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Boris Johnson on a blunt?

An acquaintance who works at St Thomas was saying shortly afterwards that he had it but was never seriously poorly or in any danger and felt surprised that they were seemingly pushing the "Brave Boris" line because they thought it played well. Then again, he also likened Boris being in hospital to hiding in a fridge so who knows?

Can’t get anything right but they somehow manage to get a video pulled from twitter within minutes. I can’t help but feel their focussing on the wrong things.

From that very thread:

We’ve still got a long way to go, chaps.

The only one that really annoys me is Tyler’s “AND IT’S LIVE!”

Very much this…

Had one before covid. An old Polish woman. She was very nice, spoke no English but we used to have very funny conversations where we both spoke our own language and did lots of sign language. She was rubbish at actually cleaning though and on days I wasn’t home, I was almost certain she’d arrive, spend three minutes cleaning and then disappear with the money. Tried a few more since but they were oddballs so I got a roomba instead.

After a period of ill health a couple of years ago, I’ve knuckled down a bit this year and have never felt better. Two stone down (a third of my target), working out two or three times a week and I’m finally enjoying it. The biggest realisation was that I wasn’t going to lose weight in the gym, I’d lose it in the kitchen. I get meals and snacks from muscle foods and it’s really started to work. You basically choose meal types working to a calorie limit per day. It’s protein heavy but crucially (for me) low in fat and sugar. The snacks are good enough that I’m able to con my brain into thinking I’m having treats. 50 years old and I’m in the best shape for probably 20 years. Still a ways to go yet and I don’t completely deprive myself of the the occasional meal out (1 treat meal per week but still trying to not go too mad). It all feels like good reward for not very much effort so far. Suspect the rest of the weight will take a long while to shift but I’m going to try and push on to achieve it.

Any recommendations down the bottom end of the M42? The MiL is over from the states and we want to take her somewhere nice for dinner that also has a proper British pub feel. We normally end up in the Barnt Green Inn. Hoping to find something similar but a bit less corporate.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners; contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannise their teachers. Socrates C.490BC

Oh no. Not on the southern states. Anything can be a casserole if they say it's a casserole. I can't get her to define what makes it so, it just is. There's two dishes, both contain a starch and some veggies. One is most definitely a casserole, the other a "dressin". I've given up trying to make sense of it.

And everything apart from the turkey is called a casserole or a "dressin'". I love it and can't wait. My missus has already planned the menu and I've still a few weeks to wait so I've encouraged her to start a few "test-runs" of some of the items.

Maybe he can ask ‘arry if Rosie can help him with the computer.

I wonder if Steve will busy himself picking fights with people who criticise his boy online now.

Cheap Panini have just started on the current squad. It’s as terrifying as it is compelling. I’ll let you all trawl through the twits and find your favourite.

Danny Murphy outdoing himself on MOTD tonight.

An interesting read, this one:

His claim is that it’s an extortion attempt and he’s cooperating fully. Time will tell.

Another one that got away. Always loved this one.

Guys (usually posh ones or ones that want you to think they’re posh) that saunter around with their jacket or coat on their shoulders but without putting their arms in the sleeves. Are they trying to convince us all that they are so busy and important they don’t have time to put their coat on properly?

We’ve got some delightful members of the travelling community in the park over the back fence. They’ve carved up the whole park with their 4x4s and carved up my sleep with their motocross bikes at all times of the night. The whole park looks like a council tip now with the amount of stuff they’ve just dumped. I happened to be working out in the park when the council came to serve their eviction notice. They were so aggressive but you could see from the distance I was at, it was all a well practiced act. Each of them took a turn to berate the enforcement officers. I know travellers get an unnecessarily hard time but some of them don’t help their cause.

WAITER: You're married with a kid when you could be having fun with me. So, what'll it be, sir? CUSTOMER: Can I hear the specials again?