Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love the BBC Young Musician competition. Shots of them kicking a ball around a park to make them seem normal. 120
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Passing the time quietly on a Sunday evening. Are you not allowed to build on the aces until all the aces are up? Was that just something my nan told me to slow up the game? How did you do it? 000
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s now clear there is a very real danger that if I don’t make a sale soon Marswasrubbish could wipe out humanity. marswasrubbish.etsy.com 22012
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just heard the phrase 'the murder of Ann Widdecombe,' on the news and shook myself to recognise what a terrible world we live in. 011
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For us laymen, sequences like this are so important. When the scale and the detail of space stuff gets too mind boggling, too '...but how can that be true?', and the Mariners and Voyager are either lunatic flies buzzing round the sun or heading off beyond the edge, look how real this is. Thank you 030
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With halloween approaching it would be remiss of me not to mention my Perky Horrors. About 5yrs ago I doodled a perky wicker man that was so popular I ended up doing about 15 more horror films cheered up a bit. They're still available in 2 different sizes from my shop. marswasrubbish.etsy.com 0125
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I once heard the comedy writer Sarah Morgan realise that it might be called dogging because ‘you have your head out the window,’ and I’ve honestly never felt more enlightened. 010
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m watching The Day Today on DVD. I’m so in love with the attention to detail. Not a single word has gone unnoticed. “Spotted by a woman walking her brother on Wimbledon common” 10566
Reposted by Richard SalesDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895445937
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Who's got a Yamaha guitar? An acoustic one, I mean. After a lifetime with a used classical guitar and insufficient skill to get the best out of it, I'm going to treat myself to a guitar I can play standing up and strum hard. How much should I spend? 100
Reposted by Richard SalesMore Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 28/09/2026Another week on Bluesky 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema 231126193
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A little reminder I still do photo prints on request. They are dead cheap for prints at just 30 quid each. (A4 only I’m afraid) There’s some on my website Marswasrubbish.com This one is called “A pair of a pair of glasses” 012
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... My friend Iain says she’s planning to print and publish it at her own expense and then gift a free copy to each household, oil rig, borstal and library in the UK. That’s nice of her, and thoughtful too.independent.co.ukSarah Ferguson responds to rumours she’s writing tell-all memoir about royal familyFormer Duchess of York was reported to be planning a memoir on her life in the Royal Family 010
Reposted by Richard SalesRussell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A pommel horse walks into a parallel bar. The barman says "is this a joke about gymnastics?" The horse beams. 2165
Reposted by Richard SalesFinal Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I can sell insurance to any body of water! Well, any ocean. And maybe one river. Tees and Seas apply. 1144
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I used to think ‘potential’ was pronounced ‘protential,’ and ‘pedigree’ was ‘petigree’ I also thought ‘hearse’ had a ‘t’ on the end. I was only a boy, why am I telling you this? 021
Reposted by Richard SalesRichard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Perhaps David van Day could stand for election as 'David van Day's Reform Party' - all the Farage glamour but none of the beer and fags. 131
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm about to put this sexy 8 string ukulele for sale online, probably on Vinted, but if anyone in Edinburgh, ie someone I can give it to by hand, fancies it it's theirs for 50 quid. (it has a bag) There's a wee bit of warping but it sounds lovely. 3139
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Stephen and Hugh. Gordon and Stu. I love this so much. "Lincolnshire's flat Stu but I wouldn't say it's always late for meetings" youtu.be/-h20PWliNGk?...youtu.beA Bit of Fry & Laurie-Greek RestaurantYouTube video by tanmaynd2001 011
Reposted by Richard SalesRichard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think Mick Herron looks a bit like our new Prime Minister and I think he was stood next to Kristin Scott Thomas in the church in Slow Horses. #SlowHorses 101
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think Mick Herron looks a bit like our new Prime Minister and I think he was stood next to Kristin Scott Thomas in the church in Slow Horses. #SlowHorses 101
