#betch!

[winterevanesce]

» “All my girls, show them you’re a lady!”

「 Vividcon 2018 Premiere Fanvid // Betch! Sketch Show 」

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[baptonbooks]

As 2018 drains away,

Mr Wemyss,  Mr Pyle, and all of us at Bapton Books pause to remember the Three Raddest Dudes Ever:

A pioneer Irish / NI bodysurfer, scholar, & broadcaster;

An early UK bodyboarder, slam poet, and OG first-ever rapper; and

An English scholar, environmental advocate, and antifascist:

...  CS (Jack) Lewis; Sir John (Betch) Betjeman; and JRR (Tollers) Tolkien.

[queequeg42]

[baptonbooks]

I believe I am in right in saying...

... that the Royal Mail have yet to issue a stamp with Sir John Betjeman on it.

Why in buggery not? Let's get cracking, you lot.

[baptonbooks]

We like Sir John and we cannot lie.

You may have known that Betch was an early radical surfer dude.

But. Were you aware that he was one of the first rappers? (By the way: Betjeman’s Banana Blush was and remains one of Suggs’ favourite albums. Madness, you say? Not in Our House.)

I got ninety-nine problems but ol’ Betch ain’t one.

[baptonbooks]

Remember this day

Sir John Betjeman, whom God rest.

[ne0n-drag0nflyy]

may third, two thousand thirteen

i'm having an emotional day. leave me alone. i'm not even sad just like really overwhelmed right now -- busy but also personal changes, etc.

i have to do some very brave things and i just want to cry and run away and not believe in myself.

don't tell me to shut up anymore! i'm not going to shut up. i'm going to say what i mean. and if you run away, that's your fucking deal.

[shanthatbitchtho]

Take that punk bitch shit up the street! We real 'bout ours over here!