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David Astle (alias DA)
@dontattempt.bsky.social
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Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · Nov 28
Just gave ChatGPT a writing deadline and now it’s cleaning the house
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d
The sort of cartoon you'd expect to see from me

www.worldofmoose.com/products/con...
Cartoon showing a man reading from a dictionary to another. He says "So, it turns out confirmation bias means exactly what I expected it to mean|"
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dontattempt.bsky.social
David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 24m
Lateral Dictionary

LEGIT - walk
UNDIES - lives
DRAGON - bore
NOTICED - thawed
DAISY - like a podium
BEACON - do time
OVARIES - humdrum
TUMBLING - navel ring
AU PAIR - gold earrings
AMENABLE - like a prayer
BOUNDARIES - ramshackled
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d
"Neutral" is the ne plus ultra of anagrams.
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dontattempt.bsky.social
David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 1d
What idiot called it an underdog instead of a subwoofer?
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 1d
I am staying with Maria.
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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 2d
Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?
A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 3d
From radio listeners: the “cheating” wrist waggle to close the Movement Ring on a smartwatch:

conwiggle
desteption
counterfitting
shalking (shake-walking)
scamping (scam-stepping)
fauxjouling
scambulating
couchwalking
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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 3d
This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 3d
- Knock, knock
- Who’s there?
- Gaslight
- Gaslight who?
- No thanks
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 4d
Because moist can fill either blank:

__________ cake
___________ wound
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 4d
We learnt your ‘ick words’ last night:

phlegm
moist
mucus
secrete
sputum
orifice
pus/tule
discharge
Collingwood
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 12d
Huge difference between "She's got Bette Davis eyes" and "She's got Bette Davis' eyes"
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LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social · 4d
A beauty via DA @dontattempt.bsky.social today.

Minute Cryptic - 7 October, 2025

Tailor billed 500 less for offensive suit? (5)

www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 5d
INFINITE PALINDROME

…cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so c…
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dontattempt.bsky.social
David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 5d
So does proofreading
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 6d
I should be home at the end of summer so I'll give you a ring.
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stevesparshott.bsky.social
<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 6d
We couldn’t find our hotel room.
An illuminated room number sign: 4 0 4
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dontattempt.bsky.social
David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 6d
Not so absurd. Rabbit and waffle are synonyms after all
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 6d
this is the photo in the "absurdity" article on Danish Wikipedia ("A rabbit with a waffle. On the head")
En kanin med en vaffel. På hovedet.
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 6d
But not Legos, drugs dealer, trades union or covers band. Got it
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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · Nov 10
Stop hating yourself for everything. Be specific.
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 6d
“Daylight SAVING…
Daylight SAVING…”

Ignore me. Just preparing for those beloved sticklers among radio listeners
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 8d
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 9d
I applaud @civixplorer for this delightful little bit of flag nonsense.
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 8d
What idiot called them varicose veins instead of caterpillaries?
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David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social · 9d
Manual labour falls into two categories:

- boring
- riveting
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