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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1h

The lovely Al Murray very kindly put me on the guest list for one of his gigs.

Oh, and JKR invited me to a party at her place, which was kind of a big deal (and I drank sooooooo much free* booze)

*To me, I imagine she paid quite a lot for it.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 4h

"We've got a great episode today! All the latest football results, a lecture on why snooker is better than pool, our mystery guest will be claiming he was at Goose Green, to try to win a free pint, but first, 'What's wrong and whose fault is it?' with a bloke who's been drinking Fosters since 9am!"

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 4h

See yer da’s got a new car.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 4h

Julius Caesar lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than he did to the birth of Julius Caesar.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 4h

You should trademark Pubcast™ immediately!

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 4h

What about going to the pub and then listening to podcasts there, because I'm a billy no-mates?

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 11h

I hear there's a tonal shift in the new one.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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Nicola @scrapegroat.bsky.social · 1d

Them: Buckle up, technology is the future, you're getting left behind
Technology:

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

Love Actually, with Alastair Sim playing all the roles?

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

She missed the lesson on conspiracy theories.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

On holiday today, and have decided to take the dogs out to the beach.

I want it all to myself, so please stay the fuck away. Cheers.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

Bad Santa with Sid James

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

"Give us our fucking money or it stays on January!"

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

Will you take an IOU for the remainder of the £1,000 pledge level? Just til me giro comes, like.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

*Waves*

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

There used to be a maxim back in the Usenet days, “All moderated groups eventually become groups about moderation.” Nice to see the old ways are still alive, I guess.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

My first guess was, "Stop! In the name of love," but that's 6 words.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

"My dad will batter yours!"

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

Woo-hoo! Single digit Referdle day (although the last two guesses took a lot of thinking about).

daily #referdle1046: 9/25

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The daily word game for those who like a real challenge

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

They're trying to square their circle of increasing social housing without ever allowing any new social housing to be built, so either:
a) They're genuinely too dumb to understand this won't work, or
b) They hope people won't notice, or
c) They know they won't be in power, so they can say whatever

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

Did you look at the Green's plans to abolish private landlords? They're going to do it by giving LAs more power to buy properties that are currently being rented, which seems to indicate they think LAs have millions lying around to make capital investments and pay for maintenance.

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

Probably not the main thing to worry about with Trump, but isn't winning in Vietnam by being less woke literally what Colonel Kurtz tells LBJ and the joint chiefs in Apocalypse Now?

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

"Good news, boys, we're going back in to Vietnam!"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 3d

Lovely picture here from the Green Party conference.

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