Press cutting Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2008: Shepherd's pie recipe rumpus. Subhead: Petrol bomb threat in tomato topping row. By ANDREW BELLARD A dispute over the contents of a shepherd's pie proved to be a recipe for brotherly disharmony. Blackburn magistrates heard that John Garvin thought that the pie his brother Michael made should have been topped with tomatoes but Michael disagreed. The upshot was that John, who was hit over the head with a shovel, reacted by threatening to petrol bomb his brother's flat. And he ended up spending a night in custody to allow tempers to cool. John Garvin, 47, of Montague Street, admitted a breach of the peace and was bound over in £100 to keep the peace for 12 months. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the brothers lived in separate flats next to each other. On the day of the culinary dispute they had been drinking together since 7am. "The argument started because there were no tomatoes on the shepherds pie that Michael made for tea and John thought this was wrong," said Miss Allan. John called his brother an offensive name and then said he was going to petrol bomb his flat. "Michael was concerned by this threat because on a previous occasion John had started a fire in his own flat," said Miss Allan. Liz Parker, defending, said her client did not accept making a remark about petrol bombing his brother's flat. "He does say that his brother hit him over the head with a shovel and it is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing," she added. (The article has a pullout quote which says “It is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing” - LIZ PARKER in large letters) District Judge Peter Ward, who imposed the bind over, asked in court: "You can make shepherd's pie without tomatoes can't you?" But 'legal' opinion at Blackburn magistrates, where the issue became quite a talking point, was divided. A female defence solicitor said it should be made with lamb and topped with sliced tomatoes and that a pie made with b…

And lo, it came to pass that the 18th anniversary of the greatest local news story ever told came upon us, and we were sore amazed

the tip is always so fucking coy about it. "lucas heights resource recovery park" bitch you are the tip. shut up

We all have days like this

the passive voice store was visited by me and you were known by everybody there

Unfortunately formatted hand written sign at the March 28th No Kings protest in New Haven saying "War crimes don't hide sex crimes", but it also can be read as War don't sex. Crimes hide crimes"

WAR DON'T SEX

CRIMES HIDE CRIMES

But I would have gotten the haircut right.

Warm Light on the Yamanote Line
(2024)

Cosplay of PorCo Rosso giving a thumbs up

Card with Porco Rosso and the quote “I’d rather be a pig than a fascist”

Porco Rosso said hi and gave me his card.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

a ink drawing of a man tackling another man swinging a sword by grabbing him around the waist and putting his face in his crotch

swordfighting tactics, germany, 16th century

Writing Club Tip #164

"Low stakes writing is good."

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CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?

ME: Dominos.

CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?

ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.

CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?

ME: Now hang on a second,

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look

Serial Sex Changer from RadioShack

Idk if trans kids these days know this but back in my day you could just walk into a RadioShack and walk out with one of these puppies

Western Australia

Chris Redfield is driving a low-res car via the magic of screen projections

Aussie Mr X fights Chris Redfield

Chris and his stage-exclusive BSAA pals shoot a big T-virus bug thing projected on the back screen

Did You Know there was a Resident Evil stageplay set in Western Australia. Because this is something I've just learned.

Writing Club Tip #65

"Visit writing conferences"

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I think I will never stop thinking about this

greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

The Prestige! The best Nolan film and an underrated Bowie performance.

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

Writing Club Tip #213

"Marinate yourself in the genre you're writing"

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Really important to stress that 36 Months accused academics and experts critical of the ban of being 'paid' by big tech. When asked for evidence of this, the MD said "I haven't looked into it."

Meanwhile 36 Months itself was directly funded by a business helping promote the gambling industry.

Men only think about 15 things, and two of them are Macaroni Camp Style and London Loaf

“Did you like that necklace I got you? You don’t remember? I gave it to you last week. You said you loved it. You really forgot that quickly?”

Knives Out 3: Christ On A Cracker was a blast, as expected

Richo is getting a state funeral? What state, Switzerland?

I'm putting on another Brisbane LGBT+ and Allies in Tech pub meet: Thursday 13 Nov at The Plough.
It's a fun, casual event for drinks, finger food, networking, and good chats with fellow folks in (or interested in) tech. See you there?

What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status? The book town's residents weigh in on their home topping Time Out magazine's “coolest neighborhoods” list.

Great piece on Jimbocho that captures its old-fashioned appeal: www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10...