Chickens in pants! Squirrels on skis!
Oof - you’re looking sexy today. Almost as sexy as the chicken below.
As someone who has recently become hooked on Pilates, I’ve given up looking sexy. I mean it’s impossible to do while in the ‘happy baby’ pose (and, well, a bit inappropriate really).
Luckily, I’m a Burnley girl, and so tend to eschew traditional flirting methods anyway (the height of romance in East Lancs is snogging someone at a bus stop that has a roof).
Anyway, I’m off to not be sexy in Dumfries - feel free to sploot yourself through the weekend and I’ll see you next Friday!
Let’s dabble!
Felt sploot, might delete later
A) ‘sploot’ is my new favourite word. B) turns out it’s a strategy squirrels (and some other mammals) use to keep cool during hot weather. If the recent heatwave has found you sprawling in tears on your bathroom floor, you’re halfway there.
Inside jokes
What makes you laugh? (What's that - this newsletter? You're too kind.) If you’ve ever wondered why we find certain things so funny, this is the article for you. Sure it's nerdy AF, but has Freud, Plato and evolutionary theory for extra highbrow points.
Sisterhood of the liberating pants
Get your history pants on and allow me to introduce the ‘chemiloon’ - a precursor to long johns (or onesies, if there are any Gen Zs reading) - worn by women activists itching for freedom from corsets in the late 19th century. Worth reading if you enjoy phrases such as ‘red flannel’, ‘bum flap’ and ‘hygienic underdress’. <fans self>
Rule of thumb
I mean even if you don’t need to estimate how far away a deer statue is, this is a pretty cool tip: how to work out distance using just your thumb. OK, maybe not cool. Handy?
I’ll get my coat.
And finally…
LOLZ.
