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GOOD NEWS.⁠⁠Today is National Chocolate Chip Day.⁠⁠Eat as many as you want.⁠⁠But only if they're the actual little chips...
15/05/2022

GOOD NEWS.⁠
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Today is National Chocolate Chip Day.⁠
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Eat as many as you want.⁠
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But only if they're the actual little chips.⁠
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World Chocolate day is July 7th, apparently.⁠
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And White Chocolate Day is Sept 22nd (one for you, ).⁠
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So chip form only, please.⁠
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Also today - National Straw Hat Day.⁠
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But the piece of resistance...⁠
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WORLD FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DAY.⁠
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YES.⁠
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IT'S TODAY.⁠
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It's not too late to send a thoughtful congratulatory message to that special someone in your life who works in facilities management.⁠
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I couldn't think what to write so I looked up what special significance May 15th is.⁠
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It's unrelated to ducks, really.⁠
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OH. I remember.⁠
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What I was actually meant to say was our lovely colourful prints are now available to order, in various sizes (including BIG) (and framed) from the excellent National Park Print Shop.⁠
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There's work by lots of other superbbbbb artists and illustrators on there too.⁠
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I should really have focused more on that, but I got too excited by the facilities management day thing.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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NEW FEATURE⁠⁠Yes, put aside all your planned excitement for the day and the long weekend ahead, and prepare yourself for...
14/04/2022

NEW FEATURE⁠
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Yes, put aside all your planned excitement for the day and the long weekend ahead, and prepare yourself for a new, wholly unprecedented level of excitement as I unveil a new feature.⁠
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After months of workshopping and focus groups*, ⁠
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(*conducted alone, inside my own head, over the course of seconds, not months),⁠
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I've decided we're going to go with the imaginatively titled:⁠
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'Stockist ⁠
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(You might think I've typed it like that because it cleverly spells out a name with the first letters of each word, but no, that would just spell SOTM, which is neither catchy nor, in fact, a word.)⁠
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(It was just for dramatic effect)⁠
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(But now I think about it, scratch the brackets)⁠
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Let's go with STOTHMO!⁠
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And the prize for the first STOTHMO! goes to ⁠
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Nice people, nice place. Visit Jacki and Russell for all your home decor and Annie Sloan painting needs.⁠
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Follow them, say hi, buy their things, in fact go visit if you're local or if you're not local but you're easily influenced and you enjoy long distance car journeys.⁠
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For our other shopfriends -⁠
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'What are the criteria for this prestigious prize?'⁠
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Well the committee (me) meets once a month (in the kitchen), near the kettle, and evaluates which stockists have had a noteworthy impact on the business in the previous month (wracks my brain to remember who I've spoken to recently and who has ordered) and takes into account any special considerations (bonus points for who's posted displays of Some Ink Nice cards what I can re-share).⁠
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Join us again in a few weeks for our next exciting episode of STOTHMO!⁠
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RIGHT⁠.Hello Internet Friends.⁠So it's that time again.⁠⁠The March Meets Makers thing.⁠⁠The highlight of the calendar wh...
07/03/2022

RIGHT⁠.

Hello Internet Friends.
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So it's that time again.⁠
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The March Meets Makers thing.⁠
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The highlight of the calendar where you, the Viewer, meets me, your Maker.⁠
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I'm going to assume you've heard of it by now, as a) it's been going a few years and in any case b) 'March Meet The Maker' is fairly self-explanatory.⁠
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It's not like you've stumbled across this account on your hunt for fashion tips or the latest trends in farming.⁠
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It's cards, isn't it. Art and cards and animal things.⁠
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Okay let's get on with my tried and tested Top 10 format.⁠
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1) I'm Mike.⁠
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2) I draw art and cards and animal things, as both the spoiler above and almost every single image on this feed might suggest.⁠
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3) ⁠And then I sell them to you, dear Viewer, as well as a bunch of delightful owners of delightful independent shops.

4) I have one Wife, see pic, and one Daughter, also see pic.

5) You'd be forgiven for thinking this photo was taken at Halloween or something, but no.

6) My favourite jam is Apricot. Actually, no. Peach. It's peach.

7) A couple of years ago the local Sainsburys gave me an extra voucher at the till, saying Congratulations You Have Bought More Large Garlic Bulbs In This Store This Year Than Anyone Else. Not the normal, standard size bulbs. The large ones.

8) The other day I got another one. This time it was 500g tubs of natural yogurt.

9) My life is exciting. See points 7 and 8, above.

10) The more important question is, 'Who beat us in the large garlic buying contest?' and also 'How dare they?'

11) When I first sat down to write this, I was already three days late. Instead of it being 'say hello', the prompt was 'planning'. Ironically. Now I've looked up today's and it's 'favourite'. Which I've inadvertently covered with the bit about jam, point 6.

