It’s that time of the year again, when your horror at finally having to turn the central heating up is eased – just a little bit – at the names they give their gritters north of the border. Over to @CarolMaps on Twitter. The best bit about winter is the Scottish releasing the names of their gritters. pic.twitter.com/sjC2YWiQpp — Mappers (@CarolMaps) November 30, 2023 And here they are in full! And if you want to watch them in real time … Here’s just a bit of the love they were getting this time round. Customary annual “yaaaaay the gritters are out in Scotland” tweet https://t.co/7pqRp1C ..read more

We’ve been on the internet for many years now and, like pretty much every other internet user, we’ve seen a lot of cat videos. But we don’t think we’ve ever seen one quite so utterly chaotic as this. It’s 29 seconds of kitty carnage where it appears that (almost) all of the cats in the video have synchronised their ‘mad half hours’ into a full-on feline frenzy. You’ll want to watch it more than once, focussing on a different cat each time. Thanks to Miss Marjorie Regrets for sharing on Twitter. i watched this until i was wheezing and had tears running down my cheeks the guy in the back who ju ..read more

We’re not alone in our adoration of the gloriously potty-mouthed Miriam Margolyes and now she’s given us all a reason to love her all the more. She was appearing on the Graham Norton Show, when she started to talk about Trans people and the use of pronouns. Judging by the audience reaction her wise words struck a chord. Let’s jump straight in … God bless Miriam Margolyes! Absolutely spot on, and a great reaction from the audience – this is the true face of public feeling about trans folk and pronouns ‍pic.twitter.com/TqMRebugIl — Paul (@PaulSimon1971) November 3, 2023 “If you can make someo ..read more

Here’s a classic Q&A that never fails to make us smile. It all started when the estimable @jamieeast asked this on Twitter back when it actually was called Twitter. ‘What’s the best nickname a work colleague of yours has got? My favourite is one I heard Johnny Vaughan talk about – one place called a lad Levi’s because he always went home at 5:01.’ And it turned out people had lots of very inventive – and very funny – workplace nicknames to share. Here are 19 of the very best. 1. My husband is a southerner living in Yorkshire. He also has a glass eye. His Barnsley workmates call him ‘the ..read more

In today’s edition of people making outrageous demands from people selling stuff online comes this guy, a chap called Stephen, who was keen to buy a £5 bag. Except he wasn’t happy that it was collection only – once he’d worked out what that meant – and the conversation turned unintentionally amusing and then shockingly offensive. ‘Unbelievable,’ said @stateofselling who shared it on Twitter. We especially liked the suggestion that his mum travel to Reading to meet him halfway. For a £5 bag. pic.twitter.com/mUXCdC8Pdq — Michael Gallemore (@mwgallemore) November 14, 2019 READ MORE 21 thing ..read more

There are compliments and there are compliments, and then there are those compliments which really aren’ compliments at all. Sometimes they’re said accidentally, but sometimes they are accidentally on purpose and it makes them all the more savage. Why are we wanging on like this? Because we were reminded of when PhD student Joseph Mellors asked this over on Twitter back in the day. What sounds like a COMPLIMENT but really isn’t a COMPLIMENT? — Joseph Mellors (@realmellors) November 15, 2020 And the answers came rolling in. Here are 21 of the very best. 1. You look so much better [without yo ..read more

When Andrew Ross Sorkin did his prep for interviewing the Tesla/Twitter-X/SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk, we doubt he imagined just how unguarded Musk would be. His message to Twitter/X advertisers went wildly viral for the sheer lack of concern at what it might do to the company’s already failing fortunes. In case you haven’t seen it yet – feast your eyes. MUSK: “The judge is the public.” SORKIN: “And you think that the public is going to say that Disney is making a mistake?” MUSK: “Yes.” SORKIN: “And they’re going to boycott Disney?” MUSK: “They already are.”@elonmusk pic.twitter.com/3LDxuk8w ..read more

As the first doors on everyone’s advent calendars have been opened, it must be time for this evergreen Christmas treat. Well, @DannyDutch reckons it is over on Twitter so that’s good enough for us. Since it’s the 1st of December now, is it too early for this annual diamond of a tweet? pic.twitter.com/7GmN1Pdqe8 — Daniel Holland ॐ (@DannyDutch) December 1, 2023 Never gets old. Never too early for that tweet — shhhh (@leigh_fell) December 1, 2023 READ MORE 17 times the Front of Christmas tree vs Back of Christmas tree meme hit the bullseye Source @DannyDutch Image Unsplash Mark Rabe The post ..read more

As you might not have been able to avoid by now, Piers Morgan used his Talk TV show to name the two senior Royals alleged to have discussed the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s unborn son. King Charles and the Princess of Wales were named in a since pulped Dutch version of the Omid Scobie’s book, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival. “If Dutch people walking into a book shop can see these names then you, the British people are entitled to know, too." Piers Morgan decides to name the two members of the Royal Family accused of racism in pulled co ..read more

Late we know but leading contender for takedown of the week is surely this, an exchange with comedian Lewis Spears which has just gone viral over on Reddit for reasons which will become obvious. ‘Going to need to take a lap to walk that one off,’ said adamempathy who shared it. Mega oof. ‘This should be a pinned post, that was brutal.’ BrightMountain8519 ‘I read it and just stared at my phone in shock for a solid 10 seconds before I laughed. Kyle got bodied.’ adamempathy ‘Do you think he deliberately called him by a different name Kyle rather than Kylan as an additional form of disrespect? I ..read more