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[helvella]

I'm posting this - a screenshot from twitter - under the excuse that he is a patron of Thyroid UK!

And we all need a little bit of amusement when the opportunity arises.

[RedApple Administrator]

Michael Rosen has such a great sense of humour! 🤣

[tattybogle]

and we mustn't forget those other goblins who carry thyroid hormone round the body ~ TBG ( Thyroid Binding Goblins)

[RedApple Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

🤣 Excellent!

[helvella Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

I guess Australians/New Zealanders test for Thyroid Peroxidase and Thyro-goblin Antipodes?

[RedApple Administrator]

I wonder what Thyroid Binding Goblins look like. Maybe AI could draw us a pic?

[tattybogle in reply to RedApple]

Sorry , forgot to provide a reference to support my goblin comment : britishfairies.wordpress.co...

"As Jennifer Westwood commented in The Lore of the Land, “the distinction between bogey beasts and hobgoblins is blurred.” This uncertainty is made worse by the shape-shifting ability of most bogies, making it hard for us to determine what the ‘natural’ shape of any particular type ought to be. They can appear as humans, as a range of animals or, in fact, as almost any object they choose (the Glassensikes bogie found near Darlington is a good example of this, being seen as a white rabbit and a black dog and many points in between). Alternatively, the creature may simply grow in size, as the Frandley Boggart in Cheshire was wont to do, silently swelling from a small man of just four feet in height to a giant. Another quality the bogles have in common may be the fact that they make noises as part of their strategy to scare us. An example of this was the boggle of Lowther Castle in Westmorland, which prevented people and beasts sleeping. One interpretation of the name Tankerabogus/ Tantarabogus is, simply, the ‘noisy bogie.’ What’s more, the boggle of Lowther Castle was never actually seen- perhaps adding to the terror it engendered."

[RedApple Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

'made worse by the shape-shifting ability of most bogies, making it hard for us to determine what the ‘natural’ shape of any particular type ought to be.'

Ah, could that be why our medics don't recognise patients with thyroid issues?

[tattybogle in reply to RedApple]

their training is woefully inadequate... S.P. has taught them all to look for hysterical witches ... when they really ought to be learning more about bogies and goblins

[RedApple Administrator in reply to tattybogle]

Exactly that! (Thanks for making me smile on yet another dreary wet day).

🤣🤣🤣

[helvella Administrator in reply to RedApple]

I did exactly that and received two images:

AI-generated Thyroid Binding Goblins

[RedApple Administrator in reply to helvella]

Hmm, they just look like regular goblins to me. There surely must be something specific to identify the Thyroid Binding Goblins, to prove that 'These are not just any goblins, these are Thyroid Binding Goblins'

[helvella Administrator in reply to RedApple]

You are quite obviously more intelligent than AI...

Do you think there are M&S Goblins... ???

[RedApple Administrator in reply to helvella]

There may indeed be. But that's going way off topic...

[Ellie-Louise in reply to helvella]

Depends on how quickly they can eat.

[J972]

He is a treasure. My former class - named after the great man - would fall about laughing themselves silly on the rare occasion I found time in the bonkers-curriculum (& after checking that the coast was clear of leadership) and played them ‘Chocolate Cake’, performed by him.

[Susieibbo301]

😂😂

[serenfach]

There are hemo goblins, but is seems not femo goblins, but there are also fero goblins - the wild ones!

Best not to mention to fecal goblins....