May 2020

@NewtonMark Still might be worth trying to reduce the other fires though? I am no expert.

8:10 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to NewtonMark

@misosusanowa Yep.

6:49 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to misosusanowa

@misosusanowa Basically anything could happen at this point. :(

6:42 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to misosusanowa

@jodiem Of the podcast? That’s just the standard macOS speech synth, with the Australian female voice chosen. Which..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NY

6:17 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to jodiem

@arizclint “Don’t think of a hippopotamus.”

6:14 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to arizclint

@jonoabroad Thanks. :) I’m good though. I am used to managing the occasional bad times. How are things your end?

6:05 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to jonoabroad

@HHackenbecker “pspezone”.

3:37 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to HHackenbecker

@duncanmcdonnell @bgosford @GlennKefford Thanks, Duncan.

3:23 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to duncanmcdonnell

@semibogan Hey Erika, my fav!

3:22 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to semibogan

@republic2809 Possibly.

1:02 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to republic2809

@MarkRedbeliever Yes, Petal. [Pats head gently.]

1:01 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to MarkRedbeliever

@MsLods [Nods] Adopting a sociolect that’s not naturally theirs. A clumsy kind of code-switching. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-swit…

12:07 PM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to MsLods

@alexdante @_DaveKnowles The general and the specific often work in parallel.

11:17 AM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to alexdante

@franksting @mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery OK, so I am now being a sook about Finnish gin. But hey this is how I work.

1:06 AM, May 31st, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@franksting @mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery I am not. But @mikko is (nice chap) and whatever goddam distillery is.

12:12 AM, May 31st, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to franksting

@franksting @mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery THEN WHY DON’T I HAVE ANY?

12:08 AM, May 31st, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to franksting

@mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery If Finnish gin is a thing then I am happy to sample it.

11:07 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to stilgherrian

@mikko @iblametom @Kyrodistillery I am happy to forward my address.

11:02 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to mikko

@SnarkyPlatypus Don’t pick on Wilfred.

10:47 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@awelder @jamnic77 Exactly.

10:35 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to awelder

@awelder @jamnic77 So you’re saying I should drink more whisky.

10:25 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to awelder

@TomSear @kcarruthers @joannejacobs And here we are. #twelvemoreyears

9:58 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to TomSear

@ilan_peer @mikko @iblametom Well exactly.

9:47 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to ilan_peer

@ilan_peer @mikko @iblametom Wait, what is going on here? :)

9:45 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to ilan_peer

@kcarruthers @joannejacobs I believe I have already said something along these lines.

9:37 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to kcarruthers

@mikko @iblametom Pffft. There is no such thing as Finnish gin.

9:34 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to mikko

@joannejacobs @kcarruthers Correct. Twelve more years (including relatives).

9:33 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to joannejacobs

@SnarkyPlatypus And yet here we are.

9:02 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@SnarkyPlatypus I’m sorry for “and his wife” but I’ve been drinking and I forgot her name. I do know she’s a human in her own right.

9:00 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to stilgherrian

@SnarkyPlatypus The idiocy is that Obama and his wife have been making statements all day.

8:56 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@irisherself Correct.

8:49 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to irisherself

@developerjack I like the look of your rings.

8:45 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to developerjack

@DrRhysPockett Yeah I know. But here we are.

8:35 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to DrRhysPockett

@MarcusDCook The you need to extend your range.

8:20 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to MarcusDCook

@TiktaalikD Yeah well that won’t happen.

8:16 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to TiktaalikD

@steampowerednet “Here we are”, I meant before automangle got to work. And yes.

8:16 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to steampowerednet

@steampowerednet Yet hereby we are.

8:11 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to steampowerednet

@HHackenbecker @InsidersABC Look it could have it’s moments.

8:10 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to HHackenbecker

@TiktaalikD Isn’t it just.

8:10 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to TiktaalikD

@expectproblems Look, Ma’am, I just pass on the news. I am merely the messenger.

8:09 PM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to expectproblems

@R_Chirgwin @bgosford I’m glad* she can’t turn her head because she’d kill me with a glance.

