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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social

No, *you* just spent a minute on the radio condescendingly explaining that ‘windows’ have nothing to do with ‘wind’.

nov 28, 2024, 1:19 pm • 384 13

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Paul Woodcraft @paulwoodcraft.bsky.social

Answer to your question, "What is higher than King?" Emperor. The Emporer is higher than the Empress because of genitalia, obviously😉 just as the King is higher than the Queen for the same reason of having the crown 👑 jewels between legs😂

nov 28, 2024, 1:41 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kev 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳🖖 he/him @kevfrost.pharmsky.app

That's a windup surely.

nov 28, 2024, 4:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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ozthecheezebender.bsky.social @ozthecheezebender.bsky.social

Didn’t Trump say “ They’re building homes Without Windows “ ?

nov 28, 2024, 2:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Steven Gray @steventgray.bsky.social

He’s not wrong. You could do the whole thing on a Mac.

nov 28, 2024, 2:14 pm • 3 0 • view
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Steve Wood @steve-wood.bsky.social

Missing the context is an absolute pane.

nov 28, 2024, 2:24 pm • 7 0 • view
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Kate Thurman 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇫☮️🇺🇦 @languid-virago.bsky.social

Nicely framed pun.

nov 29, 2024, 4:44 am • 2 0 • view
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Don Sayers @donsayers.bsky.social

Quite.

nov 28, 2024, 6:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Simon Harris @simondo65.bsky.social

We're in the middle of a loft conversion. I can tell you that windows (well, to be more precise, big holes in the roof where the windows will go) definitely do have something to do with wind blowing through the house!

nov 28, 2024, 5:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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thesleekitvarmint.bsky.social @thesleekitvarmint.bsky.social

Bet they're using Linux...

nov 28, 2024, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tercio @edrhysjones.bsky.social

Stop gaslighting me.

nov 28, 2024, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Vicky 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @vickymummyrc.bsky.social

That’s nothing. I just spent a minute listening to some guy saying windows have nothing to do with wind.

nov 28, 2024, 2:19 pm • 3 0 • view
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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social

Did you remember to tell us if that chap's girlfriend got the job?

nov 28, 2024, 1:21 pm • 4 0 • view
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Zen & the Art of the Guardian Sudoku Puzzle @zenguardiansudoku.bsky.social

A very cryptic message unless there's something here I can't see. Anyway, love the show, James.

nov 28, 2024, 1:21 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sneag @sneag.bsky.social

I was probably too many years old when I realised it was a windscreen in a car & not a window screen. 🫤

nov 28, 2024, 3:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social

Apologies if I'm missing the gag...

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nov 28, 2024, 1:24 pm • 4 0 • view
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Le Gros Bonnet @grosbonnet.bsky.social

madoken.jp/en/series/31...). Comes from the old norse forward eye as the literal translation. A hold for light AND control of air or wind.

nov 28, 2024, 2:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Le Gros Bonnet @grosbonnet.bsky.social

This may be a wind up.

nov 28, 2024, 3:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social

wind ow t.

nov 28, 2024, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ragnar @ragnarbelial.bsky.social

I mean. They can stop it.

nov 28, 2024, 1:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Casper Hedegaard @casi0clay.bsky.social

There will be a lot of "Actually..." in this thread x) Love the show, James.

nov 28, 2024, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Two shots of coffee ⓥ @artshapedbox.bsky.social

Nordic for wind eye

nov 28, 2024, 1:24 pm • 2 0 • view
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Conor @quechato.bsky.social

Nordic isn't a language

nov 28, 2024, 1:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mark Aitch @ver-bat-man.bsky.social

You're not a pink statue

nov 28, 2024, 1:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Two shots of coffee ⓥ @artshapedbox.bsky.social

I never said it was, it's just that I knew the root of the word was from somewhere in the region.

nov 28, 2024, 1:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Conor @quechato.bsky.social

I mean you literally did

nov 28, 2024, 1:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Two shots of coffee ⓥ @artshapedbox.bsky.social

Who cares Connor

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nov 28, 2024, 1:41 pm • 3 0 • view
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Conor @quechato.bsky.social

I care, duh. what you have there is a chart with some germanic languages, an inuit language and a uralic language. the word you wanted was Germanic. You don't have to get sand in your fanny because someone corrected you

nov 28, 2024, 1:47 pm • 2 0 • view
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burnsy81.bsky.social @burnsy81.bsky.social

The World loves a pedant:)

nov 28, 2024, 2:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Conor @quechato.bsky.social

excuse me for providing the correct information, the world would prefer to be wrong than be called wrong I guess

nov 28, 2024, 2:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kjersti Regine Westeng @kjerstiregine.bsky.social

