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Overnight Open Thread (1 Jul 2017)

On July 1st, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began.

Port O Potty Attack!


In Russia, portable toilets attack you!
h/t tmi3rd

Russia

So the same folks in the tech industry that go ape shit over any contact between Russia and Trump officials fight to keep ties to Russia spy service. WTF?

Happy Birthday Canada

H-Bombs In Space

A very scary light show: exploding H-Bombs in space.
h/t Maggies Farm

Impeachment

I'm surprised it's only 25 Democrats. House Dems back bill to impeach trump based on Twitter posts. Good luck with that.

Ironically, as WarNewsUpdates points out, this is how the Kremlin took care of "troublesome" members.

Snowbirds

Facebook

I don't think so Zuckerberg. Facebook can fill the role played by Churches.

Identity Intel Ops

"Identity Intel Ops" turn US Special Operators into combat detectives. Pretty cool read.

Unprofessional

This looks absolutely ridiculous and does not imply professional behavior. FBI employees support sacked director by wearing 'Comey is my homey' T-shirts to bureau's Family Day.

Cat Video

NSFW!

Tonight's ONT brought to you by 1st Sony Walkman released on this day in 1979:

Top image via.

Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to the cob of your choice or CDR M. Otherwise send tips to Ace.

Posted by: CDR M at 11:00 PM




Comments

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1 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:50 PM (IcT7t)

2 Corgis called.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:50 PM (IcT7t)

3 About time.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 01, 2017 10:51 PM (t6XCL)

4 Ah, so much room. I'll grab the good sofa.

Posted by: Splunge at July 01, 2017 10:51 PM (iMxBJ)

5 on little CAT feet

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 10:52 PM (6Xf+s)

6 I am not a Corgi, I am a free man!!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 10:52 PM (S6Pax)

7 I'm related to the Hero of Gettysburg, John L. Burns. He was married to my great great great (?) grandaunt Cecelia.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 10:52 PM (Id9+8)

8 rd!

Posted by: David, Internet Deplorable at July 01, 2017 10:53 PM (5Rqpb)

9 9?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 10:53 PM (Id9+8)

10 We have Slapweasel to thank for the change in ONT posting times, IMO.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 10:54 PM (I16G8)

11 See kids, that's what grandpa had for an iPod.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (17QyB)

12
AL East W L PCT GB L10 STRK
BOS 46 35 .568 - 6-4 W3
NYY 43 36 .544 2.0 4-6 L1

(Hope the spacing format holds up)

Posted by: Go, BoSox! at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (QX0Xt)

13 Is today 150 years of Canada? They're pretty low key about that, if true. Which would fit, I guess.

Posted by: Splunge at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (iMxBJ)

14 I was late due to taking my daughter to the ER for an ear infection.

Posted by: CDR M at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (9I51B)

15 We have Slapweasel to thank for the change in ONT posting times, IMO.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 10:54 PM (I16G

Oh sure, blame Slap! Is he the new scapegoat of teh Horde?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (Id9+8)

16 Evening all.

Ben Had, SMFH and I say hello from Central Texas.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (6a/Ng)

17 I was walking through a Mexican market today when some guy offered me two dollars for my African shirt. No way I'm exposing my moobs for only two dollars.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (TisfY)

18 Corgis called.


Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:50 PM (IcT7t)



Hope that 1st Cat Pic doesn't have a Corgi in there waiting on the coals.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


Posted by: Jim at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (v5iqM)

19 That Walkman picture looks like Ashton Kucher, roller-skating with his high-school girlfriend, who resembles Demi Moore, which explains a lot of what happened later.

Posted by: Splunge at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (iMxBJ)

20 oh wow, sorry to hear your daughter's got an ear infection. those can be quite painful!

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (6Xf+s)

21 Ben Had, SMFH and I say hello from Central Texas.

You guys rock! You know that, right?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:57 PM (IcT7t)

22 How about shoutout to one of our favorite Canadians, William Shatner?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2017 10:58 PM (DMUuz)

23 Oh, and thanks for the Caturday Night Post, CDR M! Cats are people, too.

Posted by: Go, BoSox! at July 01, 2017 10:58 PM (QX0Xt)

24 Hope that 1st Cat Pic doesn't have a Corgi in there waiting on the coals.

Cats do like to hop on top of heat sources, so it can't be ruled out.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:58 PM (IcT7t)

25 QX0Xt)

13 Is today 150 years of Canada? They're pretty low key about that, if true. Which would fit, I guess.
Posted by: Splunge at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (iMxBJ

Doesn't seem low-key to.me but then I'm Canadian so my definition of low key might different than yours.

Say Cthulthu isn't lurking in the shadows around here, is he?

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (TisfY)

26 True story:

I was standing in the visitor's center at Gettysburg a while back and thought "Hmmmm, I wonder why nobody in the Civil War had guys who used longbows - given the range and lethality and rate of fire? I mean, not a lot of guys, but some.

Where could I ask this question and not be thought a fool.

A smart military blog.

That's where.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (uBKPR)

27 Yankees suck it tonight, bullpen blows a 6-3 lead in the 8th and they lose to the Astros 7-6.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (Or0c2)

28 That tortoise/cat thing is hilarious.

Posted by: Dr Alice at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (LaT54)

29 I was late due to taking my daughter to the ER for an ear infection.

Posted by: CDR M at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (9I51B)

Well, I hope you sent her to bed without dinner. This is a serious infraction.
Just kidding, CBD. I hope she's OK.
Just a few hours ago, I got a call from my college roomie. She'd just gotten back from the ER where her daughter was.
Constant additions to the prayer list, including spawn of CBD.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (Id9+8)

30 top 10?

Posted by: bill-o at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (b7p1b)

31 I was late due to taking my daughter to the ER for an ear infection.
Posted by: CDR M

Is she ok? Was she in pain?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (S6Pax)

32 Ben Had, SMFH and I say hello from Central Texas.

You guys rock! You know that, right?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 10:57 PM (IcT7t)

Thanks buddy! Wanna join our threesome?

Posted by: Country Boy at July 01, 2017 10:59 PM (6a/Ng)

33
Grabs a seat in the corner, refreshes drink.



Waits to be entertained.












waits.











waits.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:00 PM (mvenn)

34 Oh sure, blame Slap! Is he the new scapegoat of teh Horde?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 10:56 PM (Id9+

=======

I forgot to put in a wink. No problems with Slapweasel here. My bad.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:00 PM (I16G8)

35 Her Majesty and I were at the Astros game. Fans were almost all white or Hispanic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (Or0c2)

36 Good evening.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (mknWS)

37 Here we are now
entertain us.




*snoopy dances over on the side of the room*

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (6Xf+s)

38 Explody goodness is explody and good

Posted by: The Explody Hat at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (vBeA5)

39 The Walkman was revolutionary.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (dpZsE)

40 Her Majesty and I were at the Astros game. Fans were almost all white or Hispanic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:01

Any white Hispanics?

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (TisfY)

41 shouldn't hvea read the content...

Posted by: bill-o at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (b7p1b)

42 Yankees suck it tonight, bullpen blows a 6-3 lead in the 8th and they lose to the Astros 7-6.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The Astros are a pretty good team. Best record in baseball.

Yankees? Let's have the umpteenth article about Judge.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (S6Pax)

43 Willowed from the last thread.

Some folks were talking Beatles.

I don't have much of an opinion on the Beatles per se, but they're songs can tend to be overrated. It was a pop band. They did pop. They did really good pop and were very experimental, but they were pop.

It was mentioned above that many are resentful and personally I think that has to do around the cult of personality that developed around the band and that there is only one right and correct opinion to be had about them. (As an aside, they don't get a lot of radio play cuz the fucking royalties are sky high.)

Take any other stupidly influential band like Zepplin, Sabbath or fucking Rush and people will have their opinions. *Their* opinions. Honest opinions, not the opinions they're supposed to have. Those three bands are probably just as influential as The Beatles (I'd argue Sabbath a little more so) but those three also get tons more play on modern active and classic rock stations. Also, none of the members of those bands have achieved the level of dick sucking adoration from critics like the Beatles (although Neil Peart might be worshipped as the second coming of Christ).

The Beatles have left their mark on pop and rock. Tons of old timers cite them as influences. Lemmy Kilmister called them the greatest rock band ever. Hey, if they're good enough for Lemmy that's good enough for me. But the fucking mindless worship has to stop. They were a band, they wrote songs. Good songs, they did some shit songs, Abbey Road was really good, but people need to stop chugging their cocks.

Posted by: Robert, leaving a shot of bourbon and some rotisserie in front of Neil Peart's portrait at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (mknWS)

44 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (ycWCI)

45 Top 40?

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (e9G8E)

46 Evening 'Rons and 'Ettes.

Muldoon, I can't sing or dance, but I can plug in a CD.

What do you want to hear, Led Zeppelin or ZZ Top?

Posted by: ALH at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (R8uhK)

47 Thumbs up for the snowbirds.

Posted by: Florian Japheth at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (m9X4Y)

48 Thanks buddy! Wanna join our threesome?

Unfortunately, not possible for two logistical reasons:

1. Intestinal virus I thought I'd beat came back with a vengeance today.

2. I'm in Arizona.

So I am afraid I must decline your kind and generous offer at this time. Thank you very much for the invitation.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (IcT7t)

49 Fans were almost all white or Hispanic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (Or0c2)

Only tragedy can result when these two groups mix. Pray for us all.

Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (mknWS)

50 CDR M, I can't decide what made me laugh more, Ozzy Man, or How to be a Canadian. Good job.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (+lVUW)

51 Is there supposed to be video at that Starfish Prime link? Didn't see one, just heard the "NPR voice".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (XUcIQ)

52 They were a band, they wrote songs. Good songs, they did some shit songs, Abbey Road was really good, but people need to stop chugging their cocks.
Posted by: Robert


I am not a cock chugger, I am a free man!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (S6Pax)

53 39 The Walkman was revolutionary.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (dpZsE)


It's what *made* Sony in the states. They had the best stuff, for a while. Now it's all low-quality crap.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (17QyB)

54 Lots of ERs today it seems. My B-I-L was in the ER with heat exhaustion, but they held him a while to screen for heart attack. It turned out okay, he's home doing fine.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (mvenn)

55 Nice caboose on the Walkman girl.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:05 PM (0mRoj)

56 Wisdom must be earned.

We earn wisdom through experience.

