I’ve been finding myself singing the Altered Images' Happy Birthday
Not sure it will work as well
They call me the human metronome
The very, very slow human metronome
Trending faster though t.co/IcLAsfyFx…
Elvis geeks will recognize Parchman, the prison accused of “abhorrent conditions, abuse and constant violence, inadequate health care and mental health care, and overuse of isolation”, as the one that Elvis' dad Vernon was sent to
My word of the day today is ‘frisson’.
RT @ThatTimWalker: If Johnson self-isolates, how will we know?
Boris Johnson has had a lot of criticism over his inertia on floods and the virus….but he’s clearly focussing on the really important stuff
I did eat in Greenwich, but then couldn’t resist a visit to Fishcotheque when I got to Waterloo
Recommended….but I should probably book another half-marathon t.co/BsMi84QCL…
“Few buildings evoke the sinister horror of 1950s municipal architecture more strikingly than the flat roof pub”
- @Ben_Aaronovitch t.co/6DApQwuYQ…
I think one or other of the Chelsea people I’m following tweets the FA Cup goal included here at least once every three or four days
I don’t think I’ll ever get bored
Peter Osgood was a special player twitter.com/ChelseaCh…
My first name would be Peter (because of Osgood and Bonnetti)
My surname would be Rum, Sodomy or Lash (because of @poguesofficial) twitter.com/prodnose/…
Currently trying, and I’m afraid sometimes failing, not to swear under my breath when I sit down or stand up
I’m blaming you @OfficialBigHalf
Also: ‘The trouble with these mile markers is that they’re too far apart’
Also overheard on the Big Half, on the skins of the Lucozade pods, which I thought were rather good
Runner to chums: “I don’t care if it is made from sea weed, I’m not swallowing it…as I’ve said about other things”
Further conversation ensued
I’m sure I’ve read fan magazines which are less…. gushing
I think the Johnson-ites don’t like the BBC because it doesn’t share the production values of the Telegraph twitter.com/AllieHBNe…
I’m grateful whatever people say, really. I need al the encouragement I can get
There should be a manual for what to say to us strugglers and stragglers
Not before 8 miles: ‘You’ve got this’
Not before 10 miles: “started together/finishing together'
‘Looking good’…doesn’t matter when, because I’m clearl not!
Overheard on the Big Half
“We started together and we’ll finish together”
I’ve heard people say that more than once before
But not 3 miles in
Hope they did finish
Big half done t.co/soKEtifL7…
“Local authorities have had their money slashed by up to 40%. The idea that they could invest in courts and facilities is, I am afraid, pie in the sky.”