Connections Puzzle #856 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Slow start….

The bloke who’s organised putting flags up on Blackpool prom claims he’s spent over £10k doing it. There are less than 100, and they’re £2 each on AliExpress. Someone is talking bollocks.

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I'm confused. BBC wall-to-wall coverage of Gaza. Hamas are still there. Their aim is still to destroy Israel. The architect of Israel's grossly disproportionate response is still there. All that's changed is lots of people are dead. But Trump says it's great, and everyone bows down to him.

Behold the Smellies Shelf! I have repeatedly noticed the shortage of store-brand deodorants and antiperspirants, and the ridiculous price of branded ones. So when I see some in a shop, I buy a few. Especially as Junior can be particularly whiffy, so I just replace his used cans without him knowing.

How far are we away from the money men behind Reform getting spooked and ditching Farage?

Have to say, I haven't even noticed being in a Reform council so far. I think that's because the new councilors are completely inept, and everyone is just humouring and ignoring them, and the rest defected from the Tories to save themselves, so know what they're doing and aren't really hard Reform.

I like what @zackpolanski.bsky.social‬has to say on most things, but his policy on private landlords is a huge red line for me. I rent privately. I don't want to be forced to live in council-run and allocated accommodation. I want to live where I choose, in somewhere that suits me.

Only four more sleeps til bin day.

Bryan Adams gig on Sky Arts now, working his way through Reckless with a few extra songs. Taking me back 40 years. One of the great albums of my mid teens, kinda forgot how good it was. And he’s kept true to himself for 40 years, just great guitar rock.

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I ❤️ Viz

Had our first EV for four months. By my calculations, we’ve saved about £500 in fuel costs.

Just been passed by a fire engine with a proper old-school nee-naw two tone siren.

Interesting about new regulations meaning no free refills on sweetened drinks, eg hot chocolate. It’s causing uproar in Morrisons cafes and in Wetherspoons. The regulations were put in by the Tories, and the last phase just became law. So it’s not Labour’s fault. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Might tweet about today’s footy. But more likely to sit in a corner crying.

Flag update: Flags have been up on Blackpool prom. But there are none anywhere else. Clearly flags are being put up by a minority of individuals/small groups. There are literally thousands of lampposts all over the place without flags. Don’t let a minuscule percentage make you think otherwise.

Just been to Sainsbury’s. Got a trolley for a quid. Bargain.

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In terms of area, Gaza is similar in size to the Isle of Wight. Imagine dropping bombs on the Isle of Wight for two years.

Do you know how many packets of Cheddars you have to open and eat before you find one where the first and last biscuits aren't broken? Well it's more than five, I can tell you.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Top tip: Google Gemini wont generate AI pics of real people, so use "a fat orange man in a blue suit and red tie" instead.

(I didn't ask for the dog or Maccies by the way)

Google Gemini is weird

Let's be honest here. Trump had never even heard of the Nobel Peace Prize until somebody told him that Obama had won it.

Coming soon to the Trump Christmas Store.

Trumps gonna either invade or bomb the shit out of Venezuela now, just out of spite. #NobelPeacePrize

Eating Bombay Mix cures obesity.

#ASongOrMovieForAllKindsOfBags Texas Holdall

Forget about Brexit. Pretend like it never happened. Let's just look at where we are now. There's a group of our neigbouring countries who share things like trading and immigration and security and other stuff. If we joined them it would make us billions of pounds a year better off. Who's up for it?

You know what really pisses me off on Fridays? Neighbours going in and out of their houses multiple times and still not putting the fucking wheely bins away,

Car insurance prices are insane. The variations for the same cover are ridiculous, and the renewal price hikes are obscene. You shouldn't have to switch insurers every year to get a competitive price.

Just exploded a sachet of porridge all over the kitchen. How's your Friday going?

And back to the start…

It's beyond ridiculous now.

I'm bemused. Trump ignores the law and constitution. If courts rule against him he sacks the judges. If politicians speak out, he ignores or threatens them. The military seemingly are unwilling to object. Yet all we see are people talking about voting to stop him. Or phoning their representative.

I have spent all morning trying to decide what on my to-do list I need to prioritise. Now I have a meeting.

Just for reference - Israel is about the size of Wales, and Gaza is about the size of Swansea.

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Isn’t Jenrick just posturing to get sacked so he can tootle off to Reform because he knows he’d never get reelected as a Tory?

Kemi Badenoch: "Poland are experiencing more economic growth than the UK!" also Kemi Badenoch: "We are the party that took us (the country) out of the European Union!"

AI isn't computers becoming intelligent. It's computers becoming better computers.

My mouse has run out of batteries. I can't be arsed going to find fresh, so that's me done with work for the day.