Got it on tape Christmas morning 1986, and I’ve been playing it on and off for the last 40 years. Not on the original tape, clearly, it’d be stretched beyond recognition by now!

A bounce house sounds like it’s a euphemism for a very, very different sort of entertainment venue.

What a brilliant name for a black cat! The lieutenant of Barad Dur, slayer of small rodents. He’ll find you those pesky hobbits once he’s had a nap and some dreamies.

Back in the 90s my alma mater (University of Sunderland) claimed* that it could trace itself back to Monkwearmouth and Jarrow abbey. So I reckon Bede would be telling everyone that he remembers when the Big Tescos was Roker Park and the Stadium of Light was the colliery
*tongue in cheek**
**I think

My belief is that streaming devalued music. When you had to pay for a CD, and they were expensive (well they were when I was in my teens and twenties), the fact you only had a limited amount of music made you appreciate it more. Now there is an unlimited supply, its value has plummeted.

I mean, surely it is Georgians? Not people thinking “it’s the flag of St. George with more flags of St. George on it, so it’s extra English!”

In my 40 odd years of being left leaning and politically aware, the one constant is that the left far prefers to argue with itself than the right. So good luck with that…

I had an inspiring English teacher (if you’re reading this, Miss Bailey, thanks), who inspired a love of Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. But from talking to others, it really sounds like she was a real outlier. Sure, teach it in school. But teach it well!

This is what social media is for. Not arguing with strangers. Just random pictures of post boxes. This made me unaccountably happy

There is an upper wallop.
My inner 8 year old hopes there is a bottom wallop.

Well… considering the fact that I’ve done a course annually on how not to be an arse at work since about 2005, I reckon the daily mail will be discovering takeaway coffee, Google and prosecco in the next few years

Missed the “” round Christians

I’m not sure if the pronunciation is meant to be crorse or applesoss

As a former employee of Hewlett Packard, I really do think the yacht needs to be salvaged. I can think of an awful lot of things that could be done with those ill-gotten gains…

I think rather than hosepipes, put strings on there to make Him into a huge marionette, being operated by an even bigger Christ the Redeemer.
Ok, it’s technically challenging, but it would be fun.

I’d love to know the criteria used in this graph. I mean, how does solar power kill people? And what is the geographical sample area and time after exposure criteria? I’m intrigued by how solar and wind kill people, too

I think the bad press around Chernobyl and Fukushima might require a bit more than rebranding

Versatile, comforting, warming on a cold night,and at home in both a Michelin starred restaurant and a chip shop? I’d take that ;)