Ben Pitcairn @bluespider42
Joined October 2013-
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You cant make it up 😂😂😂....a Williamson turn is an emergency man overboard recovery operation. Strangely @Wikipedia does not mention turning so late (having ignored the first and second mate yelling MOB for 3 months) and turning so sharply you capsize (on breakfast TV).. #glug
Johnson and Cummings: A Timeline of Failure (Part One) Location: Barnard Castle (Sound on - thanks to @gavinesler for narration)
This seems too perfect. From Brewer's Britain and Ireland, 2005. "That's Barney Castle" meaning "That's a pathetic excuse"
Wait so is the new rule “Follow your instincts”? Hold my beer.
And lo, unto her did appear a host of Corbyn defenders, who did descend upon her mentions, and she was not sore afraid, because she was used to it. And the host did sing with one voice, ‘ungodly woman, thou foolest us not. We know the true reason thou despisest Saint Jeremy.’ 1
My Observer column today asks whether names really matter when you’re being tugged off into a harbour. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
If you ever get asked why you should use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, here's a definitive answer by @yegg: quora.com/Why-should-I-u…
This is just exquisite! bit.ly/2lnXTES Please donate to Planned Parenthood in this bigot’s name & they’ll send him a thank you note
Good article on the damaging 'decision' to leave Euratom. No sense in it at all. Shambolic. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.
Genius! Collect drilling dust with an envelope: bit.ly/1eA8CEC

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