Alan B
@alanpbourke.bsky.social
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Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch.
Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch.
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Alan B
@alanpbourke.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Oddities And One Hit Wonders Of The UK Top 40
open.spotify.com
open.spotify.com/playlist/1w6...
88 hrs of hits from 1970 up until about 1999. Novelty songs, strange one-offs, instrumentals, football songs, military bands, TV themes, Christmas songs, collaborations. If it's not there chances are it's not on Spotify. No Jonathan King or Rolf Harris 😬 #totp
88 hrs of hits from 1970 up until about 1999. Novelty songs, strange one-offs, instrumentals, football songs, military bands, TV themes, Christmas songs, collaborations. If it's not there chances are it's not on Spotify. No Jonathan King or Rolf Harris 😬 #totp
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Filth, Campbell. I shall be writing to my MP. #CallMyBluff
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Filth, Campbell. I shall be writing to my MP. #CallMyBluff
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I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius
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At least the 2008 crash was about a bet that housing would never decline. The next one will be about betting that six companies who sell each other magic beans would never decline
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At least the 2008 crash was about a bet that housing would never decline. The next one will be about betting that six companies who sell each other magic beans would never decline
They'll even stiff you for tax on lottery winnings in the US.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
$570m! Wow! Except if you take a lump sum it would be $168m after tax. The alternative is 30 annual payments, which assumes you'll live that long. And there's potential state tax on top.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
$570m! Wow! Except if you take a lump sum it would be $168m after tax. The alternative is 30 annual payments, which assumes you'll live that long. And there's potential state tax on top.
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $570 Million—Here’s How Much a Winner Could Take Home After Taxes
The Powerball lottery continued climbing after a lucky winner in Georgia won the Mega Millions jackpot valued at $980 million on Friday.
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
They'll even stiff you for tax on lottery winnings in the US.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
$570m! Wow! Except if you take a lump sum it would be $168m after tax. The alternative is 30 annual payments, which assumes you'll live that long. And there's potential state tax on top.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
$570m! Wow! Except if you take a lump sum it would be $168m after tax. The alternative is 30 annual payments, which assumes you'll live that long. And there's potential state tax on top.
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This year's Christmas cards feature An Cailleach, bringer of winter in Irish tradition. They're available to order at the link below and will begin shipping towards the end of November ❄️
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Cártaí Nollag / Christmas Cards - An Cailleach (Goddess Of Winter) — Ciaraíoch Art
Christmas cards featuring the Cailleach, the mythological figure in Irish, Scottish, and Manx tradition who summons winter. She is associated with storms, the landscape, and horned beasts like deer, ...
www.ciaraioch.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This year's Christmas cards feature An Cailleach, bringer of winter in Irish tradition. They're available to order at the link below and will begin shipping towards the end of November ❄️
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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Family meal today and the kids talking about the whole 6-7 trend then my 10 year old says, do you know that 6-9 is also a thing? Awkward silence with me thinking "not in my life it isn't"
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Family meal today and the kids talking about the whole 6-7 trend then my 10 year old says, do you know that 6-9 is also a thing? Awkward silence with me thinking "not in my life it isn't"
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Had a massive row with my gf and now she won't talk to me.
She's hiding in her bowl, just behind the little castle.
She's hiding in her bowl, just behind the little castle.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Had a massive row with my gf and now she won't talk to me.
She's hiding in her bowl, just behind the little castle.
She's hiding in her bowl, just behind the little castle.
Room At The Top Of The Pops #TwoShowsInOne
Return of the Saint and Greavsie. #TwoShowsInOne
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Room At The Top Of The Pops #TwoShowsInOne
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I heard of a guy in Derry in the 80s who bought 4 pairs of jeans on the same day and was know as Spider from then on.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I heard of a guy in Derry in the 80s who bought 4 pairs of jeans on the same day and was know as Spider from then on.
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"The cat scratched my groin when he saw that woman from Strictly"
"Claudia Winkleman?"
"No, man, but it was close"
"Claudia Winkleman?"
"No, man, but it was close"
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The cat scratched my groin when he saw that woman from Strictly"
"Claudia Winkleman?"
"No, man, but it was close"
"Claudia Winkleman?"
"No, man, but it was close"
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In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
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Wish tonight's Children in Need was more like the old ones? Your luck's come in, pal!
Now available for all, my new video unravels a classic Children in Need, over its seven glorious, unfiltered hours of the weirdest shit you've ever seen, to one unavoidable conclusion: we must Make Telethons Weird Again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDq...
Children in Need Classic: Make Telethons Weird Again
YouTube video by Stuart Millard
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wish tonight's Children in Need was more like the old ones? Your luck's come in, pal!
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wait what now
Man charged after ‘fake admiral’ seen at Remembrance Sunday event
Man charged after ‘fake admiral’ seen at Remembrance Sunday event
Jonathan Carley, 64, charged with unlawfully wearing uniform of armed forces
A man has been charged has been charged over allegedly dressing up as an admiral during a Remembrance Sunday event.
North Wales police said they made an arrest after a man was spotted wearing “the uniform and medals of a high-ranking navy officer” during a wreath-laying service in Llandudno, Conwy, on Sunday 9 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Wait what now
