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BigDaftDad

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Cumbria, but not anymore. Migrated further up the map. Ex NHS lead apron model, now sit behind a cavity magnetron. Ish. Explains my radiant personality, I suppose. 3 months younger than Bagpuss. ☎️01 811 8055 #IC276

created September 20, 2023

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Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

He's out of theatre, all is well. He is, however absolutely mashed and talking pure shite at 99mph

2/9/2025, 11:48:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

He's pretty good at that

2/9/2025, 8:23:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2pm?

2/9/2025, 8:12:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

'Pee is stored in the balls'

2/9/2025, 7:29:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

In hospital with the Lurchin ™️, he's got a bony lump which he needs taking away, so that's the plan for today. 7 foot tall (a guess, but not a million miles away) 15 yr olds who haven't had any breakfast are PARTICULARLY grumpy.

2/9/2025, 7:26:24 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

I was hoping to guide the metaphor more towards his demeanour

1/9/2025, 8:02:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not a surprise that it's extra salty.

1/9/2025, 7:59:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

The Lurchin ™️ is having a small operation tomorrow. He keeps looking at things and saying stuff to his mum like 'This might be the last time I open this freezer' #shithouse

1/9/2025, 6:50:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thad (@tyranicus.net) reposted

Happy Labor Day.

1/9/2025, 12:41:15 PM | 157 40 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social) reposted

Lovely alt text work, 10/10, no notes

1/9/2025, 5:05:49 PM | 20 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you got the energy to unplug the router?

1/9/2025, 5:04:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

So the lights are on but there's nobody home.

1/9/2025, 4:48:48 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

And Kevin.

1/9/2025, 4:31:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

So it's confirmed, he needs some.

1/9/2025, 4:25:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

Flagging a dead horse, I'm afraid.

1/9/2025, 3:28:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

No capitals. There's some sort of crisis underway I'm sure.

1/9/2025, 2:44:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

'Have they announced he's dead yet'

1/9/2025, 1:13:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Alan Partridge, really trying to get the ink on the paper for his second series.
1/9/2025, 1:09:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Had the woodburner on earlier.

1/9/2025, 11:42:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

BBC News - Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin says he reached 'understandings' with Donald Trump over war's end - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alan Partridge using the dead commissioning editor's hand to sign the contract for his next series.
1/9/2025, 11:41:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

Fucking hell. He's got the Jester's shoes.

31/8/2025, 7:57:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

He hasn't been poking flumps and freddo's up his nipsy AGAIN has he?

31/8/2025, 7:47:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny, I'm guessing?

31/8/2025, 5:30:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

It takes one twat with an Amazon account and a stepladder an hour to ruin a village. It takes a hero with a long lighter and a stepladder just ten minutes to sort it out again.

31/8/2025, 5:29:06 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Where's Stan Dard Council?

31/8/2025, 4:33:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful things, if you've not driven one, cosy up to an owner, they're a surprisingly accommodating bunch, and love people who take an interest.

30/8/2025, 8:59:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Just checking, painting cocks and knockers on roundabouts is still ok isn't it?

30/8/2025, 5:22:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 11:52:48 AM | 1008 244 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark 🗿 (@hairybadgeridfk.bsky.social) reposted

Old Soviet joke: Every day a man buys the newspaper, looks at the front page, swears under his breath and immediately dumps the paper in the bin. One day, the seller asks: What are you looking for? Man: An obituary. Seller: The obituaries aren't on the front page. Man: this one will be.

30/8/2025, 9:35:48 AM | 277 54 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not a Travelodge!

30/8/2025, 2:12:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Search YouTube for 'Gay Wilkinson anvil shooting'

30/8/2025, 8:43:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

And today's 'Most poorly thought through jug in an Airbnb bathroom' award goes to..

A jug, with No 2 painted on the side.
30/8/2025, 8:40:48 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/8/2025, 9:52:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

'Clown horn noises'

29/8/2025, 8:09:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave A (@davea79.bsky.social) reposted

At last, some proper British vandalism. (source - www.facebook.com/share/p/1MeV...)