* Obviously I am not glad of this.

7:59 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to R_Chirgwin

@purserj @SnarkyPlatypus Hahahaha right. So the key story facts are: (a) This is the $3 billion cost; (b) person no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HT

7:56 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to purserj

@JustJimWillDo @SuperCroup @DrRhysPockett @ChrissieM @glengyron @SnarkyPlatypus Oui.

7:49 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@SnarkyPlatypus Well to random single-source “small business owner” apparently it is. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…

7:48 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@SnarkyPlatypus I’m also loving how the person tagged as “small business owner” is trying to fit up the state gover..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5q

7:47 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@SnarkyPlatypus LIVING THE NIGHTMARE.

7:45 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@R_Chirgwin @bgosford Why wouldn’t I credit that? I’ve met her. I know this is the truth.

7:43 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to R_Chirgwin

@_midofo_ Exactly. I mean, it’s Lancashire.

7:39 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to _midofo_

@SnarkyPlatypus Correct. And you weren’t even there! :)

7:38 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@_midofo_ Hahahahahaha. pic.twitter.com/MTldbeeMU2

7:37 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@_midofo_ Well no I am looking at this and if it is a “shepherd’s pie” no of course there is no tomato in it. What..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…46

7:35 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to _midofo_

@bgosford I was often supervising producer for the 0900-1200 classical music programs that followed. We had to be t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lc

7:33 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@bgosford Oh fuck yeah! Even by 1981 in Adelaide, at what is now Radio Adelaide, at 0800 Saturdays there was a “Yug..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sh

7:31 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to bgosford

@_midofo_ Not in a cottage pie, I agree. But the local bakery does a bacon, egg, and tomato pie which is a very goo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ar

7:29 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to _midofo_

@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile For the meaning of “Ersatz” please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ersatz_go….

7:28 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Is “Ersatzkrautwein” racist? I know that “Kraut” for “German” is literally “cabbage”, bu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N7

7:25 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Oh wait, I see they got it made in France. Somewhere.

7:21 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@_midofo_ But of course! :)

7:20 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to _midofo_

@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile Sure, but since this is some Ersatzkrautwein why not choose a name that reflects Germany..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jp

7:20 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@sylmobile @SnarkyPlatypus Lol. It’s like Veuve Darren.

7:16 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to sylmobile

@_midofo_ I’m thinking as an amateur — in strategic analysis not masturbation@SnarkyPlatypuss — that the PLA’s maintwitter.com/i/web/status/1…gthQ

7:16 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@cathywilcox1 File for a divorce now.

7:14 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to cathywilcox1

@_midofo_ So yes people are bringing this to my attention. [Rolls eyes.] I really don’t think this is the PLA’s main problem.

7:13 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to _midofo_

@SnarkyPlatypus I think I’ve seen this video.

7:12 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@glengyron @ChrissieM @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus I am refraining from commenting on that.

6:58 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to glengyron

@bgosford [Nods] Our friends at Crikey did a spotter’s guide to the far right not long ago. It seems that most of t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F9

6:58 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to bgosford

@bgosford Thanks, Bob. I hadn’t realised the Klan made it here.

6:54 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to bgosford

@glengyron @SuperCroup @SnarkyPlatypus The Jacob’s Creek is good, yes, but I also have some 12yo single malt to hand for Ron.

6:53 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to glengyron

@realCarrickRyan Thanks for this thread, Carrick.

6:50 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to realCarrickRyan

@jeamland RTYI. But not just them. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…

6:48 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to jeamland

@bgosford I suppose I could read the linked-to article…

6:45 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@bgosford I’ve missed the start of this, Bob? When was this? Newspaper typography looks 1970s.

6:44 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to bgosford

@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo There’s a lot of that about. And our friends in St Petersburg will be working double shifts right now.

