A.J. O'Toole
@ajotoole.bsky.social
Ex-drinker, still not a fighter. Speed reader, slow writer.
Black Country exile under Northern skies.
This is an anecdote, sir, not a problem for you to solve.
Black Country exile under Northern skies.
This is an anecdote, sir, not a problem for you to solve.
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A.J. O'Toole
@ajotoole.bsky.social
· Sep 12
When they let you stay up late and sit on the grown ups table
Been to the pub and had two pints of Plum Porter. God Bless us, everyone.
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Been to the pub and had two pints of Plum Porter. God Bless us, everyone.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Muppets Christmas Carol done, going in on G&S Xmas 1.
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Muppets Christmas Carol done, going in on G&S Xmas 1.
They bring him because he's a dinosaur expert. They pick him up in this jeep. Why's he so surprised when it turns out they've got dinosaurs?
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
They bring him because he's a dinosaur expert. They pick him up in this jeep. Why's he so surprised when it turns out they've got dinosaurs?
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
Forgot I took this pic earlier this week... workman on slow electric trolley lift thing so he could dust the lightbulbs he could've reached with a slightly longer stick. Did a twelve point turn to come back down the corridor.
December 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Forgot I took this pic earlier this week... workman on slow electric trolley lift thing so he could dust the lightbulbs he could've reached with a slightly longer stick. Did a twelve point turn to come back down the corridor.
Faffed around all morning, now I need to do something manly. (Change the inner tube on the back tyre of my pushbike)
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Faffed around all morning, now I need to do something manly. (Change the inner tube on the back tyre of my pushbike)
Fuck yeah guess three coming in off the top rope for a KO
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December 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Fuck yeah guess three coming in off the top rope for a KO
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@googlyeyecat.bsky.social Seems to be a heron living on the rubbish dump next to the train line just north of Sandhills. Chunky fella, and I saw him in the same spot three times today!
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@googlyeyecat.bsky.social Seems to be a heron living on the rubbish dump next to the train line just north of Sandhills. Chunky fella, and I saw him in the same spot three times today!
All the big stuff has been mentioned already but Rob Reiner was perfection in a small cameo role in The Bear. Such a sad loss.
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
All the big stuff has been mentioned already but Rob Reiner was perfection in a small cameo role in The Bear. Such a sad loss.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Jaws: The Revenge. It's a Christmas movie and it's on ITV4 right now.
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Jaws: The Revenge. It's a Christmas movie and it's on ITV4 right now.
I think the worst we've got is Eric Clapton in his junkie / drunk / Enoch years.
Inspired by this. Who is the worst person to support your football club?
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think the worst we've got is Eric Clapton in his junkie / drunk / Enoch years.
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You couldn’t make the Goon Show now.
“Why not? Because of woke?”
No. The entire cast is deceased and the title, these days, suggests performatively frigging yourself bandy in an onanistic trance.
“Oh”
“Why not? Because of woke?”
No. The entire cast is deceased and the title, these days, suggests performatively frigging yourself bandy in an onanistic trance.
“Oh”
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You couldn’t make the Goon Show now.
“Why not? Because of woke?”
No. The entire cast is deceased and the title, these days, suggests performatively frigging yourself bandy in an onanistic trance.
“Oh”
“Why not? Because of woke?”
No. The entire cast is deceased and the title, these days, suggests performatively frigging yourself bandy in an onanistic trance.
“Oh”
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December 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Got to admire the rocket scientists at FIFA who scheduled most of the games when the European TV audience are asleep.
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is clapping his hands and smiling .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is clapping his hands and smiling .
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December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Got to admire the rocket scientists at FIFA who scheduled most of the games when the European TV audience are asleep.
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I'm assuming Liz Truss's brave fight against the Deep State won't include refusing the £120k a year for life she gets for being PM for twenty minutes and panicking the markets so much it almost crashed the economy. Before bravely resigning. Then being bravely rejected by her constituency.
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm assuming Liz Truss's brave fight against the Deep State won't include refusing the £120k a year for life she gets for being PM for twenty minutes and panicking the markets so much it almost crashed the economy. Before bravely resigning. Then being bravely rejected by her constituency.
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the only good thing about Chris Mason is that this is his wikipedia profile pic
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
the only good thing about Chris Mason is that this is his wikipedia profile pic
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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a man with a beard is wearing a black coat and a plaid shirt and smiling .
Alt: a man with a beard is wearing a black coat and a plaid shirt and smiling .
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November 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Heard yer Dad is in the Club Shop buying this year's limited edition Christmas jumper.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Heard yer Dad is in the Club Shop buying this year's limited edition Christmas jumper.
The idiots have been in, spray painting the picky tea aisle.
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The idiots have been in, spray painting the picky tea aisle.