Phil
@fatboyfat.bsky.social
Never knowingly underweight.
Avi courtesy of @dochackenbush.bsky.social
Avi courtesy of @dochackenbush.bsky.social
I agree with you about getting numbers in context. But percentages aren’t actually that well understood. Adult numeracy isn’t where it needs to be.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I agree with you about getting numbers in context. But percentages aren’t actually that well understood. Adult numeracy isn’t where it needs to be.
Well, they now have a use for that old car tyre and length of rope they had knocking about.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Well, they now have a use for that old car tyre and length of rope they had knocking about.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My birthday was in April, so I’m 95% cheese footballs by now.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My birthday was in April, so I’m 95% cheese footballs by now.
I mean, you don’t want to go all Giles Coren on them, but it must be annoying.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I mean, you don’t want to go all Giles Coren on them, but it must be annoying.
A good sub can make your writing even better than you’d imagined.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A good sub can make your writing even better than you’d imagined.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
"We don’t have a Prime Minister. We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs..."
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"We don’t have a Prime Minister. We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs..."
“Let me tell you…” etc
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“Let me tell you…” etc
There’s a ‘ring’ reference going begging here.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s a ‘ring’ reference going begging here.
I’d step in, but I’m bassist for The Fall that evening.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’d step in, but I’m bassist for The Fall that evening.
We’ve got you down for 30 minutes of blame on Wednesday. Is that ok?
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We’ve got you down for 30 minutes of blame on Wednesday. Is that ok?
Just wait 1/10th of a second.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just wait 1/10th of a second.
Niche reference but much appreciated.
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Niche reference but much appreciated.
Not just all-black paint, but *exciting* all-black paint!
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Not just all-black paint, but *exciting* all-black paint!
I am visiting Amsterdam next year and fully intend to use some of these.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am visiting Amsterdam next year and fully intend to use some of these.
Henry, Ron and Jim.
Because all ginger cats should be named after blokes my grandad used to play dominoes with.
Because all ginger cats should be named after blokes my grandad used to play dominoes with.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Henry, Ron and Jim.
Because all ginger cats should be named after blokes my grandad used to play dominoes with.
Because all ginger cats should be named after blokes my grandad used to play dominoes with.
The comedian Alun Cochrane had this great line about buying a house just before a house price crash.
Worried friends would ask him: “What are you going to do about your house now Alun?”
“Um. I’m going to live in it.”
Worried friends would ask him: “What are you going to do about your house now Alun?”
“Um. I’m going to live in it.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The comedian Alun Cochrane had this great line about buying a house just before a house price crash.
Worried friends would ask him: “What are you going to do about your house now Alun?”
“Um. I’m going to live in it.”
Worried friends would ask him: “What are you going to do about your house now Alun?”
“Um. I’m going to live in it.”
Big ginger cats are the best.
Henry agrees.
Henry agrees.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Big ginger cats are the best.
Henry agrees.
Henry agrees.
I still think calling the state pension an “entitlement” was a big mistake.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I still think calling the state pension an “entitlement” was a big mistake.
This is a professional diplomat? Wow…
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is a professional diplomat? Wow…
