Dr Throttling
@drthrottling.bsky.social
Screenwriter, drinks maker, baseball fan and GM to four impoverished travellers
I was a bartender for 25 years. Men constantly asked me advice on how to understand women. My advice was always, "They are humans, just like you. Stop trying to 'understand' them and start becoming the kind of person another human would be happy to spend their time with."
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I was a bartender for 25 years. Men constantly asked me advice on how to understand women. My advice was always, "They are humans, just like you. Stop trying to 'understand' them and start becoming the kind of person another human would be happy to spend their time with."
Because “withdrawing benefits for homeless people” will definitely cure the problem and have zero negative repercussions. This entire discussion ignores the voices and experiences of the people most impacted and is both depressingly familiar, utterly immoral and woefully ignorant.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Because “withdrawing benefits for homeless people” will definitely cure the problem and have zero negative repercussions. This entire discussion ignores the voices and experiences of the people most impacted and is both depressingly familiar, utterly immoral and woefully ignorant.
Actually - you’ve just reminded me a neighbour dropped off Kaiwaka Cheese Shop cheese the other day and I have crackers and fig chutney. Does that count as a proper dinner?
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Actually - you’ve just reminded me a neighbour dropped off Kaiwaka Cheese Shop cheese the other day and I have crackers and fig chutney. Does that count as a proper dinner?
Boo! Cheese sauce is the thing that ties the dinner together!
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Boo! Cheese sauce is the thing that ties the dinner together!
Another massive one! Fingers crossed it’s a quick fix. I just don’t have the energy to stumble about in the dark tonight.
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another massive one! Fingers crossed it’s a quick fix. I just don’t have the energy to stumble about in the dark tonight.
Thank god for a gas hob!
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Thank god for a gas hob!
Punt e Mes is always my vermouth of choice when I'm thinking my beverage needs a cheery. 10/10
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Punt e Mes is always my vermouth of choice when I'm thinking my beverage needs a cheery. 10/10
How long will the name suppression last once he's convicted?
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
How long will the name suppression last once he's convicted?
Truly the crappiest Speaker of all time - and that's a pretty high/low bar to clear.
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Truly the crappiest Speaker of all time - and that's a pretty high/low bar to clear.
Only what you deserve for all the effort and love you put into your work. Tautoko to you Julie.
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Only what you deserve for all the effort and love you put into your work. Tautoko to you Julie.
Aotearoa New Zealand here - we were listening too.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Aotearoa New Zealand here - we were listening too.
This is the stupidest pronouncement ever. For two straight winters I took hot water bottles out to the rough sleepers near my place on K Rd. All had the same problem - the 'system' that was allegedly designed to help them is a head-spinning labyrinth and grossly un-user friendly.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is the stupidest pronouncement ever. For two straight winters I took hot water bottles out to the rough sleepers near my place on K Rd. All had the same problem - the 'system' that was allegedly designed to help them is a head-spinning labyrinth and grossly un-user friendly.
Thank god. Because if it was pissing down I’d be howling for the bloody generator which STILL haven’t bought yet!
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Thank god. Because if it was pissing down I’d be howling for the bloody generator which STILL haven’t bought yet!
Huzzah! Just in time for when my wife arrives and says “where’s dinner?”
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Huzzah! Just in time for when my wife arrives and says “where’s dinner?”
He can still scuttle in the back door and nick cheese from the fridge though.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
He can still scuttle in the back door and nick cheese from the fridge though.
Fuck me - I’ve just read that he’s off to live at Sandringham. Well, woe is bloody he. Talk about a hair shirt - poor sod.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Fuck me - I’ve just read that he’s off to live at Sandringham. Well, woe is bloody he. Talk about a hair shirt - poor sod.
I hope someone hasn’t undone the wrong bolts on that bloody pylon again! I’m remaining calm at the moment, mainly ‘cos it’s a lovely day and there’s bugger all I can do about it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I hope someone hasn’t undone the wrong bolts on that bloody pylon again! I’m remaining calm at the moment, mainly ‘cos it’s a lovely day and there’s bugger all I can do about it.
I wish I’d learned by now to go straight to the oven (which functions as my clock ‘cos I can’t be bothered to look at my phone) to check first. I won’t next time either….
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I wish I’d learned by now to go straight to the oven (which functions as my clock ‘cos I can’t be bothered to look at my phone) to check first. I won’t next time either….
I agree but it’s still only ‘some’. And, in a country where the tabloids have bayed for blood, do you reckon this is the end of it for him? If he ends up living in a bed -sit in Hackney, maybe, but he’ll end up living in some bloody mansion and we’ll still want more. At least, I will.
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I agree but it’s still only ‘some’. And, in a country where the tabloids have bayed for blood, do you reckon this is the end of it for him? If he ends up living in a bed -sit in Hackney, maybe, but he’ll end up living in some bloody mansion and we’ll still want more. At least, I will.
I spent ten minutes wandering round the house trying to fix my bloody plug before I realised.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I spent ten minutes wandering round the house trying to fix my bloody plug before I realised.
I’m sure this will piss him off but in what way does this provide justice to his (+EPs) victims? Personally, I felt justice was done when my maths teacher got 25 years. Not holding my breath on this miserable prick.
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I’m sure this will piss him off but in what way does this provide justice to his (+EPs) victims? Personally, I felt justice was done when my maths teacher got 25 years. Not holding my breath on this miserable prick.
Well that's a terrible blow to your personal pizza ambitions. I always keep a block of the cheap, crappy blue in the freezer in case we suddenly want to re-create our caramelised onion, mushroom + blue cheese first date pizza. Find a tiny corner of the freezer for your own cheese purposes.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Well that's a terrible blow to your personal pizza ambitions. I always keep a block of the cheap, crappy blue in the freezer in case we suddenly want to re-create our caramelised onion, mushroom + blue cheese first date pizza. Find a tiny corner of the freezer for your own cheese purposes.
Surely a quarter of the pizza can be populated by blue cheese? Or is that considered sacrilege by the Pstines?
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Surely a quarter of the pizza can be populated by blue cheese? Or is that considered sacrilege by the Pstines?