Loquacious Scribble, PhD
@loquaciousscribble.bsky.social
Museum professional, Historian of Science, Teacher, and some other stuff.
I smell a Slow Horses crossover.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I smell a Slow Horses crossover.
"What do you mean return the money? I spent it! It was my money. I stole it from the banks fair and square."
-My 7th Grade Art teacher
-My 7th Grade Art teacher
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"What do you mean return the money? I spent it! It was my money. I stole it from the banks fair and square."
-My 7th Grade Art teacher
-My 7th Grade Art teacher
<checks calendar> That was over ten years ago. I can only react to the words in front of me. (And Foyles War hardly required the creative imagination Bond does. If it did Honeysuckle Week's character would be Fanny Pullet instead of Sam Stewart)
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
<checks calendar> That was over ten years ago. I can only react to the words in front of me. (And Foyles War hardly required the creative imagination Bond does. If it did Honeysuckle Week's character would be Fanny Pullet instead of Sam Stewart)
Jackson Lamb could pull off a return from the dead, and make it look like it was a contingency plan he put in place 30 years ago just in case.
More Jackson Lamb, less James Bond.
More Jackson Lamb, less James Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jackson Lamb could pull off a return from the dead, and make it look like it was a contingency plan he put in place 30 years ago just in case.
More Jackson Lamb, less James Bond.
More Jackson Lamb, less James Bond.
I wonder if in ancient Athens there was a poet who held the rapt attention of everyone in the agora with a dramatic recital of The Iliad. Then, in the middle of the death of Patroclus, the audience weeping with grief, some chode yells "That's not canon! Patroclus had olive skin not ebon!"
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I wonder if in ancient Athens there was a poet who held the rapt attention of everyone in the agora with a dramatic recital of The Iliad. Then, in the middle of the death of Patroclus, the audience weeping with grief, some chode yells "That's not canon! Patroclus had olive skin not ebon!"
I guess that's why he writes movie tie-in books and not original spy fiction. He probably always colors inside the lines, too.
Give the job to Mick Heron.
Give the job to Mick Heron.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I guess that's why he writes movie tie-in books and not original spy fiction. He probably always colors inside the lines, too.
Give the job to Mick Heron.
Give the job to Mick Heron.
James Bond pet peeve. His code number is 007. But everyone pronounces it "Double-Oh Seven" but it should be "Double Zero Seven," "Double Nil Seven," or, following the example of Jethro Bodine, "Double Naught Seven." Jethro was a bumpkin, but he knew the difference between a letter and a number.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
James Bond pet peeve. His code number is 007. But everyone pronounces it "Double-Oh Seven" but it should be "Double Zero Seven," "Double Nil Seven," or, following the example of Jethro Bodine, "Double Naught Seven." Jethro was a bumpkin, but he knew the difference between a letter and a number.
Well that job interview tanked quickly. He doesn't have the imagination or enthusiasm for the tough job. As I like to say (since yesterday) He really Schumered it.
Find someone who can make a point without an obscure 40 year old TV reference.
Find someone who can make a point without an obscure 40 year old TV reference.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Well that job interview tanked quickly. He doesn't have the imagination or enthusiasm for the tough job. As I like to say (since yesterday) He really Schumered it.
Find someone who can make a point without an obscure 40 year old TV reference.
Find someone who can make a point without an obscure 40 year old TV reference.
Are you sure that’s not a mood ring?
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Are you sure that’s not a mood ring?
Ten? They killed "Hillarycare" in 1994. They've had over 30 years.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ten? They killed "Hillarycare" in 1994. They've had over 30 years.
Which is why I wash my hands every damn time!
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Which is why I wash my hands every damn time!
No, and why would I? It seems very unhygienic based on this conversation.
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
No, and why would I? It seems very unhygienic based on this conversation.
Well, this tells me he either a)Doesn't lower the seat AFTER pissing and/or b) doesn't raise it BEFORE pissing. (Because if you touch that seat you want to wash your hands.)
This also tells me, he has never shared toilet access with a woman.
This also tells me, he has never shared toilet access with a woman.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Well, this tells me he either a)Doesn't lower the seat AFTER pissing and/or b) doesn't raise it BEFORE pissing. (Because if you touch that seat you want to wash your hands.)
This also tells me, he has never shared toilet access with a woman.
This also tells me, he has never shared toilet access with a woman.
I believe the hip kids call it "Pooh-Bearing."
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I believe the hip kids call it "Pooh-Bearing."
Isn't that what the zippers are for? You unbelt every time you urinate?
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Isn't that what the zippers are for? You unbelt every time you urinate?
I would read the heck out of it, too.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I would read the heck out of it, too.
The one bright spot in the 2016 Presidential Election is that this loser didn't get one heartbeat from the Oval Office.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The one bright spot in the 2016 Presidential Election is that this loser didn't get one heartbeat from the Oval Office.
The fig leaf here is that it isn’t a lie. Trump did say that. Kinda like”FBI says Frank Jewel is a person of interest” it’s called distortion of truth by association.
youtu.be/6iAecAtJVdE
youtu.be/6iAecAtJVdE
Distortion of Truth by Association
YouTube video by Dim Sum
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The fig leaf here is that it isn’t a lie. Trump did say that. Kinda like”FBI says Frank Jewel is a person of interest” it’s called distortion of truth by association.
youtu.be/6iAecAtJVdE
youtu.be/6iAecAtJVdE
You have to be joking. After the resounding victory we gave Dems on Tuesday in VA you are going to cave? Did we not vote loudly enough for you? Stand for something for God's sake! Everyone I know here in nova is losing money on this shutdown, but we want you to fight!
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You have to be joking. After the resounding victory we gave Dems on Tuesday in VA you are going to cave? Did we not vote loudly enough for you? Stand for something for God's sake! Everyone I know here in nova is losing money on this shutdown, but we want you to fight!
Kinda like a Speaker for the Dead. (to reference a problematic author)
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Kinda like a Speaker for the Dead. (to reference a problematic author)
I thought poppies were a WWI thing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I thought poppies were a WWI thing.