Very Good Ben

Founder of The Very Good Network. Frequent podcast host. Regularly stretched thin.

[Very Good Ben @BenAddicott]

HOT TAKE: Platform 9 3/4 is a fucking liability. Why isn’t the station in Diagon Alley? It’s in the same city for Chrissake.

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I’ve just realised that America does not have an ‘Aaron Space Museum’. I can pronounce hyperbole now too. 30 years and I’ve finally sorted everything.

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Alternatively, if someone says, ‘bear with me,’ you can respond:

‘RAARRRRHH!’

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‘As Paddington said to Pooh, bear with me’

You can have that one. Use it well.

[3 Boys 3 Beers @3boys3beers]

Today is both #RoaldDahlDay2018 and #WorldSepsisDay. I don't have anything funny to say about this, but it does demonstrate the breadth of human endeavour.

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Why do all vape juices appear to be aimed at 14 year old emo boys?

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@NateDawg27 Come now, they're offering a 33p boost for the experienced warehouse person. Can't say fairer than that.

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Starting a sentence with "I don't know" is very endearing to me. That kind of raised pitch, questioning, response type "I don't know".

Though it's often followed by an assertion of fact, it seems healthy to undermine any assertion before you make it. Just to be safe.

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@JAPMP Easy Star All Stars have a version coming out. Part of their Walt Dubsney series.

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In the French dub of Beauty and the Beast, is Belle still called Belle? Is Lumiere called Lumiere? Surely that wouldn’t work?

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@JAPMP @hodgman Especially, y'know, because of that preteen daughter.

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On Totnes High Street, a father is playing electric guitar while his preteen daughter sings First of the Gang to Die by Morrissey. I think we’ve reached peak Weird Dad.

@hodgman #jjho

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@JAPMP @hodgman I didn't want to say

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@SpareIdeas That is one bleak 'were'

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GINGERLY
adverb

In the manner of a ginger person.

[The Very Good Network @verygoodnetwork]

This week, @3boys3beers attempted to redefine beer podcasts. They've added a narrator, and removed any attempt to make sense.

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Lordy. Haven't we become dreadful.

**Phone rings**

Well that confirms it. Country Living just called. They want us for a feature. https://t.co/G5tqfOtGOM

[Sara Rhys, illustrator @drawingsara]

Walked in the sunshine this morning to buy bread & eggs from the market, came back and picked veg & herbs from my garden for breakfast. So thankful for such quietly wonderful things.

[Matt Harvey @mattharvey4]

Footballers should have pockets in their shorts.
When they feel bored, sulky, unappreciated, they can put their hands in their pockets.
They could have wine gums in them, antihistamine pills, mementos of a time they felt loved and safe.

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Big fan of the poultry arts, Harry Kane. Always drawing the foul.

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I’m driving on a road that has a hashtag. Time to waste half an hour seeing what that’s about.