Tim Grey

I may as well quit social media now, it's never going to get better than this:

In a movie about your life, who would play your mother???

@Bbmorg And the reason for them not being branded as Easter Eggs back in the 60s & 70s? The Church of England and the Catholic Church objected to Easter being exploited to sell confectionery.

Don’t let the lying racists make you believe the word Easter has only recently been taken off Easter Eggs. Spot the one reference Easter eggs from 1960s and 70s.

This comes up every Easter. The reason Cadbury's and other companies don't call them Easter Eggs is because both the Catholic Church and Church of England objected to the use of the word "Easter" to promote confectionery. They haven't been branded as Easter Eggs for decades.

@nxd1979 She's recently been announced as the support on Hilary Duff's tour.

she made the bop of the decade and then was never heard from again

@dave43law Those results total 101% too.

@reggkain Poll of 143 people and those figures manipulated by removing the 18% of don't knows - try keeping up

So Farage - ran UKIP and it imploded - was the second worst attending MEP - Led a Party where some were in receipt of Russian bribes - sold you Brexit - said Brexit would solve migration as black and brown people would come instead of Europeans - backed Trump - sold out to Johnson - backed Trump again - is collecting old Tories like used postage stamps And you seriously think he is the answer to anything 🤣

@Tazerface16 Yes. I was a projectionist back in the 90s, and you had to still screen the movie in case people showed up late. Having to start it later would disrupt the subsequent screenings in the same theatre.

Question for movie people: If nobody buys a ticket for a screening, do they still play the movie? 🤔

@JimBenda @bendreyfuss Death in Paradise involves spending months in the Caribbean. It sounds idyllic but the cast members have spoken of missing family & friends while they're away.

@bendreyfuss Also, why do the lead actors of British series turn over so often? (Grantchester, Death in Paradise, Call the Midwife etc) Seems like it would be a good gig. The U.S. series might have the same sleuth for 20 years (hello, Mariska Hargitay), but not many of the British shows.

One of my favorite things about British cops shows is that they all have the exact casts but in different roles. There are apparently only 20 actors in the entire country and they’re like “today I’m playing the vicar!”

@MonaLisas45 @TheExtremeMusi1 Bill Bailey hilariously exposed The Edge's over reliance on effects pedals.

@TheExtremeMusi1 The Edge U2

Who do you think is the most overrated guitarist of all time???

@jbeggs252 @anders_aslund @nandon2425 While I do agree with this, it's probably exactly what Putin wants, a weakened NATO, and he's probably pulling the strings (much as he did with Brexit, to make the EU weaker).

@anders_aslund @nandon2425 Greenland/Denmark should declare the 1951 void for cause, and expel US military.

Why does Trump want to seize Greenland? Since the US has full access to Greenland according to its treaty with Denmark from 1951 there is no national security argument, nor mineral rights issue. I see 4 possible Trump reasons: 1. Hide the Epstein files (works well). /1

Which band or artist has the best logo of all time (purely based on design, not the music)?

@DAaronovitch His opening line betrays his ignorance: "Whatever happened to Britain, or the UK, or England, or whatever they’re calling it? We can’t even agree on what it’s called."

So I travel by tube nearly every day. I have never once been in a carriage that looks remotely like that. It isn’t remotely typical. Meanwhile people in Tucker Carlson’s Nirvana murder each other at six times the rate in the ‘defeated’ UK.

@gomichild Any American film where someone takes painkillers, they open the bottle, neck a load of the tablets, and go *crunch, crunch, crunch*.

Swallow pills without water.

@bradpsychology He works in the ACT. My understanding is that Cup Day is not a public holiday anywhere but Metro Melbourne. He's such an entitled prick!

Tim Wilson, who won Goldstein by 175 votes, doesn’t think he should work on Cup Day.

@Kavo1890 He's right, you know. You should hear the respectful, contemplative silence at my local Irish bar, here in Melbourne, when the local troubadour plays his interpretation of Zombie.

The Irish, of course, famous throughout the world for their quiet nights in

@TheCinesthetic Not sure if this qualifies as batsh!t insane, or just sh!t.

What movie sequel is batshit insane compared to the original?

@JoshButler Every puff piece about Sussan mentions that she is/was a punk. Has she ever backed this up, like voiced an opinion on the recent Pistols' tour without Lydon, or shown off her collection of Clash LPs & Ramones t-shirts, or demonstrated any knowledge of The Damned's discography?

Sussan Ley has given a speech to parliament (and then issued a transcript, in case you missed it) criticising Anthony Albanese for wearing a t-shirt of post-punk band Joy Division Ley has often talked about "punk phase" which led to her adding the extra 'S' to her name

@RichardAngwin I've read 7 of the 10, 5 of them for the first time while I was in school, as part of the English Literature syllabus.

These are just some of the books Republicans have banned in school and public libraries around the country. Who's read any of these ??

@NoContextBrits I'm reminded of this classic moment of sports reporting from Australian TV.

Matthew was born for this.

What is a TV show you got really far into but eventually quit watching before its conclusion?

@SweeperPod @ahoworth97 Countries qualifying for the World Cup with a colour and an item of clothing in their name? Surely Côte d'Ivoire must count?

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