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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Is it just me, or does this parenthetical aside about Saddam Hussein feel a little out of pocket in an article about last minute Christmas preparations from UK’s House & Garden?
Screenshot excerpt of a white background webpage with the House & Garden masthead. 

“There are two approaches facing anyone in this predicament. One involves deciding it’s far too late, and you’re going to introduce your children to the tradition of Thai takeaway for Christmas dinner followed by a whole tin of Quality Street (after all, nothing says Christmas like the preferred confectionery of Saddam Hussein – yes, he really did love a chocolate toffee finger.) The second is to recognise that, actually, in as little time as maybe half a morning – and without necessarily spending a fortune – you can pull Christmas out of the bag, even at the very last minute. We’re here to help with the latter.”
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Me having three drinks last night on an empty stomach:
Meme image of three vertical-panel comic illustration.
Panel 1: person riding bike with a stick in their left hand on a gray path with green field and blue sky behind
Panel 2: person still on bike inserts stick between the spokes of the front wheel 
Panel 3: person is on the green field laying on their side holding their bent leg into their torso; bike and stick are thrown on the path and field
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Every time a client does a screen share on their Windows device:
Meme image illustration of a messy apartment, clothes strewn about a room and on a busted couch; in foreground, Disney’s A Goofy Movie character Max says to Roxanne, “Damn, bitch, you live like this?”
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Afraid I can’t recall who mentioned this book on here recently but it just came available at the library— I’m only a few pages in, but can say already that it whips
Cover of the book The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of The Romanovs by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
nothing like some gorgeous God Light™️ to remind you that you’re slowly decomposing into your surroundings all the time
A white metal display shelf with black perforated rubber mats and an assortment of ceramic and glass jars with kitchen utensils like silverware and plastic soup spoons and corkscrews. Bright light from outside the frame left illuminates a disgusting patch of gray dust on the black mats.
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
cc: @tinakotek.bsky.social
Meme image of white guy with sandy blond hair and receding hairline in a black suit jacket, white shirt, and blue tie; eyes closed with face of concentration. Subtitle says, “Jesus, I see what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me.”
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Surely this will go fine.
[Vince McMahon meme format, his face progressing over four frames from incredulous, to excited, to open-mouthed eyes rolling to back of head, to open-mouthed red glowing demon eyes]
Hosting 14 in-laws for Xmas dinner 
Serving $500 of prime rib
A dish I’ve never cooked before
Major cooking appliance in the house is a toaster oven
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Can I get a “oui chef” going in the chat
A dimly lit wood countertop with four quart-sized plastic deli containers (background), one pint-sized deli container and one quart-sized glass Ball jar (foreground) all filled with light golden liquid, each with a blue masking tape label saying “Turkey Stock 12•2•24”
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Incredible things are happening on X the everything app
A cropped screen capture of two suggested communities on X:
Recreational crack smokers (1,754 members)
Guys with fat nuts (74 members)
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
In an annoying situation where I’m forced to book last minute accommodations in Seattle over the holiday weekend and the place I need to be is kinda in the burbs so just for kicks I looked at airbnb (which I generally avoid on principle) and like….what is the point of this:
A screenshot of an Airbnb listing which outlines the costs:
$109 x 1 night = $109 
Special offer = -$22
Cleaning fee = $120
Airbnb service fee = $29
Total before taxes = $236
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Like, I get that couches see a lot of action but yikes
Article Sven Sofa as it appears on the company website. The couch looks sleek and hard-edged with crisp back cushions, solid arm bolsters, and a tightly tufted bench seat.A photo of a used gray Article Sven Sofa from a listing on Facebook Marketplace. The back and arm cushions are drooping and warped and the seat cushion looks compressed and sunken so the upholstery sags.
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
A silly little joy in life is when scammers fuck up the VoIP format and forget to enter in the country code first, realize their mistake, then try again with the local-appearing number
A screenshot of an iPhone call log with the top most-recent call from +1-971-289-4891 (a northwestern Oregon area code), and the second, earlier call from +971-2-894-891, the same number but with an United Arab Emirates country code prefix.
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Many months ago I read some article about Metropolitan, and I finally got around to seeing it for the first time and wow
A still from the 1990 film Metropolitan showing Tom Townsend turned towards the right, face in wide-eyed open-‘mouthed shock with the subtitle text “Well, if Lionel Trilling thought that, he’s an idiot.”
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askjeeves @askjeeves.bsky.social · 31/07/2023
idk if I’m just getting old or what but I’m consistently impressed with “old” California wines. In my mind, 98 should be well in the Parker fuckulation zone, but this is stunning — varietally correct methoxypyrazine, graphite, cedar. Dense fruit but held in check with tense acid. 12.5%!
A bottle of 1998 Mayacamas Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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