A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!
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Well you could link political homelessness with actual homelessness:
one in five transgender individuals have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives.
Oooo good shout but I still give the nod to November Rain in T:L&T.
I don’t think he can spell humility.
Thanks Margot. I look forward to paying Mattel some of my hard-earned pennies to watch your vagina-centric harpooning of the commercialisation of medicine.
I remember Thatcher boasting about only needing four hours sleep a night, which led me to wonder if getting eight hours might have made her nicer. I doubt it but it’s worth a shot. Unless there’s a crisis on, it feels like a sign you could be a control freak and/or poor at delegating, rather than it being a positive trait.
I can’t imagine he was productive at any time - other than producing children.
Because it never happened - you must be suffering from the Mandela Effect.
I’d definitely be up for seeing him live - I caught Ross Noble live for the first time this year and he was completely out there. A full-on Johnny Vegas performance would be quite something too.
Although isn’t that just his career?
If you are a former Labour voter putting a cross against the Tories or Reform (or not voting for anyone) because of trans rights, when the Tories have made all the issues mentioned worse for everyone, then you definitely have bought into the right wing press’s claim that this is a culture war.
Pretty low even for the Tories.
I quite like the idea of a PM who isn’t going to work 24/7 as that can lead to impaired decision-making.
Best use of Guns N’ Roses in a movie soundtrack ever.
I was scrolling through that going “Highlander 2 better be at the top” then I was thinking “what could be worse?” but I’ll allow that. I do have problems with Airplane 2 being in there though.
It’s daft but I like what I see (possibly because it is daft).
I had some excellent falafel when I went.
He has forgotten about the post-it notes around his house: “never go full fash, Nige (not until you remove democracy)”.
You’ll want to redo this post.
Excellent pick, he’s a great guy and should make a big difference.
I’m happy to help fill his hod with bricks so he can get that first course down.
It does what it says on the box:
If you Google “paida lajin” you pretty much only find things about this guy,