Mikey Robins
@MikeyRobins
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New book “Idiots, Follies & Misadventures”out in July also co-host of “Heroes and Howlers, And The Rest Is History” podcast; he/him
Sydney, Australia
Joined April 2009
If I was compiling a list of underrated songs from the ‘70s, this would be close to the top of the list Wonderful
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Tony and I will be at Singleton Library Friday 28 Nov 5.30 pm for a music and author hour of fun - hope to see you there #music #crime #singelton #crime
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Carlo M Cipolla, economist 1976 “Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation”
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I may have said this before but I think it’s worth repeating in regards of social media in our current state “It used to be every village had an idiot Now every idiot has a village”
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How about instead of taking the weekend bbq into new gastronomic adventures, we just concentrate on not stuffing up the chops? Ok?
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A few years ago I found myself stranded in Canberra airport as was David Stratton I was lucky enough to enjoy the company of this erudite, polymath man Such a wonderful mind and such great company
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I just wanted to share something I think of as a “lost masterpiece”
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I feel I need to explain I didn’t spend 40 years reading it, I just kept putting it off and then spent a few weeks reading And I actually loved it
I bought this copy 41 years ago as a student, then decades of procrastination Finished it yesterday morning
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I bought this copy 41 years ago as a student, then decades of procrastination Finished it yesterday morning
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The “genius” that decided that brioche works as a hamburger bun should remove themself from polite society
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Today the sharpest mind to have ever tickled (and I mean that literally) the ivories has passed at the venerable age of 97
There will only ever be one Tom Lehrer “Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!”
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There will only ever be one Tom Lehrer “Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!”
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There are times in your work life that 1+1=3 Those are the good times
It’s the duo that brought you Sandman + Keith the Moravian Swearing Bear. On air now: @HelenRazer + @MikeyRobins! http://t.co/OZacQ89H7c
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There are times in your work life that 1+1=3 Those are the good times
It’s the duo that brought you Sandman + Keith the Moravian Swearing Bear. On air now: @HelenRazer + @MikeyRobins! http://t.co/OZacQ89H7c
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God I’m old but when I read articles about single sex/ selective schools blah blah All I know is me and my mates were on the debate team at a mixed public school And a surgeon, a barrister and little old me turned out fine And I have nothing but gratitude to our teachers
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Come and see me in my old stomping ground. Greg Fleet the king of G town. I really love this gig.
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