England flag painted on roundabout turned into noughts and crosses game.
29/8/2025, 7:25:37 AM | 1025 283 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

'Bring out your fuckwits'

29/8/2025, 8:25:58 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Can't have people knowing things, or being provided with the means for independent thought and fact checking.

29/8/2025, 8:23:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty sure I've told you before, I was asked to leave M and S for rearranging cushions in a similar way

28/8/2025, 7:59:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

'I do pedals?'

A senile terrier in the drivers footwell of a car, he has probably spent the last 2 hours sitting under the brake pedal while becoming increasingly incandescent with rage at the drivers attempts to remove him / slow the vehicle down.
28/8/2025, 2:35:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

' Nice place you've got here, Denmark. Be a pity if someone, you know, dug it up and took all the minerals'

28/8/2025, 9:03:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob (he/him) (@wobblyb.bsky.social) reposted

Den Perry up to his old tricks again.

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28/8/2025, 8:23:56 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

'No, Officer, it wasn't like that, you see, I was knocking one out, and the hard end of the sock must have done all the typing'

28/8/2025, 8:25:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Debris, surely, as a result of them being successfully shot down without damage?

28/8/2025, 8:21:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Give my regards to the camel 😉 Alternatively, you could make a lot of X rays, but probably not for very long. The smart money is on the house becoming markedly more dusty.

28/8/2025, 6:56:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

If it's just the tube, you're grand, a bit of blown glass with the anode and cathode in. If it's the tube plus the power supply to run it, that's another story altogether. However, irrespective of what it is, AI is a bucket of 6 day old camel jizz.

28/8/2025, 5:16:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mockeree (@mockeree.bsky.social) reposted

ICE shares video of Dean Cain’s training

27/8/2025, 1:21:13 PM | 11 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

1st of 14 days off. I am currently lying in a hammock in the garage, about to have a cheeky afternoon nap away from the dogs and the kids. More relaxed than I have been for weeks.

27/8/2025, 1:29:04 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anyway hello

An England flag in a window but the En is folded over so it reads GLAND
27/8/2025, 9:18:43 AM | 534 120 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

So UKR now knows to hit the ports. Cheers lads..

27/8/2025, 8:42:34 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Strong Henry Sellers vibes.

27/8/2025, 8:37:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Indeed. It's proper 'And all the while, the competently evil lurk, waiting their turn' stuff.

27/8/2025, 8:00:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

One day people like Mr Bloom won't feel the need to resign. We all need to work together to push that day as far into the future as possible.

27/8/2025, 7:28:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joshua WY (@noshayminthat.bsky.social) reposted

You can’t fix stupid, but apparently you can paint it. metro.co.uk/2025/08/26/p...

27/8/2025, 6:42:29 AM | 96 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

Another example of @vizcomic.bsky.social leading the way www.theguardian.com/environment/...

27/8/2025, 7:21:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

A quick look at how the REF local councillors are getting on speaks volumes..

27/8/2025, 7:17:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

What'll do for Labour won't be votes lost to Reform. It'll be the votes lost to the Lib Dems and Greens. They need to recognize this and act accordingly, otherwise they're gone

26/8/2025, 10:09:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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An aroused yet unfussy Narwhal

26/8/2025, 10:07:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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'Wet belt, you say? Well, I've never heard of that before, so it must be good'

26/8/2025, 10:05:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Alex knows fuck all about cars.

26/8/2025, 8:34:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

'We've no idea where all these Lib Dem votes have come from' Jeremy Vine on election night, ad infinitum

26/8/2025, 4:29:33 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell you what, I fucking hope so.

26/8/2025, 8:34:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Their guiding principles are pretty solid, TBF www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/wha...

26/8/2025, 8:16:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

Alternatively they could just have lost them. It isn't like they don't have form.

26/8/2025, 6:01:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@ifellonithonest.bsky.social Presumably it didn't need to be taken anywhere, they just wanted the tank transporter to look awesome.

