Simon HB

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I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground

Hartley Hare from The Pipkins, who signed off the last programme with a promise that next week there will be a new programme with new people
A monkey toy, which lacks any knowledge or the ability to learn from experience, and can only clang together its tiny cymbals over and over and over again, never making music, simply making noise
The caption card from Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
A source in the Ministry of Justice told the BBC: "We're gutted he's going but the new person is going to have their work cut out to get their head round what's round the corner."
Connie from the AOL ads with a CRT computer screen behind her reading "free"
A Mini shaped like an Outspan orange
Keir Starmer stands at a lectern in Downing Street
Front page of the i - with main headline 'Andy Burnham prime minister in 72 hours'
Keir Starmer, rocking a jacket and tshirt
BBC News liveblog image showing the headline 'starmer gifted carriage clock in his final days as PM' above a picture of Big Ben
Headline: Prince Harry plays pickleball at Invictus Games event, but no Megan
Text: Cambridge Water said enforcement may follow for repeated or serious breaches. It urged people not to call 999 if they see someone using a hosepipe.
The image from the previous post, which hopefully will load this time
(JP: 'I might as well tell you that story now about being insulted by the most unpopular man in Britain. You might be wondering who that is now, no not Simon Bates. What's his name. Beadle, Jeremy Beadle, no no no, I'll tell you the story now. On Monday night, John Walters was doing his first ever DJ programme, when he actually had to like play the records and do all the technical stuff at the desk, such as I do so brilliantly for you night in night out. And he was doing at GLR in London, Greater London Radio. And what I thought I'd do when he finished at 10 o'clock I'd go round and ask for an autographed picture as he came out, you see. So I went over there, I was a bit early getting there, and I was standing on the steps, outside, a little alleyway, kind of dimly lit, and I tried to get in, tried to get the intercom working and it wouldn't work. So I though, I'll just wait until he comes out, he won't be that long, and then another bloke came up, and his face was vaguely familiar, a kind of blotchy red face, and wearing one of those shell suits, I wouldn't have chosen it myself, and he came up and he tried the intercom and it worked for him. And he didn't say anything, and while he was waiting for someone to come and open the door, i was trying to engage him in conversation so I said "well you know" I was just chatting and he was looking at me out the corner of his eye thinking "Hello, this bloke's a looney" cos you do get people hanging around outside radio stations who are really strange, coming up and saying to you "Hello, I'm the Archangel Gabriel" they say, stuff like that "How do you do pleased to meet you" [alt text continues on next image]
Thatcher with two men launching a keep britain tidy campaign
The Albert Memorial
An amazing Colorado sunset over the Rockies, seen from just outside Senor Rics Mexican restaurant in Aurora
The Game For A Laugh team, with their 'watching us, watching you, watching us, watching you' catchphrase
Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent drink beer as the Vogons prepare to demolish Earth
The cover of Charlene's I've Never Been To Me
Andy Burnham in a photo on the FT front page, apparently standing in front of a giant arrow
Daily Mail masthead and flannel panel: Think those daily 'healthy' vitamins are safe? The truth is even dog food is better regulated
Rocky and Grace from Project Hail Mary in the room with the big screen. Rocky is in his glass protection dome. They have their arms resting through the screen together
Sub heads from the Sun King and Queen to quit palace Charles reveals £13m tax bill
zooming in closer on cheggers
Keir Starmer scooping popcorn into a bucket in the Milton Keynes odeon
Actually a screenshot from Hard Drivin, a Z X Spectrum game
portion of telegraph front page, with headline - Burnham I'll boost cash for defence next to a picture of Harry Kane with his hand on his head looking strangely like Prince William
BBC News item, showing photos of Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer, with the headline "signs grow that Starmer will resign as government mood shifts"
A damselfly rests on the lip of a plant pot
Newspaper headline text: almighty ambition - tycoon on a quest to build the biggest Jesus in the world
A splodge of ice cream which looks like a bald man with a big ear on top of a brownie
The former flag of Pocatello which comprises three purple triangles which seem to be vapourising, and the words 'proud to be Pocatello'. It looks like something someone might have designed on an Amiga. There is a trademark symbol next to the slogan, and there is a copyright line at the foot of the flag
A crow looks out from a nest high in a tree
Michael Parkinson looking worried
A YouTube ad - the text promises 'eight fantastic things to do in Idaho in fall' - the accompanying photo shows buildings and a canal that are clearly Amsterdam
A wagtail, a small black and white bird, standing on a block-paved carpark, throwing a long shadow from the sun directly behind them
Bob Carolgees and Spit The Dog
Cameron Thomas MP suspended by Gloucestershire Police
Reform supporters voted 'tactically' to 'get Starmer out', says Richard Tice
The United Kingdom (UK) · Answered by Tony English 1y Are British people in awe when someone from the United States visits their country?
