“It’s difficult to polish a turd” 
Fish, 19/09/20
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God. I’ve learned something today.
A customer was seeking a magazine about the " spaghettification" of the black holes 
Well, same word in french. Spaghettis are spaghettis…
spaghettification
(astrophysics) The gravitational stretching of objects into long thin shapes and eventually into a unidimensional wormhole.
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Someone needs slapping with a big wet fish
God how I love the English language 
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“Free the herrings !!” 
In Dunkirk Kippers are called “kippers” or more commonly “Platche’s” or “Beut”
After the fight for a kipper thrown by the mayor from the townhall balcony, people are used to “slapping with a big wet fish” 
It was before Covid mess… 
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To be in dire straits
"Recorded at Pathway Studios (8-track), Halloway, July 1977 - Engineered by Chas Herington.
Mark Knopfler, vocal and guitar - David Knopfler, guitar and vocal - John Illsley, bass and vocal - Pick Withers, drums.
From the vinyl record “The Honky Tonk Demos”, Oval Records - 1979."
This could go under the worst album covers as well, but I didn’t know until today that the (devil) baby on Born Again cover has been used earlier by Depeche Mode and is originally from a magazine cover from 1968!
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Remember very well the long gone Record Shop where I bought Born Again. Much maligned , like The Elder by Kiss, Born Again is a real gem and contains some great vocal performances from Ian Gillan eg. Hotline and Born Again itself.
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I learned just the other day that there’s a character, a bard called Marillion in Game Of Thrones. I’ve missed his name when watching from TV but I noticed it when I started to read the book a while ago.
“According to George R.R. Martin, the character was not named after the band, which he had never heard of prior to writing the first book.”
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I didn’t know until yesterday that Private Dancer was written by Mark Knopfler. I learned that from John Illsley’s book I just read.
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