At one stage the “French Scrabble” world champion came from New Zealand, spoke no French, but had memorised the dictionary.

This dude: Non-French Nigel

I love me some Richard Cheese cover versions. He knows exactly where to take other people’s songs.

Yeah, I only discovered the word when I read “doctoress” in a translation I was proofing and knew there was something going on there.

I think it would be “Doctrix” in older versions of English.

I was working with an old timer South African. He showed us the new strap for his guitar. It was a rainbow. We looked surprised. He told us it was for his homeland - a brave new rainbow nation. We told him how it would probably be interpreted where he was. He looked sad and went back to the old strap.

There was a website where you could enter the “pattern” you had and it would give you step-by-step instructions… My mate’s kids used to go to bed with scrambled cubes and every morning wake up to it solved. They thought their father was a cube savant.

There’s also all the activity on the practice courts too.

As I understand it gold is used as it doesn’t tarnish or corrode - it’s not there to benefit the sound in any way.

That’s a great example.

Glad you made it.

I see what you done there… well played.

Regardless of the whole big c / little c argument I’d still be hard pressed to find one person that was alarmed with falling crime figures…

I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that the poster meant a “knee-jerky, xenophobic, Reform / BNP / UKIP / English Alliance etc. voting Londoner” because, yeah, that headline would be counter to their narrative.

My dryer only has a low and a high setting and the length of time is human dictated.

I dry clean any really good clothing I own.

If I dry my clothes on high they are shrunk and sometimes ruined in other ways too.

Almost everything I own can survive the low setting with no noticeable negatives.

Be careful using the word “conservative” if you’re discussing UK politics - it’s literally the name of a (mainstream) political party.

Have you read [“The Day of The Triffids”] ?(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids)

If you look at your hand when it is wide open and palm up you can use the tip of your thumb to touch any of the 12 (four fingers each with three) sections of your fingers. Counting in 12 might be very intuitive for early humans - or might not. Who knows.

I swear the sound of a spade hitting earth is the Robin equivalent of a drop of blood in the ocean for a shark.

I’m glad the little fella found a great restaurant at your place.

You’re not wrong there, my friend - I stride through life on easy level knowing that nothing bad nor troublesome will ever have any bearing on me, nor my life, in any way whatsoever. It is a most relaxing life.

196 communities only ever had one rule - and they are obeying that.

Interesting choice of flag… but otherwise pretty spot on.

There’s still time…