Some New Statesman bits
My elderly comedy writing and producing cousin died recently, funeral yesterday - and this is one of the many many things he had a hand in.
It's much happier to remember the funny stuff.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Sat 1 Aug 2026, 8:54,
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Mr C has remixed and re-released Ebeneezer Good
.. track released in full on Saturday.
t.co/jYOvQUSGkO
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Here's a link to him talking about the release
I liked hearing that his normal laugh is very similar to the single!
www.threads.com/@littleroundfox/post/DbcGzPGCGsj?xmt=AQG0D7hhVPUAFNGtcliXtwvHbGkzcFEYKcXFeyYyYjJ3WF1IkYZhbg1L0uf33yK9Uen3MJg&slof=1
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sat 1 Aug 2026, 7:12,
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Haha.
Still have this on 7” single somewhere
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Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Sat 1 Aug 2026, 10:18,
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Another EP of trip hoppery for nowt
I made this!
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quackpipe isn't shouting he's just saying, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 16:51,
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I did been doing some topical sketch writing and recording
I made this!
Have one about Nigel trying to draw some sympathy/attention away from the bye-bye election.
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arrangedletters, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 11:57,
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Good - raised a smirk or two, which is as much as can be said for most topical comedy on Radio 4
Speaker sounds a little drunk maybe - On purpose?
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 18:57,
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Ta!
Vocally, I was just trying sound older than I am... but I'll take drunk! :)
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arrangedletters, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 23:23,
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The UK's Shed of the Year 2026 Is Every Tabletop Gamer's Dream
I made this!
From epic Warhammer battles to WWII Bolt Action campaigns, this incredible Lancashire hobby shed has been crowned the UK's Shed of the Year 2026. Built for friendship, gaming and remembering a much-missed friend, it's a space every tabletop gamer would love to call home.
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unclewilco, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 9:26,
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Cor!
In a way, it's the exact opposite to the house in the post below.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 13:09,
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a large communal space for people to get together and enjoy group activities?
seems like it's exactly the same rather than an opposite
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The dungeon master role has different requirements though.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 22:48,
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An interesting house for sale
Only 3 bedrooms but lots of space for entertaining.
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nothing else to do
get shagged, make sure your car will be ok for the journey home
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Shagging your Sister can probably be done without the need of a car
Makes East Anglia look cosmopolitan. Very odd part of the country and you can drive for ages without getting anywhere.and the locals seem confused and wary of outsiders.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 20:48,
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I've long dreamed of visiting Lincolnshire on a skiing holiday.
Oh wait, they were nightmares.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 20:25,
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IT is a strange county
it's very flat so you can see people coming for miles.
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arrangedletters, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 12:00,
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'lifestyle potential'
Please note we have not tested the services or any of the equipment or appliances in this property.
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Can you imagine the sight of that house with an ultraviolet light..
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 0:27,
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It would be like
a Jackson Pollock painting
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 5:05,
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"Hang on a minute, the location is already programme into the sat nav!!!"
"No, it's not, this is your mum's car"
"AAAAARGHHHHHHHH!"
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 15:05,
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No yt tour video, though there is a channel for such things apparently
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That's the first trailer in a while that's actually made me want to see it.
IMO a better name would have been "Ofcumden", but I suspect its use is localised.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 12:25,
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Domhnall Gleeson as a non-shouty space-Nazi?
Count me out.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 18:41,
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Ohh the second trailer I've seen today
that looks like it might be a goodie.
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arrangedletters, Fri 31 Jul 2026, 12:03,
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Evil Buildings
Lilliput Lane for the dystopian age
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RompaStompa Stick it up your jumper, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 21:31,
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No Nakatomi Plaza
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 23:34,
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Disappointed this isn't in there
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-33162934
It might be a challenge to cast in concrete though!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 6:13,
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They're great models, it's a shame they doesn't cast them bubble free.
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Were you a victim of the Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind franchse?
Warning: Nerdgasm content follows
Then get this. It's just staggering in it's scope and quality. The story and characters, even down to the sidequest characters, are top drawer.
It looks stunning, many moments that made me just stop and stare and go "Wow, hun come look at this" (referring to what's on screen you smutty minded twunt)
The voice acting is great with the exception of some Dick Van Dyke level of cringe as some actors can't decide if they're Scottish/Welsh/Indian/Undetermined. That's about the only criticism I have
The mood is splendidly dark and epic throughout. I found it genuinely emotional at points but I get more softy as I get older (minds.. out of gutter) I think it is better than the Elder Scrolls by pretty much every metric but it is comparing modern tech with old so still much love for Skyrim and Morrowind especially
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 4:01,
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i had a quick squiz
most of the reviews were positive, but say the story trailed off in the second act, and there's extensive and obvious use of ai gen content in both dialogue "I've noticed a lot of weird inconsistencies in the character dialogue that AI-generated texts tend to have. Bits of info floating in and out of the text, the characters assuming the player has already been exposed to certain revelations when they obviously haven't. Names getting switched around etc. It's jarring and I'm barely a few hours into Act 2", music and graphics (extra fingers, background art etc),
It seems like they built a good, atmospheric game and then padded it out with ai. Still, if you enjoyed you enjoyed it.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 6:28,
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Nah, there's so much more to it
All the things you mention are a standard problem in big RPG with huge amounts of related quests. I think the story is awesome and there's just so much side content that you can get sunk into, but the quality of sidequests is better than almost any other game you can mention.
