer …

Following the latest update to iOS, Apple have now decided that I am over 18 without me having to provide anything at all this time

None of this gives me comfort that this is a well implemented process

I’ve a pretty fair idea it wouldn’t look like Dubai - Aberdeen might be the closest analogue
But I think the issue is that, because the prospect has always been deferred, there isn’t a actually a concrete plan (or a plant for the concrete)

We are and we aren’t - some of the numbers being talked about might come true and are less unlikely to come true than ever before … but they haven’t come true yet and a lot of people don’t want to jinx that

(My own concern is that it won’t be a rising tide but a tidal wave that founders boats too)

I gather that the space available changed after commissioning and that a paragraph i particularly enjoyed writing (possibly too much) hasn’t made the cut … I don’t know whether to be disappointed or relieved

(And, no, I’m not going to tell you what it was!)

Earlier sarcastic remark partly withdrawn:
I had a look at the article itself before the paywall came up and it might actually be more insightful (and less lurid) than the headline might suggest …

For all those who claim that the Oxford Comma is the magic bullet against all ambiguity …

It’s so much more prosaic now than when a retired officer of the Royal Engineers gave his approval on behalf of the Board of Trade

I know Tom Lehrer said We Will All Go Together When We Go … but I’ve read On The Beach

An unconstitutional monarch

(I think, in the circumstances, that we can overlook the use of the indicative rather than the subjunctive)

Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day [OFFICIAL HD VIDEO] YouTube video by Roadrunner Records

I did mention on the breakfast show that id thought of playing this …
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TUESDAY 7TH APRIL 2026 2026 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM PRESENTED BY THE FALKLAND ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONSOLIDATED FISHERIES LIMITED FALKLAND ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Wearing my press trilby for the Penguin News at the Falkland Islands Development Corporation’s Economic Development Forum
It’s an interesting time as oil development finally gets underway and the telecoms regime is changing … and noises off get louder again

Also, net of the cardboard tubes

I haven’t seen a bad clip of Bernard Cribbins on The Good Old Days - a natural for the format