6:42 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to kels_316

@nickheathsport This first one has some superb footage of feline psychological warfare. youtube.com/watch?v=bvEM_9…

6:40 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo @Qld_Steve [Nods] I keep forgetting that, being more towards the other end of the richness..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aS

6:33 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to kels_316

@hereforthehops @SnarkyPlatypus I know of a bar that will serve doubles of navy strength gin, at least when you loo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ou

6:26 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@hereforthehops @SnarkyPlatypus Alas no. I think I’ll fix that mistake next week.

6:25 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to hereforthehops

@kels_316 @JustJimWillDo @Qld_Steve So, can you just make up your own police forces?

6:24 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to kels_316

@SnarkyPlatypus I have a bottle of gin which should see me through, though I may switch to whisky later.

6:22 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@JustJimWillDo @Qld_Steve And universities.

6:20 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@JonoH @kcarruthers @annie_parker “An ample sufficiency.”

6:11 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JonoH

@kcarruthers @JonoH @annie_parker Well yes you can, and you end up shitting out bright red jelly-like fragments for two days.

6:08 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to kcarruthers

@JustJimWillDo I knew the Texas Rangers were still a thing. And I knew the “Here, have some hand-me-down military k..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2l

6:04 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@SnarkyPlatypus I sort of got that at one point, but then the fascination came back as I absorbed the sheer scale of the damn thing.

6:02 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@SnarkyPlatypus Awww… Poor little young person with no attention span… :P

5:58 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to SnarkyPlatypus

@JustJimWillDo I once saw an excellent piece by a guy who was either 82nd or 101st Airborne saying that local cops..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…v5

5:50 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@JustJimWillDo Yeah I was very impressed with how she handled that. Maybe because it contrasts so much with the inc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gt

5:48 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@reselsnark I don’t know what to think any more. I’m just confused.

5:37 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to reselsnark

@TamikaDMallory This too is quite astounding. twitter.com/mentnelson/sta…

5:36 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@damana @sylmobile I hope not. :( Good luck, though. The dumb seems to be spreading.

5:08 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to damana

@republic2809 Pyjamas, batons, and riot shields. Let’s get the full list out there.

4:49 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to republic2809

@OurNewHomecoach @PaulHenry524 @SnarkyPlatypus It’s certainly a tough call.

4:41 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to OurNewHomecoach

@PaulHenry524 @SnarkyPlatypus @OurNewHomecoach Fwiw the History Channel offers these 8 points. Is this more reliabl..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…T7

4:34 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to PaulHenry524

@manindotblack @dobes @davidgerard @rohan_p Thanks, that one has been kicking around for a while. Needs a bigger audience I suspect.

4:22 PM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to manindotblack

@PeteLawler I did not. Situation normal then.

11:47 AM, May 30th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to PeteLawler

@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng Oh lying down Grass Mud Horse
Oh running wild Grass Mud Horse
They defeated river crabs**..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lW

10:34 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng There is a herd of Grass Mud Horses*
In the wild and beautiful Ma Le Desert**
They are li..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fa

10:34 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng Dr Feng is not very harmonious.

10:29 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to stilgherrian

@JustJimWillDo @DavidFeng Well now you know why soft-toy alpacas or llamas are commonly seen in the windows of cars..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hF

10:27 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@JustJimWillDo River Crabs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism…

See also this, which I has perhaps mistakenly assumed you knew..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oD

10:05 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@JustJimWillDo Ah. Good. If there were actual River Crabs they might have had three wristwatches. 和谐.

9:58 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@JustJimWillDo Are they River Crabs?

9:54 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to JustJimWillDo

@joannejacobs Thanks, but it’s OK. It’s just everything being as things usually are. :)

9:44 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to joannejacobs

@joannejacobs I want to cry.

9:39 AM, May 30th, 2020 via TweetDeck in reply to joannejacobs

@R_Chirgwin I don’t think I care enough.

9:05 PM, May 29th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to R_Chirgwin

@dmsbriz I think you overestimate how well coordinated different divisions of an organisation are. :) But yes it ca..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…B8

9:04 PM, May 29th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to dmsbriz

@R_Chirgwin I have no idea what any of this is about.

9:02 PM, May 29th, 2020 via Tweetbot for iΟS in reply to R_Chirgwin