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Quantities? "Whatever you have of each?"
(Note to self, ingredient 4 is prob UK "icing sugar", NOT "itching powder" as first read)
(Note to self, ingredient 4 is prob UK "icing sugar", NOT "itching powder" as first read)
January 1, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Quantities? "Whatever you have of each?"
(Note to self, ingredient 4 is prob UK "icing sugar", NOT "itching powder" as first read)
(Note to self, ingredient 4 is prob UK "icing sugar", NOT "itching powder" as first read)
Local council website will know. Might take some finding though...
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Local council website will know. Might take some finding though...
I didn't have space to write all that, but yes. Countries on Earth are usually named after a dominant tribe or leader (often the same thing if we look back far enough). Places named by SF aliens get called whatever the writer was looking at, with no backstory. "Tattooine? Where we filmed it."
December 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I didn't have space to write all that, but yes. Countries on Earth are usually named after a dominant tribe or leader (often the same thing if we look back far enough). Places named by SF aliens get called whatever the writer was looking at, with no backstory. "Tattooine? Where we filmed it."
I want some of that sweet & sour popcorn, and I haven't seen it in the shops.
I don't suppose they'd let you post their recipe?
I don't suppose they'd let you post their recipe?
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I want some of that sweet & sour popcorn, and I haven't seen it in the shops.
I don't suppose they'd let you post their recipe?
I don't suppose they'd let you post their recipe?
In SF stories, our human home planet is called Earth (or Terra/Terror to display some classical knowledge or make a point), but all other planets are known to their inhabitants by polysyllables with no meaning.
Perhaps I should write one about a space war after which ours is renamed Blue Mars?
Perhaps I should write one about a space war after which ours is renamed Blue Mars?
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In SF stories, our human home planet is called Earth (or Terra/Terror to display some classical knowledge or make a point), but all other planets are known to their inhabitants by polysyllables with no meaning.
Perhaps I should write one about a space war after which ours is renamed Blue Mars?
Perhaps I should write one about a space war after which ours is renamed Blue Mars?
Expanding the bounds of what "comics" can do (again)
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Expanding the bounds of what "comics" can do (again)
DM me next year, you can have your lifetime allowance of walnuts from my tree.
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
DM me next year, you can have your lifetime allowance of walnuts from my tree.
Smoking kills.
December 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Smoking kills.
During WW2, Noel Cowerd wrote "London Pride" to the tune of the German national anthem but with a jaunty rhythm.
I always liked the tune, never quite knew why until I learned that.
I always liked the tune, never quite knew why until I learned that.
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
During WW2, Noel Cowerd wrote "London Pride" to the tune of the German national anthem but with a jaunty rhythm.
I always liked the tune, never quite knew why until I learned that.
I always liked the tune, never quite knew why until I learned that.
As a licensed pedant I'm obliged to point out that the phrase "substitute for" (instead of e.g. "substitute with") makes the complaint mean exactly opposite of what I presume was intended. Not clear whether it's a quote or Daily Fail laziness (see also the quotemarks around 'virtue-signally').
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As a licensed pedant I'm obliged to point out that the phrase "substitute for" (instead of e.g. "substitute with") makes the complaint mean exactly opposite of what I presume was intended. Not clear whether it's a quote or Daily Fail laziness (see also the quotemarks around 'virtue-signally').
As in apartheid-era South Africa, where the signs designating park benches, train carriages etc. as "Whites only" or "Non-whites only" were often worded as "Europeans only" and "Non-Europeans only". Most of the white rulers had never been to Europe.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As in apartheid-era South Africa, where the signs designating park benches, train carriages etc. as "Whites only" or "Non-whites only" were often worded as "Europeans only" and "Non-Europeans only". Most of the white rulers had never been to Europe.
When sitting down after a long stand (!) I often say an appreciative "Sitting down!"... in the exact style you describe.
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
When sitting down after a long stand (!) I often say an appreciative "Sitting down!"... in the exact style you describe.
"One-hit wonder physicist" doesn't sound right, although more accurate.
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"One-hit wonder physicist" doesn't sound right, although more accurate.
The question should have been - and still should be - "How do we counter the DM's inevitable disapproval?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The question should have been - and still should be - "How do we counter the DM's inevitable disapproval?"
"This little transphobic rant by Hadley Freeman" at the top of what I'm looking at. Your feed might be different.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"This little transphobic rant by Hadley Freeman" at the top of what I'm looking at. Your feed might be different.
How are you with lottery numbers?
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How are you with lottery numbers?
Until the Industrial Revolution, that's a lot like Europeans did. Bring in harvest, eat what won't keep, sleep, mid-winter festival to check it's happening and eat what's stored, back to sleep until spring and planting.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Until the Industrial Revolution, that's a lot like Europeans did. Bring in harvest, eat what won't keep, sleep, mid-winter festival to check it's happening and eat what's stored, back to sleep until spring and planting.
Not yet, please.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Not yet, please.
That explains your lagoonbrious expression.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
That explains your lagoonbrious expression.
Fabulous work.
And due to my habit of reading the Alt before zooming and panning, Phew! The 4th alt has a typo that's not (as it claims) on the illustration.
PHEW!!
And due to my habit of reading the Alt before zooming and panning, Phew! The 4th alt has a typo that's not (as it claims) on the illustration.
PHEW!!
October 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Fabulous work.
And due to my habit of reading the Alt before zooming and panning, Phew! The 4th alt has a typo that's not (as it claims) on the illustration.
PHEW!!
And due to my habit of reading the Alt before zooming and panning, Phew! The 4th alt has a typo that's not (as it claims) on the illustration.
PHEW!!
You're not wrong. And I wasn't even anxious!
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You're not wrong. And I wasn't even anxious!
This needs to be filmed.
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This needs to be filmed.
It said exactly what I thought when I first read about the show two or three years ago.
(I *do* like jokes, it's what I'm mostly here for. I don't like lies, which accounts for the rest)
(I *do* like jokes, it's what I'm mostly here for. I don't like lies, which accounts for the rest)
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It said exactly what I thought when I first read about the show two or three years ago.
(I *do* like jokes, it's what I'm mostly here for. I don't like lies, which accounts for the rest)
(I *do* like jokes, it's what I'm mostly here for. I don't like lies, which accounts for the rest)