MiddleAgedManInDenial
@bunkey81.bsky.social
Lurking liker. Wicketkeeping nerd.
Form is temporary; being good when you were 15 is permanent.
Form is temporary; being good when you were 15 is permanent.
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It's the perfect time of year to wonder why a formation of flying geese isn't called a Vagaggle.
More on this breaking new story as we get it.
More on this breaking new story as we get it.
August 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's the perfect time of year to wonder why a formation of flying geese isn't called a Vagaggle.
More on this breaking new story as we get it.
More on this breaking new story as we get it.
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Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
August 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
Yep, this. Excellent.
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a man
The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?
iandunt.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yep, this. Excellent.
Young wicketkeepers. I know you all hang out here.
Please ignore the under-informed Dhruv Jurel chat.
Pope only nicked that because he was standing up. In a game where everyone is flat, the 'keeper has an underappreciated way of changing the angles & irritating all but the very best.
Stand up.
Please ignore the under-informed Dhruv Jurel chat.
Pope only nicked that because he was standing up. In a game where everyone is flat, the 'keeper has an underappreciated way of changing the angles & irritating all but the very best.
Stand up.
July 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Young wicketkeepers. I know you all hang out here.
Please ignore the under-informed Dhruv Jurel chat.
Pope only nicked that because he was standing up. In a game where everyone is flat, the 'keeper has an underappreciated way of changing the angles & irritating all but the very best.
Stand up.
Please ignore the under-informed Dhruv Jurel chat.
Pope only nicked that because he was standing up. In a game where everyone is flat, the 'keeper has an underappreciated way of changing the angles & irritating all but the very best.
Stand up.
@acscricket.bsky.social
Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@acscricket.bsky.social
Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
@zaltzcricket.bsky.social
You're busy with the Test I know but Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
You're busy with the Test I know but Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@zaltzcricket.bsky.social
You're busy with the Test I know but Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
You're busy with the Test I know but Surrey vs Durham (1091 across 7?) has me wondering what the most runs in a game by Centurions is? 821 across 3 in BCL's 501 game for context...
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I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
See also: pip-free
'Tangy, Juicy Easy Peelers'
The greatest lie ever told.
The greatest lie ever told.
March 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
See also: pip-free
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Happy Friggin Friday
Partridge, Roachford & Barlow
YouTube video by Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Happy Friggin Friday
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I just wrote a quick bit about 'genuinely contributing.'
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
February 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I just wrote a quick bit about 'genuinely contributing.'
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
Every time you click the link someone at BBC Verify dies (inside).
January 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every time you click the link someone at BBC Verify dies (inside).
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Morning. Happy New Year.
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
January 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Morning. Happy New Year.
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
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Some genuine loveliness.
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Some genuine loveliness.
Persia Holder at the Royal Albert Hall. Glorious. Weepy, beautiful, life-affirming glory.
December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Persia Holder at the Royal Albert Hall. Glorious. Weepy, beautiful, life-affirming glory.
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I just used the phrase "Seek permission from Mission Control at Cape CaNaggeral" and, whilst I am at pains to distance myself from the sentiment, you are all very welcome to it.
December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I just used the phrase "Seek permission from Mission Control at Cape CaNaggeral" and, whilst I am at pains to distance myself from the sentiment, you are all very welcome to it.
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My six favourite European Mr Men character names...
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My six favourite European Mr Men character names...
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
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(Baffled, though, that Melvyn and his guests didn't discuss - or better still, re-enact - the Keynes vs Hayek rap). www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nE...
Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!
YouTube video by Radical Discourse
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
(Baffled, though, that Melvyn and his guests didn't discuss - or better still, re-enact - the Keynes vs Hayek rap). www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nE...