wondered what the "yes I know" might mean, and wow, that's a memorable name to have (in any context at all, but here...)

I knew this account was secretly @mikefmcc.bsky.social

"Do you want me to put your name in quotation marks for no apparent reason?"

Meh, just a Cornetto then

couple of skulls if they have them please

putting on my Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, I'm going to guess you've been to a Picturehouse

I watched Series 1 of Twin Peaks at our Picturehouse recently and regret nothing

We have an invented tradition i.e. the pigs in blankets pizza and I apologise for nothing

Thotify.

seemingly inevitable course, isn't it, good new food concept > gets popular > expands > taken over by private equity > turns to shit

Yesterday saw me making a journey which would have been much easier if this rail service existed, and wondering - not for the first time - why there has been absolute silence about when it might actually start (the answer is, of course, late stage capitalism)

For someone who has been silenced, he certainly gets to speak a great deal

lot of injuries?

A big quiz event in Manchester last week allowed me to add an excellent taproom crawl which I'd never have done otherwise. Sometimes it's good to be dragged away from the familiar.

gutted

you need to practise saying "do you want a flake in that, love" in the appropriate accent

yup, can picture Grandad Stainer describing a "starlet" as "like a young Virginia Bottomley", checks out

Because I am miles behind on my podcast listening, I have just caught the @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social episode which majors on The Salt Path, and I am reminded that one should always be prepared to revisit one's opinions...

Looking at a list of Oscar winning directors and I can't believe it took me this long to realise that Frank Capra should be easy to remember because he's the GOAT.

To be fair, Ives was a horrible little nerk though

It's definitely in the "none more Wes Anderson" category but helpfully was also funny

My experience of freecycle is that there is always one person who responds within half an hour. That person will involve you in a lengthy exchange of increasingly detailed messages, none of which you are interested in, and will end up not taking your item. People.

This is exactly what Marconi had in mind when he legged it down to the patent office.

Depends if it's prefaced by the words "randy" and "Scouse", I guess.

Welcome, youngsters

I remember when this test was applied to NFL players, and as a result I still pronounce Tony Romo this way

In my glorious rule, failure to publish stage times will attract severe penalties against venues

misread the word "pens", which is your fault not mine