Alan B
@alanpbourke.bsky.social
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Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch.
Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch.
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Alan B
@alanpbourke.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Oddities And One Hit Wonders Of The UK Top 40
open.spotify.com
open.spotify.com/playlist/1w6...
88 hrs of hits from 1970 up until about 1999. Novelty songs, strange one-offs, instrumentals, football songs, military bands, TV themes, Christmas songs, collaborations. If it's not there chances are it's not on Spotify. No Jonathan King or Rolf Harris 😬 #totp
88 hrs of hits from 1970 up until about 1999. Novelty songs, strange one-offs, instrumentals, football songs, military bands, TV themes, Christmas songs, collaborations. If it's not there chances are it's not on Spotify. No Jonathan King or Rolf Harris 😬 #totp
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omg they rebranded ice cream
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
omg they rebranded ice cream
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TIL why Spielberg and Affleck have never worked together and lmao. King shit.
December 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
TIL why Spielberg and Affleck have never worked together and lmao. King shit.
A Scritti Politti cover band called The Nitti Gritti Of Scritti Politti
a lord of the rings cover band called Moria 5
a lord of the rings cover band called Dinosauron Jr.
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A Scritti Politti cover band called The Nitti Gritti Of Scritti Politti
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One of the greatest posts of all time
If you're looking for the clown, he's two storm drains over
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One of the greatest posts of all time
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Goodness, Zodiac is on Youtube. IT.....IS....MENTAL. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFB5...
Zodiac Ep. 1/6 - Death of a Crab (1080p) st. Anton Rodgers, Anouska Hempel
YouTube video by Forgotten British Television
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Goodness, Zodiac is on Youtube. IT.....IS....MENTAL. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFB5...
Thread.
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thread.
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Christmas Hits That You Don't Hear Very Often Now: An in-character Minder spinoff with George Cole and Dennis Waterman doing a spoken word dialogue about what to get Arfur's wife for Christmas. Their 'miming' to it on Top Of The Pops was quite something.
timworthington.org/2018/12/20/l...
timworthington.org/2018/12/20/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Christmas Hits That You Don't Hear Very Often Now: An in-character Minder spinoff with George Cole and Dennis Waterman doing a spoken word dialogue about what to get Arfur's wife for Christmas. Their 'miming' to it on Top Of The Pops was quite something.
timworthington.org/2018/12/20/l...
timworthington.org/2018/12/20/l...
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And let's not forget those who are born to be solicitors:
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And let's not forget those who are born to be solicitors:
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
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“Saw a museum exhibition of nudes in London yesterday.”
“Really? The V & A?”
“Yep, some boobs and balls too”.
“Really? The V & A?”
“Yep, some boobs and balls too”.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Saw a museum exhibition of nudes in London yesterday.”
“Really? The V & A?”
“Yep, some boobs and balls too”.
“Really? The V & A?”
“Yep, some boobs and balls too”.
Just taken the wife to the capital of Indonesia.
Jakarta?
Absolutely not, I'm not pushing her all that way in a two wheeled road vehicle.
Jakarta?
Absolutely not, I'm not pushing her all that way in a two wheeled road vehicle.
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just taken the wife to the capital of Indonesia.
Jakarta?
Absolutely not, I'm not pushing her all that way in a two wheeled road vehicle.
Jakarta?
Absolutely not, I'm not pushing her all that way in a two wheeled road vehicle.
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
Terrible scenes at Bondi, fuck whatever antisemite pricks were responsible.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Terrible scenes at Bondi, fuck whatever antisemite pricks were responsible.
Bish bash bosh
Lustful energy reciprocated
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bish bash bosh
Happy Todger Strunk day to those who celebrate.
December 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy Todger Strunk day to those who celebrate.
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In just a few hours Dick Van Dyke will be 100 years old.
Dick Van Dyke! 100!
Here he is chatting with Sid James (filming Carry On Up The Khyber) on the Chitty Bang Bang backlot.
Dick Van Dyke! 100!
Here he is chatting with Sid James (filming Carry On Up The Khyber) on the Chitty Bang Bang backlot.
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In just a few hours Dick Van Dyke will be 100 years old.
Dick Van Dyke! 100!
Here he is chatting with Sid James (filming Carry On Up The Khyber) on the Chitty Bang Bang backlot.
Dick Van Dyke! 100!
Here he is chatting with Sid James (filming Carry On Up The Khyber) on the Chitty Bang Bang backlot.
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On this day in 2020, Diego Maradona, perhaps the greatest player to ever lace them up, left us.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
On this day in 2020, Diego Maradona, perhaps the greatest player to ever lace them up, left us.
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Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
Sometimes the only place I want to be is on the sofa at the Royles, supping brown ales with Jim.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sometimes the only place I want to be is on the sofa at the Royles, supping brown ales with Jim.
Nothing new under the sun. Cranks gonna crank.
Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nothing new under the sun. Cranks gonna crank.
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships.
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Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
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In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
– Vet ikke hva jeg er mest imponert over: At de klarte å komme seg inn i situasjonen, eller at de kom seg ut av den
Mandag kveld bød på komiske scener fra Alexander Kiellands plass.
www.ao.no
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
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Rockabill islands, off the town of Skerries, County Dublin. From the Irish 'Cloch Dábhiolla', meaning 'Two-bill Rock'.
Home to a lighthouse and the largest colony of roseate terns in Europe. And possibly some stray cats.
#speirgorm
Home to a lighthouse and the largest colony of roseate terns in Europe. And possibly some stray cats.
#speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Rockabill islands, off the town of Skerries, County Dublin. From the Irish 'Cloch Dábhiolla', meaning 'Two-bill Rock'.
Home to a lighthouse and the largest colony of roseate terns in Europe. And possibly some stray cats.
#speirgorm
Home to a lighthouse and the largest colony of roseate terns in Europe. And possibly some stray cats.
#speirgorm