Skinny
@uncleskinny.bsky.social
Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.
I've done some weird quizzing over the years. Many TV programmes, kissing Carol Vorderman, winning a series of 15-to-1, beating Anne Hegarty on Mastermind, but this was a weirder than weird highlight...
BTW @paulsinha.bsky.social , I read your book over two days on train journeys. It's bloody ace
BTW @paulsinha.bsky.social , I read your book over two days on train journeys. It's bloody ace
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've done some weird quizzing over the years. Many TV programmes, kissing Carol Vorderman, winning a series of 15-to-1, beating Anne Hegarty on Mastermind, but this was a weirder than weird highlight...
BTW @paulsinha.bsky.social , I read your book over two days on train journeys. It's bloody ace
BTW @paulsinha.bsky.social , I read your book over two days on train journeys. It's bloody ace
Someone's getting book tokens for Christmas
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Someone's getting book tokens for Christmas
A spoonerism is swapping the first parts of words. What is it called when the centre parts are swapped? See sports folk in the picture.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A spoonerism is swapping the first parts of words. What is it called when the centre parts are swapped? See sports folk in the picture.
Hello all. Following on from a previous post where I revisited old quiz questions from the past, here is another one.
What links the people in the photograph?
What links the people in the photograph?
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hello all. Following on from a previous post where I revisited old quiz questions from the past, here is another one.
What links the people in the photograph?
What links the people in the photograph?
I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I took it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I took it.
Superstitious airline
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Superstitious airline
I'm making burgers tonight. As such, the following image is going to be waiting for the missus on the door when she gets back in a couple of hours.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm making burgers tonight. As such, the following image is going to be waiting for the missus on the door when she gets back in a couple of hours.
This is taking the piss
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is taking the piss
*what* an innovation
October 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
*what* an innovation
Bold move by this shop in Hexham.
August 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bold move by this shop in Hexham.
I think this is the longest journey in football this year. Is there any longer?
August 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I think this is the longest journey in football this year. Is there any longer?
This is a physical impossibility, isn’t it?
August 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is a physical impossibility, isn’t it?
Well, that sign sure told them. Canal at Brighouse.
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Well, that sign sure told them. Canal at Brighouse.
Ok, I will, but where is he?
August 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ok, I will, but where is he?
Please, please tell me you’re all hearing what I’m hearing from the lady on the couch. Volume up.
July 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Please, please tell me you’re all hearing what I’m hearing from the lady on the couch. Volume up.
Mull of Kilt Hire was RIGHT THERE
July 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Mull of Kilt Hire was RIGHT THERE
As someone with autism in the family, I find this excuse highly offensive. Also paging @johnharris1969.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As someone with autism in the family, I find this excuse highly offensive. Also paging @johnharris1969.bsky.social
As Wimbledon is on, here's something I did a few years ago...
July 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As Wimbledon is on, here's something I did a few years ago...
There’s a wildfire raging near Marseille airport. Here’s the Daily Express’s UK-centric hot (sic) take
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
There’s a wildfire raging near Marseille airport. Here’s the Daily Express’s UK-centric hot (sic) take
Surely....SURELY...I cannot be the only one who, upon seeing something like this, thinks of Robert Mapplethorpe
#reformuk #whip #probablybestnottolookthisup
#reformuk #whip #probablybestnottolookthisup
July 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Surely....SURELY...I cannot be the only one who, upon seeing something like this, thinks of Robert Mapplethorpe
#reformuk #whip #probablybestnottolookthisup
#reformuk #whip #probablybestnottolookthisup
A Streetcar Named Desire and…
June 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A Streetcar Named Desire and…
If your name is Morgan, and you chose a career trimming bushes and trees, what would you call your business?
June 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If your name is Morgan, and you chose a career trimming bushes and trees, what would you call your business?
Something, something...Viagra...something
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Something, something...Viagra...something