Spotted on an estate agent site in the UK, this property in Kent.
Ah yes, you can tell that the owner is a real “character”, can’t you?
Exactly the sort of person you want next door.
And if you thought that the front was bad (because it is), then just check out the back garden.
Ugh. Imagine opening your bedroom curtains to that each morning. Take it somewhere out of sight.
I’m sure that their neighbours are all absolutely gutted that they’re moving.
Absolutely no need for this sort of nonsense from our local supermarket.
“American inspired”, “Texas style” burgers: whatever. We know that the US – and Texas – are famed for their butchery*.
But I don’t think that they’re doing themselves any favours by then trying to use a divisive political slogan to help sell their patties.
Honestly, apart from the political connotations, the suggestion that my burgers weren’t already great is a little disrespectful.
I don’t need my supermarket’s assistance with that. I don’t need any pseudo-transatlantic assistance either.
And I’m certainly not buying anything with that slogan on it.
* I mean of cows, not people in the Middle East.
As the world slips ever closer to global warfare, with South Africa offering to be the mediator between the US/Israel and Iran – basically the equivalent of letting Pep Guardiola referee a Manchester City game – there’s very little to be happy about.
The countries involved in the conflict are trying their hardest to win the battle for hearts and minds with selective reporting, and the fake news sites are furiously peddling their wares. It’s hard to know what to believe. And it’s sometimes harder to accept the things that are (probably) true.
And so, as ever, we turn to humour.
This is (almost certainly) fake news, but it’s very well done:
Indeed. Frying pan and fire stuff.
More tomorrow, when I wake up to find out which new country has joined the fun.
That thing I did on the drama of the Doomsday clock.
Awful. But then, this also suggests that we could keep going at the frankly horrendous rates of killing each other and destroying the environment that we’ve been working so hard upon for the last 12 months for at least another 88 years, and we’ll still be ok. Just.
See, they’ve gone in all too dramatic, and now they have no wiggle room at all.
And the follow up post, a year later.
Once again, I am calling for a reset of the Doomsday Clock. Think of it like decimalisation hitting the UK in 1971, or the introduction of the Euro in 1999 (and 2002). Because at the moment, the Doomsday Clock is pointless. The constant attempts to drag the time down as low as possible for dramatic purposes means that it not longer has any value.
I stand by both of those posts, but I’m also very willing to admit that they might have a bit of a point if they were to chop and extra minute or so off any interim update in the very near future.
The US has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, designed to eliminate “imminent threats” from the country’s regime, Donald Trump announced on Saturday.
The operation is “massive and ongoing”, the US president said in a video on social media, pledging to use “overwhelming strength and devastating force” to destroy Iranian missiles and ensure it cannot develop a nuclear weapon.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks aimed to “remove the existential threat” posed by the Iranian regime, as he urged the people of Iran to topple the government.
A short time beforehand, Israel said it had launched “preventative” strikes on Iran.
‘No red lines’ in Iran’s response to attacks, says official
A senior Iranian official said there would be “no red lines” to the regime’s response to the Israeli and US strikes on Iran.
“We are telling Israel clearly to prepare for what is coming,” the official told Al Jazeera.
“Our response will be public, and there are no red lines… All American and Israeli assets and interests in the Middle East have become legitimate targets.”
And yes, we’re only a couple of hours in and already Iran, Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE have been attacked by one side or the other.
Russia has condemned the US/Israeli attack, but wants to keep Trump onside. The UK is trying not to get involved. South Africa hasn’t woken up properly yet after a bit of a bender last night.
China is just sitting there laughing…
…at least, for the time being.
Me? Big concerns over the 15:25 at Kenilworth this afternoon, and also whether United can bounce back away at QPR after a somewhat disappointing result midweek.
Oh – and also the potential end of the world thing as well.
Yeah. Also that.
This cartoon…
…was published before the sh1t hit the fan – or kettle? – when a so-called “influencer” revealed her repulsive hack of washing her dirty underwear when away from home:
Tara Woodcox, an influencer and fitness coach, is speaking out after an earlier video of hers went viral, in which she suggested to her followers that they clean their dirty underwear in hotel coffee makers.
In the original video — which she posted to TikTok on Nov. 9, 2025 — Woodcox described what she called “one of the coolest tricks ever.” For those who didn’t pack enough underwear during a trip, she suggested using the hotel room’s coffee maker and placing the dirty garment where the grounds would normally go.
“You close it, you press brew, and it puts scorching hot water through it,” she said, adding that one could use the blow dryer to dry them off after. “You got yourself a cleaner pair of underwear to wear! I did not realize how many people already knew this hack.”
I think that it was Bob Mortimer who joked about peeing in hotel kettles when on tour.
“Still do! As the kettles get better, I can see a little measurement on the side.
They’ve got a little counter. They used to be ever so basic.”
But that was clearly a joke. And so that’s actually fine.
Tara Woodcox and her “coolest trick ever” doesn’t appear to be anything more than an admission of one of her disgusting habits.
If the rumours (and apparently they are just rumours) that she is being sued for $1million by the hotel chain in question are true, then good.
More of this keeping people accountable for their stupid behaviour, please.
Because now, everyone has to take their own kettle on holiday.