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Saturday Morning Weird News [Mis. Hum.]

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Grab your favorite beverage. Relax, it is Saturday after all.

***Update: Mystery OB has been identified***

Here are a few things that didn't make The Dumps this past week. It is an amazing world at times, isn't it? Hey, it's an open thread. No running with sharp objects and play nice with the others.


  • This guy doesn't seem like a Tombstone Pizza guy

  • WTH is up with pizza and Florida?

  • Go Granny Go!!!

  • ONT's have been pants optional for quite some time. Its now spread to Berlin

  • Sounds like fun, like eating Lutefisk or Kaboom

  • Her name is not Jenny nor is her phone number 867-5309

  • Surprised none of the charges include being dumber than a box of rocks

  • The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Government is way too big

  • Truly a head butt scratcher

    Hey Morons, have a wonderful weekend. Be safe. Be well.

    Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:31 AM




    Comments

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    1 EXPRESSO!?

    Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 20, 2016 08:32 AM (394Te)

    2 Who!!

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 08:33 AM (6t8+a)

    3 Morning,

    Something funny for the horde, although I'm sure some of you have already seen it.

    https://www.facebook.com/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos/1229980930386486/

    Posted by: spypeach at August 20, 2016 08:34 AM (nyYhO)

    4 g'mornin' again, 'rons

    Posted by: AltonJackson at August 20, 2016 08:37 AM (cRaCq)

    5 Who is our mystery blogger?

    Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 20, 2016 08:37 AM (jR7Wy)

    6 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.

    Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 20, 2016 08:39 AM (394Te)

    7 That is a great pic.

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 08:40 AM (dFi94)

    8 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.
    Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 20, 2016 08:39 AM (394Te)

    I know, I know, sorry. But someone posted it on FB and I thought it was funny.

    Posted by: spypeach at August 20, 2016 08:41 AM (nyYhO)

    9 Love that pic, getting ready to do lawn but dew is heavy so I wait till it drys out a bit.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 08:41 AM (bksJQ)

    10 Owls are dirtier than coons.

    Posted by: Mark Trail at August 20, 2016 08:42 AM (gwG9s)

    11 It's probably Mis Hum - same person who does the same weird news every week

    Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative at August 20, 2016 08:42 AM (ZnIt3)

    12 From the link:


    "They take belly flops very seriously in Norway."


    Of course they do. 0_0

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 08:43 AM (dFi94)

    13 In the interest of truth in advertising, the Republican Party is to be renamed the Impotence/Flatulence Party.

    Posted by: Mitch McConnell with a Dick in His Mouth at August 20, 2016 08:44 AM (97XyN)

    14 But am having toasted poppy break, plain strawberry

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 08:44 AM (bksJQ)

    15 GREAT OWLS!!!

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 08:46 AM (pHyot)

    16 Morning all.....


    Mysteries at the Museum is quirky, fun little show.


    That's all I got.

    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 08:48 AM (Enq6K)

    17 Silly me,

    GO TEMPLE!

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 08:48 AM (bksJQ)

    18 I just sneezed at least 8 times.

    Got light headed.

    Whee.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 08:49 AM (gTQoY)

    19 >>The house was built in 1961 by drunken monkeys.

    Hey, they did the wiring in our house! And they were 20 years older, so I don't think they could see as well.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 08:50 AM (gTQoY)

    20 Mama AJ!


    Everything ok at your house? No flooding I hope.

    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 08:52 AM (Enq6K)

    21 So I'm watching my sister's kitten, which is a very cute Siamese fluffball. I think she has destroyed half the contents of my (old) home. I haven't even gotten into my new home yet because we are renting the first year while we decide what to do with our two old places. The landlord doesn't allow pets so I haven't spent a single night in our new place yet. Meanwhile my white sofa is taking a beating, my hands continually smell of gourmet cat food, and my newish husband can't find the pots and pans.


    Thus endeth the whining for today.


    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 08:53 AM (dFi94)

    22 EXPRESSO!?[/]


    It's just expresso love.

    Posted by: Mark Knopfler at August 20, 2016 08:53 AM (mgbwf)

    23 I dozed off watching YouTube and woke up to the Apollo 11 moon landing.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 08:55 AM (sdi6R)

    24

    ahem

    Posted by: Mark Knopfler at August 20, 2016 08:55 AM (mgbwf)

    25 Voracious hunters they are.

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2016 08:55 AM (89T5c)

    26 >>>>and my newish husband can't find the pots and pans.

    Sounds like things are not purr-fect?

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 08:57 AM (voOPb)

    27 Pixy is quixotic.

    Sometimes a failed close tag is an embarreling, sometimes you skate.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 08:58 AM (mgbwf)

    28 Tami!!

    What's new?

    Yeah, we're far from it, tucked up in the "top left" corner of the state. A friend is down there helping family and my church is already organizing two trips down there to help out.

    And the forecast for today changed from scary to normal, so all's gut.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 08:59 AM (gTQoY)

    29
    >>>>and my newish husband can't find the pots and pans.



    Sounds like things are not purr-fect?

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 08:57 AM (voOPb)
    =============================================

    eh, there's always Culvers.

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 08:59 AM (dFi94)

    30 Pfft. Smerconish just said he is "home in Philadelphia".

    He is not from Philadelphia, he is from Doylestown. We overlapped in high school.

    Doylestown is *not* Philadelphia.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:01 AM (mgbwf)

    31 I clicked on the drunk driving story, and followed it to another link:

    "Woman surrenders cats after 92 cats, found dead, alive in her home"

    That is a masterpiece of headline writing right there.

    Anyway. I didn't watch the video, but if you look at the still image on the video, it shows cat crates piled up all over the place. Mentally substitute books for cat crates, and that's about what the inside of my house looks like.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:02 AM (sdi6R)

    32 eh, there's always Culvers.

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 08:59 AM (dFi94

    That was one of Thursday's date night destinations. Besides Farm & Fleet and the grocery store

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:03 AM (voOPb)

    33 What new lies, distortions, half truths, fabrications and out right gollywhompers is Granny Capone gonna tell the media today?

    Viva Trump! Master of tides, Tamer of floods!

    Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 20, 2016 09:04 AM (ej1L0)

    34 >>I dozed off watching YouTube and woke up to the Apollo 11 moon landing.

    That sounds disorienting.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 09:04 AM (gTQoY)

    35 Anyway. I didn't watch the video, but if you look at the still image on the video, it shows cat crates piled up all over the place. Mentally substitute books for cat crates, and that's about what the inside of my house looks like.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:02 AM (sdi6R)

    My guess is your books don't stink nearly as bad as thought 92 felines

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:04 AM (voOPb)

    36 Yeah, we're far from it, tucked up in the "top left"
    corner of the state. A friend is down there helping family and my
    church is already organizing two trips down there to help out.



    And the forecast for today changed from scary to normal, so all's gut.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 08:59 AM (gTQoY)

    Phew! Good to hear you're all ok!
    All's well here. Finally got my SIL into rehab....poor dear had to go to Hawaii and did nothing but bitch about it. It's a Teen Challenge place and her twin lives in Hawaii and knows the people that run it so we were able to get her in pretty easily.

    It was exhausting for about a month but hopefully it works. We shall see....


