coolidgeeffect.bsky.social
@coolidgeeffect.bsky.social
Pub quiz , science and joke fan from Leicestershire. Rejoiner and Republican (in the UK sense of course)

Here’s the Coolidge Effect explained, basically I’m a big fan of the anecdote

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolidge_effect
Idea for programme “Side Hustle” with @deborahmeaden.bsky.social Deborah visits people who have websites, small businesses on the side. How much do they make, what challenges do they face. *puts down Alan Partridge dictaphone*
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
When I was a kid we sang “do der do da do, inspect your maggot. Grow maggot grow” to the tune of Inspector Gadget. Good to hear “Peppa Pig. Stepped on a wire, fell into a fire, bacon strips” at my kid’s school. Puerile poetry lives on
September 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
An elderly neighbour just got a scam call and the scammers knew her cheque numbers. I think Santander’s hack (which was apparently not UK customers) is indeed UK customers. Beware calls from Bulgaria & Lithuania
July 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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No one's ever made a jelly in the shape of Donald Trump before so I feel like I'm setting a really bad president.
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@iandunt.bsky.social I got chatGPT to run the maths, these new tariffs are 0.09 Brexit (the SI unit for economic damage)
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Look kid, don’t ask me how my phone knows the clocks changed unless you want a long talk about GPS and how Arthur C Clarke predicted geostationary orbit. Don’t care if you’re 7
March 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.

Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK

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March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My daughter (7) watching Ben and Holly (it’s got elves and fairies in) - Fairies and elves aren’t real are they? Me: no. Her:
Except the tooth fairy and Santa’s elves? Me: ah, er…
March 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social so after listening to your podcast with Graeme Park, I just have given this a go soundcloud.com/paul-mcfall/... - excellent. Bit before my time but nice to hear DJs actually mixing and there was a lot more hip hop than expected
GRAEME PARK & MIKE PICKERING - LIVE AT THE HAÇIENDA 1989
Listen to GRAEME PARK & MIKE PICKERING - LIVE AT THE HAÇIENDA 1989 by Paul McFall #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Every now and again, the straights of Gibraltar close up and the Med evaporates, then floods. The animals move north from Africa, then get trapped on islands, producing… dwarf elephants en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_e...
Dwarf elephant - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
You are more likely to be gay if you have an older brother. Apparently it’s linked to the mother’s immune response

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratern...

Ok that’s it for my random science facts for now!
Fraternal birth order and male sexual orientation - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Walruses have harems and so the males fight and the female pick the top one. So male walruses are big and females small. Albatrosses mate for life, so are the same size. Humans… nearly the same size en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_...
Sexual dimorphism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
In a species, if the female “goes for it” with lots of males, then it’s best for males to “flood the area” . So chimps have massive balls and gorillas don’t. Humans? Quite small, stay classy ladies
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 AM
In the Dominican Republic there are kids that are born with no penis, but get one at puberty en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BC... some cultures class them as a third gender
Güevedoce - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güevedoce
November 17, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Put Naan bread in the toaster #lifehack you’re welcome!
November 16, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This Greek goalkeeper is a bit of journeyman
November 14, 2024 at 8:07 PM