Douglas Cheape
@douglascheape.bsky.social
An idiot, but not one of the useful kind.
‘No miss, but we will now go up to six.’
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
‘No miss, but we will now go up to six.’
Oooft. And there it is, a brush off worse than ‘I like you as a friend.’
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oooft. And there it is, a brush off worse than ‘I like you as a friend.’
Dammit! Just when I’d got the finger-blossom thing down.
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Dammit! Just when I’d got the finger-blossom thing down.
For you, Irene. This is how we men are/feel with a woman we find attractive.
*Beautifully explained by the inimitable Norman Macaig, of course.
*Beautifully explained by the inimitable Norman Macaig, of course.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For you, Irene. This is how we men are/feel with a woman we find attractive.
*Beautifully explained by the inimitable Norman Macaig, of course.
*Beautifully explained by the inimitable Norman Macaig, of course.
He is very much my ‘Mr. Slatterhorn’.
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He is very much my ‘Mr. Slatterhorn’.
We have much whisky, thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We have much whisky, thank you.
Call that an excuse?
*I know, I know, I’m really milking it, and the freezer is full of lamb, fish, chips, and veggies. On the downside, we are meant to have our furniture delivered from Glasgow and be moving into our new house on Thursday 😬
*I know, I know, I’m really milking it, and the freezer is full of lamb, fish, chips, and veggies. On the downside, we are meant to have our furniture delivered from Glasgow and be moving into our new house on Thursday 😬
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Call that an excuse?
*I know, I know, I’m really milking it, and the freezer is full of lamb, fish, chips, and veggies. On the downside, we are meant to have our furniture delivered from Glasgow and be moving into our new house on Thursday 😬
*I know, I know, I’m really milking it, and the freezer is full of lamb, fish, chips, and veggies. On the downside, we are meant to have our furniture delivered from Glasgow and be moving into our new house on Thursday 😬
Good news. We quite like it. Matthew Rhys is particularly good.
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Good news. We quite like it. Matthew Rhys is particularly good.
The heartbreak is the asparagus made it all the way from Mexico, before falling at the last hurdle of the Minch.
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The heartbreak is the asparagus made it all the way from Mexico, before falling at the last hurdle of the Minch.
Not to pour shame on you hardy city types (of which I was very recently one), but due to the storm and mechanical problems we haven’t had a ferry for two days, and are having to make do without salad, berries, or asparagus.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not to pour shame on you hardy city types (of which I was very recently one), but due to the storm and mechanical problems we haven’t had a ferry for two days, and are having to make do without salad, berries, or asparagus.
Och, the shickle shinger of shilly shallying has pointed me out many a time.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Och, the shickle shinger of shilly shallying has pointed me out many a time.
And a new comedy character is born. ‘Mrs Slatterhorn’s entry has caused several of the village council to couch their discomfort in the strongest possible terms.’
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And a new comedy character is born. ‘Mrs Slatterhorn’s entry has caused several of the village council to couch their discomfort in the strongest possible terms.’
Keelhaul the scurvy dog!
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Keelhaul the scurvy dog!
I mean, we all carry a little baggage, and it does explain all that ‘touching me, touching you’ business he’s into.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I mean, we all carry a little baggage, and it does explain all that ‘touching me, touching you’ business he’s into.