    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 09:06 AM (Enq6K)

    37 I was a daily morning commute listener to Smerconish until he felt it was his civic duty to vote for Barak the first time. I hope it cleansed his soul but wouldn't know I don't give him the time of day.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 09:06 AM (bksJQ)

    38 A nice review of Trump's speech yesterday.


    http://www.frontpagemag.com/node/263910

    And I hear rumors of new polls showing Trump ahead.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 09:07 AM (6t8+a)

    39
    Nice hooters.


    Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 20, 2016 09:09 AM (LuZz8)

    40 Mis Hum check out this (see if it comes out right)
    projects.library.villanova.edu/paintingrestoration

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 09:10 AM (bksJQ)

    41 I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County. Wish me luck

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:10 AM (6FqZa)

    42 35
    My guess is your books don't stink nearly as bad as thought 92 felines
    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:04 AM (voOPb)


    True, but the dust bunnies are almost as deep as the cat shit.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:11 AM (sdi6R)

    43 "Nice hooters."

    Only one of the four would really qualify for "Perky".

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 09:11 AM (6t8+a)

    44 Company picnic today. No alcohol whatsoever - banned by management. Should be a lot of fun.

    Posted by: Alfred E Neuman at August 20, 2016 09:12 AM (MPFV5)

    45 Watching the kid pack up for college which starts in two weeks. Wrapping up loose ends like requesting an absentee ballot and trying to find him a pair of ugly army glasses. I'm ready for fall.

    Posted by: nckate at August 20, 2016 09:12 AM (v8s6L)

    46 Nothing like a botched meme to start your morning.

    Posted by: jeanne del norte at August 20, 2016 09:13 AM (uDgZ/)

    47 Company picnic today. No alcohol whatsoever - banned by management. Should be a lot of fun.

    Really? That's lame. We had beers at our picnic.

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (6FqZa)

    48 >>Finally got my SIL into rehab....poor dear had to go to Hawaii and did nothing but bitch about it

    Oh good grief. How precious.

    Posted by: Mama AJ at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (gTQoY)

    49 Instant Folgers House Blend for me on the weekends. I drink one cup a day in the morning and they have brewed coffee at work. It does its job.

    Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (MNgU2)

    50 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.
    Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 20, 2016 08:39 AM (394Te)


    Not even the 17 layers of pop-ups that you have to click through? You must not love him enough

    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (ry34m)

    51 "poor dear had to go to Hawaii and did nothing but bitch about it "

    Had to fly Coach?

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 09:15 AM (6t8+a)

    52 Company picnic today. No alcohol whatsoever - banned by management. Should be a lot of fun

    Hand Boss a copy of the Fourth Amendment.

    Point at the "cruel and unusual" bit.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:15 AM (mgbwf)

    53 You know that somebody, somewhere, tapped this once: http://tinyurl.com/ja8ogty

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:16 AM (6FqZa)

    54 Skip, interesting link. I dabble with brushes.

    I did send it over to CBD resident Art Critic and all around good guy

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:17 AM (voOPb)

    55 I have a feeling that the truly committed drinkers will be sneaking stuff in.

    Posted by: Alfred E Neuman at August 20, 2016 09:17 AM (MPFV5)

    56 31 rickl

    Was her name Schrodinger?

    Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 20, 2016 09:18 AM (MNgU2)

    57 53 You know that somebody, somewhere, tapped this once: http://tinyurl.com/ja8ogty
    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:16 AM (6FqZa)

    But did they live to regret it?

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:18 AM (voOPb)

    58 I clicked on the drunk driving story, and followed it to another link:



    "Woman surrenders cats after 92 cats, found dead, alive in her home"



    That is a masterpiece of headline writing right there.



    [. . . ]




    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:02 AM (sdi6R)


    Wow. Shroedinger's hoard.

    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 09:18 AM (ry34m)

    59 Oh gawd, she's from Shropshire. I went to school there

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:19 AM (6FqZa)

    60 Kindlot you have to be fast on low hanging fruit.

    Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 20, 2016 09:19 AM (MNgU2)

    61 Oh gawd, she's from Shropshire. I went to school there


    Is an albeit regrettable drunken evening coming back to you?

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:20 AM (mgbwf)

    62 You know that somebody, somewhere, tapped this once: http://tinyurl.com/ja8ogty

    Oh gawd, she's from Shropshire. I went to school there


    Hey man, we're all friends here. Just admit it and move on.

    Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2016 09:21 AM (qbnYE)

    63 ah, Joe Hallenbeck. Windfalls are sweeter.

    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 09:21 AM (ry34m)

    64 Had to fly Coach?





    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 09:15 AM (6t8+a)

    Lol! Yeah....and we kept telling her she was bringing too many clothes. When my husband took her to the airport, she was $200 over in luggage weight. Hubby took her luggage opened it up and started taking crap out. Got it down to only costing an extra $100.

    At one point he found cowboy boots and said "Really?! You need these in Hawaii?" Her response: "Yeah, I might want to wear them with my swimsuit."

    She's a 52 yo permanently stuck at 15.

    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 09:22 AM (Enq6K)

    65 Thats were I,ve been working, it hangs in the reading room being renovated..

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 09:22 AM (bksJQ)

    66 Boulder terlit hobo, I was desperately hoping you were going to link to something like this.

    http://www.hoseandfittingsupply.com/v/vspfiles/photos/ZERK-2.gif

    But nope.

    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 09:24 AM (ry34m)

    67 Today's outlook.....Sunny and 78, winds from the east at 7. Gonna need to fire up the hog for road trip for a burger and a beer and a t-shirt!

    Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2016 09:24 AM (qbnYE)

    68
    nice review of Trump's speech yesterday.


    http://www.frontpagemag.com/node/263910

    And I hear rumors of new polls showing Trump ahead.
    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 09:07 AM (6t8+a)
    --------------------

    Thanks for that. I've always wondered exactly how Republicans should make that argument, and I think Trump did a fine job.

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 09:24 AM (5o5ek)

    69 They're doing tuckpointing on my building and the residents were told to close their windows and pull down the blinds during the work because the dust gets everywhere. But I had the windows open last night because it was cool enough to avoid turning on the AC.

    So this morning at 7 I'm awakened by a racket and I see the legs of the two guys right outside my bedroom window. I yelled out "Crap! I didn't think you guys would be working on Saturday!" I got up, closed all my windows and turned on the AC because even though it's cool outside it gets awfully hot in here quickly with the windows shut. Now it's raining and the construction guys, having accomplished their goal of getting me out of bed, are gone.

    Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 20, 2016 09:27 AM (P8951)

    70 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.
    Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 20, 2016 08:39 AM (394Te)

    Not even the 17 layers of pop-ups that you have to click through? You must not love him enough
    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (ry34m)

    okay okay, I give up I'm sorry, honestly, I didn't even realize that's where the link went to until I posted it, I watched it on a friends timeline, and there was nothing about Alex Jones in the information, but when I clicked to copy the url, that's where it took me, to his FB page.

    It was just a funny spoof with Obama and Trump and others in 300 scene. Just thought it was sorta funny.

    I will self embarrel myself for smearing this thread with dirtiness.

    Posted by: spypeach at August 20, 2016 09:27 AM (nyYhO)

    71 Now all Donald Trump has to do is to keep this up for another two months. The new crew seems to be helping here.

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:27 AM (6FqZa)

    72 "A nice review of Trump's speech yesterday."

    It's been amazing, once he finally got on the prompter for the big addresses, and calmed down his undisciplined extemporizing. And he went for a week with various Democratic proxies trying to rudely prod him into going after them personally with an angry response, and he did not give them the satisfaction.

