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Mar 11Liked by John Birmingham

These people will discover tucking a hand under the belt next.

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Mar 11Liked by John Birmingham

Can self-massaging your foot with the remote control be a thing, next, please? Asking for a friend.

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As long as it's not my remote or one that I have use in the foreseeable future, then fill yer boots

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Not only am I feeling old reading this, I'm suddenly developing an understanding of why men of a certain generation wave their fists at clouds and shout "get off my lawn".

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Yeah, when I was a kid I'd sleep on the floor all the time. Cold winters the whole family'd sleep on the floor in front of the woodstove. These days, I need at least a pillow or balled up jacket. Neck support, ya know.

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"Next, my Hawaiian shirts will come back." - Keep waiting.

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You know where Hawaiian shirts are popular at the moment, right? Circa 2021 anyway.

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I did this a lot as a kid. Then in my early twenties I moved to Brisbane and lived in houses with plain wood floors. It's only been in the last few years living in houses with carpet in some of the rooms I've got back into this habit.

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Someone has to be the first doing something to spark a comeback. Perhaps this time it's you.

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