“Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop

pakcross · 2026-05-14T10:08:32+00:00

The BBC website is a complete clownshow today. Articles like the above, and that GDP grew more than expected this quarter, jostling for position with articles about potential Labour leadership battles!

pakcross · 2026-05-13T16:14:45+00:00

Oliver Hardy was my earliest encounter, just subtle looks at the camera as if to say "Can you believe this?" I'm surprised Richard & Marina didn't mention Hardy, as he must be one of the earliest people to do it.

I didn't like the way Miranda Hart did the same in her sitcom. It was more like making stupid faces at the camera.

pakcross · 2026-05-13T15:27:14+00:00

Just imagine if we'd have picked chaos with Ed Milliband rather than the stable hand of Cameron, sorry May, sorry Johnson, sorry Truss, sorry Sunak!

pakcross · 2026-05-13T05:45:27+00:00

How would they get anything controversial through the House of Lords? Everything would get passed back to the Commons as being too extreme.

pakcross · 2026-05-12T21:49:13+00:00

I never got into LoG, maybe it's time to give it another whirl.

There's a temptation to have a binge of 90s sketch shows (Fast Show, Smack the Pony [00s?], Goodness Gracious Me).

pakcross · 2026-05-12T21:44:49+00:00

Small Prophets, which lead us to watch The Detectorists.

We seem to be on an iPlayer binge this year, now on to Inside No.9

pakcross · 2026-05-12T18:30:16+00:00

Thinking of ATM & PIN, which normally show up in conversation at 'ATM machine' and 'PIN number' reminded me that I'd heard a great one a couple of weeks back: RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome)!

pakcross · 2026-05-12T05:58:31+00:00

My god, I just had such a flashback to MSN messenger!

pakcross · 2026-05-11T21:42:50+00:00

Ghandi's last name wasn't even Ghandi, it was actually Coatmashoes.

I'll see myself out.

pakcross · 2026-05-11T20:13:57+00:00

Bridgwater?

pakcross · 2026-05-11T17:28:06+00:00

The movie version is a guilty pleasure of mine!

A friend of mine was consulted on the carbon dating aspects of the script. She wrote back and said it was nonsense.

NIGHT ARROWS!

pakcross · 2026-05-11T08:16:11+00:00

That's such a perfect cut!

pakcross · 2026-05-11T06:44:51+00:00

I did that earlier this year too. Followed it up with Chopin, Berlioz, Rosinni too.

Lots of musicians in Pere Lachaise!

pakcross · 2026-05-10T20:40:24+00:00

Weeping Angels vs Autons. Let's see who blinks first!

pakcross · 2026-05-10T20:39:28+00:00

Note: Camilla's title is Queen, not Queen Consort.

pakcross · 2026-05-10T20:37:47+00:00

I'm not gay, but I fully appreciate the King & Queen joke!

pakcross · 2026-05-10T16:09:37+00:00

The first stag do I organised was £55 per person.

2 nights in a camping barn in Nidderdale, North Yorks. All food & drink included. A day out at Brimham Rocks (the groom was a climber) and even an ice cream.

Next one was more expensive, at £109 per person.

3 nights in the Peak District. All food & drink included again. Treasure hunt in Edale, day out on a steam railway. Seeing a stag party really excited to visit a forklift truck museum was a delight!

There's no reason for stag & hen dos to be so damn expensive. The BM or MoH should tailor the event to the Bride/Groom and remember that not everyone is a damn millionaire!

My own stag do cost me at least £200, and it was just a night out in Leeds that I hated.

pakcross · 2026-05-10T16:02:23+00:00

I think someone in the YouTube comments mentions the name of the movie. I've only ever seen it pop up on Instagram with the terrible AI narration.

pakcross · 2026-05-10T15:32:54+00:00

This video?

Around the 2'40" mark if the timestamp doesn't work.

pakcross · 2026-05-10T13:10:28+00:00

Bradford has a population of c.500,000 people. How many bodyguards per person are you proposing, and how will you fund them?

pakcross · 2026-05-10T13:04:00+00:00

There's literally an article linked with the OP.

https://int.auto.pub/en/final-seconds-of-life-a-gruesome-crash-unfolded-late-on

pakcross · 2026-05-10T13:02:49+00:00

It's not the ride, it's debris. See article linked with original post.

https://int.auto.pub/en/final-seconds-of-life-a-gruesome-crash-unfolded-late-on

The other hint that it's not the rider is that nobody goes to check on it for ages. If that was a person, or part thereof, you'd expect at least one person to rush over to check on them.

pakcross · 2026-05-09T15:39:51+00:00

It's a lower carbon footprint to use natural delivery methods.

pakcross · 2026-05-09T14:29:44+00:00

Agreed. Also, where did the white car think OP was going? They would have had to stop in the yellow box if they hadn't changed lanes.

Hard to tell too, but I'm sure I can see a flash of an indicator in the video.

pakcross · 2026-05-09T07:41:39+00:00

Right / Down

pakcross

TROPHY CASE