The MD guide to the top 40 household ornaments of our youth. In order.

Number 40.

The onyx cigarette box and matching lighter.

Box always empty. Lighter never worked.

Number 39.

The sinister mantle clock.
Number 38

The wondrous motion lamp
Number 37

The flintlock pistol lighter. Always going missing from the stand. Always found in the toy box.
Number 36

The curious castanets hung on a big hook.
Number 35

A precious piece of blue Wedgewood Jasperware
Number 34

The baffling collection of random pot thimbles
Number 33

A Lake District tea towel drawing pinned to the kitchen wall.

We'd never been to the Lake District.
Number 32

The astonishing drinking bird.
Number 31

A massively heavy glass ashtray
Number 30

The nightmare inducing Toby Jug
Number 29

The brass crocodile nutcracker

The 1972 Christmas surprise hit
Number 28

The tragic Capodimonte tramp
Number 27

The mystifyingly popular horse brass
Number 26

The depressing dome clock
Number 25

Empty Avon bottles used as ornaments.
Number 24

The lifelong love of the Wade Whimsie
Number 23

The brass toasting fork. An all-to-convenient living room weapon.
Number 22

A Shire Horse. With a name. Usually Hercules.
Number 21

The magnificent starburst wall clock.
Number 20

An ornamental chip pan. On display in the kitchen. Never used in anger. We kid you not.
Number 19

The floor standing ashtray
Number 18

A brewery mirror
Number 17

The strange world of wine bottle candle holders.
Number 16

Wall art.
Number 15

The painted velvet scroll. Always hung in the hall.
Number 14

The horror of the 'antique' reproduction telephone.
Number 13

The Capodimonte Rose. Every single one in Scotland was broken. Our masterful post-fight emergency Araldite repair remained undetected for years.
Number 12

A Bulrush and Pampas Grass indoor 'arrangement'.
Number 11

The Flamenco figurine
Number 10

The toilet roll doll
Number 9

Wally Dugs
Number 8

The solid silver plated After Eight carriage
Number 7

A giant wooden fork and spoon
Number 6

Flying ducks
Number 5

Small glass animals
Number 4

The glass fish
Number 3

The terrifying glass clown
Number 2

The brandy glass, cat and sometimes even the mouse.
***Number 1***

The magnificent, if somewhat delicate, wooden gazelle.

Superb input from the MD community ✊

May you all eventually get to sample After Eights from a silver plated carriage. x

More from For later read

Hi @EdinburghUni @EHRC @EHRCChair @KishwerFalkner @RJHilsenrath @trussliz @GEOgovuk

The DIVERSITY INFORMATION section in yr job application mentions 'legal equality duties'. You then ask "What is your gender identity?" with options

Female
Male
Non-binary
Not-listed
Other

1/13


'Gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.

https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u

2/13


Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology - 'non-binary' and 'other' are not valid options.

https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF

'Gender identity' is not a synonym for sex.

3/13


You then ask "Does your gender identity match your sex registered at birth?"

4/13


Again, 'gender identity' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.

https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u

5/13
Wow, Morgan McSweeney again, Rachel Riley, SFFN, Center for Countering Digital Hate, Imran Ahmed, JLM, BoD, Angela Eagle, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Lisa Nandy, Steve Reed, Jon Cruddas, Trevor Chinn, Martin Taylor, Lord Ian Austin and Mark Lewis. #LabourLeaks #StarmerOut 24 tweet🧵

Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, launched the organisation that now runs SFFN.
The CEO Imran Ahmed worked closely with a number of Labour figures involved in the campaign to remove Jeremy as leader.

Rachel Riley is listed as patron.
https://t.co/nGY5QrwBD0


SFFN claims that it has been “a project of the Center For Countering Digital Hate” since 4 May 2020. The relationship between the two organisations, however, appears to date back far longer. And crucially, CCDH is linked to a number of figures on the Labour right. #LabourLeaks

Center for Countering Digital Hate registered at Companies House on 19 Oct 2018, the organisation’s only director was Morgan McSweeney – Labour leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. McSweeney was also the campaign manager for Liz Kendall’s leadership bid. #LabourLeaks #StarmerOut

Sir Keir - along with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney - held his first meeting with the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM). Deliberately used the “anti-Semitism” crisis as a pretext to vilify and then expel a leading pro-Corbyn activist in Brighton and Hove

You May Also Like

Still wondering about this 🤔


save as q