Prickly Ape
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Old films. Old music. Old books. Old.
Can lend you a five-year-old if you want a rainy Sunday to feel more like a week?
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Can lend you a five-year-old if you want a rainy Sunday to feel more like a week?
For sale: baby shoes, never worn (Please don't worry - baby is fine. We bought them because they looked really cute, put them in a drawer and then forgot about them until they were already two sizes too small. Actually have four pairs, various sizes, all unworn. Will combine postage.)
February 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
For sale: baby shoes, never worn (Please don't worry - baby is fine. We bought them because they looked really cute, put them in a drawer and then forgot about them until they were already two sizes too small. Actually have four pairs, various sizes, all unworn. Will combine postage.)
When I was a kid I was convinced that I would have a car like this when I grew up and couldn't understand why everyone wasn't driving around in rally cars covered in cool decals. I currently drive a ten-year-old Nissan Qashqai (no decals).
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
When I was a kid I was convinced that I would have a car like this when I grew up and couldn't understand why everyone wasn't driving around in rally cars covered in cool decals. I currently drive a ten-year-old Nissan Qashqai (no decals).
Couldn't even get a guess out before the Bully bellow? Come on man. Rome to Athens. You've got three options: Demis, Nana, Zucchero.
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Couldn't even get a guess out before the Bully bellow? Come on man. Rome to Athens. You've got three options: Demis, Nana, Zucchero.
Was encouraged to use it as a daily gargle many years ago when I was in a musical at the Fringe. Pretty much vomited into the sink on the first swig.
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Was encouraged to use it as a daily gargle many years ago when I was in a musical at the Fringe. Pretty much vomited into the sink on the first swig.
I wish to claim my prize.
No way this resolution makes it out of January.
January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I wish to claim my prize.
I was in a crowd in Amsterdam one new year and a man next to me, with a sly smile, took a rocket from inside his coat, lit it with his cigarette and then held it up in the air to launch it. I rapidly retreated indoors for the rest of the evening.
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I was in a crowd in Amsterdam one new year and a man next to me, with a sly smile, took a rocket from inside his coat, lit it with his cigarette and then held it up in the air to launch it. I rapidly retreated indoors for the rest of the evening.
Well that's rather good. Never heard of her before - another one to keep an eye out for in the racks.
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Well that's rather good. Never heard of her before - another one to keep an eye out for in the racks.
I have just seen the Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher in action and I now really need one.
January 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I have just seen the Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher in action and I now really need one.
When The Haar Rolls In - oh god, still hits me so hard.
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When The Haar Rolls In - oh god, still hits me so hard.
No way this resolution makes it out of January.
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No way this resolution makes it out of January.
I assume Christ is represented by one of the cruciferous vegetables?
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I assume Christ is represented by one of the cruciferous vegetables?
I must report there is horror here at the idea there may be peas involved as part of a Christmas dinner. Which I don't understand at all - peas and carrots seems standard to me.
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I must report there is horror here at the idea there may be peas involved as part of a Christmas dinner. Which I don't understand at all - peas and carrots seems standard to me.
And the new parlour game here is now: Can you name the 13 veg of Christmas? (We've only managed nine so far - assuming cranberries don't count as they're fruit?)
December 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And the new parlour game here is now: Can you name the 13 veg of Christmas? (We've only managed nine so far - assuming cranberries don't count as they're fruit?)
And he's also very well travelled.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
And he's also very well travelled.
Would Charles Tolliver do? Downside: he's in his 80s now. Upside: he sounds kinda gravelly.
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Would Charles Tolliver do? Downside: he's in his 80s now. Upside: he sounds kinda gravelly.
That's probably a blocking offence, to be fair.
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
That's probably a blocking offence, to be fair.
Beanos price sticker spotted!
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Beanos price sticker spotted!
Clicking on replies in the hope that this exchange is an endless loop.
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Clicking on replies in the hope that this exchange is an endless loop.
I mean, that's pretty wonderful anyway.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I mean, that's pretty wonderful anyway.
Winter's Bone - hell yes! That's high on my re-watch list.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Winter's Bone - hell yes! That's high on my re-watch list.
And I did eventually buy a physical copy of the album from his website, because I felt he deserved more than the tuppence Spotify was going to send him.
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And I did eventually buy a physical copy of the album from his website, because I felt he deserved more than the tuppence Spotify was going to send him.
One of them is an almost completely unknown Welsh singer-songwriter who is going to be wondering why someone has listened to his self-produced album of John Martyn-ish folk over 300 times this year.
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One of them is an almost completely unknown Welsh singer-songwriter who is going to be wondering why someone has listened to his self-produced album of John Martyn-ish folk over 300 times this year.
Spotify is incapable of understanding that parents have bedtime playlists for their kids. Thus mine is the same three albums which are mysteriously only ever played between 7:30 and 8:30pm.
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Spotify is incapable of understanding that parents have bedtime playlists for their kids. Thus mine is the same three albums which are mysteriously only ever played between 7:30 and 8:30pm.