    All the things he had been doing wrong, he's starting to do right. The New Trump.

    Posted by: torquewrench at August 20, 2016 09:29 AM (noWW6)

    73 Good morning, gray-box gangsters. Y'know wot? This is my last weekend of being sixty-three. I'm still alive, so, could be worse. (Hums old Beatles song.)

    Posted by: mindful webworker - Saturday's Child at August 20, 2016 09:30 AM (XkxK0)

    74 happy advance birthday, webworker.

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:31 AM (6FqZa)

    75 71 Now all Donald Trump has to do is to keep this up for another two months. The new crew seems to be helping here.
    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:27 AM (6FqZa)

    He also needs to run a bunch of commercials. His speeches over the past week have really been great, but the msm is going to ignore anything he says unless he puts his foot in his mouth. Giving great speeches to people who are already going to vote for him won't be enough.

    Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 20, 2016 09:31 AM (P8951)

    76 41 I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County. Wish me luck
    __________________

    Boulder? You'll need more than luck.

    Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 20, 2016 09:32 AM (NnYnv)

    77 76 41 I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County. Wish me luck
    __________________

    Boulder? You'll need more than luck.
    Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 20, 2016 09:32 AM (NnYnv)

    Suit of armor?

    Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 20, 2016 09:32 AM (P8951)

    78 Posted by: mindful webworker - Saturday's Child at August 20, 2016 09:30 AM (XkxK0)

    Happy early birthday weekend!

    Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2016 09:33 AM (qbnYE)

    79 Some of his comments did leak out onto CNN (which IMO is an even worse site than Alex Jones's). Where he asked blacks "what the hell do you have to lose".

    But yeah, he needs to run that shit on the NFL.

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:33 AM (6FqZa)

    80 I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County.

    Where in Boulder?

    Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2016 09:34 AM (qbnYE)

    81 We meet at Longmont at 9 and then I suppose we disperse to wherever it is we're sent.

    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:34 AM (6FqZa)

    82 Your favorite real life Bond villain is even worse than you thought:

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/08/19/hacked-

    soros-documents-reveal-some-big-dark-money-

    surprises/

    (remove extra spaces)


    Here's hoping he accidentally pushes the Exploder Button in his volcanic lair.

    Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 09:35 AM (HGtd0)

    83 I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County.

    Where in Boulder?
    Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2016 09:34 AM (qbnYE)



    Boulders.

    Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 09:36 AM (HGtd0)

    84 73
    Good morning, gray-box gangsters. Y'know wot? This is my last weekend of
    being sixty-three. I'm still alive, so, could be worse. (Hums old
    Beatles song.)

    Posted by: mindful webworker - Saturday's Child at August 20, 2016 09:30 AM (XkxK0)

    Happy early birthday! Drink now...avoid the rush.

    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 09:36 AM (Enq6K)

    85 Making beef jerky today. The house sure does smell good! WeaselDog is particularly happy because as I'm trimming the meat I save all the little pieces that are too small and cook them for her.

    Posted by: Weasel at August 20, 2016 09:37 AM (Sfs6o)

    86 EXPRESSO!?

    Posted by: typo dynamofo
    ________

    Yes - "Expresso."

    (Some hoity-toidy people say "espresso" but these are the same people who misspell and mispronounce "nucular," too.)

    (Nice use of the interrobang, by the way.)

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 09:37 AM (tWpnH)

    87 Happy BD Mindful

    Be careful out there BTH

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:37 AM (voOPb)

    88 (Some hoity-toidy people say "espresso" but these are the same people who misspell and mispronounce "nucular," too.)


    Ahem.

    Italian has espresso.

    French has cafe express.

    Only the Dire Straits have expresso.

    The difference between us and the libs is that we care about right and wrong.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:40 AM (mgbwf)

    89 37 I was a daily morning commute listener to Smerconish until he felt it was his civic duty to vote for Barak the first time. I hope it cleansed his soul but wouldn't know I don't give him the time of day.
    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 09:06 AM (bksJQ)


    Oh, I remember that very well. Smerconish portrayed himself as a conservative, and was a big supporter of Bush's "War on Terror". In retrospect, it appears that he was a "9/11 conservative" like a certain Bicycle Boy many of us remember.

    During the 2008 campaign, he said that he was keeping an open mind and would vote for whoever he thought would "get bin Laden". I would roll my eyes whenever he said that. I knew bloody well that he was going to vote for Obama. He kept teasing his endorsement for months, and when he finally came out and said it, I turned him off and never listened again.

    I'm sure he felt all smug and justified when Obama finally "got" bin Laden.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:41 AM (sdi6R)

    90 "Now all Donald Trump has to do is to keep this up for another two months. The new crew seems to be helping here. "



    I couldn't tell that Manafort did a whole lot for him.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 09:43 AM (9ym/8)

    91
    I'm doing some volunteering for GOP candidates today. Trump hats in Boulder County.
    ---------------------

    That's way cool. Let us know what kind of response you get.

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 09:43 AM (5o5ek)

    92 Happy BD, Mindful.
    Today is my niece's BD and grampa would have been 95 today.

    I guess it is Clenis's BD today as well. He's probably eating cake out of a prostitute's ass with Epstein on hhis island.

    Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2016 09:44 AM (89T5c)

    93
    She's a 52 yo permanently stuck at 15.


    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 09:22 AM (Enq6K)








    I have a sneaking suspicion that she isn't serious about rehab.

    Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 20, 2016 09:44 AM (LuZz8)

    94 Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:40 AM (mgbwf)

    An expressly-built espresso machine expresses the coffee into an espresso cup.

    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2016 09:44 AM (Zu3d9)

    95
    I have a sneaking suspicion that she isn't serious about rehab.


    Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 20, 2016 09:44 AM (LuZz

    You ain't the only one cur.

    Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2016 09:47 AM (Enq6K)

    96
    Now all Donald Trump has to do is to keep this up for another two months. The new crew seems to be helping here.
    Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 20, 2016 09:27 AM (6FqZa)
    -------------------------

    Time for cautious optimism?

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 09:47 AM (5o5ek)

    97 So W. Bush doesn't show up for a few days after Katrina and he's the biggest villain.

    Trump shows up to the flood area and he's the biggest villain because "it would interfere with relief efforts'

    Barry golfs during the LA flooding and he's a hero because that's the best way to help.


    The North Korean media is in awe of our MFM

    Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 20, 2016 09:47 AM (auHtY)

    98 An expressly-built espresso machine expresses the coffee into an espresso cup.


    Nice!

    Now say that five times fast.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:48 AM (mgbwf)

    99 I think I clicked through to every weird news story.

    A statement from Ms Peel said: 'They did not care about how this would affect me. I would definitely say this has changed my life, I will never have the confidence I once did.' Says the woman who smashed a robber's head into an ATM three times and fended off their theft. Mrs. Peel from the Avengers (Brit not Marvel) I'd say. She should have moar confidence!

    • DUI popping the beer in front of the cop also had no license. Always go all-out, Morons. She should've been naked, too.

    • Aaaand... "...nurse waved me into the surgery room.... Once I was inside the surgery room, the nurse told me to take off my pants and lie down on the bed. At the time, I was a little doubtful, but I thought that this would make me just like my wife giving birth. So I took my pants off."

    A little doubtful??? Was he hoping to get some (while his wife was giving birth!) or just really, reallllly stupid?

