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If you arrive at the theatre close to the start time, and your seat is anywhere other than the end of a row, then you are inconsiderate garbage
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If you arrive at the theatre close to the start time, and your seat is anywhere other than the end of a row, then you are inconsiderate garbage
Theatre Critics should give a review of the last performance as well as the first, to compare how the play has matured over time. Useless for theatregoers, but useful for all those involved in the production.
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Theatre Critics should give a review of the last performance as well as the first, to compare how the play has matured over time. Useless for theatregoers, but useful for all those involved in the production.
Ever wanted to argue your opinion live? Rob Manuel's Anon Opin Live is your chance. Leicester shows: 12–13 Feb 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ever wanted to argue your opinion live? Rob Manuel's Anon Opin Live is your chance. Leicester shows: 12–13 Feb 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Most computerised systems are vulnerable to solar storms. Another one like the Carrington Event of 1859 will put us back in the Middle Ages for weeks if not months. We are not prepared.
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Most computerised systems are vulnerable to solar storms. Another one like the Carrington Event of 1859 will put us back in the Middle Ages for weeks if not months. We are not prepared.
If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.
Unless you are communicating in French, using the word 'Soiree' instead of 'party' makes you unforgivably pretentious.
December 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Unless you are communicating in French, using the word 'Soiree' instead of 'party' makes you unforgivably pretentious.
Paul McCartney looks like an owl
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Paul McCartney looks like an owl
Nothing has radicalised me more than seeing how the government completely elimimated homelessness during the pandemic and yet after it was done we were right back to pretending it was impossible.
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Nothing has radicalised me more than seeing how the government completely elimimated homelessness during the pandemic and yet after it was done we were right back to pretending it was impossible.
Senior management, it's not a "Town Hall" or a "Watch Party", is just a zoom meeting. Get over yourselves.
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Senior management, it's not a "Town Hall" or a "Watch Party", is just a zoom meeting. Get over yourselves.
We should have a different word for a dead spouse. When they die, the marriage is over, so you can't really continue calling them "my wife". And "ex-wife" has already been claimed by the divorced. The person left behind has a noun, be it "widow" or "widower", but not the dead.
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We should have a different word for a dead spouse. When they die, the marriage is over, so you can't really continue calling them "my wife". And "ex-wife" has already been claimed by the divorced. The person left behind has a noun, be it "widow" or "widower", but not the dead.
You can't finish with someone once you've hit the 20th November. It's too late. You'll have to wait until the 10th of January, but do it quickly or you'll miss the window before Valentine's Day, and before you know it you'll be planning a June wedding.
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You can't finish with someone once you've hit the 20th November. It's too late. You'll have to wait until the 10th of January, but do it quickly or you'll miss the window before Valentine's Day, and before you know it you'll be planning a June wedding.
Excel should be taught in schools. If we have time in the school day to teach a bunch of maths formulas that 99% of the population is never going to use in real life, we have time to teach a skill that is required for a great deal of jobs.
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excel should be taught in schools. If we have time in the school day to teach a bunch of maths formulas that 99% of the population is never going to use in real life, we have time to teach a skill that is required for a great deal of jobs.
Microsoft should have two versions of the desktop operating systems. One with all the AI bullshit that the hard of thinking can froth themselves blind over, and another which is just bare-bones that lets the rest of us run all the applications we need without constant annoyances.
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Microsoft should have two versions of the desktop operating systems. One with all the AI bullshit that the hard of thinking can froth themselves blind over, and another which is just bare-bones that lets the rest of us run all the applications we need without constant annoyances.
I don't understand why people are so hard on Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Just because George and Ringo hated working on it doesn't mean it's crap. It's an absolute belter of a tune. If some other band had done it, it'd be in their greatest hits.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I don't understand why people are so hard on Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Just because George and Ringo hated working on it doesn't mean it's crap. It's an absolute belter of a tune. If some other band had done it, it'd be in their greatest hits.
I'm going to say the nicest thing about Keir Starmer I can think of: the fact that someone with his dull, adenoidal, nasal delivery has risen to the height of Prime Minister has made me slightly less self-conscious of my own awful voice
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm going to say the nicest thing about Keir Starmer I can think of: the fact that someone with his dull, adenoidal, nasal delivery has risen to the height of Prime Minister has made me slightly less self-conscious of my own awful voice
All books should have that ribbon thing thats used as a bookmark.
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
All books should have that ribbon thing thats used as a bookmark.
'National Express' by The Devine Comedy is a smartarse belittling poor people. Not very topical I know but it still boils my piss every time I hear it.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
'National Express' by The Devine Comedy is a smartarse belittling poor people. Not very topical I know but it still boils my piss every time I hear it.
The people who make cup-a-soups don't get enough credit for the amazing strides forward they have made over the past 20 years. They have turned a terrible product into something really quite nice.
December 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The people who make cup-a-soups don't get enough credit for the amazing strides forward they have made over the past 20 years. They have turned a terrible product into something really quite nice.
Spearmint is far better than peppermint.
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Spearmint is far better than peppermint.
Ever wanted to argue your opinion live? Rob Manuel's Anon Opin Live is your chance. Leicester shows: 12–13 Feb 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ever wanted to argue your opinion live? Rob Manuel's Anon Opin Live is your chance. Leicester shows: 12–13 Feb 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
The two pieces of music that evoke France more than any other are the theme tunes to Allo Allo and Bergerac
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The two pieces of music that evoke France more than any other are the theme tunes to Allo Allo and Bergerac
Beers of any kind only need to be served cold if they don't taste good. A mouthful of nutty brown is delicious when served body warm. If you find yourself looking for ice cold beer then your problem is bad beer not refrigeration.
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Beers of any kind only need to be served cold if they don't taste good. A mouthful of nutty brown is delicious when served body warm. If you find yourself looking for ice cold beer then your problem is bad beer not refrigeration.
Every month before my MOJO subscription arrives I play a game of Bob, Bowie, Beatles or Bruce and guess who's on the cover. I'm going for Bowie next issue.
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Every month before my MOJO subscription arrives I play a game of Bob, Bowie, Beatles or Bruce and guess who's on the cover. I'm going for Bowie next issue.
During winter months, there is no greater joy than warming your undies and socks on the radiator before putting them on.
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
During winter months, there is no greater joy than warming your undies and socks on the radiator before putting them on.
I think Tom Cruise has a future as an actor. If he stopped making Hollywood action film schlock, he has potential to be a serious actor in quality films.
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think Tom Cruise has a future as an actor. If he stopped making Hollywood action film schlock, he has potential to be a serious actor in quality films.