I think that quote is based on suspicion and no real in game experience, cos I felt none of that. The quests and the scripts are really really very good.
Example, immediately after posted I saw there was this huge sword embedded in a mountain and I thought "Hmm I wonder if you can walk along it", and yeah I could and after teetering along the edge I got to a little secret area with a monstrous nest. There are dozens of really "wow" moments like that.
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 8:04,
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ok maybe I'll see if there's a good torrent out there
I'd be doing a disservice to all those hardworking game developers of the past to start paying for them now
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 8:58,
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That'll show them!
drama much. You'll hate it to be honest
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 10:32,
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I liked skyrim
i might check it out on your say so. but only if you can guarantee me I wont take an arrow to the knee
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 1:40,
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Sounds like it's right up my alley
Cheaper on Ps5 as well so will probably demo it there first
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 12:50,
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I'm sure many things have been right up your alley
You Dirty Fecker
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 22:28,
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Looks nice, but
What's the stealth archer build like?
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Rapscallion is it fashion or disease?, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 1:33,
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Not bad but sooner or later you need to get stuck in
The Sarras expansion has some nice archer stuff in it to make it more viable close up
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simbosan is too tired, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 3:14,
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Saw a poster for this earlier...
Apparently our very own Weebl is headlining an electronic music event in Salford next month.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 18:41,
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Inaugural Number 10 North rave?
Throwing policy shapes on the main stage.
Post budgetary discussion chilldown zone.
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24 Hour Party Of The People™
i.e. the morning after, The People are thrown under the tram as per.
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David Sylvanian, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 6:12,
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narwal paraphernalia
count me in
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 22:08,
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I'm thinking of going
if anyone wants to make it a Manchester B3ta meetup (are they still a thing?)
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sat 1 Aug 2026, 19:40,
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I'm having a bit of trouble finding any high-res or close-up pictures of the amphitheatre.
Going by this one, the columns look dubious as fuck, but the cavea is really, really fucking impressive. The fact it fooled so many visitors is reason enough to assume it looked sufficiently legit in person.
Even more impressive is the fact that he appears to have built the whole thing alone, or certainly with a team small enough that officials were completely unaware of the construction effort.
I suppose Italy is going to be massively precious about its Roman heritage, but sentencing him to a two-year prison sentence, plus a compensation order, plus an order to demolish the structure and restore the hill to its original condition seems incredibly harsh given the fact he'll potentially be in his 70s when he's released.
Hardly seems as egregious an act as that cunt who carved his initials into the colosseum and ended up walking away with a €965 fine...
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Arcade grabber games to be made fairer so players actually have a chance to win.
Count Binface releases Clacton Manifesto
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 1:41,
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As with all joke manifestos, there are some good proposals in there that I would support
5, 6, 8, 16, 17 and 19
And of course, moving the hand dryer in the crown and treaty pub to a more sensible position. I mean, have you seen that thing?
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 6:20,
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When we still had dog licences, the Monster Raving Loonies campaigned to abolish it.
Once it was abolished, they campaigned to bring it back.
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now THAT'S anti-establishment for you!
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 17:42,
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I think there a couple of pledge lists going around.
I saw one that said Binface would spend one whole week in Clacton for every day he was abroad.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 18:29,
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Odds are 9/1
I stuck a Bullseye on Binface as it is a real possible outcome after last polls..
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 22:10,
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Slutty AI centres in MY neighbourhood?
Awesome
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 17:15,
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They do one in Haworth where the Bronte family lived
Would it qualify as the most most Wuthering heights day ever?
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 15:36,
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Farewell to Bill Oddie, presenter, twitcher, comedian, musician and stuffer of gibbons
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 10:44,
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Alan: Mr. B. Ody – this is Bill Oddie. It’s not a prank call. Why have you put it on there?
Susan: Well, we thought it looked like ‘body’.
Alan: What’s rude about a body?
Sophie: Tits?
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I can stil do the gibbon walk
in a funky way too
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simbosan is too tired, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 17:42,
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The Open University ident music played on 7 Stylophones
I made this!
aka: The Open University ident music played on 1 Stylophone, 7 times
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Do you do requests?
Thames television 1984 would be amazing...
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Tue 28 Jul 2026, 20:42,
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The Whistling Song but without the percussion.
I made this!
Couldn't find a version online without the percussion that wasn't full of artifacts so made my own mix - sharing in case anyone held the same strange urge to listen to it without the bongoes!
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Denny Willis - The Fox
Tally-ho tally-ho tally-HO,
Tally-ho tally-ho tally-ho.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sat 25 Jul 2026, 23:49,
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Nicely timed schtick of the slap variety.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 26 Jul 2026, 17:00,
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Where did you find THAT?
I enjoyed it so I clicked I LIKE THIS
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 7:26,
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Youtube showed me a different version of it
I liked it and tried to find the best version, which I think is this one.
There's a truly ancient original Douglas Furber version but it's less violent and tries to spoonfeed the conceit... There are 3 or 4 more Denny Willis versions knocking about, all worth a look.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 27 Jul 2026, 20:19,
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Sopranos: The Next Generation
There might have been some AI used for the voices, but I think that’s it. I suppose if it were entirely AI the channel owner wouldn’t have spent a year making it.
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jonbob loves you, Sat 25 Jul 2026, 18:44,
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