The philosopher Alfred J Ayer Was possessed of considerable flair In seeking to find Both God and the mind He doubted that either was there

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"Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong." – E M Forster, A Room with a View

GREAT BRITISH ROAD SIGNS Tuning fork ahead

Who at the BBC thought this would be a good colour scheme?

John Gummer telling Paddy O'Connell on BBC Radio 4 "We must recognise that water is not a cheap commodity that just comes out of the skies." No, indeed. It is a free commodity that just comes out of the skies.

delight, v. To switch off illuminations.

Happiness is getting a call from @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social telling me my "Beautiful Book" by @edithmayhall.bsky.social has arrived.

Not only Hercules. My speeches are nothing like Michael’s A friend who recites while he cycles But for gift of the gab There is one who is fab A Greek bloke whose name is Pericles

A cobbler in love once did fall With a girl in high heels and so tall “Please do marry me fast For my love it will last And I promise to give you my awl”

I'm having what I consider a sensible conversation with ChatGPT. @grahamsoult.bsky.social @dresserman.bsky.social

I'm going to make a document out of this thread* and stuff it up the jumper...I mean place it in the hand of anyone who tries to tell me what a great success Brexit has been and how it has improved their life. *With acknowledgement to Niall.

@gavinesler.bsky.social A friend has recommended Power Play and I'm looking forward to reading it. Not sure yet whether to ask for a share of the royalties or sue you for libel. 😁

as a paper boy I dated a gorgeous girl she blew me away

when I met my love I wooed her on the golf course she was won over

A nice Dorking wine to go with dinner. Cheers, all.

listless Being without the piece of paper on which one's grocery items are written.

written down the names of composers that I like it's my Chopin Liszt

the memory stick that I bought just yesterday where did I put it

Just re-watched on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social a 1976 episode of the BBC TV drama series The Brothers about a family-owned transport firm. A quote: "It's Europe or a corner shop." How prescient!

going shopping soon Michael Rosen's list programme made me think of it

Now the Welsh are a very proud nation And their language a lovely creation When I drove into Cymru I was welcomed to Gymru On account of the frontal mutation

G W F Hegel having eaten a bagel said I think for a meal that was absolutely Ideal

For his birthday Kant got some new socks And round Königsberg walked several blocks “Look there goes our Manny We know it’s uncanny But it’s by him we all set our clocks”

A man said I’m fond of vins Rhône As he stood at the bar all alone Then his dog reappeared And it's just as he’d feared The barman had served it a Beaune

Ozymandias is my name look on my works I'm a broken man

From the good old days when presenters would stand against a black background and speak to the camera. No roaring music, annoying visuals, weird camera angles or actors prancing about in an attempt to reproduce scenes from history.

To @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social to find a book by @laurainparis.bsky.social that I didn't know I needed.

I once had for a lady from Gloucester Intense love that I wanted to foucester With cash I was saving I took her out caving But she fell down a hole and I loucester

There was a young fellow from Penge Who spent time defacing Stonehenge A lintel it's said Fell down on his head An act of Druidic revenge

my mistress smells foul and she looks and sounds rough too there’s no one like her – Shakespeare’s haiku 130

lexicographer breaks into a printer’s shop gets away with words

Herodotus wrote lots of stuff about the past much of it untrue

people say my hai ku are excruciating but I'm not bothered

when young I was a paper boy the girl in the shop blew me away

It's good to have a friend who knows what you'd like for your birthday. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @brianklaas.bsky.social

This is what you shall do.

Saved for bedtime listening.

Peter puts it succinctly: "Brexit is like a sticky poison that clings to everything."

Paris thief is caught jumps in river during trial guilty but in Seine

I'm nearing 12 years as a self employed Designer Maker but i'm not sure people know how badly Brexit has affected UK Small Businesses If you repost Artists & Photographers work please consider doing the same for us as we're invisible on other Social Media now. TY 🫶 #WeekJforJobs #AlphabetChallenge

The meek shall inherit the earth. (If that's all right with you.)

@drlukewalker.bsky.social An impatient young farmer from Slough Rode to town on his favourite cough There appeared then a cop Who demanded he stop But he said that he didn’t know hough

Bedtime listening sorted.

Archimedes of Syracuse had the blues his wife was a diva he thought he should lever

there was a young man from Peru who mixed limer icks up with haiku

I met a young poet in Hove Whose writing is done in a cove He is OK with metre But his rhyme would be sweeter If he didn't keep falling in love

I was silly and mixed up the date So arrived at the cobblers’ ball late People said “You’re the last” But that’s awl in the past It was there that I found my sole mate

Bought myself a present from @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social. @moudhy.bsky.social's Between Two Rivers.

One for @grahamsoult.bsky.social.