Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[briantrumpet]

Superb, if HIGNFY is still on on Friday, this will surely feature.

Now I'm just going to have to watch it again. It does actually make it funnier that Jenrick doesn't find it funny, but everyone else does.

 

[briantrumpet]

My sternum now hurts again, you bastard!

 

[Ian H]

My sternum now hurts again, you bastard!

It strikes me as illogical that the sternum is at the front.

 

[briantrumpet]

It strikes me as illogical that the sternum is at the front.

Tis all Greek to me. ('Sternum' is the Latin and Greek for chest.)

Your hind part of a boat comes from Norse, and isn't stern at all originally.

 

[Ian H]

Tis all Greek to me. ('Sternum' is the Latin and Greek for chest.)

Your hind part of a boat comes from Norse, and isn't stern at all originally.

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You've spoilt my joke again!

 

[briantrumpet]

You've spoilt my joke again!

"You an that darn learnin of yers..."

Sorry. Can't help it. You ought to know that by now.

 

[briantrumpet]

Farage has done his great disappearing act for the announcement of the Makerfield candidate, to avoid awkward questions about the £5mn bung.

To be fair, it's working, as normal, as the headlines slip from the front pages. Back to 'business as normal'.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/19/nigel-farage-reform-uk-disappearance-politics

 

[briantrumpet]

The Reform candidate for Makerfield. Who amongst us hasn't had friends like that, eh?

 

[First Aspect]

So he's into cosplay, so what. Lots of people dress like fascists at weekends, it's a great way to meet people.

 

[AndyRM]

So he's into cosplay, so what. Lots of people dress like fascists at weekends, it's a great way to meet people.

Greet them, meet them, and shoot them.

 

[First Aspect]

Greet them, meet them, and shoot them.

Meet, greet, visit a mosque?

 

[briantrumpet]

You've spoilt my joke again!

BTW, 'stern' (in the sense of 'strict'), comes from a different root (Germanic), just in case you were considering another joke for me to spoil.

 

[Ian H]

BTW, 'stern' (in the sense of 'strict'), comes from a different root (Germanic), just in case you were considering another joke for me to spoil.

In a similar vein, I don't understand why pediments aren't at the bottom of entrances.

 

[First Aspect]

BTW, 'stern' (in the sense of 'strict'), comes from a different root (Germanic), just in case you were considering another joke for me to spoil.

Just explain any joke whilst chuckling to yourself. E.g. ha ha, ze dog cannot smell...zere is no fluid communication with ze olfactory gland. Also. Sehr gut.

 

[briantrumpet]

In a similar vein, I don't understand why pediments aren't at the bottom of entrances.

My impediment is having such easy access to the OED. But maybe the supporting columns are doing handstands.

Boringly-but-weirdly, for such a seemingly obvious word, the jury's out on this one.