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One Sinha Lifetime
'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact.
Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble.
... But what a gamble.'
Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quiz...
www.penguin.co.uk
Thread. Things i have learnt since publishing a memoir.
1. Dont assume sales based on twitter followers if youre then going to leave the racist cesspit.
2. You're on your own.
3. Whatever you think the headline stories are, the tabloids will disagree.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
1. Dont assume sales based on twitter followers if youre then going to leave the racist cesspit.
2. You're on your own.
3. Whatever you think the headline stories are, the tabloids will disagree.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
Anyway. Bernie Taupin's third wife's Dad's fourth wife was Rita Hayworth. Just goes to show.
January 24, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Anyway. Bernie Taupin's third wife's Dad's fourth wife was Rita Hayworth. Just goes to show.
Make America Great Again? It was already great.A nation born from righteous anger, aspirational, creative.A nation with an imperfect history but one developing the honesty to confront that.
Now its leaders are turning it into a culturally illiterate, emotionally incontinent playground for despots.
Now its leaders are turning it into a culturally illiterate, emotionally incontinent playground for despots.
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Make America Great Again? It was already great.A nation born from righteous anger, aspirational, creative.A nation with an imperfect history but one developing the honesty to confront that.
Now its leaders are turning it into a culturally illiterate, emotionally incontinent playground for despots.
Now its leaders are turning it into a culturally illiterate, emotionally incontinent playground for despots.
If i was Trump, and i could see the British right losing their dignity slavishly praising every awful thing i say or do, i too might try and see how low they'll go.
"We're thinking of invading the Maldives because the hotels look really nice and we want them"
Bev Turner "He's such a visionary."
"We're thinking of invading the Maldives because the hotels look really nice and we want them"
Bev Turner "He's such a visionary."
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
If i was Trump, and i could see the British right losing their dignity slavishly praising every awful thing i say or do, i too might try and see how low they'll go.
"We're thinking of invading the Maldives because the hotels look really nice and we want them"
Bev Turner "He's such a visionary."
"We're thinking of invading the Maldives because the hotels look really nice and we want them"
Bev Turner "He's such a visionary."
Should have had in 2, went too esoteric.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Should have had in 2, went too esoteric.
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I wasn't overly bothered about who wins the best supporting actor oscar until I learned this, so now it's Delroy all the way. #SELondonSolidarity
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I wasn't overly bothered about who wins the best supporting actor oscar until I learned this, so now it's Delroy all the way. #SELondonSolidarity
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The only thing sharper than his axe is his recall
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The only thing sharper than his axe is his recall
This is what social media can be.
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is what social media can be.
Just seen the Oscar nominations. Anyome able to do a cheap parody of a horror western poster featuring a quizzer with a vaguely similar name?
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Just seen the Oscar nominations. Anyome able to do a cheap parody of a horror western poster featuring a quizzer with a vaguely similar name?
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I've watched La Bamba, but not with real intent.
January 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I've watched La Bamba, but not with real intent.
Board of Piece is what Trump calls chess.
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Board of Piece is what Trump calls chess.
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[Rapturous applause], then Little Alex Horne says “there is one more clip we should watch”, and it cuts to a video with Starmer’s voice reading out “you are not allowed to physically remove your spine”, with added echo, over a video of him unzipping his skin down his back and taking out his spine.
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 AM
[Rapturous applause], then Little Alex Horne says “there is one more clip we should watch”, and it cuts to a video with Starmer’s voice reading out “you are not allowed to physically remove your spine”, with added echo, over a video of him unzipping his skin down his back and taking out his spine.
"Yoùr task is to get the left to attack you for having no spine, and the right to attack you for not being a spineless traitor. You are not allowed to physically remove your spine. Good luck, your time starts now."
January 22, 2026 at 8:46 AM
"Yoùr task is to get the left to attack you for having no spine, and the right to attack you for not being a spineless traitor. You are not allowed to physically remove your spine. Good luck, your time starts now."
If ive got this right, the Americans are gonna retaliate by chucking a drink at Rory McIlroy's wife
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
If ive got this right, the Americans are gonna retaliate by chucking a drink at Rory McIlroy's wife
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If this work doesn't earn me a Nobel, there's gonna be hell to pay. Though sales would be preferable.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
One Sinha Lifetime
'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact.
Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble.
... But what a gamble.'
Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quiz...
www.penguin.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
If this work doesn't earn me a Nobel, there's gonna be hell to pay. Though sales would be preferable.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343...
Touch wood, crossed finges etc. Two out of the three cocreators of Jackanory are still with us.
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Touch wood, crossed finges etc. Two out of the three cocreators of Jackanory are still with us.
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"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home.
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home.
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
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Two countries with very different ideas on what "Bully's special prize" means.
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Two countries with very different ideas on what "Bully's special prize" means.
Two countries with very different ideas on what "Bully's special prize" means.
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Two countries with very different ideas on what "Bully's special prize" means.
Weird fact fans. Brooklyn vs Victoria. Trump vs Starmer. The first two are 30 min drive from the birthplaces of the second two.
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Weird fact fans. Brooklyn vs Victoria. Trump vs Starmer. The first two are 30 min drive from the birthplaces of the second two.
In the interests of balance, Trump's behaviour may have a strong biochemical component to it, and so he may lack insight about his pathology.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
In the interests of balance, Trump's behaviour may have a strong biochemical component to it, and so he may lack insight about his pathology.
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Credit where it's due, "Give me the Peace Prize or I'll start a war" is quite a funny bit.
(Also funny: "Climate change is a hoax and also we need to plan new shipping routes for when the arctic melts")
(Also funny: "Climate change is a hoax and also we need to plan new shipping routes for when the arctic melts")
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Credit where it's due, "Give me the Peace Prize or I'll start a war" is quite a funny bit.
(Also funny: "Climate change is a hoax and also we need to plan new shipping routes for when the arctic melts")
(Also funny: "Climate change is a hoax and also we need to plan new shipping routes for when the arctic melts")
Arguing about who gets the Chagos islands without ever once taking into account the expelled islanders. It's like David and Victoria arguing about who gets custody of Brooklyn.
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Arguing about who gets the Chagos islands without ever once taking into account the expelled islanders. It's like David and Victoria arguing about who gets custody of Brooklyn.