Yep. I used to work with what I thought were the most gullible people in the country, but they were probably just average. I made a sort of game out of telling them the most outrageous lies, but with sincerity and passion, to see how much they would fall for. All of it. They were entranced by my totally made up…

We’re on season 3 of Blake’s 7, and it’s awesomely dated, with big clunky communication devices, flared pants and that old traditional British favourite: most episodes were filmed in a quarry in Wales.  It’s delicious nostalgia for those who are old enough to have loved it first time round, but I expect Gen Z to be…

Yes to all of those. We loved Shetland seasons 1-5, but season 6 was weirdly unwatchable.

Mexican Coke = actual sugar. American Coke = corn syrup. No one buys Mercan full fat Coke if they can get the Mexican version.

People who wash chickens probably also wash eggs.

How is this different from every other show out there? No one has been wearing masks in scripted TV shows for the whole of 2021.  SVU did a couple of eps with masks, then stopped.  9-1-1 did the same.  TV shows show a reality that is alternate to the one viewers actually live in.  They all do it.

“Pro Life” to Republicans mean pro sending black people to jail for life, when a white person doing the same crime gets off with probation.

The Bro did indeed draw a very creditable man on a horse.  I was impressed.  He should stick to drawing horses and stop putting my dog’s upchuck in a plaster cast bowl.  I dry heaved just looking that that foamy mouth thing.

So Melania’s Christmas decor stylist/assistant really sucked donkey balls then? I honestly thought the Red Wedding murder trees were all her own work.

We Californians were having none of that Brock Turner shit.  I signed the recall petition for Persky - there was a line round the block, but it was worth the wait - and then joyfully voted for the actual recall.  Grudge avenged.  I don’t know what Turner is doing these days, but presumably he knows he won’t get a…

Yup. Just because one can, does not mean one should.

As a grammar nazi, I slightly prefer no apostrophe where there should be one, as opposed to an aberrant apostrophe (eg “cauliflower’s are delicious with cheese sauce”).

I googled that, convinced it was a Grandpa Simpson quote. I was surprised to find it was, instead, from a movie (I’d never heard of).

It just makes me cry.  I only tried it once, a roomie made brownies and persuaded me to try one.  I don’t feel at all tempted to repeat the experiment :-(

Refrigerating the dough before baking is only for cakey (soft, chewy) cookies.

Because “the shot” sounds so much less violent?

Why?

Does bycatch include blobfish? Does Subway’s questionable tuna sandwich contain Ted Cruz DNA?

Everyone in Britain pronounces it Chia-batta, with some slight regional accent variations (southerners go for more of a bahta, northerners keep the “a” short). I can’t imagine any other way to say it? But then I say this as someone who gets filthy looks from Americans when I ask for brush-etta.

I remember going in the Before Times (like, last century). I’d pick a movie that had been out for months; a midweek, school-time showing. I’d go into the movie theatre and feel a rush of self-congratulatory joy, because there were only six other people in there already, spread out all over the auditorium. I would sit…