FPL Hornblower

@MrPitbull07 I'll take things that never happened for 10 points please Bob

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... Credit: Mary Nelson

@StokeyyG2 Bit of a waste isn't it?

Introducing the Birmingham City Powerhouse Stadium. Holding 62,000 people, it will be the FIFTH largest stadium in the UK by capacity. Set to be ready in 5 years, opinions on it?

@KirstieMAllsopp @bobofinch You would probably be better off if you were a coward, because all you are showing is that you are really, really stupid.

@bobofinch But unlike you I am not a coward.

Micheal Rosen may be a National Treasure, but he is also a very robust tweeter who takes no prisoners and makes his views on many issues clear. He is the perfect person with whom to have this debate, as he has illustrated, you can put away the tiny violins.

@KirstieMAllsopp Shush

It is crystal clear to everyone that the U.K. is struggling economically. We have to have a national debate about how much we can afford pay for. MPs on all side are terrified of this debate, I am not. You can be as rude as you want, it won’t change the need for this discussion.

@brexitblog_info haha, you clueless twat

“If you tax the rich, the rich will leave & the poor will stay even poorer.” Watch as this man & Reform’s Danny Kruger patiently try to explain the economic facts of life to left wing extremist Zarah Sultana. Grown-ups fruitlessly trying to reason with a deluded child. #bbcqt

Private Healthcare

Genuine question. Is stupidity of this degree possible or is it some cunning attempt to exasperate people like me and drive us off this site?x.com/hwilliamssomer…

@BellaWallerstei @thetimes Learn how public spending actually works, you ignorant toad

Since last year 81 independent schools have shut and 25,000 pupils have left adding a bill to the taxpayer of approx £205 million (@thetimes). A world-class sector being destroyed by this government. This isn’t fairness, it’s the politics of envy at its ugliest

“Under a Labour government we would freeze energy bills. We wouldn’t allow them to go up.” ~ Keir Starmer Another lie. Energy prices are 18% higher than when Labour came into government in July 2024.

@FPLPriceChanges knobber

Goal - ANTHONY Assist - CULLEN Burnley 1-0 Arsenal (1 min) #FPL #BURARS

@dieworkwear the rapist formerly known as Prince

the andrew formerly known as prince

@LetsTalk_FPL some canny investors out there have netted themselves a cool £0.1m

It's a little bit funny that people jumped on Isak at £10.4m before he'd played to beat the price rises, only for him to go to £10.6m then drop back down to £10.5m when he actually played 😆 x.com/FPLStatus/stat…

@FurnessSmithC @BladeoftheS you should follow that advice yourself

@BladeoftheS I suspect Corbyn did not wish to attend. As the saying goes, it is better to be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. His one experience must have confirmed it.

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years. He's been on Question Time once. Nigel Farage, 44 times. Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

@rickygervais yeah, well done for trying at least 👍

It’s now 27 years since I was made redundant and given a few grand. I decided that if I was careful, I could live off the money for 6 months trying to become a comedian before I had to get another job. I was 37. Worth a punt.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Make a cup of tea. Then probably have a shit

You wake up in London, what’s your next move

@FPL_Harry I once scored two own goals in a game - and a hat-trick for my own team. We won 3-2 😄

Esteve double own goal…… Anyone start him?

People want lower rents. They want cheaper bills and publicly-owned services. They want an NHS that works. Why can’t this government just do things that would actually improve people’s lives? We can fix this country. We just need the political will.

@LetsTalk_FPL Was in my WC team up until about 9am this morning, but I would have had him on my bench which would have been even worse I think 😃

Thiago brace 😂 Brentford have been great, Man United have been absolutely awful.

@UTDRivon You've never kicked a ball in your life have you?

We live in a time where you get a red card for a tackle this clean

@CharlieVantFPL loving your work Charlie

Let me know what you think of my team, as well any last minute dilemmas you are facing ahead of the 11am deadline ⏰👇

🔥 MY TEAM FOR GW5 🔥 After a disappointing start, I’m hoping this is the weekend I get back on track in search of a fourth Top 10k finish in the last five seasons 🌍 With my Bench Boost ✨ACTIVE✨ this is how I shape up for GW5 and my thoughts on your last minute dilemmas👇🏼🧵