Experience is trial and especially error.

Wisdom is learning "won't do that again!"

To keep getting wiser, one must keep making new mistakes.

It's a Shroedinger's Moebius tesseract of a quantum linked singularity.

Posted by: Guru Radd Dadd Upanishadd (Smythe) at July 01, 2017 11:05 PM (hGZJP)

57 What do you want to hear, Led Zeppelin or ZZ Top?

Posted by: ALH


*****

Anything with a Z in the name is fine.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:06 PM (mvenn)

58 Ozzy Man clip is hilarious as always.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:06 PM (0mRoj)

59 Happy-ish 1st of July, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challenged Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (AoK0a)

60 The Beatles have left their mark on pop and rock. Tons of old timers cite them as influences. Lemmy Kilmister called them the greatest rock band ever. Hey, if they're good enough for Lemmy that's good enough for me. But the fucking mindless worship has to stop. They were a band, they wrote songs. Good songs, they did some shit songs, Abbey Road was really good, but people need to stop chugging their cocks.

Posted by: Robert, leaving a shot of bourbon and some rotisserie in front of Neil Peart's portrait at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (mknWS)

Yeah, but lemmy was old. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (aMlLZ)

61 45 Top 40?

***

This makes me smile.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (mvenn)

62 "Yankees? Let's have the umpteenth article about Judge."

And Derek Jeter! Who's now retired, but let that not stop the media from slobbering all over him still.

It's not that I hate the Yankees as ballplayers or even as a collective. What I hate is Yankeedom. And the asshole announcer who says, "See ya!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:08 PM (Or0c2)

63 Thanks CDR-M for the tasty and nutritious OOT.


Overnight
Open
Thread

=

OOT!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:08 PM (mvenn)

64
Is there supposed to be video at that Starfish Prime link? Didn't see one, just heard the "NPR voice".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM


I had video

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2017 11:08 PM (IqV8l)

65 Yeah, but lemmy was old. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (aMlLZ)

Lemmy could rock the panties off a bus full of Catholic school cheerleaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4csPdP174

Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (mknWS)

66 56 It's a Shroedinger's Moebius tesseract of a quantum linked singularity.
Posted by: Guru Radd Dadd Upanishadd (Smythe) at July 01, 2017 11:05 PM (hGZJP)


I was told that there would be no Quantum-L'Engle on the ONT.

Posted by: Splunge at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (iMxBJ)

67 Any white Hispanics?
Posted by: Northernlurker


That only matters if one of them kills a black kid.

Posted by: SJW Media at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (+lVUW)

68 Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (sdi6R)

69 See kids, that's what grandpa had for an iPod.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (17QyB)


Hey!

And the greatest invention for the 1st generation Walkman was the 3 D-Cell adapter that meant you didn't run your AA's flat in 45 minutes of continuous play

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2017 11:10 PM (mkDpn)

70 Happy-ish 1st of July, all y'all ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challenged Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (AoK0a)

MYANMAR SHAVE!!!!!

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:10 PM (mknWS)

71 President Trump today at the Celebrate Freedom Rally.

"Our rights are given to us by God and no earthly force can ever take those rights away."

Thank you Mr. President.

Posted by: teej at July 01, 2017 11:10 PM (oaepv)

72 The more ya drill down, Lennon was an asshat, and stopped writing tuneful tunes & rock and roll about 1966

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:10 PM (GXwGP)

73 I forgot to put in a wink. No problems with Slapweasel here. My bad.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:00 PM (I16G

I forgive you, GOULD. Slap is one of my favorite posters here. I know it gets on some people's tits that he dominates on firsts, but he's also a prayer warrior for teh Horde, which counts for a hell of a lot more.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 11:11 PM (Id9+8)

74 Muldoon, hope you came prepared with a limerick.

Something Jazzy!

Posted by: ALH at July 01, 2017 11:11 PM (R8uhK)

75 I am not a cock chugger, I am a free man!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (S6Pax)

You are number six...ty nine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7LH__BPqSY

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:12 PM (mknWS)

76 72 The more ya drill down, Lennon was an asshat, and stopped writing tuneful tunes & rock and roll about 1966
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:10 PM (GXwGP)


"Instant Karma" was a great song circa 1971.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:12 PM (sdi6R)

77 Let's have the umpteenth article about Judge.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 01, 2017 11:02 PM (S6Pax)

Biggest TV market in the country.

One of the greatest rookie seasons in MLB history.

Jealous? I'm sure the Reds have an equally good rookie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:12 PM (wYseH)

78 Employees were wearing Comey is my Homey t-shirts.

What were the agents wearing, I'm with Her shirts?

Posted by: irongrampa at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (S/hVx)

79 I kicked a clown in Reno! Just. to. watch. him. cryyyyy...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (e9G8E)

80 Harrison was not a particularly good guitarist, he seemed to struggle. The whole "cosmic" preachy sitar thing was pathetic, not a good vocalist. Falsetto in a scouse accent. And they did very few danceable tunes. McCartney was a musical genius, that's the deal.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (GXwGP)

81 Anything with a Z in the name is fine.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:06 PM (mvenn)


Zamfir? Jelena Rozga? Slawa Przyblska?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (mkDpn)

82 "I was standing in the visitor's center at Gettysburg a while back and
thought "Hmmmm, I wonder why nobody in the Civil War had guys who used
longbows - given the range and lethality and rate of fire? I mean, not a
lot of guys, but some.
"

No BANG and smoke. Much like why shooting guns is so much more fun than bows. And what soldier wants to be the bowman if guns are an option?

Posted by: X-ray at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (br7RH)

83 I can hear it in my head, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (sdi6R)

I shot a man in Reno for playing a song in my head.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (wYseH)

84 Lemmy could rock the panties off a bus full of Catholic school cheerleaders.

Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic


So could Steve Martin with his banjo ...

i.e. They weren't wearing any.

Posted by: Adriane the Costume Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (AoK0a)

85 "Our rights are given to us by God and no earthly force can ever take those rights away."

Thank you Mr. President.
Posted by: teej

Whenever I get a chance, I listen to him, because he just keeps on saying fantastic things like this.

Do you listen to his weekly address, teej?

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:14 PM (6Xf+s)

86 "Cockchugger"? Cockchugger?!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 11:14 PM (Id9+8)

87 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music was a terrific documentary about a guy who was a recording engineer/innovator - all around awesome guy.

It's the kind of documentary you start watching and then restart it half way through because it's about 150% better than you thought it would be.

Dowd was there through the 50s, 60s, and 70s on almost all the important American tracks.

Just an awesome documentary.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 01, 2017 11:14 PM (uBKPR)

88 The Beatles have left their mark on pop and rock. Tons of old timers cite them as influences. Lemmy Kilmister called them the greatest rock band ever. Hey, if they're good enough for Lemmy that's good enough for me. But the fucking mindless worship has to stop. They were a band, they wrote songs. Good songs, they did some shit songs, Abbey Road was really good, but people need to stop chugging their cocks.
---

Yeah, I just don't get the Beatles adoration.

I think it's one of those things that you're required to say that you like.

The musical equivalent of "of COURSE I've readNietzsche, he's brilliant."

Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs

Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

89 49 Fans were almost all white or Hispanic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (Or0c2)

Only tragedy can result when these two groups mix. Pray for us all.
Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (mknWS)

Lol - my children are white Hispanics too, prayer is always good.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (IDhUW)

90 See kids, that's what grandpa had for an iPod.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 01, 2017 10:55 PM (17QyB)

=======

"Books. They're like Ipads, just made out of trees."

Shamrlessly stolen from Jimmy Fallon, I think.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (I16G8)

91 Isn't it strange that wisdom usually means not doing anything?

Posted by: Last at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (8HiDF)

92
Anything with a Z in the name is fine.

Zardoz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (IqV8l)

93 The Beatles? Meh.

Posted by: The Rutles at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (q2aWg)

94 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

Honestly, the Beatles.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (0mRoj)

95 They weren't wearing any.
Posted by: Adriane the Costume Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:13 PM (AoK0a)

Well would you if you knew Lemmy was around? I mean, what would be the point?

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:16 PM (mknWS)

96 I forgive you, GOULD. Slap is one of my favorite posters here. I know it gets on some people's tits that he dominates on firsts, but he's also a prayer warrior for teh Horde, which counts for a hell of a lot more.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 11:11 PM (Id9+

=======

Just sent you an email.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:16 PM (I16G8)

97 Also... we sang America the Beautiful at the end of mass today.

It was really lovely, and full of references to God.

Liberals don't realize that the founding Fathers WANTED God to be part of America, just not a single national religion.

Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:16 PM (aT+Bx)

98 No BANG and smoke. Much like why shooting guns is so much more fun than bows. And what soldier wants to be the bowman if guns are an option?
---

Being able to shoot 6 aimed shots per minute would have its charms.

And, again, not saying 'they all should have had bows' - just a couple of special purpose platoons.

Sort of like the Elves at Helms Deep.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 01, 2017 11:17 PM (uBKPR)

99 53 39 The Walkman was revolutionary.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (dpZsE)

It's what *made* Sony in the states. They had the best stuff, for a while. Now it's all low-quality crap.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 01, 2017 11:04 PM (17QyB)

++++

I would say the Betamax, but why quibble. Sony was a great hardware company. But, then they decided they wanted to be a media/content company, and they have sucked ass ever since.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:17 PM (pvjTE)

100 Yankees suck it tonight, bullpen blows a 6-3 lead in the 8th and they lose to the Astros 7-6.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The Astros are a pretty good team. Best record in baseball.

Yankees? Let's have the umpteenth article about Judge.

===

Yes the Astros have good numbers at this time. But remember the New York Yankees are the MSM sports writers choice. The Yankees are Hillary's Team.

