Today’s headlines .........

[NoraB]

My schoolfriend had a crush on Ray Langton...

Ray Langton? Wasn't he Deirdre's first husband?

[pulisa]

I think so. I think he came to a sticky end though..

[NoraB]

I think so. I think he came to a sticky end though..

Yes. I can't recall the details though..

[NoraB]

Unexpected Item In The Nagging Area...

... a human who expects to be able to do shopping without a continuous barrage of techno-argy-bargy.

‘Self-scan supermarket tills and the rows over their use’...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61501128

“Please wait for a surly supervisor to come and spout you a lecture on why people like you give self-scan shoppery a bad name. Just for future reference, don’t try to use a rucksack as your shopping bag. Oh, and by the way, if you dare choose to pay with cash, I’ll regurgitate half your payment at least once and grudgingly spit out any change in every bit of small denomination coinage I can find. And just for the record, you’re being filmed and any images may be used at some time or other by facial recognition for all sorts of purposes, none of which will benefit you and might actually cause you considerable inconvenience.”

[pulisa]

Blimey..A cruel trifle! I hope it gets its just desserts?

[Catkins]

How About These Puddings?...

What do you call folks with jelly in one ear and custard in t’other?... Anything you like, because they’re a trifle deaf.

“Vegans slam Queen’s ‘cruel and unhealthy’ Platinum Jubilee trifle”

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/22/vegans-slam-queens-cruel-and-unhealthy-platinum-jubilee-trifle-16687085/

How do you make a Swiss roll?... Turn him on his side and push him down an alp.

You were on top form yesterday pain!

[NoraB]

We got an invite to the street Jubilee party..

Two autistics and an NT bloke whose idea of a good time is 8 hours straight online gaming?

I think not...

(we'll take the trifle though)

[NoraB]

A brief comment on using ground linseed and chia seed in cooking: If, as PETA and VIVA suggest, they feed these to our dear queenie, she’ll never be off the throne.... (they’re certainly not ‘binders’, from personal experience!).

Linseed oil is good for constipation and old bats.. (cricket bats, obvs - not Liz)

[Lencoboy]

[B]
Cook, cook, cook, cookability
That’s the beauty of gas....

Blimey, that's a blast from the past, Pain!

That commercial was on the box around early 1986 IIRC (when I was 8 and 1/2).

It was around the same time as that 'A-ris-ton-and on-and on' commercial.

[pulisa]

Good that the cost of living crisis isn't affecting the pockets of Liverpool fans flocking to Paris for the Champions League final though..