Michael Seaton
@mikeoas.bsky.social
Professional scientific geek, musician, Esperanto-speaker, married 🏳️🌈 (he/him/li) to Daley (they/them/ri), 🏳️⚧️ rights now, aspiring 🇪🇺 citizen, #blm
I mean, I'm channelling Dara at the sight of this.
a bald man in a military uniform is making a funny face and says `` wait , what ? ''
Alt: Dara Ó Briain saying "Wait, what?" after realising he'd messed up a task involving bottles of milk, microwaves and a timer.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I mean, I'm channelling Dara at the sight of this.
Can we ban Werthers’ Originals? If we can’t have sweet treats, pensioners shouldn’t either.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Can we ban Werthers’ Originals? If we can’t have sweet treats, pensioners shouldn’t either.
She’s lactose intolerant, maybe? 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
She’s lactose intolerant, maybe? 🤔
I’m at least two of those. :)
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m at least two of those. :)
I have a little Pride Progress flag pin attached to my work lanyard ... nicely subtle but it almost certainly would get your dad to tut. :)
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I have a little Pride Progress flag pin attached to my work lanyard ... nicely subtle but it almost certainly would get your dad to tut. :)
OK, Nintendo need to add The Simpsons: Hit and Run to their GameCube emulator ... even if it means a 45GB update*, it'll be worth it.
(* It won't be more than 1.5GB - as much as a GameCube disc could hold.)
(* It won't be more than 1.5GB - as much as a GameCube disc could hold.)
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
OK, Nintendo need to add The Simpsons: Hit and Run to their GameCube emulator ... even if it means a 45GB update*, it'll be worth it.
(* It won't be more than 1.5GB - as much as a GameCube disc could hold.)
(* It won't be more than 1.5GB - as much as a GameCube disc could hold.)
I don’t know either of those games, in spite of being at least a little bit older than both of you … that said, I would recommend playing Overcooked as hospitality training.
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I don’t know either of those games, in spite of being at least a little bit older than both of you … that said, I would recommend playing Overcooked as hospitality training.
I will say that The Wrong Trousers does hint at Bristol a bit … the local newspaper resembles the Bristol Evening Post, plus the zoo where Feathers McGraw is imprisoned looks quite a bit like Bristol Zoo. (They did make it more Prestonified for Vengeance Most Fowl, though.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I will say that The Wrong Trousers does hint at Bristol a bit … the local newspaper resembles the Bristol Evening Post, plus the zoo where Feathers McGraw is imprisoned looks quite a bit like Bristol Zoo. (They did make it more Prestonified for Vengeance Most Fowl, though.)
Phil sucking the liquid through a “straw” also follows Bernoulli’s principle as he also produced a pressure drop, but this time between the top of the fluid in the cup (not in the siphon) and his mouth.
(I learned all this from the first year of a chemical engineering degree rather than at school!)
(I learned all this from the first year of a chemical engineering degree rather than at school!)
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Phil sucking the liquid through a “straw” also follows Bernoulli’s principle as he also produced a pressure drop, but this time between the top of the fluid in the cup (not in the siphon) and his mouth.
(I learned all this from the first year of a chemical engineering degree rather than at school!)
(I learned all this from the first year of a chemical engineering degree rather than at school!)
Reece and Sanjeev just heightened the liquid in the siphon by adding more, while Ania and Maisie decreased the pressure inside the siphon by sucking underneath the cup … a pressure drop caused the liquid to move up and over (as Bernoulli’s principle predicts).
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reece and Sanjeev just heightened the liquid in the siphon by adding more, while Ania and Maisie decreased the pressure inside the siphon by sucking underneath the cup … a pressure drop caused the liquid to move up and over (as Bernoulli’s principle predicts).
Sanjeev’s mention of Bernoulli’s principle worked for all of the contestants’ efforts in task 2, even for Phil’s but not in quite the same way. :) The Pythagoras cup hinges on the siphon at the bottom and how far up the liquid is inside it … as soon as it’s at the top, gravity does the rest.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sanjeev’s mention of Bernoulli’s principle worked for all of the contestants’ efforts in task 2, even for Phil’s but not in quite the same way. :) The Pythagoras cup hinges on the siphon at the bottom and how far up the liquid is inside it … as soon as it’s at the top, gravity does the rest.
It’s pretty much as though all of the first 20 Bond films happened between Skyfall and Spectre, so Craig Fingersuck suddenly became Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan in succession before resuming as the Same Guy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s pretty much as though all of the first 20 Bond films happened between Skyfall and Spectre, so Craig Fingersuck suddenly became Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan in succession before resuming as the Same Guy.
If you go from the novels, Casino Royale was set in 1951 and he was born in either 1920 or 1921, so he should be 104 or 105 years old now. If anything, Dick van Dyke is a little bit young to play him!
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you go from the novels, Casino Royale was set in 1951 and he was born in either 1920 or 1921, so he should be 104 or 105 years old now. If anything, Dick van Dyke is a little bit young to play him!
This is in spite of the Royal British Legion saying they have no issue whatsoever with white poppies (with or instead of red ones).
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is in spite of the Royal British Legion saying they have no issue whatsoever with white poppies (with or instead of red ones).
The gammon-frothing over white poppies has been around for nearly 100 years - women wearing them in the 1930s lost their jobs, Thatcher hated it in response to the Bishop of Salisbury saying there was room for both red and white, and wreaths with white poppies have been vandalised.
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The gammon-frothing over white poppies has been around for nearly 100 years - women wearing them in the 1930s lost their jobs, Thatcher hated it in response to the Bishop of Salisbury saying there was room for both red and white, and wreaths with white poppies have been vandalised.
There's a better quality version of that clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lx...
Kenny also used the phrase in his 1970s radio shows.
It's also possible 'Friends of Dorothy' referred to Dorothy Parker, who held Prohibition-era speakeasy parties for gay men using that phrase to gain entry.
Kenny also used the phrase in his 1970s radio shows.
It's also possible 'Friends of Dorothy' referred to Dorothy Parker, who held Prohibition-era speakeasy parties for gay men using that phrase to gain entry.
Freddie Mercury cameo appearance on The Kenny Everett Video Show S03E01 - 18/02/1980
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November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There's a better quality version of that clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lx...
Kenny also used the phrase in his 1970s radio shows.
It's also possible 'Friends of Dorothy' referred to Dorothy Parker, who held Prohibition-era speakeasy parties for gay men using that phrase to gain entry.
Kenny also used the phrase in his 1970s radio shows.
It's also possible 'Friends of Dorothy' referred to Dorothy Parker, who held Prohibition-era speakeasy parties for gay men using that phrase to gain entry.
I'm hoping he gets at least 1 million votes ... looking promising so far. :)
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I'm hoping he gets at least 1 million votes ... looking promising so far. :)
Daresbury springs to mind ... is it "dars-berry" or "dairs-bury"?
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Daresbury springs to mind ... is it "dars-berry" or "dairs-bury"?
Why do we even *have* that lever?!
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why do we even *have* that lever?!
I think you might be stepping on them accidentally?
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I think you might be stepping on them accidentally?
That's probably why he was called in the first place. ;)
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
That's probably why he was called in the first place. ;)
This is going to end with the kid mooning our prime minister with a remarkably legible insulting message just inside the French embassy, isn't it?
October 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This is going to end with the kid mooning our prime minister with a remarkably legible insulting message just inside the French embassy, isn't it?