Jamal

Thanks Russ :up:

I was willing to move on, but now that you’re arguing… Within the text of yours that I quoted—text that is presented as yours and is at least partly o...

:up: Actually though… I hope this doesn’t mean you’re just going to plagiarize more skilfully. :wink:

Please make it clear when you are quoting from a book.

I’ve asked myself the same question since I posted that comment. I’m not sure why I said that. I’ll read it again and let you know. Edit: maybe there ...

Good story, lots of Northern flavour. I had some mead yesterday, for real. I lied. It was the day before.

If you held a gun to my head over the issue I’d have to confess I don’t have much time for flatfishes, except for the halibut. I used to catch flounde...

I do believe you’re actually serious. You’re a fucking moron mate. Anyway, it was as much to do with your last reply to me as your replies to the flou...

@"universeness" I’m going to ban you from the Shoutbox if you don’t stop being so boring and odious.

Good luck with that.

I'm trying to stave off accusations of Scottish favouritism.

As I said, quite agreeable.

I suspect your talk of diluted lineages (which implies a notion of genetic purity) and mongrels is not very scientific, and it sounds pretty suspect. ...

That doesn’t relate to what I said in any way, as far as I can see.

Shaun and Quigley is @"Baden", obvious almost from the first two words. The Tourist might be @"Noble Dust", but I’m not certain. Deodorant or The Muse...

That very video came up in YouTube the other day and I almost watched it. What you say sounds reasonable enough, but groups can be distinct even witho...

This might be my favourite story, even though I think Shaun and Quigley is a triumphant and perfect tour de force. This is more in my wheelhouse thoug...

Oh yeah. Well, I tried.

What have I done now?

Youtube’s auto-generated English subtitles are completely wrong but quite amusing.

I’d hoped for more. I’ll post one more, which might be more impenetrable… https://youtu.be/0YfRbNipdOg Also happens to be my favourite moment of Glasw...

If anyone is struggling with mental health issues, may I suggest going for a walk. https://youtu.be/65Jq-zT-NlI I probably posted that five years ago ...

Thanks BC.

Until now I didn't have much time for Fred, but I'm beginning to like him now.

I misspelled “your”. Embarrassing, but I’m not going to hide it.

You’re really blowing my mind. It’s natural to react like that when you’re children are involved. Especially when it’s the scion of the Hanoverian dyn...

I'd be irked at the way it ignored Fred, goats, and sex talk.

Yeah, and most CVs are also read by AIs.

That’s an indicator of quality for me. Another example is the delicious lula kebab: https://i0.wp.com/www.takajaeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG...

What’s not to like?

Parking lot?

I’m not sure they sound English, even though they were.

So when I said that sometimes I feel that Cardiacs are too English, I meant something quite specific. An aesthetic shared by Cardiacs, XTC, Monty Pyth...

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClsPSCaUgAQcv_E.jpg Simple!

Imagine not being English and someone doesn’t understand you when you say you’re not English, and you’ll understand why people who are not English ins...

Scotland, England, and Wales are neighbouring countries, and together with Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom. Scotland, England, and Wales a...

I thought you were implying that I’m English.

I’m not English either, although I do have close connections. I think that was the band you posted a couple of years ago that seemed a bit too late ni...

An interesting topic.

:up: I’ve enjoyed reading the stories and giving feedback, and the competition/polling element is cool too. I don’t have a problem with anything and t...

But a merlin is a bird too, a kind of falcon as it happens. And it’s Heron who says he was a falconer, in the last section. I didn’t really get what t...

Isn’t it great that thanks to the last updated ordering of the stories, only the stories that have garnered recent comments appear at the top, for ult...

How much time should I spend overthinking it? I know that guy. He’s the one who said when you reach a fork in the road, take it. A personal hero of mi...

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I thought I’d come back and elaborate on this, in a spirit of pedantic but constructive criticism. A very good opening. I was hooked. But I’d change s...

Time to move on Javi.

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Since people are making a fuss about it, I’ve changed it back to be ordered by last updated.

I see you’ve made some good contributions today, so it’s all good.