A snippets post again, dear reader...
- Geek news: The still-handsome-and-exceedingly-rich Robert Downey Jr has announced his return to Marvel films - but not as his mega-successful character Tony Stark/Iron Man [who was killed-off in 2019's Endgame], instead he's taking the role of one of the comics' oldest arch-villains Doctor Doom!
- Weirdest shoplifting spree ever: A thief who stole 798 Cadbury's Creme Eggs has been jailed for eight months. If he ate them all, he must have been sick as a pig - and is probably now diabetic!
- Design news: What do the Kenwood Chef food mixer, the Kodak Instamatic camera, the Ronson Rio hairdryer, the Morphy Richards iron, the InterCity 125 high-speed train and the 1997 TX1 version of the London taxi have in common? Their designs were the work of one man - Sir Kenneth Grange! (RIP)
- Biblical plague news: Beach-goers in Rhode Island were swamped by a massive swarm of dragonflies. Harmless, apparently, but I think I'd have covered the sandwiches.
- And finally: Sad news - as the "best 60s dancer ever" viral social media hit of a few years ago Bobby Banas has departed for the great "Nitty Gritty" dancefloor on Fabulon...
Faboo!
STOP PRESS:
Choices, choices...
Thomas Ceccon...
...or Jules Bouyer?
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