Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra
@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social
Wit, raconteur, bon viveur. He is none of these things. A purveyor of cheap mummery and piffle since 1976. Throws random words at a screen for Set The Tape. Bluesky’s foremost Biggles: Adventures In Time aficionado.
Pinned
A ROAST IN A BEEF
GIANT YORKSHIRE PORK
PUDDING TURKEY
GIANT YORKSHIRE PORK
PUDDING TURKEY
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One unnecessary crash zoom is enough.
Two just seems like wanking.
Two just seems like wanking.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Good Morning Britain #GMB is now broadcasting live from its new studio at ITN.
A smaller studio than the programme has been used to at Television Centre, and some tweaks to the titles/logo, but it all looks very familiar.
Edited opening:
A smaller studio than the programme has been used to at Television Centre, and some tweaks to the titles/logo, but it all looks very familiar.
Edited opening:
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM
One unnecessary crash zoom is enough.
Two just seems like wanking.
Two just seems like wanking.
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no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
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seems a little insensitive
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
seems a little insensitive
Nothing beats a Jet Li holiday.
In 1996, Jet Li was the biggest martial arts star in the world - and he was lured to London for a very special movie event...
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...
The story of Jet Li, and his 1996 trip to London
In 1996, Jet Li was the biggest martial arts star in the world - and he was lured to London for a very special movie event...
filmstories.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Nothing beats a Jet Li holiday.
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this meme speaks directly to me.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 AM
this meme speaks directly to me.
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Can't believe this has been sat on YouTube for fifteen years and I'd never heard it until today.
Wow. Thin Lizzy playing the Doctor Who theme music is not something I had come across before youtu.be/nbsoEcXAaiY
Thin Lizzy - Dr. Who Theme / '69 Rock (Live at the Waldbuhne '73)
YouTube video by ThinLizzyFanpage
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Can't believe this has been sat on YouTube for fifteen years and I'd never heard it until today.
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Sorry, guys, you got the wrong Pendragon.
You want that Uther Pendragon.
You want that Uther Pendragon.
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Sorry, guys, you got the wrong Pendragon.
You want that Uther Pendragon.
You want that Uther Pendragon.
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I’m using ‘You’re placing the first brick in “The Museum of Degenerate Art” in the future, absolutely I am.
"You're placing the first brick in the 'Museum of Degenerate Art.'"
I... I don't think that's true?
I... I don't think that's true?
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I’m using ‘You’re placing the first brick in “The Museum of Degenerate Art” in the future, absolutely I am.
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Confession: I routinely suffer from horrible intrusive thoughts.
But I am old and cunning and have learned to treat them as a valuable commercial resource.
Misery loves company!
(Sweet dreams)
Coming soon: more Moomin bukakke, gimp-suited bondage unicorns, and the lifecycle of eldritch horrors.
But I am old and cunning and have learned to treat them as a valuable commercial resource.
Misery loves company!
(Sweet dreams)
Coming soon: more Moomin bukakke, gimp-suited bondage unicorns, and the lifecycle of eldritch horrors.
January 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Confession: I routinely suffer from horrible intrusive thoughts.
But I am old and cunning and have learned to treat them as a valuable commercial resource.
Misery loves company!
(Sweet dreams)
Coming soon: more Moomin bukakke, gimp-suited bondage unicorns, and the lifecycle of eldritch horrors.
But I am old and cunning and have learned to treat them as a valuable commercial resource.
Misery loves company!
(Sweet dreams)
Coming soon: more Moomin bukakke, gimp-suited bondage unicorns, and the lifecycle of eldritch horrors.
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So we need to ask the question - if kids turning their opponents into diamonds with a single punch is something Carl Douglas finds merely 'a little bit frightening', what does it take to really terrifying him? /End
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
So we need to ask the question - if kids turning their opponents into diamonds with a single punch is something Carl Douglas finds merely 'a little bit frightening', what does it take to really terrifying him? /End
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However, the kids in Kung Fu Fighting' were 'fast as lightning'. Which is not 25mph, it's 250,000mph. 10,000 times quicker.
