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There was a variation on Fricker's Axiom, where he was British until he was knocked out, whereupon he reverted to Scottish again.
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Failed writer, failing better. MDANT, so there's that.
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There was a variation on Fricker's Axiom, where he was British until he was knocked out, whereupon he reverted to Scottish again.
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In a somewhat hurtful development, my barber has taken (prematurely) to charging me the 'senior' rate. Then again, there is admittedly less labour involved than in years gone by, and €6 is €6 in anybody's money (these days).
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Good rule, that.
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I'm never less than bemused by The Irish Times' estimation of its own acumen when it comes to US politics.
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If they want Laurence Olivier's voice, why don't they do what the restorers of Spartacus did, and give the job to Anthony Hopkins?
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"Ruined"? Time he woke (so to speak).
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"Cairo! I am the Joel Cairo of British politics!"
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I heard the quote attributed to the Medusa herself, although it's probably a recycling of the canard about Queen Victoria's unworldliness in similar circumstances.
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"Oral sex? Does that mean talking about it?"
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I was scouring Wikipedia (unsuccessfully) for the retirement age for gorillas ...
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Caribou?! Oh FFS! Sorry, Len.
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I helped paint the set for the production of this at the Liverpool Playhouse in the mid 80s, and watched *every performance, entranced*, but the magic of Gillian Hannah and Leon Greene made me wish I'd seen Ms Lansbury and Mr Caribou.
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Make Guyliner Great Again!
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I am, alas, old enough to remember something akin to this in the early to mid 70s. I'm not entirely sure how something with no taste or odour could ... ahem ... stink the place out, but it did.
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Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films: M. My Favorite Year O. The Odd Couple V. The Van I. An Inspector Calls E. Evil Roy Slade
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Presumably π = 3 in Marion County ...
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Or grifting ...
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Whenever I see mention of the NYT, I'm always reminded of Bobby Kennedy's rueful observation on the shitstorm after his appointment as AG: "It's quite chastening to be lectured on the evils of nepotism by Punch Sulzberger."
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He dresses like Norman Hartnell on an acid binge.
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Fair enough. They were in his head.
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Too complicated. Complications are tiring.
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Ireland 2008-2012 "We have a problem, all these ghost housing estates & nobody to live in them, no idea what to do" Ireland 2019-present "We have no houses, all our children are emigrating rather than live with their parents or pay rack-rent for cardboard bedsits" I wish someone would explain this
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It's as if something has happened to the world's moral magnetic field; a lot of people's compasses just aren't working anymore.
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EU: [Walking into kitchen] What are you doing here? Starmer: [Sitting at kitchen table reading paper] Don't mind me. Door was open. Kettle's on.
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Q Moister Cult Poltroon 5
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[Eyeroll] "What the fuck is it *now*?"
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My fast would remain unbroken.
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Eminently civilized.
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Ah yes. The poor animal's spikes were supposed to adhere to the mud/clay, and remain there when the shell was broken open. This may explain the subsequent invention and popularity of Pot Noodle.
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Unless my memory is playing tricks (not beyond the bounds of possibility), in the 80s a UK crisp manufacturer launched Roast Hedgehog flavoured crisps. Cue predictable outrage until they admitted the flavouring was artificial. No one could be found to vouch for its authenticity.
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Funny you should ask ...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrenc...
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"What's the difference?" I asked. "Ten fucking thousand quid a term, and an unshakeable sense of fucking confidence", he smiled.
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Almost half a century ago, in my first year at Bristol University, one of my new colleagues described his previous years at Oundle as horrific. When I sympathised, he smiled and shrugged. He sympathised for my state school education [for which I've always been grateful].
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But ... the Americans, in this case at least, are correct. Public schools in the UK are anything but.
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These guys have evidently seen pictures of the Bullingdon Club that filled them with an unnameable longing.
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Mischievous, rather than mysterious.
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From experience, I can attest that it works, but not in the way you'd expect, or hope for.
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The packaging raises the question "What if it's not an accident?"
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And of course, like Mama, he'll be having two birthdays a year, so double the windfall for the Exchequ- no, wait ...
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I was tempted, but Mrs Roberts, who was charged with dinning O-level French into me, had other ideas.
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How binary of him.
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The spirochete is getting into new areas.
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The April 2004 - August 2008 timescale also suggests an admirable tenacity of grievance.
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This is in a similar vein ...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_...
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So long as ignoring them, and keeping a beady eye on the fuckers are not mutually exclusive.
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Currently in Rhodes, trying to eat lunch adjacent to one of those English tables, where the quietest voice belongs to the crying baby. Who is having her nappy changed. At the table. While Grandad expounds on his history of the British monarchy. Which is ... creative, shall we say.
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"It's the hope that kills you ..."
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