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Sanjeev Kohli

@govindajeggy.bsky.social

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Navid in Still Game, Synthesiser Patel in Look Around You, Ramesh in @FagsMagsandBags and dynamite in a boob tube. Work enquires: [email protected]

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 18h

Been reading about the mathematician on Scott's Antarctic mission. Horrible man, apparently. Very cold and calculating

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 19h

After they split up, the band ‘Eternal’ were posthumously renamed ‘Temporary’

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 2d

Ask me anything about Archie Gemmill’s skin or Archie Macpherson’s hair or Archie Panjabi’s artex. I have a degree in archietexture

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 4d

Ask me anything you like about Dermot Murnaghan, Dermot O’Leary or Dermot Morgan. I’m a fully qualified Dermotologist

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 5d

Tommy Cannon was once hit by an asteroid & lay under it unconscious for three days. If only Bobby Ball had had a catchphrase with which to alert the emergency services

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 6d

If like me you find Alanis Morissette a bit small, why not try Alan Moriss?

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 6d

If like me you find courgettes a bit small, why not try a courge?

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 6d

Never understood why the word “wanker” is an insult. We’ve all done it. Be weird if you DIDN’T do it. It’s like calling someone a “breather”

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 7d

So. Who’s all wearing socks for Socktober?

#socktober

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 7d

If you stop eating meat long enough you forget how it tastes. It’s a phenomenon called ‘hamnesia’

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 8d

Forgotten how good Crocodile Magritte is. "That's not a pipe. This is a pipe”

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 8d

During the Gulf War, Massive Attack were forced temporarily to change their name to Pillow Fight

Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 9d

I didn't say that the award for Feline Rear of the Year was a disaster. I said it was a cat ass trophy

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 13d

Surprising amount of bird behaviouralists in pop:
1. Prince (who knew when doves cried)
2. That Petrel Emotion
3. How Kestrels Manoeuvre in the Dark

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Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social · 14d

This week's newsletter is here! With @damedenisemina.bsky.social live at The Stand in Glasgow (Oct 9)! @govindajeggy.bsky.social live (same; Nov 13)!
Plus: tune into @ambroseparry.bsky.social! Chris Brookmyre! Clare Grogan! Loads more! It's all here: www.akickupthearts.org/campaigns/vi...

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 14d

When I said butter, I meant ghee. I should have clarified

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 14d

Watch Top of the Pops 1977 tonight on BBC4 for a lovely window into more innocent times. On the bill tonight…
"Dad's Back! (from Makro)" by Fruit Cocktail, "Wandering Hands" by Newbuild, & "The Lasagna Shuffle" by Glacé Cherry

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 15d

I have a theory that if you run fast enough at a mirror, you will emerge in another dimension. I have yet to prove this theory. I’m also banned from all branches of IKEA

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 16d

My pastry & accessories shop won big at the UK Business Awards last night. Its diverse product base was described as “pie an’ earring”

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Will Maclean @willmac23.bsky.social · 17d

My ten fave sitcoms:

Not Like That, Exploding Andrew!
The Clinic
Stu vs. Stu
I Married a Hen
The Doggers
Help I’m a Liquid
No Further Questions M’Lud
Graham Cubed
The Gravy Men
Whatever Happened to the Gravy Men?

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 18d

Aleister Crowley started out as a professional snooker player - possible top 16 - but his career was hampered as he couldn’t use the accessories for the long shots under the “no rest for the wicked” rule

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 18d

You find it hard to talk to women because you listen to too much Genesis & have no female siblings. That's my prog no sis

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 19d

The Queen Elizabeth hospital in Glasgow has opened the UK's first "tripped over my spouse’s crocs" ward

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 20d

When Anthony Kiedis from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers upgraded his TV in 1998 he was unable to connect his new DVD player. It compelled him to write the song “Scart Issue”

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 20d

One of the funniest AND most touching AND most authentic films I’ve see in decades. You will laugh & cry all the moisture out of your body. Breathtaking. MUSTWATCH

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