I’ve been reading a funny thread on Twitter where intelligent, book-loving adults realise they’ve been misreading or mispronouncing words. My favourite was the guy whose mum pronounced ‘unstable’ to...
Materially, almost nothing. They had very little, and were quite happy with it. I couldn’t live up to their honesty and integrity, although in later life I’ve tried. Mum gave us a small rose bush,...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assange-extradition-protest-london-wikileaks-parliament-embassy-vivienne-westwood-a9352831.html I don't give a rats April for Assange but surely...
Sitting outside in my garden here in North London, where the roar from the North Circular is usually constant, I was struck by the beautiful blue of the sky, the peace without the North Circ's roar,...
Last night I watched the Yorkshire Farmer and his wife and 9 children running a farm. When I saw the child straddling a sheep I felt the sheep was uncomfortable with it and had to turn TV over. So now...
If it is really happening I’m not going out until the fad is over, it might be years. Just watched a recorded day time programme and a young man had those awful thick, black eyebrows drawn over his...
My husband does all the cooking, he likes to do it and its not a chore for him. However, his food can be plain and bland. He made a chicken casserole, with leeks and carrots for tea last night and we...
https://news.sky.com/story/shamima-begum-court-rules-is-bride-can-return-to-uk-to-challenge-removal-of-british-citizenship-12029526 she made her bed, she should challenge it from where she is, shes...
following on from a comment from ILM about how films sound boring, can you describe your favourite film in the most boring way possible? I saw this description of my favourite film (s) once "man finds...
Anyone know anything about famous autographs? I am signing something I got from a now deceased musician, and after a little research, I find it looks like it is rare and valuable. I put it on e-Bay...
does anyone think the new statue should stay, even though erected illegally, reminds me of che guevara.. stokes viva revolution, if anyone remembers the black panthers in the states....
These have been recreated by retirement home residents. Wonderful and inspiring...
https://laughingsquid.com/retirement-home-residents-recreate-album-covers/...
A few weeks back I ruined the top of the sideboard. There was a few watermarks. Alex Jones on the one show recommended mayonnaise to remove them. It left an even bigger mess than before. Anyway OH...