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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 9h

Extra catch: Just as you're about to leave the house, the huge rock tells you it needs to bring something for the Harvest Festival, and also it's Dress Like a Roman day.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 2d

I messaged my mum earlier to say "I'll try and pop in on Friday, I'm ducking out of work early".

You have no idea how many times I proofread that message.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 2d

Dear Auto Correct, are you trying to get me sacked? I often sign off e-mails with, "I look forward to your thoughts." In a recent message to a female associate, I almost sent, "I look forward to your thighs." Always re-read before sending.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget @anonopin.bsky.social is twinned with @fesshole.bsky.social

Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

"Sorry, we haven't got any appointments today, you'll have to call Reception at 8am tomorrow"

Huffpost headline: I Asked 2 Doctors How To 'Boost' Your Immune System, And They Both Said The Same Thing

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

"Got a bit tense when it came to stirring tea" Really? Maybe that's because she was meant to be learning to perform the cha-cha on primetime TV, and instead they made her spend the day filming a 20-second clip with some cakes #strictly

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine if this episode was being made in Covid-era 2020. Craig would be sat in the car park #strictly

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

Flashback to the December when, during a game of Scrabble, I put down 'Stolen' and my wife contested "Erm, I think you'll find it's two Ls"

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

Finally, #strictly have invested in some convincing CGI

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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 3d

Where has the BBC put the budget they've saved on the terms & conditions celeb? Not on CGI pigeons, I'll tell you that. #Strictly

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

"Wake up daddy, breakfast's ready!"

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 3d

Spoiler: It's Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals, plus four spare copies just in case
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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

This feels like a twist on that Seinfeld episode where George keeps trying to break up with his girlfriend, but can't because every time she just refuses to accept the dumping.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

New sarcastic meme just dropped #totp

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

Always makes me well up, ever since Lauren Laverne played it on 6music on the first morning of lockdown. It was always lovely but, as the kids say, It hits differently now.

Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

Now I'm having flashbacks to my first Sky box (2005-ish), losing whole evenings to channel-hopping, fascinated by what I found. Strangest was the Ocean Finance channel, which was just a feed of a fishtank!

Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

This song is very "Never mind the old poppy stuff, I've had an idea for a concept album" isn't it?

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

Oh! This suddenly explains the existence of a LOT of channels.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

My grandma had this on 7" single. She left it on the windowsill and it melted. We did not mourn her loss #totp

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

Haha! 'Make' is kind. 'Narrate', maybe.

Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever someone asks me what my guilty pleasure is, I always say Shoplifting

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4d

Listening to popular songs by Abba or Take That is not a guilty pleasure. They are legitimate pleasures. Singing along to a proletarian choir singing The East Is Red as you think about the terrors of the Cultural Revolution is a guilty pleasure.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

*some of #totp

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

😶 #totp

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

What I like about Teardrops by Womack and Womack is that it's not Love Wars by Womack and Womack

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Matt Simpson @brickie78.bsky.social · 4d

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 4d

I like how most bands' comeback singles are about the hell of touring, plentiful drugs and sudden fame. And The Supernaturals' was about being tired #totp

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