Andrea Burgess
@echtburge.bsky.social
Just some she/her woman. Lives in That London. Solidly built, solidly GenX. Bloodstream is 50% tea. I love your pet. If you follow me and I don't know who you are, then I'm unlikely to return the favour. Sorry. OH BOY HOW MANY WORDS CAN YOU FIT ON YOUR PR-
Another extremely obtuse claim to fame, freshly minted! Stu & I once played a in quiz league match against the captain of a series-winning Only Connect team!
(Our league team lost.)
(Our league team lost.)
January 26, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Another extremely obtuse claim to fame, freshly minted! Stu & I once played a in quiz league match against the captain of a series-winning Only Connect team!
(Our league team lost.)
(Our league team lost.)
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A very important thing for you to know about Icelandic is that the word "rassgat" (butthole) is used as an endearment about cute things. So if you say someone is "algjört rassgat" (a total butthole) it means they are VERY cute. If the cuteness is overwhelming we say "rúsínurassgat" (raisin asshole).
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
A very important thing for you to know about Icelandic is that the word "rassgat" (butthole) is used as an endearment about cute things. So if you say someone is "algjört rassgat" (a total butthole) it means they are VERY cute. If the cuteness is overwhelming we say "rúsínurassgat" (raisin asshole).
Mum's been out of hospital since Friday. She can't walk. Dad back at home helping as much as he can. I've been over on the other side of London on Thurs, Fri, Sat and today. Today was an attempt to get dad some medical tests and get home in time to get Stu (& I) our flu jabs.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Mum's been out of hospital since Friday. She can't walk. Dad back at home helping as much as he can. I've been over on the other side of London on Thurs, Fri, Sat and today. Today was an attempt to get dad some medical tests and get home in time to get Stu (& I) our flu jabs.
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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ICE isn’t bad because they’re doing a bad job at something that is necessary. it is that they are wholly unnecessary, and their function is evil.
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
ICE isn’t bad because they’re doing a bad job at something that is necessary. it is that they are wholly unnecessary, and their function is evil.
TOTP '89 showing a song that I cannot remember at all. Nonetheless, when the DJ says "...Climie Fisher!" Stu and I intone "Fisher hates gravel". #HMHB
January 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
TOTP '89 showing a song that I cannot remember at all. Nonetheless, when the DJ says "...Climie Fisher!" Stu and I intone "Fisher hates gravel". #HMHB
Starting the year with an important correction. I misremembered, and the courier company I was thinking of was DPD Local who are pretty good, there is no such thing as Evri Local, just Evri... which is shite.
Yes, I drove over and delivered the parcel to someone who I think was the addressee's mum. My god, Evri are shite. (Although weirdly, the Evri Local offshoot...not awful.)
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Starting the year with an important correction. I misremembered, and the courier company I was thinking of was DPD Local who are pretty good, there is no such thing as Evri Local, just Evri... which is shite.
Off you fuck, 2025. A truly terrible year both personally and globally. I wish I could look forward to 2026 being better.
January 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Off you fuck, 2025. A truly terrible year both personally and globally. I wish I could look forward to 2026 being better.
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Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires, 1857
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires, 1857
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
For folk who don't do faceboak, an update: My mum had a fall last week and has been in hospital since last Friday. The hospital is on the other side of London from me. She's not about to die, but thanks to a cracked vertebra we don't know when she'll be home. My dad is not doing well on his own.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For folk who don't do faceboak, an update: My mum had a fall last week and has been in hospital since last Friday. The hospital is on the other side of London from me. She's not about to die, but thanks to a cracked vertebra we don't know when she'll be home. My dad is not doing well on his own.
Evri, outdoing even the lowest expectations, dropped a parcel on the doorstep, rang the bell and by the time I got there, wre pulling away with an actual squeal of brakes. The parcel was not for us. The parcel was addressed to a road near Old Street. Reader, Old Street is in zone 1. We're in zone 4.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Evri, outdoing even the lowest expectations, dropped a parcel on the doorstep, rang the bell and by the time I got there, wre pulling away with an actual squeal of brakes. The parcel was not for us. The parcel was addressed to a road near Old Street. Reader, Old Street is in zone 1. We're in zone 4.
Nothing like a live storytelling performance to make it clear how much your hearing loss has advanced. The performance was great, but I could barely make out the words. Maybe about half a dozen short phrases in the course of a 30 mins+ reading. This sucks.
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Nothing like a live storytelling performance to make it clear how much your hearing loss has advanced. The performance was great, but I could barely make out the words. Maybe about half a dozen short phrases in the course of a 30 mins+ reading. This sucks.
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Belsnickel!
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Belsnickel!
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
I've had very little cause to feel proud of my nationality for the last decade or so, but hearing the someone has protested at the Tower of London by throwing apple crumble and custard at the crown jewels has ignited a little flame in my heart. Sometimes mad island is mad in an alright way. 💛
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I've had very little cause to feel proud of my nationality for the last decade or so, but hearing the someone has protested at the Tower of London by throwing apple crumble and custard at the crown jewels has ignited a little flame in my heart. Sometimes mad island is mad in an alright way. 💛
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In the 80s scanning under hedges for porn mags was known as privet browsing mode.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In the 80s scanning under hedges for porn mags was known as privet browsing mode.
Alexander Skarsgård on the Graham Norton Show doing some excellent sartorial trolling and getting the full Miriam Margolyes experience. 👍👍
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Alexander Skarsgård on the Graham Norton Show doing some excellent sartorial trolling and getting the full Miriam Margolyes experience. 👍👍
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And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
A dream, many days ago, of which I can remember almost nothing apart from a line from a song that was being sung by an artist and their audience, which I was part of. It makes no sense, but I can still remember it: Our home is a passing road on the side of a cool, dark square. The melody is lovely.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A dream, many days ago, of which I can remember almost nothing apart from a line from a song that was being sung by an artist and their audience, which I was part of. It makes no sense, but I can still remember it: Our home is a passing road on the side of a cool, dark square. The melody is lovely.
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
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Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Wildlife
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Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism