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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 4h

Has anyone told Oolon Colluphid?

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Shar A @sharal.bsky.social · 6h

‘CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT’

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 1d

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 1d

Not in my experience; people will generally if not invariably understand and certainly make no lasting judgements.

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 2d

For a brief spell, Trump won’t be the worse thing on the continent.

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 2d

Steve Clarke’s caution is deeply akin to Rose Kennedy’s black dress and the Pope’s Catholicism.

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m genuinely putting myself into contention for a return to the Rangers manager’s job”

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 2d

Just had a Ritter Sport and it was ok, but i think @govindajeggy.bsky.social had raised the bar impossibly high

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 3d

Week 53: Pauline Quirke stacks beans, Joss Ackland attacks squatters with an axe, Arthur Mullard removes his trousers, Gemma Jones hosts some randy Liberals and Max Bygraves remembers last week. It has to be 1976.
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