Carol

Lover of literature, language, good people and animals. Great believer in the positive power of humour #YNWA

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

Come what may
I know
Time will change nothing
And I shall miss you
Just as much tomorrow
As I did yesterday
And I do today
#poetheme

[Kalorie @kewchiy]

Shakira is the only artist in history to receive a tribute from the a cappella band Out of the Blue, at Oxford University.

[English Cottages @englandcottages]

The Bridge House, Ambleside

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

Fascinating colour footage of the D-Day landings - 6 June 1944.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

If science were never to be questioned, your doctor would still be recommending a particular brand of cigarette to settle the nerves.

You'd be dosing the baby with heroin cough syrup, because Bayer sold it over the counter.

You'd be rubbing cocaine on its gums for teething, and the chemist would recommend the stronger tube.

The DDT lorry would still come round to fog the street while the children carried on playing in the spray.

Your surgeon would be reaching for the icepick, because the man who pioneered the lobotomy was given a Nobel Prize for it.

Pregnant women would be handed thalidomide for their morning sickness, with a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

You'd be drinking radium tonic for your energy and brushing with radioactive toothpaste for the glow.

Stomach ulcers would still be filed under "stress," and the man who proved they were bacterial would still be a laughing stock.

Butter would be the villain and margarine the heart-healthy hero, on the firmest medical advice going.

Lead would still be in your petrol, your paint and your water pipes, certified harmless by the people selling it.

All of it, in its day, was the consensus. Settled. Beyond polite debate.

"Settled science" is the phrase people reach for when they would quite like you to stop asking questions.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Whoever said ‘out of sight, out of mind’ never had a spider disappear inside their tent.

[WORLD VIEW @beauti_animals]

📍North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[WanderLens @naturebeauty760]

Cotswolds, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

4 June 1923. American jockey Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack while riding Sweet Kiss in a steeplechase at Elmont, New York. The horse crossed the winning line 1st making Hayes the only dead jockey to have won a horse race. The result of the race stood.

[WanderLens @naturebeauty760]

A rainy day in the Cotswolds, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[The Ricky Gervais Clips @gervaisclips]

“Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it's a right fucking pain in the arse.” - Ricky Gervais

[English Cottages @englandcottages]

English Cottage Garden 🏡

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

@chefsevenn Me

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

Only just found out aphids are pregnant when they are born and it blows my mind and explains my garden disasters!

[Empire of the Kop @empireofthekop]

Ages of selected Liverpool players when James Milner made his first senior appearance in November 2002:
- Joe Gomez: 5
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 2
- Curtis Jones: 20 months
- Ryan Gravenberch: 6 months

Florian Wirtz, Conor Bradley and Rio Ngumoha are among the current Reds who weren't even born at the time!

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

Viewing fewer videos as so many are #AI What’s the point?

[UK Footy Bible @UKFootyBible]

Francesco Totti: "The best player I faced? Steven Gerrard. A Champion! An example! He would be captain of my World XI dream team."

Lionel Messi: "I think Gerrard is England's greatest ever player."

Arsene Wenger: "He was a fantastic player who had the qualities that every midfielder dreams of. He scored goals, he could pass. He had commitment and motivation."

Kaka: "For me, and I have always said this, Gerrard will be regarded as one of the greatest midfielders ever when he finishes his career. No doubt."

Thierry Henry: "I find it a disgrace that he didn't win European Footballer of the Year in 2005 after Istanbul. For me, he is one of the best ever. Whenever you play Liverpool you know you have to get him out of the game. If not, it's all over for you."

Patrick Vieira: "The best midfielder I would say is Steven Gerrard. I really rate him as a player and a man."

Wayne Rooney: "The best player I'd played for England with? I'd have to say Stevie. For me he is an incredible player, an incredible leader. He helped me a lot during my early days with England."

Paul Scholes: "Who was better - me or Gerrard? I can answer that. Gerrard. Gerrard's a great player. I wouldn't be able to do what he did at Liverpool."

Zinedine Zidane: "I have said in the past that at his peak he was the best in the world. I think it was the summer of 2004 I was having a conversation with Florentino (Perez) and I told him I wanted him to partner me in midfield for Madrid."

Andrea Pirlo: "That night in Istanbul, Liverpool's fight back was centralised on Steven Gerrard. He was their leader, their star player, their man who made it happen."

Pele in 2007: "For me, for the last five years Gerrard has been the best player in the world."

[English Cottages @englandcottages]

The De Vere house was built by the family of that name in around 1485 and is one of a number of stunning houses and buildings in the village of Lavenham 🏡

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

@englandcottages Like a shot!

[Carol @CarolDisaster]

@piersmorgan @biel_m04 Why are people giving him a harder time than Eze?

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

This concert was unbelievable. He starts the whole show by walking on stage alone with a little cassette-playing boom box, hits "play", and the show never stops for two hours.