@MrPhilNorman I always find it odd when a first-person review quote is attributed to the publication and not the person. ‘“I laughed until I wet myself” – Sunday Telegraph.’
@MagsTheObscure They’re fine (I tried them on before I bought them). It will take a month or two of wear before I know whether they were worth the £7.99.
Things I could happily live without, number 347: emails from companies I’ve bought stuff from.
– Please tell us what you think of your new gloves!
– They’re gloves.
I wanted to give off about this while remaining diplomatic but I’ll just be blunt.
https://t.co/1xBzeOnyKf
The “Ulster Scots” 2021 census form is awful. It bears almost no resemblance to spoken or literary Scots of any dialect. In this thread I’ll try to explain:
Passed a cat carrying a small dead rodent and looking pretty pleased with itself. Somebody’s going to find a delightful little present on their kitchen floor.
@KRamsey1997 That reminds of the time Prince Edward made a documentary about his grandfather: he said that, following the abdication crisis, George VI was “literally catapulted onto the throne.” Such a pity that coronation wasn’t televised.
Wall to wall Miss Marple on Radio 4 Extra. How very British: “We can’t have any comedy or suchlike. Wouldn’t be appropriate. Let’s just have a nice bit of murder.”