Root Veg Serf. Shadow Minister for Root Crop & Gin Production

But does it spontaneously live? No? They missed something

I wish Sherlock Holmes would go back into copyright, then we might be spared all the crazy spin-offs.

TBF, the Bee-keeper's Apprentice books are quite good.

But I've just given up 20 mins into one about Holmes' daughter (American teenager0 and another about his granddaughter (France 2020)

Try a different bell, book and candle?

Bell: Tubular
Book: Eclairs and Ectoplasm?
Candle: one of those disgusting scented jobs

Well, obviously. So phantoms would all be safe with you in charge of the bell, book and candle.

Time to appoint an ExorcistHelm, Lord? Would need to have a lot of experience with phantoms, death, resurrection etc.

Can I suggest @themeadhallbard.bsky.social might be suitably qualified?

See also: Ko-Ko, in the Mikado, Lord High Executioner on death row.

They have a point. Heretics tend to be pretty soggy, and it actually takes a lot of fuel to get them started.

Hang in there for a few decades and childhood will return

cheating a bit

The Railway Children on the River Kwai

Are they available as shorts?

The Quiet Man Sings!

Minimalist version...

The Dampbusters

Only in Indian restaurants

What happens if a hen is still outside at lock-up time?

Bring back lockdown so that everyone can enjoy this. It was a wonderful time. No traffic, no aircraft

Niersteiner Guttes Domtal?

Why leave if you're going back later? Just spend the entire holiday there.

Apropos of nothing....

When I were a student back in the 70s, the head of the physics dept was officially still the Professor of Natural Philosophy, and you could still do a joint honours in Moral and Natural Philosophy (although I don't think anyone ever did)

And the empties hanging up on the walls around the restaurant. Those happy days when Spag Bol was an exotic treat.

Is it a terminology thing? I recently had a very useful 'mentoring' session regarding grant applications.

"Les Francaises abhor
Le Piat d'Or"

Wasn't that the advert?

And let's not forget Mateus Rosé (although we try)

And it was rumoured that none of these 'wines' were actually available to buy in the country of origin. They were made especially for export to the UK.

Felt an urge last night to see 'Waterloo', and found a 4K remastered version on Youtube. Very impressive on a wide screen.

It's amazing. No CGI/AI! Thousands upon thousands of real actors. I doubt a film like that will ever be made again.

Do you remember Kanga Rouge and Wallaby White? Think they might have been South African or something.

While at Uni we'd occasionally give someone a bottle of Kosher Israeli red.

3 Welsh ladies in traditional costume having tea. Their hats are about 18 inches tall. They don't look happy.

I see your hat and raise you 9 inches.

(I'm not kidding....wooden floor of the gym)

[N.B. Our PE Master was originally from Germany, stayed on after the war. The word was that he'd been in the Hitler Youth]

This is a deeply profound statement. Possibly.

But...

When the name of a dead person is uttered, how does the Universe know that that is the last time it will be uttered? Is there some sort of limbo one enters when one's name *might* have been uttered for the last time?

"Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. "

Mary Wilde of Ashton under Lyne, b. circa 1700

There: I think I've just resurrected one of my gggggggg-grandmothers!

You had a mat to fall on? You lucky, lucky bastard.

Love it!

Just announce that Trump is the new Supreme Leader and Hegseth will finish him off.

In which case time for the EU to step up and finally do its job by suspending Hungary from the Union.