    Posted by: mindful webworker - weirdly at August 20, 2016 09:49 AM (XkxK0)

    100 "She's a 52 yo permanently stuck at 15."

    And there are many, many millions of similarly frozen-in-time Americans just like her, making the same sorts of loopy "decisions" about their lives.

    Posted by: torquewrench at August 20, 2016 09:49 AM (noWW6)

    101 "I'm sure he felt all smug and justified when Obama finally "got" bin Laden."

    The ONLY thing bho ever "GOT" was reggie love at the 19th hole.

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 09:50 AM (pHyot)

    102 "An expressly-built espresso machine expresses the coffee into an espresso cup."




    I'm not sure what to express here.........

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 09:50 AM (9ym/8)

    103 I dozed off watching YouTube and woke up to the Apollo 11 moon landing.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 08:55 AM (sdi6R)

    YouTube, yes, if you feel asleep for a year, they just keep going to the next video forever I guess. Who knows what you would wake up seeing on the tube.

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 09:51 AM (tVUA+)

    104 Good morning, gray-box gangsters. Y'know wot? This is my last weekend of

    being sixty-three. I'm still alive, so, could be worse. (Hums old

    Beatles song.)



    Posted by: mindful webworker - Saturday's Child at August 20, 2016 09:30 AM (XkxK0)
    ===============================================


    We will still need you. We will still feed you.

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 09:51 AM (dFi94)

    105 Only the Dire Straits have expresso.

    The difference between us and the libs is that we care about right and wrong.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch
    ________

    If we're going to nitpick, the band Dire Straits (if that's what you're referring to) doesn't take an article. Neither does Smashing Pumpkins.

    Sweet may or may not.

    Blue Oyster Cult can, but you have to go back to the Tyranny and Mutation album.

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 09:52 AM (tWpnH)

    106 Yes, happy birthday, MW!

    Posted by: Vera, Chuck, and Dave at August 20, 2016 09:53 AM (gTQoY)

    107 grammie winger #21: ...my hands continually smell of gourmet cat food...

    Just a thought... we use a spoon to dish out the cat food...

    Posted by: mindful webworker - being catty at August 20, 2016 09:54 AM (XkxK0)

    108 Just a thought... we use a spoon to dish out the cat food...





    Posted by: mindful webworker - being catty at August 20, 2016 09:54 AM (XkxK0)
    =============================================

    Well aren't you all fancy and all.

    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 09:55 AM (dFi94)

    109 CNN: Actually has a good pic of Trump shaking hands with a black person, have they turned over a new leaf? I doubt it...

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 09:55 AM (tVUA+)

    110 Italian has espresso.

    French has cafe express.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch
    ________

    While we're at it, what do they have in Monaco?

    (Monaco is a country, just like Italy and France and the United States of America - all the same. See? I can learn.)

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 09:56 AM (tWpnH)

    111 If we're going to nitpick, the band Dire Straits (if that's what you're referring to) doesn't take an article. Neither does Smashing Pumpkins.

    *throws nitpicking gauntlet down*

    Smashing Pumpkins are "The Smashing Pumpkins" because it changes the meaning of the word. They're not messing up your driveway on the day after Halloween, because they are not smashing (gerund form of verb) gourds.

    They are smashing, adjective akin to fabulous.

    The Dire Straits in this usage doesn't change the meaning, it's just "those guys".

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:57 AM (mgbwf)

    112 ...my hands continually smell of gourmet cat food...


    So do mine.



    Posted by: Huma Abedin at August 20, 2016 09:57 AM (Zu3d9)

    113 If.

    It keeps.

    On rainin'.

    That levee.

    Is gonna break.

    When that levee breaks, you'll have no place to stay. Because you sure sure can't stay at my place. Filthy peasant.

    Posted by: Slow Jam Barry at August 20, 2016 09:57 AM (DHDiP)

    114 "While we're at it, what do they have in Monaco? "


    SAND!

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 09:58 AM (pHyot)

    115 what do they have in Monaco?


    Topless paparazzi pics of both Princesses Caroline and Stephanie.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:58 AM (mgbwf)

    116 This is my last weekend of


    being sixty-three. I'm still alive, so, could be worse. (Hums old


    Beatles song.)




    Posted by: mindful webworker - Saturday's Child at August 20, 2016 09:30 AM (XkxK0)
    ===============================================


    We will still need you. We will still feed you.

    ===============================================


    Seriously, who among us first heard this song and thought, that's impossibly old. Way way off in the future. Nothing to do with me. And yet, here we are.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgcbJUuPKXk





    Posted by: grammie winger at August 20, 2016 09:59 AM (dFi94)

    117 94 Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 09:40 AM (mgbwf)

    An expressly-built espresso machine expresses the coffee into an espresso cup.
    Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2016 09:44 AM (Zu3d9)

    You want to express? I've got your expresso right here.
    http://www.wikihow.com/Express-a-Dog's-Anal-Gland

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 09:59 AM (voOPb)

    118 "Smerconish portrayed himself as a conservative"

    I knew relatively little about the guy, Smirk being pretty much an east coast thing, until someone handed me his book. In which he initially purported to be a fearless foe of left-wing political correctness.

    Okay, I hate the PC nonsense, I'll give the book a go. It started off in a vaguely promising way.

    Instead, partway through the book, Smirk recounted having had an African-American gentleman call in to his radio show. This fellow then claimed on the air that America's automotive, aerospace, computer, and telecommunications industries had actually all been created in their entirety by black people. And that Whitey, who had no innovative role in any of this, had then dishonestly stolen all of those black people's technological creations and all of the profits they were due.

    Wait, what?

    Smirk turned out to be so favorably impressed with this line of reasoning, such as it was, that he actually invited this lunatic conspiracy theorist in as a welcome studio guest on Smirk's radio show, instead of referring him to the nut hut.

    I tossed the book at that point. Life's too short to be reading bad books, and especially not by authors intent on taking the nonstop express train to Crazytown.

    Posted by: torquewrench at August 20, 2016 09:59 AM (noWW6)

    119 The University of Toronto's elite University College has been forced to recognize the existence of two genders and re-establish separate washrooms for male and female students sharing its co-ed residences.

    The move was provoked by two separate incidents in mid-September of male students holding their cell phones above the shower stall dividers in so-called gender-neutral communal washrooms at Whitney Hall, a co-ed residence at the University College, to record female students showering.
    This won't stop the movement, no way.

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 10:00 AM (tVUA+)

    120 "what do they have in Monaco? "




    Casinos......beautiful, rich people......Ferraris......yachts.......a very nice F1 race every year.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 10:00 AM (9ym/8)

    121 *throws nitpicking gauntlet down*

    Smashing Pumpkins are "The Smashing Pumpkins" because it changes the meaning of the word.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch
    ________

    *picks up gauntlet, returns it to Bandersnatch*

    I stand corrected.

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:01 AM (tWpnH)

    122 "A little doubtful??? Was he hoping to get some (while his wife was giving birth!) or just really, reallllly stupid?

    Posted by: mindful webworker - weirdly "

    I think it's more just really well trained to blindly follow any order given by a person with "authoritah", something that the marchers-through-the-institutions have been pushing for a couple of generations now with remarkable success.

    Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2016 10:02 AM (gUoN4)

    123
    114
    "While we're at it, what do they have in Monaco? "





    SAND!

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 09:58 AM (pHyot)








    Shitty roads.

