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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Him: Make sure you get the leaning tree in the background in. Have you got the leaning tree in? Make sure..' Me: Yes, now please just stand still, will you? Him: Did you get the tree in..?

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Breaking: #CountBinface comes under fire for undeclared donations. It is alleged that he has so far received: Half a Mint Aero An out of date, losing lottery ticket A book of four 2nd class stamps A Lidl carrier bag (torn) Some football stickers #ClactonByElection

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Traditional FIFA Nursery Rhyme There once was a man called Folarin Balogun He got a match ban, for fouling another man Infantino got a call from a man with an orange tan Now Folarin Balogun's back again.. #BELUSA #Trump #Fifaworldcup

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Breaking: Ealing Man Finds Head in a Carrier Bag..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm not wholly convinced that Morrisons is that committed to discouraging shoplifters. Not only did they sack a staff member for trying to stop one, but my local branch has a sign at the meat section, saying - 'Grab and Go'..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Polls have now closed at the Galton & Simpson by-election. The turnout is expected to be very nearly an armful..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Bloke in the supermarket, picking up watermelons, holding them to his ear, and tapping them. Can't help imagining his face if one tapped back..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Political Nonsense. Twas Brylcreem, and the slimy tories Did squirm and dangle in the wabe All mimsy were the Faragegroves And the Reform wraths outgrabe. “Beware the Jenrickwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Kuenssberg, and shun The frumious Badenochsnatch!”

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

(To the tune of Puff The Magic Dragon..) #Grok The AI Chatbot Developed for X Takes quite decent images And turns them into sex It's little Elon's caper And some have had enough They want Ofcom to take it down For making dodgy stuff..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Suggested opening song for tonight's #Panorama - #Evri #WheresMyParcel Evri time they don't come by I die a little Evri time, they lie & lie I cry a little I need my 10L Compostable bin Liners When they change from 'We're nearly there' to 'Some other time', Argh! Evri's times? Pie in the sky..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"Last one to leave, turn out the lights.."

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Whoever arranged this draw is, ironically, a massive ballbag.. #WorldCup2026

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

In-store music in supermarkets provides no great salve for the monstrous costs and greedflation on display. However, if there has to be a soundtrack to one's ire at Tesco's latest mushy peas price-hike, then it could be worse than John Holt's, Help Me Make It Through The Night. I was almost jaunty.

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This Budget has had a bigger build and more publicity than the Oasis reunion. After Weds they should take it on tour. Generate some extra revenue..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

It's all new Singing With Squirrel! Me: Do you like punk/new wave, mixed with music hall-esque lyrical wordplay? Her: I don't know what any of that means. But you crack on, fella..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

R-E-L-E-A-S-E - by Lammy Wynette His R-E-L--E-A-S-E came early today Him and another L-A-G got clean away Now they're on the run, because of what they've done In the past, Illegally Oh I can't believe this accidental R-E-L-E-A-S-E

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It's not easy directing a squirrel and a monkey nut. And yet.. 'Dracula meets Autumnwatch' - Transylvania Bugle 'Scarier than when Twitter tried to cancel me' - Stephen King

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Kemi going from Badenoch to Worsenoch.. #PMQs

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Must have had a good night at the state banquet, I found him on the pavement this morning, looking quite chuffed with himself..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Coming up on tonight's episode of 'Singing With Squirrel'..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

At first, I thought they said 'a conservative scottish MP has defecated to #Reform' Sounds about right..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I've never owned an apple corer before now. Feels quite grown up, but also slightly dangerous, like it could turn on you and put a hole through your hand..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Heads up to any insomniacs out there! The best bedtime story, and best version of Goldilocks, that you'll ever hear.. youtu.be/bgPcPOS9_X8?...

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Pack Up Your Troubles - Laurel & Hardy (Bedtime Story)

YouTube video by Gerry Watts PoL

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Sometimes I get misty-eyed for the old days of Broken Britain and the Credit Crunch, before everything turned to shit..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Me, mum & sis at Butlins, Skegness. Can't help feeling it's like they're peering through a little window into the future, and I'm here, smiling back, waving and wishing I was there..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Remember singing this when it came out, thinking you were being really grown up.. 'Will you do it anymore? As soon as you walk out the door Well I just wondered, did you ever? All the time..' youtube.com/watch?v=FCjS...

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Nancy Sinatra Lee HazlewoodI Did you ever all the time

YouTube video by Simonoves simon

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I found the perfect food item for bridging the class divide - Yuzu Jaffa Cakes!

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Imagine if hack journalists used the same language irl. They'd refer to their kid 'breaking silence' about what they want for lunch. Followed by an 'important update' which would be that they still haven't decided..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

'Smile, though your bark is breaking..'

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Following revelations of drug taking on #Strictly, dances on the next series are to include, The Crackstep, Pass a Doobie and the Cha-Cha-Charlie..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

There once was a storm, name of Floris With more bluster than ex-PM, Boris The amber alert Means it could lift your skirt And might even overturn lorries.. #StormFloris

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I see Twitter is now using Rage Verification. It means you can't get access unless you can prove you're a toxic sociopath who's determined to start an argument..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Not sure who's bought the big house on the corner, near me, but I think it might be Bela Lugosi's dad..

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

'Don't Make Me Angry - You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry..'

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Reminds me of the old Hale & Pace characters, The Management - 'You understand the rules, one in, one out, yeah?' I do Macron, Ron, I do Macron..'

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Crossing The Line - A lyrical lament for the loss of the Wimbledon line judges.. hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/c... Like a circus without a clown A knees up without Mother Brown A soul compilation without Motown Or Bridgerton without Lady Thistledown..

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Crossing The Line

I’m not vindictive by natureNor am I one to bear grudgesBut damn and blast whoever got rid ofThe Wimbledon line judges! Some say it’s an improvementNo more challenges or doubtWhen a pre…

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

'Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't have fallen in love with..'

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Mark Hurst @hurstaka.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Farewell to an iconic Sheffield venue where I won over the toughest crowd, got heckled by Jesus, 'manifested' before it was a thing and did an angry dance till my legs hurt.. hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/s...

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Stand Down, Leadmill

Like many others, I’ve recently been saddened by news regarding the demise of iconic Sheffield music venue, The Leadmill. Though, long sequestered down south, I had not visited for many a moo…

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