Intriguing like a car crash :D

Stealth musical.

That was my first thought when he said "On January 1st I will be sworn in..."
Keep your head down until then, mate.

What did they sing they're going to do about youth crime in the area?

This is surely fictional rage bait.
Please?

These are awesome.
Nice to see Dr Gorst offering us a yummy ice cream cone to make up for his evil, mind-wrecking playlist.

I used to be a huge Stephen King fan many years ago and The Stand was one of my fave books of his. So the thought of an unabridged version was like catnip. Until I tried to read it.
I'd like to thank the editor for the original release - good call.

I don't even know who you are anymore.

Six crunchies? In a week? On purpose??
Raised by wolves.

To more accurately reflect real life, how about we just have a day for a better chocolate bar the day before, and ignore Crunchie Day entirely.

Hmmm. It's a cunning strategy.
Are we sure @rhodri.biz isn't actually a very clever shill for Big Battery?

I'm so glad I saw this - this picture from amazon has given me the best laugh of the day so far. Oh, the despair...

The fact that AI costs a shedload of money to implement and for ongoing use explains both the eagerness of companies to squirt it at large public sector institutions, *and* the cold molasses pace of adoption by those institutions, who are struggling to find funding for BAU at the best of times..

Steady on - even the Quintonians avoid that.

That would be good.
I've left the house over three times in the last 6 months, like some sort of intrepid adventurer.

Other places seem to have started coming back to (slightly) less insane prices. Not Moseley though.
♪♫ The only way is up ♫♪ apparently

Exile to Quinton.
I was hoping it would be temporary, but tat this rate I'll never be able to come back.

And another - 2275.
</indignant sputtering>

The BBC standards and style guide has been thrown out completely. This morning they assailed me with this absolute horror of a sentence: