One of the best things about this weird time of year is that you can have double chocolate brownie with custard as your lunch, and nobody bats an eyelid.

It's that time of year when the bins are collected on random days, and nobody knows what day it is.

Anyone else (still) missing the Christmas day Top of the Pops? Have lunch, watch TOTP, then the Speech, then fall asleep watching the big film on 1. (And it's weird that the big film today is on 4. #totp #christmasday

Today's the day when you wear those trousers that require a belt... And forgo said belt. #christmasday

In case you don't know: there is a #LaTeX package on CTAN called #realhats, that can put Santa hats on your nice Quantum Mechanics operator friends. #GitHub: https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats #CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/realhats Homepage (with links to […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

Good grief, people. The big Asda's only going to be closed one day; just one day! The other stores will all be open on Saturday. There's no need to go crazy, blocking up roundabouts and jamming the junctions.

What do you mean you don't obsessively count the number of chocolates in a tub of Celebrations every year and put the results into an Excel spreadsheet!? Anyway, the 2025 results are in: Bounty x5 Galaxy x5 Galaxy Caramel x5 Maltesers x5 Mars x9 Milky Way x9 Snickers […] [Original post on mas.to]

@MintSpies *Coughs* Bounty, Galaxy (Regular) and Maltesers are all overlaid. I used your toot for the Alt text 😂

“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Had my annual visit to Starbucks. Their hot chocolate is still shit.

Right, that's it. Have a good weekend, poppers. And a good Christmas, if we don't chat before then. Bye! #totp

Look at all that white powder on the stage. Coke was cheap back then! #totp

#totp mute I can't hear this song for a third time today.

#totp we can't get away from Shakey, can we?

Playing "Better the devil you know" 5 weeks after the resignation of Margaret Thatcher is a choice. #TOTP #1990watch

Every party needs Love Shack! #totp

When we could have had the whole of New Order, we get Timmy bloody Mallet instead. #totp

Has something gone wrong with the sound or is it my telly? #totp

No sister; no hats 😥 #totp

Ooh, it's the one with the gay guy in the shiny shirt!!! And the girl in the black, getting down almost by herself!!! #totp

Wonder if Jayne will review herself on seleb Gogglebox? #totp

Oh look. It's David Walliams there. He's just been dropped by his publishers. (No idea why; nor do I care; but it was on the news tonight, for some reason.) #totp

WTF? Noooo. We don't want to hear the other side; put Never Ever back on, you bastards. #totp

You know, ladies, if you weren't wearing shoes with silly thin heels, you could've stayed on your feet for the whole show. #totp

@fak Sudden realization that if we play out cards right, we could get Alex Kingston playing Billie Piper's wife. #TOTP #1998Watch #doctorwho

Someone really needs to get Mousse T some sex toys. Poor thing needs some relief. #totp

Lenny Kravitz can play a fiddle?!!! #totp

Hey!!!! It's double sequin Bewitched!!! #totp

Can someone wake me up when/if we get something even halfway decent? (Or even something that's not plodding along at the speed of a tortoise.) Thanks. #totp

#totp None of you seem to know that “chimney” is slang for a black eye. (Don’t ask me “why ?”)

A little bit of upskirting there. Eek. #totp

Was the '98 Christmas episode shown after lunch/the Queen's speech, because it feels like music to snooze to. Especially after a full belly. #totp

B*witched were so much happier when they were in their double denim. #totp

I don't remember pop music being this dull in 1998. What were the TOTP bookers on? #totp

Evening poppers! This is the fourth song I've heard this evening, and I can't remember any of them the moment the song finished. And I'm wondering why I'm not washing the pans instead. #totp

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To all the other "computer people" going to see family during the holidays: When they complain about their iPhone being messed up, the option you're looking for this year is "reduce transparency" under accessibility settings. You're welcome in advance.

I did well this year! #whamaggedon

My friend who has amazingly bad luck, like jaw dropping bad, threw her back out yesterday helping her kid (who is sick with flu) out of bed. And broke the bed. This afternoon, an Amazon driver took a wrong turn down her long, steep, twisty driveway, and then got stuck because the real wheel […]

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Flipping heck, that was one hell of an episode. #thewarbetween

Well, I did not see that coming (either of them). #thewarbetween

#silentsunday #Gardening

Right, can't watch anymore, so I'll wish you a happy Friday night and hope you all have relaxing weekends, poppers. Bye! #totp

Mute Mute Mute Mute #totp

Milli Vanilli can speak???? #totp

#totp I'm loving the girl chewing gum, trying to get her friend to dance, and the gay guy with the sparkly shirt, both of whom are loving Cher.

Faithless! Yes!!! Banger!!!!!!!! #totp

Why is the crowd not doing the Steps' Tragedy hand moves???? Don't they know it?!!!! #totp

Oh, a crappy episode instead of the better ones from yesteryear. What have I done to deserve this? Evening, poppers!! #totp