Strands #667 “2025 Top Twenty” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #933 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 47

Wordle 1,655 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #666 “Are you putting me on?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #932 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 7

Wordle 1,654 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m old enough to remember when many of our conservative politicians lauded this fellow as a bastion of Western Civilisation and went to visit him - hey Tones?

Strands #665 “Load up on tissues” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #931 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 22

Wordle 1,653 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I'm a food critic who's eaten at some of the top places in the world. Most days I'd much prefer a fishfinger, mayonnaise and Dairylea cheese slice sandwich instead.

Strands #664 “If you ask me ...” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #930 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 24

Wordle 1,652 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So booking in Day 2 for the SCG and crossing my fingers.

Can’t wait for people to start complaining about how much lawyers will earn from Royal Commissions .

Strands #663 “Please hold” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵

Connections Puzzle #929 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 99/99 Uniqueness 1 in 61

Wordle 1,651 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Xmas blooms

And the Christmas Twit

The OG Xmas puppy

Merry Xmas from the Xmas puppy

Strands #662 “Caroler's count” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #928 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 54

Wordle 1,650 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #661 “Gather around” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #927 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 88/99 Uniqueness 1 in 237

Wordle 1,649 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #660 “Br-r-r-r-r!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #926 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 56

Wordle 1,648 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Notice how support for Royal Commissions is always partisan. It’s because they almost always are. It’s their very nature.

Strands #659 “Pass it along” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #925 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 99/99 Uniqueness 1 in 45

Wordle 1,647 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Compare the Pair

Barnaby isn’t a political opportunist - he’s a bigot who has happily joined a nakedly racist party and every journalist should hold him to it. But they won’t because he’s good copy.

Strands #658 “Big bad wolf” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #924 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 36

Wordle 1,646 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Rob Harris - the Latika Bourke of Phil Cooreys