James Donnelly
@drjamesdonnelly.bsky.social
Paediatrician, choral bass, Dad.
You don't bend the individual footsteps (ouch!), you bend the (future) track of all your footsteps together, until it points towards the stable (ie. thither).
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You don't bend the individual footsteps (ouch!), you bend the (future) track of all your footsteps together, until it points towards the stable (ie. thither).
Looks Menzieing to me.
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Looks Menzieing to me.
I agree 95% - the intent is spot on - but it would be impious to command or injunct the Lord (imperative: "God, rest merry those gentlemen") and I believe it is instead optative subjunctive: "[May] God rest you merry, gentlemen". The same form as "[May] God bless you" and "[May] God save the King".
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I agree 95% - the intent is spot on - but it would be impious to command or injunct the Lord (imperative: "God, rest merry those gentlemen") and I believe it is instead optative subjunctive: "[May] God rest you merry, gentlemen". The same form as "[May] God bless you" and "[May] God save the King".
Been there, sung that, bought the T-shirt:
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December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Been there, sung that, bought the T-shirt:
quiresandplaces.com/products/wor...
quiresandplaces.com/products/wor...
I meant this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_...
Coming Home (advertisement) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I meant this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_...
Product placement for Folgers coffee?
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Product placement for Folgers coffee?
This policy has been piloted successfully in Central London and the Los Angeles metropolitan area for decades.
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This policy has been piloted successfully in Central London and the Los Angeles metropolitan area for decades.
I'm guessing autocorrect has struck again over "polo"? Pool doesn't have much of a "posh wanker" image, and its land use seems remarkably compact, given that much of the affected land already has the back rooms of pubs built on it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'm guessing autocorrect has struck again over "polo"? Pool doesn't have much of a "posh wanker" image, and its land use seems remarkably compact, given that much of the affected land already has the back rooms of pubs built on it.
"One thousand, five hundred and seventy four gin and tonics please Monica. LARGE ones."
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"One thousand, five hundred and seventy four gin and tonics please Monica. LARGE ones."
*smelling pistake
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
*smelling pistake
You have awakened a sleeping earworm, and filled it with a deadly resolve. Ba-baaaa, ba-baa-ba-na-ba-na!
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
You have awakened a sleeping earworm, and filled it with a deadly resolve. Ba-baaaa, ba-baa-ba-na-ba-na!
Black Rod would have shut the door in his face, but...
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Black Rod would have shut the door in his face, but...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
* buttkiss only available to premium tier subscribers
... dancing to electoral-pop like Maggie Thatcher in 1984...
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
... dancing to electoral-pop like Maggie Thatcher in 1984...
Dammit, I meant Graeme Garden. False memory based on how fun it is to imagine things being said in Barry's voice.
October 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dammit, I meant Graeme Garden. False memory based on how fun it is to imagine things being said in Barry's voice.
Barry Cryer would have been proud.
October 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Barry Cryer would have been proud.
What is special about the post quoted is not only did she carry it through, for real, despite sobering up, but then *did it again* at a later date:
bsky.app/profile/olde...
bsky.app/profile/olde...
approximately three hundred of you have sent me this and you know what? Sure. I’ve got time today. Put 40 bulbs of garlic in my pasta, coming right up
October 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What is special about the post quoted is not only did she carry it through, for real, despite sobering up, but then *did it again* at a later date:
bsky.app/profile/olde...
bsky.app/profile/olde...
By the standards of Bluesky culinary experimentation, that's still not a record:
bsky.app/profile/olde...
bsky.app/profile/olde...
hello i am drunk and wondering, what if i do the 40 cloves of garlic chicken but with 40 bulbs of garlic
#RecipeOfTheDay is my twist on a French classic: Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic! Don’t be afraid: the garlic cloves steam so sweetly in their skins. Squish into the sauce as you eat, spreading some on chunks or slices of bread www.nigella.com/recipes/chic...
October 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
By the standards of Bluesky culinary experimentation, that's still not a record:
bsky.app/profile/olde...
bsky.app/profile/olde...
Booo! *
* (pronounce as you wish, depending on whether or not you approve of Halloween puns.)
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October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Booo! *
* (pronounce as you wish, depending on whether or not you approve of Halloween puns.)
* (pronounce as you wish, depending on whether or not you approve of Halloween puns.)
All the people speculating about the identity of the "mystery meat"? There's your answer.
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
All the people speculating about the identity of the "mystery meat"? There's your answer.
Saw the headline and said to myself, "I bet I know who that is..." Massive congratulations to all the team.
September 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Saw the headline and said to myself, "I bet I know who that is..." Massive congratulations to all the team.