Richard

Nooop.

Followed up with “So you don’t believe in being fined?” to make it clear I wasn’t serious, and she equally humourlessly retorted they don’t WANT to get fined, it’s not about whether they believe in it.

What is wrong with my colleagues lately?? Have I upset any of you??? Cannot WAIT to leave.

A colleague asked about the central separated bins, and I quipped that we “don’t believe in individual waste bins up here anymore”, and the passing HR quite humourlessly stopped and explained that actually it’s because of orders from the council, and we’d get fined if we didn’t.

Jesy might as well release an album and claim her #3.

Also is it just me, or is narration on The Apprentice going overboard with alliteration this year?

It’s in almost every scene. Last night’s episode gave us the migraine-inducing “…peddle petals to push for profits”!

In 20 series of The Apprentice, has no-one told Lord Al that, of a choice of two teams, there can only be a BETTER team? Every time he says the “best” team will win I shout at the screen.

2007 by any chance?

Oh come on!!

Unintentionally in Haywards Heath.

Made it to 3rd row thanks to @gogleddol1.bsky.social and her expert drivery, and somehow getting perhaps the last space in the car park next to the venue!

Slow puncture; stopped at
Welcome Break Bishops Stortford
Still, could be Southend

Guess which is my tribe?

I’m in Northampton, agree to disagree.

Where am I if both of those happened?

Where is the band?

Waiting in the chilly February weather behind Northampton Rock City to intercept the band. Expecting big things from this venue.

Making a pie chart of reasons for prescribing broad-spectrum antibiotics, and pondering my approach to colouring the slices for UTI and H. pylori.

Flumphy

Slightly miffed that my (admittedly lovely) casual fan of a colleague got to see ‘Tribe’ before me.

Selling my Bristol ticket really really cheap. Any takers?

Realised I knew the spot where lanky-nerd-era Calvin Harris stood in 2009 for his ‘Ready for the Weekend’ video.

(It keeps uploading with a split-second pause before “Guildhall”, that’s not me!)

Wasn’t at Portsmouth this time, but in 2023 I amused myself during the long day by filming the shortest, least informative documentary ever made.

What a banger! Easily my favourite of the previewed new ones from the B&W triptych.

(Aware that’s not actually a clip from next week’s episode.)

2.) Mid-series, the candidates are on their way to *UNEXPECTEDLY CUTS TO LORD AL IN BOARDROOM*:
“-ou will be my new business partner!”
*Cuts to split-second of winner looking pleased*

In honour of the return of The Apprentice, here are 2 running jokes my twin and I say every episode:

1.) When Al says “You’re fired” just before the end credits, they fail to cut it in time and mistakenly reveal a couple of frames of next week’s firing looking horrified.

Today will be remembered as the day every single landlord charging their leaseholders less than £250 ground rent raised their ground rent to £250.

I was the very furthest on the right - my first barrier!

Trump usurps loudly in public.