Brian Boyle

I was so appalled I put my foot through the paper and sent RM Smyllie the bill.

All his own work... PUNCH cover by the great Ronald Searle 1961 #art #paintings #artists #monuments #statues #parks #artworks #culture #painters #culturalheritage

I love that in the interests of aesthetics the line loops out to sea near Newcastle and nips across the Irish Sea in what would otherwise be considered an eccentric route

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

Comic strip script: Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley. 1 MAN: Tut 2 CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]: Excuse me - did you just tut at us? 3 MAN: W-what? CREME EGG: Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it? 4 MAN: What? Well, y-yes, I - CREME EGG: Listen, Tut boy 5 CREME EGG: We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs. 6 CREME EGG: We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life. 7 CREME EGG: Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no. They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation. 8 CREME EGG: And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media? 9 CREME EGG: Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”. 10 CREME EGG: You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January… …forever. 11 CREME EGG: The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless - MAN: Oh go on then [He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley] 12 CREME EGG: HA HA YOU WORM

File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’

Gilbert Ratchet's sprout-steaming device powered by 3-Kings-Of-Orient-Are on a treadmill chasing a yonder star. And season's greetings to one and all, except for anyone I hate.

a man reading a book to a young boy Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.

Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!

[BIG ASS THREAD]

The Dawson Watch (6th December 1979). Cissie and Ada put the world to rights once more.

So. We're very very very nearly there. Let's see if we can hammer the world with #TheGrandStretchIsBack at 16:05:45 Dublin time.

Hi all.

Are ye ready?

2 important notes:

- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.

- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)

"...for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure" 💀🤌

Comedy, conjuring, burlesque. Also effortless comic timing and a banging soundtrack.

Hanky Panky Ursula Martinez Hanky Panky Performed by Ursula Martinez | 2000 Martinez has performed this show stopping cabaret act all over the world, including Sydney, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna and Budapest. Special part...

Always glad to oblige.

ursulamartinez.com/hanky-panky/

Bingo joins the (or a?) communist party in pursuit of love. False beards, poisoned pen, extortion. All somehow turned into great fun.

Maybe don’t restart at Comrade Bingo so 🙂

Congratulations - you both look stunning.

Sunday, November 13th Today, helped no doubt by the hard, bright freshness of a cool, sunny November morning, I have a feeling of completeness. The world makes sense this Sunday morning. Even the weather seems to be resting, peaceful and mel-lowed after the angry squalls of the last two days. There's a smell of beef and Yorkshire pudding and from where I write I can see the chimney letting out wisps of smoke from the fire in the sitting room. Yesterday I read through the novel so far and was greatly heartened. I saw much that worked and I also saw clearly what didn't work. I can see the way ahead and I can't wait to get going again tomorrow. I just feel very happy and very content at this moment. Nothing is expected of me today except to be here at home. I am perfectly well aware that around the borders of my life are problems, difficulties, painful decisions, even human tragedies demanding my involvement. I know I cannot live in a continual vacuum of happiness - but a day like today restores energies, tops up batteries, rebuilds whatever faith one has. Today there is nothing more I want than what I have.

So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin

Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.

Why won’t people talk about slow ghosts?

Because they’re the last taboo.

Homer defines a wedding YouTube video by Panic Jeref

I like to quote Homer in wedding speeches.

What is a wedding? Webster's dictionary defines a wedding as 'the process of removing weeds from one's garden.'

youtu.be/Op0St9HIsNM?...

Berkeley Mansions, Berkeley Square, London W.1

If the Predator’s going to land in the 1970s, I think he needs to face the ultimate foe

Season 7 / Episode 10

"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."

If you’ve lost anything dangerous recently simply follow the wee tyke for a minute or two while he finds it

"I am an exceptional delivery rider, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more generous with your gratuity."
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats

Good things he was on 3s and 4s at the time