Dave McKay
@mckay.me.uk
Scarred for life. No compensation. 🎶
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Scarred for life. No compensation. 🎶
Is it ... bin day?
We all know what happens on the first Thursday after the Second Sunday in Advent. And it will happen tomorrow, as is customary.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is it ... bin day?
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A man’s motorbike makes a noise like cracking thunder crossed with gunfire.
Woman (to her friend): He thinks that makes him seem manly or attractive. It makes him a twat.
Woman (to her friend): He thinks that makes him seem manly or attractive. It makes him a twat.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A man’s motorbike makes a noise like cracking thunder crossed with gunfire.
Woman (to her friend): He thinks that makes him seem manly or attractive. It makes him a twat.
Woman (to her friend): He thinks that makes him seem manly or attractive. It makes him a twat.
"Highly recommended" - me.
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Highly recommended" - me.
Well, I guess that's what thanks you get for volunteering at Cubs in December. #WhamageddonFail
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Well, I guess that's what thanks you get for volunteering at Cubs in December. #WhamageddonFail
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I'm giving away a copy of this year's Monster Month, just Like/Follow/Repost and you're in with a chance of winning.
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm giving away a copy of this year's Monster Month, just Like/Follow/Repost and you're in with a chance of winning.
Oh dear. Nadine's opened the eggnog.
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Oh dear. Nadine's opened the eggnog.
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FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
"Relax this Christmas, and let Ben Fogle handle the aardvark for you."
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Relax this Christmas, and let Ben Fogle handle the aardvark for you."
Thank goodness he didn't build Haphazardly, one of Britain's lousiest castles.
#OnThisDay 1295 Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, died. He built Caerphilly, one of Britain's greatest castles.
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Thank goodness he didn't build Haphazardly, one of Britain's lousiest castles.
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money
And the plums
That were in
The icebox
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money
And the plums
That were in
The icebox
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money
And the plums
That were in
The icebox
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money
And the plums
That were in
The icebox
Are @gralefrit.bsky.social and @dempster2000.bsky.social in cahoots? Yippee-ki-yay!
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Are @gralefrit.bsky.social and @dempster2000.bsky.social in cahoots? Yippee-ki-yay!
When do we get to know who won the FIFA Prize for Physics?
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When do we get to know who won the FIFA Prize for Physics?
Fetch the knit nurse.
Scottish Party leaders have donned their best festive knits in support of Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day 🎄🎁
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Fetch the knit nurse.
ROOOOOOOOT! So happy for Joe. #TheCricket
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ROOOOOOOOT! So happy for Joe. #TheCricket
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It’s three not very wise men lost in the desert because they can’t get a signal for Google maps
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s three not very wise men lost in the desert because they can’t get a signal for Google maps
2026 has to be the year the 9yo gets his own Spotify account.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
2026 has to be the year the 9yo gets his own Spotify account.
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He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
Now we're sucking diesel.
Breaking: Line of Duty has been confirmed for a seventh series, BBC has said.
17 million people saw the series six finale in 2021. Steve, Ted Hastings (like the battle) and Kate are all reprising their roles.
17 million people saw the series six finale in 2021. Steve, Ted Hastings (like the battle) and Kate are all reprising their roles.
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Now we're sucking diesel.
People really do give their children some fucking stupid names these days.
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People really do give their children some fucking stupid names these days.
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Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Started following @oldenoughtosay.com today and now I'm concerned we're only a couple of wet weekends and/or extended droughts away from every English cathedral bar one falling over.
Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
While we’re on the subject, I take is Westminster Abbey is completely safe? I mean, not built in a swamp, or at the outer limits of what arches can do, or anything? (Asking for a friend who works nearby).
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Started following @oldenoughtosay.com today and now I'm concerned we're only a couple of wet weekends and/or extended droughts away from every English cathedral bar one falling over.
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The BBC should tell Trump their apology is at the end of a replay of Ghost Watch that he has to watch all the way through first.
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The BBC should tell Trump their apology is at the end of a replay of Ghost Watch that he has to watch all the way through first.