Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

we spent god knows how much rescuing matt damon, we can do a mission to bring opportunity back home

now this is an interesting thing

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/13/sonys-smart-watch-strap-is-now-available-in-the-uk/

it's a "smart" watch strap, does all the phone alerts and activity tracking stuff of your average smartwatch but allows you to put a real watch on it

I'm bummed out about opportunity going out of contact

I mean, I know it's basically just a remote controlled car but still, good robot

We need to send a mission to retrieve them and bring them back home

My parents... rent out a house

They were going on about the new regulations coming into effect and about how it was "just making it harder and more complicated for people to rent out houses" and how "a lot of landlords might just not bother, sell their properties and then there would be no places available to rent"

I did point out that they're getting a cheque once a month for effectively fuck-all but apparently that's not the point

Older person: turn the tranny on would you?
Me: you fucking what?... oh, that generation still calls a transistor radio a "tranny" doesn't it

Holy crap, someone just came up with the perfect idea to fix the live-action aladdin

s/will smith/terry crews

that dude has the right energy for the role

If you want to watch a production of Aladdin but don't want nightmares of Will Smith as a smurf I can recommend the 2000 ITV panto version they're still doing reruns of

ACAB: assigned cephalopod at birth 🐙

.png is pronounced "PUNG!"

I don't know about mice liking cheese but all of our cats love it

Autotuned Tom Scott isn't something I knew I wanted to see, but it's very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09V6SkVkz8

I have literally seen panto productions with more genie-looking genies

I've just seen pictures of Will Smith as the genie in Aladdin

What the fuck.

I love Reggie (the cat that isn't officially ours but is always around here anyway) but he doesn't half weigh a tonne when he's sitting on your lap

none pizza with left twitter?

I've just been reminded of my favourite WWII British officer, Mad Jack Churchill

His wikipedia article is quite the ride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

I don't know why but I'm apparently on the mailing list for a member's club in London (a city I don't live in) (also I don't have anywhere near enough money to join a member's club)

all of these events sound like things I'd pay good money to not be forced to go to