Posted by: Go, BoSox! at July 01, 2017 11:17 PM (QX0Xt)

101 I had video

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2017 11:08 PM (IqV8l)

Got it. I had to "allow" some other script to run besides NPR.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:17 PM (XUcIQ)

102 When the Beatles stuck to rock and roll they were pretty good, but like a lot of the successful bands, they could afford unlimited supplies of drugs. Oops. They peaked about '66 and their output after that was uneven. "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be" were both McCartney tunes. I can't think of any other Lennon tunes that came close to popular acclaim.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (GXwGP)

103 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs


Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

I'll take INXS, please!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (Id9+8)

104 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

C. 40's stars singing the Great American Songbook.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (ycWCI)

105 Lemmy could rock the panties off a bus full of Catholic school cheerleaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4csPdP174

Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (mknWS)


Yeah no doubt, I've seen him in action. Funny thing is he didn't even think motorhead was metal, he said they were a rock band, but with the metal hair. Funny guy.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (aMlLZ)

106 " Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though."

One of these?:

Sooner or Later God Will Cut You Down

Folsom Prison Blues

Burnin' Ring of Fire

Understand Your Man

His cover of Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (1aMQH)

107 That Canadian video has me drooling for some beer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (+lVUW)

108 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

C. Metallica catalog of songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUAdgt5Glk0

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (mknWS)

109 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
C. Motorhead

Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)


C.

Posted by: Lemmy is God at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (vBeA5)

110 Sort of like the Elves at Helms Deep.

Elvis was at Helms Deep?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (IcT7t)

111
Honestly, the Beatles.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM

I'm going to throw my vote in for the Stones.

Because.. the Beatles are, overall, pretty mellow. Sure, there's things like Helter Skelter and Revolution, but all of their early stuff seems to be about loooove.

I feel that the Stones would inspire me to fabricate a boat and get my @ss off the island asap.

Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (aT+Bx)

112 Wasn't "Ring of Fire" a song about what happens when one eats carrot chilli?

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (e9G8E)

113 If I were stranded on a desert island? The Stones.

Those songs would come to my emotional rescue.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 01, 2017 11:20 PM (uBKPR)

114 LOL.

BTW, I chose the Stones becuase they are contemporaries of the Beatles, and for many, were the anti-Beatles.

Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:20 PM (aT+Bx)

115 And, again, not saying 'they all should have had bows' - just a couple of special purpose platoons.

Sort of like the Elves at Helms Deep.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 01, 2017 11:17 PM (uBKPR)

I would think an archer, standing up to make a shot, would be a choice target for a sniper with a rifle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:20 PM (XUcIQ)

116 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs


Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)


Which ever one would burn brighter as a signal fire.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:20 PM (aMlLZ)

117 68 Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though.
Posted by: rickl



Wish I could help but I've been listening to Merle Haggard.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (pY+s4)

118 Muldoon, hope you came prepared with a limerick.

Something Jazzy!

*****


So I need a limerick that's jazzy
And I'd like to find something that's snazzy
But I've gotten so famous
Doing limericks as Seamus
I'm overwhelmed by the damn paparazzi!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (mvenn)

119 "Hmmmm, I wonder why nobody in the Civil War had guys who used longbows - given the range and lethality and rate of fire? I mean, not a lot of guys, but some.

Well, there was "Mad Jack" Churchill [no relation to Winston], who was a commando with the BEF in 1940 before the fall of France. Armed with a longbow as well as a Scottish broadsword, Churchill took out a German Feldwebel (staff sergeant) with a barbed arrow. He is the only British soldier known to have killed an enemy combatant during WWII with a longbow.

Posted by: Basement Cat at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (3C9q2)

120 Elvis was at Helms Deep?


Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (IcT7


That for some reason made me think of the phrase: "Ankle deep in sh#t, but head first."

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (mkDpn)

121 Happy-ish 1st of July, all y'all ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challenged Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:07 PM (AoK0a)

MYANMAR SHAVE!!!!!
Posted by: Robert


If it's Saturday night,
and you're hankering fer Burma Shave,
I suggest Suavecito Pomade,
And Rock-a-billy instead of a Rave ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (AoK0a)

122 Hi booknlass.
Sorry to say I don't. Do they post em at the White House dot gov site? Maybe I could start checking them out while I'm eating lunch at work.

@94- Insomniac
Agreed. And it's not even close.

Posted by: teej at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (oaepv)

123 Oh.

So it's like that?

Country Boy says he's having a threesome and the horde doesn't say boo?

*points to nick*

Posted by: SMFH at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (6a/Ng)

124 Yeah no doubt, I've seen him in action. Funny thing is he didn't even think motorhead was metal, he said they were a rock band, but with the metal hair. Funny guy.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (aMlLZ)

Lemmy was one of those guys that whatever he sez goes. They were just simply "the shit".

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

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (mknWS)

125 Happy Caturday, beloved Horde!

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (ZapPq)

126 68 Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (sdi6R)

++++

If you can remember any of the words, even just a line or two, plug them into google and they will tell you the name of the song.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (FUu/Z)

127 My son in law played a U=tube of Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails Cover for us the other night. I don't remember the name but it was good.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (mvenn)

128 A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

http://tinyurl.com/y92aokcz

Yeah, well, they were turning their lives around.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (Nwg0u)

129 I need some advice. My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the kitchen. Of course, husband is out of town, so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

130

Gutfeld ran something funny about this Mika and Joe stuff.

Back in 2007, Joe was doing a radio show and got to trash talking Fred Thompson and his wife, Jeri, saying she looked like she "worked the pole" or something like that.

But Trump's the pig, of course.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 01, 2017 11:24 PM (8O3HH)

131 July 1st, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, yeah, yeah, yeah, here it every year. I never get any respect, do I?

Posted by: The Battle of Vicksburg at July 01, 2017 11:24 PM (V2Yro)

132 C.
Posted by: Lemmy is God at July 01, 2017 11:19 PM (vBeA5)

*Wads up and tosses*

Posted by: Busload of virginal Catholic school girls at July 01, 2017 11:24 PM (mknWS)

133 Lennon beat his wife Cynthia, who was drop dead gorgeous, and picked up She Who Must Not Be Named. Started wearing a US Army surplus shirt with sergeant stripes, a dick move. Then wrote songs calling people "fvcking peasants" and as a multimillionaire, admonished us to imagine no posessions and all that rot. Total wanker in my book. Too much acid.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:25 PM (GXwGP)

134 "If I were stranded on a desert island? The Stones.

Those songs would come to my emotional rescue."

While you were waitin' on a friend?

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:25 PM (1aMQH)

135 Wish I could help but I've been listening to Merle Haggard.
Posted by: Puddleglum
--------

Could be worse, I've got Slim Whitman, yodeling.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:25 PM (OdK9v)

136 127 My son in law played a U=tube of Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails Cover for us the other night. I don't remember the name but it was good.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (mvenn)

++++

It was probably "Hurt".

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:25 PM (FUu/Z)

137 Thanks for the birthday wishes, eh!

Posted by: Asko at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (Gj9jK)

138 "My son in law played a U=tube of Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails Cover for us the other night. I don't remember the name but it was good."

Believe that'd be the song "Hurt".

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (1aMQH)

139 What else can I do?


*****

Nothing. It's un=possum=ble.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (mvenn)

140 Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Have you googled any possum recipes?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (GXwGP)

141 *Watches How to be a Canadian video*

I'm a pretty good Canadian, I have to say. Although I can't stand Kraft Dinner (Kraft Macaroni and Cheese). And I don't like beer.

Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (g5XeL)

142 Teej, yes, I subscribed to the whitehouse.gov and get the weekly addresses by email, but I also saw he posts them on his twitter feed.

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:26 PM (6Xf+s)

143 Greetings Horde!

Have you ever been out to eat once too often in a short period of time? I don't want to see food again for a loooong time...

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:27 PM (TdMsT)

144 129 I need some advice. My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the kitchen. Of course, husband is out of town, so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

++++

Are we talking about a live possum or a dead one?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:27 PM (FUu/Z)

145 What else can I do?

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

Do you have a piece of plywood?

Slide that under the basket, then pick the basket up by the plywood, and carry the whole thing outside.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (wYseH)

146 129 What else can I do?
Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)


Whooo. This sounds like a two-person job. Do you have a friend or neighbor you can call?

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (ZapPq)

147
127 My son in law played a U=tube of Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails Cover for us the other night. I don't remember the name but it was good.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (mvenn)


Hurt

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (EaVwv)

148 Tripping through some videos today of Mark Knopfler giving clinics on guitar and later in the day heard a Beatles tune in the truck. (Does it really matter which one?)

The Beatles guitar work seemed dreadful by comparison to my admittedly untrained ears.

Different genres and times sure, but still.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (tr2D7)

149 the possum is alive because it's making very angry noises under the baskets.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (HBU7W)

150 "Are we talking about a live possum or a dead one?"

or one just playin' possum?

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (1aMQH)

151 Possums are really pretty easy to deal with, although you don't want to get bit with those little sharp teeth. You might see if you can stamp your feet or scare him enough to play dead, they really will do that.

But if you can do it without freaking out, 2 or 3 big heavy towels, take the laundry basket off (they're slow), throw the towels on him, wrap him up as you scoop him up, and hustle him out the door. They're not near as dangerous as a raccoon.

(I get possums and raccoons in my driveway eating the catfood most every night, just fyi)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (V2Yro)

152 We actually did wear those clothes in 1979. One of my greatest grievances is that, when I had the body to wear good clothes, there weren't any. Now there's lots of stuff, and affordable, or if not, I have the money to buy it, but alas. Even if you're in shape, an older woman just can't wear some things.

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (vhW1R)

153 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

Honestly, the Beatles.


Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM

That's a tough one. Both bring something different. Does the Stones catalogue have to include all the shitty stuff since the late 70's?

Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:29 PM (lmIoG)

154
131 July 1st, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, yeah, yeah, yeah, here it every year. I never get any respect, do I?
Posted by: The Battle of Vicksburg at July 01, 2017 11:24 PM (V2Yro)


July 4. Wait for it...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 01, 2017 11:29 PM (EaVwv)

155 Plywood under the basket sounds like an idea.

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:29 PM (ZapPq)

156 If it's Saturday night,
and you're hankering fer Burma Shave,
I suggest Suavecito Pomade,
And Rock-a-billy instead of a Rave ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (AoK0a)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iwC-xI3mE

Posted by: Robert playing a Spanish Colonial at July 01, 2017 11:30 PM (mknWS)

157 117 68 Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though.
Posted by: rickl


Go to itunes or youtube, type in johnny cash and listen to some. That happens to me sometimes and that is what I do.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 01, 2017 11:30 PM (+lVUW)

158 88
Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)


C. Dylan catalog of songs. Duh.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (sdi6R)

159 an older woman just can't wear some things.

