"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

The number of times my Belgian wife heard that during Brexshit, closely followed by "go back to where you came from".

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social a candidate for tree of the day from Saint-Trojan, Ile d'Oléron ? The trunk is enormous and you'd want to take a packed lunch before circumnavigating it.

I've had this conversation in my head so many times and not necessarily with Americans.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social is there any chance of giving the news team a nudge to use Yaxley-Lennon's real name rather than his stage name? Maybe both for those who don't know it is a stage name.

When you forget to pack your sporran.

Makes sense now.

@cmatbaby.bsky.social an absolute joy on Jools Holland tonight. I'm pretty sure I got some grit in my eye during Without You.

Just been to an event in the German embassy in Paris, where they played the anthems of Germany, France and the EU. I found myself feeling really quite melancholy about what we've lost.

Will Labour be declaring this gift?

I'm sure it's not a good sign when your metro stops in the middle of a tunnel with bangs and showers of sparks.

With apologies for linking to the other place, this is well worth a read and please make sure you get yourself checked if you have a prostate. A late diagnosis is not a nice place to be in. x.com/ethansgrumps...

A large percentage of Lancastrian drag acts have a Wigan address.

Johnson seems to have forgotten the most basic rule that, if a KC asks you a question of fact, they already know the answer.

New Government immigration policy: Everyone - and I mean everyone - gets deported back to the Rift Valley. The first 65 million who make it back to the UK are allowed to stay.

-The press have got their claws into me over this hammer business, Bernard -Maybe it was a claw-hammer, Prime Minister -The nation needs to see me as a leader, Bernard, not an inadequate carpenter -In fairness, PM, nation already knows you need to bring in outside help to put a cabinet together

The difference between Wikipedia and Twitter is that Wikipedia is intentionally a non-profit.

Sitting on the train for 15 minutes so far due to an unattended bag at La Defense.