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The Captain’s Tweetings
- Some of the questions other people have asked on Google are real humdingers. My favourite today is this gem: “Can L… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 hours ago
- Hey, Kev! If you’re struggling with some of the longer words, President Biden’s dogs can help you out. twitter.com/gopleader/stat… 1 day ago
- Yeah, but they weren’t friends/colleagues/associates of @MattHancock so that was never going to happen. twitter.com/getnorthern/st… 1 day ago
Author Archives: captainlimey
A Short Script for Populist Leaders and Their Supporters
Populist leaders: We are going to do X because X will do Y! Supporters: Yay! We love you for promising to do X and making us Y again! Populist leaders: Our plan for X is a great plan and it’s … Continue reading
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50 Ways To Fake The Death Toll
Watching Donald Trump bluster and wave charts around in his interview with Jonathan Swan, I couldn’t help but feel that, at any moment, the latter would zone out in a Randy Rainbow style musical reverie. But which song? There can … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Moralities
President Trump is putting non-medically-trained “experts” in charge of the COVID 19 problem. What could possibly go wrong? ♦♦♦ Night was a clammy blanket over the jungles of Nambia. In the poorly-constructed corrugated tin hut that passed for the medical … Continue reading
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Wokeness: Elitism, Compassion or What?
‘Wokeness is elitism masquerading as compassion’ ********** Laurence Fox’s foray into Question Time’s chicken run, and the subsequent fallout, has certainly set the cat of disdain among the pigeons of wokeness. Wokeness, it seems, is a problematic condition, because … Continue reading
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Have I Got News For You
Originally posted on Kind of Lime:
The current spell of cold weather seems to have put the media into an all-round tizzy. This morning I watched Good Morning Britain to see how they would report it. What follows is, I’d…
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Back to the Eighties
I set myself the task of writing a song that evoked that most tasteful* of popular music decades, the Eighties. Here’s the result. I’d be interested to see which influences you spot. Why Don’t You Need Me? Your e-mail … Continue reading
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Elton Don
The President made quite the splash this week in Helsinki. With all due apologies to Elton John and Bernie Taupin, here’s my starry-eyed tribute to the POTUS. YOUR SONG (To Vlad, with love, always, Donnie xxxxx) It’s a little bit … Continue reading
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The Long and Grinding Road
News broke yesterday that caused much weeping and gnashing of teeth among Salisbury residents. From Salisbury Journal online: In an idle moment of whimsy I tweeted, in a reply to Salisbury Journal’s Rebecca Hudson, a parody chorus based on “Goodbye, … Continue reading
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Return of the Japanese Knotweed
Every now and then an apparently harmless Twitter exchange can act as inspiration for the strangest of ideas. Genesis once wrote a song about a Giant Hogweed and, as you can see, @janh1 commented that it was somewhat weird subject … Continue reading
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‘Tails of the New Fronteer’ by Nigel Molesworth
With my customary apologies to Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle Welcome back gentle reeder. The last time we spoke you may recall st. custards was on the virge of a SINISTER hostel takeover by Americans becos of a deel struck … Continue reading
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