I either make stock from the chicken carcass; or I get bones from my local butcher. I have a small jar of stock powder for use in emergencies.

Junk/Fast Food. I haven’t been in a McDonalds/Burger King/Wendy’s etc since the 90s. I did visit Five Guys a couple of years ago but the food was so terrible it just underlined why I never go to these places anymore.

Over 30 years ago I gave up Lent for Lent. I’m still going strong.

Because of the sugar tax in Ireland, all the sodas started adding artificial sweetners, whcih I hate (apparently I’m one of the few people that can taste how foul they are). So I haven’t drunk soda for years now- the only exception being Mezzo Mix when I was in Germany last.

Well you can also rely on the old trope- if you don’t see the body, then they’re not dead. And in Hopper’s case, you didn’t see him “die” either.

He survived by going through the portal to the Upside Down- and we know the Russians have a door on their side- I’m guessing that’s why they wanted to build one in america in the first place- a handy beachhead for invasion. Also, didn’t you wonder where all the Russian soldiers had got to when the base was raided?…

We know it was Hopper- who said he got vaporized?

As the announcer said, the Standard Poodle is America’s dog. Daniel would have won in a UK show.

Judging by the answer to Perplexed I think I might know where I’m going wrong with identifying as a “meat eating vegan”.

I preferred the Mad Magazine version: Crymore versus Crymore

They used that joke on Stephen Graham.

Badly times too- it came right after a film about how BAFTA has created all these new initiatives designed to promote diversity...

Other mssing lines of dialog from the show:

She seemed very unphased by her girlfriend exploding, almost as if she had seen that happen many times before and had got used to it. Maybe they should have had her say something like “oh no, not again.”

I thought this episode was terrible- I’m talking Cyberwoman level terrible- unlikeable characters, really bad dialog, and plot devices that didn’t make sense. The whole The Birds thing seemed to be “our SFX dept bought a package which allows us to overlay a murmuration...”

I once had to point out to a waitress that by the time the missing dish had appeared, we had all finished.

On this side of the pond, the biggest excitement is for the new series of Inside No. 9...

The best thing about Matt Berry is he always plays Matt Berry. Year Of The Rabbit is excellent. And watch out for the Taika Waititi cameo...

“ It’s a conversation-halting, baby-frightening display...”

A michelin star restaurant on New Year’s Eve