John Ix
frogalapeche.bsky.social
John Ix
@frogalapeche.bsky.social
Even he. ❤s Dr Who, Lit, darkness, 007, Gothic Horror. I teach English. Socialist. Conan-Doyler.
Nibbled to death by an Okapi.
Attempting re-entry.
I invented the term 'Tillblerone'.
Release the Virtual Murder dvd!
"World's most correct man" 2024
Pinned
Escargone.
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a fantastically enjoyable film.

I'm very annoyed at myself for watching the shit American alternate ending as it almost ruined my head-canon explanation as to what Louis (Dennis Price) did next.
February 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
'Après désarroi, le déluge' was right there!
February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Climbed out from under my duvet this morning and gave my wife an ode I'd written about her.

#ValentinesDay
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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I just casually dropped the bombshell that not only have I never seen the film 'It's a Wonderful Life', but that I have seen so many pastiches of it that I now never NEED to watch it.

My wife's expression:

(Also her expression when I told her that I've never had sugar in tea, ever.)
December 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Obviously never take genuine death threats lightly; but if I was a PR wonk, the first thing I'd tell a talentless client desperate for public sympathy/column inches to do is claim they've recieved them.

All you need do is phone them up and sarcastically say "Ooh, I'll kill you!" and it's 'factual'.
Achmed The Dead Jeff Dunham GIF
ALT: Achmed The Dead Jeff Dunham GIF
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June 23, 2024 at 11:12 AM
I don't remember posting this.
Idea for a film:
JAWS, but with Sherlock Holmes solving the case.

"A three-barrel problem."

"You're going to need a bigger Persian slipper, Holmes."

"That's some bad hat, Sherlock."

(Spotting a giant Sumatran rat)
"That's a twenty footer.”
“7.62m actually. 2.72 metric tonnes of him, Lestrade.”
February 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The bouquet's inventor, Mr Francis Fürta said his 'surprise pork' can help relationships that'd been towed in a hole.

His lover, Sava Loy was so cross at receiving it she was heard to shout "Prick!" and left to go curling in Cumberland, but not before kneeing him...leaving him with a black pudding.
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The bar set again, again, again.

#TheFilmCrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Dearth in Venice #thefilmcrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Ooh, it's the bar set again, again.

#TheFilmCrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I own the dvd of Supernatural, and despite watching the story 6 times, I have never managed to get all the way through this story without falling asleep.

#TheFilmCrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Get used to this set.

It reappears A LOT.

#TheFilmCrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Even for Ruby Flipper, this is bloody awful.

#TOTP
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Thank goodness Robert Hardy isn't overplaying this scene.

#TheFilmCrowd
February 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Five Star

When you have #TOTP at 7pm, but need to be back on Skaro to fight a logical war against the Daleks at 9.
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Oh...I was all ready to post this picture when I realised it wasn't HIM.

#Totp
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I really have nothing negative to say about Chrissie Hynde...ever.

#TOTP
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
February 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
0.000001 secs into literally any Catatonia 'song'.

#TOTP
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Perhsps I'm coming across a bit negative, but I blame the poor material I'm being asked to comment upon.

#TOTP
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Reef: Best kept underwater.

#TOTP
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM