woke jesuits
― xl bully romance (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 2 October 2023 12:44 (eleven months ago) link
lmao
He said it had been the “perfect night” to do it because it was a full moon. “The wind would have meant there was barely any sound,” he said.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 October 2023 12:47 (eleven months ago) link
but... I don't know why anybody thinks I, a former lumberjack who'd just been kicked off my property that day, and have clearly thought about the right conditions for chopping down this tree, would chop down this tree
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 October 2023 12:49 (eleven months ago) link
If I Chopped It
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 October 2023 13:14 (eleven months ago) link
saw
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 2 October 2023 14:11 (eleven months ago) link
an ungodly amount of sticky pollen in the spring
that's most likely honeydew aka aphid excretions! you can sometimes see it coming down from under sycamores like a miniature rain shower.
― no lime tangier, Monday, 2 October 2023 21:12 (eleven months ago) link
Sick Amor
― nickn, Monday, 2 October 2023 21:23 (eleven months ago) link
i don't think so. mine produces these large yellow tufts of pollen that when they fall become little sticky balls that almost act like chewing gum. if you step on them they stick to the bottom of your shoe and are hell to get off.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 October 2023 21:36 (eleven months ago) link
but i am aware of the "honeydew" too! it gets all over the leaves of everything underneath it. delightful.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 October 2023 21:39 (eleven months ago) link
Earlier in the summer, Widget got a load of that sticky tufts pollen stuck to the fur between his toes. It was not fun for either of us to have to remove.
― steely flan (suzy), Monday, 2 October 2023 21:48 (eleven months ago) link
ah right, that stuff! anyway, til that in real england a scarf cut is known as a GOB.
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 06:46 (eleven months ago) link
a what and a what
― vashti funyuns (sic), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 07:09 (eleven months ago) link
this
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 07:55 (eleven months ago) link
all these fancy words its just tree murder
― imago, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 07:58 (eleven months ago) link
I fed an A.I 10,000 melancholy hauntological essays about the Sycamore Gap tree. the A.I is now calling itself Brother Soil and says I am 'an enemy of the moss'— Stefan Mohamed (@stefmowords) October 3, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 10:34 (eleven months ago) link
When the moon hits your eyeLike a big pizza pie, sycamore
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 03:37 (eleven months ago) link
I have become more apprehensive about zebra crossings over the last year. Specially when I visit my mother (who lives in Kent though also true in inner London) I assume drivers (white van or not) are getting a kick out of not stopping for you.
Had this yesterday from some twat in a van when trying to cross at a zebra crossing. It's getting to the point where using them is legitimately dangerous - a lot of them just refuse to yield— Tom Blackburn (@malaiseforever) October 5, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:33 (eleven months ago) link
Guess the question is whether this is recent or just my mind playing games: things are getting worse so it impinges upon your judgement on things like this.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:34 (eleven months ago) link
This is one of the reasons why I hate dopey pedestrians thanking motorists for stopping at pedestrian crossings - you have right of way don't thank the cunts for following the law of the land. Not only do I never thank motorists for stopping I make sure I saunter as leisurely as possible when crossing.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:40 (eleven months ago) link
I've felt like speeding and road rage have increased since Covid too, even before media framing of LTNs, ULEZ etc.
― nashwan, Thursday, 5 October 2023 12:02 (eleven months ago) link
Still occasionally have a chuckle remembering the time Mr White Van Man yelled some sexism at me on Clerkenwell Road, but had to wait at the zebra at Hatton Garden to let me cross. I did the Hustle in the zebra for about five minutes, incorporating obscene gestures into the dance routine. This was deeply, deeply satisfying.
― steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:57 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/12/atrocious-behaviour-visitors-accused-of-sabotaging-batley-library-1-book-sale
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:48 (eleven months ago) link
Batley hasn't been so unruly since the great black friday riot of 2014, where people fought to the death over discounted hd tvs at Tesco.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:37 (eleven months ago) link
there's a Carnegie library in Hull, i didn't realise they were a thing
i mean it's probably not functioning as a library any more but there's a building
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:17 (eleven months ago) link
Ummmmm, I can think of another event…
― steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:35 (eleven months ago) link
Mair had already stolen all the Hitler books from Batley Library
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:39 (eleven months ago) link
last time I signed on I was sent to a *career advice* interview at Dewsbury Library, this was pre UC. Not many books there and it is a way too small a space to host a library, it's an ugly and grim 70's glass and concrete monstrosity of a building that is joined on to the job centre and seemed more to be purposed for shit like the Citizen's Advice Bureau. The og library was a large and attractive, actually quite stunning sandstone building that is a rundown unused banquet suite now. It got damaged and flooded during a fire and whoever owns it probably hasn't got the big bucks required for a renovation. This destruction happened under a Labour council, in the Blair years.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:45 (eleven months ago) link
not that it didn't seem weird at the time, but the whole Captain Tom Moore phenomenon feels really incomprehensible three years on with covid lockdowns long over
https://cdn.ecommercedns.uk/files/9/243909/1/13739141/il-fullxfull.jpg
― soref, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:28 (eleven months ago) link
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FND49N/bronze-resin-statues-of-the-late-sir-captain-tom-moore-who-raised-over-37-million-for-the-nhs-the-statues-were-created-by-clark-sculptures-2FND49N.jpg
https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2fnd4ek/bronze-resin-statues-of-the-late-sir-captain-tom-moore-who-raised-over-37-million-for-the-nhs-the-statues-were-created-by-clark-sculptures-2fnd4ek.jpg
https://imgs.heart.co.uk/images/218698?crop=16_9&width=660&relax=1&format=webp&signature=5p3JzkcISAy9d_1ViBL9uzsZjMs=
― soref, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:30 (eleven months ago) link
have they signed on Michael Caine for the biopic?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:30 (eleven months ago) link
never before was do much grift committed on so many by so few
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:34 (eleven months ago) link
xp they haven't announced a lead for this yet, but it's being directed by the guy who did Slade In Flame and the Sting version of Brimstone and Treacle
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/captain-sir-tom-moore-to-begin-filming-autum-2023-director-richard-loncraine-b1082443.html
― soref, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:35 (eleven months ago) link
No-one (apart from on here) wants to admit the whole thing was organised as a grift by the psycho daughter to pay for her house extension! I guess it all spiralled out of control.
