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John Aspinall

@johnaspinall.bsky.social
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Dad, husband, cat owner, old telly watcher, computer programmer. In roughly that order.

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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm trying to put together a RadMac Teatime Themetime of "songs mentioning Bruce Forsyth gameshows". Sparks - Beat the Clock, St Etienne - You're in a Bad Way (Gen Game). Struggling with Takeover Bid. Not sure Play Your Cards Right is any easier though.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've never watched any version <hands in Doctor Who fan badge> so also interested in the answer
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
bbc.com
Sir Billy Boston: 'A world-class athlete, whose story deserved to be told'
Rugby league commentator Matt Newsum says Sir Billy Boston was a "world-class athlete, whose story deserved to be told".
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Also Rugby League legend Billy Boston. Unlike my dad (who wanted to name me William after him) I'm not really a rugby man but as a Wigan native I was sad to hear of his passing.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hammerite's scrapyard-based take on Any Old Iron. "Stick it on your drainpipe - alright!". Bonus points for gratuitous inclusion of Police Box (not iron).
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Ah, 100% nylon t-shirts; the static sparks when taking one off could power a small village for a week.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
See also Citizen Kane/Citizen James.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"...and best of all I don't pay property tax!"
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Did they like it?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I keep mishearing Jen Dodds as Ken Dodd.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
...with a quick trip down to the bins outside BBC Enterprises in your lunch break?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
You have a woman's legs, Doctor Frankenstein! And a different woman's body. And another woman's brain etc. etc.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
This explains why I come out of pubs feeling like my brain patterns have been rewritten.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Leclerc, 9am. Not too bad. Also Lidl for cheap booze. Chap behind us at the checkout was buying a lazy susan and a soldering iron. Which of those did he actually go in for?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
44 years ago today. I still bear the scars.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
1st December - Hans Gruber begins his slow descent from the top of Nakatomi Tower
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"THE MARK OF A MAN"
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Can you still get Old Spice? #Strictly
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hannah Peel - Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Are you sure you're not my daughter? She's watched 'Nativity' about 50 times in the last month #misterpoppy
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
He couldn't beat the clock.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
It's Sunday Night at the London Palladium, not Saturday afternoon! No wonder you've never met Tommy Trinder (or have you?)
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Did it also show you a video of your house exploding?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I reckon he prefers it - gets to hang out upstairs with Claudia on Saturdays without all the training and competition nonsense.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Mud on the tracks?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"If your train's on time I'll give you the money myself"
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
youtu.be/ErOo_m5hMTc?...
youtu.be
Tubby Hayes – Voodoo Session - 1964 (2009 - 7" vinyl - Session Recording)
YouTube video by 2666 - The Art Of Listening
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Frank Spencer, Eddie Waring, Harold Wilson. Mike Yarwood's act, basically.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"Looks like my mother-in-law!" So much to love in that segment. I used to be able to recite Roy and Kenny Lynch's middle-eight banter by heart (probably still could - "don't forget the double-breasted lid!"). Also love Roy stumbling into the Dr Terror film poster as he struggles home. Lovely stuff.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The photo of buckets, spades and fishing nets is so evocative of childhood holidays. Just needs the Beezer summer special.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
At the age of 55 I am finally a man with a shed. #lifegoals #arthurjackson #shedcast #shedshedsheds
A wooden shed in the sun
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Cry from the Aspinall kitchen: "we've run out of ramekins!" #middleclasscrisis
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"Man at C&A"
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A good excuse to give Rosita a spin
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Did you post this from your mobile telling bone?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
You know Spring is really here when the cats start building their nests.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"Successful" is an odd choice of adjective. Usually it would be "major" or "hit". Successful feels just one step up from "adequate".
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Missed the last episode. Bought the book. Not sure I ever actually read it.
Cover of the tie-in paperback to Codename Icarus
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"Can I take you up the adjoining Scandinavian gift shop?"
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"Lene" "just arrived from Denmark" "speciality: cutting" - is this some kind of Oxonian polari?
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A "Talking Heads" reboot? I can picture you as a latter-day Thora Hird.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It's practically compulsory in France. My daughter has just had two with Nutella, folded into triangles. Triangles! I looked on disapprovingly as I ate my sensible British rolled-up lemon and sugar pancake.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
There aren't enough cars named after Pipkins characters. I'd happily drive a Vauxhall Topov.
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John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
That reminds me - the Outnumbered special is on tonight
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