Shit you just learned (probably from the internet.)

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:joy: Who knew wasps had a childish SOH?

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Somewhat on topic

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There’s lovely for you

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/19/the-worst-person-you-know-the-man-who-unwittingly-became-a-meme

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Happened to me. For more than a decade (I don’t know how much more) this was the Home Page pic for BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong

Without so much as a “by your leave”, as they say …

They’ve finally taken it down and replaced it with part of a building.

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Marvelous.

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I am sure if the forum got creative we could work that pic into a meme :grinning:

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From when your hair could be described as “luxuriant”.

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The early 70’s. I’d settle for it being described as “present” now :roll_eyes: (actually, even then it was a faff …).

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And I never knew you can apply to be a member of the House of Lords…

BBC News - Martin Lewis says he was rejected by House of Lords

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First half-awake scan-read of the headline I saw:

“The consumer champion applied for a peerage but says he hadn’t committed enough crime.”

I should probably try to get more than 4 hours sleep per night…

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Glad he was rejected, he’s a bit of a twat.

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But Paul Dacre is getting ennobled. Lovely chap he is, salt of the earth.

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That’s the Tories for you.

I think the HoL gets a handful of cross benchers they can appoint for their expertise, assume that’s the interview the other millionaire went for and failed.

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I don’t mind Martin Lewis. His heart seems to be in the right place. Not sure why he thinks he needs to be in the HoL though when you look at the state of many of the other lords.

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Love this, both the fact it used to be the norm and also that enthusiasts make sure its still can be done and seen.

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I used to have the hornby version in my trainset as a kid.

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In England, they will take a tree, cut it down, remove the branches and the bark until they are left with a cylinder.

Next, they will take the cylinder of wood and turn it on a lathe and whittle away until they are left with a perfectly formed bat.

The bat will be cured and treated to strengthen it and then, when it is finally ready, they will use it to knock a leather ball around a park.

In Scotland, they just throw the fecking tree!