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A collar and tie does not a Senator make. #McConnell 020
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If the announcer will keep saying “Asking the questions…” I will always expect to hear “…Bamber Gascoigne” #UniversityChallenge #Icantmoveon 030
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you have legitimate concerns about filling wall space why not ease those fears by buying prints from me. marswasrubbish.etsy.com 0199
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Why oh why can we not have the White Helmets Motorcycle Display team roaming the streets and County shows of Britain once again? Their death-defying wobbling pyramid and burning haystacks are just what this country needs at this time of turmoil and that. youtu.be/qjqpACA7hwg?...youtu.beTexaco (Motorcycle Display Team) - 1980's UK AdvertYouTube video by DrDejvu 000
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026These beautiful people youtu.be/ZzuNgacE0I4?...youtu.beLondon Indian Film Festival presents the Goodness Gracious Me Reunion | BFIYouTube video by BFI 021
Reposted by Richard SalesHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059822393
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thank you for ordering things on my birthday. Etsy has messaged me to say I’ve sold exactly 400 items. I hate even numbers so feel free to order something else. marswasrubbish.etsy.commarswasrubbish.etsy.comMarswasrubbish - EtsyShop Prints of monsters, stuff, things and perky horrors by Marswasrubbish located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 1119
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026What my brother says is correct. Or you could send me book tokens or cash, I’m easy. marswasrubbish.etsy.commarswasrubbish.etsy.comMarswasrubbish - EtsyShop Prints of monsters, stuff, things and perky horrors by Marswasrubbish located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 161912
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ye gods. Round and round and round! Wordle 1,910 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 010
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Words and phrases I first heard through comedy. An occasional list "Lounge lizard" -noun Do you remember where this came from? I'm 59 and grew up in the UK 000
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’ve just enjoyed a brisk re-run through The Armando Iannucci Shows as instructed by their creator the other day, and now it’s all over, whatever happened to Golf Sales and the Golf Sale men? 000
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Lovely. Also lovely that they have to crowbar this phrase somewhere into each story "– the adoptive daughter of Sally Kellerman, who played Hot Lips Houlihan in the 70s American war comedy film MASH –" It's like the high speed 'T&Cs apply - the value of your investment can go down as well as up'thenational.scotIsland cafe at heart of legal row with US woman over dog ban raises £177kTHE organisation that runs a community cafe in the Outer Hebrides that is at the heart of a fierce legal row with an American woman after her dog… 020
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Not feeling amazingly creative at the moment. Mentally restless and real life is getting in the way. (Stupid reality) But my prints and postcards are ready to go to your house at any minute. marswasrubbish.etsy.commarswasrubbish.etsy.comMarswasrubbish - EtsyShop Prints of monsters, stuff, things and perky horrors by Marswasrubbish located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 097
Reposted by Richard SalesSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Not everyone's train journey is the same. 12681213
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Is ‘Geri Wiley’ Victoria Coren Mitchell? See Ronnie Barker, Gerald Wiley, Two Ronnies, nom de plume, too-knowing, clever-clever… 000
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Oh no. I’ve accidentally put up a link to the RNLI donation page. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 510660
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I had no idea Shelagh Delaney was so tall. Thanks Ken Russell, thanks Monitor, thanks iPlayer. Is Netflix making 15 minute docs about young playwights from the North with one solid play under their belts? Is the BBC? 231
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Another one of these sort of things. Ten items a day from the collection of the Met in New York. How old is it, where is it from. Low stakes, great fun. Buy them a coffee. anthropeum.comanthropeum.comAnthropeumA daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank. 163
Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Michael Palin’s Great Railway Journey is on at 8. I wonder if they have modified the closing shot of him displaying his huge trophy outside his home. When I first saw it you could clearly see the name of his street on screen. 230
Reposted by Richard SalesGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Londoners that like live music and need a gig to go to this evening. 👇 111
