@Whisht     Howlin Wolf, beautiful. Well done. How about this for a tea song (with a callout to @TheKrynoidMan)?

@Whisht Tea! and in a pub!? Well we are a very different sort of pub here aren’t we?
I believe there could also be a menu in this pub which offers jammy dogers, custard with fish
fingers jelly babies and I would like to suggest Tardis brownies! (1 of my personal favorites)
all gooey, dense and yummy and they are shaped like the Tardis and…[Read more]

@Whisht   @Bluesqueakpip   If I made a habit of drinking builder’s tea I suspect I would be permanently insomniac and would have no stomach left.  If the tea is strong enough to dissolve a spoon – and that is the definition of builder’s tea which I, also, recognize -, just what do you think it does to your innards?

@Arbutus  You are proba…[Read more]

@Whisht     Ha. Builder’s tea is definitely the opposite of how I drink my tea. I’m more in line with @Mudlark’s approach. I also confess to a liking for loose leaf tea (of many kinds), spices in jars (because I buy them in little bags), and locally roasted whole espresso beans (from the excellent coffee house down the street). But it’s real…[Read more]

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make it so you can rest a spoon on it

Rest? Rest?

With proper builder’s tea, the spoon should start to gently dissolve. 😉

In support of @Mudlark‘s point about the sheer speed of UK kettles, I have now done a short experiment: discovering that one mug of room temperature water takes 56.98 seconds to boil in my elderly and…[Read more]

@Whisht

Thanks for posting that brilliant documentary. For some reason, I had not seen it before. I agree wholeheartedly with you about the reflections of Jonathan Miller. Spike Milligan really was a talent up there with Lewis Carroll and The Goons really was far more important than simply a comedy show.

On a personal level, it, just as much as…[Read more]

@whisht I’ll always remember him in this

Reposting my earlier replies that were lost in the cloud (although without most of whatever deep views might have been attached).

@fowl   Thanks for the Rush! I hold Geddy Lee in some esteem. Here is my pong to your ping:

@TheKrynoidMan  @Whisht   I had lots of love for your tunes and comments rega…[Read more]

While I was going through the JS posts I came across a small reference by @whisht to Dune, which reminded me I read a great little piece in the G a few weeks back which I’d meant to post a link to about the 50th anniversary of the Book.

I was wondering where to post it – Books, Film or TV, but settled here. I was 9 when I first tried to read it,…[Read more]

I apologise for calling you out on your metal aversion @whisht. Glad to hear you’ve enjoyed ACDCs Back in Black. Have you heard any of their earlier stuff with Bon Scott? As it’s a quiet Sunday morning, have something mellow:

In a similar vein of metal showing…[Read more]

Luckily I must have taken the Doctor’s advice, said “I deny this reality!” and then played with some Lego

@whisht — I find that still works even today. Especially when I’m working.

@Whisht– fantastic. And of course, I don’t mind the weirdness at all.

speaking of weirdness- and drinking songs. When I eventually heard the ‘proper’ version of this song I had to say, not a patch on this version.

@Whisht: you make some good points.

usually, I drink larger in summer to cool me down. I drink red wine in summer to warm me up. Spring and atumn I put on a jumper and do both.

and the only tea I drink is Long Island.

thats not actually true but now I’ve said it, I really want a Long Island ice tea…

@whisht I’m liking the “Young Galifreyans’ fanfic idea. I can imagine that the Master
was never ok with his fears as a youngster and possibly that was why he chose the name
Master as a power name. Its a sort of indirect way to compensate for feeling fearful
and inadequate under the pressure. Plus the Galifreyans messed with his mind so
possibly…[Read more]

@theviking   Sorry that link isn’t working for Deep Breath; I don’t know whether you might find that episode on Youtube or not, but it might be worth a look.  Good luck!

@crieshavoc  That could work as a pattern for the development of a young hotshot brain into some one breaking free from rigid expectations that understanding your enemy is pe…[Read more]

@crieshavok (@purofilion @whisht)

It’s always interesting to hear “headcanon” ideas for the Doctors formative years, and if the Enders Game analogy works for you, go with it.

My own has evolved over the years somewhat, and I actually could see an analogue in a fairly recent book (no laughing at the back) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Assassin…[Read more]

@Whisht @purofilion  Aha!  I thought my finely tuned musical antennae had picked up a reference to Fripp somewhere in the ether…  Haven’t listened to League of …  for a while but the old Crimson CDs get regular outings.  Tonight, however, we’ve had some Rory Gallagher, followed up with Siouxsie and are now on to T Rex.  Currently playing – Ele…[Read more]

@whisht — I’m Dana Scully, which I wasn’t expecting at all but which by no means displeases me…. Observe my flowing red locks….

@Whisht – I particularly liked Jonathan Strange’s promises to [spoiler] which meant that, with the best motives in the world, he agreed to [spoiler].

[No idea what episode our US and Canadian contributors are up to, hence the spoiler tag]

Yeah, the writer seems to be emphasising the theme of ‘control’ as a kind of ownership/slavery. The…[Read more]

@Whisht   GoT: I’m up to date on it, I think.  (trying not to do spoiler stuff below, but if you’re very averse to any kind of foreknowledge in your story-viewing, please be warned and avoid the rest of this summary ramble)

I’ve watched from the start, tailed off a bit lately — I find the compulsory minor-character-nudity empty and a…[Read more]