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Emlyn Jones

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Let's all see if we can simply get on together, shall we?

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · Nov 23

Oh, I'm on telly. From the Other Place and a fun little pun combo.

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 31m

"Fortunately, I managed to acquire two front row seats for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' which will be more up my street, I'm sure."

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1h

Hence why his nephew's got a plush job under Donald McRonald. Connecting the dots with ease.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 2h

Marvellous film. Sam Rockwell should have won a Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 2h

What's going on with the lad on the right's ear? Have they edited this photo and this is their best effort? Amateurs.

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 2h

How do you apply for a partial rebate on your licence fee?

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 11h

These adverts would be more accurate if he were buying a car. John Malkovich presumably wasn't available.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 11h

A shield? She used to have an entire star fighter.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 12h

I've done multiple screenshots and this came through four times in a row. Going to be a busy month...

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 12h

Harsh.

"I BRAG SOMETIMES ABOUT HOW I MADE IT TO A HUNDRED AND THE TRUTH IS. IFIHAD KNOWN I WAS GOING TO LIVE THIS LONG, I WOULD'VE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF MYSELF. AND IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID RIGHT. OTHER THAN HER [WIFE ARLENE], I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT."

- DICK VAN DYKE

An unimpressed Barry Van Dyke, arrested in Battlestar Galactica 1980 (and rightly so).

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 12h

The man's a complete lunatic. Must be the syphilis. None of what he's saying is even possible, let alone a reality. Why is this monster still around?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 13h

"Since the *last* civil war."

Homer Simpson "worst day of your life so far" meme

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

New Tron film's quite exciting.

Roddy Ho and his unique dress sense in Slow Horses.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

I'm fairly sure fibre doesn't strip itself out of the street and strangle passersby.

I thought nazis were meant to be brilliant at rocket science.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

"My boyfriend's away and I'm all alone at my Random House."

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

Another impulse buy. But inevitably a good one.

Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 1d

Ssssh.... don't tell anyone.... but if you buy the Map Men Book today from Amazon Prime, it's HALF PRICE!

www.amazon.co.uk/This-Way-Up-...

This Way Up: The brilliantly entertaining debut book from everyone’s favourite YouTube geographers

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

I for one (and John Finnemore for two, perhaps) enjoy listening to American men who sound strangely like frogs advertising ludicrous products.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

It's shook his nerves and it's rattled his brain, but he'll get over it.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

It's like they're trying to not offend but instead bring massively offensive.

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

It's not Orville, but I expect the audience is thinking "I wish I could die."

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Jenrick delivers one of the most asinine speeches I have ever heard. He even brought along a prop, to explain how a judge becomes impartial setting aside personal views, then went on to attack judges for having views. His solution? Abolish tribunals. And who will adjudicate cases? Pfft. Details. ~AA

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

There have only been three Starbucks of cultural significance and two of them were in Battlestar Galactica. The coffee place's wares are as unpalatable as American chocolate and an insult to Melville.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2d

Starbucks sells coffee for people who don't like the taste of coffee and actually want a milkshake and a pro plus

Emlyn Jones @gremlyn27.bsky.social · 1d

I once saw an online argument that Nelson Mandela was an African American but this takes the biscuit.

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