John Pickup

Pianist, composer. Passable photographer. Rubbish artist. Experienced cat / dog stroker.

[John Pickup @JJRP3]

My morning : Woke, stumbled into the bathroom, grabbed my toothbrush, sprayed it with deodorant. Threw toothbrush away, went back to bed.

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@Mij_Europe @POLITICOEurope I remember reading a Michael Gove article once about how bringing back the death penalty would lead to better outcomes in the justice system because the risk of executing innocent people would focus everyone's minds or something like that.

My reaction to this article is similar.

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@tedgioia Cancelled amazon last week and while checking my options discovered a free channel streaming Dynasty 24/7.

Within minutes Adam had redecorated Jeff's office with poisonous paint and Jeff had become so disoriented that he wore jeans to work.

Quality underscore, overall 10/10

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@a_toots Had a quick go at writing some underscore.

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@dieworkwear I'm finding my eye directed unwaveringly to that little bit of shirt showing at the navel, and then find myself forced to consider whether this guy has the most stretched out looking midriff of all time.

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@PatrickZircher Well I want to say Cary Grant but I think I'd have to write some better tweets.

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@TheSarcasticist @SlenderSherbet Some of them use mutes.

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@tim_cook Followup ad idea :

Pianist walks on stage at Carnegie Hall to rapturous applause. Looks around for a piano, but then a spotlight hits a music stand with an Ipad on it.

End screen: Apple branded skip with Steinway legs sticking out one side and the pianist's legs out the other.

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@cjayanetti @Psythor Would be a press conference for the ages.

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@JamesHarrisNow @Samfr Nature abhors a vacuum ... punditry adores the vacuous?

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@Raffaele_Ienco oof, wow

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@CherylSwanick @D_Blanchflower @Lewis_Brackpool I love the way he switched the subject from whether or not he's got a clue what he's talking about to whether or not he knows who Danny Blanchflower is, like his goldfish brain can't keep track long enough to hold an actual conversation.

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@ManMadeMoon @AndyLunique I note that I have attached the picture as a link instead of an image and I hang my head in shame.

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@ManMadeMoon @AndyLunique Sirs, mayhap the intertubes thread has arrived where I may mention my abiding affection for Karate Combat, a most modern game of martial arts which runs upon that most British of all gaming platforms, the BBC Micro.

https://t.co/pZX8WOkJc9

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@adamboultonTABB Info checks out because snakes have no sweat glands.

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@BigIssue I'd rather drown in a septic tank 1699 times than pay £16.99 for the addled ramblings of Britain's most inept PM.

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@MuppetGuests Duet on Rainbow Connection or Bein Green.

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@NickDale @FrontlineFire It looks like a greeting card illustration on steroids.

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@ethan_iverson Herbie's comping is miraculous. Absolutely one of my favourite things in jazz. A free spirit off on swashbuckling and crunchy adventures whilst simultaneously supremely tasteful and sympathetic.

Shoutout to Edith and the Kingpin just for Joni Mitchell's genius. What a lyric.

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@fouldsy147 I think Neal has linked to a picture? Article here : https://t.co/SHiKElYgs2

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@Super70sSports It's all fun and games until Peter Bastian shows up : https://t.co/smHUxsM9qY