Simon Lamont
@simonlamont.co.uk
Arctophile. Atheist. Bibliophile. INFX. He/Him. Carer. Created the Jencyclopaedia in the earlyish days of the Web. Issues The Friday Irregular (trivia, film quotations, weird world news &c) on Thursdays...
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In TFIr#856: The Met, Jennifer Love Hewitt, the peace symbol, Pepys, Twin Peaks, Caruso, Katherine Johnson, Marlowe, Fiona, crows, Bob Coveiro, Luna 9, Viagra, Nantucket, Mardi Gras beads, Robert Duvall, Jesse Jackson & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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February 19, 2026 at 5:59 AM
In TFIr#856: The Met, Jennifer Love Hewitt, the peace symbol, Pepys, Twin Peaks, Caruso, Katherine Johnson, Marlowe, Fiona, crows, Bob Coveiro, Luna 9, Viagra, Nantucket, Mardi Gras beads, Robert Duvall, Jesse Jackson & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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He was always great in films, but I'll remember him in the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, The Miniature, with a gentle nuanced performance as a man who falls in love with a female figurine in a museum's dollhouse.
Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95
The Oscar-winner died
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
He was always great in films, but I'll remember him in the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, The Miniature, with a gentle nuanced performance as a man who falls in love with a female figurine in a museum's dollhouse.
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Hello!
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, cards and t-shirts.
Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, cards and t-shirts.
Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Hello!
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, cards and t-shirts.
Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, cards and t-shirts.
Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
Genius 🤣🤣
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Genius 🤣🤣
In TFIr#855: Glen Coe, radio, the Pale Blue Dot, Galileo, the Maple Leaf, CBBS, Ruth Rendell, Pluto, the Donner Party, a cockerel, a cat flap, Ivarr the Dragon, pizzas, Lake Erie, beer mats, Elizabeth Kelly, Fred Smith & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:43 AM
In TFIr#855: Glen Coe, radio, the Pale Blue Dot, Galileo, the Maple Leaf, CBBS, Ruth Rendell, Pluto, the Donner Party, a cockerel, a cat flap, Ivarr the Dragon, pizzas, Lake Erie, beer mats, Elizabeth Kelly, Fred Smith & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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For Superbowl Sunday, this is the superb owl, His holiness the right dishonourable professor sir the lord general Hooty OBE BBC ITV C4 Bart, president and poet laureate of Hootistan… (When not in Hootistan he lives with Mum) ;)
February 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM
For Superbowl Sunday, this is the superb owl, His holiness the right dishonourable professor sir the lord general Hooty OBE BBC ITV C4 Bart, president and poet laureate of Hootistan… (When not in Hootistan he lives with Mum) ;)
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Last posting dates for Valentine's cards 💌
Monday 9th Feb for 2nd class
Wednesday 11 Feb for 1st class
Get your orders in sharpish if you want them there on time!
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Monday 9th Feb for 2nd class
Wednesday 11 Feb for 1st class
Get your orders in sharpish if you want them there on time!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-c...
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Last posting dates for Valentine's cards 💌
Monday 9th Feb for 2nd class
Wednesday 11 Feb for 1st class
Get your orders in sharpish if you want them there on time!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-c...
Monday 9th Feb for 2nd class
Wednesday 11 Feb for 1st class
Get your orders in sharpish if you want them there on time!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-c...
In TFIr#854: Pluto, Skylab, Thomas Paine, The Beatles, Sylvia Plath, Dior, Fukushima, Artemis II, a palimpsest, CMEs, a chamber pot, Kerouac, the LHC, seagrass, groundhogs, Malfoy, Batman, John Virgo, Christa Lang & much more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
In TFIr#854: Pluto, Skylab, Thomas Paine, The Beatles, Sylvia Plath, Dior, Fukushima, Artemis II, a palimpsest, CMEs, a chamber pot, Kerouac, the LHC, seagrass, groundhogs, Malfoy, Batman, John Virgo, Christa Lang & much more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm
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Seven brand new birthday and occasion cards have just been added to my online shop.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Seven brand new birthday and occasion cards have just been added to my online shop.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards
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My best selling Valentine’s card so far is this one…
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February 1, 2026 at 7:41 PM
My best selling Valentine’s card so far is this one…
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7% on Rotten Tomatoes... "This also lands Melania in even worse territory than hated comic book adaptations Catwoman (8%), Elektra (11%), and the Dumb and Dumber prequel When Harry Met Lloyd (10%)." 🤣
metro.co.uk/2026/01/31/m...
metro.co.uk/2026/01/31/m...
Melania movie gets lower Rotten Tomatoes score than some of 'worst movies ever'
Melania's sharing some bad company.
metro.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
7% on Rotten Tomatoes... "This also lands Melania in even worse territory than hated comic book adaptations Catwoman (8%), Elektra (11%), and the Dumb and Dumber prequel When Harry Met Lloyd (10%)." 🤣
metro.co.uk/2026/01/31/m...
metro.co.uk/2026/01/31/m...
In TFIr#853: Phil Collins, Lizabeth Scott, The Beatles, Columbia, the Dyatlov Pass, tulips, Peg Entwhistle, highland cattle, alchemy, the Turin Shroud, Robert Burns, a phone thief, Taipei 101, Mark Tully, Gladys West & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:42 AM
In TFIr#853: Phil Collins, Lizabeth Scott, The Beatles, Columbia, the Dyatlov Pass, tulips, Peg Entwhistle, highland cattle, alchemy, the Turin Shroud, Robert Burns, a phone thief, Taipei 101, Mark Tully, Gladys West & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm
www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm
My biological father's family were mid-European Jews and fled the Nazis to England. So many were not so fortunate.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
My biological father's family were mid-European Jews and fled the Nazis to England. So many were not so fortunate.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
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January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Catching the end of Independence Day on 4-7 and they're showing a cut with the the "Payback's a bitch, ain't it?" line edited to "Payback's a [mouth keeps moving but no words]. Hardly a major expletive, at ~8:40pm, Channel 4, you utter load of melon farmers... ;)
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Catching the end of Independence Day on 4-7 and they're showing a cut with the the "Payback's a bitch, ain't it?" line edited to "Payback's a [mouth keeps moving but no words]. Hardly a major expletive, at ~8:40pm, Channel 4, you utter load of melon farmers... ;)
Vegetarian haggis, neeps & tatties for me :D
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Vegetarian haggis, neeps & tatties for me :D
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
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You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
In TFIr#852: acnestis, Anna Pavlova, Caligula, the Apple Mac, Nellie Bly, Mozart, Lego, The Raven, Edward Lear, Amy Adams, crabs, Artemis 2, spiders on Mars, a cog, a bunker, a hobbit hole, Roger Allers, Marian Diamond & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
In TFIr#852: acnestis, Anna Pavlova, Caligula, the Apple Mac, Nellie Bly, Mozart, Lego, The Raven, Edward Lear, Amy Adams, crabs, Artemis 2, spiders on Mars, a cog, a bunker, a hobbit hole, Roger Allers, Marian Diamond & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...
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Greenlanders say "Nu er det NUUK" (Enough is enough) :)
Greenlanders hijack MAGA hats with their own message to Donald Trump
The US president
metro.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Greenlanders say "Nu er det NUUK" (Enough is enough) :)
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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This IS the best one yet...
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This IS the best one yet...