David Strathdee
@davidstrathdee.bsky.social
Scientist, comedian and general nerd from Bothwell, Scotland. Does gaming, quizzing, tennis, comedy, and music. Alumnus of Only Connect and lover of puns. (He/him)
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If I go quiet over the next few weeks, this is why.
Earlier this month, completely out of the blue, I lost my hero.
Thanks for everything, Dad. My wedding won’t be the same without you. ❤️
Earlier this month, completely out of the blue, I lost my hero.
Thanks for everything, Dad. My wedding won’t be the same without you. ❤️
Marsha is playing Still Wakes the Deep, and is learning more Scottish slang from that one game than two and a half years of relationship with me.
She keeps walking round the house yelling “AH FELL ON MAH BAHOOKIE!”
She keeps walking round the house yelling “AH FELL ON MAH BAHOOKIE!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Marsha is playing Still Wakes the Deep, and is learning more Scottish slang from that one game than two and a half years of relationship with me.
She keeps walking round the house yelling “AH FELL ON MAH BAHOOKIE!”
She keeps walking round the house yelling “AH FELL ON MAH BAHOOKIE!”
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I'll do it for £50 if you throw a roll of bin bags in for me.
December 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'll do it for £50 if you throw a roll of bin bags in for me.
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Im addicted to cold turkey but I don’t know how to quit it.
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Im addicted to cold turkey but I don’t know how to quit it.
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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My son bought me what I thought was a drill. Turned out to be a toblerone gaffer-taped to a bottle of Bailey’s.
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My son bought me what I thought was a drill. Turned out to be a toblerone gaffer-taped to a bottle of Bailey’s.
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Boxing Day is when we remember Helen Boxingday being in Friends and Ross calling her the wrong name.
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Boxing Day is when we remember Helen Boxingday being in Friends and Ross calling her the wrong name.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a hangover. #BoxingDay
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Float like a butterfly, sting like a hangover. #BoxingDay
Christmas Day was a success in the end. You could tell Dad wasn’t here, it was the elephant in the room, but everyone pulled together and had a great time just like he would have wanted. ❤️
December 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Christmas Day was a success in the end. You could tell Dad wasn’t here, it was the elephant in the room, but everyone pulled together and had a great time just like he would have wanted. ❤️
Left an error in my Christmas quiz. A minor one, but enough for one team tonight to get the wrong answer and render the question null and void.
As a quiz writer, that’s a failure in my eyes. Triple-checked everything and still got something wrong 🙃
As a quiz writer, that’s a failure in my eyes. Triple-checked everything and still got something wrong 🙃
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Left an error in my Christmas quiz. A minor one, but enough for one team tonight to get the wrong answer and render the question null and void.
As a quiz writer, that’s a failure in my eyes. Triple-checked everything and still got something wrong 🙃
As a quiz writer, that’s a failure in my eyes. Triple-checked everything and still got something wrong 🙃
You gotta hear this song, it’ll change your life I swear. (plays the totally-different tone that makes people kill each other from “The Naked Gun (2025)”)
You gotta hear this song, it'll change your life I swear. (plays the tone that makes people kill each other from "Kingsmen: The Secret Service")
You gotta hear this song, it'll change your life I swear. (plays the Shins cover of "Wonderful Christmastime")
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You gotta hear this song, it’ll change your life I swear. (plays the totally-different tone that makes people kill each other from “The Naked Gun (2025)”)
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and Tiny Tim, who did die and was secretly replaced in 1966 by a lookalike
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
and Tiny Tim, who did die and was secretly replaced in 1966 by a lookalike
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Hello all, in previous years I've done a quiz for my family to do on Christmas Day which I offer out to anyone who wants it for theirs as well. I'm happy to announce I've just finished the one for 2025!
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hello all, in previous years I've done a quiz for my family to do on Christmas Day which I offer out to anyone who wants it for theirs as well. I'm happy to announce I've just finished the one for 2025!
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
New film pitch:
A remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, but with biblically-accurate Clarence
A remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, but with biblically-accurate Clarence
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New film pitch:
A remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, but with biblically-accurate Clarence
A remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, but with biblically-accurate Clarence
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You can't tell me Tina Fey wasn't born to write comedy:
Fe = Iron
Fe + y = Iron + y
Do the math. And the chemistry, I guess.
Fe = Iron
Fe + y = Iron + y
Do the math. And the chemistry, I guess.
February 8, 2024 at 6:48 PM
You can't tell me Tina Fey wasn't born to write comedy:
Fe = Iron
Fe + y = Iron + y
Do the math. And the chemistry, I guess.
Fe = Iron
Fe + y = Iron + y
Do the math. And the chemistry, I guess.
“Do you know how long it takes a man to save $5000?”
Watched it tonight and that line hit like a train.
Watched it tonight and that line hit like a train.
It's kinda fucked up how timeless It's A Wonderful Life is.
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“Do you know how long it takes a man to save $5000?”
Watched it tonight and that line hit like a train.
Watched it tonight and that line hit like a train.
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“They only use genAI for internal use”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“They only use genAI for internal use”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
BADONKADONK
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
BADONKADONK
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
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6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
#LL106 #bestwronganswers
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15. What carmaker, whose eponymous founder was born under the zodiac sign Taurus, has named many of its models after famous fighting bulls, including Murciélago, Aventador, Diablo, and Huracán?
CHEVR-OLÉ!
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
CHEVR-OLÉ!
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
15. What carmaker, whose eponymous founder was born under the zodiac sign Taurus, has named many of its models after famous fighting bulls, including Murciélago, Aventador, Diablo, and Huracán?
CHEVR-OLÉ!
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
CHEVR-OLÉ!
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
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11. "To ornament (metal or other surface) by inlaying or encrusting it with stones or gems" is one of the many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary for what word, which had a Guinness-record 430 separate definitions in the OED's 1989 version?
VAJAZZLE
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
VAJAZZLE
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
11. "To ornament (metal or other surface) by inlaying or encrusting it with stones or gems" is one of the many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary for what word, which had a Guinness-record 430 separate definitions in the OED's 1989 version?
VAJAZZLE
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
VAJAZZLE
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
Wahey, I made Learned League’s #bestwronganswers again 🥳
8. What reality television series, which debuted on Bravo in July 2013, was described by longtime star Captain Lee Rosbach as "Downton Abbey on the water"?
KEEPING UP WITH THE CRUSTACEANS
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
KEEPING UP WITH THE CRUSTACEANS
#LL107 #bestwronganswers
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wahey, I made Learned League’s #bestwronganswers again 🥳
Hello all, in previous years I've done a quiz for my family to do on Christmas Day which I offer out to anyone who wants it for theirs as well. I'm happy to announce I've just finished the one for 2025!
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hello all, in previous years I've done a quiz for my family to do on Christmas Day which I offer out to anyone who wants it for theirs as well. I'm happy to announce I've just finished the one for 2025!
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)
Simply DM me and I will make sure to send you a copy. :)