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#121 Post by OakeyDokey »

Surprising that Neil hasn't used the phrase "Unexpected item in the baggage area" in a song yet.

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OakeyDokey wrote: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 11:15 pm Surprising that Neil hasn't used the phrase "Unexpected item in the baggage area" in a song yet.
Indeed !!😆
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petshopgrrl wrote: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 9:25 pm Neil has mentioned shopping at Waitrose before.

As for Chris, how would anyone know if he shopped among them?? :D

But yeah, home delivery must be preferable to encountering random fandom in the aisles going "Hello Neil! Out doing some S.H.O.PP.I.N.G. LOL?" :mrgreen:
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#124 Post by petshopgrrl »

OakeyDokey wrote: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 11:15 pm Surprising that Neil hasn't used the phrase "Unexpected item in the baggage area" in a song yet.
Interestingly, you can sing that to the same tune as Clean air hybrid electric bus. 8)

P.s. surely “bagging”?
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petshopgrrl wrote: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 1:15 am Oh, here we go... Went to view my order status yesterday and it says "This link has expired. Please contact the sender of the email for more information." I think the US store has had a little reorganization since the end of February and now I can't even see where to login and check. Haven't received any messages yet to say it's on the way but technically it says it ships tomorrow.

Anyone else buy one from the US store? (*cracks knuckles and prepares to type sternly worded email to a hapless WMG minion*)
I order from UK always. I gave to suck it up on shipping charges and wait times, but so far have had no issues.

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#126 Post by nonesuch »

Did anyone get a shipping confirmation or response from the US store yet?

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#127 Post by alternativeformat »

nonesuch wrote:Did anyone get a shipping confirmation or response from the US store yet?
(No shipping notification for me yet. (I haven't tried writing them.) Maybe Monday . . . )

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#128 Post by slurmjunkie »

OakeyDokey wrote: Fri 17 Apr 2026, 11:15 pm Surprising that Neil hasn't used the phrase "Unexpected item in the baggage area" in a song yet.
Incidentally, Jim Bob (formerly from Carter USM, who once covered 'Rent') has already used "Unexpected item in the bagging area" as the opening line to his song 'The Tesco Riots' from his 2012 Day Job EP.

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#129 Post by petshopgrrl »

nonesuch wrote: Sat 18 Apr 2026, 4:58 pm Did anyone get a shipping confirmation or response from the US store yet?
No… And I see that Annually is still in “pre-order” status on the US site. :(
Gabby wrote: Sat 18 Apr 2026, 2:51 am]
I order from UK always. I gave to suck it up on shipping charges and wait times, but so far have had no issues.

Famous last words probably...
And normally I’d do the same but this year they gave us the option to buy it in the US so a few of us thought we’d give them the benefit of the doubt. Is it too much to ask for a little communication?

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#130 Post by nonesuch »

My automated response said "Please be aware that we are currently experiencing a very high volume of inquiries". 🙄

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#131 Post by Sithblade »

Wonder if they'd do an exhibition of all the stuff they have in storage? Looks like they have plenty of items and it'd be a shame for it to be just be left in storage.
I can't remember if I had the Introspective bag, I know I bought the album from HMV the week it came out. There was a vague recognition when I saw it in Annually.

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#132 Post by Sandy Shaw »

nonesuch wrote: Tue 14 Apr 2026, 10:02 pm*poof*
I assume this isn't some random homophobic post but a reference to the Spotify playlist having been made private!

It's a shame, as I was listing to their 5 hour playlist called "Obscure Radio"!
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#133 Post by funky77 »

Could anyone who has received their copy yet tell me if there is a question asked by someone called Jon in the letters section?
I thought I’d pre-ordered a copy but somehow haven’t!

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funky77 wrote: Sun 19 Apr 2026, 11:46 am Could anyone who has received their copy yet tell me if there is a question asked by someone called Jon in the letters section?
I thought I’d pre-ordered a copy but somehow haven’t!

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#135 Post by funky77 »

Sandy Shaw wrote: Sun 19 Apr 2026, 11:48 am
funky77 wrote: Sun 19 Apr 2026, 11:46 am Could anyone who has received their copy yet tell me if there is a question asked by someone called Jon in the letters section?
I thought I’d pre-ordered a copy but somehow haven’t!

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There isn't...
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