Simon Koppel
@simonkoppel.bsky.social
Quizzer, charity-adjacent and lexicography-curious. He/him.
OK, can't find that one, but this interview has "It was like, who's going to die first?" www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2....
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
OK, can't find that one, but this interview has "It was like, who's going to die first?" www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2....
Only in Google snippet view, so I can't confirm the publication date, but given who the interviewee is, and assuming this is an accurate record of what he said in interview, this can't be later than 1980. books.google.co.uk/books?id=UVY...
The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
Tekst van de interviews gehouden met de Engelse popmusicus (1940-1980) en zijn vrouw.
books.google.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Only in Google snippet view, so I can't confirm the publication date, but given who the interviewee is, and assuming this is an accurate record of what he said in interview, this can't be later than 1980. books.google.co.uk/books?id=UVY...
You should submit some of these to @anonopin.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You should submit some of these to @anonopin.bsky.social
Cat owners don't have a special voice to talk to our cats (they'd only ignore us anyway) but we do imitate the voice that they would have if they were human.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Cat owners don't have a special voice to talk to our cats (they'd only ignore us anyway) but we do imitate the voice that they would have if they were human.
What city served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1817 to 1861, despite not being on the island of Sicily?
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What city served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1817 to 1861, despite not being on the island of Sicily?
The newest of those three died 115 years ago. What more modern art would you consider middlebrow – Terry Pratchett, Kate Bush, The Wire?
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The newest of those three died 115 years ago. What more modern art would you consider middlebrow – Terry Pratchett, Kate Bush, The Wire?
Thank you - and thanks for all your valuable service in making the world just a little more factual!
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Thank you - and thanks for all your valuable service in making the world just a little more factual!
A penicillin allergy doesn't stop you eating blue cheese. You might be allergic to penicillin and ALSO to blue cheese, but there are lots of things on a typical buffet that you MIGHT be allergic to. Or do you think buffets should be banned entirely? www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/blu...
Blue cheese: Types, benefits, risks, and more
What is blue cheese and does it provide any health benefits? Read on to learn learn more about this dairy product, such as nutrition and risks.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A penicillin allergy doesn't stop you eating blue cheese. You might be allergic to penicillin and ALSO to blue cheese, but there are lots of things on a typical buffet that you MIGHT be allergic to. Or do you think buffets should be banned entirely? www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/blu...
I think you meant to say, "each of he's brothers".
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think you meant to say, "each of he's brothers".
Well this is depressing. I normally expect Bluesky replies to Anon Opin to be more sensible than those on X. But with this one, they're virtually identical, and every bit as casually (and not so casually) misogynistic.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Well this is depressing. I normally expect Bluesky replies to Anon Opin to be more sensible than those on X. But with this one, they're virtually identical, and every bit as casually (and not so casually) misogynistic.
What small village in Kent lies two and a half miles south of the town of Sandwich? A signpost pointing to the two places has 109 reviews on Google and its own entry on Atlas Obscura.
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What small village in Kent lies two and a half miles south of the town of Sandwich? A signpost pointing to the two places has 109 reviews on Google and its own entry on Atlas Obscura.
You may be getting to this, but do you have male/female/other splits?
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You may be getting to this, but do you have male/female/other splits?
On the track listing for the Taylor Swift song "thank you aimee", from her album The Tortured Poets Department, what three letters are capitalised? The song has been widely interpreted as a 'diss track' aimed at a member of the Kardashian family.
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
On the track listing for the Taylor Swift song "thank you aimee", from her album The Tortured Poets Department, what three letters are capitalised? The song has been widely interpreted as a 'diss track' aimed at a member of the Kardashian family.
You can still what it was by the alphabetising.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You can still what it was by the alphabetising.
In the spirit of correcting sloppy work, I feel obliged to point out that there's no evidence that Napoleon ever said that - it's most likely a variant of Robert Heinlein quoteinvestigator.com/2016/12/30/n...
Quote Origin: Never Attribute to Malice That Which Is Adequately Explained by Stupidity – Quote Investigator®
quoteinvestigator.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In the spirit of correcting sloppy work, I feel obliged to point out that there's no evidence that Napoleon ever said that - it's most likely a variant of Robert Heinlein quoteinvestigator.com/2016/12/30/n...
Oslo is another issue - only renamed that from Christiania in 1925
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Oslo is another issue - only renamed that from Christiania in 1925
More likely, surely, that a situation that used to exist would still be on a map (perhaps partly based on an earlier map by a sloppy cartographer) that that it would somehow anticipate something that wouldn't exist until four years later?
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More likely, surely, that a situation that used to exist would still be on a map (perhaps partly based on an earlier map by a sloppy cartographer) that that it would somehow anticipate something that wouldn't exist until four years later?
But what about Central Australia? As someone else points about, that only existed from 1927 to 1931.
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
But what about Central Australia? As someone else points about, that only existed from 1927 to 1931.
That's a great clue, that nobody else had spotted!
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That's a great clue, that nobody else had spotted!
Will she later complain that her hair is ruined?
October 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Will she later complain that her hair is ruined?