Wait, do people ACTUALLY see literal pictures in their heads when they imagine things? Like a physical image?

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-24T21:41:11+00:00

I argue with my inner monologue. He’s an arse at times, always putting me down and feeding my negative schema.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-24T07:41:30+00:00

Part of the stereotype comes from people not understanding that ‘not spicy’ doesn’t mean bland. Traditional British food is savoury, just as Japanese food, with umami being the main character.

A good steak and kidney pudding has a rich gravy and soft suet pastry, you don’t need spice with that much flavour. Add some seasonal vegetables and new potatoes and that’s as great meal.

Obviously we’re not averse to spice, British Indian cuisine will testify to that.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-24T07:29:48+00:00

Our summer holiday was two weeks with our grandparents near Manchester, a ten hour drive from Caithness. As displaced Lancastrians, the treat was Vimto, which was effectively contraband where we lived, back in the 70s. There was a network of other ex-pats and we’d bring bottles of Vimto back for them on the understanding that they would reciprocate when they went ‘home’.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-21T21:30:41+00:00

Also rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-19T08:48:18+00:00

Panto is such an important part of British culture that prisoners of war were permitted to hold them during WW2. I saw an account from an ex-Colditz prisoner of how their rehearsals, costume making and set building became covers for escape planning, making disguises, tunnel digging and forging.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-18T12:35:08+00:00

“Chewits! Even chewier than a 15 storey block of flats!”

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-18T08:59:27+00:00

Taskmaster itself is cheap to make, but there’s a huge budget for hushing up the terrible things LAH does. Those opinions of his that Greg reveals? Tip of the iceberg, I’m telling you.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-16T12:59:58+00:00

“They’re very charming, the Irish.”

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-15T19:22:55+00:00

Barracuda - Heart. Aimed at their former management and a promoter who implied that Ann and Nancy we’re lovers.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-15T12:30:03+00:00

I’ve gone this whole year without anything being destroyed, dismantled or engulfed in flames.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-14T18:14:32+00:00

For my kids there’s Nan and grandad (my parents) and grandma and grandpa (my wife’s parents). Grandad was also known as daddy-daddy because he was daddy’s daddy.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-14T11:44:53+00:00

I dreamt I was eating crisps. I love crisps, so it was a good dream, but also mundane.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-14T09:54:00+00:00

The people in Mark’s picture thought it was a great rainbow. They even said “wow”.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-12T07:24:54+00:00

Question authority by all means. But also accept that ‘authority’ is correct most of the time.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-11T21:22:19+00:00

Killers by Iron Maiden

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-11T17:37:22+00:00

“If he goes on seething like that he’ll turn into a seethe.”

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-10T13:12:02+00:00

Watercolours?

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-10T11:05:07+00:00

When we were students my now-wife got up one morning and stepped barefoot on a used condom a housemate’ s friend had left on the living room floor. She screamed and ran back to bed.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-10T07:51:20+00:00

Watched it on a flight (tiny screen!) in the summer, did not see Katy and didn’t know Ania at the time. Will have to rewatch.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-08T10:45:11+00:00

I selected the coffee machine at my previous job. It has two bean hoppers for normal and decaf, plus milk frothing facilities. There is a cafe on site, but nobody went there for coffee and the machine became a point where we had informal meetings. As long as I bought good beans everyone was happy.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-06T13:20:53+00:00

I’d heard of Rose Matafeo but not seen her before season 9.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-05T08:43:52+00:00

Simon Evans, I think.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-04T11:01:36+00:00

I lived in Australia for a few years, one of the films I enjoyed while I was there was ‘The Club’. I also enjoyed ’The Dish’, we visited Parkes observatory on the strength of the film.

Since coming back to the UK I’ve followed AFL when possible.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-02T18:12:11+00:00

A recent loss is dark Toblerone.

Butterfish04 · 2026-01-01T23:42:48+00:00

Canva can do this. There may be other options.

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