Jimbo

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Runner, nerd, odd taste in music, easily distracted by cats. He/him. Bisexual.

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Shook hands with Laura Weinroither and Lilli Purtscheller post match after ambling my way into the Austrian Football Federation part of the stand like a drunken fool

Celebrating a Germany goal by singing Coming Home (Völlig Losgelöst) around a mouthful of Bratwurst while waving the Schwartz-Rot-Gelb, never felt more German.

I've been in this fanzone for ten minutes and already heard two songs sampled by Ava Max. Genuinely not sure what that says about her or this DJ

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The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin

Tanz der Vampires is like if somebody mashed up the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie with Fry's holophoner musical in the original Futurama finale. Fantastic, 10/10, no notes

Blood Alkohol Level: drunk enough to speak German confidently, too drunk to understand anything said back in response

Is it possible to sing along to early Taylor Swift songs without affecting a terrible country accent? Possibly, but that's not a world I want to live in.

I'm spending ten days in Germany later this week, so have been brushing up on my vocabulary ahead of the trip for possible phrases I might require. Ja - Yes Nein - No Ein bier, bitte - One beer please

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“But Brawndo has got electrolytes”

Well this is grim

In my imperial phase (drinking an imperial stout)

"Imagine if you went to someone's house for a party, and they died, and you kept having the party, that's fucked up" - my German wife, who is taking Germany's elimination from Euro 2024 yesterday in her stride.

I wonder who is going to be the first musician to sell friendship bracelets as merch?

Thanks Tumblr I hate it

I turn 40 next month. One tipsy evening shortly before I turned 30, I collated a playlist of songs that had soundtracked my 20s. Last month I decided to do it again. The soundtrack of my 30s, in a rough chronological form: open.spotify.com/playlist/3ek...

Songs of my Thirtiesopen.spotify.com Songs of my Thirties · Playlist · 53 songs

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Taylor Swift's iconic tour outfits will be on display at the V&A Museum this summer ➡️ ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tay... In quite the scoop for the V&A, Taylor Swift's personal outfits from her tours will be displayed across the museum this summer.

Taylor Swift’s iconic tour outfits will be on display at the V&A Museum this summerianvisits.co.uk In quite the scoop for the V&A, Taylor Swift's personal outfits from her tours will be displayed across the museum this summer.

I've seen lots of complaints from Europeans about watching Southgate-ball and while I understand their points, this is what happens when you give us nul points at Eurovision. We retaliate.

x:00 - my cousin in law (in Germany) messages me to say "this is so undeserved" x:10 - loud cheers from outside x:28 - England score I suspect my stream might be delayed.

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Remember when a group of crypto bros bought a copy of 'Jodorowsky's Dune' for $3 million (around 100x more than it was worth) thinking they could turn it into NFTs and an animated series because they didn't understand what copyright is?

The Saga of the 'Dune' Crypto Bros And Their Very Pricey Mistake Is At Its Endwww.esquire.com In a dismal crypto climate, the group is looking to sell its 'Dune' bible and cash out its treasury. “Really wish this worked out better," the group co-founder said.

Two hours before this, my wife took off her wedding ring, saying "don't read anything into this". Foreshadowing.

Our neighbours across the hall have six miniature dachshund puppies at the moment. James has withheld this information for months because I "would absolutely not have been normal about it". So anyway we're getting a divorce.

Eras tour ranking, part 1: The Tired Poets Department 1. Fearless 2. Red 3. Reputation 4. 1989 5. TTPD 6. Lover 7. Surprise songs 8. Speak Now (utter travesty that this got sold short) 9. Midnights 10. Folkmore

Apparently my colleagues, while bored on Friday, had a sweepstake as to which Eras Tour merch item I'd come into the office wearing today. I ruined all their plans by not buying anything at the gig; fortunately they can roll it over for next month!

I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking of it sooner

For YEARS the kitchen door hasn't closed properly and it's been driving me up the goddamn wall (randomly and loudly swinging open, especially when the washing machine is at full speed). @jamesvt.bsky.social just had a stroke of genius and fixed it. It took 3 minutes.

I'm genuinely upset and disappointed with myself that I didn't think of this.

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Donald Sutherland did many things, but he has the distinction of doing a Simpsons line read that will be burned into my memory forever.

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Reminder that if we finish runners up, there's a solid chance we play (and go out to) Germany the weekend before the General Election. So that's what will happen.

One year ago today @bealittlebrave.bsky.social and I were supposed to see Sabrina Carpenter live in London, until easyJet cancelled our flight back from Amsterdam

Reading rec: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Sabrina Carpenter Gave Us the Song of the Summer. She’s Got a Plan for All Seasonswww.rollingstone.com Sabrina Carpenter managed to get “that’s that me espresso” lodged in our collective brain. She’s got a lot more in store

Kind of understand why some people make "being a Lana Del Rey" fan their entire personality

Reading rec: www.stereogum.com/2267170/aren...

The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tourswww.stereogum.com It's not just the Black Keys. Why are so many big tours selling poorly?

@thegargle.bsky.social www.theargus.co.uk/news/2437770...

Election count venue scuppered by children's showwww.theargus.co.uk Brighton’s General Election count has been forced out of its usual home by a cartoon dog.