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (vhW1R)

Assless chaps never go out of style.

Just sayin'.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (wYseH)

160 Dang, I'm thinking of a Johnny Cash song I'd like to link, but I can't think of the name. I can hear it in my head, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:09 PM (sdi6R)

++++

If you can remember any of the words, even just a line or two, plug them into google and they will tell you the name of the song.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Or just spend the rest of the night poking around on YouTube listening to him play, that and a tall glass of bourbon would make a decent evening

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (9TU00)

161 Sort of like the Elves at Helms Deep.

Elvis was at Helms Deep?

-
He was all shook up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (Nwg0u)

162 149 the possum is alive because it's making very angry noises under the baskets.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM (HBU7W)

++++

Job 1 is to discipline the dog for not killing the wild animal before presenting it to you. Bad dog!

Job 2 is to get your gun and do what the dog should have done. No gun? Call a friend or relative who has one.


Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (pvjTE)

163 Hey, tmi3rd, how are the storms going?
Schools out for summer?

Posted by: gNewt at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (zy+gb)

164 Thanks booknlass.
I'm on an email list but it's just some kind of daily schedule thing.
I'll have to get over to dot gov and sign up for the one you're talking about.

Posted by: teej at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (oaepv)

165 Country Boy says he's having a threesome and the horde doesn't say boo?

I did say it was the kinkiest offer I'd had all day.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (IcT7t)

166 "ort of like the Elves at Helms Deep.

Elvis was at Helms Deep?

-
He was all shook up."

Oh, don't be cruel.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (1aMQH)

167
July 1st, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, yeah, yeah, yeah, here it every year. I never get any respect, do I?
Posted by: The Battle of Vicksburg


Or the battle of Hamburg.

Posted by: Five Guys at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (IqV8l)

168 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)


Oh--"B" for sure!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (TdMsT)

169 Lemmy was one of those guys that whatever he sez goes. They were just simply "the shit".

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

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (mknWS)


He was a pretty cool dude in real life. I remember once a younger dude came up to him and told him he used to have to hide his motorhead records in the album sleeves of some faggt pop stuff so his parents wouldn't find them. The kid was embarrassed telling lemmy this. Lemmy picks his glass up, raises it up and says "that's ok, you got to keep the records didn't you?" It was like the kid got the pope's blessing. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (aMlLZ)

170 I need some advice. My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the kitchen. Of course, husband is out of town, so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

Open the kitchen door. Scoot the laundry baskets to the open door, so they block the doorway as much as possible. Tilt up the outside edge of the baskets so Br'er Possum can escape out the door. If it's playing possum, administer a kick to the basket.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (XUcIQ)

171 Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?
Posted by: Abby


Gloves and pitch the whole thing into the yard. It'll survive the toss.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2017 11:32 PM (udajc)

172 C. Dylan catalog of songs. Duh.

BUT WITH ANYONE ELSE SINGING IT!!!

Otherwise it's going right into the ocean.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:33 PM (V2Yro)

173 D - Weird Al boxed set

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:33 PM (9TU00)

174 July 1st, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, yeah, yeah, yeah, here it every year. I never get any respect, do I?
Posted by: The Battle of Vicksburg at July 01, 2017 11:24 PM (V2Yro)

July 4. Wait for it...

-
The Vicksburhians didn't celebrate the 4th again until WWII.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 01, 2017 11:33 PM (Nwg0u)

175 Variation on plywood solution: work the edge of an old bed sheet under the basket and then gather the ends together tightly over the top of the basket and lift the whole shebang up and transport outside.

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:34 PM (ZapPq)

176 My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the
kitchen.

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

You could just wait for tomorrow afternoon's Food Thread!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:34 PM (wYseH)

177 Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?
Posted by: Abby

Call Paolo, turn on web cam, get a glass of wine

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:34 PM (9TU00)

178 127 My son in law played a U=tube of Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails Cover for us the other night. I don't remember the name but it was good.

Hurt. He was nominated for a grammy for that, which was cool, because it was near the end of his life. I'm a big Cash fan and it was nice to see him get that kind of acclaim.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 01, 2017 11:34 PM (+lVUW)

179 I need some advice. My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the kitchen. Of course, husband is out of town, so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?
Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

https://www.ice.gov/contact/ero

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2017 11:35 PM (mknWS)

180 Not to worry, everyone! They may wear "comey is my homey" on their sleeve, but we've been assured that these are hard-working, honorable men and women who aren't interested in office politics and only want to focus on their cases and catching criminals. They absolutely have no ulterior motives at work, so be sure to never impugn them, it was all the work of their boss, no one else.

They have no choice but to do this or else their pensions may be in jeopardy. You wouldn't want their poor families to be living on the streets, would you?

Posted by: Sjg at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (gDSJf)

181 Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Just slide the laundry basket container and it to the open door and kick the basket and contents outside (remove the vacuum cleaner first, optionally).

Slam the doorand get a beer out of the fridge.

Posted by: Fearless Opossum Extractors! at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (iLoHX)

182 Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:34 PM (ZapPq)

One of the things that irritates the shit out of me about this place is that someone will invariably have a smarter answer than mine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (wYseH)

183 87 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music was a terrific documentary about a guy who was a recording engineer/innovator - all around awesome guy.

Dowd was there through the 50s, 60s, and 70s on almost all the important American tracks.
Posted by: BumperStickerist

I thought so too, really liked it. especially the part about Duane and Eric on Layla. Is that the documentary you're talking about?

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (6Xf+s)

184 176 My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the
kitchen.

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)

Squirt a healthy amount of charcoal starter under the basket. Light on fire.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (0mRoj)

185 howdy all. how is everyone this fine evening?

Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (UDn+n)

186 Job 2 is to get your gun and do what the dog should have done. No gun? Call a friend or relative who has one.


Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (pvjTE)


Nononono!!! That poor possum is probably just looking for its mother!

Gently slide the box as close to the door as possible. Prop the door open. Get an old sheet and and anchor it in a semi circle behind the box so the possum has nowhere to go but outside. Release possum and pray. Hard.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (TdMsT)

187 I'm sitting on the love seat, and my 95 lb. meth lab bundle of love, a Lab/Mastiff 4 y/o mix is trying to burrow under my ass due to some local fireworks going off.

Gonna be a long weekend at this rate.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:37 PM (Lw1Ru)

188 Johnny Cash Cover: "Hurt"

fantastic performance.

https://tinyurl.com/mg8z352

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:37 PM (V2Yro)

189 evening?
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (UDn+n)


Hey!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:37 PM (TdMsT)

190 Country Boy says he's having a threesome and the horde doesn't say boo?

I did say it was the kinkiest offer I'd had all day.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (IcT7t)

Well get your ass over here.

Ignore SMFH at your own risk peeps.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 01, 2017 11:37 PM (6a/Ng)

191 Pfftt... Snowbirds. Ever been to one of their shows? Announcer is full of PC bullshit - at least 5 references to climate change last show I saw. Not surprising - flying f'ing 1961 era CT-114s trainers. They can fly those little toys real nice tho.

Posted by: Muns at July 01, 2017 11:37 PM (fO+6C)

192

C. Dylan catalog of songs. Duh.

BUT WITH ANYONE ELSE SINGING IT!!!

Otherwise it's going right into the ocean.


Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:33 PM



LOL... you're so bad. Who did the best Dylan cover?.... In my opinion it's Link Wray. No contest... yeah and I'm looking at you zombie Hendrix.

Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (lmIoG)

193 182
One of the things that irritates the shit out of my about this place is that someone will invariably have a smarter answer than mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (wYseH)


I liked your answer. That's what inspired the bed sheet version.

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (ZapPq)

194 I was standing in the visitor's center at Gettysburg a while back and
thought "Hmmmm, I wonder why nobody in the Civil War had guys who used
longbows -- given the range and lethality and rate of fire? I mean, not a
lot of guys, but some.

After Waterloo a British officer suggested the same. (I've forgotten the incident where he thought they'd have been useful. It's reported in David Howarth's Waterloo: A Near Run Thing. Maybe the later massive French cavalry charges where they were mainly loitering around the squares with the squares reserving their fire?) But you can train a peasant or a townie how to use a flintlock musket (let alone a percussion cap weapon) to deadly effect in an afternoon; it takes years and constant training to make an effective combat bowman. And you could use a handful of real riflemen, contrasted with smoothbore use, for any required long-range fire regarding your afterthought.

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (nlbfN)

195 so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
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Do you have a garbage bag large enough to slip under (slowly) and cover the basket? Or, perhaps a large pillow case?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (OdK9v)

196 But Trump's the pig, of course.

-
More of a wild boar, I'd say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (Nwg0u)

197 Possums are kinda cute, except for that rat tail - don't hurt it! They really are pretty harmless.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:39 PM (V2Yro)

198 On a serious note, call the police non-emergency number - not 911, they will know the on call number for animal control.

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:39 PM (9TU00)

199 That's what inspired the bed sheet version.

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (ZapPq)

You are very sweet.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:39 PM (wYseH)

200 Fans were almost all white or Hispanic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2017 11:01 PM (Or0c2)

Only tragedy can result when these two groups mix. Pray for us all.

Posted by: Robert, ONT's resident white hispanic at July 01, 2017 11:03 PM (mknWS)
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Or an ideological convergence.

Posted by: gNewt at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (zy+gb)

201 I have my husband's motorcycle gauntlets and leather jacket but the thing is making hissing and very angry sounds. I think I am going to throw a blanket over the entire mess and put a chair over that and call it. It can wait for my husband to come home or I will call my brother or son in law in the morning, but they're not much better than I am.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (HBU7W)

202 Possums eat ticks. You can transport him to my yard

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (9TU00)

203 Robert playing a Spanish Colonial at July 01, 2017 11:30 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhw1XMBDx80

Rev. Horton Heat

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (AoK0a)

204 199.

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (ZapPq)

205 I can't imagine someone just letting a perfectly good, live (fresh!) possum go... Good possum, bad possum -- it's all good eats!

