Up on the slow take

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[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@AvonandsomerRob If you pay that much you are insane, if you refuse to pay that much you are sane, but will go hungry

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@rickygervais Nice one Rick

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@thequentinletts Yes

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

David ‘s vision was a most emotional and BEAUTIFUL view of our world . Rest in peace . Thank you for your Art which the world will treasure

[Mick Jagger @MickJagger]

Remembering David Hockney, he was kind and always had a sparkle in his eye. He never stopped experimenting and is one of the finest painters of our generation.

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@bagga_buntyy1 That Australia side is actually pretty hard to argue with. Maybe lindwall for Cummins, but then again maybe not

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@vkc1000 Kermit Blender

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Remembering the late great GENE WILDER — born 93yrs ago today.

BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@bagga_buntyy1 Hard to argue with that

[Danny @DjokovicFan_]

When John McEnroe left the commentary booth to play tennis with Novak Djokovic.

He actually hit a serve and volley. 😂

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@TraceyLee_07 Witchedy grub

[Up on the slow take @Dookyk]

@MoscatoRocks @MagdaSzubanski Find something better to do with your life

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The day I was personally mugged off by a member of the royal family - A true story

On a hot summer’s day in 1995, in a lavish garden in Fife, my supervisor and I were standing in a big hole in the ground. The hole had been dug some days previously for a swimming pool that was to eventually fill the sizeable excavation where we were now standing.

The garden, and accompanying estate, were the property of Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, who had commissioned the swimming pool.

As we toiled in the blaze of the midday sun installing electrical cables for lighting, we saw Earl Dundee walking around with someone who looked very familiar to me. The pair walked towards us and engaged us in conversation. The Earl’s companion, a much older gentleman, regaled us with a tale of an eccentric man who used to go swimming in Hyde Park every day, rain or shine. After he’d finished his tale I piped up.

‘I hope you don’t mind me asking, but you seem very familiar’, said I.

‘Oh?’ replied the man. He smiled and paused for a minute. ‘Do you have any money in your pocket?’

Thinking this was a very odd thing to ask, but aware of the peculiarities of the aristocracy (whom I thought this guy must have been a member of), I pulled out a 50p piece from my pocket.

‘You see that woman?’ he asked, pointing at the female face on the coin. ‘That’s my wife.’

[Jimmy Barnes @JimmyBarnes]

First day of winter, perfect weather for a roast. My job’s crunchy spuds and gravy. Stay warm everyone.

[Eric Idle @EricIdle]

I would but he’s dead..
it’s even harder to find Neil anywhere.

[Jimmy Barnes @JimmyBarnes]

Who doesn’t love home made ice cream? Tonight… Earl Grey Tea and banana … believe me it works.

[Melanie Usher @mjgal]

Autograph hunters can get crazy…I don’t blame him. I met Russell years ago and he couldn’t have been nicer. Top bloke.

[BostonWriter @bostonwriter]

I don’t see a thing wrong with this and he certainly didn’t lose it. He reads as someone who has been playing this game for decades and knows how things can spiral. He’s establishing boundaries, the crowd listened, and he obliged. Zero drama.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Almost seven years clean and sober.

Not a victory lap. Just a fact.

To anyone in the fight right now: it gets quieter. Not easier. Quieter. In the quiet, you find out who you actually are.

That’s the part they can’t take from you.