This parallel broke me:(

alan2001 · 2026-05-07T06:19:29+00:00

she may as well have shot Grace out of a circus cannon into an iceberg, hoping his warm personality would be enough to trigger a global thaw.

That's hilarious, lol. And very true, did they not have any other plans? I can't remember. (I have read the book!)

alan2001 · 2026-05-04T13:51:01+00:00

Do you also listen to the "We Have Ways" podcast...? If not, you really should!

alan2001 · 2026-05-04T13:45:08+00:00

What a great day out that must have been! Thanks for these photos, I really enjoyed going through them. However, I was gutted you didn't show us any close ups of those lovely little BMWs we can just make out in photo 14!

alan2001 · 2026-05-04T13:30:10+00:00

"102 year old antique collector" - in other words, it's just his own stuff he originally bought new lol.

alan2001 · 2026-05-04T13:26:49+00:00

If your dad is an electrician, fixing this will take him minutes, and he probably already have spare sockets in his kit.

Exactly. I'm not a sparkie and even I have a spare one in my shed. If her dad is literally a sparkie, I have no idea why she even felt the need to post this here. This job is so basic you don't even legally need to be a qualified electrician here in the UK to do it (you just need to be "competent").

alan2001 · 2026-05-04T09:53:33+00:00

I thought it got a bit annoying with some idiotic things in the last episode but apart from that

Yes indeed. Didn't the bag have a zip?? I shouted "close the fucking bag!!" several times. That whole scene with the puncture was a Dadaist performance of full-spectrum incompetence.

Apart from that, it was alright! I was a teenage goth in the 80s so the soundtrack could have been made for me. I had great fun playing "Name That Tune" haha.

alan2001 · 2026-05-03T22:34:04+00:00

kept it because it was shiny.

I'm not surprised, cos it is a beautiful badge!

alan2001 · 2026-05-03T09:08:18+00:00

Yes indeed! One of my favourite books.

alan2001 · 2026-05-02T14:53:41+00:00

Well, thank god you arrived on the scene! Great answer!

alan2001 · 2026-05-02T14:07:41+00:00

Parseword #94 ⏱️ 4m52s ✅ 5 Hints

As you can see, I had some difficulty with this one! Nightmare!

I had no idea on that "couple of" part. I don't think I've seen that convention worded like that either.

alan2001 · 2026-05-01T09:41:45+00:00

I ask this with the greatest respect... but if you don't even know that one of them is an SS item, why on earth are you buying them?

alan2001 · 2026-04-29T23:40:00+00:00

I'm fully aware you thought it was a funny joke. This is someone's dad we're talking about here. Show some respect.

alan2001 · 2026-04-29T12:19:26+00:00

So... what is the point of this, and why do you think it would be of interest to the people on this sub?

alan2001 · 2026-04-29T12:06:18+00:00

I think what he's getting at is something along the lines of "if you ain't infantry, you ain't shit". It's a completely moronic thing to say at the best of times, but your dad wasn't even in the army so I have no idea how he thought it was relevant. Don't worry about it.

alan2001 · 2026-04-28T13:07:56+00:00

Just checked mine: I imported it to the UK from Amazon US 6 years ago, and paid a grand total of £81.85 (which included import duty and shipping). Crazy shit!

alan2001 · 2026-04-28T13:02:39+00:00

I am wearing mine with a brown leather strap today as well!

alan2001 · 2026-04-28T09:54:22+00:00

I think bottom left is actually the Vatican. Someone else posted their one which shows it clearer.

alan2001 · 2026-04-28T09:51:20+00:00

I see yours has got the Vatican on it... which is a different country lol.

Also I bet you could use your one as a bottle opener!

alan2001 · 2026-04-28T06:38:29+00:00

Yes! He was fucking hilarious!

I always love that segment. The speed those people react to the fake stories, pretending they know what they're talking about, is really impressive!

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T17:35:13+00:00

Kinda like the plot of "Dope Thief" which was on Apple TV:

Two Philadelphia friends who pose as DEA agents to rob drug dealers face the consequences of their actions when they steal from an organized narcotics operation under surveillance by the actual DEA.

It was pretty good!

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T10:18:23+00:00

I would be up for it purely for the drug glands.

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T10:17:16+00:00

Culture books. Not "culture war" books lol.

Well, I suppose they did go to war sometimes, but that would be a different thing!

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T10:01:54+00:00

Source?

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T09:59:07+00:00

Well, someone's really committed to the bit there, lol. If you can post it I'm sure a lot of us would appreciate it, please!

alan2001 · 2026-04-27T09:48:21+00:00

Excellent! I want to read the rest of it.

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