    Posted by: Zombie Grace Kelley at August 20, 2016 10:02 AM (LuZz8)

    124 Casinos......beautiful, rich people......Ferraris......yachts.......a very nice F1 race every year.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 10:00 AM (9ym/

    And you might see James Bond at the baccarat table

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 10:02 AM (tVUA+)

    125 *picks up gauntlet, returns it to Bandersnatch*


    We can talk about the difference between gauntlet and gantlet.

    I can do pet peeves all day long.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 10:03 AM (mgbwf)

    126 Oh, and happy birthday !

    Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2016 10:04 AM (gUoN4)

    127 I am convinced that HGTV is a microcosm of the millennial mindset, all in HDTV.

    Flip or Flop
    Property Brothers
    Tiny Houses


    Try watching that shit for a few days, and you realized that these people are fundamentally flawed, seeking instant gratification, and that the realities of financial mathematics, or Square footage does not apply in their universe.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 10:07 AM (6t8+a)

    128 Instant Folgers House Blend for me on the weekends. I drink one cup a day in the morning and they have brewed coffee at work. It does its job.
    Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 20, 2016 09:14 AM (MNgU2)

    Wasn't there a commercial once where they served a bunch of Ivy League snobs instant coffee in some fancy smancy restaurant and they loved it?.....must have be near Princeton I think.

    Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 20, 2016 10:07 AM (ej1L0)

    129 Except for what William Safire used to call Norma Liquendi in his language columns. Common usage becomes accepted usage.

    I used to care that you threw down a gauntlet (big glove) but you ran a gantlet (Injuns beating you on all sides).

    Since everyone says run the gauntlet I guess that's acceptable usage. Also, Algonquin didn't use our alphabet so who knows.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 10:07 AM (mgbwf)

    130 I be slow today--Gotta go cut trees that fell down, but hey, If BHO can wait until Tuesday to go to LA,, the trees can wait a couple of hours.

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 10:08 AM (pHyot)

    131 Still nitpicking here (and Bandersnatch, I would be honored if you would be my second if things start to get real) there's Genovia.

    Anyone who has seen "The Princess Diaries" knows that the Independence Day celebration is very important to Genovia and its royal family. My problem is with a country, however fictitious it may be, which gains its independence only to reinstitute a monarchy.

    (Genovia has won no medals in Rio, by the way. Zero. Useless country.)

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:08 AM (tWpnH)

    132 3
    Something funny for the horde, although I'm sure some of you have already seen it.

    https://www.facebook.com/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos/1229980930386486/
    Posted by: spypeach at August 20, 2016 08:34 AM (nyYhO)


    LOL. I never saw whatever movie that came from, but that was funny as hell.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 10:10 AM (sdi6R)

    133 (Genovia has won no medals in Rio, by the way. Zero. Useless country.)

    Peruvia at least won the gold in the Guinea Pig toss.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 10:11 AM (6t8+a)

    134 Thanks for the early birthday wishes,
    boulder terlit hobo
    CrotchetyOldJarhead
    and
    Misanthropic Humanitarian

    Honestly, Mom, my friends are good people who just have weird names.

    Also grammie winger, who will still feed me. Nice.

    and Tami, who advised "Drink now...avoid the rush." I think I'll put that off until after the pets are fed.

    Also... Vera, Chuck, and Dave. Sadzly, no grandkids yet. (Save one, miscarried.) But I've insisted my children, should they ever have kids, not name them Vera, Chuck,
    and Dave!

    Now, off to feed the pets before they start feeding on me.

    Posted by: mindful webworker - being catty at August 20, 2016 10:11 AM (XkxK0)

    135 The only The Truth, is that that there is no The Gauntlet.

    Posted by: The The at August 20, 2016 10:11 AM (DHDiP)

    136 Peruvia at least won the gold in the Guinea Pig toss.


    And served quite tasty meat on a stick just afterwards.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 10:12 AM (mgbwf)

    137 Peruvia at least won the gold in the Guinea Pig toss.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
    ________

    Peruvia also won the silver in Disco. (Who would've thought that Bessarovia would take gold?)

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:15 AM (tWpnH)

    138 Happy birthday, mindful webworker!

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 10:16 AM (sdi6R)

    139 Preezy Dickweed strikes again!

    http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/19/ob

    ama-offends-louisiana-flood-victims-me/

    (remove extra spaces)


    It's a good thing he's helping so much by four putting.

    Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 10:18 AM (HGtd0)

    140 129 Except for what William Safire used to call Norma Liquendi in his language columns. Common usage becomes accepted usage.
    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 10:07 AM (mgbwf)


    One of my pet peeves is how "buttload" has replaced "boatload", referring to a great quantity of something.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 10:18 AM (sdi6R)

    141 "And served quite tasty meat on a stick just afterwards."

    Trufact: Peruvia, being a relatively poor county, finances their Olympic team off the profits from the meat on a stick concession stands at the Olympic Village food court.

    Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2016 10:19 AM (6t8+a)

    142 I really do think Trump is going to get more Black votes than any Republican in recent memory

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:20 AM (bksJQ)

    143 Guess who is diving right now?

    STEELE JOHNSON

    Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at August 20, 2016 10:21 AM (+eR2D)

    144 The only The Truth, is that that there is no The Gauntlet.

    Posted by: The The
    ________

    Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke might take issue with your statement, but I take umbrage. Choose your weapon and your second and meet me on the field of honor tomorrow at dawn.

    Shall the weapons be guinea pigs or mashed potatoes?

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:21 AM (tWpnH)

    145 Went to a Korean BBQ place last night.

    All of you lo- or no-carb folks should be eating Korean.

    Lots of fatty meats with tasty marinates and pickled veggies various and sundry.

    No carbs if you skip the rice. Though I suppose the marinades must have some sugar in them from the way they caramelize on the grilling pan.

    And, of course, there's soju for your alcohol drinking needs.

    Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 10:22 AM (HGtd0)

    146 >>>>10
    Owls are dirtier than coons<<<

    Do they like to shit in my pool as well.

    Posted by: Javems at August 20, 2016 10:23 AM (yOqwj)

    147 I'm just disappointed that there isn't an official conversion rate between a buttload and a fuckton.

    Posted by: Bacon Jeff at August 20, 2016 10:24 AM (VSenK)

    148 Though I suppose the marinades must have some sugar in them from the way they caramelize on the grilling pan.


    Yeah. I used to claim to myself that the spare ribs from the local Chinese joint were Atkins-compliant because it's just meat on a stick, but I know the glaze was pretty much sugar.

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 10:25 AM (mgbwf)

    149 One of the odder things about the Riolympics are all the pictures showing gold medalists biting their medals. My take is that they are making a statement of how little actual gold is in the medals themselves. Just one of those weird thoughts going through my head this morning.

    Good morning and happy b-day to all August babies.

    Posted by: mustbequantum at August 20, 2016 10:25 AM (MIKMs)

    150 Re: Her name is not Jenny nor is her phone number 867-5309"

    Seeing his picture makes me love this story even more. At 56 I'm 10 % older than this guy, and my wife tells me I only look 8 % worse.

    Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2016 10:25 AM (QdAXQ)

    151
    Something funny for the horde, although I'm sure some of you have already seen it.

    https://www.facebook.com/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos/1229980930386486/
    Posted by: spypeach at August 20, 2016 08:34 AM (nyYhO)
    ----------------------

    Haha, I hadn't seen it yet. That was hilarious.

