Unless they're already on the list, I would also like to add 1980s Rock Star Freddie Mercury, 1992 Formula One Driving Champion Nigel Mansell, and Liverpool FC's 1980s Midfielder & 1990s Manager Graeme Souness :)
The tasche isn't square enough for a Kitler. More of a Ron Mael from Sparks.
[Edit] just to note, I'm not mocking your cat - even with its 70s rock-star moustache, it's a beautiful cat.
To save any other Britons having to search it, "Saran Wrap" is American for "Cling Film".
Hahaha, yes, exactly this - and perhaps the same situation with "bum crack or inner-fold of a bent elbow?".
His main talent is "already having lots of money".
I had this system for a few decades - I only owned identical black socks with a few white and grey stripes at the top. Any two socks was a pair.
It was unfortunately ruined by a well-meaning present, then destroyed when the shop they used to come from closed down.
Now I live in sock chaos.
Maybe it's worth bearing in mind Lemmy's older, nerdier audience?
You remember those build-a-model magazines they used to rip off grandads with?
"Build your own model Lancaster Bomber! Only £1.99! You'll receive a large piece of the model with your first issue! Then the rest of it in pieces over future issues! (Future issues cost £9.99 a week, for 500 weeks)"
So you get your "special interest" photographs produced into jigsaws, then sell one jigsaw piece a week, eventually completing the full photograph at the end of the year.
Adjacent ideas like "buy cheap, buy twice" or "you get what you pay for" are older, and I imagine the idea behind it is quite a lot older (for example, the wiki article mentions The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist from 1910).
There's some record in the late 1800s of "the poor" in the UK living hour-to-hour or day-to-day (rather than week-to-week these days) and only being able to buy things on the day when absolutely needed, i.e. going to the shop to buy "one spoonful of tea leaves" twice a day. I'd imagine that, like the boots, that's a lot more expensive than something which lasts longer - and I'd imagine the idea and complaint existed at the time - but nobody cared enough to write it down, because they were poor people, and "it was their own fault", and "they keep spending it on luxuries like thimbles", and they "deserve it because they have lower moral fibre" and "most of them are thieves anyway" etc.
PTerry just put it together in a way that was so clear and eloquent (like his one about crabs in a bucket).
For some reason, it's always bothered me in stuff like this, that if one of the animals wears clothing, it implies that "in universe" animals wear clothing, which means any animal not wearing clothing is walking around in the nude.
Basically the same issue as "the implication of Winnie The Pooh wearing only a shirt is that he's walking around swinging his knob about".
I know this doesn't answer your question, sorry, but where are you trying to shop (or what country is this in)?
I'm having the opposite problem (in the UK).
For example, for the last couple of years, I've been looking for a dull nondescript standard jacket, in olive, black, grey, brown - but nowhere is selling them. I can only buy brightly coloured or shiny "inflatable" type coats, looking like a woodlouse made from a binbag, or things with words written all over them.
You're probably aware already, but the sequel, The Rise of the Golden Idol, was released a week or so ago. I've not played it yet, but likewise loved the original and its expansions, so I'm quite hopeful :)
I've also got a silver toilet guardian:
Doesn't scratch at the door, but miaows sadly and repeatedly and bumps into the door until let in.
His need to be in the bathroom if there's a person in there is so strong, he has recently learnt to operate door handles, to let himself in.
Tap tap tap.
"Meow" (Are you awake?)
Bump bump.
"Meeeow" (Are you awake?)
Tap tap tap.
"Chirp" (Yeah, I couldn't sleep either)
Not common, but also not unexpected. It definitely used to be an occasional thing when I was younger (80s - 90s, Yorkshire). If you passed it back, you got a "wahey!" or a "yeah!" "And he's in on goal!" or something suchlike. If you ignored it, you got a "boo!" or a "referee!" or a "he's missed it" in a sort of commentators voice.
It's quite rare to see kids playing with a football at all where I live now - though it's probably just happening a few streets away where there's less car traffic.
Yeah, there's plenty of other joyful weird little words to deploy. Focusing on one is just going to become stressful :)
I'm not trans or an immigrant - so please feel free to ignore my thoughts on the matter.
Anyway, regardless, it's a good question, but probably not one with an easy answer - I think in this case, the best option might be to ask the people who make some of those decisions - in theory, if you look at the webpage gov.uk Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate, there's a few email addresses and phone numbers that may be able to answer half of the question - though separately you may need to speak to the immigration/visa people gov.uk partner/spouse visa for the other half of the question. All in all, you've got a few layers of complexity here.
My own experience with contacting other government departments on different things is "very slow to respond, but then surprisingly helpful in the end".
There may be some useful advice on websites such as transactual.org.uk or transinformed.co.uk - your specific situation isn't likely to crop up in a FAQ, but you may be able to pick up half an answer to start with - then there are contact details on there which would hopefully lead to some useful information.
Sorry there's no clear and immediate answer I can find.
I wish you the best of luck!
Oh, those are just to stop the kids escaping from the paedodungeon.
