Blarmy

Just now, Super_horns said:

Is this actually going to work and be effective/controlled ?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c77yx1jpg1nt

No. Cats out the bag unfortunately.

When does the weekend officially start? 

Either raw or cooked into a sauce. NEVER anything in between. 

Starting to wonder if these links are red herrings. 

 It’s very important we get the right manager in. Can’t have another season where we get battered every week. 

Brussel Farting. 

43 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Thrushes occasionally (redwings in winter) but the only birds of prey I see here are red kites and sparrowhawks. Never even heard an owl round here, are urban owls common?

I live in a market town, pretty built up but surrounded by countryside.  I sometimes hear owls but have never seen one. 

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Still sparrows here.

 

In order(ish)

 

House Sparrows 

Dunnocks

Magpies

Great Tits

Goldfinches 

Blackbird

Blue Tits

Robins

 

Actually, this time of year, swifts might be first,

Good to know 👍🏻

Sparrows. Used to be the bird I saw the most (not a bird spotter by any means but enjoy natures air shows when I’m in the garden) and now I’m surprised when I do see one. Blue Tits seem to be more common these days. 

Just got back from Cornwall and the amount of trees destroyed by last winter was frightening. Either blown over during storms or uprooted due to saturated ground.

Many of these trees survived hundreds of years before being destroyed by the winter of 2025/26. Various locals told me it was the stormiest, wettest and warmest winter they could remember, and there is very visible evidence of this.
 

Not many deniers down there. 

3 hours ago, Sly said:

Surely we can’t get relegated again …… can we? 

Yep. It’s like a business making a loss year on year until it folds. There is no limit to how low we can go - our future entirely depends on affirmative action being taken, and all we can do is hope that happens. 

I think he’s wondering what that thing strapped to his wrist is. 

In a very old pub in Penzance yesterday, made of big blocks of stone. Raging hot outside, lovely and cool in the pub. No AC needed. 
 

Thought I’d share. 

Get him in. We may as well go full madhouse mega-circus at this point. 

7 hours ago, 21st Century Fox said:

 

Jan Kerfuffle (1949–2026)

 

It is with measured solemnity and several strongly worded internal memos that Leicester City F.C. announces the passing of Jan Kerfuffle, the club’s longest-serving Deputy Associate Liaison Officer for Peripheral Matchday Ambience.

 

Jan devoted an extraordinary 41 years to the club, beginning in 1985 after accidentally wandering into Filbert Street looking for a jumble sale and somehow being handed a staff lanyard. From that moment on, she became an immovable part of the Leicester City furniture — though, due to several regrettable upholstery incidents in the late 1990s, technically no longer allowed near the actual furniture.

 

Throughout her distinguished career, Jan held a variety of deeply unnecessary but passionately defended roles. These included:

• Senior Coordinator of Executive Thermos Placement

• Interim Assistant Vice Chair of Decorative Scarf Alignment

• Head of Ambient Corridor Morale

• Matchday Biscuit Integrity Supervisor (North Stand)

• Lead Consultant for “General Fuss & Tidying”

 

Her achievements were many, though often difficult to quantify. In 2007, Jan successfully reduced unexplained whistling in the staff car park by an estimated 14%. During the 2015–16 title-winning season, she was widely credited (by herself) with introducing “lucky mauve Wednesdays,” a tradition that coincided with three consecutive home victories and one unusually successful raffle.

 

Colleagues remember Jan as a woman of enormous presence, unconventional professionalism, and lipstick application techniques that refused to be constrained by geometry. Her office, located somewhere behind a vending machine for nearly two decades, was described by coworkers as “an ecosystem” and “surprisingly warm.”

 

She remained fiercely dedicated to Leicester City until her retirement in 2023, when she was presented with a commemorative crystal fox and a framed certificate thanking her for “services broadly rendered.”

 

Jan is survived by:

14 unopened tins of travel sweets,

a handbag weighing approximately 11 kilograms,

and an active grievance against Facilities Management dating back to 2004.

 

A minute’s confusion will be observed in her honour before the 5000/1 fixture. Donations may be made to the Society for the Preservation of Canteen Condiments, a cause Jan held dear after “The Sachet Incident” of 1998.

 

She will be deeply missed, occasionally understood, and almost certainly still somehow on payroll.

A minutes confusion 🤣

RIP Jan.

Forever in our hearts.

3 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/39152396/jamie-vardy-sheffield-wednesday-transfer/

This season just keeps piling on. 

If everything is shit there is a high probability of multiple points of failure. 

If they had anything good to say they’d be saying it. We’re fvcked. 

1 hour ago, fox_favourite said:

Why do people have to say 100% recently when they agree with something?! 

 

Are you coming pub? 100%

 

Do you agree Leicester are crap? Oh yeah 100%

 

Do you think Trump farts out his mouth? 100%. 

 

I have no idea, but it really winds me up! Radio presenters do it, people in work chats do it. It's really annoying.

 

Anyone reply to this saying 100% will be slapped. 

I 110% agree. 

“Real ones”. Example - “Only real ones know this inane, pointless fact”.

The state of “fresh” herbs in supermarkets. Wasn’t that long ago you could buy a bunch of parsley, now you get a few stalks and offcuts. All for 50% more money than 5 years ago!

No way is a bowling 300 as hard as a 147. My mate got a 300 and he wasn’t even pro. I’ve got a 230-odd game from just playing once a week for a year or two. 

Eden on prime. Enjoyed it, good cast and the setting was exceptional. Based on a true story about three groups of people who decided to live on the Galápagos Islands.