Mike McHugh
@jymian.bsky.social
Pixel-stained technopeasant wretch. Also, ideologically opposed to closing browser tabs.
Time and kebabs.
he/him
Time and kebabs.
he/him
There's another top thread about it 🙂
What's the stupidest thing you ever got in trouble for? I have... a few, some of which I've detailed here before.
But you might not have heard about the time the Daily Mail did a bullet-point scare job on me in 2016, because I tricked Selfridges staff into printing rude words on some Nutella jars.
But you might not have heard about the time the Daily Mail did a bullet-point scare job on me in 2016, because I tricked Selfridges staff into printing rude words on some Nutella jars.
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
There's another top thread about it 🙂
Looks like it’s solid all the way back to the NCR.
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Looks like it’s solid all the way back to the NCR.
I say it all the time, but Bradbury's The Murderer, from 1953, is the most accurate take on (what was then) the future I've read.
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I say it all the time, but Bradbury's The Murderer, from 1953, is the most accurate take on (what was then) the future I've read.
Dartmouth Sqaure, maybe? Make them split their “we object!” resources…
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Dartmouth Sqaure, maybe? Make them split their “we object!” resources…
I'm against it too, but it's amazing how quickly people who ask for it change their minds when they realise they'd need one 😉
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm against it too, but it's amazing how quickly people who ask for it change their minds when they realise they'd need one 😉
I'd go for "logged 100km cycling on the road in the year preceding the licence issue" - which should cover the renewal too.
Or even, as a response to "why don't cyclists have to get a licence?", go "yes, and make having a cycling licence a mandatory requirement for having a driving one".
Or even, as a response to "why don't cyclists have to get a licence?", go "yes, and make having a cycling licence a mandatory requirement for having a driving one".
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'd go for "logged 100km cycling on the road in the year preceding the licence issue" - which should cover the renewal too.
Or even, as a response to "why don't cyclists have to get a licence?", go "yes, and make having a cycling licence a mandatory requirement for having a driving one".
Or even, as a response to "why don't cyclists have to get a licence?", go "yes, and make having a cycling licence a mandatory requirement for having a driving one".
Cross it with Dr Who and we could get 3 movies in one. Crowe playing two roles on the one screen could be awesome 😉
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Cross it with Dr Who and we could get 3 movies in one. Crowe playing two roles on the one screen could be awesome 😉
When you return - and only then -,I can recommend Horrorstör as a good read on what could have been 😛
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When you return - and only then -,I can recommend Horrorstör as a good read on what could have been 😛
And it is my personal canon that at the end of the movie, Lisa Nolan moved to London in a bid to forget it all, changed her name to Emma Flyte, and joined the Met.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
And it is my personal canon that at the end of the movie, Lisa Nolan moved to London in a bid to forget it all, changed her name to Emma Flyte, and joined the Met.
I like to think that somewhere, a Spurs fan is rubbing their hands gleefully and going "they'll never know it was me".
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I like to think that somewhere, a Spurs fan is rubbing their hands gleefully and going "they'll never know it was me".
As the saying should go, if they’re so rich why aren’t they smart?
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
As the saying should go, if they’re so rich why aren’t they smart?
I think it’s a HIPPO violation if you have more than 2% body fat 😛
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think it’s a HIPPO violation if you have more than 2% body fat 😛
Best to take the "living well" approach, for sure 😉
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Best to take the "living well" approach, for sure 😉
Interrupting a Mass, and publicly challenging a reasonable instruction from his principal.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interrupting a Mass, and publicly challenging a reasonable instruction from his principal.
Well, the MMA ones will come first, because there’s guaranteed cash with them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Well, the MMA ones will come first, because there’s guaranteed cash with them.
Should go without saying, it’s a great book!
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Should go without saying, it’s a great book!
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes has something similar (less robotic, naturally).
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes has something similar (less robotic, naturally).
I'm actually surprised he didn't go straight for the GDPR excuse, though I'm sure that's coming too.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'm actually surprised he didn't go straight for the GDPR excuse, though I'm sure that's coming too.
Grr, shipping is high.
Yay, shipping doesn't change as you buy more!
I'm going to get 3 extra: if anyone in Dublin city wants one of them, let me know.
Yay, shipping doesn't change as you buy more!
I'm going to get 3 extra: if anyone in Dublin city wants one of them, let me know.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Grr, shipping is high.
Yay, shipping doesn't change as you buy more!
I'm going to get 3 extra: if anyone in Dublin city wants one of them, let me know.
Yay, shipping doesn't change as you buy more!
I'm going to get 3 extra: if anyone in Dublin city wants one of them, let me know.
Yup: the Dublin Inquirer article makes it clear that the GAA club thinks it's mad and dangerous.
New traffic light on Collins Avenue creates more danger than it prevents, councillors say
It’s meant to control traffic leaving the Whitehall Colmcille GAA clubhouse car park, across a footpath, onto the road.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yup: the Dublin Inquirer article makes it clear that the GAA club thinks it's mad and dangerous.