I totally disagree. I think the passive verb “pushed” makes the whole thing work beautifully. It’s like the old definition of a joke - telling two stories at the same time. As a definition it’s not dictionary-standard but it’s not a stretch by any means.

They are, but there’s two of them so it’s cheating. I recently spent almost all of a 2 hour car journey with them kneading and tweaking one clue. Not sure whether to call it craftsmanship or obsessive behaviour.

😱 That was literally going to be my reply- Grocer Jack, Runaway and Johnny Remember Me were all regulars on Capital Gold’s playlist; it wasn’t till I became an adult that I realised they were part of everyone’s childhood!

I love this song. So creepy and weird.

76-79 I’ve become terrible at updating my thread, though at least I’m still doing it. Dirk Gently was a bit of a disappointment ***; SKSG was daft and somewhat holey of plot **; Magician’s Nephew had some wonderful moments ***; The Haar was gruesome, sad, silly and then more gruesome ****.

The fun sequel to this post is that they managed to only deliver 2/3 of the items on the order.

Definitely some numbers are heftier than others. We’re veering close to my OCD obsession with powers of two here. They all ooze integrity, especially 64, which may actually be the best number there is 😂

And integer. I enjoy the unintentional emotional heft that the mathematical concept of a whole number has.

One of my colleagues left to work at Urenco. I don’t know what the job even is but it seems to be sitting at a computer, being happy, and getting paid slightly less money.

I appreciate that that isn’t a helpful reply at all.

If I knew that, I’d probably be doing it.

Some things are unforgivable.