This is a very unwelcome development. When I click into the main site I want to see what people are talking about now, not five hours ago. If anyone's listening, please make it stop. (View Post)

It's a question of euphony and sometimes subjective. The BBC is wrong about "Iris's cat" imho. But "Mr Daniels' dog bit Mr Roberts's cat" is acceptable, and illustrates the proble… (View Post)

Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low Silently sifting through papers sealed with a crown Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more Dreadnoughts The hou… (View Post)

"Socialite"? That's alright then. For one awful moment I thought it said "Socialist". (View Post)

Every time you converted Sterling into dodgy foreign currency like francs or dollars you had to present your passport to the bank, who would stamp it like so: (View Post)