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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 5h

I seem to remember that Norman Tebbit said all you had to do to be English was support the England Cricket Team:

Quote from Norman Tebbit from 1990 in the Los Angeles Times: "A large proportion of Britain's Asian population support South Asia when it plays England. Which side do they cheer for? It’s an informal test that I think has quite a lot of substance. Are you still paying devotion to where you came from or where you are?"

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 6h

They're going to make us take back Isabel Oakeshott aren't they?

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 01/10/2026

That's a really ill-fitting suit.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 29/09/2026

Here in London and the south of England we have a very successful invasive population of parakeets, they look great but like badly oiled axles.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 29/09/2026

Good grief, so the Australian wildlife that doesn't active want to poison you or eat you (or both) now wants to drive you insane?

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 29/09/2026

So, let me get this straight, MI5 is tracking fuel thieves and briefing the White House?

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 28/09/2026

Apparently the designers thought she was too large for their clothing 🤷‍♂️

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 23/09/2026

Was one of the stages where town planners decided to plant a tree in the road not on the pavement? That looks really dangerous for cyclists.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 22/09/2026

I remember it was just phenomenal, going from Space Invaders and Defender to proper 3D graphics was at the time just mind blowing. And now we have this

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 22/09/2026

I don't think she'll last long, they're all backstabbing bastards and she only won the contest 17 to 15. Interestingly a potential contender named James Evans claimed he had majority support but decided not to stand, read into that what you will.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 22/09/2026

I'm really quite upset that I have only been able to cancel my Guardian subscription once.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 21/09/2026

It's Cluedo, this is hill upon which I will die.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 21/09/2026

I love this little snippet from the article, they started their affair when his wife was pregnant or had just given birth.

Screenshot from the article with the text "The couple met while both working at Fox News and began an affair in 2016. At the time, Hegseth was married to his second wife, Samantha Deering, with whom he shares three children: Gunner, 16; Peter Boone, 14; and Rex, 10."

The start date of the affair (2016) and the age of the youngest son (10) are highlighted

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 21/09/2026

He's going to go full Linehan, isn't he?

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 21/09/2026

Oh yes, and I'm playing Elite Dangerous today.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 20/09/2026

Avoid the one that smells like almonds

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 20/09/2026

Like "British" racing driver Lewis Hamilton

lew.is

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 19/09/2026

I just thought they did 30 takes until it worked. You live and learn.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 19/09/2026

I have informed the other half, we will look out for it.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 19/09/2026

Went to see Grace Pervades, there's a very funny bit towards the end with Henry Irving on his deathbed. Two younguns next to me had brought in their own tinnies and had fallen asleep. Both woke up when the audience burst out laughing, they missed the joke. I often wondered if they ever looked it up

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 19/09/2026

If you callled someone a Jessie is the UK (particularly in the North and Scotland) no one would misunderstand how you were being derogatory and calling them effeminate and gay.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

I'm not even a Scientologist and I can smell orange

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

I did get it, I used to love the show, I was trying to be funny (it doesn't often work). It was years until I found out Royston Vasey is the real name of Roy Chubby Brown.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

You think they ran away scared? You really are quite arrogant to think you have a right to an audience.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

I was at university in Colchester in the late 80s, local lads and the squaddies to deal with. It was mostly ok, but you did have to keep your wits about you.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

Blocked by 116 people in 17 days, not bad going.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

Well we used to be able to, but some idiots voted for Brexit and blew up the Dublin Agreement.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 17/09/2026

He and the Black Shorts won't stay long, there's no pub.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 16/09/2026

Plus Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 16/09/2026

They will toil on the land like the hoest proletariat they are.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 16/09/2026

The joke's on you here, they don't have a shop, or pub.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 16/09/2026

They're a bit screwed in Piddington, the village doesn't have a pub or a shop. They have a "popup pub" in the village hall on the last Friday of the month (from 7pm if you're interested)

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 15/09/2026

Who'd have thought that Darren Grimes could fuck up so badly? Oh yeah, everybody.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 14/09/2026

Last time I checked on George a couple of weeks back he was blocked by 3,100 people. Just checked again and it 3,518, last block 4s ago. He's a bit obsessed and odd.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 13/09/2026

I and my wife had never heard of her so I did a quick Wiki search. It appears she's got the first signs of Mar-a-Lago face, which unfortunately is only going to get worse with treatment.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 13/09/2026

I think that episode was a @scalzi.com one. I loved watching that and trying guess the author.

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Christopher Callipygian @chris.clapham.org · 03/09/2026

It's not quite as bad as that as it's US gallons and there's 3.8 of those to the litre.

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