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:41 PM (e9G8E)

206 Don't possums shit themselves and vomit when they're cornered?

Posted by: NCKate at July 01, 2017 11:41 PM (dGSft)

207 Driving the mail route out in the country today, i watched a mama or papa skunk run across the road ahead of me about 100 yards, followed by a couple babies.

I also ran over a bird!

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:41 PM (6Xf+s)

208 Mmm. Hamburg.

Posted by: homer simpson at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (nlbfN)

209 I'd been hard on my heart
Searchin' my soul
Tryin' to find a little truth
The things a man needs to know
I didn't find it in a book
Or a faded magazine
I found it in my daddy's old records
Oozing amphetamines

He was dressed in black
Walkin' that line
Tearing through life
On Tulsa time
He found his way
One hot night in June
Led by a voice as big as thunder
Slightly out of tune

Posted by: teej at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (oaepv)

210 "LOL... you're so bad. Who did the best Dylan cover?.... In my opinion it's Link Wray. No contest... yeah and I'm looking at you zombie Hendrix."

Eh...I liked all the covers the Byrds did. Mr. Tambourine Man, and so on.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, still a Tigers fan at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (1aMQH)

211 And possum is not nearly as greasy or gamey as quokka...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (e9G8E)

212 My greatest fear is hubby won't be home when something like that happens. I had a barely alive mouse in my office one morning and had to get an outside guy to come in and help me. Don't know what I'd do with a possum in the house. OTOH my first husband brought home a pair of possum puppies? Kits? I don't know what they're called but he's my EX husband.

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (vhW1R)

213 Possums are kinda cute, except for that rat tail - don't hurt it! They really are pretty harmless.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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They also very short life spans, two years. I feel rather sorry for them. Nature's garbagemen, and no one is grateful. Poor critters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (OdK9v)

214 Abby has met the enemy and it is us.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (mvenn)

215 Best Dylan Cover - so many choices, so many different styles!

2 come to mind - "Wheels on Fire", as performed by Julie Driscoll for the AbFab theme song, and Bear McCreary, "All Along the Watchtower".

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:42 PM (V2Yro)

216 Jean if you want to come by to pick him up, you're welcome to him. And you might take a large wiemaraner with you.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:43 PM (HBU7W)

217 Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 01, 2017 11:38 PM (nlbfN)

Clearly the answer is to use crossbows instead.

Posted by: Sjg at July 01, 2017 11:43 PM (gDSJf)

218 They're called joeys, which makes sense, since they're marsupials.

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (vhW1R)

219 CBD @ 182, this is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (QDnY+)

220 206 Don't possums shit themselves and vomit when they're cornered?
Posted by: NCKate at July 01, 2017 11:41 PM (dGSft)

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I heard they turn themselves inside out.

Wait. Maybe I'm thinking of sea cucumbers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (PXj2C)

221 Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881212140635525120

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881212262576533504

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881212408743604224

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881212545511682048

Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (AOrEZ)

222 Don't possums shit themselves and vomit when they're cornered?
Posted by: NCKate
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Only if they think they're about to be raped.

Actually, I never seen a possum do that, even when attacked by a dog.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (OdK9v)

223 I need some advice. My dog just brought in s full grown opossum and deposited him in the kitchen. Of course, husband is out of town, so I cover it with two laundry baskets and weighed it down with the vacum cleaner
Called husband and he said slide it out the door. Our kitchen has steps so I'm not sliding anything. I called animal control and got a recording telling me to call back between 9 and 5 min thru fri. What else can I do?

Posted by: Abby at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (HBU7W)



Bert's Possum Recipes:

http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/possum.htm



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (v5iqM)

224 July 1st is also the anniversary of the first day of the Somme Offensive. (And Memorial Day/ Remembrance Day in Newfoundland whose colonial regiment served there and at Gallipoli.)

Posted by: andycanuck #CNNisISIS at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (nlbfN)

225 One time some newfound friends and myself at a national park overlook spent the evening drinking and carousing, shooting off fireworks and, at their urging, me playing my extensive Bob Dylan tunes on cassette far into the night. A lot of the other campers were Not Happy and we got a visit the next morning from Ranger Rick, and a ticket, and worst of all, a lecture. Maybe it was Bob that pissed 'em off, I dunno.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (GXwGP)

226 Possum, it is said, rarely have rabies.

So get a broom, open the door, sweep the possum out the door.

Posted by: Florian Japheth at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (m9X4Y)

227 Good news, Canadians -- Hudson Bay is now only half covered with ice. Why, at this rate by August the whole thing will be ice free.

For a month.

*Happy Canada Day*

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (6jaju)

228 More Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881213144647028736

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881214637173346304

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881215670310100992

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881219475823108096

Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (AOrEZ)

229 Let me say this--

I cannot solve ANY of your problems. Not a one of them. Oh, yes, I can certainly sympathize, and empathize, and offer advice.

But I cannot bring your problems to a satisfactory close for you.

Believe it or not, this is an actual thing.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (MZcWR)

230 You can calm down an agitatated possum by massaging its neck.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (PXj2C)

231 "206 Don't possums shit themselves and vomit when they're cornered?"

That sounds more like Armadillos. Armadillos are nasty, nasty little creatures. I knew guys in high school who thought it was fun to catch one and throw it in the bed of a pick up truck. Yeah, if you think a pickup bed full of the nastiest shit you ever smelled in your life is fun, go for it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (V2Yro)

232 Job 1 is to discipline the dog for not killing the wild animal before presenting it to you. Bad dog!
But it stopped movin'! Honest!

Posted by: abby's dog at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (nlbfN)

233

Link Wray- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1979)


https://youtu.be/-kbhlSvBNiE

Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (lmIoG)

234 Do people actually eat these critters? I guess if people eat bugs they will eat possum. UGH!

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (HBU7W)

235 CBD @ 182, this is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 01, 2017 11:44 PM (QDnY+)

I wish it was just one commenter.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:47 PM (wYseH)

236 Even More Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881220519575552001

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881221050364813313

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881222628161314816

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/881223300088815616

Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2017 11:47 PM (AOrEZ)

237 Possum stew, roast possum, possum gravvy, possum fritters, possum pie...

Posted by: Possum Recipies! at July 01, 2017 11:47 PM (iLoHX)

238 Driving the mail route out in the country today, i watched a mama or papa skunk run across the road ahead of me about 100 yards, followed by a couple babies.

I also ran over a bird!

Posted by: booknlass at July 01, 2017 11:41 PM (6Xf+s)

I saw a badger run across the road in front of my car this afternoon. It slithered low to the ground, and sort of rippled as it moved. Fast, too. It went into a culvert in the ditch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:47 PM (XUcIQ)

239 So get a broom, open the door, sweep the possum out the door.


*****


But don't expose your jugular vein, 'cause those suckers can jump quicker than lightning and if they clamp down on your neck you are a goner.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:47 PM (mvenn)

240 I cannot solve ANY of your problems. Not a one of

Believe it or not, this is an actual thing.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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So, I can forget about that bag of money I've been expecting you to send?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:48 PM (OdK9v)

241 Possum, it is said, rarely have rabies.

Posted by: Florian Japheth at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (m9X4Y)

Yes, but they have leprosy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:48 PM (wYseH)

242
Wray's cover not only rocks as hard as a granite quarry... it's apocalyptic.

Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:48 PM (lmIoG)

243 I believe you need a large kettle to cook possum. At least, that's what I remember from watching The Beverly Hillbillies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:48 PM (PXj2C)

244 Saw the Snowbirds a few years ago, at the Miramar show.

Don't recall any "climate change" idiocy. Jeebus. Tell me you're kidding, please!

One reason I remain resolutely pessimistic. Ludicrous, heavy-handed lysenkoism has been absorbed by so much of the population (though, notwithstanding some "surveys", overall, when given a clear concrete choice, Americans side with practicality and economic opportunity over pseudo-science activism).

Finally getting some early 4th festivities in the distance. Very different than the .50 cal and other automatic weapons fire sounds that sometimes drift over from the Marine range not far away.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 01, 2017 11:48 PM (QDnY+)

245 But don't expose your jugular vein, 'cause those suckers can jump quicker than lightning and if they clamp down on your neck you are a goner.
Posted by: Muldoon
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It's like a Great White going after a seal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:49 PM (OdK9v)

246 In Ireland they are called O'Possum

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:49 PM (mvenn)

247 181
Just slide the laundry basket container and it to the open door and kick the basket and contents outside (remove the vacuum cleaner first, optionally).

Slam the door and get a beer out of the fridge.
Posted by: Fearless Opossum Extractors! at July 01, 2017 11:36 PM (iLoHX)


That's pretty similar to my spider removal technique.

Posted by: rickl at July 01, 2017 11:49 PM (sdi6R)

248 The most tragic cases are the possums with Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (PXj2C)

249 Be very careful around 'dead' possums -- They frequently ain't.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (6jaju)

250 I cannot solve ANY of your problems. Not a one of them. Oh, yes, I can certainly sympathize, and empathize, and offer advice.

But I cannot bring your problems to a satisfactory close for you.

Believe it or not, this is an actual thing.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (MZcWR)

======

You have apparently never been married or are newly married. Just wait, it gets even better.

Posted by: GOULD at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (Lw1Ru)

251 Thanks Muldoon. The visuals will keep me up all night.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (HBU7W)

252 I believe you need a large kettle to cook possum. At least, that's what I remember from watching The Beverly Hillbillies.
Posted by: Cicero
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And yarbs, you need plenty of yarbs in the stew.

Posted by: Granny at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (OdK9v)

253 Yeah, I've been too harsh on the poor possums. They're just so creepy. Gah!

OT, has anyone else noticed a decline in skunk? Used to be whenever you'd go outside you would smell one, and now it's like a once a year thing. Where I am anyway. Maybe it's because we have lots of orchards here and they do lots of varmint protection?

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:50 PM (vhW1R)

254 If you throw a blanket over it, center it over him and - with your feet (shoes on) nudge him and pull blanket - hospital fold - under him. You've made a sack. Pick up the sack and take it outside. Hold the sack away from your body. It should continue to play possum while he's on his way.

It, he, she - it's all opossum.

