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#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Hoddeston #Hertfordshire #Broxbourne #cock #smock www.youtube.com/channel/UCnf...
September 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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It's Friday, & you're wondering: "What were the smallest, & the largest, annual eel-rent in 12th C. England?" Well, I'm here to help!

The smallest was 22 eels, from Hoddeston, for Sir Geoffrey Mandeville.

The largest was 75,000 eels, from Harmston, for Earl Hugh of Chester.
🗃️🧪
Meme. Colored drawing of premodern-looking people wading knee and hip deep in a stream with nets and traps. There are 10 people in the water, and 2 in a boat pulling up a heavy net. There is some serious fishing going on here; they all look quite intent. It's not explicitly clear that they are fishing for eels; in fact, one of the men is holding a fish in the net that looks like it has a non-eel-like tail. But also, several of them are holding what look like wicker eel traps. So who knows? The best bet is that the artist had no idea. We can imagine that this is a scene from 1483, and that these are villagers catching silver eels during their downstream migration. It's a party, and they are all happy (despite their seriousness). Beyond being delighted over their catch, they are thrilled at a deep level to know that YOU won't have any of their eels. They love to fish, but hate to share. Get your own eels, gentle reader. Meme text reads: "One fish, two fish 75,000 owed to Hugh fish"
August 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
greenleejw.bsky.social
It's Wednesday, & you're wondering: "What were the smallest, & the largest, annual eel-rent in 12th C. England?" Well, I'm here to help!

The smallest was 22 eels, from Hoddeston, for Sir Geoffrey Mandeville.

The largest was 75,000 eels, from Harmston, for Earl Hugh of Chester.
🗃️🧪
Meme. Colored drawing of premodern-looking people wading knee and hip deep in a stream with nets and traps. There are 10 people in the water, and 2 in a boat pulling up a heavy net. There is some serious fishing going on here; they all look quite intent. It's not explicitly clear that they are fishing for eels; in fact, one of the men is holding a fish in the net that looks like it has a non-eel-like tail. But also, several of them are holding what look like wicker eel traps. So who knows? The best bet is that the artist had no idea. We can imagine that this is a scene from 1483, and that these are villagers catching silver eels during their downstream migration. It's a party, and they are all happy (despite their seriousness). Beyond being delighted over their catch, they are thrilled at a deep level to know that YOU won't have any of their eels. They love to fish, but hate to share. Get your own eels, gentle reader. Meme text reads: "One fish, two fish 75,000 owed to Hugh fish"
August 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
methodphoto.bsky.social
Many stations at the end of the line have car parks, and you can always go further out to places like Hoddeston which has a big car park.
August 31, 2026 at 10:17 AM
greenleejw.bsky.social
It's Wednesday, & you're wondering: "What were the smallest, & the largest, annual eel-rent in 12th C. England?" Well, I'm here to help!

The smallest was 22 eels, from Hoddeston, for Sir Geoffrey Mandeville.

The largest was 75,000 eels, from Harmston, for Earl Hugh of Chester.
🗃️🧪
Meme. Colored drawing of premodern-looking people wading knee and hip deep in a stream with nets and traps. There are 10 people in the water, and 2 in a boat pulling up a heavy net. There is some serious fishing going on here; they all look quite intent. It's not explicitly clear that they are fishing for eels; in fact, one of the men is holding a fish in the net that looks like it has a non-eel-like tail. But also, several of them are holding what look like wicker eel traps. So who knows? The best bet is that the artist had no idea. We can imagine that this is a scene from 1483, and that these are villagers catching silver eels during their downstream migration. It's a party, and they are all happy (despite their seriousness). Beyond being delighted over their catch, they are thrilled at a deep level to know that YOU won't have any of their eels. They love to fish, but hate to share. Get your own eels, gentle reader. Meme text reads: "One fish, two fish 75,000 owed to Hugh fish"
August 7, 2024 at 2:24 PM
tomr-bsky.bsky.social
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Hoddeston #Hertfordshire #Broxbourne #cock #smock
January 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
tomr-bsky.bsky.social
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #Hoddeston #Hertfordshire #Broxbourne #cock #smock www.youtube.com/channel/UCnf...
July 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
tomr-bsky.bsky.social
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #store #Hoddeston #Hertfordshire #Broxbourne #cock #smock www.zazzle.com/store/mindse...
December 6, 2024 at 12:20 AM
matricardo.bsky.social
Thanks for all the kind words about this.
It was hard, but I think healthy, to write.

If you want to sign up, I've set the price literally as low as it can go. Thanks.

#writer #memoir #substack

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TEN GIGS - CHAPTER TWO
Hoddeston, 1988.
matricardo.substack.com
March 5, 2026 at 9:19 AM
greenleejw.bsky.social
It's Wednesday, & you're wondering: "What were the smallest, & the largest, annual eel-rent in 12th C. England?" Well, I'm here to help!

The smallest was 22 eels, from Hoddeston, for Sir Geoffrey Mandeville.

The largest was 75,000 eels, from Harmston, for Earl Hugh of Chester. 🧪🗃️
Meme. Colored drawing of premodern-looking people wading knee and hip deep in a stream with nets and traps. There are 10 people in the water, and 2 in a boat pulling up a heavy net. There is some serious fishing going on here; they all look quite intent. It's not explicitly clear that they are fishing for eels; in fact, one of the men is holding a fish in the net that looks like it has a non-eel-like tail. But also, several of them are holding what look like wicker eel traps. So who knows? The best bet is that the artist had no idea. We can imagine that this is a scene from 1483, and that these are villagers catching silver eels during their downstream migration. It's a party, and they are all happy (despite their seriousness). Beyond being delighted over their catch, they are thrilled at a deep level to know that YOU won't have any of their eels. They love to fish, but hate to share. Get your own eels, gentle reader. Meme text reads: "One fish, two fish 75,000 owed to Hugh fish"
July 26, 2023 at 3:37 PM
matricardo.bsky.social
OK.
Busy but fun few days: Full one man show at the Canterbury festival tomorrow and at the Lyric Hammersmith (!) on Sunday night, with a cabaret stop in Hoddeston, and an hour long lecture at the London Magic Convention in between.
LFG
me, a white middle aged guy, wearing a dark suit, with dark painted nails, holding a martini glass at a bar
October 30, 2024 at 12:54 PM
matricardo.bsky.social
Chapter two of TEN GIGS my selective memoir is up now for paid subscribers. The most personal piece of writing I've ever done.

BigSigh.wav

#writer #author #memoir #substack #london #actuallyautistic

matricardo.substack.com/p/ten-gigs-c...
TEN GIGS - CHAPTER TWO
Hoddeston, 1988.
matricardo.substack.com
March 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
matricardo.bsky.social
Just published chapter two of my selective memoir TEN GIGS on substack for paid subscribers

Absolutely the most personal thing I've ever written

content warning: discussion of sexual assault

matricardo.substack.com/p/ten-gigs-c...
TEN GIGS - CHAPTER TWO
Hoddeston, 1988.
matricardo.substack.com
March 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
tomr-bsky.bsky.social
#Limerick #entertainment #humor #store #Hoddeston #Hertfordshire #Broxbourne #cock #smock www.zazzle.com/store/mindse...
December 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM