This a key to a good comedy. There are others.
the reason the remake works so well is because it basically understood the key to a good comedy is just packing in as many jokes as possible because if one doesn't work you have forgotten about it by the time another one which does work arrives
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This a key to a good comedy. There are others.
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Here's a poem. Don't worry, it's quite short. And you don't have to read it anyway. You probably prefer TikTok.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here's a poem. Don't worry, it's quite short. And you don't have to read it anyway. You probably prefer TikTok.
Sex and the City.
Has this pairing ever been flipped? Where a man falls in love with a monster?
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sex and the City.
There WILL be further hurdles. O'Shea is an insatiable charity monster.
We are €500 short of €5,000 on the Xmas Appeal.
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There WILL be further hurdles. O'Shea is an insatiable charity monster.
Postmodern accountancy is unlikely to result in chaos, or as Derrida would say: cows.
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Postmodern accountancy is unlikely to result in chaos, or as Derrida would say: cows.
Elon Musk is incapable of telling a joke but that doesn't make it rocket science.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Elon Musk is incapable of telling a joke but that doesn't make it rocket science.
Here's a poem. Don't worry, it's quite short. And you don't have to read it anyway. You probably prefer TikTok.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here's a poem. Don't worry, it's quite short. And you don't have to read it anyway. You probably prefer TikTok.
Absolutely not. There's no swing in this house.
Do you think you can jump out of a swing in mid air like when we were kids, right now at your grown age??
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Absolutely not. There's no swing in this house.
The majority of the population already live in cities so this is an open door.
In one of his first acts as the new Minister for Finance, Simon Harris is to formally sign the “access for cash” legislation later.
The Access to Cash bill requires that a majority of the population should be within 10km of an ATM and a cash service point.
jrnl.ie/6883839
The Access to Cash bill requires that a majority of the population should be within 10km of an ATM and a cash service point.
jrnl.ie/6883839
'Access to cash’ legislation to come into force later this week
The new law requires that an ATM is located within 10km of the majority of homes and businesses.
jrnl.ie
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The majority of the population already live in cities so this is an open door.
I'm reading a fascinating article about the early days of silent ASMR.
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm reading a fascinating article about the early days of silent ASMR.
I've taken up ethical phishing. After the scam is finished I throw my victims into a river.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've taken up ethical phishing. After the scam is finished I throw my victims into a river.
Would you look at the time. Four o'clock and not a thee in the house compared to a summer's day.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Would you look at the time. Four o'clock and not a thee in the house compared to a summer's day.
-Once the metal is nice and hot you poke a cow with it.
Me on my first day as a branding consultant.
Me on my first day as a branding consultant.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
-Once the metal is nice and hot you poke a cow with it.
Me on my first day as a branding consultant.
Me on my first day as a branding consultant.
FACT: Although he is best known today as a fictional detective Sherlock Holmes also worked as the cab driver who brought the Fresh Prince to Bel Air.
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
FACT: Although he is best known today as a fictional detective Sherlock Holmes also worked as the cab driver who brought the Fresh Prince to Bel Air.
FACT: The fictional character who has featured in the most films is the Invisible Man. He has been in the opening shot of literally every movie ever made.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
FACT: The fictional character who has featured in the most films is the Invisible Man. He has been in the opening shot of literally every movie ever made.
This is typical of the sort of pro-footwear propaganda we were exposed to as elves.
Elf-made shoes
‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, 1965
Artist: Robert Lumley
‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, 1965
Artist: Robert Lumley
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is typical of the sort of pro-footwear propaganda we were exposed to as elves.
And what a tragedy that would be.
Imagine if you could actually be arrested in England for sarcasm. Literally the entire population would be in jail.
Morrissey, somehow managing to be a more ridiculous version of Stewart Lee’s ‘These days if you say you’re English’ parody
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
And what a tragedy that would be.
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Football was ruined by the introduction of Video Assassinated Radiostar.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Football was ruined by the introduction of Video Assassinated Radiostar.
Just been in a collision with an ice cream van and I think I have Mr Whippylash.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just been in a collision with an ice cream van and I think I have Mr Whippylash.
It's bad enough having sport on the news, letting it into history is a disgrace.
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's bad enough having sport on the news, letting it into history is a disgrace.
Opening a Bohemian Rhapsody themed sandwich shop. We'll be selling I'm Just A Po' Boy and erm, well, just that actually. Hope you like shrimp, Queen fans.
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Opening a Bohemian Rhapsody themed sandwich shop. We'll be selling I'm Just A Po' Boy and erm, well, just that actually. Hope you like shrimp, Queen fans.
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but *not* a ballista
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
but *not* a ballista
Under a controversial law that dates back to the days of British rule it is illegal to shoot a celebrity economist in the face with a cannon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Under a controversial law that dates back to the days of British rule it is illegal to shoot a celebrity economist in the face with a cannon.