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Fe fi fo fum, I smell an Englishman who may or may not have sexually assaulted a minor, quite a few times, allegedly, putting his hand out for a compensation claim

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Y&Y wasn't really that. It got posh points for being R4 but really it was just "Mr Smith's kettle doesn't work and they won't give him his money back", of which channel 5 can entertain you all day. If it wasn't being consumed, I would rather see the licence fee spent on something that will be.

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I'm in two minds. As a public service broadcaster, I absolutely believe the BBC should be required to support 'the arts', investigative journalism, etc. not just popular/good ROI stuff. But

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I really should have had a wee before painting the bathroom floor.

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Perfume brand loved by nans. They spot number of nans is going down so try to pivot to younger hipper types with raunchy rebrand. Nans: "Oh no, I don't want to be associated with that." Young people: "I don't want to smell like my nan." In Jag's case, replace "nans" with "gammon".

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Unlike patriot Nigel Farage I don't relish the idea of a British brand failing, with thousands of British employees losing their jobs. I wish them well but, sadly, this does all feel like Yardley all over again. For those that don't remember Yardley: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EV – but it’s too long for UK parking spaces

Latest model is launching in New York to target rich US buyers – and is more than 5.2 metres long and 2 metres wide

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm going to get myself blocked by every Bluesky user by telling you that I don't see second home ownership as always a bad thing. Like anything else, it is nuanced. Being Sarah Pochin, a Reform MP, or a hypocrite isn't nuanced though. It's just wrong.

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I've already forgotten again.

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Equally, what did the Bulgarians do to make Agathe Demarais completely ignore them in favour of France and Italy when commenting on the graphic in their own post?

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Try puffer fish. "This fish killed Brian", "Bummer, but I reckon the back left bit is safe to eat". "Shit, Angela's dead from eating the back left!" "Let's try the bit in the middle on the fish's right, just behind the gills". "No, Sophia and Abdul are dead now too". "Ok, let's try ...".

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No sympathy because it's a BMW or no sympathy for some other reason?

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My Henry has come of age. Yes, I have now owned it for long enough that I have lost the little crevice nozzle thing. I am pleased to report that the big head and the little round brush are still both present and correct.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Iford Manor - great gardens!

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I feel your hurt. A few goes back I triumphantly got the pangram on Spelling Bee. It was clearly "downpipe". But the fuckpumps upstairs, the ones that own the computer, said no. Apparently "downpipe" is not a word. Put me right off it did.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Things I have learnt over the years: It is perfectly acceptable for a short person to ask a tall person to get stuff off the top shelf; but it is not acceptable for a tall person to ask a short person to get stuff from the bottom shelf. Signed, Me (1.93m, doesn't bend well).

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can't spell, never have been able to. There are many reasons, unrelated to intellect, why people can't spell. However, in my case, it really is just because I am lazy and thick. I console myself that I rarely have anything meaningful to contribute, so no harm done.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm just being annoyed that typing in haste means I misspelt both Schengen and controversial. Really, must be better.

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And, possibly contraversially, I'd like the time for the debate to include, in a grown up way, joining Shengen and the Euro (yes and yes for me).

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For avoidance of doubt, I'm 100% rejoin. I just want to avoid perma-debate or rejoining in a way that just empowers the likes of Farage and fucks up the EU by us sending people like him back in as MEPs. The ppl of the EU countries deserve better than the UK of 2015/16 spoiling things again.

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Disagree. It has to be a manifesto pledge or referendum - the 2016 Brexit mandate needs explict reversal, not Major & Maastricht v2. We also need time to build the facts on what rejoin means, give a concrete proposition. Absent this, support for rejoin becomes fragile in a whataboutery vacuum.

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Dogs don't have visual self awareness - they do not see themselves in a mirror. At best, they see another dog initially before losing interest as no dog smell. There is good evidence that they have olefactory self awareness (know their own scent) and physical awareness (know where their body is).

Before anyone asks, I have no idea if overt religious racism was part of the official syllabus the school was following, or if it was a little extra just for us.

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In primary school our RE included being told that black, brown, white ppl are all made by god. Only, god only made one bath. After being made, the white person got in and got clean. The brown person used the white's dirty water and the black person is still dirty apart from palms and soles.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Look, I think we're just going to have to pretend to agree that the builder's waste in the backs of those vans definitely came from renovation work happening at the Iranian embassy.

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I don't want to come across as "kids of today, eh" but I'm watching University Challenge and it turns out 6 of the nation's finest student minds can't identify an oak (their guess - sycamore), a poplar, an ash, or an elm from pictures of their leaves I'm sure they know shitloads I don't.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There's a limit to how close two objects can get before electrostatic repulsion, well, repels them. However, when my dog wants to tell me she needs a cuddle or food she's found a way to overcome these fundamental forces and get even closer.

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm coming round to Sevilla FC for my not-ski trip. The match that weekend is one they're likely to lose (yay!) and, despite having visited Seville many times, I've not convinced the heathens I live with to see Cordoba. Go it alone may be my destiny. And, anyway, RC S's time in LL is short lived.

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a Betis supporter, Sevilla would make a bit of sick come up - altho rules is rules and it will have to be tackled eventually, unless I get really lucky and they are demoted. All in all, I think I fancy me a trip to Santander.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just agreed with my son the clubs I am allowed to see when he goes skiing with his mum (I don't ski - tried it, hated it, so I sit this one out every year). I was hoping for Celta but no. Options are RC Santander, D Alaves, Osasuna, or Sevilla.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The very small canvas of people who will seem him as a martyr for getting arrested will equally claim "this is evidence they're ignoring our cause" if he is not. As fellow hate-merchant Arron Banks famously said after the Grenfell fire "the law is the law". Arrest the fucker.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a stone in my local cemetery (Arnos Vale) that reads "b 1940, d 2018 (aged 78) beloved brother and son". "And son" must imply - surely? - they had at least one parent alive when they died. Aged 78. I am sure it's more common than I think, but I find that remarkable.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not just me then. I must admit I am considering changing tack. Given the algorithm is insisting and won't back down, I'm tempted to take what's offered and plough in for some light touch furry voyeurism.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Inexperience: This DIY task will take an hour. Pseudo-experience: I've done it before. I know this DIY task will take a day. Actual-experience: I am old enough to be experienced, which means some part of my body will ache during this task. Therefore, it will take 3 days.

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's all of those things and also an example of "we've fixed it in the west, so it must be fixed" thinking. Replace 'sbestos' with 'I' and everything both of us have written still holds.

Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Even though it is understood as a serious health risk, we still mine about 1M tonnes of asbestos every year globally, including in countries where it is banned from local use (they're happy to dig it up and export it). It is, sadly, a case study of a genie staying very much out of the bottle.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am not a man to get too involved in a Madrid derby - my affections lie further south. However, today's match reinforces my view that RM is the Tottenham of La Liga - all the players, all the money, fancy stadium. But, still can't win a match against decent opposition.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"I wonder which desk my child sits at?"

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ooh, nippy. Time to break out the middle-aged man autumn wardrobe, namely summer shorts on the bottom but winter jumper.on the top.

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Phill Cook @drphillc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WTF do you mean, "downpipe" isn't a word?