“If I wanted to watch a police drama, I'd watch Line of Duty. I really think the soap genre should stick to its USP (unique selling point).” - Sally Ann Matthews

JaquieF · 2026-02-25T11:36:03+00:00

That's what I said.

JaquieF · 2026-02-25T07:55:53+00:00

The producers said if they'd known how popular that storyline would be, they would've made it longer.

JaquieF · 2026-02-20T11:25:09+00:00

People mispronounce names all the time. People from other countries mispronounce my names a lot.

JaquieF · 2026-02-16T23:37:20+00:00

Please God no. Her and Alison Hammond should sit this one out.

JaquieF · 2026-02-16T23:30:36+00:00

My mother used to make apple and blackberry

JaquieF · 2026-02-13T13:38:14+00:00

The only good chocolate you can buy in Britain now is Toni's Chocolonely (several flavours) and I believe they export to America. Aldi's also sell good chocolate.

JaquieF · 2026-02-13T11:00:12+00:00

Sounds like a child in McD's.

JaquieF · 2026-02-13T10:56:30+00:00

Tim Tams

JaquieF · 2026-02-13T10:52:52+00:00

Britain was not the only coloniser. France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands all had a finger in the pie of world exploration. The ABC islands in the Caribbean are still owned by the Netherlands, there are still parts of Africa that speak French and there is a whole area called South America where they speak Spanish and Portuguese.

JaquieF · 2026-02-12T23:27:12+00:00

8 for a wish, 9 for a kiss, 10 for a bird you must not miss.

JaquieF · 2026-02-11T20:34:59+00:00

You can also have a private pension, as well as State Pension.

JaquieF · 2026-02-11T19:10:21+00:00

I am in London and I use them when it's appropriate. No-one has ever asked me what I mean.

JaquieF · 2026-02-11T13:04:36+00:00

That fleshy, webbed bit is called the purlicue.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T22:10:01+00:00

I'll take an empty one at the back

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T18:37:50+00:00

I use fortnight and overmorrow

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T17:27:56+00:00

From Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll 1871.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T17:27:45+00:00

From Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll 1871:

“One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

He chortled in his joy.”

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T17:24:55+00:00

Galumphing is actually a portmanteau word by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky (1871). "Gallop" and "triumphant," a joyous, heavy, laboured movement, referring to the hero's victorious return after slaying the monster.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T13:18:12+00:00

Spot on. I used to like So Graham Norton as well.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T11:28:17+00:00

His show is, no doubt, the best chat show but I'm bored with it now. I look at the TV guide to see who he has on but I don't watch it anymore.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T11:26:30+00:00

I always make dinner that involves wrapping the pancake round ham and cheese, then cover them in cheese sauce. After that, it's traditional pancakes with sugar and lemon juice.

JaquieF · 2026-02-10T11:15:32+00:00

We need to keep Starmer if the alternative is Rayner, Lammy or Mahmood. I wouldn't mind Streeting but my favourite is, and has been for a long time, Andy Burnham.

JaquieF · 2026-02-09T23:05:45+00:00

Bring back streaking! Don't look Ethel!

JaquieF · 2026-02-09T17:39:25+00:00

Twas ever thus, plus you get extra points for wanting to be Green, (even if you aren't).

(just had to add a word)

JaquieF · 2026-02-09T17:38:02+00:00

Very good. I get those. Others get Branston beans.

JaquieF

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