Well spent minute 😆

nov 28, 2024, 1:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ivorf Pro-EU FBPE @ivorf.bsky.social

Context???

nov 28, 2024, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lizzie @li33ie.bsky.social

🤣🤣

nov 28, 2024, 4:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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adam81-4nill.bsky.social @adam81-4nill.bsky.social

No pane no gain

nov 28, 2024, 2:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dr Bald D. Geezer @baldygeezer.bsky.social

No I didn't...

nov 28, 2024, 1:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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miksu2903.bsky.social @miksu2903.bsky.social

James, you are a voice of reason in a world gone to what "Charlie Brown" used to say "Good grief". And as "Sally" said "East is east and Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

nov 28, 2024, 1:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Just Stuart @juststuart.bsky.social

10 or 11?

nov 28, 2024, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark Patrick Lynch @markpatricklynch.bsky.social

Clearly you have triple-glazed units. Plenty of wind comes through our windows, even when they are closed.

nov 28, 2024, 3:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Pearl Noir @pearlnoir.bsky.social

At least you saw straight through them.

nov 28, 2024, 1:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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allezandrew.bsky.social @allezandrew.bsky.social

Or female deers.....

nov 28, 2024, 4:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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C.Jai 🇪🇺🇬🇷🇪🇺 @kefkat06.bsky.social

Intriguing 🤔

nov 28, 2024, 1:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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Miss Du Bois Lafayette. @deloreslafayette.bsky.social

Why don’t houses have windscreen wipers?

nov 28, 2024, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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PeterGriffinUK - 🍺 @petergriffinuk.bsky.social

WinDoh 😂😂

nov 28, 2024, 1:49 pm • 7 0 • view
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rufasuchas.bsky.social @rufasuchas.bsky.social

I didn’t I swear!

nov 28, 2024, 1:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bill Hayden @billhayden65.bsky.social

Why would you?!

nov 28, 2024, 2:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Richard Idiens @idiens.bsky.social

Ah, but wind screen wipers?

nov 28, 2024, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Peter McMahon @peter1355.bsky.social

Screen wipers are no made o wind. 👍😁

nov 28, 2024, 2:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Thinking Sabre Cat @thinkingsabrecat.bsky.social

Hmm 🤔 is this more Trump Don Quixote talk of windmills

nov 28, 2024, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Crispin Pemberton @crispinpemberton.bsky.social

Given that the word comes at least in part from the old German word WindAuge (eye of the wind), I'm not sure I would want to defend that view.

nov 28, 2024, 1:21 pm • 9 0 • view
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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social

In the period when glass-making was pretty much a lost technology, the holes which would formerly have been glazed remained useful but draughty

nov 28, 2024, 3:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Edward Pacey @espacey.bsky.social

They don’t?

nov 28, 2024, 1:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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John Flanagan 🍀 @johnflanagan67.bsky.social

Even stained?🤔

nov 28, 2024, 1:20 pm • 5 0 • view
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Bill Hayden @billhayden65.bsky.social

Oh yes... Wind's eye.

nov 28, 2024, 2:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lisa @dekatnoir.bsky.social

What about “ows”?

nov 28, 2024, 1:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dave @askthedogs.bsky.social

I know a lot about wind

nov 28, 2024, 5:34 pm • 2 0 • view
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mich-90.bsky.social @mich-90.bsky.social

Only about the best winds though.

nov 28, 2024, 6:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Erin Kidd @thebabygoat.bsky.social

But they DO keep the wind out 😂

nov 28, 2024, 1:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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scook2003.bsky.social @scook2003.bsky.social

Which version are you running?

nov 28, 2024, 3:41 pm • 5 0 • view
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Teresa #GTTO #FBPE 💙 @11ventris.bsky.social

Is this a wind up?

nov 28, 2024, 1:28 pm • 6 0 • view
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blindpete @blindpete.uk

I've got no context and completely lost 😂

nov 28, 2024, 1:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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robg65.bsky.social @robg65.bsky.social

I have to say it did make me laugh out loud. Brilliant.

nov 28, 2024, 4:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Florence Horsman Hogan 🇮🇪 @florencehh.bsky.social

Actually comes from old norde 'vindyr' meaning wind. Who said it doesn't? Who's *you* ?

nov 28, 2024, 9:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕪 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕫𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘻, 𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 🔔 @andrewjfrizzell.bsky.social

🤨 I guess I needed to listen in today to understand that.

nov 28, 2024, 1:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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🦋 Estelle 🦋 @justestelle.bsky.social

Me too. I’ll listen on “catch up” tonight ☺️

nov 28, 2024, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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MadoE @mado007.bsky.social

I know. I listen on catch up. Looking forward to this mystery (hour?) becoming clear.

nov 28, 2024, 1:52 pm • 0 0 • view