27th October is National Black Cat Day (UK)
"National Black Cat Day was created by Cats Protection on 27 October 2011 to help celebrate the majesty of monochrome moggies and beautiful black cats. When the campaign was launched, statistics revealed that black and black-and-white cats took, on average, seven days longer to find a home compared to cats of other colours."
Cats Protection - National Black Cat Day
Picture: Two of the semi-feral black kittens that were born in our garden, who were neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and re-homed.
Let's see your black cats 🐈⬛️
Interview: ‘The most horrific, sobering thing I’ve ever seen’: BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on
Ahead of a timely re-airing of Mick Jackson’s famously bleak docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984
>Ahead of a timely re-airing of Mick Jackson’s famously bleak, rarely seen docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984, while our writer explores the film’s lasting legacy
Opinion: There is a far bigger threat to Britain than fringe extremists: Tory radicalisation | Rafael Behr
If Michael Gove really wants to root out the forces threatening British society, perhaps his party should look in the mirror, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
"If Michael Gove really wants to root out the forces threatening British society, perhaps his party should look in the mirror"
Man playing music out loud on train: What are our options?
There's a man on my train this morning, and he's listening to stuff out loud on his phone, like fully out loud, not even slightly subtle. The train is in Britain. He keeps listening to 5 seconds of an annoying song, then switching to another song. It sort of sounds like kids TV music. He appears dressed to go work in a fancy office or something, and this is a morning commuter train, so I don't think he's escaped from a prison or mental hospital.
Anyway, amongst myself and another couple of hundred quiet passengers, we've tried everything:
- tutting and rolling our eyes
- harrumphing, whingeing and sighing
- when a bloke got on the train with headphones on, someone said loudly "Isn't it great when someone wears headphones? They can listen to whatever they like and nobody else has to hear it"
- sometimes it stops for a minute, and there's a widespread muttering of "Ooh, thank god that's over with"
- followed by an en-masse groan when it starts again "Oh no, not this again!"
- a lady on the phone saying loudly "Sorry, I can't hear what you're saying, because someone is being inconsiderate and playing music really loudly"
- saying to one another, loudly enough for the man to hear "isn't it annoying when someone plays their music out loud? I wish he'd stop doing that"
- muttering aggressive words, under our breath, in his general direction "prick", "wanker" "knobhead", "bellend"
- Someone getting onto the train, and not sitting at his table and saying "God, I'd rather stand than sit next to that prick", loud enough for him to hear.
- the ticket-checking man rolled his eyes, but didn't do anything
I think generally we're running out of ideas. I heard someone behind me mentioning they were thinking about "sparking him out", and someone else had suggested they might grab his phone and throw it out the window.
I was toying with the idea of going nuclear on him, and directly but politely asking him to turn it down, but it's a bit early for that kind of extreme behaviour. Perhaps I should throw something at his head?
Anyway, anyone who's been in a similar situation have any suggestions?
[Update] The train got full, so people were standing all the way down the aisle. Three people sat on the table next to him.
Opposite him, an older woman stared at him and shook her head at him, in a gesture I interpreted as "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed". He put his phone in his pocket and stared out the window. I gave her the subtlest of nods, to communicate "thank you" and "good job".
So we're safe, this time - but I'm still interested in solutions, as something like this could happen again!
Why are kids doing the ‘Brexit tackle’? They’re having fun at adults’ expense – and mocking our toxic politics
My son says it means taking out the player without getting the ball, all while shouting ‘Brexit means Brexit’, says teacher Lola Okolosie
> My son says it means taking out the player without getting the ball, all while shouting ‘Brexit means Brexit’. Sound familiar?
> For the umpteenth time, my son, with an Ikea stuffed ball he has had since infancy, is playing football in the living room. He is joined by one of his best friends, an equally football-obsessed 10-year-old who, before slide-tackling in what can only be described as a deliberate attempt to knock my son’s legs off, shouts: “Brexit means Brexit!” Confused, I pass it off as an example of tweenage precocity: which 10-year-old is happy to quote Theresa May while playing football?
I must admit, this gives me some hope for the future.
Damo Suzuki, experimental musician, dies aged 74
Singer whose idiosyncratic performances helped the German band Can stretch the limits of experimental rock
> "Singer whose idiosyncratic performances helped the German band Can stretch the limits of experimental rock"
Saw him sing/speak/make noise at a 2 hour long improv set in a small gig venue in Yorkshire about 10-20 years ago, supported by a handful of local improv musicians.
After they finished the set, he individually thanked (and optionally hugged) every single audience member.
27th October is National Black Cat Day (UK)
Cats Protection UK Website - National Black Cat Day
I include a complementary picture of a black cat in a carrier bag.
"Upstairs is closed, mate. Think you need to move along to that kitchen and see about those empty bowls first."
Three cats spread over the stairs, staring at the camera person, blocking access to the upstairs. (Actually they're just waiting for someone to throw the fuzzy ball for them to chase).
Returning to the surface after exploring deep in the duvet caves.
Photo is from about a year ago, when the cats learnt that as well as "on the bed" and "under the duvet", if you explored the area where the buttons were, there was also "inside the duvet cover".
Self-aligning cats
Three cat brothers, sat neatly on a staircase, Jan 2023. This is probably my favourite photo of the three of them together.