The castle down the road from me is pretty old. It’s from 79CE:

The Roman fort in Castlefield, Manchester, England, was founded around 79 AD. The fort was originally named Mamucium, but is also known as Mancunium.

He’s married as well and treats his wife like shite too.

That’s me! I love my little nephews but the siblings are so toxic. All they do is tear people down and I stopped caring around the time my brother made a pass at my girlfriend and my sister started cheating on her husband.

I don’t need people like that in my life.

Mate, love a bit of Russian lore and all that. If you want to have a bit of an eye opener, give The First Circle by Alexander Solzhenitsyn a read. It’s funny but you’ll feel guilty laughing.

Absolutely The Venture Bros.

Pretty easy that, I’d go with Lisa Nandy.

Great film. Also, the reason they filmed it in Sheffield is because that’s what it actually looks like.

This article is from 2015.

I still have mine and it works fine too! Great console. I still have an OG Xbox too.

Fucking despicable.

So if you bless a same-sex couple you just have to say ‘no heresy’ afterwards???

Logic - Wu Tang Forever.

Such a solid track.

Because it hasn’t been mentioned yet,

League of Pigs

Ha, this won’t surprise you, he really struggles to hold down a job.

Sounds like you’re a cunt.

Don’t throw about references to The Troubles like it’s hidden history.

What’s mad is they could have done a millennium long epic of Sauron’s domination Númenor. Could have made the whole thing as long or as short as they want and build from there.

They could have had political intrigue. conspiracies, betrayal, double-crossing and all sorts.

Instead they just shat the bed.

For American audiences though, that’s where the money is. And who produced it too. Not saying you’re wrong, just to anyone outside the US it has the feel of it.

The Frodo/Sam dynamic comes from Tolkien’s experiences in WW1. A fair example of this dynamic would be the Blackadder/Baldrick dynamic in Blackadder Goes Forth.

Apparently it was a thing where higher class soldiers had a bloke supporting him. Not sure if it was solely based on rank or social status

I’m a proper geek for the books and I agree.

Swear down on me nan he has a boner for Orlando Bloom.

I really need to add this.

A friend of mine genuinely believes that it’s based on a true story.