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 10:26 AM (5o5ek)

    152 73 degrees and raining. Is this really August in Texas?

    Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at August 20, 2016 10:26 AM (+eR2D)

    153 147 I'm just disappointed that there isn't an official conversion rate between a buttload and a fuckton.
    Posted by: Bacon Jeff at August 20, 2016 10:24 AM (VSenK)


    An imperial or metric fuckton?

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 10:26 AM (sdi6R)

    154 Time for cautious optimism?
    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper

    Absolutely. If I was in charge of Trumps media
    campaign, which I should be, I'd have one
    simple commercial.
    [Voice-over] (Five second scene from San Bernardina) 'As Americans we've become too accustomed to scenes like this' (Five second scene of ambulances outside Orlando nightclub) 'and this' (Five second scene of protesters with fires burning) 'and realize we've been going down the wrong road'

    [At this point we're finished with the negative images]
    [Entire tone change]
    Images of blacks, whites, hispanics, asians some apart, some together --
    (happy people at the workplace, holding children, at a dinner, everyday stuff)
    [Voice-over] Let's get back on the right road and make America great again. Together.

    Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative at August 20, 2016 10:27 AM (ZnIt3)

    155 Mentally substitute books for cat crates, and that's about what the inside of my house looks like.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 09:02 AM (sdi6R)
    ---
    Just got back from the library and saw this.

    Me too, my friend!

    Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 20, 2016 10:27 AM (jR7Wy)

    156 Well I etymologize that the "boatload" to "buttload" shift had a lot to do with yon Kardashi.

    I object to the existence of a Metric buttload and/or Fucke Tonne.
    Those are Anglo-Saxon measurements, obviously. Y'a'll mayst keep your filthy Frog margarine-guillotine-metricalizing paws to hell off 'em.

    Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 20, 2016 10:28 AM (tIja6)

    157 Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:08 AM (tWpnH)

    Monarchies can have independence celebrarions, such as the independence of Holland from the Spanish empire. I don't know if they actually celebrate that or just the storm that went along way to making it possible.

    Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 20, 2016 10:28 AM (GDulk)

    158
    I really do think Trump is going to get more Black votes than any Republican in recent memory
    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:20 AM (bksJQ)
    -----------------

    Me too. Oh to be a fly on the wall when Bill loses his shit over it.

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 10:28 AM (5o5ek)

    159 With luck there is a mini ice age coming, I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM (bksJQ)

    160 butt scratch fever

    Posted by: Hope's Rolo at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM (Tyii7)

    161 Dang it. Longer comment lost. Lucky youse.

    Grammie #116: Yeah, I do remember thinking being 64 seemed a long way off. I was a grown-up not-quite 16 when Sgt Peppers struck. The 21st Century seemed like the distant future, and here it is almost 16% gone already.

    "How terribly strange to be seventy..." -Simon & Bullwinkle

    Posted by: mindful webworker - when i stay out til quarter of three at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM (XkxK0)

    162 "73 degrees and raining. Is this really August in Texas?"

    This is strange weather. Should be 105F and drier than shit.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 10:32 AM (9ym/8)

    163 Hey, if you do Jenny's number on a phone dial with letters (there's a reason they call us Alpha numerics), it comes out "Unrl Fox." Just dial that. And don't forget the area code.

    Best pump-priming in the campaigns so far: somebody convinced someone to say, as Trump carried a basket of goodies out of the unloading zone, "We knew you'd come!" Money can't buy that kind of schlocky propaganda. It works.

    I swear to risen Christ. Somebody said, on the tape, "God bless you, Mr Trump."
    I'd have put the odds of hearing that this year? At, approximately, astronomical.
    Winning. Just so far this weekend, but, winning just the same.

    Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 20, 2016 10:33 AM (tIja6)

    164 Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 10:22 AM (HGtd0)

    IMO better than Chinese food.

    Posted by: UGH at August 20, 2016 10:33 AM (TwnkX)

    165 Trump should carry a puppy to the podium before every speech. When people ask him why he's carrying the puppy, Mr. D. Trump should answer "I rescued this puppy from the White House kitchen."

    Posted by: mrp at August 20, 2016 10:33 AM (JBggj)

    166 @147 its like Porn, you know it when you see it. Thats the difference

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 10:33 AM (voOPb)

    167 I'm just disappointed that there isn't an official conversion rate between a buttload and a fuckton.

    Posted by: Bacon Jeff
    ________

    There are 100 shitloads in a shitton. These are actually an Imperial units. The shitload being 20 of an archaic unit, and the shitton being 2000 of the same unit - kind of like a ton turned out to be 100 stones.

    Buttload and fuckton don't have official conversion rates because of squabbles between the SI committee in Geneva and an EU agency in Brussels. This ongoing argument has become a hindrance to the European space program.

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:34 AM (tWpnH)

    168 Steele Johnson, German Sanchez and the commentators talking about divers entering the water as "banana man."



    Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at August 20, 2016 10:34 AM (+eR2D)

    169 163 Hey, if you do Jenny's number on a phone dial with letters (there's a reason they call us Alpha numerics), it comes out "Unrl Fox." Just dial that. And don't forget the area code.
    ~~~~~~~

    Years ago i lived in a town where the prefix was 867

    Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 20, 2016 10:36 AM (voOPb)

    170 "How terribly strange to be seventy..." -Simon Bullwinkle

    To Simon's credit, I heard him "sing" at DNC, and it was terribly strange.
    Bullwinkle hasn't officially weighed in yet, but I reckon they're as predictable as Jan and Dean were. And roughly as peripatetic, dead man's curve notwithstanding.

    DiMaggio still getting the last laugh.

    Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 20, 2016 10:36 AM (tIja6)

    171 IMO better than Chinese food.

    Posted by: UGH at August 20, 2016 10:33 AM (TwnkX)



    I agree.

    We rarely eat Chinese any longer.

    But, Korean BBQ has found a permanent place in restaurant repertoire.

    Plus, it's just a fun way to eat with friends or family, lots of conversation usually ensues.

    Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2016 10:37 AM (HGtd0)

    172 O/T, that new GEICO commerical "Marco....Polo" cracks my shit up.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 10:38 AM (9ym/8)

    173 159 With luck there is a mini ice age coming, I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.
    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM (bksJQ)
    ---
    Oh, but it's Climate Change now. Which is a safe bet because the climate is always changing.

    I wouldn't mind a mini Mini Ice Age if it'll make fur PC again. I'm imagining this fashion scenario as a Frazetta metal album cover, as I do most things.

    Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 20, 2016 10:39 AM (jR7Wy)

    174 Monarchies can have independence celebrations, such as the independence of Holland from the Spanish empire. I don't know if they actually celebrate that or just the storm that went along way to making it possible.

    Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
    ________

    Given the timing (400 years ago or so) I think Genovia's celebration marks something similar.

    I also believe (with no backing evidence, unfortunately) that Genovia collaborated with the Nazis. They try to hide this, of course.

    I'll be looking for clues next time "The Princess Diaries" is on.

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 10:40 AM (tWpnH)

    175 I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.

    Can't say why, Skip, but it don't work. I ride that one like a stallion all winter long, sometimes as I'm ("literally!") digging them out, and they just nod with their mouths hanging open. First hint of a thaw, and they're right back at it.

    Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 20, 2016 10:41 AM (tIja6)

    176 Thanks also to rickl for bdy wish.

    I did say it's my last weekend being sixty-three, right? We can do this again on Monday.

    "Send me an e-mail, drop me a text,
    Stating point of view..." (updated)

    Posted by: mindful webworker - Isle of Wight? Tha's racisss! at August 20, 2016 10:41 AM (XkxK0)

    177
    With luck there is a mini ice age coming, I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.
    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM


    Silly human. Didn't you know cooling is caused by warming?

    Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 20, 2016 10:41 AM (IqV8l)

    178 Funny. He doesn't look newish.

    Posted by: andycanuck at August 20, 2016 10:44 AM (LdMbv)

    179 There's been a sudden dearth of national Trump v. Hillary polls lately. Hillary's numbers must have dropped like a rock.

    Posted by: mrp at August 20, 2016 10:45 AM (JBggj)

    180 "On the subject of sex" (earlier thread)

    A woman Federal Judge throws the book at a black man who could be controlled by electronic monitoring and probation. Who could be required to pay for his own monitoring. I'm thinking his victims were all women the judge identified with socially. And she claims this is the best outcome for society? I want thugs thrown in jail and women to wise up and quit being such easy marks for perverts. The judge doesn't want to state (admit?) that the black man is a pervert. Because that would taint the mentally-ill-are-a-protected-class meme?

    Posted by: Really? at August 20, 2016 10:45 AM (CRXed)

    181
    Does anyone have a guess as to why Trump's television ad buys for October so far are zero? Those bookings get a lot more expensive as you approach air date. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson have spent more money to book air time than Trump. What's the thinking?

    Posted by: iforgot says God bless Drooper at August 20, 2016 10:48 AM (5o5ek)

    182 Be safe, be well, later shortened to bsbw used to be my signoff in Ichat many years ago.

    Posted by: brinster at August 20, 2016 10:49 AM (Ql7jl)

    183 Jill Stein and Gary Johnson
    =====================

    Those two need all the help they can get. Professional help.

    Posted by: mrp at August 20, 2016 10:51 AM (JBggj)

    184 There are 100 shitloads in a shitton. These are actually an Imperial
    units. The shitload being 20 of an archaic unit, and the shitton being
    2000 of the same unit - kind of like a ton turned out to be 100 stones.


    Fun fact, that comes out to almost exactly 144 English shitloads, since it is based on the Fotmal (about 70 Lbs of lead) instead of the pound. There was a drive in the 30's to fix it officially against the British Engineering measurement of mass, the Slug, but this was never accepted because there was percieved a need for rational numbers.

    Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2016 10:51 AM (ry34m)

    185 152 73 degrees and raining. Is this really August in Texas?
    Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at August 20, 2016 10:26 AM (+eR2D)


    I would not normally say this to a resident of Texas, but I would happily trade weather with you.

    Here in your old stomping grounds in SE PA, it's been in the 90s or thereabouts for weeks, and I am really tired of it. Today is a little better, but it's been so long since I did yard work that I've practically forgotten how, and would prefer not to think about it.

    I'm at the point where I just want to close all the curtains and not look at my yard. There. Problem solved.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 10:51 AM (sdi6R)

    186 130 I be slow today--Gotta go cut trees that fell down, but hey, If BHO can wait until Tuesday to go to LA,, the trees can wait a couple of hours.

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south

    They fell down on their own, maybe they'll chop themselves up too.

    Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2016 10:52 AM (QdAXQ)

    187 "Hillary's numbers must have dropped like a rock."

    Kill whitey riots (acting white will do) and looking like a candidate with a serious illness will do that.

    Hillary needs to do something athletic. Remember when everyone was making fun of Putin for acting like Teddy Roosevelt (great white hunter)?

    I think key groups have decided to let Trump win. Hillary smells like a rotting corpse.

    Posted by: Yep at August 20, 2016 10:52 AM (CRXed)

    188 Both Dr Jill and Gary are well steeped in Marxism

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:53 AM (bksJQ)

    189 3 Morning,

    Something funny for the horde, although I'm sure some of you have already seen it.

    https://www.facebook.com/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos/1229980930386486/

    Posted by: spypeach

    6 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.

    Posted by: typo dynamofo

    You are incorrect, that video is both hilarious and goose-bump inducing.

    Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2016 10:54 AM (QdAXQ)

    190 As it happens a tree will fall down and terminate itself, if you have a hundred years to do it.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:54 AM (bksJQ)

    191 189 3 Morning,

    Something funny for the horde, although I'm sure some of you have already seen it.

    https://www.facebook.com/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos/1229980930386486/

    Posted by: spypeach

    6 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.

    Posted by: typo dynamofo

    You are incorrect, that video is both hilarious and goose-bump inducing.


    Posted by: Dirks Strewn

    There's even a Cruz cameo which should delight his supporters.

    Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2016 10:55 AM (QdAXQ)

    192 Wandering cautiously into the political waters (which are as pure as that Rio Olympic swimming pool)...

    I'm not a grand Trumpster, but I'm always amused to see him annoy all the right (wrong) people. And compared to Shrillery, I'd wear a "MAGA" hat anytime. Here's some viewing that impressed me, despite my deep political cynicism.

    Two Americas: Immigration (New Trump ad)
    A World Of Truth
    https://youtu.be/odYHGAicJ7k

    The Donald Trump video every Jew MUST watch!
    Rebel Media
    https://youtu.be/U2G9MR1n7Es
    (They try to kick the non-Jews out of the room, but I watched anyway.)

    Latinos For Trump Supporters Explains Why They are Voting for DONALD TRUMP! #LatinosForTrump
    Mark F
    https://youtu.be/nvf1B3xJu14
    (These people seem sincere... and give me hope, which I really don't like having since hope seems designed to be dashed.)

    And just for a fun chaser...

    Democratic National Convention
    Bad Lip Reading
    https://youtu.be/_DErurte4CE

    Posted by: mindful webworker - Mak' 'Merica Gra' 'Gain at August 20, 2016 10:55 AM (XkxK0)

    193 "What's the thinking?"

    Don't give money to your enemies?
    Say things that counter punch Hillary that the MSM has to address in a no-win-for-them-and-Hillary-way?


    Posted by: Ok at August 20, 2016 10:56 AM (CRXed)

    194 The screaming headline on the Baltimore Sun (purchased for craft reasons and not edification and enlightenment) is "Global Warming Divide: it has become one of the most polarizing issues in our politiical landscape". "Overwhelmingly, scientists* who study the issue say it is man-made".

    * those scientists we sort and sift for right thought

    A "divisive" issue is usually one about which the rubes refuse to get on the right side of history.

    Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 20, 2016 10:57 AM (jR7Wy)

    195 6 Sorry. There is nothing funny enough to make looking at Alex Jones' channel worth it.

    Posted by: typo dynamofo

    I thought the same--but said --ahh --WTH-- it IS worth it---too good to miss. Trumpvs. BHO --epic style

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 10:58 AM (pHyot)

    196 Trump always thought he could do it on the cheap and thd MSM would carry water for him like the last 20 years. But gheir leftists first so hes not the top of he pecking order.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:59 AM (bksJQ)

    197 >>>173
    159 With luck there is a mini ice age coming, I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.

    Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2016 10:30 AM (bksJQ)

    ---

    Oh, but it's Climate Change now. Which is a safe bet because the climate is always changing.



