James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Key piece of evidence against the concept of onomatopoeia. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026WAR IN SPACE klaxon @bbcnewsnight.bsky.socialstatic.klipy.comChris Morris Declares War on The Day TodayALT: Chris Morris Declares War on The Day Today 001
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com thanks so much for the Escape Route recommendation of Pereira Maintains as entry level Tabucchi. Amazing book. 110
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/08/2026(I think it's #17 if you can bear scrolling through the ads.) 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Yoghurt has a long history in student political dissent. I was there in 1988 when our friend Ben impulsively threw his pot of yoghurt at Tory Education minister Ken Baker, visiting Leicester University. He was visited by Special Branch a few days later. share.google/S5MCKH5XfF97...share.googleEnd of an era in 31 smashing pictures of 1988 LeicestershireThe decade starts to come to a close on camera 200
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Hate to break it to you all, but those sheep and lambs will be sold for money and end up on our plates. They're not pets. Surely any working farmer would do the maths and take a good price as compensation. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 09/08/2026That's the conflict point: the disenfranchised, poor and entitled (everyone in the village basically), storm the Fete. Harrison's Rural Crime Squad are sent in. It's like Peterloo or #Ambridgeloo 020
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I think that might be the point of Darren Jones atm. Very sure his time will come though. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Not changed then. I went in 1980s. Thought it might have updated since then - 'This is the sort of smartphone Shakespeare might have used to research (insert name of play)if they'd been invented.'. 020
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I had a problem with Kindle years ago and so launched the # #kindleswindle and started my personal boycott of the company. That showed them! 110
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 07/05/2026They're just normal, lovely people. Simple format really.media.tenor.coma woman talking to a dog that says we 're just normal men on the bottomALT: a woman talking to a dog that says we 're just normal men on the bottom 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/04/2026media.tenor.coma man wearing a wig and sunglasses has the number 6 and 7 on his chestALT: a man wearing a wig and sunglasses has the number 6 and 7 on his chest 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/04/2026...and according to the news this morning, males have a 'sex arm' to select a mate through smell. Or something. #TheArchers #science 120
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/03/2026And the retro-thrusters snapped off after a minor crash landing. 020
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Didn't seem to make any difference to me when I upgraded. Out of interest, do you know why Proms announce the season so late? It's a real pain. 100
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Egremont Russet: the apple that thinks it's a pear. The perfect compromise and the best thing about autumn. Ignore the 'it's a potato' imbeciles. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/01/2026When we were house-hunting in Leicester in 1994, more houses didn't have central heating than did. In 2001 when moved to the Isle of Wight, we had to install central heating in the house we bought. 110
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I live in a small seaside town. In many respects it's doing well, especially at the 'hobby' end of retail (I bought a £350 print last month), but at the necessity end, there's one (independent) shoeshop: shoe polish?- only black. Shoelaces? - none. I'm not driving 8 miles for polish and shoelaces. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Loved #TheArchers Truth and Lies. Definitely a better format than the actual soap. Line up the miserable, unpleasant, selfish and spoilt characters one-by-one and confront them with their faults. (Except Brad. And Chelsea. And Tracy.) Include their pets too, with a Johnny Morris style voice. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 27/12/2025I don't understand why it's not just like running any business. Appoint your family as directors and resign, leaving the business to the new directors? Pay any tax on profits you take on resignation. Happy to be explained why farms are different to factories. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I remember it as a classic dramatic tension device - will she/won't she, with the audience all knowing she was making the wrong decision with head over heart. It was sad. 050
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I spotted that maths reference too. Quite an odd line if it doesn't mean anything. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Isn't there also a subtle inference that he's fit (in the sense physically attractive and in good shape), but oblivious to it, hence the line 'why are we talking about my buttocks?' in Underwoods. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025From memory, she flitted between the two - they were cast as opposites and young Emma while excited by Ed's wilder side, thought she'd be better off with steadier Will. Ed's life was really chaotic and unreliable. The today Ed is quite different. , 150
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Three of the characters are now nice. Apart from that, no. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 10/11/2025A small victory! onthewight.com/rydes-former... @c20society.bsky.socialfacebook.com 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/11/2025According to Ruari they all have underfloor heating nowadays. 020
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Nah. Let's get the plotters (Tom, Kate, Ruari, Jacob and Natasha) into a Scottish castle and do a Traitors, but with real murders. (And turn off the under-floor heating for fun.) Pretty sure Jakob will emerge the victory. 000
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 26/10/2025The fact she is somewhat rich seems to provide her with the power. 020
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I'd only have a pint in The Bull with Chelsea, Brad and Tracy. Jakob maybe - he seems to see the madness that is Ambridge. 170
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Head over parapet: it's a L3 language qualification, not an English A Level. I lived in Spain for 2 years in the 1990s, teaching English. I studied Spanish at night school and got a L3 (A Level = qualification) in that time. That enabled me to function reasonably well in a professional environment. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/10/2025They went out of fashion shortly after Desdemona's tragic murder. 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Pawel being murdered by Rob after he saw Adam and him kissing, dumping body in the Am, causing the blockage in the culvert which Flooded Ambridge to the Core. Every subsequent flood event a teaser that the remains will resurface. #misremembered 150
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 14/09/2025My friend's dog ate my son's Lego figure. He seemed to cope. Although, now I come to think about it... 010
James @jrchumphries.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The real question, though, is what you do with the stupid string and paper tags on the herbal end of tea spectrum? 000