metterst.bsky.social
@metterst.bsky.social
Middle aged Brit, left of centre, despairing of the world's direction of travel
It's a French engine, of course it shrugs
December 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It's a French engine, of course it shrugs
Read like the start of a Tom Holt novel, and there is nothing not to like about that.
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Read like the start of a Tom Holt novel, and there is nothing not to like about that.
Cheese and Skunk party, very late stage capitalism
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Cheese and Skunk party, very late stage capitalism
I would gone with zapf dingbats
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I would gone with zapf dingbats
Some weeks it feels like we aren't even concentrating on the league!
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Some weeks it feels like we aren't even concentrating on the league!
Does that mean that we have always been at war with Oceania now?
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Does that mean that we have always been at war with Oceania now?
Think of the grief a cyclist gets for doing that?!
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Think of the grief a cyclist gets for doing that?!
That's an unusual place for a Gormley
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That's an unusual place for a Gormley
Perhaps we should just leave the echr, then round up all the detractors, the trusses fhurages, waxey -lemons, murdochs, and their enablers. Lock them in a dark dungeon and throw away the key. We can then rejoin the extra and set about sorting out this country's real problems.
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Perhaps we should just leave the echr, then round up all the detractors, the trusses fhurages, waxey -lemons, murdochs, and their enablers. Lock them in a dark dungeon and throw away the key. We can then rejoin the extra and set about sorting out this country's real problems.
There is never a Golgafrinchan B Ark around when you need one!
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
There is never a Golgafrinchan B Ark around when you need one!
👍took me a second or II.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
👍took me a second or II.
And why do they go to Brazil in monsoon season...every bloody year!
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And why do they go to Brazil in monsoon season...every bloody year!
Another debt to be paid to Jackie Stewart and Prof. SID Watkins
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Another debt to be paid to Jackie Stewart and Prof. SID Watkins
That would surely depend on how big your baps were?!
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
That would surely depend on how big your baps were?!
Stunning biilding, well worth a visit.
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Stunning biilding, well worth a visit.
Hasn't she noticed that her white, frog faced fuhrer is always on the fucking box!
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Hasn't she noticed that her white, frog faced fuhrer is always on the fucking box!
Hopefully the flags are wipe clean and stain resistant.
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hopefully the flags are wipe clean and stain resistant.
And when they inevitably lose again, they will point to the defeat and say that the ECHR are interfering in British democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
And when they inevitably lose again, they will point to the defeat and say that the ECHR are interfering in British democracy.
Surely it's maroon, but you have to insert it the right way.
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Surely it's maroon, but you have to insert it the right way.
As much as I'd settle for us sneaking the only goal in the 99th minute, I really want an accomplished performance and a 2 or 3-0 victory!
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As much as I'd settle for us sneaking the only goal in the 99th minute, I really want an accomplished performance and a 2 or 3-0 victory!
Read the text to my wife who laughed without the need for the visual aid, she knew exactly.
October 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Read the text to my wife who laughed without the need for the visual aid, she knew exactly.
Looking for an old post (that time we sent a Gareth Southgate Christmas decoration to @merchantshallyork.org if you're interested), and we stumbled on that time we TWANG-ed a bunch of stuff on our west wing.
Hope you enjoy the memory as much as we did.
(Follow the 🧵)
bsky.app/profile/roma...
Hope you enjoy the memory as much as we did.
(Follow the 🧵)
bsky.app/profile/roma...
Right, it's #TWANG* day, so we're going to twang a load of stuff with our mini-catapult. Pay attention it's science.
First, a tennis ball. By way of calibration, if you will.
But we know what you're all asking... What would happen if we filled that tennis ball with concrete?
*Not a thing.
First, a tennis ball. By way of calibration, if you will.
But we know what you're all asking... What would happen if we filled that tennis ball with concrete?
*Not a thing.
October 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not while capitalists can derive money from the purchase of cars, insurance, and fuel. Electric cars are an alternative money stream, public transport is not.
October 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Not while capitalists can derive money from the purchase of cars, insurance, and fuel. Electric cars are an alternative money stream, public transport is not.