Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! I have a variety of pine cones & no clue where from
Bit of a rotter, will work for food. Owns way too many shoes. (trying to) dysgu Cymraeg š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æ Tell your cat I said hi. (Previously known as @safeasfuck)
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Yes! I have a variety of pine cones & no clue where from
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I always come home with a pocketful of rocks, thinking āthese will be a memory of this tripā then a few months later itās another pile of rinks I donāt remember the provenance of
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah liāl bit
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Bennett high-five
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Just got served this ad on insta. Temu_UK capturing the zeitgeist* I see (*cynically exploiting racist dog-fuckers)
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
What a shithouse
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
When you put it like that, that makes a lot of sense yes
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. I discovered these around the same time I left home & moved from a small Welsh village to the middle of Liverpool & was a little bit lost
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What a fucking rotter
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I was disgusted with Gaiman. He always wrote such strong and well-thought out female and trans characters I believed him to be an ally. Turns out he was a massive bastard all along
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
*another Too early for my #fatfingers to type properly
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Theyāre either bunch Iāll have nothing to do with. I always remember Roddy from Faith No More posting a pic of a backstage poster from a Muse tour instructing all crew they were not to approach or make eye contact with any of the band.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
That tracks
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I was working in a student bar at the time. Jukebox played this and Oasis non-stop. Painful!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām ahead of the curve here, Iāve always thought they were cunts. Theyāre in my āwouldnāt open the curtains if they were playing in my front gardenā category.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Aw sorry. That was insensitive of me.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I should have a jar in. I am unprepared & feel quite the fool
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iāll miss sitting in the garden in the evenings
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
If I hadnāt already necked a melatonin Iād drive to the shops for a jar of them just to eat more than you for lollz
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Gotta have your best armour on! Hope he has a fab day.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Love this news Iz
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I loathe this. Iāve had multiple conversations with banks in the past about them texting me. Mostly along the lines of āyouāre not my mate, quit fucking texting me like you areā
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Crack a fucking tricolour out of a top window. Better still put the bins out in a tricolour balaclava!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
A story for @aliceponderland.bsky.social there!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Whatās your name and what does it mean? Bennett. A common English surname of Latin origin meaning āBlessedā Traditionally a surname but I got it as a 1st name. named after my paternal grandmother (maiden name Alice Bennett) If Iād been a girl Iād have been Alice. I wasnāt, so I got Bennett
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. /breathes
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Yep. Just āfuck this shit, I need to get changedā stood up, top off If you check back to 2022 Iām sure all the rest of the company shouting YOUR CAMERAS STILL ON!! wouldāve registered on the Richter scale
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Dooont! A woman at our workplace lost concentration & forgot she was in a presentation, got up halfway through & whipped her top off Itās ok tho nobody ever mentioā¦.oh wait no, yes they do
Jayne H (@jayneagain.bsky.social) reposted
So the guy who stole the signed cap from the kid on the internet is a CEO? Another reason why Luigi-ing should be encouraged.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Oooh nice! Theyāll get along just grand then.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
@hywel72.bsky.social šš
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Weāre a bit screwed there. Only nearby relatives are wifeās parents but theyāre in their 80s, heād ruin them & burn their street to the ground
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
The extra Ā£70+ for a babysitter is a lovely little touch to a night out isnāt it.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
James Ball-bag
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fucking spam faced jellyfish
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
100% agree ok so i also agree "the recently beheaded ex-queen" would be a far better title but sadly my dream hasn't come true yet
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
there's a bridge over the M4 at the top of our road, on a few occasions i've considered a massive "ONLY DOG-NONCES HANG FLAGS OFF BRIDGES" sign on a sheet, but you can probably see my paradox
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām sure none of his friends & colleagues ever mentioned it!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Hahahaha!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
all Darrens are cunts. this is a fact. have you ever met a Darren that wasn't an absolute fucking shithouse? i bet you haven't!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
its interesting to see how many of these I've already sent to blockoland
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām imagining the conversation he just had with his boss
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Morning folks. If youāre having a shitty Monday morning, just thinkā¦you could be the dad who just parked up outside ours, walked round the corner to the school with his kid in full uniform then came back 5 mins later having realised itās an inset day.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Wahey! Have a fabulous time Jen
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š¤£
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām enjoying it so far!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām finding the synth ālost boysā a bit weird tho. Theyāre like those Haribo adverts
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
True. I canāt recall anything I disliked him in. He was understatedly charismatic is probably the best way I can describe it
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
The Gravy Seals are at it again then
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Mate!! Iāve been wearing my glasses all afternoon just in case
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās taken me 3 episodes for it to click!
