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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

It's all so believable. Really funny - but also a dreadful indictment of the state of our reality now.

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Yes, it being set in Brighton added to that I think...

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

For sure. Ill loose my shit if it actually happens.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

If anyone finds mine, I lost it a long long time ago.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Definitely! 😁😁😁

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

I love how the LGBTQ thing is spelt differently everytime 😂

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Ha! Part of that was me not being bothered. But I added 'D' and 'F', of course. (Deviant and Furry) 😂 Plus the laughable 'Two Spirit'.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Runs back yo take a 2nd look. I hadn't noticed that!

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I have to say that I was particularly pleased with the gags on the road sign. (People are missing those I think - I should be less subtle perhaps!) 😁

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Jan 16, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Oh do keep the subtle! One of the delights, knowing you'll slip stuff past us, and that a second (/third...) inspection will be rewarded. The satirisable (-risible?) with this stuff is infinite and deserving.

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😁😁

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Jan 16, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Loved them. Fontastic. I'm not up to speed on if it's HA/HE/NH (No Hope or National Highways apparently) or what now. All too American and I really can't cope.

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Who/knows? 😁

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I always do.

And that does make sense - as it seems to change every time Stonewall sees an opportunity for righteous profit and adds a new letter.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

As a near neighbour to the recently updated (to include trans and black lgbt) Wimbledon rainbow crossing, I find this all too believable.... :/

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Ah, yes. Plus this one is set in Brighton, so this will actually happen next month!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

😂😂😂Cashcock😂😂😂😂

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No idea who that could be of course...

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

of course 😊

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Chim/Chim/Cheroo 😂😂😂

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I have been saving that gag for weeks! It seems the right moment! 😂

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Well done ,Mole. Very funny but hope you haven't given them any ideas.😭😭 Nothing would surprise me anymore and now that some doctors are experimenting on children ( and allowed to by the leaders of their profession ) ,who knows where that could lead to in the future.??👎👎👎👎

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Thanks. A few have said, 'Don't give them ideas' and you know, there may be something in that!

That said, I can barely keep pace with new levels of absurdity appearing almost weekly now.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Lololololololol ‘submanager of Greggs’ 🎀😫

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I have no idea who that could be!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

it may be a parody but in a way its not..

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Well, that's Brighton for you, I guess...

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

An inspired day Moley, I laughed out loud this morning (you shall not pass😁) and have laughed even longer this afternoon.

... "However... the very very special and rare cones have caused a furious tidal wave across the pond with rabid YouTuber Sharon Sadist branding all drivers who don't take every opportunity to displace and destroy any cone, any colour, anywhere, the ones who are really driving all this...

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Thanks!

Ah, that 'You shall not pass' meme, yes. An older one that. In fact I have several version of that - ready to 'deploy' at a moment's notice!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

😆👍

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

I have visited my son in Brighton several times, they have a rainbow "zebra" crossing close to his flat, and I had no clue if it was to be treated as a regular crossing. Inevitably I was beeped at while I tried to decide and waited for a pedestrian to cross. Not good safely wise.

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Correct. They are also completely wrong in terms of the highways authorities' own legislation. They must ALL be black and white for very specific and important reasons. (For the sight-impaired, as one example) So I cannot understand how councils can get away with this at all. Their righteousness overrides all legislation? Incredible really.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

The whole thing is getting so mad little wonder people think real. Keep going. Eventually everyone will see it is totally barking ideology

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Fair comment. It IS getting madder. I have to work harder to think of sillier and more absurd stuff to write and create.

So far - and it was only posted a few hours ago - I have had about six or seven people thinking it is real. Some quite angry - understandably so!

And then, when I try and reply to assuage their fear and say it is a satire, I see that one or two have quickly deleted their angry comment after realising their error!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

I think humour might be best way forward now, getting angry hasn’t worked so well and is bad for health. You are so funny don’t stop!

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Thanks! I will try to do so - if 'allowed'.

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Someone on twitter said this to a trans activist:

- she was saying people would rally around them

- he said you've got no idea, people see you as raving lunatics

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We certainly do!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Brilliant as always!

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Most kind, thanks!

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

If only it were true. Students would nick all of them.

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Yes! A new student fashion accessory, obviously.

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Headline: "Trial of non-binary cones suspended for five years as motorists couldn't work out which side of the cone to drive"

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Genius. First genuine LOL of the day. Thanks Mole x

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My pleasure and honour, I assure you! 👍

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“As with most revolutions, the counterculture’s call for total freedom quickly turned into a demand for total control.“

Roger Kimball

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Cone-trol in this case

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