Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 9hI suppose that historically our ruling classes had always been European. Roman, then Viking, then French, Hollandish and German. 130
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 10hWhenever I watch old movies I am thinking how cool the coats are. Also Poirot :- Hastings, (played by the living incarnation of Wellington); i am wowed by the coats he gets to wear. And that Vienna thing, of course. 020
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lower visible body count than Dan Brown’s version, tho’. 031
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Can you always be sure that it will only be a fart, tho’? 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every time someone comes up with this bullshit a white person will film themselves going around one of these no go areas, going into a pub and having a drink, and buying a ham sandwich at the local shop and showing in real time that it isn’t true. 030
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In Britain it was Thatcher. In America it was probably Reagan. 030
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There’s a heron in my back garden. This is as close as it let me get, today. 130
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Whenever I do a “what if” if go back to Vercingetorix, because that is where it all went wrong. 020
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are you opposed to the idea of Addenbrookes getting its own airport? It’s only a matter of time. 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 18/09/20261984. 2001. One Million Years BC. Pirates of the Caribbean. 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Balti is Hinduistanish for bucket. Food cooked in a bucket. Very popular in Brummagem, for historical reasons. 020
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You’ve still got it.static.klipy.comBig Belly: Too Sexy For This ShirtALT: Big Belly: Too Sexy For This Shirt 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Autocorrupt makes a Freudian slip.static.klipy.comAre We The Baddies? MemeALT: Are We The Baddies? Meme 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I have recently switched from bottled gas to air source heat pump. It works as well, is much cheaper and better for the environment, but it needs an app. I do not like apps. I want to buy something and own it outright and control it with a knob on the wall. 001
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026@wulfhelm.bsky.social Today I visited the final resting place (until barbarians came and dug him up) of a dead king. It was raining. Luckily there was an indoor bit. 021
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Barbara Windsor as Edith of Mercia. Margaret Nolan as Edith Swanneck. This is one of the times when I am right. 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When I was still but a stripling youth I used to watch on TV “The Galloping Gourmet”, mostly because there was not much else to watch. But the lessons that I learned then have stayed with me very since. 140
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As a one-time Londoner, I remember how disappointed I was with Khan’s first years in office. He wouldn’t do anything without a consultation. He’s turned out to be damned good. I can only hope* that Burnham will turn out the same. *(It’s the hope that kills you.) 100
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Can there be a more disgusting sight on British TV than Chris Mason fluffing up Nigel Farage. 140
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026static.klipy.comHome Alone: Yes, I WinALT: Home Alone: Yes, I Win 010
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Mr Pip has much to contend with. He has my sympathies. 030
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026He’s the big one, unless it’s Tom Cruise, in which case he’s the small one. 020
Don Shipp @donshipp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Today I went to the Tank Museum at Bovington. It has a soft play area. So why not? 030