― kiwi side-eye specialist (Matt #2), Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:35 (eleven months ago) link
the description of the film in that article doesn't make it sound like it will be bad, but a film that focussed specifically on the 'grift that spiralled out of control' angle could have potential as a black comedy
― soref, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:41 (eleven months ago) link
doesn't make it sound like it will be good, rather
slade in flame is great
― mark s, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:49 (eleven months ago) link
also i kinda want to read his three (3) books which he wrote in one (1) year
― mark s, Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:53 (eleven months ago) link
Start your year with the uplifting and heartwarming life lessons from a truly inspirational man, Captain Sir Tom Moore'Full of the infectious energy that inspired the nation' Daily Mirror'A dose of wisdom from a British hero . . . A paean to the power of positive thinking' Daily Telegraph________'One small soul like me won't make much difference' Captain TomIf Captain Tom's big heart and generosity of spirit helped see us through difficult days, this was his parting gift.In Life Lessons, Captain Tom has shared all that he learned from living a full and vibrant life. With cherished anecdotes and his signature humour, these heartening life stories will teach you how to:· Be comfortable with who you are· Keep smiling through the tough times· Walk in someone else's shoes· Keep an open mind· Find your purpose
'Full of the infectious energy that inspired the nation' Daily Mirror'A dose of wisdom from a British hero . . . A paean to the power of positive thinking' Daily Telegraph________
'One small soul like me won't make much difference' Captain Tom
If Captain Tom's big heart and generosity of spirit helped see us through difficult days, this was his parting gift.
In Life Lessons, Captain Tom has shared all that he learned from living a full and vibrant life. With cherished anecdotes and his signature humour, these heartening life stories will teach you how to:
· Be comfortable with who you are· Keep smiling through the tough times· Walk in someone else's shoes· Keep an open mind· Find your purpose
― kiwi side-eye specialist (Matt #2), Thursday, 12 October 2023 19:55 (eleven months ago) link
·What happens at genocide club stays at genocide club·You can't choose your fckin kids
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:01 (eleven months ago) link
Captain Tom's daughter defends decision to keep book profits
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:12 (eleven months ago) link
Following from Sir Captain Tom's example I will also be writing three (3) books in one (1) year.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:13 (eleven months ago) link
the year he managed to have one and a half shits a week without soiling or wetting himself or making an embarrassing grope at a female carer was the point his daughter realised this old mofo could be MONEY!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:32 (eleven months ago) link
i've lived in the UK all my life and am vaguely familiar with its media culture and therefore the Sir Captain Tom story is all too comprehensible
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:41 (eleven months ago) link
I've only briefly holidayed there and same
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 October 2023 22:57 (eleven months ago) link
I feel like the whole episode should be made into a modern-day Ealing comedy like Kind Hearts and Coronets, directed by Ben Wheatley, maybe?, and with a cgi Alec Guinness playing all the members of the Moore family.
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 13 October 2023 09:49 (eleven months ago) link
this cinematic masterpiece must include the daughter's brother-in-law's legendary attempt to cheat by strategic coughing on who wants to be a millionaire
daughter's brother-in-law also played by holographic alec guinness obv
(also in the course of hunting these exciting facts down i discovered that CsT was once on blankety blank)
― mark s, Friday, 13 October 2023 10:00 (eleven months ago) link
*downs another bottle of softly herbacious capt tom gin*
― mark s, Friday, 13 October 2023 10:01 (eleven months ago) link
Do we have a solid lead on Major Charles Ingram being Colin Ingram's brother? Would love it to be true but I haven't actually found anything substative, think it might be a canard that gets repeated because it would be so perfect.
― not anti-Skibidi Toilet per se (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 13 October 2023 10:20 (eleven months ago) link
Captain Cum definitely was on Blankety Blank though, a christmas episode no less
― not anti-Skibidi Toilet per se (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 13 October 2023 10:21 (eleven months ago) link
facts: good enough for modern-day ealing IMO
(yes i think it's an internet artefact firmed up by AI)
― mark s, Friday, 13 October 2023 10:28 (eleven months ago) link