The Right Runcible Howard Batey
@howardbatey.bsky.social
Bookworm living in Llandaff. Happy Public Servant. Loves Heidi (Wife), good books of all stripes, History, Rugby, Elvis, & Tea. Posting here in a personal capacity.
Now two friends have got on, and the one is telling the other about the results of her latest urine test. Delightful. #BusCommute
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Now two friends have got on, and the one is telling the other about the results of her latest urine test. Delightful. #BusCommute
It's a dark, dank November morning, and a lady has just joined this #BusCommute wearing a floppy wide-brimmed sun hat. #Optimist
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's a dark, dank November morning, and a lady has just joined this #BusCommute wearing a floppy wide-brimmed sun hat. #Optimist
Bad luck Strathclyde, up against a steely Sheffield (17) #UniversityChallenge #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Bad luck Strathclyde, up against a steely Sheffield (17) #UniversityChallenge #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
Lochrie rocking the Velma from Scooby-Doo look there #UniversityChallenge #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lochrie rocking the Velma from Scooby-Doo look there #UniversityChallenge #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
songs named after works of literature? #OnlyConnect #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
songs named after works of literature? #OnlyConnect #MondayMindMangle #MegaMondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm thinking of starting a James Morrison tribute act, called Andy Asda #SCD #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm thinking of starting a James Morrison tribute act, called Andy Asda #SCD #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
Celeriac is lower in carbs than potato, so can be a healthier alternative for some diets too. #CountryFile
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Celeriac is lower in carbs than potato, so can be a healthier alternative for some diets too. #CountryFile
Good for him, and a nice touch that he appears to be influencing some of his peers, too.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good for him, and a nice touch that he appears to be influencing some of his peers, too.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Well done to the vocalist there, as that is NOT an easy song to sing #SCD #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Well done to the vocalist there, as that is NOT an easy song to sing #SCD #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Calm down, Christmas cactus, Advent Sunday is still a month away yet!
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Calm down, Christmas cactus, Advent Sunday is still a month away yet!
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
So there's some chap appearing in a remake of 'The Running Man' promoting it on #TheGrahamNortonShow, but they are very pointedly not referring to the original Schwarzenegger film. How odd.
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So there's some chap appearing in a remake of 'The Running Man' promoting it on #TheGrahamNortonShow, but they are very pointedly not referring to the original Schwarzenegger film. How odd.