Galop (@galopuk.bsky.social) reposted
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Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Just watching Alien Earth. Canāt miss the resemblance between synthetic Kirsh and replicant Roy Batty, both visually and mannerisms
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Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
The most scared, sheāll answer āearly evening Blackpool in the winterā every single time
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Walked back through Chinatown (again, recommendations say ānever do thisā) Sheās been backstage at a Ukrainian airport shouting the odds at an airline rep a few days before war broke out and sheās nearly drowned backstage at the Hong Kong harbour ferryā¦.but if you ask her where & when was sheā¦.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Weāve only been once. Mrs Safe was expecting Brighton but with northern accents. She had a rude awakening Weāve inadvertently found ourselves stood on the corner where Tupac was shot, weāve caught a bus through the mission in San Francisco (all guide books say ādonāt ever do thisā) then weā¦.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Always makes me think of Patty, the daytime stripper from My Name is Earl
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Ooh thanks. Iāll look into them!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Johnny Balance famously lost his virginity to an afternoon stripper in Blaenllecau ex-servicemenās club
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew a lad called Johnny Balance. Poor sod was always falling over
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes!! Great idea
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I went round & replaced a load a few weeks back. MM Ade bc so much more sense than constantly messing about with plugs Still need to caulk around them & touch up the paint but itās not a race eh!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, 28 years ago she was toast!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! I swapped them to these. Few weeks ago. Much more practical
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck me thatās a beast! Iāve lived in smaller flats than that
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Cliquey fuckers
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Goodbye old friend. Our lockdown toaster (bought in May 2020) has finally become too unreliable & had to be replaced At ease trooper. You saw us through some dark times
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Always seems such a shame to burn off the fun bit of a bottle of red for cooking
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I still havenāt quite got over someone at pret asking āwould you like that warmedā about my cheese & ham croissant, then handing it back 10 mins later looking like theyād spent the entire 10 minutes driving a steamroller over it
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Make some nooooooise!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a decent set of extendible ladders and a wheelbarrow.. both of these instantly give me guy points even if Iām just lending them out
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
FFS! May as well have gone to work
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Hahahaha Iām definitely going to hell for how much I laughed at this
MĆcheĆ”l de BrĆŗn (@thriftonaut.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The Small Aces The Vollies The Fallt
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh bravo!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Beautiful photo Very āend of level bossā vibes!
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Oh without a doubt
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Ooh, itās good tho!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh at least. And that would just be the first wave
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
I work up with the most horrific hangover & was looking forward to a morning of smoking tabs & regretting my life choices in front of the Hollyoaks omnibus. Iād have ^loved* a morning of top-notch shitposting
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Tennis up a band Umpire of the Sun
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70s Dads had this funny thing about not doing things the proper way. Like theyād got one over on āthe manā by bodging things Stupid little things like ramming matches into a hole instead of JUST BUYING SOME FUCKING RAWLPLUGS!!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
My dad wasnāt so bad with plugs but he did like āfixingā blown fuses by wrapping tin foil around the fuse & carrying on as normal, with no regard for why they blew
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Apart from the ridiculous spoken word part near the endā¦..Civil War
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Stop dragging my heart around. A duet he sang with Stevie Nicks. I had the delight of seeing them perform it live in Hyde park a few weeks before his untimely death
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās a real shame it rained all day, but the lad didnāt seem bothered. If anything I think the rain enhanced his enjoyment
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Due to injury I couldnāt do much running but took the kid along to do the final 1K event. He went absolutely mad for it. I knew the day would come when heād leave me in his dust but I didnāt expect this to be at 3 and a half!
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
Our local running club is a non-affiliated social group who meet once a week for a chatty 5k or a slightly faster 8k. We also pal up & lift-share to races etc. it was our 10 year anniversary event today so we did a variety of runs & meet-ups to celebrate, ending with a 1k run spelling out ā10RRā..
Samantha (Sam) Mills (is on a writing break, for real this time) (@samtasticbooks.com) reposted
when it happens... I will be online ALL day. cancel my appointments. hold my calls. "what were you doing when you found out?" my grandchildren will ask. "the posts, children, I was reading the posts!!" I'll say, and we'll all crowd around my scrapbook containing the best ones
Mark šæ (@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.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social)
At times like this when speculation is rife itās important to remember he has a wife and children. Not to mention many friends and confidants I hope theyāve all come to a prolonged and agonising end too.
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Haa! Every time I pass Runcorn (admittedly, not that often these days) this plays in my head
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Two from the top, two from the middle and one from the bottom please Carol
Ben (@safers.bsky.social) reply parent
Five pints? Wahey! Really happy youāre enjoying it. Itās a lovely part of the country. (Waves from the other side of the bridge)