A guy in my work has a work wife, and we always joke they're banging. She retired 4 months ago. He's been off with 'stress' for 3 months and 25 days.

I saw it on BBC, ITV, and the Guardian.

Though I'm sure there's nothing scientific or logical about it, I'm sure you know what I mean when I say he had that look about him.

I'd try again. That's your best route.

You should sell this and buy her some new threads. Those ones are fucked. She must dance like a banshee.

That's a joke, not a story.

My old dog used to love carrying any stick. He was a black lab. We'd always either give him ridiculously small twigs that barely fit his mouth and he'd be so gentle with, and pleased as punch, or literal fallen trees that he'd drag along as though his life depended on it. He loved them all.

It could destroy paper when that was attempted as I recall.

That's what I figured by his wording, but I doubt either option actually happened.

None. Keir has been PM since '24.

When he says 'chucked in my face' (rather than 'at' my face), I figured loose, wet, saucy beans.

So, you don't want people to be able to legally end their lives because you don't want to? Is it fair to make people suffer in their final months rather than have autonomy?

I don't see the issue. I've watched people fade away and die slowly. It isn't nice. No one wants to see that.

I always thought the Netherlands sounded like an excellent dark fantasy realm.

Farage isn't getting elected here. The loud right wing press isn't representative.

In the real world, they don't at all in the overwhelming majority of places.

Quoting two terrible news sources doesn't help. The DM particularly is hellish, stirring bigotry throughout.

It really depends who it is, what the topic is, and how much of a dick they were.

Never found him remotely funny.

Pumpernickel, codswallop, hornswoggle, gobbledegook, flummoxed, collywobbles.