Posted by: gNewt at July 01, 2017 11:51 PM (zy+gb)

255 The towels really work - we had a really mean cat once, used to cut her claws that way. Took two adults to hold her down while we did it, and man, she made worse monster noised than I've ever heard in any movie while we did it. But we had her wrapped up and immobilized.

That's one of the funny things about cats, they're not that big, but they know how to make the most godawful noises of any creature that's ever lived, I think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:52 PM (V2Yro)

256 We had a hedgehog with Lou Gehrig's disease.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:52 PM (TdMsT)

257 Anime amusement, MIQ singing the OP song 'Men of Destiny' from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust War while dressed like she is going to a Cowboy bar.

https://youtu.be/8RN633BskuY

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2017 11:52 PM (rXyHG)

258 123 *points to nick*
Posted by: SMFH at July 01, 2017 11:23 PM (6a/Ng)

hey girlie, how ya been? Coming to Vegas?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (hscyr)

259 So the dude who adopted my wife's half sister and half brother after my wife's father disappeared and the kids' mother died of cancer informed me that "they" have discovered that Jack the Ripper was really Sherlock Holmes.


I pointed out that Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character but I'm not sure he comprehended that.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (mvenn)

260 Do not tell me they carry leprosy. I will be bleaching everything now.

We also have lots of skunks around our house. I am sure it's the next thing my dog will be bringing home.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (HBU7W)

261 Link Wray- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1979)


https://youtu.be/-kbhlSvBNiE

Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (lmIoG)

Here's an awesome cover of that song by The Animals, 1976. I have the album, and it's a gooder:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmmSIMGm-E

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (XUcIQ)

262
Job 1 is to discipline the dog for not killing the wild animal before presenting it to you. Bad dog!

Job 2 is to get your gun and do what the dog should have done. No gun? Call a friend or relative who has one.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 01, 2017 11:31 PM (pvjTE)



Job 3 involves a mop, soapy water and cleaning cloths. Try bleach, lots of bleach. It's good practice by the way.

(Job 4 involves getting a contractor in to repair the linoleum)

Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (mkDpn)

263 Well get your ass over here.


16 hour drive when I've spent most of the last hour on the toilet. Sure.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (IcT7t)

264
Happy Possum Day !!!

https://youtu.be/NtSfeKxLyCk

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (IqV8l)

265 There is a difference between possums and opossums and we are usually wrong about these things, just like with yams and sweet potatoes.

Posted by: kalneva at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (vhW1R)

266 I'm a cookin' up a dandy. We's gone have gizzards smothered in gristle, stewed squirrel, dandelion greens smothered in possum gray, and coot cobbler.

Posted by: Granny Clampett at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (8O3HH)

267 Some people like their possum falling-off-the-bone tender, but I prefer mine to have a little fight left in it...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (e9G8E)

268 CBD, I keed, I keed! (of course)

So you're up late for a right coaster. Poring over gun stuff for a gun thread, or food stuff for a food thread?

I am kicking myself for failing to submit, in a timely manner, for the moron cookbook, a recipe for cooking bacon with a semi-auto rifle barrel. Not that I've done it, but it seems pretty simple. I think there's even a uTube video of Ted Cruz doing this at a range in TX.

Of course the only semi-autos I own, M1s of both sizes, really aren't suitable. The Garand of course has barely any exposed top metal, and the carbine has that teeny little barrel, and wimpish ammo that probably doesn't generate that much heat (have never checked).

In choosing components for my first AR build, maybe I should incorporate a bacon-cooking functionality?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (QDnY+)

269 "241 Possum, it is said, rarely have rabies.
Posted by: Florian Japheth at July 01, 2017 11:45 PM (m9X4Y)
Yes, but they have leprosy."

No, not Possums - once again, that's Armadillos! Like I said, Armadillos are just nasty, 6 ways from Sunday.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (V2Yro)

270 256 We had a hedgehog with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:52 PM (TdMsT)

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How sad. All you can do is make them comfortable.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (PXj2C)

271 I think Abby should her gun and just blast away at those laundry baskets and vacuum cleaner. Then send us a link to the mug shot tomorrow.

Posted by: Last at July 01, 2017 11:54 PM (8HiDF)

272
I saw a badger run across the road in front of my car this afternoon. It slithered low to the ground, and sort of rippled as it moved. Fast, too. It went into a culvert in the ditch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Natural sprinters

Posted by: Jean at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (9TU00)

273 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkofwx2liHM

How to offer a possum a strawberry ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (AoK0a)

274 *waves to SMFH*

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (rXyHG)

275 Spiders are the reason God invented those long tubes for the end of your vacuum cleaner hose rickl.

Posted by: teej at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (oaepv)

276 We had a hedgehog with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Okay...that's one of the sadder pet stories I've heard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (OdK9v)

277 Oh, and the reason possums aren't an easy meal for humans is they have stinky scent glands all throughout their flesh. If you don't carefully extract every last one, the meat is ruined. I'm talking dozens of these glands.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (6jaju)

278 72
The more ya drill down, Lennon was an asshat, and stopped writing tuneful tunes rock and roll about 1966

*****

Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" is the absolute worst song ever recorded. It gets played on the radio by burned out hippy DJs all the time. Even more, now that marijuana has been legalized.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks and his flaming boner of winning at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (WwFyb)

279 Dylan songs are hard to play. Not really technically, but to sound like the album cuts. It's a feel thing or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:56 PM (GXwGP)

280 I think "possum" is preferred over "opossum" in Commonwealth nations...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:56 PM (e9G8E)

281 277 Oh, and the reason possums aren't an easy meal for humans is they have stinky scent glands all throughout their flesh. If you don't carefully extract every last one, the meat is ruined. I'm talking dozens of these glands.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (6jaju)

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Man, this is making me hungry.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 01, 2017 11:56 PM (PXj2C)

282 In choosing components for my first AR build, maybe I should incorporate a bacon-cooking functionality?
Posted by: rhomboid
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It's much easier to do with the catalytic converter on your vehicle.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:58 PM (OdK9v)

283 Poor 'edge'og...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 01, 2017 11:58 PM (e9G8E)

284 Okay...that's one of the sadder pet stories I've heard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2017 11:55 PM (OdK9v)


I understand it's not uncommon in hedgehogs.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 01, 2017 11:58 PM (TdMsT)

285 Spiders and I have an agreement. I don't kill them, but they will be relocated.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:58 PM (GXwGP)

286 hey girlie, how ya been? Coming to Vegas?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM (hsc)

SMFH wants to know when.

Before November doesn't work for her.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 01, 2017 11:59 PM (6a/Ng)

287 I had to kill a spider today. It was terrible.

Posted by: gNewt at July 01, 2017 11:59 PM (zy+gb)

288 I would love to try the trick with the towels, but these critters really scare me. I don't want to get that close to it. I did think of shooting it, with all the fireworks going off in our neighborhood it would be just one more noise.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:59 PM (HBU7W)

289 Out hedgehog's name was "Penrod," from the Booth Tarkington books. Penrod was, as the kids say, totes adorbs.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (TdMsT)

290 Do not tell me they carry leprosy. I will be bleaching everything now.
===

No, not leprosy. Plague.

Posted by: Possum Recipies! at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (iLoHX)

291 Test

Posted by: MAGA at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (Tyk2V)

292 Coon is tasty. Chicken fried coon is best.

Posted by: gNewt at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (zy+gb)

293 abby at July 01, 2017 11:59 PM (HBU7W)

Is here an animal sanctuary nearby that you can call?

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (AoK0a)

294 We need a do-over for a second edition of the cookbook, because I would bet most of us don't use recipes, and can't refine our methods into words that would result in success for another cook. I have lots of good shit that I make, but transcribing it? I really don't even know how cookbook authors can do it. My mom is 78 now, and her bread methodology is going with her, because no matter how she tries to teach us, it doesn't work. Not the same, anyway.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (vhW1R)

295 I can't believe I actually googled Hedgehog Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (PXj2C)

296 sort of rippled as it moved. Fast, too. It went into a culvert in the ditch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

that's really an apt description, i can see it.

it's strange about the skunks. they were so far ahead, I assumed that's what they were, but they kinda rippled too.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (6Xf+s)

297 I had to kill a spider today. It was terrible.
Posted by: gNewt


Explaining all the blood on the walls to the cops can be awkward.

Hey everybody. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (eMKNe)

298 Keep your eye on illinois tomorrow. Scumbag traitor "republicans" gathering votes for a $5billion with a motherfccing B tax increase proposed by dems and RETROACTIVE 32% income tax increase to 1/1/17. Even if you dont live in the hell hole but want to give an asshat an angry call, please conatct Rep. Steve Andersson from Geneva IL. at (630) 286-7035.

The guy is a "republican" and if his cowardly actions dont sufficiently raise your ire, please google his speech about his stupid fucking purple tie. It may be the dumbest and most bloodboiling political speech youve ever heard.

Vote is at 2:00 so please call before that.

Posted by: Eli Cash at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (67sg6)

299 Anyone know of a group called DreamTheater?

Posted by: MAGA at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (Tyk2V)

300 If it's Elly Mae's cooter cobbler, I'm in, Granny!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (nlbfN)

301 285 Spiders and I have an agreement. I don't kill them, but they will be relocated.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2017 11:58 PM (GXwGP)


Spiders are relocated. Snakes, on the other hand, result in a "for sale" sign in the front yard.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (TdMsT)

302 In the war against rodents the score for this week stands at 2 chipmunks, 2 mice, 0 Muldoons! We're winning!

I'm using the tried and tested 5 gallon bucket half filled with water, a stiff wire across the top, an empty can on the wire with peanut butter meared on the outside of the can. A board ramp up to the top of the bucket.

Rodent jumps onto can to get peanut butter, can spins, rodent falls into water and drowns.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 12:02 AM (mvenn)

303
I have my husband's motorcycle gauntlets and leather jacket but the
thing is making hissing and very angry sounds. I think I am going to
throw a blanket over the entire mess and put a chair over that and call
it. It can wait for my husband to come home or I will call my brother or
son in law in the morning, but they're not much better than I am.

Posted by: abby at July 01, 2017 11:40 PM (HBU7W)

Abby, somehow a bat got into my house and I was pretty freaked out. My husband had passed away and I had to deal with it on my own.