12) I'm not great at counting to 10.
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VALENTINE'S POEM⁠⁠Roses are red,⁠Violets are blue,⁠Why have one card,⁠When you could have two?⁠⁠This would be a great wa...
03/02/2022

VALENTINE'S POEM⁠
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Roses are red,⁠
Violets are blue,⁠
Why have one card,⁠
When you could have two?⁠
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This would be a great way to introduce a buy-one-get-one-free offer leading up to Valentine's Day, if I was doing one.⁠
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Which I'm not, unfortunately.⁠
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I mean, I'm not sure offering two for the price of one Valentine's Day cards sends the right message. On any level.⁠
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"Do YOU have several romantic partners? Want to send them all a card as CHEAPLY as possible? Well COME ON IN."⁠
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No, thank you. We're much classier here at Some Ink Nice.⁠
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Buy 3, Get 1 Free, though. On ALL cards.⁠
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La Link Dans La Bio⁠
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Bit of French there, for added romance.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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This is Storm.Her interests include:- Fluffy things- Milk- That Man Outside- Being mesmerized watching Olympic & Paralym...
02/09/2021

This is Storm.

Her interests include:

- Fluffy things

- Milk

- That Man Outside

- Being mesmerized watching Olympic & Paralympic Taekwondo

Christmas commissions are now open for these kinds of things, if you like planning ahead.

And your automatic reaction isn't 'it has JUST turned September. Christmas? CHRISTMAS? What is WRONG with you?'

Because that would be a fair reaction.

But these things do get booked up quite quickly.

Tap our link for details.

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Happy Friday 13th⁠⁠⁠⁠Yes, it's the Day of Doom.⁠⁠⁠⁠DID YOU KNOW that blue t**s are famously symbols of good luck?* ⁠⁠⁠⁠F...
13/08/2021

Happy Friday 13th⁠⁠
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Yes, it's the Day of Doom.⁠⁠
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DID YOU KNOW that blue t**s are famously symbols of good luck?* ⁠⁠
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Five Fun Blue Tit Facts:⁠⁠
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1) Blue T**s used to only be 2cm tall. Yes, tiny. But they’ve been getting bigger since, um, the industrial revolution.*⁠⁠
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2) Henry VIII used to eat them as a snack. By the fistful. Guffawing on his throne, the bulbous man.*⁠⁠
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3) Blue T**s have been known to fight off, and in fact slay, owls that attack them in the middle of the night when the owls think they're asleep.*⁠⁠
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4) AREN'T THEY LOVELY.⁠⁠
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5) You can get these well nice, really big framed prints of this here Blue Tit for your home, if you want. LINK IN BIO, yes.⁠⁠
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This here image is originally courtesy of .neli, excellent wildlife photographer extraordinaire. Go Follow Her if you like animals and or photography thereof.⁠⁠
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* this may not be entirely, 100% accurate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Little commission for a friend.Ruby. That’s the dog’s name. Of course. I’d never betray artist-client confidentiality. T...
06/08/2021

Little commission for a friend.

Ruby.

That’s the dog’s name.

Of course.

I’d never betray artist-client confidentiality.

That would be terribly vulgar.

And unprofessional.

You never saw Neil Buchanan on TV saying “This Art Attack was commissioned by Naomi in Shropshire. Thanks again, Naomi.”

Far too professional for that, Neil and I.

(If you’re too young to know what Art Attack was, then either YouTube it or find a reputable Art History textbook, he’ll be listed under either Buchanan, Neil or Attack, Art)

ONLY 151 SLEEPS UNTIL CHRISTMAS⁠⁠Yes, it’s crept up on us already, hasn’t it?⁠⁠But it’s only round the corner.⁠⁠A massiv...
27/07/2021

ONLY 151 SLEEPS UNTIL CHRISTMAS⁠
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Yes, it’s crept up on us already, hasn’t it?⁠
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But it’s only round the corner.⁠
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A massive, massive corner. ⁠
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Have you got your Christmas cards yet?⁠
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See, that sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?⁠
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But if you’re one of our lovely shopfriends, or shopfriends-to-be, it’s an entirely reasonable question because now is prime Christmas shopping season. ⁠
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And if that is you, then the Faire Summer Fayre thing might be right up your street.⁠
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Discounts, welcome bonuses, all sorts. ⁠
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It’s on now and runs ‘til Thursday. Details in bio, yes?⁠
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Perfect if you’re visiting PG Live today and ohh, it’s such a disappointment. The selection is... oh you were just expecting so much better weren’t you, after 18 months of lockdowns... weak, weak, WEAK....⁠
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I’m glad I’m not there, exhibiting and seeing friends in actual real life everywhere. That would be AWFUL.⁠
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Yeah, yeah, great atmosphere, lovely cards, blah blah blah.⁠
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I’m not jealous at all. Not. Jealous. ⁠
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Kidding, I’m sure it’s great and everyone there is really awfully nice and it’s amazing to be back at a show.⁠
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But... just in case... might as well have a look, eh? Couldn’t hurt, could it..?⁠
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SHOPFRIENDS⁠⁠⁠⁠The day you've been waiting, ooh, minutes for, is finally here.⁠⁠⁠⁠There's a great big lovely new catalog...
25/06/2021

