But the dot’s nearly at the bottom of the page! Surely it can’t go lower than that?

[before you hit reply, here is the “irony” emoji]

(As in “Nooo please not Christmas songs”, not “No there shouldn’t be a law that does that”)

Noooo!

“Good heavens! Muriel has a baby triceratops on her hat!”
“You can’t distract me, madam. With my glasses in place I can clearly see that you are attempting to escape with the Damien Hurst jewelled octopus on yours!”
#GirlsOwnCc

Yes - I read about Don Quicks Oat but I never heard anyone talk about him, which confused me. I guess it’s the counterbalance to OP’s confusion.

There are only six plots in the whole of western literature, apparently.

This one goes back to Odysseus turning up on Nausicaa’s private beach with a little sign saying “Please look after this Greek”.

Sounds like a euphemism for “vomited” to me.

“Infants and small children always bring out the worst in you” is also a pretty good caption..

Paging @musicnotation.bsky.social

Other Christmas “songs” may also be applicable:

🎶So here it is, Bleak Midwinter, everybody’s singing Darke,

Veni Emmanuel, and stuff by JS Bach…”

You can also buy tickets that can be used on any train that day.

Why not let kids play to their strengths? Someone close to me was exceptionally good at maths (and other subjects) at school. He was also very eccentric and didn’t “fit in”. He’s still excellent at maths and still very eccentric. But so what? He’s himself and he’s happy.

“Hugo, I insist on seeing if the blue lozenge has worked.”
“Calm down, Evaline. You know what they say - a watched pot never boils. I’m going to leave the book on my lap for another five minutes.”

#GirlsOwnCc

Elemenope had so much trouble assembling the mail order husband in last week’s picture, that she bought cousin Charles the mail order wife kit this week. He also struggled with the instructions, much to Elemenope’s delight.

#GirlsOwnCc

I have rarely been more disappointed than when I looked up the name of Dante Gabriel Rosetti’s wombat. Surely such a great man, possessed of such a magnificent animal, would have given it a wonderful name?

It was called “Top”.

Completely this!
I’m one of those people that queues to board at the earliest opportunity, and values the frequent flier status that allows this. Just because airport noise and crowd is stressful and being on a quiet plane knowing I’m not going to be disturbed is far less stressful.

Milky: why?