couldn't organise a row in a cannery

this has absolutely blown my mind

this analogy falls down because dividing zero by zero is actually really easy and the answer is definitely zero (say you are dividing a pizza, and the amount of pizza you have is zero, nobody is going to get any pizza simple as that. & luckily you don't have anyone to divide it among either)

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"can I get a hit, can I get a hooh / give me a fat pack of weed and a brew" (from 'roll it up light it up smoke it up') excitingly features a reprise of sen dog's owl impression

My oven's on high when I roast the quail, Tell Bill Clinton to go and inhale

"Like Louis Armstrong played that trumpet I hit that bong and break you off something. Soon I got to get my props, cops come and try to steal my crops." Highway Rat sequel that almost writes itself.

just remembered that in the underrated cypress hill song "cock the hammer", there's a bit where sen dog sings "hear me growl, grr, howl / I've got night vision like a wise old owl". can anyone think of other cypress hill lyrics which could also appear in julia donaldson books?

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really it looks a lot like him! i just don't see what he would be doing in london

bloke browsing new fiction r.n. is the spit and image of julian casablancas. feels like working at "the strand", the famous new york bookshop

what is your feeling about "shocktober"

very pleased to hear that ice cube has won the nobel prize in physics for inventing a neutrino detector. going from 'straight outta compton' to '21 jump street' is impressive enough;' a third career change, at an age when many of his ruthless records labelmates are calling it a day, is commendable

starting to think i might have printed off too many of these certificates

i wish somebody would take us the biscuit

ok ok another ten minutes starting from now

just seen on the tfl app that there are severe delays on both the victoria and the metropolitan line, so under the circs, we are extending the entry time for "ten-minute twix", by a further ten minutes

the entry time for "ten minute twix" is being extended by a further ten minutes (actually 14 minutes because there was a sudden rush of customers, none of whom turned out to be bringing a twix). the new deadline is at *13.50*. that's 13.50, ten to two. good luck!!!

just had word from the boss that we can extend the entry time for "ten-minute twix" by a further ten minutes. the new deadline is 13.36! best of luck to all entrants, and look forward to seeing you soon

pleased to announce that the entry time for "ten-minute twix" is being extended by a further ten minutes. you have until 13.26....... "good luck"