So we can assume the kids in the song were hitting with a force of five million pounds per square inch. That's six times the pressure needed to turn carbon to diamonds. 2/
So we can assume the kids in the song were hitting with a force of five million pounds per square inch. That's six times the pressure needed to turn carbon to diamonds. 2/
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
However, the kids in Kung Fu Fighting' were 'fast as lightning'. Which is not 25mph, it's 250,000mph. 10,000 times quicker.
So we can assume the kids in the song were hitting with a force of five million pounds per square inch. That's six times the pressure needed to turn carbon to diamonds. 2/
So we can assume the kids in the song were hitting with a force of five million pounds per square inch. That's six times the pressure needed to turn carbon to diamonds. 2/
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The maths of 'Kung Fu Fighting':
Carl Douglas says 'those kids were fast as lightning, it was a little bit frightening'.
No kidding.
A trained fighter can punch at 25mph generating a force of 500 pounds per square inch in the case of flyweights (these are kids, so not comparable to heavyweights) 1/
Carl Douglas says 'those kids were fast as lightning, it was a little bit frightening'.
No kidding.
A trained fighter can punch at 25mph generating a force of 500 pounds per square inch in the case of flyweights (these are kids, so not comparable to heavyweights) 1/
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The maths of 'Kung Fu Fighting':
Carl Douglas says 'those kids were fast as lightning, it was a little bit frightening'.
No kidding.
A trained fighter can punch at 25mph generating a force of 500 pounds per square inch in the case of flyweights (these are kids, so not comparable to heavyweights) 1/
Carl Douglas says 'those kids were fast as lightning, it was a little bit frightening'.
No kidding.
A trained fighter can punch at 25mph generating a force of 500 pounds per square inch in the case of flyweights (these are kids, so not comparable to heavyweights) 1/
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TBH, I was concerned about over sensitive editing in Airplane!, not a showbiz farming news item in the middle of the film.
Anyone know how good Great! TV (UK Freeview channel) is? Airplane! is just starting, hope it's not been cut to ribbons
a man and a woman are sitting on a plane and the woman is saying nervous yes first time
Alt: Stryker and a woman are sitting on a plane. The woman asks "Nervous?" and he replies "Yes". She asks "first time?" And he replies "No, I've been nervous lots of times"
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
TBH, I was concerned about over sensitive editing in Airplane!, not a showbiz farming news item in the middle of the film.
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You know you’re among good people when they recognise “This is *not* Mel Tormé”.
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
You know you’re among good people when they recognise “This is *not* Mel Tormé”.
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I'm reading the World War One Biggles book I got for Christmas (paging @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social).
Language really has changed over the past century.
Language really has changed over the past century.
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I'm reading the World War One Biggles book I got for Christmas (paging @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social).
Language really has changed over the past century.
Language really has changed over the past century.
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Ok, how about we switch 2026 off and restart it.
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Ok, how about we switch 2026 off and restart it.
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I prefer the British series.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
French doctor who poisoned 30 patients and killed 12 is jailed for life nationalpost.com/news/french-...
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I prefer the British series.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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It's German for "The Darkman The"
January 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
It's German for "The Darkman The"
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This is one of my many pet hates, if one can have more than one.
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is one of my many pet hates, if one can have more than one.
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THEY DONT EVEN MENTION HAWAII UNTIL 67 MINUTES INTO THIS 90 MINUTE MOVIE NO STARS
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
THEY DONT EVEN MENTION HAWAII UNTIL 67 MINUTES INTO THIS 90 MINUTE MOVIE NO STARS
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‘Isn’t it weird that I’m a talking dog?’
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
‘Isn’t it weird that I’m a talking dog?’
This is why alt text is invaluable. 👌🏻
"Someday, somebody's gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye.
Until then, baby, are you going to let 'em hold you down and make you cry?"
Until then, baby, are you going to let 'em hold you down and make you cry?"
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
This is why alt text is invaluable. 👌🏻