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Charlie McCabe

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Currently up to something... "Elegant, bit mysterious, has the vibe of someone who could kill a man with one glance." - @harecomedy.bsky.social

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · Nov 12

A BANANA ANALYSIS (Help!):
There are many things that could be said about Will Sharpe's Flowers but, years later, I still can't get the bananas out of my head. I'm hoping someone has an idea. (They don't)
I'll elaborate (thread):

Julian Barratt in tv show Flowers. He's sitting at a desk, with a bookshelf behind him, in a dark room with a ray of sunshine lighting him. Colours are all dark, muted browns and greens.

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 25m

I love stroopwafels for breakfast! Yes!

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 14h

🤣 Don't say that, she'll never invite me round for roast potatoes now!

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 15h

Are you aware of what nice hands you have?

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 17h

Unbelievable. Just because you didn't want to do audio description of your apparently enormous uh... rainbow-clad debut, now we all have to suffer, is it?

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 22h

True story

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes - the things cishet men think we want. Lovely 😂

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

More than two - hello, Chrissy!

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

More importantly - someone else should be admining for you! It's your birthday!

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

There were two nesting on my house last year. Shouldn't be too hard to find them, right?

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

I also looked at that but decided it meant that Chris is actually 12 years old but will live to 257. (Or maybe it's a fraction? I dunno. But you can certainly tell which of us is the comedian 😂)

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

But it was always less "call the police" and more "Fucking hell! You're not my cat! What have you done with my boy!?"

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 1d

Nope, never even considered it. I'd say they're about... 15 or so cm long and pretty fat

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 2d

There are ones here that are MASSIVE and have stripes down their backs. They used to come in to eat the cat food. On more than one occasion when they were slugging round the cat bowl I'd see them out the corner of my eye and assume they were my cat. Quite a shock I realise I was talking to a slug.

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 2d

Now then!

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 2d

PSA for London people: Garry Starr will be at the Arts Theatre in November. Don't ask questions, get a ticket, no need to thank me.
(Nobody ever listens to me but bloody hell I'm gonna keep trying)

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 2d

We have loads of persimmon orchards right near my house. TONS of the things.
Can't say I'm fond of them (it's like I do it on purpose! I live in wine and persimmon land and have no love for either - I promise I'm not deliberately contrarian 😂)

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 3d

Oh bloody hell. Sorry mate

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 3d

Oh how horrendous

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 3d

😱 So exciting!

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 3d

That's crazy! Such an impressive skill. Sounds absolutely perfect to me

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 3d

Ooooh flamenco! I know what my vote is

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 4d

There's that utterly awful Netflix one that Tim Key is in. It's terrible.

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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 4d

1. Rowlf
2. Rowlf
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Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 4d

*claps in agreement*

Charlie McCabe @pairedfluorescent.bsky.social · 5d

Yep, this is why we're all happy to listen to Watson for hours - nothing slow about it. If a cricket chirps too loud you've missed 3 sentences