Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nice to see ASDA have finally realised that animal skeletons don't have boney ears, and did this on their new Halloween designs! 110
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbyIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan! 231026380
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Shatnerverse is basically a series of examples of why Kirk, and to a lesser extent the TOS crew is better than the TNG crew In one of the later books the crew of the Enterprise E conduct a complex escape plan, which turns out to be a trap and they immediately get recaptured. 130
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is when he starts having dreams about a cloaked figure coming out of an inner city church... 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is why hyphens are important, or at least not allowing words to flow onto the next line... 110
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbySimon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Likewise, Helen of Troy suggests there are also Helens of Scott, Jones, Nelson and Winter. 042
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbySimon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Peter Capaldi implies the existence of Peter Caplidl 34310
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbyHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On this day 7th Sept 1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued sailors from from the shipwrecked Forfarshire Artist: John Berry 18730141
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You thought that pterosaur skeletal drawings were being contaminated by a certain website? You ain't seen nothing yet... 220
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"So I tied an Snoopy to my belt, which was the style at the time" #ToTP 030
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbyAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The genesis of every bizarrely specific museum warning placard. 061
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Bluesky: You do realize that not everybody is lucky enough to actually own a cup, let alone something to put in it. Maybe you should think of that before posting. Also, you need to put alt text in the image of the cup. 181
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There is a very high risk of wildfires nationally. Residents, landowners and visitors from Mars should not undertake any activity that could start a fire, including launching cylinders into Surrey or the use of heat rays against humanity. 020
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Might as well increase the number of Eclipse pics out there... 030
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Is #OnlyConnect suggesting that Sir Killalot doesn't have a knighthood? 020
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Much like with Jurassic Park's T. rex in the Jurassic World movies, the shark is now on the side of the humans, and only appears to save the protagonists from a bigger threat. 110
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Love Historic Ships? There's up to 40% off on all the designs in my Redbubble store, so if you worship HMS Warrior, very keen on HMS Victory, or there's just something about Mary Rose, check it out! www.redbubble.com/people/smcla... 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I'm on Tiktok in my own right now, mostly Heritage stuff but I might do a bit of other stuff too. www.tiktok.com/@smclabby 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Wonder who Audible found to read this, hopefully someone who gives it the dignity it deserves... @tetzoo.bsky.social 3131
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor - at least no one worth speaking of." 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 25/07/2026You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator? 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Everyone talks about the Welsh bloke saying "diarrhea-ah!" in the Pepto Bismol advert, but nobody talks about the fact that nobody at the back is doing the right dance. Wonder if that's why they were put at the back... 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Watching this #odyssey film, and there are some serious liberties being taken with the historical accuracy. It's set 25 years ago, yet they've already visited a moonbase, and now they're on a spaceship going to Jupiter! 150
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Inspector Gadget. Worst adaptation of anything I've seen at the cinema, and I saw the 1998 Avengers movie... 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Saw the trailer for The Odyssey earlier, didn't see anything controversial, but then again I'm not looking for it. Well, I know a character used the term "dad", but unless you're doing the whole thing in ancient Greek, it's going to be filtered through the language of a later age anyway.static.klipy.comWearing My Helmet OdysseusALT: Wearing My Helmet Odysseus 120
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Three Lions is older than the events of the 1966 World Cup were when it came out. Will they ever update it to "sixty years of hurt"? youtu.be/RJqimlFcJsM?...youtu.beBaddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions (Football's Coming Home) (Official Video)YouTube video by LightningSeedsVEVO 010
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...bbc.co.ukSam Neill, Jurassic Park actor, dies aged 78The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. He had recovered from cancer and "the loss was sudden and unexpected", his family says. 010
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbySimon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Happy 45th birthday to my boney canine chum Hatch, the ship's dog on the Mary Rose, rediscovered on the seabed on this day in 1981. @hatchthedog.bsky.social 131
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Happy 45th birthday to my boney canine chum Hatch, the ship's dog on the Mary Rose, rediscovered on the seabed on this day in 1981. @hatchthedog.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbyEverGemma @evergemma.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I wonder if the pilot of this plane gets War of the Worlds stuck in his head when he has to fly this plane. 14510
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Anyone know where the Prime Minister job is being advertised? Asking for a friend... 020
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026One thing I'll give this film credit for over the original - people actually saw them bust their first ghost. In the original, they just destroy a ballroom and emerge with a smoky box. The hotel had no proof that they'd done anything other than vandalism, so it's a mystery why they agreed to pay. 120
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Today is the 496th anniversary of one of my favourite stories - the take of Richard 'Skenthroppe' Baker, Robert Grygges, William Oram and Marmaduke Colman, four caretakers for the mothballed Mary Rose who went out drinking, and made some very silly mistakes... maryrose.org/what-did-the...maryrose.orgWhat did they do with the drunken sailors? - Mary RoseIn June 1539, four of the Mary Rose's crew went drinking, and their drunken shenanigans would end up going down in history... 120
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Just in case anybody needs to know, blogs get more attention if you tell people about them. 020
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I'm guessing a dinosaur, although I'd not be surprised if it ends up being about Pokémon, since the @nhm-london.bsky.social did something with them recently... 331
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I once stopped a filming session because I noticed a speck of dust drift past the camera, and didn't want it being seen and the venue being credited as having ghosts... 120
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I remember photographing it and measuring it for my dissertation in 2001! 230
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbySimon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 22/04/2026That when I half-arse someone, it's still better than what most people achieve with their entire arse. 021
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I seem to have picked up some new followers! Hello folks, I'm probably less entertaining here than I was when representing certain cultural institutions, but I'll do my best! 010
Reposted by Simon M. ClabbyAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 30/04/2026📰 Roman cup depicting Hadrian's Wall found in Spain may have been a souvenir of a soldier's time stationed on the frontier. 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com www.livescience.com/archaeology/...livescience.com1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in SpainArchaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England. 325071
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If ever you think that kids today are into strange trends, just remember that there was once a trend for painting horse vertebrae to look like Methodist preacher John Wesley... wesleysheritage.org.uk/object/verte... 0437
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 22/04/2026That when I half-arse someone, it's still better than what most people achieve with their entire arse. 021
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 17/04/2026"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits. in thy mercy'" 020
Simon M. Clabby @smclabby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Nice to see Iguanodon make it into the "Other" category, shame YouGove can't spell it though, or follow ICZN guidelines... 020