Whenever I take my son out for some dinner he always says, ‘Was that dinner?’ afterwards

And as chimney sweeps and diabolists, this came up frequently, of course

YES! I associate “esculator” with my little brother when he was a toddler. Like “chimley” or “meera”

Broken down escalator little less traction

Always sing Broken down escalator to ‘little less conversation’ and then trip on my way up it

I asked my son to tell me the story behind the new Yoshi game and he said that Yoshi was in serious debt after a messy divorce and decided to write a book about it

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You’re like a combination of Batman and Jesus to these people

Whenever you feel like you’re not properly connected to the world and humankind, remember there are people who stand in a crowd for minutes at a pedestrian crossing without anyone pressing the button

Ah, Hannah, thank you! I was so sorry not to be there!

I’m gradually realising most things are in Trollope!

St Paul be all like, no Dean of Digitisation or nothing

What’s the post-Biblical source of St Peter being appointed to the gates of heaven (presumably because he’s basically just a nicer guy than Paul, and probably wouldn’t shun an admin role)? Was it Tom & Jerry? Or the medieval equivalent of Tom & Jerry? I should look it up.

Fake it til you make it, fake it when you make it, fake your own death, fake out St Peter, fake the afterlife

You know people often assume we neuroscientists are very intelligent just because we study the brain but you can study the brain and be stupid!

You Don’t Sound Like You’re From There: An Anthology of Poems by Writers Who Moved House

Roughly 8oz

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