Oh yes, I didn't realise they were the same thing. Or that they do that!

I've seen people - usually camp M*llennials - use the term "stan" when referring to "good" pop music - "I stan that singer/song" - but I've only just found out where the term comes from - the famous song Stan by Eminem, which is about a dangerously obsessive fan.

I still refuse to use that as a word when describing music though.

Star War's own Rey is the great niece of Private Godfrey.

The clue's in the name.

Palpatine? Skywalker?

I've just found out that Terry's Chocolate Oranges are cheaper, per kilogram, than Dairy Milk, even though you always think of chocolate oranges as being fancier than Dairy Milk.

I don't think of chocolate oranges as fancier than Dairy Milk - Cadbury's vs Terry's - what inferior chocolate is it? Who even are they?!

They make vacuum cleaners for getting rid of the condensation on windows and in showers.

Who, Terry's?

I lol'd.

There's a Republic of Congo, as well as a Democratic Republic of Congo.

It seems to be totally unexplored by Streetview.

I've just typed "Mokele Mbembe" into Streetview to see if it's captured any images of the legendary dinosaur that's supposed to inhabit the jungles of the Congo.

This is what it came up with:



I'm not convinced that's the Congo.

Now I've just tried it with the Loch Ness Monster:

I expected Nessie to look more organic.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

They make vacuum cleaners for getting rid of the condensation on windows and in showers.

Yes, my parents were deploying one of those at Christmas on their patio doors, which have old-fashioned metal frames and consequently a big condensation problem.

Mariella Frostrup was the tape op on Simple Minds second album Real to Real Cacophony.

Butterflies are officially crustaceans.

That's a load of crab.