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  1. The smell of drying undercoat has awakened long supressed builder behaviour in me - I am resolved to have egg sandwiches for lunch. Huzzah! 10 minutes ago via web
  2. The BBC is so evilly bound to the Lympix they’ve even made poor bloody Ivor the Engine carry the torch to the top of Snowdon. Chur-de-cuff… about 3 hours ago via web
  3. If your income is adversely affected by pasty taxation you’re probably going to need the NHS quite soon. Just sayin #savetheNHS about 5 hours ago via web
  4. I can see the headlines now ‘It was Greggs Wot Won It!’ #U-turn about 5 hours ago via web
  5. Will all those pasty and caravan obsessed twats now have a word with Cameron about the NHS please? kthxbye #U-turn about 5 hours ago via web
  6. @NoLoveSincerer Huzzah! Collapses in a heap zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. about 17 hours ago via web in reply to NoLoveSincerer
  7. Too exhausted even to think about grammar. about 18 hours ago via web
  8. To exhausted to do something clever with the sad chop in the fridge. Is it ok Twitter if I just have gin and a choccy swiss roll for tea? about 18 hours ago via web
  9. @UppetyFool it's repeated thursday 31st at 10:30 if that helps - needs a big screen as it's the original B+W footage that's the star. about 19 hours ago via web in reply to UppetyFool
  10. Around the World By Zeppelin 9pm BBC4 < seriously, if you missed it first time around it's well worth recording/sky+/whateva. Fab footage about 20 hours ago via Tweet Button
  11. My new decorator’s multi-tool looks suspiciously like a Klingon D'k tahg. The integral bottle opener is a thoughtful touch too. Kirk out! about 22 hours ago via web
  12. No shoe throwing. Dissapointed. #Leveson 4:21 AM May 28th via web
  13. BBC news website uses photo from Iraq 2003 - captions it as Syria 2012. This kind of sloppy shit starts wars. tinyurl.com/c959l3r 4:06 AM May 28th via web
  14. Baroness Warsi: A thick skin needed if you're outspoken bbc.in/K2YV54 <looks about a foot thick to me. 3:52 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  15. @EbenezerBleezer have been looking through thesde pix for ages but nothing anywhere near. Need to go back out and hope for a better look. 3:46 AM May 28th via web in reply to EbenezerBleezer
  16. Saw a lilac coloured butterfly in the garden, it didn't hang around to be photographed, never seen one like it before, is it exotic? 3:31 AM May 28th via web
  • Name Alex Tomlinson
  • Location The North
  • Web http://alextheill...
  • Bio Reclusive Illustrator of Fortean Times, misc odd publications and obscure film posters, haphazard gardener and icecream maker. Wannabe hermit/beachcomber.
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