Notices by Jon Hancock (bigjackbrass@social.vivaldi.net)

> LOOK

You are in a room. There are exits to the north and west. There is an armchair.

> SIT

You are sitting in an armchair in a room. There are exits to the north and west. A small black cat enters the room.

> TAKE CAT

You cannot take the cat.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It starts to purr.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It jumps onto the chair, purrs, and settles on your lap.

> N

You cannot go north. You are immobilised by a cat.

> STAND UP

You cannot stand up. You are immobilised by a cat.

> W

You cannot go west. You are immobilised by a cat.

> PET CAT

The cat purrs.

Meanwhile, in the world of Amazon reviews…

Via Matt at World of Ukes.

#Ukulele

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.

Should any of you know where I can find a copy of this sheet music I'd love to hear from you.

#1920s #Music

Incredible. Can't find a copy or a digitised version of some sheet music I've been hunting for, but apparently fifty thousand people on Pinterest had no trouble getting it so they could post a scan of the cover.

Harrumph.

Waiting in a hospital car park, as I occasionally do these days. They've mounted solar panels over the spaces, providing shade as well as generating electricity. There needs to be more of this.

A few pages into the "Alpha Quickstart Guide" for Rebellion's upcoming version of Tunnels & Trolls, and I'm doing my best to keep an open mind, think about their goals for the new design, and not look at it as someone who has played the original since the eighties and consequently has *opinions*. That, I feel, is the mature and sensible way to consider this sort of revamp.

Anyway, I've completely failed. So far, I absolutely hate very nearly every change they have made. And get off my lawn.

#RPG #TandT #TunnelsAndTrolls

"Initially intended as collectibles, the cards were turned into Pokemon-style trading cards at the urging of children who saw the competitive potential behind their disarmingly analogue pastime"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/its-done-wonders-trading-card-game-featuring-middle-aged-men-revives-japanese-town

#Japan #CardGames #Games

There's really nothing I can add to this.

Decant: To remove a German philosopher.

#Cats

@pocketlint @cstross He's on Mastodon too, in case you missed him: https://mastodon.ie/@spellingmistakescostlives

@botvolution Ah! In that case I don't know who Johnny Mercer is! I thought you meant the Tin Pan Alley lyricist and songwriter, which is what happens when you spend more time delving into American popular music of a century ago than paying attention to recent events.

@botvolution I'm afraid you've completely lost me there, although I do at least know who Johnny Mercer was.

The Plymouth fish finger absolutely sounds like a euphemism for something.

"You don't cross the Gaffer, mate, not if you value your life. Jimmy Knuckles tried it and they gave him the Plymouth fish finger."

@DarkestKale @HauntedOwlbear I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this meme editor.

Whenever the IT department says they can't help with my problem because I'm working from home, I think I'll send them a link to NASA fixing Voyager 1 despite it being outside the solar system.

Let's see… almond milk has almonds in it, oat milk has oats…

Dear Tony Blair: "Bryan Ansell has passed away"

http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2023/12/bryan-ansell-has-passed-away.html?m=1