David Astle (alias DA)

Just gave ChatGPT a writing deadline and now it’s cleaning the house

Seeking an Aussie version of schadenfreude. Best so far: crashcack. What you got?

Tonight asking radio listeners to write a rhyming quatrain that includes the words scent, trunk, skate and pitch. Can you?

Chemistry Songs: Because The Nitrogen Pipette on a String She’s Ammoniac Boron To Be Wild Sexual Helium Ionic Drop The Base Californium Girls Electrolyte My Fire When Will I Cu Again? I Second That Emulsion

I'm not a liar. I have an English degree. I'm an unreliable narrator.

The collective noun for hermits is a paradox

To bore not one man, name not one robot. #palindrome

On the phone, a person who always tries to hang up before you is a DESPERENDO #neologism

Interesting client prospecting strategy by this León bar, hope it works for 'em

“Where there’s smoke, there’s a barbie.” - Ocker’s Razor

Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, you’re pretty good at this

Deliberately misspell a common word. There you go. You just named your startup.

[Two Opticians getting married] Priest: For better or worse? Better or worse? Better or worse?

A palindrome walks into a bar and orders: Murk. Cans. A regal ale. Enigma. Ham. Gin. Eel. A lager. A snack. Rum. #palindrome

worth the wait

And speaking of cats...

‘I before E except after C’ is the most deficient of ancient fallacies, says scientist

50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature

Going in a newish direction for the next press secretary

Add a photo you took of something good

If I reason, I crumble. I fire a sonic rumble. #redivider

"It looks delicious," she said, "but one question, what actually is 'homemade ghee'?" its butter i clarified

He's with the Angles now

My favorite trope? Oh that's easy: heliotrope.

No she hasn’t. I’m standing on it.

From radio listeners: the sentence you read (then reread) before nodding off: Sandman sentence Swamprehension Comagram Hypnofont Prose-zac Blurdom Paradrift Zzzentence

Word-wise, quotidian isn’t

A Vietnamese/Italian fusion restaurant called Phogetaboutit

well aren’t you just a little glitch in the matrix

@dontattempt.bsky.social

Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.

- Do you know any oxymorons? - Yeah-nah

Just more proof of Richard’s range

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

Acnestis [ak-NEES-tis] (n.) - The part of the back that cannot easily be reached to scratch. Used in a sentence: “Ever since our illicit dalliance in the back garden, my acnestis has been afflicted with a most infernal rash of Poison Oak, and Miss Drollup has ceased returning my correspondence.”

No media on, no AI demon. #palindrome

MORECROFT > COMFORTER A dear mate, a quiet mentor, a bloody wonderful human.

What idiot called it a vocabulary instead of your wordrobe?

Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition. This predatory songbird has one of the most beautiful songs in the bush. They’re extra chatty right now, reinforcing the pair bond at the start of the breeding season.

Finally it's my moment to shine