I’ve been a fan of this guy for a while - he makes extraordinary Rube Goldberg machines with a level of wit that elevates them beyond any I’ve seen before:
Derren Brown
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Derren Brown
@DerrenBrown
Prince of Eternia and Defender of the Secrets of Castle Grayskull. Dislikes mushrooms.
- What Uri Geller doesn’t realise is that I staged Brexit in the first place.
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︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎- I must be morally dim - I don’t see why a TV presenter’s intimate business should lead to public persecution. Makes me so uncomfortable. Having to ask friends why anything terrible has happened, why it warrants such shaming, and why it’s supposed to be endlessly my business.
- Cooking halloumi last night. Sometimes you feel the universe is telling you something.
- Don’t think this can be said often enough. For anyone frustrated by the fact they can’t ‘solve’ a loved one’s depression.
- A woman at Newcastle station stood up from her seat and ended her life in front of an arriving train today, directly opposite the carriage I was in. A cry of horror within, blinds drawn, and an outpouring of care and tenderness between strangers making sure each other was OK.
- Now & then a young trans person comes up on stage in my show & I ask their name. I get the sense it’s the first time they’ve owned it in front of a big crowd. Can’t tell u how much it warms my heart. And in case u don’t know it, there’s a lot of love in the room when it happens.
- .@HossamAlyyy I'm very flattered you're attracted to me (if I read between the lines correctly) but I'm not looking for a bf right now x
- Think this is my favourite letter I’ve ever received. Up on my wall of course.
- Nice lady at Tesco checkout asks customer after me in the queue to put my chocolates (which were eligible for the club card special) on their club card because I don’t have one (obviously). They get the points and I save four pounds and for a moment we all kind of bond. ❤️
