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@hunnybunny, if you really want to fry your brain!  I’ve done number 1..

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/files/GCHQ%20Christmas%20Challenge%202024.pdf

Off to London tomorrow, mainly to see A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic
Our third visit
As a critic said “Every year they put it on, I will be there”
Scrooge is played (and sung) by John Simm this year
Also meeting up with my sister and family, and eating and drinking

The 1% Club is stressful.

Twiggy and I were on the beach at Red Dwarf (a.k.a. Red Wharf) Bay this morning and were shocked to discover thousands (in fact I would confidently venture millions) of dead baby starfish. An astonishing sight. Also hundreds of pieces of what I believe is called Sea Pork which looks unnervingly like swollen pink human…[Read more]

My Clan and I are very unhappy with the updated Clan Battle. It’s not worth playing anymore. Prizes are not worth the challenge. Bring back the old version or my Clan will begin to not play. No real incentive.

Unhappy Clan Leader.

Quizzical Monday followed by The 1% Club
My brain is frazzled

Anyway, need to catch up with Quizzy Monday.

On that theme, who can forget the immortal Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack duet “Tonight I Sellotape my Glove to You”. Once heard, never unheard.

Spoiler

Some sources claim that they are both the result of things misheard – in Paddy MacAloon’s case “peppered sprout” from a Johnny Cash song and in Jack White’s case, Salvation Army. I think the second has more truth, but anyway, those origin stories are both out there.

Google failed…

A guess white stripes
Will Google

Finally in IOS.  Had to go to the app store, click on angry birds transformers to see the version had changed and hit the update button,

What connects Prefab Spout to Seven Nation Army?