Second Mentions

Offside: “he was adjudged to have gone a little early in his advance on the French defence” Sam Matterface @secondmentions #FRAESP

@icod @secondmentions Pretty sure I saw Homicadal Pachyderm play King Tut's in 1993.

So @secondmentions "homicidal pachyderm"

"The rocky outpost": Spain begins Gibraltar airport checks as Brexit reaches the Rock as.ft.com/r/6484a8af-9b2… via @financialtimes @secondmentions

Here, @secondmentions, did you know "anaphoric reference" is a good second mention for "second mention"?

#AndyBurmham = “a tremulous piglet” @secondmentions brilliant writing from @thequentinletts in Mail Do we really want this tremulous piglet as our next PM? mol.im/a/15971007

Norway: “Erling Haaland and co.” England: “Harry Kane and co.” @secondmentions

Erling Haaland, Norway’s large, maniacal striker, has several exceedingly Norwegian traits. He sometimes exercises by chopping wood in the forest. He consumes 6,000 calories a day. After training sessions, he drinks raw milk. He owns a tax-sheltered investment company in Luxembourg named Pillage. He bought an edition of the “Heimskringla,” a 13th-century Old Norse saga, for $130,000—then donated it to his local library because, he explained, “I’ve never been much of a reader.” He has flowing blond hair, often compared to a Viking’s. He brings the intensity of a raiding party to the sport. Haaland scores goals at a higher rate than almost any soccer player ever. He has said, “I think of football all the time.” His wake-up alarm plays the theme song for the Champions League. He once posted a photo of himself on a plane, staring ahead intensely, with the caption “Just raw dogged a 7 hour flight no phone no sleep no water no food only map.” The Guardian once called him a “ravenous Nordic goal-yeti.” Haaland’s style of play elicits not wonder but terror. He is enormous: six feet five, 200 pounds, about the size and speed of the N.F.L. wide receiver Randy Moss. “Watching him, I sometimes find myself giggling as I might over a big, obscene crash at a demolition derby,” Zach Helfand writes. Read more: t.co/iAtLMOvrv0?utm…

"the space-themed joke candidate"

"The divisive Japanese fermented soybean superfood" @secondmentions @knobblymonsters @NewsOrFallSong

Rather good @secondmentions - “these brittle nubbins” - Ancient text charred by Vesuvius read for first time in 2,000 years thetimes.com/article/a8dd83…

fab @secondmentions on the wires this morning

The Bayeux Tapestry = “11th Century medieval artefact” @secondmentions The Bayeux Tapestry is here! Medieval artefact arrives in UK mol.im/a/15967471

Paging @secondmentions: "hugely popular Welsh power ballad singer" walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

Very sad news, leavened only slightly by the @secondmentions in the headline.

Paging @secondmentions... 👀 Rest in power, Bonnie.

@secondmentions in-the-headline-rarity 🕯️

@secondmentions The Hotchkiss Oysterman.

The Hotchkiss Oysterman’s time in the spotlight has demonstrated he’s far from a paragon of working-class male authenticity. His promoters, fans and defenders struggled to ignore the obvious, writes @jackbutler4815 on.wsj.com/4aJsFng