Tories defend Vickers laughing at homophobic jokes in TV interview, saying he was just 'trying to be polite' Peter Walker Peter Walker Peter Walker is a senior Guardian political correspondent. At their post-PMQs briefing, asked about Matt Vickers’ comments about the arson attack on the PM’s property in a TV interview yesterday (see 12.31pm), a Conservative spokesperson said the Tory deputy chair was just being “polite” when he laughed along with homophobic jokes on Talk Radio. The spokesperson said: If you listen to what Matt Vickers says, he doesn’t actually say anything wrong in the clip. He was trying to be polite.
A teacup poodle being held in someone's hands. It is tiny
News alert in the notification centre Breaking news Russian frigate fires warning shots at British yacht in Channel - reports
Advert for a "Quick and free Breeze test" to tell if you were abused as a child
Headline from i newspaper: Burnham: I'1 keep triple lock and lookattar cut for pensioners if I become PM
A screenshot of last night's football match between Brazil and Morocco, with circles drawing attention to what looks a bit like nine Tardises parked at the side of the pitch
A picture of a press photo of Iron Maiden - under each face is the word "unnamed", except for one man who the system has decided is Neil Codling
A blue and white sign reading UK Border
Title card from Nozin' Aroun', the youth issues programme off The Young Ones
Andy Burnham’s campaign has released a statement saying that when he spoke about “some recompense” for the Waspi women (see 11.50am), he was not talking about financial compensation. As the Times reports, a Burnham spokesperson issued a statement this morning saying: Andy has always recognised the unfair way in which state pension equalisation was introduced. As mayor of Greater Manchester, he supported Waspi women in the city-region with early access to concessionary travel, providing some recompense to them within affordability limits. He accepts the final decision has been made in relation to financial compensation but has indicated an openness to considering similar schemes on the Greater Manchester model.
A man with hearing protection, each side of which is a green semisphere the size of his head
Buffy: "Does it ever get easy?" Giles: "You mean life?" Buffy: "Yeah. Does it get easy?" Giles: "What do you want me to say?" Buffy: "Lie to me." Giles: "Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats and we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies... and everybody lives happily ever after." Buffy: "Liar."
Ron and his Virgin Media bill
Two BBC news blocks, one showing a burned field with a headline 'half term surge in fires started deliberately' next to one with a stock photo of someone's torso and a mobile phone and the headline 'findings reveal overwhelming call for phone ban'
A massive motorhome parked snuggly in a police lock-up
On our way back from holiday, we came through Windermere and drove past a hotel which had a big sign outside. The sign read "Performing Live Tonight, Duran Duran". Please put me out of my misery and tell me if they really were playing there. Rachael Harrison, Ambleside. • A likely story! The sign, which was actually outside Windermere's Mountain Ash Hotel, was erected by two "totally mad loony barmen" from the hotel. In the mood for "carrying on" they thought it'd be a "great joke" to play on the locals - it seems nearly everybody from Windermere is mad about Duran Duran (or so I'm told). The last time they played a proper concert in this country was the Wembley Arena dates last Christmas. How time flies
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