Please! Although I’d hesitate to say I have any “claims” as such - I’m ex religious and flip-flop from agnosticism to some kind of atheistic nihilism depending on the day. “I don’t believe in anything” is as close to a solid statement of belief as I’m likely to get.

I’d love to hear more about your belief system. This kind of stuff is endlessly fascinating.

It’s fun when it’s both.

The UK would be one if anyone could be bothered to run it properly.

Artificial diamonds are still diamonds! Just because nobody died to make it they are identical on a chemical level.

They don’t just look purer, they are purer!

The problem is that rich people have been fleeced by diamond sellers for so long that they over value the “story” of a diamond (IE, carbon forged into a diamond over millennia etc etc. as a symbol for love blah blah).

Aus or NZ?

Okay, all of those are amazing.

I have lots of weird little “widgets” I love and would probably hold close to my heart forever (Mr Toad, Quar, etc.) so I suppose a mishmash of things is as good as something “meaningful”. And I guess those things are more likely to stay dear to me over something “big”!

I remember getting a hand written letter from my MP when I hit 18 - I loathe the party he represented but he was a proper gent. His seat was taken over by the current leader of the opposition party who is undeniably mental too, so I doubt she writes to her constituents to welcome them to the democratic process!

I’ve wanted a tattoo since I was about 15 (and I’m 35 now) but I never pulled the trigger on it.

I never found an artist who was just right or a design I would be happy having on my body forever!

They’re awesome though, and I love seeing other people’s.

Is it like the celery in a bloody Mary, or you swig your beer then pop in a little pepperami afterwards?

It’s a pretty common combo too - I see it on menus a lot!

Branston is a pretty mild one, but I love a harsh, vinegary pickle with peanut butter. A sweat inducing Piccalilli is the bees knees too.

A crunchie bar dipped in salsa is a pretty good combo for me.

And I also like branstons pickle with crunchy peanut butter.

Bought 35 years ago :sadface:

You beat me to it!

KP make amazing snacks.

On an ideal (working) morning if be up a couple of hours before I need to leave the house to bathe, make breakfast and something for lunch, clean the kitchen a little (which is my domain in the house), sit and watch TV or read for a bit, then leave with plenty of time to get to work.

Sometimes I manage this.

Otherwise it’s snooze the alarm a few times, get out of bed, shower, make some toast quickly, lob some food at the cats and leave a little later than ideal, and get to work just in time.

Unfortunately my partner works from home and gets up later than me so my comfy bed has a chronic cuddler in it, and she’s normally surrounded by our cats too so my bed is a wonderful nest that’s difficult to crawl out from.

Do you ever not listen to podcasts? I can barely keep up to date with 2 or 3!

The big two for me are

1. “Behind The Bastards” - lots of episodes and it covers some really interesting stuff. They did a whole bunch on the ideological fathers of the current US administration which makes the current situation really well.
2. “Mystery Quest” - an TTRPG podcast run by AngoryTom from the Yogscast. I can’t stand a few of the people he often gets on (Yogscast regulars I don’t enjoy), but his DM style is so fun it’s easy to lose a few hours to.

I quite enjoy The Rest Is Entertainment for Richard Osman’s take on all things media related. Marina Hyde is okay too, but she has some poor takes on a lot of things…