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Here's hoping that 2026 is less of a complete shitshow than 2025. Glad you guys are still here 


I predict 2026 will outperform 2025 by a substantial margin. Let's meet here again next year and compare notes!Here's hoping that 2026 is less of a complete shitshow than 2025. Glad you guys are still here![]()
You can get out of the attic and out from behind the couch now. Most of the drunks and fools are safely off the road, with a few more on concrete beds.
), maybe that's not a bad thing...Not that there was no one looking out for them.Hundreds of people were tricked into attending a fake New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Birmingham city centre for the second year in a row.
Large crowds gathered in Centenary Square on Wednesday night after seeing adverts for the event on social media.
Videos shared online showed revellers waiting for the fireworks to begin shortly before midnight. However, they were later filmed dispersing after it became clear that no display would take place.
"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again." ~George W. BushPeople attended the event despite West Midlands Police warning that no firework display would be happening in the city centre.
The force issued the warning after thousands had gathered in Centenary Square on New Year’s Eve last year following false claims online about food vendors, performances and a “magnificent firework display”.
Ol' W sure could mangle a sentence, bless his little "heart." Maybe he was thinking of "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.""There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again." ~George W. Bush
Day 4 and we're already giving 2025 a run for its money!I predict 2026 will outperform 2025 by a substantial margin. Let's meet here again next year and compare notes!
Well. I had a momentary, mildly optimistic interpretation of "will outperform 2025 by a substantial margin," but I quickly discarded it. I see I was right.Day 4 and we're already giving 2025 a run for its money!
The Who?There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again."
No, George W. Bush. It says it right there in my quotation.The Who?

George was the Beatles not The Who.No, George W. Bush. It says it right there in my quotation.![]()
Confusing Harrison with Dubya? Wow...George was the Beatles not The Who.
Yes, The Beatles vs The Dubya Eich OhConfusing Harrison with Dubya? Wow...