Traffic, Lights..

Bloke in the supermarket, picking up watermelons, holding them to his ear, and tapping them. Can't help imagining his face if one tapped back..

Political Nonsense. Twas Brylcreem, and the slimy tories Did squirm and dangle in the wabe All mimsy were the Faragegroves And the Reform wraths outgrabe. “Beware the Jenrickwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Kuenssberg, and shun The frumious Badenochsnatch!”

(To the tune of Puff The Magic Dragon..) #Grok The AI Chatbot Developed for X Takes quite decent images And turns them into sex It's little Elon's caper And some have had enough They want Ofcom to take it down For making dodgy stuff..

Suggested opening song for tonight's #Panorama - #Evri #WheresMyParcel Evri time they don't come by I die a little Evri time, they lie & lie I cry a little I need my 10L Compostable bin Liners When they change from 'We're nearly there' to 'Some other time', Argh! Evri's times? Pie in the sky..

"Last one to leave, turn out the lights.."

Whoever arranged this draw is, ironically, a massive ballbag.. #WorldCup2026

In-store music in supermarkets provides no great salve for the monstrous costs and greedflation on display. However, if there has to be a soundtrack to one's ire at Tesco's latest mushy peas price-hike, then it could be worse than John Holt's, Help Me Make It Through The Night. I was almost jaunty.

This Budget has had a bigger build and more publicity than the Oasis reunion. After Weds they should take it on tour. Generate some extra revenue..

Redcoat..

It's all new Singing With Squirrel! Me: Do you like punk/new wave, mixed with music hall-esque lyrical wordplay? Her: I don't know what any of that means. But you crack on, fella..

R-E-L-E-A-S-E - by Lammy Wynette His R-E-L--E-A-S-E came early today Him and another L-A-G got clean away Now they're on the run, because of what they've done In the past, Illegally Oh I can't believe this accidental R-E-L-E-A-S-E

It's not easy directing a squirrel and a monkey nut. And yet.. 'Dracula meets Autumnwatch' - Transylvania Bugle 'Scarier than when Twitter tried to cancel me' - Stephen King

Roll Up, Roll Up..

Squilhouette..

Kemi going from Badenoch to Worsenoch.. #PMQs

Must have had a good night at the state banquet, I found him on the pavement this morning, looking quite chuffed with himself..

Herondipity..

Coming up on tonight's episode of 'Singing With Squirrel'..

Logferatu..

RIP @coachpolly.bsky.social So long, and rest easy.. x

At first, I thought they said 'a conservative scottish MP has defecated to #Reform' Sounds about right..

I just saw the new Cadbury's ice-cream advert, and it exposed a horror story for our times.. hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/i...

I've never owned an apple corer before now. Feels quite grown up, but also slightly dangerous, like it could turn on you and put a hole through your hand..

Heads up to any insomniacs out there! The best bedtime story, and best version of Goldilocks, that you'll ever hear.. youtu.be/bgPcPOS9_X8?...

Sometimes I get misty-eyed for the old days of Broken Britain and the Credit Crunch, before everything turned to shit..

Me, mum & sis at Butlins, Skegness. Can't help feeling it's like they're peering through a little window into the future, and I'm here, smiling back, waving and wishing I was there..

Remember singing this when it came out, thinking you were being really grown up.. 'Will you do it anymore? As soon as you walk out the door Well I just wondered, did you ever? All the time..' youtube.com/watch?v=FCjS...

I found the perfect food item for bridging the class divide - Yuzu Jaffa Cakes!

Imagine if hack journalists used the same language irl. They'd refer to their kid 'breaking silence' about what they want for lunch. Followed by an 'important update' which would be that they still haven't decided..

'Smile, though your bark is breaking..'

Following revelations of drug taking on #Strictly, dances on the next series are to include, The Crackstep, Pass a Doobie and the Cha-Cha-Charlie..

There once was a storm, name of Floris With more bluster than ex-PM, Boris The amber alert Means it could lift your skirt And might even overturn lorries.. #StormFloris

I see Twitter is now using Rage Verification. It means you can't get access unless you can prove you're a toxic sociopath who's determined to start an argument..

Not sure who's bought the big house on the corner, near me, but I think it might be Bela Lugosi's dad..

'Don't Make Me Angry - You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry..'

Reminds me of the old Hale & Pace characters, The Management - 'You understand the rules, one in, one out, yeah?' I do Macron, Ron, I do Macron..'

Crossing The Line - A lyrical lament for the loss of the Wimbledon line judges.. hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/c... Like a circus without a clown A knees up without Mother Brown A soul compilation without Motown Or Bridgerton without Lady Thistledown..

Crackhead..

Hedegecrow..

'Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't have fallen in love with..'

Farewell to an iconic Sheffield venue where I won over the toughest crowd, got heckled by Jesus, 'manifested' before it was a thing and did an angry dance till my legs hurt.. hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/s...

Little Bough Peep..

You might say, the height of latterday pop and rock culture cool. But which one of them visited my Hackney flat in the mid-80s, and why...? hurstaka.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/c...

Thufferin' Thuccotash..

Marty Feldman does Tom Lehrer's Vatican Rag.. youtu.be/ovv6C9MPooQ?...

Passing the local fairground, where the big, scary ride blasts out Edith Piaf's, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, promptly followed by the Benny Hill theme tune..

'And by the way..' youtube.com/watch?v=-27a...

Happy Birchday..

Had to smile at a comment on a thread about #Adolescence, on Netflix: 'I don't usually watch TV series, only films and Emmerdale. But I enjoyed this' Praise indeed..