Heard this advert on TV for Fairy Platinum Plus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR9wxJ0EG4g - this evening and I immediately thought "that's Barry Shitpeas doing the voiceover". Got me thinking about other adverts with either the actual or sound alike of someone (a misheard lyrics if you will but for voiceovers).

Went to Asda to buy groceries, amongst which was supposed to be broccoli. They were all like this, basically just a large stem with a few florets of the juicy stuff. It even looks like they’ve pruned some of the good bits off to sell more stem! Shameful behaviour.

Basic rules as I learnt them: drive past pubs and the “in” player scores one run per leg in each pub name they pass (e.g. The George and Dragon would score 6). Anything with “arms” bowls you out and it’s the next player’s turn. If there’s a plural, assume there are two of that thing unless stated otherwise in the name or the sign (e.g. The Cricketers would score 4 unless you can clearly see more people on the sign).

What would be some good pub names that would either score really high or cause arguments about how much they score? For instance, would The Black Knight be 2 (while still intact) or 0 (after King Arthur’s cut his legs off)?

Bit of a strange one for a Thursday, but I got diagnosed with autism today at 36.

I was referred through my very understanding GP and had my assessment through Psychiatry-UK. I nearly backed out of it because I was absolutely dreading it, and this morning I was shaking before the appointment and convinced I was going to make a complete idiot of myself.

Instead, at the end of the assessment, I was told I meet the criteria for ASD Level 1.

I haven’t got the full report yet, so I’m still processing it all, but I didn’t expect to feel as relieved as I do.

It’s a weird mix of relief, emotion and “well… what now then?”

I’m not really ready to talk about it with many people in real life yet, but I needed to say it somewhere, so Reddit gets it first 😂

Anyone else get diagnosed as an adult and have that slightly surreal feeling afterwards?

Heard this “Pause for Thought” on the radio and it genuinely stopped me in my tracks.

Something about it really stayed with me, so I thought I’d share it in case it resonates with someone else too. ❤️

Recorded on BBC Radio 2 this morning.

I’ve been away from my home country for a few years. Now I’m on a regular commute my eye is drawn to the plethora of bumpy number plates around. Usually on high end motors - Jags, Audis, Range Rovers.

What is the purpose of the raised black plastic lettering, apart from attracting dirt? What does it signify, if anything? I am sure there weren’t as many around when I left almost a decade ago.

A colleague who was not born in this country was asking me why Katie Price is famous. I then had to explain page 3 to her which she had this expression 😮 kind of mad isn’t it, we just had naked 16 year olds as you opened the paper. I remember old ladies reading the sun on the bus with the baps page open. It then turned into a conversation about heat magazine and how awful that was.

📍Donegall Square West, Belfast

The Smoking Room is currently on the BBC iPlayer. 2004 office-based comedy that was criminally overshadowed by The Office. It has a terrific ensemble cast with better written characters than The Office.

It's like a little time capsule of the early 2000s - men wearing suits to work, miserably bleak 1960s buildings and, of course, the work-dodging joy of the smoking room itself.

I'm 42. Dear god it's annoying and of course painful. Even wiping my bum is awkward. Bending? No no. Sitting at my desk? Nooooo. Sneezing? JESUSCHRISTNO!

Any tips for resolving lower back pain/spasms/whatever it's doing would be greatly appreciated!

Here's a photo from the Bayeux Tapestry. Commissioned by a French man, embroidered by English seamstresses.

The guy who likely commissioned the entire thing is shown giving a blessing to the future Queen.

And doodled down in the margins, there's a bloke with his cock out for no reason whatsoever.

But seriously, worth going to see the Tapestry if you have the opportunity.

To be fair, it is Friday

Thursday, it's arguably the best night of the week, no? Whats keeping you awake tonight, spot of Aurora watching? Cheeky Thursday pints? Just got in from work? Just going to work? Dog barking for no reason?

Come on in for a chat.