Just heard @Clonehenge mentioned on the @guardian long read podcast
I hadn’t heard of Bill Stickers, Granny the Throttler, Black Maria and Red Biddy before, but they sound like a good bunch t.co/rYbEiSmAm…
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
French minister Nathalie Loiseau has a cat named Brexit
“he wakes me up every morning…because he wants to go out, & then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, & then gives me evil looks when I put him out.”
Seems like a good idea www.bbc.co.uk/news/tech…
“Cleaning a rug once burned about 200 calories, while activating a robo-vac uses about 0.2 – an activity drop of a thousandfold, with nothing to replace it.
Nobody, when they buy a labour-saving device, thinks: “How am I going to replace that movement I have saved?””
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
“Fitness crazes are like diets: if any of them worked, there wouldn’t be so many.”
Looking on the bright side of the whole #Brexitshambles thing……I’ve learnt a new swear word
Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes One Brexiteer: “I’m just going to sit back and let this situation f**ktify itself
“The problem with the Conservative party is not Mrs May. The problem with the Conservative party is the Conservative party.
The problem with Brexit is not Mrs May. The problem with Brexit is Brexit.”
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
@DmitryOpines Thus far, “taking back control” has looked less like a glorious reassertion of sovereignty and more like a horde of rival drunken football hooligans storming the plane’s cockpit but getting lost on the way and ending up wedged in the lavatory door.
RT @CatsProtection: If your mum’s got a moggy you’ll want to make sure her #MothersDay bouquet is full of #cat-safe #blooms! 💐 #CatFriendly…
RT @chriswrightzz: They say water covers 71% of the earth. The rest is covered by N’Golo Kante.
Happy Birthday! 🙌
RT @davidhepworth: I always think Jacob Rees-Mogg looks like the kind of shifty butler who would work for Roderick Spode.
Or so they say
On the other hand, the word ‘utilise’ should be used less often
The word ‘use’ should be utilised more often
My word of the day today is ‘scramble’
RT @IanDunt: People who said a second referendum would damage public trust in politics are now signing up to something they think will turn…
RT @HuffPostUKPol: Boris Johnson backs May’s Brexit deal despite once calling it ‘a suicide vest’ huffp.st/67BBWb2
Top news today - my favourite Indian restaurant is now doing all-day buffets on Sundays
So for the foreseeable future I shall be spending most of every Sunday either eating or asleep.
Or both, if I can manage it