Martin McCloud

Japanophile, Hull-exile, Hull City AFC, Runner, Footballer, Arty-farty

[Martin McCloud @dourakuma]

Gave blood this week. New covid precautions mean the post-donation snacks are brought too you, as if they don't already make you feel like a VIP! #giveblood #savealife

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@andy_baldridge @eemmanuels4 @historyinmemes I wonder if this is why the magnetic poles switch? (over thousands of years, though)

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@bdjoetsu My son's first and still favourite joke!

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@Ciaran__SCFC @WrexhamFX And the less said about Grimsby being relocated to Hull, the better 😳

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@Ciaran__SCFC @WrexhamFX Cardiff and Swansea in that famous Devon/Cornwall Derby???

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@my_tweetytweet @fesshole Did you slip or were you bhaji'd?

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@youngwt @MartinSLewis @bbc5live I lived in Japan the same time and was surprised that eating out was usually way cheaper than buying the ingredients to make the same thing at home!

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@DaftLimmy "This year's Turner prize goes to..."

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@fesshole And that's how the idea of pong came about...

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@conbiniboys ... I then remembered that "the longer you're in the Japan, the more often you go to the combini"

So the two probably cancel each other out 🤷

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@conbiniboys I was going to argue that "the graph would flatten off, because the longer you're in the Japan, the more familiar you are with the combini so time spent in the combini are shorter" but...

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@premiumbusiness

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

We didn't have parties to "boost morale"
We didn't have quiz nights
We didn't have champagne
We watched our colleagues die though
We were STEEPED in death
We kept going
We had to
We kept on
So don't you DARE say your parties were "necessary" @borisjohnson
You make me sick.

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

WE👏 ARE👏AWARE👏THE👏LOGO👏LOOKS👏LIKE👏A👏BEARDED👏DUDE👏IN👏AN👏ORANGE👏HAT👏

—YOU👏DO👏NOT👏NEED👏TO👏KEEP👏POINTING👏THAT👏OUT👏EVERY👏SINGLE👏DAY👏

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@BadVaccineTakes

[Andy Roe @AndyRoe140]

I'm currently creating a book about the old Silhouette Club on Spring Bank, Hull. If there are any former members out there, please feel free to message me a story or two, and photogrsphs, should you have any.
#silhouetteclubhull
Thanks.

[Nippon.com @nippon_en]

The distinctive “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s originated in a preset sample included on a Casio electronic keyboard.
https://t.co/f25RE9o2oq

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@UnseenJapanSite

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@NobeResistance @WorldBollard Let me introduce you to @YPLAC... https://t.co/xELQs2sRx8

[Gary @gaz3434]

@StormontCyclist @YPLAC I see you and raise you:

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@CheapeDouglas Wait, so Tesco have picked up food-disguiser Heston Blumenthal after Waitrose dropped him?