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Rufous
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Writing rongs.

"Dave" at work. Gillingham lad, lives Madrid/Mallorca, works London. Posts mostly whimsy and delight in the small things. Interested in everything. Love is all you need. Love and money for rent. And music. The three things...
The last couple of weeks I've been strongly reminded of Jeremy Paxman's "The English". So much so I've actually downloaded it simply so I can reproduce this paragraph.
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
My favourite bit is the judges' faces after the dive
February 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM
February 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
🐟🐟🐟
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Things you don't expect to be handed by your waitress before dinner.
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
*stops stopwatch*
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This felt like catharsis of a sort for Pep's Barca in 2009/2011.
January 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Life? Nailing it, mate
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"Former Chancellor of the Exchequer"

Two. Months.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
That Roc Schneider nonsense obviously doesn't deserve the oxygen of oxygen, but did lead me to Robert Ebert's review of Deuce Bigalow, which I strongly suspect is the very best thing about Deuce Bigalow.
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Entering 2026 like:
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
December 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Should anyone be around Madrid 30th Jan, my mates are bringing a little bit of Medway to Chamberi.
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Signs tonight that the Dalek virus has spread to Madrid
December 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Went here a couple years ago. Cos of Rob Reiner I finally got to try the FLC's franks and kinishes.

Just one of many small ways he made my life better.
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I don't normally magnify either arseholes or The Bad Place on here.

But this is Musk's Mona Lisa.

Non-violent extremists should be protected from being labelled as extremists by designating, in law, their non-violent opponents as violent.

Boy genius.
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Grabbing the Earth by the pussy.

Can all we, globally, informally agree to refer to this "award" as "The Handsy"?
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not sure anything will ever get better than this.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sticking things scraped from rockpools on tiny bits of bread will see you through the Summer, but it's now below-zero. #Meat #Gravy #RootVegetables
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM