Good luck on Sunday! Since we are referencing Monty Python, I fear that they "shall taunt you a second time!"
Otherwise I fear next week it will be up to Mme D to write the column, with a foreword stating that "The ferocity of the French taunting took Alistair completely by surprise..."
Seriously, just when you think things simply can't get any worse, someone comes along and Truss's it right up the Kwarteng.
I always dread the statement 'It could be worse', especially when applied to politics. It's more of a taunt. Boris' tenure can be described as a 'special political operation' but fortunately all is now resolved. Isn't it?
Secondly, with the great discussion surrounding the future of royalty in the UK, could you honestly say things couldn't get worse and then imagine 'President Boris'?
…with Elon saying one thing then doing the opposite reminded me of the curious concept of a ‘semordnilap’. They’re words that can be read in either direction but have totally different meanings - like ‘live/evil’, ‘boys/yobs’, ‘knob/bonk’ or phrases like, ‘was it a car or a cat I saw’.
Another distraction?
Well, I'm quite distracted by the spelling of "fetiches". Or is that the French version...?
:-)
Your answer to Elon's arseholery of the day™ is bloody brilliant! Thank you for that
An excellent distraction over lunch. Thank you.
Good luck on Sunday! Since we are referencing Monty Python, I fear that they "shall taunt you a second time!"
Otherwise I fear next week it will be up to Mme D to write the column, with a foreword stating that "The ferocity of the French taunting took Alistair completely by surprise..."
Seriously, just when you think things simply can't get any worse, someone comes along and Truss's it right up the Kwarteng.
Everything the hard way. Like the punchline to the old joke: "standing up in a hammock"
Perhaps you should talk to the chess players about getting some better anal-ytics…
I always dread the statement 'It could be worse', especially when applied to politics. It's more of a taunt. Boris' tenure can be described as a 'special political operation' but fortunately all is now resolved. Isn't it?
Secondly, with the great discussion surrounding the future of royalty in the UK, could you honestly say things couldn't get worse and then imagine 'President Boris'?
Chess is a table game.
Kink #5 would include giving the D (the D20, that is)
…with Elon saying one thing then doing the opposite reminded me of the curious concept of a ‘semordnilap’. They’re words that can be read in either direction but have totally different meanings - like ‘live/evil’, ‘boys/yobs’, ‘knob/bonk’ or phrases like, ‘was it a car or a cat I saw’.
…I think he’s missing a twitter trick!
Went searching for a Ross Noble skit on being distracted by “shiny things”. However I was distracted when I saw this analysis of the Chess cheating and anal beads. Adafruit have built a “CheekMate”prototype. Enjoyable read: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/adafruits-cheekmate-gets-to-the-bottom-ahem-of-chess-cheating-controversy/
No new column this week? Written on Sunday 16th October