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Uksimes

@uksimes2

Happily living in Brighton (and Hove), Medieval reenactor, Listens to Prog, Spurs fan, curmudgeonly old sod, anybody’s for a decent chocolate biscuit…

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calendar_today01-03-2022 11:45:41

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I cannot think of a better way of marking the birth date of the sublime Stan Laurel (who was born on this day in 1890) than by posting a clip of him and Oliver Hardy laughing their socks off. This is from a short they made in 1930 called “Blotto” and is absolute gold, IMHO.

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A man is sitting next to woman on a bus. The woman is trying to breastfeed, but the baby refuses to suck on her breast. She warns her child, "if you don’t start sucking, I’m going to give it to the man next to me"... But the baby still refuses. After 20 minutes, the woman repeats

Emir Han (@realemirhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Jaws the iconic line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider. That was inspired by a real moment of improvisation during filming when the crew realized boat was too small for the shark. Director found it authentic, kept the scene

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Do you remember the bad old days, when we all did COVID tests so regularly, we could do them automatically?? This morning, I had to get the instructions out!! (I’m fine, no positive test result!)

Do you remember the bad old days, when we all did COVID tests so regularly, we could do them automatically??
This morning, I had to get the instructions out!!
(I’m fine, no positive test result!)
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On July 2, 2025, we’ll hit the exact midpoint of the year. And from that day forward, 2050 will be closer in time than the year 2000.

On July 2, 2025, we’ll hit the exact midpoint of the year. And from that day forward, 2050 will be closer in time than the year 2000.