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On 2024-06-28 12:46:10 +0000, solar penguin said:
> The idiot insisted:
>> In article <v5kjn6$2tng1$1@dont-email.me>,
>> solar penguin  <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The idiot insisted:
>>>> 
>>>> The Timeless Child is an albatross on Doctor Who.
>>> 
>>> An albatross? You mean it’s bad luck to destroy it?
>>> 
>>> In that case, Doctor Who should keep the Timeless Child and
>>> not even try to retcon it!
>> 
>> IT is good luck to destry the timeless child from Doctor Who.
> 
> So now you’re claiming it’s the exact opposite of an albatross?
> 
> In ‘The Ancient Mariner’ the albatross brings the ship good luck
> until the mariner kills it, then the luck all turns bad.
> 
> Which is it? Make up your mind!

The village idiot is alluding to the saying about having "an albatross 
around your neck" ...

     "The phrase albatross around my neck refers to
      a heavy burden or some sort of curse that's
      causing distress or stopping you from doing
      something."