Of jewel poo,Nell's porn,Mickey in a ditch,Animaniacs,Euro-chaos, Ernie's bath-time and Totty of the Day

The very lovely Lando Norris, our new Formula 1 racing champion, aged just 26. I'd give him a hand with his joystick!

It'a another snippets post, dear reader:

• Bejewelled poo news: A miniature Faberge egg that was swallowed by a would-be-thief has been recovered by police, as nature took its toll. I hope that it's been well cleaned!
• Restoration 3D porn news: An “erotically charged” illustrated pop-up book, printed in London in 1675 and once owned by King Charles II's mistress Nell Gwynne [who famously was illiterate] is up for sale at Christies in London today. How times change...
• Makes a change from crisp packets and tyres, I suppose: Among the thousands of items dumped along Britain's motorways and dual carriageways, Highways England has recovered sofas, storage containers, a boat - and a Mickey Mouse fairground ride! I wonder if Disney want it back?

• RIP, Warner Brothers?: Whether it's Netflix or Paramount that ends up taking it over, the historic Warner Brothers will never be quite the same again. What will the Animaniacs do now?
• Boom-Bang-A-Bang news: Following the governing body of Eurovision's vote to allow Israel to participate in next year's song contest, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain pulled out. Today is the deadline for decisions to participate, so it'll be interesting to see what happens. It'll be an even stranger event next year, methinks...
• And, finally - D is for Duckie news: RIP, L.T. Lam, the creator of the "little yellow bath duck". We know a song about that, don't we, children?

Sesame Street - Ernie - Rubber Duckie

And the weather? Not bad, for a change...