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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So let me get this straight, not only do the French get 2 hour lunch breaks but their toothpaste does their emails for them?

French toothpaste advertising 8 in 1, with a list of those features, including plaque, fraîcheur and, yes, émail.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I initially assumed this was a passive-aggressive warning about climate change but no, turns out, it's an electric billboard (which, ironically, is contributing to global warming).

An electric billboard with a picture of the sun and the name Global plus the message Hey, don't mind me, I'm just warming up

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Well, that's Taskmaster fucked then.

Guardian headline from the section The hill I will die on:
Comedians should not be hot
Amy Annette

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Käsespätzle and a Radler with a view. Fuck yes.

A massive plate of traditional Bavarian pasta with cheese sauce and crispy onions

A big glass of beer with a handle held up against a backdrop of rolling green fields and the foothills of the Alps

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ooh, I'm excited to find out what the point of sports is. I didn't think there was one.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The pettiness I'm currently enjoying is Flanders v Wallonia. Just bought a drink and offered either French or English to the bartender who replied, "Why would I learn French?" Because apparently it being the native tongue of 40% of your country isn't enough. BUT you can get a 0% rouge in a soft play

A glass of zero alcohol Super 8 rouge beer in a rounded glass because the Belgians know how to serve beer.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The toddler raged at me all the way to nursery this morning because I wouldn't let her wear her thick winter fleece.

Weather report of high of 33 degrees and showing sunny all day.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I think you would appreciate this amazing tote.

Me, a white woman, holding a tote bag advertising Vix Leyton's show Chief Petty Officer with a picture of Ea-Nasir and the words do not buy copper from this man.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Listen, just because some of us have a type-

Whisky advert with the tagline you look like you fancy a 50 year old

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

@chrissyd-comedy.bsky.social During our brilliant chat for Retro Tat, I mentioned my Paul Daniels kit I adored as a kid and I've just seen it in a charity shop! 🤩

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

@chrissyd-comedy.bsky.social During our brilliant chat for Retro Tat, I mentioned my Paul Daniels kit I adored as a kid and I've just seen it in a charity shop! 🤩

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Exhibit A in my defence trial against the restraining order from Greg Davies.

A T shirt with the slogan Take time to touch the things you love.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Oh shit, if they see their own shadow does that mean we have to have six more weeks of World Cup?

News headline reading Watch as players emerge before Spain face Argentina in World Cup final

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've just seen this photo from a house on Rightmove and I can't wait for next season when Greg and Alex introduce a third. I'm here for Throuple Taskmaster.

A ridiculously opulent hall which features an ornate three-person gold throne with red velvet, not dissimilar to those on Taskmaster.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Saw this poster and got very confused for a few minutes. OK, Stephen Mangan as William de Worde and Sarah Hadland as Sacharissa - that works. But who are the other two? Is Ardal O'Hanlan going to drop -ings all over the place?

Poster for a play called The Truth, starring Stephen Mangan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Sarah Hadland and Janie Dee. It is apparently not a theatrical version of the Discworld novel of the same name.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm excited and delighted and any other rhyming adjectives you can think of to be supporting the fabulous @vixleyton.bsky.social on Monday evening, hosted by @coherentcomedy.bsky.social . Get your free tickets at tinyurl.com/4xcjhw2s

Poster for Vix Leyton's show Chief Petty Officer, featuring Vix looking illegally smouldering ain a green velvet dress.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Count Binface is now my second favourite person with a household item on his head.

Alex Horne next to Joe Auckland with a Henry Hoover on his head

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I think it is safe to assume at any given moment this week that I am melting.

Weather report. Today 29. Tomorrow 31. Wednesday 30. 31 for the rest of the week.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I think we've all met a Mr Lazy.

The most pink and phallic-looking chodey Mr Men you've ever seen.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

7yo's latest addiction is Crisscross puzzles. She was doing one themed on names and was excitedly telling me some of them: "Paul! Like Paul McCartney! Ross! Like Ross Noble! Alex! Like Alex Horne!" Once more very pleased with my own parenting. (Also please note the very TM-coded hat)

Smallish child sitting on a train, wearing a blue bucket hat with yellow ducks on it, engrossed in a pad of Crisscross puzzles

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Take That's first draft: (Yes, I know I make this joke every time but it's in my head for the rest of the day now so you have to put up with it too)

Poster at the dentist with the heading Could it be sepsis?

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

HOWEVER one time my parents were watching a documentary about King's Cross Station (in a rare break from all the murder they watch) and sent me this screenshot, asking if I'd been moonlighting there and not told them. And I genuinely had to ask myself if it was possible I'd just forgotten.

