Chris Bardell
@chrisbardell.bsky.social
Systems guy. Music, cycling, camping, homebrewing, reading, writing, cooking, films, gigs. Bilingue anglais+français. Live in Norfolk, UK, EU.
Some fiction: https://chrisbardell.com/
Some fiction: https://chrisbardell.com/
Came here to say exactly this.
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Came here to say exactly this.
Went to a Wogan filming at that theatre - not for that one - imaginative 6th teacher organised (hi, Miss Quinn). Surprisingly tiny and old skool inside. Cheesy warm-up floor mgr whipped up the crowd, ‘Applause’ board held up at the appropriate times, etc.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Went to a Wogan filming at that theatre - not for that one - imaginative 6th teacher organised (hi, Miss Quinn). Surprisingly tiny and old skool inside. Cheesy warm-up floor mgr whipped up the crowd, ‘Applause’ board held up at the appropriate times, etc.
I genuinely feel sorry for her. She could have used her profile and contacts to do good work like heading up a charity or an NGO or something. Instead, she persists in pursuing loonytunes ideas and associating with fruitcakes. Just bizarre.
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I genuinely feel sorry for her. She could have used her profile and contacts to do good work like heading up a charity or an NGO or something. Instead, she persists in pursuing loonytunes ideas and associating with fruitcakes. Just bizarre.
Came here to say this.
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Came here to say this.
Her parents will have an awful long time to reflect on how they estranged their own child. I pity them, in a sense.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Her parents will have an awful long time to reflect on how they estranged their own child. I pity them, in a sense.
OP hasn’t heard of risk homeostasis.
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
OP hasn’t heard of risk homeostasis.
Merkins would say “126 pounds” anyway.
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Merkins would say “126 pounds” anyway.
The last few tattered shreds of the red flag flutter in the wind. Labour have defecated on themselves even worse than the LibDems did in 2010.
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The last few tattered shreds of the red flag flutter in the wind. Labour have defecated on themselves even worse than the LibDems did in 2010.
Ah, but did you two cause any tables to pivot?
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ah, but did you two cause any tables to pivot?
Gullis, the evolutionary missing link.
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gullis, the evolutionary missing link.
Not sure if relevant, but the A47 Thickthorn roadworks were reorganised over the weekend, and there are now some ‘cycling prohibited’ temporary signs on that stretch.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Not sure if relevant, but the A47 Thickthorn roadworks were reorganised over the weekend, and there are now some ‘cycling prohibited’ temporary signs on that stretch.
What industries have tea/snack lackeys?
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What industries have tea/snack lackeys?
Yes, recall that feeling of disbelief as I watched it. Quite astonishingly bad.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yes, recall that feeling of disbelief as I watched it. Quite astonishingly bad.
Brief window of non-crap weather here in Norfolk tmrw. Bike ride scheduled, as is correct and proper.
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Brief window of non-crap weather here in Norfolk tmrw. Bike ride scheduled, as is correct and proper.
I once worked at a place so terrible that I ‘saved them up’ just so I’d get a 5 minute break from the work. A shit workplace, in every sense.
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I once worked at a place so terrible that I ‘saved them up’ just so I’d get a 5 minute break from the work. A shit workplace, in every sense.
The truth (then and now): has its moments, but it’s patchy. There, no need to ever waste any time thinking about it again.
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The truth (then and now): has its moments, but it’s patchy. There, no need to ever waste any time thinking about it again.
Come on Zak, get yourself elected as an MP as soon as feasible, and start kicking some arse in the chamber. Negotiate with Clive Lewis and see if he’ll fall on his sword?
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Come on Zak, get yourself elected as an MP as soon as feasible, and start kicking some arse in the chamber. Negotiate with Clive Lewis and see if he’ll fall on his sword?
“One hand washes the other”
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“One hand washes the other”
A billion in French is "un milliard" which as some have mentioned in a deprecated word in English. Oh, and add in the Indian number system for extra confusion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_...
Indian numbering system - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A billion in French is "un milliard" which as some have mentioned in a deprecated word in English. Oh, and add in the Indian number system for extra confusion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_...
Accolade, coming from that idiot.
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Accolade, coming from that idiot.
Admire your persistence with it, reads very fluently and the story carries the reader along very well. Oh, just checked, and that thing I started writing was in 2015! Only finished a handful of things in the last decade :-( Well done, you!
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Admire your persistence with it, reads very fluently and the story carries the reader along very well. Oh, just checked, and that thing I started writing was in 2015! Only finished a handful of things in the last decade :-( Well done, you!
Weirdly, I started writing something “similar but different” about 5yrs ago, but it didn’t really go anywhere and lacked the humour in your book, so I didn’t finish it. Will do that review when I get a mo. Thanks again, and have a good evening!
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Weirdly, I started writing something “similar but different” about 5yrs ago, but it didn’t really go anywhere and lacked the humour in your book, so I didn’t finish it. Will do that review when I get a mo. Thanks again, and have a good evening!
Read this yesterday, in two sittings (rudely interrupted by work). Great book, well written and evocative, really enjoyed it. Will post a review on Amazon. Thanks to @mattflipflop.bsky.social for the recommendation
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Read this yesterday, in two sittings (rudely interrupted by work). Great book, well written and evocative, really enjoyed it. Will post a review on Amazon. Thanks to @mattflipflop.bsky.social for the recommendation