In the news

Kicking off in the US

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/06/georgia-election-latest-news-senate-ossoff-warnock-democrats-republicans-trump-biden

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/08/sadiq-khan-declares-covid-emergency-in-london

Something a little lighter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55591520

Ms Thurston-Tyler said she hopes to make her own line of crop tops with the words "children railways" on the design, while "the hype" of the viral moment continues.

Gen Z huh 🙄

"I have no money at the moment so decided to put the second one on Depop to see if anyone would buy it," she said, adding that the app had become her main source of income as she has struggled to find other work during the pandemic.
"I have to resort to little things like this to make ends meet, to pay the bills."

Can't really blame her.

And to continue the slightly lighter theme:

John Dillermand has an extraordinary penis. So extraordinary, in fact, that it can perform rescue operations, etch murals, hoist a flag and even steal ice-cream from children.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/john-dillermand-denmark-launches-childrens-tv-show-man-giant-penis

Priceless.

Can you expand?

Isn’t it!

Just imagine the furore that would ensue if the Beeb tried something like that.

Good on the Danes, I say :)

DJ Joseph Capriati stabbed in the chest by his Father. In serious but stable condition. Father arrested for attempted murder

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/joseph-capriati-stabbed-father-b1784853.html

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This is not a cyclist's obit., but it's a great story and bikes were involved:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/13/janine-de-greef-obituary

MAGA Hars have been disrupting domestic flights across the U.S. this week. One interesting detail:

Airlines had taken precautions ahead and after the politically motivated riot at the Capitol, moving crews to airport hotels. American Airlines suspended serving alcohol on Washington D.C. flights.

Airlines were more prepared for the putsch than the Capitol police.

Baby Yoda becomes an LGBTQ icon in Mexico

Stop deadnamimg Grogu

Sonic Boom heard in Leyton earlier. All the local pigeons went up, and next door's cat didn't like it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55636583

All the local pigeons went up

Probably trying to stage a coo

You're really pushing the envelope with these puns.

::nods towards the aerodynamics pun::

Good one - made me smile :)

Certainly took a bit of guile.

Stop otherwise someone will get in a flap about another pun thread.

Wonder what it’s like being intercepted by a fighter jet.
If it’s kinda scary or more who, what, me?

pun thread

Oooh, can I pitch in?

Probably trying to stage a coo

I bet that would be a turtley duff coo.

I get intercepted by fighter jets all the time.

I think it's the Fuji Feather I ride.

Wonder what it’s like being intercepted by a fighter jet.
If it’s kinda scary or more who, what, me?