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The Yorksher Gob - So This is Why I Don't Watch Sky News...: by Jennie Rigg
I've lost count of the times I have objected to this ( Read more... )

If you are at all squeamish about needles, eyes, tattoos, things touching eyes, fluid in eyes, eyelids being pulled back, or anything of that nature, DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK

I only mention it because the sentence If even the sight of someone being needled with a normal tattoo is enough to make your eyes water, then it might be best to look away now ( Read more... )

(Break it down: you got a turn of phrase)

No, self, it wouldn't be a good and productive use of your time to filk Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry to make it about online RP. Why'd you gots to cause wank just 'cause there isn't any, huh?

I only recently finally joined twitter - because there's no point in updating LJ with one sentence posts when there's ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Scara!
May I recommend to everyone interested in medical history, that they may be interested in friending jamesfraserwest? Started by his step-great-great-granddaughter, purple_pen, it intends to serialise the last diary of a 19th century hospital surgeon. Pen explains more here: I firmly believe that this diary will be of enormous interest to huge numbers ( Read more... )

Michael Medved. Makes about as much sense as Ann Coulter? Possibly less.

Slavery (in America) wasn't all that bad really.

Sadly no says "whut?" davegodfrey says the same, in condensed easy-to-read version.

Oh oh, also?

Amerindians were not subject to genocide.

Betcha didn't know that, huh?

Liquorice Allsorts are SRS BZNS

I dedicate this link to everyone reading this who has a father.

And specifically those of you who can see their Dad doing the exact same thing.

British dads. I wouldn't change them for anything.

I'm not crazy, right? There is something fundamentally wrong with casting a white guy to play Twoflower, the most prominent character to originate from the Counterweight Continent: the Discworld equivalent of Imperial China (with some Japanese elements thrown in ( Read more... )

Another one of these, this time both icons and interests, and from wanderlustlover. Once again, this is a multimedia presentation

( drinking tea at terrorists )

sms_to_lj? has for many years provided a vaguely buggy way for Britons to update LJ through the medium of text message. I haven't felt the need to use it since the last time it stopped working for me, but I kept the community friended just in case I felt the need again.

Yesterday the maintainer posted this, the original text of which read:

Please note: ( Read more... )

Not to get all Bob Hoskins-y on you, but it's good to talk ( Read more... )