If there is any chance that Wham! might top the Xmas charts with the same song two years in a row, with a song that is decades old, it speaks volumes about the absolutely carp state of modern music. Also, I think it might be the Xmas song I hate more than any that I have ever heard. It also might be the Xmas song with the video I hate more than…[Read more]

Think you might be digging a hole there.

@brianN, we really are going to have to be on our best behaviour.

Just watched Operation Mincemeat this evening @hunnybunny, care of Netflix. Good stuff but not an obvious candidate for a musical IMO.

A friend went to see him live many years back (the Count, not Gregg). Also went to see I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (with Humph). Said it was even funnier in the flesh.

You know, I could be persuaded to start feeling sorry for Gregg. Not a lot, mind.

You need to give us a nice easy level @birdleader where we can beat our scores. Not Jurassic Pork!

Looks like they are back in North Wales somewhere. I’m sure Twiggy had a wee behind that tree.

However, random levels could be interesting.

Challenge is back (thanks @birdleader!) and we don’t have the dreaded Hollydogs any more, hooray.

I just said that the stories were out there @brianN, not that they were true. I agree with your analysis.

You know, I could be persuaded to start feeling sorry for Prince Andrew. Not a lot, mind.

My efforts to 3-star all of Seasons without any reference to walkthroughs, just for posterity have ground to a halt on quite a few Pig Days levels. I’m starting at the most recent episodes and working back, so this is only the seventh episode I think. Well tough.

@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

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]

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.

What connects Prefab Spout to Seven Nation Army?

The most well-known song about Bangor. However, it’s not about Bangor at all, more likely Rhyl about 20 miles along the coast. The lyrics just worked better with Bangor.