They are sock suspenders. Garters are worn by ladies and boy scouts. 

Crusader!

@TS Lots to ponder!

@kat I'm not worried about Arabs, I'm worried about Guardian readers.

Am invited to an Arabian Nights theme party. What can I wear that isn’t insulting or cultural appropriation? Or should I just drop these friends? Clearly they are not as woke as I.

All that has been clarified is that if your team captain kicks the ball into his (or her) own goal then you will lose.  We have learned that most of our MPs are liars (see manifestos). And that the EU bureaucrats are even more unpleasant and antidemocratic than we imagined.  I still have no idea wha...

And fishing rights, and Northern Ireland. And May will hand them all over! 

As soon as she tries to sell her house I'm in there.

They’ve commissioned a second series! Yay!

I can’t cope with all the double negatives.

Oxford grants DPhils, the other place PhDs. I was led to believe the difference is historical, so that one could tell which university someone went to. Apparently there are now more than two UK universities, and most give PhDs. There is no difference in meaning between DPhil and PhD. (Your uninforme...

Haha. (Bored laughter.)

It’s how I’ve always imagined Italian politics to be. But sadly we don’t have the porn stars.

You misunderstood me. You are the perfect example of the right way to present your case, in a way that might persuade people.

But I really like milk!

I think vegans are playing this brilliantly. That’s comparing them with various ism-ists that have been getting more publicity for longer, but who have turned people off by aggression. It’s got to help that the Animal Lib nutters seem to be quiet. (Or is everyone else just noisier?) As long as they ...

I often have dramatic accompanying music. I once walked on stage in China to lecture to the theme from “The Magnificent Seven.” It was the organizer’s choice. I don’t know who the other six were.

I have seen a nature program about monkeys where indeed one monkey sounded the alarm so that others would run away and it could eat all of the fruit that had fallen from a  tree.

Birds do it too. Including our chickens.

Birds do it, bees do it, even the Empire actor Jussie Smollett does it.