Balderdash
@balderdash.bsky.social
I placed my onions
on the floor,
under the window
by the door.
The layers of nuance
caught their eyes,
the day I won
The Turner Prize
on the floor,
under the window
by the door.
The layers of nuance
caught their eyes,
the day I won
The Turner Prize
Pinned
Balderdash
@balderdash.bsky.social
· Oct 11
12 year old daughter told me she has her first boyfriend “accidentally as we don’t really know each other.” I said ‘ha, just like me and your mother.’ No-one laughed. Atmosphere remains frosty at best.
#diary
#diary
I wonder what gave him away?
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I wonder what gave him away?
This is what Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ was about - the old lie that it is sweet and fitting to not be able to eat in a restaurant and have whistles blown at you.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
This is what Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ was about - the old lie that it is sweet and fitting to not be able to eat in a restaurant and have whistles blown at you.
Started watching Irish Traitors & a couple of thoughts. 1) Something quite bizarre happened (ep 1) with regards to two of the traitors. 2) Finding some bits unpleasant. The traitors really seem to hate each other & there’s some unsavoury ageist bullying by one of them who happens to be a policeman.
January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Started watching Irish Traitors & a couple of thoughts. 1) Something quite bizarre happened (ep 1) with regards to two of the traitors. 2) Finding some bits unpleasant. The traitors really seem to hate each other & there’s some unsavoury ageist bullying by one of them who happens to be a policeman.
Happy birthday Tom Selleck - Magnum P.I.
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Happy birthday Tom Selleck - Magnum P.I.
Transfer market’s gone crazy. How on Earth has a pink bird got that sort of money?
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Transfer market’s gone crazy. How on Earth has a pink bird got that sort of money?
A note to all sports journalists who keep getting this wrong. Liam Delap was at Derby for ten years before joining Man City.
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 AM
A note to all sports journalists who keep getting this wrong. Liam Delap was at Derby for ten years before joining Man City.
What’s Severus Snape doing in Downing Street?
Shabana Mahmood appears to have joined an 18th century Jesuit Order
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 AM
What’s Severus Snape doing in Downing Street?
Socrates would have been great on the TikTok- no need to write anything down. Just lip-syncing wise philosophical musings to The Prodigy.
January 27, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Socrates would have been great on the TikTok- no need to write anything down. Just lip-syncing wise philosophical musings to The Prodigy.
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I hear your Prime Minister’s been announcing major policy change on the TikTok. You know the TikTok? The 21st century agora where the kids hang out - just down the road from The Parthenon.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I hear your Prime Minister’s been announcing major policy change on the TikTok. You know the TikTok? The 21st century agora where the kids hang out - just down the road from The Parthenon.
Alexa, show me the grooviest tune, the grooviest dancing and then add some extra groove.
Remembering Jean Knight on her birthday. This playlist features some of her finest Stax recordings including Mr Big Stuff
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Alexa, show me the grooviest tune, the grooviest dancing and then add some extra groove.
This says so much about Reform.
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This says so much about Reform.
Paul Hollywood currently practising his wrist action on his cream horn.
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Paul Hollywood currently practising his wrist action on his cream horn.
Always enjoy it when two people who look alike share the same birthday as is the case today with Nicolae Ceaușescu and Michael Bentine. Like to imagine that they could have swapped roles and Bentine could have led Romania while Ceaușescu was one of The Goons.
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Always enjoy it when two people who look alike share the same birthday as is the case today with Nicolae Ceaușescu and Michael Bentine. Like to imagine that they could have swapped roles and Bentine could have led Romania while Ceaușescu was one of The Goons.
This is my favourite joke about Tonty Blair and Robert Burns.
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This is my favourite joke about Tonty Blair and Robert Burns.
If you haven’t seen Dorgu and Cunha’s goals, do watch Match of the Day tonight - two absolute beauties completely out of the blue.
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
If you haven’t seen Dorgu and Cunha’s goals, do watch Match of the Day tonight - two absolute beauties completely out of the blue.
“Geographically inaccurate penguin memes sir. Thousands of ‘em.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“Geographically inaccurate penguin memes sir. Thousands of ‘em.”
Happy birthday to the people’s poet - John Cooper Clarke
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Happy birthday to the people’s poet - John Cooper Clarke
Watching The Night Manager with Tom Hiddlestone playing a hotelier called Jonathan Pine who is also known as Jack Lindon, Thomas Quince, Andrew Birch, Alex Goodwin and Matthew Ellis. Basically a cross between Basil Fawlty and Grant Shapps.
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Watching The Night Manager with Tom Hiddlestone playing a hotelier called Jonathan Pine who is also known as Jack Lindon, Thomas Quince, Andrew Birch, Alex Goodwin and Matthew Ellis. Basically a cross between Basil Fawlty and Grant Shapps.
6 point deduction to West Ham for this. The Premier League needs to put a stop to this nonsense - it’s not the under 11’s Sunday league.
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
6 point deduction to West Ham for this. The Premier League needs to put a stop to this nonsense - it’s not the under 11’s Sunday league.
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The great thing about having pet insurance is that while our labrador is at the vets, they've given us a courtesy poodle to hang out with.
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The great thing about having pet insurance is that while our labrador is at the vets, they've given us a courtesy poodle to hang out with.
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.