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I'd pay to see that crossover.

Yes, I had a Fridge sweater when I was a wee boy in 1985! Had absolutely no idea who he was, but I've modelled my physique on him ever since. Baseball caps are possibly more popular in Scotland than in America; at least parts of it. I used to hate them, but they're great for keeping rain off your glasses, the sun out of your eyes (when it appears), and you can scrunch them up and stick them in your jacket pocket. It's like a flat cap, only better at the job. But then, I used to wear a cowboy hat until a train stole it. Recommended if you want strangers to keep you constantly informed of what direction the injuns were headed, which is always useful information.

It was Chicago Bears stuff when I was a wee boy. I don't think anyone even gave any thought to what sport they played, just that it was one of those weird American ones. I assumed they must be the best, but aren't they a bit shite in reality?

I swear it comes around quicker every year. Hopefully everyone's able to commemorate this memorable day in the traditional manner.

Finally the tide has turned for the Scottish Liberal Democrats! What are their policies these days anyway? No to independence, obviously, but other than that. Edit: just had a look at their website, and the headlines are moderate improvements in mental health, island communities, dentistry, clean water, and shitey concrete. Swinging for the fences.

Bloody woke police.

Last time I was in, I noticed that Tesco stock AC/DC and Nirvana shirts in their vanishingly small section of men's clothes, so I presume that's how that happens. Nirvana is now safe dad music, and things like the Ramones logo just makes for an appealing design. I had a Motley Crue shirt when I was 9 because it was cheap, my mum liked the design, and neither of us knew who they were. I don't really get why it bothers folk that people might wear their favourite band's shirts without knowing who they are; they don't get a discount at the supermarket for wearing it or anything, and maybe some people might listen to and enjoy their work as a result, giving the band some extra money. It's like when people get pissy because their favourite grindcore act has a hit with a cheesy pop song* - they've made stuff that you loved, why wouldn't you be happy that they've made a bit of cash? * Hiya Brujeria, hiya pal!

It's surprising how many books are literary adaptions; the author credit can sometimes slip by without you noticing. It has its own issues though; novels in the public domain are considered easy money for film studios, as apparently there are people among us who still haven't seen enough lazy adaptions of Jane Eyre/A Christmas Carol/anything by Shakespeare. I love War of the Worlds, but there's a new film/TV show every few years, and still everyone insists on changing the time period.

Refusing to put up a candidate so a party with 1% of the vote can win; seems like a foolproof plan and I can see no downside at all.

Abla's the supermarket chain formerly owned by WalMart, right? I can see the confusion, considering how many people call it Ablar.

Has been since the credit crunch. The people who put the money up to make films do so on the understanding that they'll make a worthwhile profit, not on whether something entertaining or worthwhile will be made, and they're still gambling on safe bets. People like to say that nobody has any ideas anymore, but it's all about risk aversion. I'd guess we'll see that change fairly soon, considering that more and more of the $300m franchise films have been losing money of late. The theory used to be that it was virtually impossible for a film to lose money past a certain budget, but that's been blown out of the water well and truly. The industry no longer has the huge DVD market to shore up disappointing box office now either, which is why they're all desperate to establish their own subscription services, which is pushing people back towards piracy again... It's not a working model anymore and we'll probably see a trend back to smaller films that do something different, both in public tastes and investment. Or maybe in ten years TikTok will have killed all forms of entertainment longer than 30 seconds.

It'll likely just be Barbie mixed with The Matrix. You can see how it could work. Plus, it's one of the biggest game franchises ever, played by people who don't even play computer games, and owned by a company so rapacious they've fought tooth and nail for their right to market gambling to children. It's amazing it's taken this long; we'd have a Shower with your Dad Simulator film by now if it'd been owned by EA and made billions of dollars. The weirdest might be Blubberella; notoriously awful filmmaker Uwe Boll making several Bloodrayne adaptions, then following them up with a shot-by-shot spoof with the same cast, only replacing the gorgeous, pouting, bustier-clad main character with a fat bird. And they say ze Germans have no sense of humour.

It's quite amusing to see everyone in the world clearly waiting for the mad South African to leave so things can go back to normal. Absolutely nobody outside of broadcasting refers to the site as anything other than Twitter, and nobody refers to posts on it as anything other than "tweets".

Tremendous. More of this sort of thing. Love the daft Death Metal logos. Hope Party Cannon enjoyed sharing a stage with...Spastic Cauldron? Wolf King and No Altars really letting the side down there; no wonder they're at the bottom of the bill.

Both Stenny and Elgin on a bizarre run of draws; neither club with anything to play for. If Clyde can play out a goalless draw, they'll likely be safe. Stranraer would need to put at least three past the champions and they've scored fewer goals than Edinburgh City. It's not looking good.

I think it comes down to, "I really, really, really wish someone would be offended by me like I read about on the internet". Probably more about attention than actual beliefs. Someone needs to come out with a straight-faced range featuring those kinds of try-hard tough guy slogans, only with the kind of art that would cause conniptions, like those Death Metal shirts with rainbows and happy bunnies. Not like being mocked would cause offence or anything.

That looks ridiculously cheap. Quite tempted. I love China's total lack of caring about piracy. I bought my mum a portable DVD player off Amazon 5-10 years ago, and noticed that it came with a dinky game controller. Turned out that it included every single NES game and an emulator on a hardwired ROM chip. Didn't even bother including it on the listing; it was just there, like "well, obviously this electronic device comes with thousands of pirated games from the Eighties, just like our new line of hairdryers".

The Illinois Enema Bandit The Man Who Would Be King

Abject laziness, or a complete lack of confidence in his own ability to find alternative employment? Apparently he was a gynaecologist before becoming an MP. Fill yer boots.

The general impression you get is that, while they may have been a subscriber for 50-odd years, they'd never actually read any issues until the one that caused offence.

Fucking typical that ze Germans appear to have gone from being their worst side in a literal lifetime to beating the French twice within a few months. Might have to settle for a draw from that one, lads.

Interesting that ICT might get relegated with a positive goal difference if they can beat Morton. Well, I find it interesting, at least. League Two ought to be ashamed that they've allowed Clyde to recover. I'm a bit surprised that we look like losing Stranraer, as I've always thought of them as a third tier club, but they've gradually been circling the drain for about five years now. The Lowland League's really developing a scary look for League Two clubs. Edit: just noticed that this looks like being the eighth season in a row that Stranraer have finished in a lower position than the previous one.

I think the answer's generally because they're hoping to have an argument with somebody, like most of the maskless roasters during the pandemic. The original version of that design definitely had an American fleg on it. What's up with these right-wing shirts all having a manifesto printed on? Some of them are longer than a restaurant menu but can be summarised as "VIOLENT BUT FEARTY". Things like this tragic Boomer shit. They all seem to use a load of different fonts too, and you'd think the auld c***s would want them as easy to read as possible at their age.

Cobain would've required the rest of the band to go along with it, like the Beatles, and Courtney Love is hardly a reliable accomplice. Winehouse was such an infamous mess that the press probably knew she'd died before the medics arrived. Lavigne was probably murdered because she was about to tell everyone what she knew about the Moon Landings.