John Appleton
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A heathen, conceivably - but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
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Here’s a poem called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
December 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
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Get the aloe vera out for this SAVAGE burn 🔥
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Get the aloe vera out for this SAVAGE burn 🔥
Played this with my 4-yo niece once. She was thinking of a cat. When I asked "Does it have four legs?", she walked over to her own cat, counted and confidently replied "Yes".
Top tip. If you're ever playing the "guess the animal" yes/no questions game with kids, choose pangolin or binturong. It drives them mad.
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Played this with my 4-yo niece once. She was thinking of a cat. When I asked "Does it have four legs?", she walked over to her own cat, counted and confidently replied "Yes".
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Thoroughly enjoying the draw for the 1998 World Cup
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thoroughly enjoying the draw for the 1998 World Cup
Death, Taxes, Scotland v Brazil.
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Death, Taxes, Scotland v Brazil.
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Shirts are strange. Your body goes in one hole and comes out three.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Shirts are strange. Your body goes in one hole and comes out three.
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This is extraordinary.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is extraordinary.
🎶I'm dreaming of a White Blackness....🎶
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎶I'm dreaming of a White Blackness....🎶
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
There needs to be a extra circle of hell for people who allow adverts in the middle of any classical music piece on Youtube. Especially in the middle of a movement.
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There needs to be a extra circle of hell for people who allow adverts in the middle of any classical music piece on Youtube. Especially in the middle of a movement.
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I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana get married in the end.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana get married in the end.
5th option is "Whose Party? Run's Party! Whose Party? (say what?) Run's Party! (say what?)"
Bloody hell man
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
5th option is "Whose Party? Run's Party! Whose Party? (say what?) Run's Party! (say what?)"
That acronym will also amuse Sunderland fans.
These are apparently actual suggestions for The Party Currently known as Your Party. If they end up with For the Many the acronym will be FtM, which should amuse any trans men in the room.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
That acronym will also amuse Sunderland fans.
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Wes Streeting looks like Otto, the blowup autopilot in Airplane!
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wes Streeting looks like Otto, the blowup autopilot in Airplane!
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The biggest problem with AI is it was trained on the words of people on the Internet
That is not a good base for intelligence
That is not a good base for intelligence
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The biggest problem with AI is it was trained on the words of people on the Internet
That is not a good base for intelligence
That is not a good base for intelligence
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November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
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My Nan had a fairly extensive care and medication schedule when she came out of hospital. Pages of stuff to do and not do. My sis in her wisdom asked AI to summarise. It was nonsense. Dangerous nonsense. It missed out some vital stuff and added in others. Just read it kids.
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My Nan had a fairly extensive care and medication schedule when she came out of hospital. Pages of stuff to do and not do. My sis in her wisdom asked AI to summarise. It was nonsense. Dangerous nonsense. It missed out some vital stuff and added in others. Just read it kids.
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I have the memory of an elephant. It was grey, I think.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I have the memory of an elephant. It was grey, I think.
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Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
WASHINGTON—Claiming that the sacred ash tree had outlived its usefulness and needed to be updated, President Donald Trump made remarks Monday defending his demolition of Yggdrasil, the ancient tree of...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works