Simon George

Stately barge. Inventor of starch. Breaker of Staines

[Simon George @simgeo35]

BBC- “And tomorrow you can watch Qatar vs. Switzerland…”

Me- “Pffft, I’m not watching that…

*continues watching Canada vs. Bosnia-Hercegovina*

[internet archiva @internetarchiva]

Why did they stop making cartoons like this 😭

[Idrees Ali @idreesali114]

Spain’s Prime Minister, on the ceasefire, says Spain 'will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.”

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Imagine lumping all of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam together as ‘Indochina’. That’s like glancing at a map of Europe and going “Fuck it, let’s call it ‘Amerussia’”

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

Private Eye acknowledges the genius of our political commentariat.

[Simon George @simgeo35]

@SouthCoastRed I have literally no idea so I’m going to say it happened on a Wednesday

[Simon George @simgeo35]

High press and 3 goal beautiful to behold #STFC

[TV Football 1968-92 @1968Tv]

ATV Star Soccer
September 1971
Swindon Town 4-0 Fulham
Commentator Hugh Johns
#STFC #FFC #StarSoccer

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Lads, if someone is that intent on drinking sunbed cleaner, then they’ve gone WAY past the point where you can reason with them

[Rob B @RobBfromDerby]

“Ted, would you like to pretend to be in a shadow cabinet with me?”

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

“Alexa find me an example of a football hit with the unforgiving force of a thousand suns.”

“Your search returned Cyrille Regis vs Norwich 44 years ago today.”

“Outstanding work, Alexa. That will be all.”

[Simon George @simgeo35]

American GIs in Italy 1943: “These Espressos are real swell, Giuseppe, but hey, you know what would be even better? Water them down and name them after us!

[Captain Dave @DaveWallsworth]

It’s now 40 years since this quite brilliant episode of Yes, Prime Minister was broadcast but somehow it still seems remarkably appropriate after all this time! One of the best comedy series ever and superbly acted.

[Simon George @simgeo35]

@RevRichardColes Not quite as dim as traditionally believed either. He was multilingual, a musician and kept an insightful diary. Just very much not up to the times he lived in and his health conditions exacerbated that

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Written a new West End play - WARthog

A small farmer boy falls in love with a warthog. Some other stuff happens, then WORLD WAR I

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson - two musical visionaries gone in the same week. Far ahead of their time and the archetypes of troubled genius

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Made my periodic visit to KFC for a Bland Poultrycide Bucket for One, fried in 11 secret dusts and atoms, with a pot of boiling Brown Cornflour Mystery to dip it in. Why do I do this?

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Could a better combination of Facebook reels appear side by side?

[Simon George @simgeo35]

@FakeShowbizNews Ooooh it’s a tragedy

[Simon George @simgeo35]

Note to Trump - No Cadaver Synods!

[Simon George @simgeo35]

I don’t care what Andy Warhol’s says, I don’t believe that exploding plastic is inevitable