So I calmed myself down and started using my brain. First I closed all of the doors in the hallway so it couldn't flap its way into another room. Then I did essentially what was suggested upthread - trapped it with a Tupperware container, then slipped the lid underneath. Then I carried it out front in the yard where the cat wouldn't get it, and flung it into the ivy.
You Can Do This. It's A Good Thing.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:02 AM (Id9+8)

304 Armadillos are seldom rabid, but often carry leprosy.

Armored Dildos, on the other hand, are not rabid nor leprosic, but are truly best left in the hands of trained professionals.

*break*



Someone mentioned a threesome with SMFH?

*closest thing I've had to a threesome*

*looks at both left and right hands at the same time*



/snrk!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2017 12:02 AM (v5iqM)

305 A lovely Canada Day ONT

Posted by: sinalco at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (yODqO)

306 Serpentine! Serpentine!

Posted by: a badger crossing a road at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (nlbfN)

307 it's strange about the skunks. they were so far ahead, I assumed that's what they were, but they kinda rippled too.

Posted by: booknlass
--------

Woodchucks do that do.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (kUfFq)

308 Here's an awesome cover of that song by The Animals, 1976. I have the album, and it's a gooder:


Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2017 11:53 PM


Ooooohhh... The Animals. They do rock.

Posted by: otho at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (lmIoG)

309 I pointed out that Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character but I'm not sure he comprehended that.

-
That makes it the perfect crime.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (Nwg0u)

310 We have the HUGGGGE Ohio State University Animal Center but they only work Monday thru Friday 9-5. I called and the recording said to leave a message and they would get back to me the next business day. I'm glad it wasn't a bear in my kitchen.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (HBU7W)

311 Woodchucks do that do.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
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Geeze, must be tired. Woodchucks do that too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (kUfFq)

312 @277, I watched an episode of Top Chef Masters where the guy didn't know about the glands in a whole hog that would render the whole thing funky and he lost. I didn't know that either.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (vhW1R)

313 "H-Bombs In Space

A very scary light show: exploding H-Bombs in space.
h/t Maggies Farm"

I agree. It should be done on the moon. In My Awesome Opinion.

Posted by: Rihar at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (+ao6J)

314 Oh, and the reason possums aren't an easy meal for humans is they have stinky scent glands all throughout their flesh. If you don't carefully extract every last one, the meat is ruined. I'm talking dozens of these glands.
Posted by: GnuBreed

Yes, just like groundhogs and raccons. Be very careful skinning and be sure to remove all these glands.

Posted by: Possum Recipies! at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (iLoHX)

315 Anyone know of a group called DreamTheater?

When I'm on the edge of sleep, they pull me under.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (IcT7t)

316
306 Serpentine! Serpentine!
Posted by: a badger crossing a road at July 02, 2017 12:03 AM (nlbfN)



Mushroom! Mushroom!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (TdMsT)

317 You know the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche, don't you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (XUcIQ)

318 Seamus, that must be a rather indelicate "clean up", though. Fishing a daid rodent out of a bucket of water? Do they squeal in their death throes?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (QDnY+)

319 Country Boy, September.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (hscyr)

320 I'm glad it wasn't a bear in my kitchen.

---------

All a bear asks for is respect. Respect and the contents of your pantry.

You'd be fine.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (PXj2C)

321 yeah that possom will probably play dead. just scoot him over to the door under the basket, then push the whole thing out the door. that's what i'd do. lol.

the weirdest thing is how they play dead.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (6Xf+s)

322 Rodent jumps onto can to get peanut butter, can spins, rodent falls into water and drowns.
Posted by: Muldoon


Rat traps are over in a split second.

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (AoK0a)

323 310 We have the HUGGGGE Ohio State University Animal Center but they only work Monday thru Friday 9-5. I called and the recording said to leave a message and they would get back to me the next business day. I'm glad it wasn't a bear in my kitchen.
Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:04 AM (HBU7W)


You're near OSU? I live in Clintonville.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (TdMsT)

324 Canada's having it's sesquicentennial. Yeah.

Posted by: gNewt at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (zy+gb)

325 AOP - Inside/outside

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (OdK9v)

326 290 No, not leprosy. Plague.
Posted by: Possum Recipies! at July 02, 2017 12:00 AM (i

Aren't they rabies factories too?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (hscyr)

327 You know the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche, don't you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

****


Do tell.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 12:06 AM (mvenn)

328 The propagation of the prompt radiation in space from an H-bomb has got to be glorious. Probably vastly increases the damage expectancy from any given radius.

Useful for smiting the aliens when their invasion fleet is in orbit.


Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:07 AM (QDnY+)

329 You know the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche, don't you?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (XUcIQ)

=======

I believe this on revolves around where the prick is.

Am I close?

Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 12:08 AM (Lw1Ru)

330 I've taken out bats with a tennis racket...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 02, 2017 12:08 AM (e9G8E)

331 You know the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche, don't you?





Something about the sticker price, I'm guessing.

Posted by: Florian Japheth at July 02, 2017 12:08 AM (m9X4Y)

332 That ain't a Porsche, Alberta Oil Peon; it's a Maserati!

Posted by: just the punchline at July 02, 2017 12:08 AM (nlbfN)

333 Hah! We smirk at your puny "H-Bombs," earthlings.

Posted by: The Aliens at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (PXj2C)

334 Rat traps are over in a split second.

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic


*****

I've tried rat traps, never got a catch.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (mvenn)

335 My hedgehog had Lou Grant's disease.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (IqV8l)

336 I believe this on revolves around where the prick is.

Am I close?

Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 12:08 AM (Lw1Ru)

The pricks are on the outside of porcupines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (XUcIQ)

337 Country Boy, September.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 02, 2017 12:05 AM (hscyr)

Ok well, as they say in the NFL, after further review, that might work.

Posted by: Country Boy at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (6a/Ng)

338 no, but i've wondered why the colonials didn't use archers during the revolutionary war. given the linear tactics and poor range of muskets, seems to me a few volleys of arrows at 100 yards would have had some effect.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (WTSFk)

339 Aren't they rabies factories too?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy


statistically speaking, no ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (AoK0a)

340 AOP - Inside/outside
Leave me alone
Inside, outside
Nowhere is home
Inside, outside
Where have I been?

Out of my brain on the 5:15

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (IcT7t)

341
One's a Nazi, and the rodent isn't.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (OdK9v)

342 We need a do-over for a second edition of the cookbook, because I would bet most of us don't use recipes, and can't refine our methods into words that would result in success for another cook. I have lots of good shit that I make, but transcribing it? I really don't even know how cookbook authors can do it. My mom is 78 now, and her bread methodology is going with her, because no matter how she tries to teach us, it doesn't work. Not the same, anyway.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (vhW1R)



I hope it makes into the cookbook, for exactly the above reasons.

I'd sent Bluebell a process by which to accurately capture ANY *throw together* recipe, be it Granny's or Elle May's, or anyone from Teh Horde.

It works. And you can reduce your best "bit of this, bit of that" cooking, into a defineable recipe, INCLUDING, tricks of process, technique and the ART of the cook.

Y'all be sure to encourage Bluebell to SOMEWHERE, (even in an afterword), to include this chapter.

Because many of you need to save Granny's finest efforts for posterity, pride and provenance.

It needs to be in the book. Please let her know this.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (v5iqM)

343 I've tried rat traps, never got a catch.
Posted by: Muldoon


Bait with peanut butter ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:10 AM (AoK0a)

344
Do you have a piece of plywood?

Slide that under the basket, then pick the basket up by the plywood, and carry the whole thing outside.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2017 11:28 PM
--

This is a good answer. I'd like you on the desert island with me.

Also.. WTF Abby, how are you not totally freaking out?

Once upon a time, we trapped a possum in our yard that had to be relocated and he was thrashing around the trap like he was in the WWF. Totally freaked my mom out, and this was a posusm. In a cage. Outside.

/kind of sure your husband owes you jewelry for making you deal with this on your own, and not calling his best male friend to take over.

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:10 AM (aT+Bx)

345 Her Majesty was out with Carmen and Aida the other evening when they cross pointed a possum inside the fence line. She leashed the girls and roused me out of bed to take care of the critter.

I got a shovel and kept tapping at it to keep it moving and, hissing and spitting all the way, it scuttled along the fence and out the gate.

"Playing possum" is actually an involuntary reaction, like fainting.

We wouldn't hurt a possum. Snakes are executed whether they're venomous or not. Sentence first, trial later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 12:11 AM (Or0c2)

346 Bait with peanut butter ...

Very funny.

Posted by: Toby the Beagle at July 02, 2017 12:11 AM (IcT7t)

347 That ain't a Porsche, Alberta Oil Peon; it's a Maserati!
Posted by: just the punchline


Hey America! If you liked our new four-door sedan for the whole family, you'll love our new lines of golf carts and pickup trucks!

Posted by: Maserati Marketing USA at July 02, 2017 12:11 AM (eMKNe)

348 sort of rippled as it moved. Fast, too. It went into a culvert in the ditch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

that's really an apt description, i can see it.
it's strange about the skunks. they were so far ahead, I assumed that's what they were, but they kinda rippled too.

Posted by: booknlass

Critters that ripple are generally members of the weasel family.

Possums are giant mutant marsupial rats.
As such they carry an especially virulent form of bubonic plague.

Posted by: Possum Recipies! at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (iLoHX)

349 I'm in Canal Winchester. The creatures are moving east, so we have all sorts of things run through our yards. My dogs want to bring them all home.

Miley- You are my hero for doing that. If I were by myself I would have to pack up everything and move. Actually, I would go to a hotel right now, but my dad lives with us and he is under hospice care and not expected to live much longer. He did wake up when he heard my screams and wanted to help.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (HBU7W)

350 I've tried rat traps, never got a catch.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (mvenn)

You might want to add a few squirts of liquid dish detergent to the water in the bucket, and mix it well. Helps wet the mouse's fur, so it sinks faster, and drowns more quickly. Otherwise, they can float for hours on the air trapped in their coat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (XUcIQ)

351 I tried to catch crabs once...

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 02, 2017 12:13 AM (eMKNe)

352 I tried to catch crabs once...

T M I !

