Tim Grey

An Englishman in Melbourne, f'in' beans on toast people, & occasional poster to websites as HardcorePrawn.
I also have a blog:

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I may as well quit social media now, it's never going to get better than this:

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@Gibboanxious

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@Bbmorg And the reason for them not being branded as Easter Eggs back in the 60s & 70s? The Church of England and the Catholic Church objected to Easter being exploited to sell confectionery.

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This comes up every Easter. The reason Cadbury's and other companies don't call them Easter Eggs is because both the Catholic Church and Church of England objected to the use of the word "Easter" to promote confectionery.
They haven't been branded as Easter Eggs for decades.

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Britain has been a Christian nation for over 1,400 years.

Through wars, plagues, and countless kings, Easter has always been celebrated.

Yet now, Cadbury won’t even use the word ‘Easter’ on their eggs.

When did celebrating British traditions become controversial?

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@nxd1979 She's recently been announced as the support on Hilary Duff's tour.

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@dave43law Those results total 101% too.

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@Tazerface16 Yes. I was a projectionist back in the 90s, and you had to still screen the movie in case people showed up late. Having to start it later would disrupt the subsequent screenings in the same theatre.

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@JimBenda @bendreyfuss Death in Paradise involves spending months in the Caribbean. It sounds idyllic but the cast members have spoken of missing family & friends while they're away.

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@MonaLisas45 @TheExtremeMusi1 Bill Bailey hilariously exposed The Edge's over reliance on effects pedals.

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@jbeggs252 @anders_aslund @nandon2425 While I do agree with this, it's probably exactly what Putin wants, a weakened NATO, and he's probably pulling the strings (much as he did with Brexit, to make the EU weaker).

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@ThatEricAlper

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@DAaronovitch His opening line betrays his ignorance: "Whatever happened to Britain, or the UK, or England, or whatever they’re calling it? We can’t even agree on what it’s called."

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@gomichild Any American film where someone takes painkillers, they open the bottle, neck a load of the tablets, and go *crunch, crunch, crunch*.

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@bradpsychology He works in the ACT. My understanding is that Cup Day is not a public holiday anywhere but Metro Melbourne.
He's such an entitled prick!

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@Kavo1890 He's right, you know.
You should hear the respectful, contemplative silence at my local Irish bar, here in Melbourne, when the local troubadour plays his interpretation of Zombie.

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@TheCinesthetic Not sure if this qualifies as batsh!t insane, or just sh!t.

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@JoshButler Every puff piece about Sussan mentions that she is/was a punk.
Has she ever backed this up, like voiced an opinion on the recent Pistols' tour without Lydon, or shown off her collection of Clash LPs & Ramones t-shirts, or demonstrated any knowledge of The Damned's discography?

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@RichardAngwin I've read 7 of the 10, 5 of them for the first time while I was in school, as part of the English Literature syllabus.

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@NoContextBrits I'm reminded of this classic moment of sports reporting from Australian TV.

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@TheCinesthetic

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@SweeperPod @ahoworth97 Countries qualifying for the World Cup with a colour and an item of clothing in their name? Surely Côte d'Ivoire must count?