Shaun Pond
@shaunpond.bsky.social
Retired IT guy, loves cooking, but loves his wife more.
I was reading this recently, and my perusal of the chapter on Boris coincided with the publication of the Covid enquiry, and Mr. O'Brien's crystal ball was absolutely on point (to smash metaphors together)
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I was reading this recently, and my perusal of the chapter on Boris coincided with the publication of the Covid enquiry, and Mr. O'Brien's crystal ball was absolutely on point (to smash metaphors together)
Very well deserved!
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Very well deserved!
ewwww - I just had a bad thought about where the Cerne Abbas giant's cheese might come from;
"Son, what brand of fridge did they used to have on Bake Off?"
"Smeg, ma" 🤣😇
"Son, what brand of fridge did they used to have on Bake Off?"
"Smeg, ma" 🤣😇
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
ewwww - I just had a bad thought about where the Cerne Abbas giant's cheese might come from;
"Son, what brand of fridge did they used to have on Bake Off?"
"Smeg, ma" 🤣😇
"Son, what brand of fridge did they used to have on Bake Off?"
"Smeg, ma" 🤣😇
I've just bought some Cerne Abbas cheddar - a mouthful of that is quite filling, I must say. 😜
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I've just bought some Cerne Abbas cheddar - a mouthful of that is quite filling, I must say. 😜
I wish that we had more options to "like" a post other than the heart, but at least I can add representations of my feelings to this reply 🤣😜
a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and says `` yes well done '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and says `` yes well done '' .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wish that we had more options to "like" a post other than the heart, but at least I can add representations of my feelings to this reply 🤣😜
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"had" - oh for an edit button, eh? 😜
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"had" - oh for an edit button, eh? 😜
Back in 1965, Harry Harrison wrote "I always do what Teddy says" openpublishing.psu.edu/utopia/bibci... - you can tell that it was fiction, because the bear had to be hacked to make it give bad advice... 😜
"I Always Do What Teddy Says"
openpublishing.psu.edu
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Back in 1965, Harry Harrison wrote "I always do what Teddy says" openpublishing.psu.edu/utopia/bibci... - you can tell that it was fiction, because the bear had to be hacked to make it give bad advice... 😜
...on the Hammersmith&City and Circle line platform, at any rate - not sure the Metropolitan or Jubilee line platforms would encourage such posing 😉😜
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
...on the Hammersmith&City and Circle line platform, at any rate - not sure the Metropolitan or Jubilee line platforms would encourage such posing 😉😜
Loved it - and what a fantastic bittersweet ending
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Loved it - and what a fantastic bittersweet ending
You just saved me from having to look 😅
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You just saved me from having to look 😅
...that reminds me; when are we going to get a text filter for Bluesky posts? 😜
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
...that reminds me; when are we going to get a text filter for Bluesky posts? 😜
He would have thought himself a hotmale…
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He would have thought himself a hotmale…
I wouldn't want to be head of that department...
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I wouldn't want to be head of that department...
Tonight *is* the extended edition; shorter one with the best jokes taken out is on Friday
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tonight *is* the extended edition; shorter one with the best jokes taken out is on Friday
...and on BlueSky you show us a poll that doesn't include BlueSky? 😜
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
...and on BlueSky you show us a poll that doesn't include BlueSky? 😜
“Arthur Negus had held Bristols; that’s not a result, just a piece of gossip”
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Arthur Negus had held Bristols; that’s not a result, just a piece of gossip”
…and how do you pronounce “Shibboleth”? 🤣
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
…and how do you pronounce “Shibboleth”? 🤣
P.S. We were in "those" seats; not many people can say that they've had their seat warmed by Susannah Fielding 😉
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
P.S. We were in "those" seats; not many people can say that they've had their seat warmed by Susannah Fielding 😉