SHOPFRIENDS⁠⁠
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The day you've been waiting, ooh, minutes for, is finally here.⁠⁠
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There's a great big lovely new catalogue for you.⁠⁠
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It has things in.⁠⁠
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Some of them are shiny (gold foil).⁠⁠
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Some of them are cute (kittens, puppies, you know).⁠⁠
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Some of them feature a rescued baby koala called Mini, holding flowers. ⁠⁠
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And some of them are plain, factually accurate expressions of goodwill.⁠⁠
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(if I was starting all over again, I might make that the company slogan).⁠⁠
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(maybe even the company name, but it would be inevitably get shortened to PFAEOG, and that's the least pithy acronym I've ever seen).⁠⁠
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ANYWAY IF YOU HAVE A NICE SHOP AND OR A NICE WEBSITE THAT SELLS NICE THINGS, I POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME VERY SUITABLE, VERY NICE THINGS IN THESE BOXES TO MY LEFT FOR YOU.⁠⁠
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Ping me a message or write 'yes, hello, here please', or something to that effect below, and I'll send you a catalogue.⁠⁠
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Okay have a lovely weekend and that.⁠⁠
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CATALOGUE.⁠⁠
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In case you forgot.⁠⁠
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Hello Friday, it's you again.⁠⁠⁠⁠How are you?⁠⁠⁠⁠Been ill recently?⁠⁠⁠⁠I know lots of people who've been poorly recently...
18/06/2021

Hello Friday, it's you again.⁠⁠
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How are you?⁠⁠
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Been ill recently?⁠⁠
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I know lots of people who've been poorly recently, admittedly mainly 18 month old children in the vicinity of, and including, our one.⁠⁠
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So for the sake of argument let's just say you, too, know lots of people who've been ill recently.⁠⁠
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Well, this new card is for you.⁠⁠
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Or for them, more accurately.⁠⁠

It has SHINY gold foil on.
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And you can almost buy it.⁠⁠
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But not yet.⁠⁠
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Soon. Very soon.⁠⁠
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This is an emotional rollercoaster of a post, isn't it.⁠⁠
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WHOLESALE FRIENDS⁠⁠
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The New Catalogue is close, tantalisingly close.⁠⁠
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Actually, it's finished, but one or two tiny things to prep first.⁠⁠
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BUT IT IS A MATTER OF DAYS AWAY.⁠⁠
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It'll be the most exciting thing since Mr Darcy invented sliced bread at Christmas.⁠⁠
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Yes, that's a terribly stereotypical (and joking - JOKING) view of shopkeeps being female and idolising Mr Darcy.⁠⁠
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But it's still more relevant than references to the 1998 vampire epic, Blade, which is the only other, obvious peak of excitement.⁠⁠
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Because I will forever be an immature teenage boy.⁠⁠
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Anyway. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE A CATALOGUE, HMM?⁠⁠
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Good.⁠⁠
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And get well soon, yes?⁠⁠
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NEW⁠⁠CARDS⁠⁠NEARLY⁠⁠DONE⁠⁠SEE?⁠⁠Like⁠⁠This⁠⁠One.⁠⁠If you can imagine it printed on nice thick card and gently laminated ...
28/05/2021

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Like⁠
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If you can imagine it printed on nice thick card and gently laminated and having nice gold foil shiny shiny saying something like, oh, I don't know, 'happy anniversary'*⁠
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(when I say 'something like', that's just an expression. I've already decided on that, this isn't a suggestion box, yes, and neither can I make it say 'happy anniversary, Pikachu' or whatever your cutesy pet name for them is, unless you want to buy 500 of them off me and make that foiling cost financially viable, which pffffff, that's fine, okay I'll do it but bear in mind you're going to be giving that card to your nearest and dearest every year until the end of time and they may well snap at some point and say for ****'s sake, Janet, do you shares in (checks card) Some Ink Nice or something? What's wrong with you?)⁠
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It's always interesting to find out where these posts are going to go, when I start writing. Can you tell how meticulous my social media presence is?⁠
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HAPPY FRIDAY⁠
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if it's Friday.⁠
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It's Friday.⁠⁠⁠⁠Party Time.⁠⁠⁠⁠And by 'party', I mean 'stay outdoors, do not gather in large groups, do not go within 2 ...
07/05/2021

It's Friday.⁠⁠
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Party Time.⁠⁠
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And by 'party', I mean 'stay outdoors, do not gather in large groups, do not go within 2 metres of each other, put your mask back on in between eating your first and second Twix fingers, no hugging yet, good god do not tickle anyone and to be on the safe side, probably submerge that party hat in a tub of alcohol gel before putting it on your head. Yes even the thin tissue paper ones. Safety first.'⁠⁠
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Of course, you know all that already but it's easy to forget.⁠⁠
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Disclaimer. This post is not sponsored by .⁠⁠
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I was going to say 'but hey, if you want to sponsor us, Twix...', but having looked into it, they have one of the most truly bizarre Instagram accounts I've ever seen and it's making me feel old and confused.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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