26/8/2025, 5:52:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't the Boy Scouts burn 100s of flags a year? You aren't allowed to raise a damaged one IIRC

25/8/2025, 4:57:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eleanor Morton (@eleanormorton.bsky.social) reposted

In case you're wondering why racists are scrawling the George cross everywhere instead of the Union Jack, it's because it's much easier to draw and they're all very thick

25/8/2025, 3:17:48 PM | 324 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree. That looks *fucking* miserable. Thoughts and prayers

25/8/2025, 3:49:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I always thought it was Welsh for goose

25/8/2025, 8:29:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 7:33:36 PM | 75 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Solid (or possibly not) effort.

24/8/2025, 7:45:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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An ex colleague had to give a stool sample at the docs. He was given a plastic cup and sent to the lav. He came back with a 9 incher poking out of the cup and parked himself back in the waiting room.

24/8/2025, 7:13:25 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

About an hour ago I think

24/8/2025, 5:50:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When Howard Moon said his new job was going swimmingly, I didn't think he meant THIS.

24/8/2025, 3:36:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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'What I admire about the President is that he has done some things which mean he won't be President for long, also he appears to be losing his faculties, which also means he won't be President for long, and once he's done being President, I will get to have a go' Be warned. I am competently evil.

24/8/2025, 3:22:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mrs BDD is doing roast chicken. I'll be taking the dog out for about 2 hours I think

24/8/2025, 3:18:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

Your turn now, Vlad.

24/8/2025, 2:48:18 PM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because Hitler saw the writing on the wall, didn't like what he saw, and decided to try to cover it up with his brains.

24/8/2025, 2:47:50 PM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social)

Mrs BDD is on a call with her sisters. They have been reading Wikipedia to one another for 2 hours now.

24/8/2025, 2:45:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's where they get the square sausage from. It means you don't spend as much on the shaping.

24/8/2025, 2:18:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Our swamps are generally full of fallen castles

24/8/2025, 2:16:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

We've got free speech right enough, and we are bright enough to know that free speech doth not equal speech free from consequences. That way it's generally self policing and self censoring, but if it isn't then you can't say you weren't warned. Now pipe down, you mad cunt.

24/8/2025, 2:15:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BigDaftDad (@bigdaftdad.bsky.social) reply parent

He likes a crafty fart, which is why we have taught him to keep that bit of him behind the curtain

24/8/2025, 12:33:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Half Paul, half compost heap

24/8/2025, 12:14:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you need the whole dog, or is the front of this boy going to be enough?

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24/8/2025, 12:14:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who's this stinky boy?

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24/8/2025, 12:11:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shitegeist is RIGHT THERE Kemi.

24/8/2025, 9:27:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait til it gets you on the way out

24/8/2025, 9:25:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Larry_David_Fainting.gif

24/8/2025, 4:38:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 4:37:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That bloody curse is coming again, I can feel it in my bones.

23/8/2025, 7:11:02 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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We were talking about him at dinner, discussing what could finally do him in. I told Mrs BDD and the kids that I want him to be bummed to death by an enraged hippopotamus, failing that , fingered by an elephant. Lurchin (15) 'Elephants don't have fingers' Me 'That sounds like a Nigel problem to me'

23/8/2025, 7:09:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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'You and Nick are what is known as belly twins'

A picture of the actor Peter Cushing, from the film 'Biggles, Adventures in Time.'
23/8/2025, 5:45:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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YES MATE #Homebrew Dad's 80th birthday party setup test run complete

2 kegs, one with it's own tap, the other connected to a beer engine.
23/8/2025, 4:32:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Surely that counts as pre enactment

23/8/2025, 2:09:41 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Diet? Thin ice Andy. Thin ice

23/8/2025, 2:08:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We do at work, yes. In fact nearly everything in here is from the 90's

23/8/2025, 9:55:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gah.

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23/8/2025, 9:04:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He really hasn't got Paul Heaton right, has he?

23/8/2025, 6:56:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The year he was going out with Sue Barker was the only year in her career when she was unseeded.

22/8/2025, 9:18:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jakey chic

22/8/2025, 8:42:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view