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Jo Lake
@joannelake.bsky.social
Midlife Manc mardarse. Ghostwriter/content provider. Vintage MCFC fan (married to ex-player Paul). Trans ally. Tree hugger. Ale supper. Cat lover.
I *love* all those festive sounds of Christmas 😊

🎅🏻 Santa’s jolly laughter

🎶 Village carol singers

🔥 Crackling open fires

🎯 The THUD THUD THUD of my son’s dartboard because the WDC’s have started

#WDC #WorldDartsChampionship
December 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
What an inspired replacement. Kelly has the warmth, charisma and knowledge to do a brilliant job 👌🏼
December 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Jo Lake
Let’s have a bit for fun. For my monthly blog on Get ‘Er Brewed I’ve ranked my top 10 beer cities in the U.K. Number one will SHOCK YOU.

www.geterbrewed.com/blog/2024/11...
The UK’s Top Ten Beer Cities - Ranked - Get Er Brewed Blog
How do you define what makes a city truly great for beer? Matthew Curtis ranks The UK’s Top Ten Beer Cities.
www.geterbrewed.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Jo Lake
It's December 1st and it's Festive Fanny time!

Our first offering is Honey-Glazed Duck on Fried Bread with Grapes, served in the traditional Hammer style on a coffin of fried bread.

Serve with contempt
December 1, 2024 at 9:52 AM
“Women of a certain age” 🤮

A phrase that over the centuries has evolved from the polite to the pejorative

Oft used by creeps like Ggreg-with-Three-Gees to intimidate and invalidate
December 1, 2024 at 10:33 AM
At Manchester’s Louder than Words music and literature festival with my son, who’s won runner-up prize in the Wilko Johnson Writing Award 😊📚

@louderthanwar.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social #louder2024
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Current status: human mattress for post-op cat sporting baldy back and Cone of Shame 😔

Gizmo is doing fine. Tumour removed and prognosis hopeful 😽

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Ultimate Saturday morning 10p mix c. 1979

Chocolate spanner
Bazooka Joe
Jelly beer bottle
Flying saucers x 2
Fruit Salad x 2*
Swizzels necklace
Fizzbomb (blue, contains E133)
November 16, 2024 at 8:39 AM
When a long-lost Twitter pal follows you back
a man is laying on a woman 's chest and saying `` i found you and you found me . ''
ALT: a man is laying on a woman 's chest and saying `` i found you and you found me . ''
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Another chapter in the bag ✍️

I’m done for the day

Time to put on my girdle, pull up my garters and head off to Stockport for my Christmas Girls’ Night Out
December 1, 2023 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING NEWS: inspired by the Bletchley Park Summit, a group of Mancunian scientists have developed their own machine to simulate Northern human intelligence

When asked if it was going to be a game-changer for the region, Professor Bezina Ryder-Gallagher said “Eh, aye…”
November 3, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Can we all spare a thought for the Hallowe’en apostrophe? She always feels a little unloved at this time of year…
October 31, 2023 at 12:24 PM
When your Twitter followers snub you on Bluesky
September 19, 2023 at 6:16 PM