Saying things you like are under-rated is over-rated
Particularly with things that aren’t much discussed
It implies there’s a generally agreed league table of, say, Bucks Fizz B-sides
Or 1980s Second Division inside-lefts
Or Shadow Home Secretaries
These things can’t be under-rated because nobody is publishing ratings
….at least I don’t think they are, but I guess anything is possible on the internet
I’ll shut up now
Shame, really
Good line from the Last Dance
‘Michael Jordan is as hot as a Cabbage Patch Doll right now!’
They aren’t making 6 part documentaries about the Dolls
A hint of sarcasm?
“In portraying a Conservative cabinet minister as narcissistic, self-interested and morally bankrupt, Hugh Laurie looks likely to stretch credulity to breaking point”
RT @guyrleech: Do you think “off of” as in “Go and jump off of a cliff” is acceptable English?
A really, really fond farewell to Spire FM……and something less polite to @bauermedia , their Greatest Hits, and whoever it is in government who’s presiding over the demise properly local radio
RT @davidhepworth: New rule. Columns exhorting people to get back to work to be accompanied by photo of columnist in the act of writing it.
Is blaming ‘a mutant algorithm’ the new version of saying ‘the dog ate my homework’?
Half of the glittering array of intellectuals here have the surname Trump
Given that this is the Republican Party…..they do look a bit like a Royal Family!
#RNCConvention2020 #RNC2020
I’m sure Messi would get a good reception at the Ray Mac, if he fancies it
RT @HighwaysEngland: Take a break at least every 2 hours when driving home and don’t drive tired. Keep your family safe this summer #enjoys…
“Boris Johnson’s greatest strength as a politician is that he isn’t afraid to U-turn: his greatest weakness is that he has to U-turn so often.”
I’m several months behind with my podcast listening.
Christmas is now creeping onto the horizon, but corona virus isn’t, as yet
It’s quite nice
Children are more at risk from a car accident on the way to school than they are from Corona virus once they are there
It’s a good soundbite….but does it apply to the staff?
#wato
“Our political views are increasingly like our tastes - we want to indulge them”
The impression I get was John Paul I would have been more Paul, and John Paul II would have been more John
….and whether he was more Paul or more John
I wonder if Pope John Paul liked the Beatles
The pub garden of the abandoned Boat House
Sad, but kind of beautiful
RT @SJ_Watson: What thing did you resist for a long time, but then finally gave in, and now love?
I’ll go first. Pasta, and Radiohead.