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It won’t take a genius to guess what I’m thankful for this year.
(Even if I’m actually British and therefore don’t give thanks because for some reason we don’t have Thanksgiving, possibly because we think everything that comes to us does so because we deserve it. Or something.)
Lykke Li - Tonight [Live acoustic take]
“stay put and play along
‘cause i’m looking for my friend
now i got you, got you”
I was listening to this on repeat earlier. I can’t express how much I love this song.
The National Bed Safety Board were again prompted to release an warning about proper bed usage, after the fifth bed-overcrowding incident in recent weeks led to an unknown number of injuries, some of them serious.
“There were several people in the bed,” said Dickie Sticklebrick, NBSB spokesperson. “Initial witness reports vary, but there were apparently somewhere between two and ten in the bed. From what we can gather, the smallest person in the bed instructed the others to ‘roll over’, and a tragic chain of events occurred, leading to one falling out of the bed. His injuries are as yet undetermined, but we are told that he hit the floor and gave a shout.
“This is not unexpected,” he continued, “as many modern beds are quite high up and gravity is a cruel, cruel mistress.”
Mister Sticklebrick then summarized the rest of the night’s events, which consisted of more rolling over at the behest of the smallest member of the bed, resulting in more falling out and shouting.
“We are currently working with the police to determine why the littlest one in the bed was so eager for more space. Logically, they require less room in the bed than anyone else, so for them to be telling everyone else to roll over is somewhat confusing.”
Foul play has not been ruled out at this time.
The NBSB spokesbloke concluded: “Please remember - tie a knot in your pyjamas if you have to - but single beds are only made for one. Please: It’s your safety.”
When reached for comment, the Little One said “Good night.”
Talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous.
More Japanese nostalgia. This is Anpanman, in statue form outside a TV studio in Tokyo. He’s a superhero made of bread. His girlfriend is melon bread.
Sometimes I look through these photos and find it hard to believe that I ever lived in Japan. This is the path down from where my wife lived.
1. These are the things that get me through the day.
2. These are the things that got me beaten up in school.