Nightjar wrote:

Charles: The Liz Truss of British Monarchs?

I think that’s Edward VIII. Who also ended up hanging out with the Nazis in the hope they would restore him.

I see Charles as more of a John Major.

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Crooked House: Owners of wonky pub ordered to rebuild

The owners of The Crooked House pub have been ordered to rebuild "Britain's wonkiest inn" after it was destroyed last year in a suspected arson attack.



South Staffordshire Council has served an enforcement notice on the owners of the pub in Himley, near Dudley.

The council said it had engaged with the owners since the demolition but had reached a point where formal action was considered necessary.

It requires the building to be built back to what it was prior to the fire.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-68414524

There's also talk of Sheffield City Council being forced to rebuild an elderly pub, round here, after "accidentally" knocking it down.

I know I'm rather pedantic when it comes to boundaries and borders, but why has the BBC filed that story under "Stoke"? Yes, technically the Crooked House is in (South) Staffordshire but it's like 50 miles from Stoke in north Staffordshire and is very much a Black Country pub, not a Potteries pub!

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

There's also talk of Sheffield City Council being forced to rebuild an elderly pub, round here, after "accidentally" knocking it down.

I hope they're watching this story closely and it stops others from trying similar crimes!

The current owners of the Crooked House.

Something something not just the house that's crooked.

Kate Middleton's got cancer!

I had my suspicions.

Why do Russian floral displays always resemble blood on snow. Don’t they have florists who can steer them away from red and white carnations? It really creeps me out and always has.

As so those heavily swagged net curtains they favour, which resembles coffin lining. Even as a child, the visuals used to repulse me when I saw it on news reports. Why do they do it.

There must be some deep cultural reason, as with the mirrored windows everywhere, which I eventually discovered was the clash of Russian Orthodox taboo and nouveau riches.

Nightjar wrote:

Kate Middleton's got cancer!

Yes that’s sad. She really looked quite frightened in the clip that was released. It was very sad.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections

I think I accidentally voted for A. Hilter.

Otherwise known as Ms S. Hall.