Speedy
@speedy.photography
Actor, Cricketer, Photographer, Trade Unionist, new Dad, cat person. #lotr & #pratchett aficionado
Author of totally unpublished The Mimic Peanut Returns (hence the profile pic)
Author of totally unpublished The Mimic Peanut Returns (hence the profile pic)
He did not make it up. I’ve never actually heard anyone use it, though my mum used to use the (apparently) related word “jings”.
August 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
He did not make it up. I’ve never actually heard anyone use it, though my mum used to use the (apparently) related word “jings”.
And, while you're at it, tax the banks like they were workers.
May 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
And, while you're at it, tax the banks like they were workers.
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'Oh, well, we can't just print money, and we need to carefully consider the inflationary impact of ... '
Mate, if we were a bank, you'd have handed us a hundred billion quid *and* taken on all our debts *and* absolved us of any past wrongdoing. If it helps, just pretend we're a bank.
Mate, if we were a bank, you'd have handed us a hundred billion quid *and* taken on all our debts *and* absolved us of any past wrongdoing. If it helps, just pretend we're a bank.
May 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
'Oh, well, we can't just print money, and we need to carefully consider the inflationary impact of ... '
Mate, if we were a bank, you'd have handed us a hundred billion quid *and* taken on all our debts *and* absolved us of any past wrongdoing. If it helps, just pretend we're a bank.
Mate, if we were a bank, you'd have handed us a hundred billion quid *and* taken on all our debts *and* absolved us of any past wrongdoing. If it helps, just pretend we're a bank.
Weirdly, it would appear that they are.
May 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Weirdly, it would appear that they are.
I guess he is also the King of Australia, so he was unlikely to be personally offended, but this is quite something
April 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I guess he is also the King of Australia, so he was unlikely to be personally offended, but this is quite something
Great reference! But what if they accidentally knock some common sense into themselves halfway through the procedure?
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Great reference! But what if they accidentally knock some common sense into themselves halfway through the procedure?