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Even better, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham is called Yvonne Mosquito.



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In 2009, Yorkshire and the Humber elected a BNP candidate to the European Parliament.
In 2019, Yorkshire and the Humber elected a Muslim Somali refugee representing the Green Party to the European Parliament.

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murf wrote: 18 May 2019, 20:57 Even better, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham is called Yvonne Mosquito.

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Solihull have a Councillor called Bob Sleigh too 8-)

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Saw this tweeted with the byline

"i still won't accept the fact romania isn't a badly programmed video game"

but as I don't know whether embedding tweets works here - is it possible? - I post the original youTube


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Recent unseasonably wet weather has led to a UK-wide cauliflower shortage. Fellow haters of this vile vegetable will join me in celebrating that...

Sympathies are with the farmers, of course, but qualified by the fact that they could have chosen to grow something that actually deserves to be classified as food!

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forestfan wrote: 14 Aug 2019, 08:49 this vile vegetable
Harsh :o

... it's the possible broccolli shortage that is keeping me awake at night :mrgreen:

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Image

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8-)

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After 38 years of trying, Jimmy White finally has a world title at the Crucible...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/49394278

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A walking stick (for blind people) that has sensors in it so can identify potential hazards and is also integrated with google maps so can provide additional information to the user

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/smart-c ... roundings/

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Wasn't sure which of the Modern Life threads to put this in but this if definitely Modern Life Is Quite..... something


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50180781

Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles ran out of money after some of the birds flew to Iran and Pakistan and their SMS transmitters drew huge data roaming charges.

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Not really a Modern Life is xyz thing but what the hell it made me smile...


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RomynPG wrote:Not really a Modern Life is xyz thing but what the hell it made me smile...

Haha, that’s great Image

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As a "not all progress is progress" kinda cynic: I saw someone signing (as in language) into their phone, which was very humbling yet warming...

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Not quite sure which thread this belongs on, but a US life-sentence prisoner has tried to invoke the Jon Snow clause... the courts rule that he knows nothing, though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50355168

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😂😂😂😂😂

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Loved the dogs one, passed it on to Mrs m who also found a cat one (not as good overall but better jumps - and I can't find it now to link it)

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8-) :lol:

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RomynPG wrote: 03 Dec 2019, 16:03

8-) :lol:
The great thing is that they managed to clear them all off the ice in time before VAR reached a decision on the goal.

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Is this really ‘good’?

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Time to dig out the Darwin Awards thread

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Not modern but whatever



acting - yeah acting is what you should do Little Joe :D

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At the protest in Paris


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Brilliant.

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and that's how you make hot tea apparently.

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I saw that tea video posted on Reddit, it led to a discussion that ended up quoting the "gas" episode of bottom where Eddie and Ritchie make a cup of steaming cold tea (the best tea in London) for the gasman.

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RomynPG wrote: 09 Jun 2020, 14:54

and that's how you make hot tea apparently.
Good to see that American ignorance is alive and well.

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She put in a lot of milk.

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Mav3rick wrote: 09 Jun 2020, 15:20 I saw that tea video posted on Reddit, it led to a discussion that ended up quoting the "gas" episode of bottom where Eddie and Ritchie make a cup of steaming cold tea (the best tea in London) for the gasman.
Fitting you should bring that up today, as it's the anniversary of Rik Mayall's passing.

A comedy genius who was very much my cup of tea.

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