    I wouldn't mind a mini Mini Ice Age if it'll make fur PC again. I'm
    imagining this fashion scenario as a Frazetta metal album cover, as I
    do most things<<<
    .

    If you look at this graph the ice age due may not be so Mini.

    http://tinyurl.com/jbgqlnn

    Posted by: Javems at August 20, 2016 10:59 AM (yOqwj)

    198 #129 The history of running the gauntlet linked in my sock.

    I've read that in the Prussian army at least it was usually used as a form of punishment for a soldier caught stealing from fellow soldiers.

    Posted by: andycanuck at August 20, 2016 10:59 AM (LdMbv)

    199 that video is both hilarious and goose-bump inducing.MADNESS!


    Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 20, 2016 11:02 AM (tIja6)

    200 Hillary needs to do something athletic. Remember when
    everyone was making fun of Putin for acting like Teddy Roosevelt (great
    white hunter)?

    I think key groups have decided to let Trump win. Hillary smells like a rotting corpse.


    Posted by: Yep at August 20, 2016 10:52 AM (CRXed)

    I still think Hillary needs a souped up scooter, Testa engine, and she could do something really daring, like go down a ramp or something, Evel Knievel like. Maybe jump over something. The press would eat it up and most Americans would find it entertaining. And a staff member could control if from behind the curtain....Wizard of Oz like.

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 11:03 AM (tVUA+)

    201 They fell down on their own, maybe they'll chop themselves up too.

    Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2016 10:52 AM (QdAXQ)

    Nope--- I tried that yesterday with the tree that fell down in the driveway---didn't work. I've decided it's alot like waiting for progressives to figure out they ain't real progressive.

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 11:03 AM (pHyot)

    202 #129 The history of running the gauntlet linked in my sock.




    *points at sock*


    *don't see no link*

    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 11:03 AM (mgbwf)

    203 iforgot: Does anyone have a guess as to why Trump's television ad buys for October so far are zero?...

    Television? Wow, I remember tellyvision! I guess some people still watch that. My 95yo mom does, I know. She still has a phone land line, too.

    Which do you think would be more effective and efficient use of advertising dollars - Trump buying commercials during the Democratic Party Propaganda Hours known as news, or during the Communism and Perversion entertainment programming?

    Posted by: mindful webworker - Mak' 'Merica Gra' 'Gain at August 20, 2016 11:05 AM (XkxK0)

    204 I still think Hillary needs a souped up scooter, Testa engine, and she
    could do something really daring, like go down a ramp or something, Evel
    Knievel like.
    =================

    That reminds me of a favorite sketch from MAD-TV , with Alex Borstein and one of her colleagues playing an obnoxious retired couple, racing their scooters around an office.

    Posted by: mrp at August 20, 2016 11:06 AM (JBggj)

    205 202 #129 The history of running the gauntlet linked in my sock.




    *points at sock*


    *don't see no link*
    Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 20, 2016 11:03 AM (mgbwf)

    Hmm --what kinda fetish is THIS!?

    Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at August 20, 2016 11:06 AM (pHyot)

    206 Video of grateful flood victim here:
    https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/766718390283239424

    (51 seconds)

    Posted by: andycanuck at August 20, 2016 11:07 AM (LdMbv)

    207 Television? Wow, I remember tellyvision! I guess some people still watch
    that. My 95yo mom does, I know. She still has a phone land line, too.


    I cut the cord a couple years a go, I have an antenna. So I can see the networks if I want, but mostly Amazon Prime and YouTube and my beloved Roku! Haven't watched the nets news in years.

    Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2016 11:08 AM (tVUA+)

    208 #198 NOW history of running the gauntlet linked in my sock! (My fault; not a pixy issue.)

    Posted by: andycanuck at August 20, 2016 11:12 AM (LdMbv)

    209 It probably doesn't take long to run a gauntlet. They're only a foot long or so.

    Posted by: rickl at August 20, 2016 11:13 AM (sdi6R)

    210 Speaking of cutting the cord and streaming content -


    How can you afford the data? I'm serious. There has to be something I'm missing. On a grandfathered no limit data plan or what?

    Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at August 20, 2016 11:14 AM (mX0Yv)

    211 200 Hillary needs to do something athletic."

    Compete in a motorized wheelchair race?

    Or a contest to see who can down the most jello shots in a minute? She'd win that one.

    "Those are the shots I like! Not icky gunshots, but the ones that make me all tipsy and - opps, I've fallen and I can't get. Hey, you f'ng serf of a Secret Service man, pick my ass up off this floor!"

    Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 20, 2016 11:14 AM (P8951)

    212 "NOW history of running the gauntlet linked in my sock! "


    Engrish is such a funny, mongrelized, comported language.

    Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 20, 2016 11:16 AM (9ym/8)

    213 Since I teased about my 95yo mom still watching TV, let me clarify that she does NOT have some fuzzy mid-20th Century tube TV set with bent rabbit ears, with tinfoil.

    Thanks to the advice and assistance of grandkids, she has a ginormous flat screen a family room full of people can enjoy - with a gazillion cable channels.

    And, AFAIK, she mostly watches sports (golf, tennis, select college basketball games), classic series (e.g. Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith) and movies. She probably does watch the local news, too - mostly for the weather.

    (I can only pray I even get to her age, much less still as sharp-witted and mobile!)

    Posted by: mindful webworker - loves his mom at August 20, 2016 11:18 AM (XkxK0)

    214 While writing my previous comment, I could just smell a new post up. Knew it.

    Posted by: mindful webworker - willowed wallowed at August 20, 2016 11:19 AM (XkxK0)

    215 How can you afford the data? I'm serious. There has to be something I'm missing. On a grandfathered no limit data plan or what?

    Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet

    on a cabled connection, like xfinity or Verizon, there is no data limit. You pick the speed you want in mbs at that's the limit. I have had four tvs streaming, one laptop downloading, and two internet connected phones running simultaneously. On a 25 mps connection. Cost? About 80.00 per month.

    Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative at August 20, 2016 11:21 AM (ZnIt3)

    216 Dumping paperwork in a dumpster is a well worn public employee trick. We had a clerk who was always caught up with his work...great news, until someone caught him filling up his briefcase with papers, then dumping them in the dumpster on the way to his car.

    Posted by: PJ at August 20, 2016 11:33 AM (cHuNI)

    217 On the subject of homoeroticism in "Ben-Hur", there is a scene in the book and I believe the 1959 film where Masala tells Judah that he is his "Ganymede."

    There it is. They were catamites.



    Maybe Masala wanted Judah, but I don't think Judah wanted Masala.


    Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 20, 2016 11:33 AM (4+VII)

    218 I'm in NC and today I have already seen two great Trump ads on the morning shows

    Posted by: tmitsss at August 20, 2016 11:40 AM (3LAYT)

    219 This just came over my Twitter:

    USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times 8/20/16

    TRUMP 44.2%
    CLINTON 43.6%

    Posted by: FireHorse at August 20, 2016 11:52 AM (tWpnH)

    220 159 With luck there is a mini ice age coming, I don't like the cold just want to shut up the global warming idiots.

    http://bit.ly/LeonaMarshall

    Posted by: tmitsss at August 20, 2016 11:59 AM (3LAYT)

    221 I can has Flaming Skull? Reason I was initially drawn to this site. Bonus: Flaming Skulls are gender neutral. MOAR FLAMING SKULLZ!!

    Posted by: Michael Aldridge at August 20, 2016 02:49 PM (zB+GF)

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