Neil
@nweb.bsky.social
Love music, nature, and Discworld.
nweb78 on the other place.
nweb78 on the other place.
WTF does Brigadier Bonespurs know about it?
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
WTF does Brigadier Bonespurs know about it?
Yup, hence the old joke that the only reason the Pyramids aren't in the British Museum is that they were too heavy to take away. There's a whole series on TV called "Stuff the British Stole".
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yup, hence the old joke that the only reason the Pyramids aren't in the British Museum is that they were too heavy to take away. There's a whole series on TV called "Stuff the British Stole".
The three lions on the Royal coat of arms are burgled from the French - specifically by the Plantagenets from the Angevins. Their coat of arms and that of the Duchy of Aquitaine are full of lions passant.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The three lions on the Royal coat of arms are burgled from the French - specifically by the Plantagenets from the Angevins. Their coat of arms and that of the Duchy of Aquitaine are full of lions passant.
I've said this for years. It used to be a thing where people would say the licence fee was worth it just for Attenborough.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I've said this for years. It used to be a thing where people would say the licence fee was worth it just for Attenborough.
The problem is people confuse 'the BBC' with just its news output. The BBC is fabulous, nature docs, niche sports at least covered online and on the radio even if not shown on the TV, BBC sounds content, and the World Service projecting soft power around the globe.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The problem is people confuse 'the BBC' with just its news output. The BBC is fabulous, nature docs, niche sports at least covered online and on the radio even if not shown on the TV, BBC sounds content, and the World Service projecting soft power around the globe.
Especially when many of them, particularly Americans, don't seem to actually like any of the teachings.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Especially when many of them, particularly Americans, don't seem to actually like any of the teachings.
Too busy packing up his teddies.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Too busy packing up his teddies.
The crashing double standard is breathtaking. They *lost their minds* about 'sleepy Joe' but now we just get crickets.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The crashing double standard is breathtaking. They *lost their minds* about 'sleepy Joe' but now we just get crickets.
And explain why, when my bill is £15.05, I might tender a £20 note and offer the 5p. Normally get looked at like I've got three heads.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
And explain why, when my bill is £15.05, I might tender a £20 note and offer the 5p. Normally get looked at like I've got three heads.
The 20th of December to be specific 😂 I mean we all know when it is right? Not like a reminder is needed. cf Christmas songs on the radio.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The 20th of December to be specific 😂 I mean we all know when it is right? Not like a reminder is needed. cf Christmas songs on the radio.
It's a headline aimed at the hard of thinking who particularly don't understand big numbers and are invited to assume the lots of numbers mean it's significant.
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's a headline aimed at the hard of thinking who particularly don't understand big numbers and are invited to assume the lots of numbers mean it's significant.
£100m is fuck all in government spending. A rounding error.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
£100m is fuck all in government spending. A rounding error.
I absoluteluly love NbNW, it's an iconic film and Cary Grant is impeccable in it. One of my top 10.
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I absoluteluly love NbNW, it's an iconic film and Cary Grant is impeccable in it. One of my top 10.
It's packaged really well 👍
It can now live with me as my moon phases one is at work.
It can now live with me as my moon phases one is at work.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's packaged really well 👍
It can now live with me as my moon phases one is at work.
It can now live with me as my moon phases one is at work.
It cleared just too late for me, by the time I could see the western sky the sun had slid away.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It cleared just too late for me, by the time I could see the western sky the sun had slid away.
It's exactly what they demanded about Biden! But it's what you get when you elect old men. Trump is older than Clinton, and whilst Clinton might not be a paragon of virtue, he was President what seems like a hundred years ago as a much younger man.
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's exactly what they demanded about Biden! But it's what you get when you elect old men. Trump is older than Clinton, and whilst Clinton might not be a paragon of virtue, he was President what seems like a hundred years ago as a much younger man.
Every tool apart from his brain clearly.
October 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every tool apart from his brain clearly.
Well he filed himself once before, he's just trying it again in a different way. 😂
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Well he filed himself once before, he's just trying it again in a different way. 😂
The independent committee can absolutely make their own decision, as long as it's one we agree with.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The independent committee can absolutely make their own decision, as long as it's one we agree with.
The hate Harry gets as the spare is mindblowing when you consider what his uncle has been getting up to.
October 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The hate Harry gets as the spare is mindblowing when you consider what his uncle has been getting up to.
How long before first cat demands you open the door anyway?
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How long before first cat demands you open the door anyway?