A screenshot of a woman with basically my face and hair in the control room at King's Cross

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Cheers, dude, I think it's pretty dope too.

A plant identification app for my beetroot plant and the notification "This plant looks sick"

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My hobby is collecting pizza slogans that I could also use for my Tinder bio.

Jack's Pizza with the slogan "Square, saucy and a little bit naughty"

Pizza Rebellion vending machine with the slogan "Touch me, I'll feed you 24/7"

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Taking the 7yo to see Michael Rosen live on Sunday, and I'd like to say it's for her benefit but it absolutely isn't. Here's me performing The Michael Rosen Rap at my primary school talent show (the year before I did a Tom Lehrer song and scandalised the school).

Me aged 7 or 8, dressed in an oversized t shirt with checked shirt over the top, a backwards cap with my curly hair sticking out of it and sunglasses. Trust me, it's cool.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Of course, I've long been aware that what we in the UK call crisps are called chips in many other European languages, as well as the US. But this has absolutely messed with my head.

A stack of boxes with a picture of what is clearly a portion of chips or fries if you prefer, but labelled Crisps 4 All.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I genuinely cannot get my head round the fact that not only have I almost sold out the room today, *Mitch Benn* is playing it after me. I've got to reset the sound desk and mic so that one of my comedy heroes can do his show on the same stage. Someone pinch me and tell me this is real.

Brighton Fringe timetable for the A&O Hostel on 13th May. At 2pm is my show, Gold Top. And pencilled in underneath as presumably a late addition is Mitch Benn's show The Lehrer Effect at 7.30.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My new favourite pun-based döner kebab shop name has just dropped. Though I'm still holding on to my dream of opening Prima Döner or Dönerwetter one day.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Did David Cameron (who was Prime Minister at the time) tone down his posh accent when talking to the public in comparison to when he was speaking in Parliament? TL;DR = yes, yes he did. And yes, I used this photo in my presentation of the thesis and I regret nothing.

David Cameron in front of a shop called Peacocks but because of a well-placed balloon, it just says cocks

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This was my "Is there a doctor of philosophy on the plane?" moment.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Mr Zoe has misophonia. He took one look at this book someone gave the baby, shuddered at the idea of pressing buttons to get "crunching munching" sounds and immediately vetoed it.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I appreciate the use of 'betwixt'.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Seeing The Feeling live tonight for the first time ever was utterly incredible. Twelve Stops & Home came out when I was 18 and it was the soundtrack to a time of life when I was figuring out a lot about myself. So it was an emotional experience tonight and I wept through Strange. 1/

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Queuing outside the club to see my favourite band growing up 🤘 But they know their audience are all elder millennials so the gig starts at 6pm so we can all go home by 9 as our backs will be hurting.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

New way to tell a guy his flies are undone has just dropped.

Supermarket label saying Courgettes loose

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Hard to pick just one teenage crush but we'll go for:

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Special mentions to a few games I spent way too much time on in the 00s but couldn't find: Castle of the Winds (incredibly low-budget Windows 3.0 dungeon crawler) and Euroreporter (travel around the EU reporting on issues and interviewing people in different languages) My9games.com

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Posters and flyers are here. Shit just got real.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Well, Unfortunate was an absolute fucking delight. Hilarious, filthy, empowering, and now Ursula is my new top dream role if I had the talent.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

No, no, you're right. There's definitely no nature in the book about the talking rat, mole and toad who go for a picnic by the river. None at all.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Look, I love you, Tiny Bookshop, but I WILL fight you.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

No, actually, I would not like.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

To anyone who doesn't get on with Valentine's Day, today is also the 19th anniversary of my mum's heart transplant. So when you see hearts everywhere, think of them as tribute to my lovely, funny, kind, rainbow-haired, air-guitar-playing mum. I am forever grateful to the NHS and Papworth Hospital.

A woman with short hair that starts red at the back and slowly turns orange, yellow and green

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed not to also be there. I don't even know what fell running is. I'd joke that I once fell while running but let's be honest - we all know I've never run.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A family member who clearly hates me bought my baby this steering wheel which has various noises but NO OFF SWITCH 😱 so it currently lives in my wardrobe. Last night, it kept going off by itself with this creepy laugh. I need to get rid of either the toy or the house, or possibly both.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I mean, when you look closely at who it's from, it doesn't sound like *great* news exactly.

Envelope stating There's good news for anyone aged 50 or over
The envelope has been sent by a company called Pure Cremation

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

No YOU slept in your Komedia backstage pass band because you don't want to take it off.

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