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seeking a cure for the Daily Express • exploring the borderlands of history and myth • unusual objects • tennis
Interesting new Gashapon set here. The horrified owl is a nice touch.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Interesting new Gashapon set here. The horrified owl is a nice touch.
Hobyahs and dismembered dogs are the true the stuff of nightmares. Even now I feel somewhat unsettled thinking about them.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hobyahs and dismembered dogs are the true the stuff of nightmares. Even now I feel somewhat unsettled thinking about them.
You've got the gist of it, yes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
You've got the gist of it, yes.
Yes, it's hard to understand what's going on in retailers minds. The length of these trousers (Zara) is so extreme that they're clearly unwearably long even on models wearing heels. I doubt that more than 1% of women could wear these unaltered.
September 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yes, it's hard to understand what's going on in retailers minds. The length of these trousers (Zara) is so extreme that they're clearly unwearably long even on models wearing heels. I doubt that more than 1% of women could wear these unaltered.
I recently came across the Howards' Way series of knitting patterns. I wonder how many people are still wearing these garments?
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I recently came across the Howards' Way series of knitting patterns. I wonder how many people are still wearing these garments?
This is what I'd pay to see, presuming it's physically possible...
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is what I'd pay to see, presuming it's physically possible...
Totally agree, I've lost count of the number of times I've been cheered up by looking at the expression on this giraffe's face. That book is one the best things I've ever bought from a charity shop.
August 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Totally agree, I've lost count of the number of times I've been cheered up by looking at the expression on this giraffe's face. That book is one the best things I've ever bought from a charity shop.
There's some nice details on the increasingly ersatz concoctions that passed for coffee in Bee Wilson's 'Swindled'.
August 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's some nice details on the increasingly ersatz concoctions that passed for coffee in Bee Wilson's 'Swindled'.
FFS, this is the fourth jury citation I've received in the last six years.
Apparently there's no upper limit to how frequently you can be obliged to cancel your plans and remain on call for a week phoning them up every evening to find out if you have to go in the next day.
Apparently there's no upper limit to how frequently you can be obliged to cancel your plans and remain on call for a week phoning them up every evening to find out if you have to go in the next day.
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
FFS, this is the fourth jury citation I've received in the last six years.
Apparently there's no upper limit to how frequently you can be obliged to cancel your plans and remain on call for a week phoning them up every evening to find out if you have to go in the next day.
Apparently there's no upper limit to how frequently you can be obliged to cancel your plans and remain on call for a week phoning them up every evening to find out if you have to go in the next day.
I had to have my age verified to buy these nail clippers in Lidl this morning. I'm armed and dangerous now.
July 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I had to have my age verified to buy these nail clippers in Lidl this morning. I'm armed and dangerous now.
You sometimes hear about street names affecting the value of properties. I genuinely would rather live on Cowpat Lane - or whatever - than Investment Drive.
July 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You sometimes hear about street names affecting the value of properties. I genuinely would rather live on Cowpat Lane - or whatever - than Investment Drive.
Yes, this one covers some similar territory, so to speak, light read but interesting nevertheless.
July 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes, this one covers some similar territory, so to speak, light read but interesting nevertheless.
Puffin Ocarina - Neil Ions
Somewhat undignified for both the puffin and the musician.
Somewhat undignified for both the puffin and the musician.
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Puffin Ocarina - Neil Ions
Somewhat undignified for both the puffin and the musician.
Somewhat undignified for both the puffin and the musician.
For the wanker in your life.
June 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
For the wanker in your life.
Proper old fashioned criminals like Burglar Bill...
June 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Proper old fashioned criminals like Burglar Bill...
Ken Masters from Howard's Way - fashion icon!
I'd love to know how many people bought this knitting pattern.
I'd love to know how many people bought this knitting pattern.
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ken Masters from Howard's Way - fashion icon!
I'd love to know how many people bought this knitting pattern.
I'd love to know how many people bought this knitting pattern.
😯Is this the original leopard eating a person's face?😯
According to the auction catalogue this object was carved in Flanders and dates from the 16th or 17th century.
According to the auction catalogue this object was carved in Flanders and dates from the 16th or 17th century.
June 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
😯Is this the original leopard eating a person's face?😯
According to the auction catalogue this object was carved in Flanders and dates from the 16th or 17th century.
According to the auction catalogue this object was carved in Flanders and dates from the 16th or 17th century.
Big recommendation for this excellent book, one of the best I've read this year- first class chapter titles and comedy anecdotes. What else do you need from a history of the 20th century?
June 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big recommendation for this excellent book, one of the best I've read this year- first class chapter titles and comedy anecdotes. What else do you need from a history of the 20th century?
Slap it on thick!
I've never seen a worse case of artex than this, it would be like entering a cave hollowed out of cottage cheese.
I've never seen a worse case of artex than this, it would be like entering a cave hollowed out of cottage cheese.
June 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Slap it on thick!
I've never seen a worse case of artex than this, it would be like entering a cave hollowed out of cottage cheese.
I've never seen a worse case of artex than this, it would be like entering a cave hollowed out of cottage cheese.
Looks rather like my housemate Olga Bear's Erasmus hat.
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Looks rather like my housemate Olga Bear's Erasmus hat.
You would have thought that feeding a pelican cod would be simpler than trying to dose it with cod liver oil.
Looks like the sort of bird who'd hold a grudge too.
Looks like the sort of bird who'd hold a grudge too.
May 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You would have thought that feeding a pelican cod would be simpler than trying to dose it with cod liver oil.
Looks like the sort of bird who'd hold a grudge too.
Looks like the sort of bird who'd hold a grudge too.
Our French course was focused on Créteil, this building was the centre of the Garnier family's universe, however, I can't say that I ever believed that this was genuinely an internationally renowned landmark, the stories were unmistakably parochial.
May 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our French course was focused on Créteil, this building was the centre of the Garnier family's universe, however, I can't say that I ever believed that this was genuinely an internationally renowned landmark, the stories were unmistakably parochial.