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:14 AM (IcT7t)

353 Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (IcT7t)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fXmS_JmvA

Squeeze, Pulling Muscles from the Shell

British band free association
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:14 AM (AoK0a)

354
My hedgehog had Lou Grant's disease.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 12:09 AM (IqV8l)


Oh. A fake journalist. Sad.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:14 AM (TdMsT)

355 NCKate: "Don't possums shit themselves and vomit when they're cornered?"

I think you may be confusing possums and liberal media personalities here.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 02, 2017 12:15 AM (H8S+R)

356 Blanco: hey-yo!!! [/edmcmahon] ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 02, 2017 12:15 AM (eMKNe)

357 Miley- You are my hero for doing that. If I were by myself I would have to pack up everything and move. Actually, I would go to a hotel right now, but my dad lives with us and he is under hospice care and not expected to live much longer. He did wake up when he heard my screams and wanted to help.
Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (HBU7W)


If you need help, I can come over in the morning. Just email me.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:16 AM (TdMsT)

358 Chipmunks are too cute to get pissed off at, they have that cool racing stripe and everything. I'm cool with most critters, but they gotta stay out of the house.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2017 12:17 AM (GXwGP)

359 I've read that pubic lice ("crabs") are known as "Rhode Island lobsters" in New England...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 02, 2017 12:17 AM (e9G8E)

360 The War on the Rats, several summers, ago, when they attempted to steal my tomato crop (planted in 15-gal. containers), was won decisively with the old-fashioned, kinetic kill, sometimes messy spring traps with the square-U wire hammer of death.

Placed inside the pots - out of reach of most critters. Baited first with peanut butter - poor results; then a block of cheap cheddar cheese (right out of my childhood cartoons), with great results.

"Thwack" in the middle of the night. The boss would say "a funeral tomorrow". The funeral consisted of tossing the former thief into the canyon, for various players to consume.

Got about 11 or 12 - then no more. Must have killed a whole nest. A ratocide, as it were.

And one morning, early, heard some odd sounds that I unfortunately correctly analyzed. A crow - dumbass - had managed to get down into a container and get his head stuck in a trap (must have smarted). He was flapping around, unable to shake it off. Pinned the trap down with a spade shovel, and used one of those grabbers to snag and open the trap. Bird just nonchalantly walked away, then took flight.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:18 AM (QDnY+)

361 Miley- You are my hero for doing that. If I were by
myself I would have to pack up everything and move. Actually, I would go
to a hotel right now, but my dad lives with us and he is under hospice
care and not expected to live much longer. He did wake up when he heard
my screams and wanted to help.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (HBU7W)

Abby, I'm telling you - you need to deal with this on your own. You'll feel so wonderful afterward that you were able to find the balls to do it. Pretend there's no one else to do it for you, not now, not tomorrow.
Be tough, girl! You're an 'ette and you can do it!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:18 AM (Id9+8)

362 Actually, I would go to a hotel right now, but my dad lives with us and he is under hospice care and not expected to live much longer. He did wake up when he heard my screams and wanted to help.
Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:12 AM (HBU7W)

OMG. I'm so sorry about your Dad Abby.

{{{hugs}}}

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:18 AM (aT+Bx)

363 Fun Facts about Possums, from one of those science shows about Continental Drift:

Back in the Jurassic, all the land masses were combined - Planet Earth had one continent, and one ocean, and both were YUGE. But mysterious things happened deep, deep beneath the crust and all of these plates broke up and started to move. The plates making up what is now Australia, Antarctica, and South America stuck together the longest, and this land mass is where the marsupials, the earliest form of mammals, developed.

Australia broke off on it own and retained them as the dominant life form; you know what happened to Antarctica. South America was one full of marsupials, but they eventually got replaced except for a few that figured out how to survive in the great rain forest that has been there forever. When North America crashed into South America about 20 million years ago, some of these critters managed to migrate north across the new land bridge and become established in the great forests they found up here.

and so, the Possums we see running around in the woods really are more closely related to the Kangaroos and Wombats in Australia than they are to anything else on this continent. Which, to me at least, really does make them kinda cool.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2017 12:18 AM (V2Yro)

364 Adriane the Music Critic

I LOVE SQUEEZE.

favorite squeeze song tonight

https://tinyurl.com/y78wwm5l

beatle-esque don't you think. (Is that Love?)

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 12:19 AM (6Xf+s)

365 Whoever was driving the Indian subcontinent should have its license revoked.

Posted by: Asia at July 02, 2017 12:20 AM (PXj2C)

366 Ladylibertarian- Thanks for the offer. Husband will be back and brother and/or son in law can deal with the creature in the morning. But I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:21 AM (HBU7W)

367 Abby, I'm pulling for you. Your dad is with you. You're so dear to be taking care of him!

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 12:22 AM (6Xf+s)

368 North American camels migrated into South America and evolved into llamas...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 02, 2017 12:22 AM (e9G8E)

369 Hadrian, you oughta not kill the snakes. They certainly are among the best vermin-hunters, wherever you are.

But I loved your comment earlier today about Australians being American Brits and Canadians being Brit Americans.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:22 AM (QDnY+)

370 This blog has posted unequivocal clues pointing to the identity of Jack the Ripper for several months. No one has come forth with his name so having said the name time and again in very thinly disguised code here it is in plain text. Jack the Ripper was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There I have said it publicly on the internet for everyone to see. With that simple revelation you can now easily decipher why each of the clues point to one and only one person, Conan Doyle.

https://probaway.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/
jack-the-ripper-was-arthur-conan-doyle/

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 02, 2017 12:23 AM (pvjTE)

371 Prayers for you and you dad, abby. Added to The List.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:24 AM (Id9+8)

372
Link Wray- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1979)


https://youtu.be/-kbhlSvBNiE
Posted by: otho at July 01, 2017 11:46 PM (lmIoG)


Meh. I'm not impressed.

I like the Grateful Dead's cover better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCK5Cgxc3Y

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:24 AM (sdi6R)

373 Well I'm up now! Our building had a fire alarm go off again. Upside: somebody had a preternaturally cute corgi who was going around getting pets and skritches from everyone.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2017 12:24 AM (QGoUX)

374 According to the article, only about 12 people wore a t shirt supporting the shitheel Comey. And I would bet that they didn't pay for the shirts themselves.
Hardly a rousing show of support- even the possum in a cage seems to be popular than Comey.

Posted by: LASue, demanding and deplorable! at July 02, 2017 12:25 AM (hZ+us)

375 The indian subcontinent is fantastic. It is sticking it to asia, especially the chinese. been doing so for millions of years and will be for millions more.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:25 AM (0wem/)

376 Sorry to hear about the fire alarm All Hail Eris, at least everyone is okay. And cute Corgi.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (rXyHG)

377 Because many of you need to save Granny's finest efforts for posterity, pride and provenance.

It needs to be in the book. Please let her know this.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


Thanks, Jim! I forwarded that to my mom, and I'm sure she'll appreciate, as I do. I will, if there is an afterword or second book, include that recipe that she wrote down.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (vhW1R)

378 Whoever was driving the Indian subcontinent should have its license revoked.
Posted by: Asia at July 02, 2017 12:20 AM (PXj2C)


Probably trying to make up time after going the long way to avoid the Deccan speed traps

Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (mkDpn)

379 even the possum in a cage seems to be popular than Comey.

Posted by: LASue, demanding and deplorable! at July 02, 2017 12:25 AM (hZ+us)

I am Not Amused

Posted by: Possum Under the Laundry Basket at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (Id9+8)

380 Well I'm up now! Our building had a fire alarm go off again. Upside: somebody had a preternaturally cute corgi who was going around getting pets and skritches from everyone.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
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Well, there you have it. The little bugger is probably setting off the alarm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (OdK9v)

381 Thanks everyone for your help. Usually, I have everything under control but this last week was a very bad week for my dad. The possum was kind of the last thing I needed. I've finally gotten everything calmed down, dad is back to sleep and the dogs are sleeping, so I'm going to just leave everything alone. But I still won't be sleeping.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:28 AM (HBU7W)

382 I am Not Amused


Posted by: Possum Under the Laundry Basket at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (Id9+

Nor was I.

Posted by: Bat Under the Tupperware, Now In the Ivy at July 02, 2017 12:29 AM (Id9+8)

383 Folks, 0500 CST alarm looms large into my near future.

Pray for me, Horde.

Tomorrow, I'll drive 300 miles, minimum, carrying large loads of loud, stupid people on board.

Were that I were carrying like numbers of Teh Horde. Loud, SMART, MILITARY BLOG people, and likely, better tippers, withal.

Whether or not I make the Vegas MoMeet, you all pay heed to this:

TIP YOUR SERVICE STAFF WELL, dammit!

Just. DO.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2017 12:30 AM (v5iqM)

384 LASue, thanks for reading that article. Not that my assessment of things could be much darker, but the mind simply boggles at the idea that Comey could be popular among the rank and file. Of course, some of them might be as clueless about the law, and the rule of law, as half of the US seems to be (paradoxical as that seems), and like Comey for some internal, touchy-feely personnel policy reasons (dunno).

Not long ago there was a major agency head who seemed popular with the troops, as he sincerely did put a lot of energy into morale and lifestyle issues. Of course substantively he had no business being in the job, but this has been the Beltway since the Clinton era (with some notable exceptions under Dubya and now of course under der Trumpenfuhrer).


Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:30 AM (QDnY+)

385 366 Ladylibertarian- Thanks for the offer. Husband will be back and brother and/or son in law can deal with the creature in the morning. But I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.
Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:21 AM (HBU7W)


I'm sorry about your dad.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:31 AM (TdMsT)

386 Prayer for you, Jim. You're already on The List, but I'll double up for tomorrow.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:31 AM (Id9+8)

387 >> If you are wondering why anybody would deliberately detonate an H-bomb in space,


No, actually, I wasn't wondering that at all, since the reason is pretty clearly self-evident.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at July 02, 2017 12:31 AM (moKYV)

388 Night Jim

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (0wem/)

389 Husband will be back and brother and/or son in law can deal with the creature in the morning. But I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.

===
I wouldn't sleep well either! Not with a giant mutant rat chewing its way out of a laundry basket, in my kitchen, in the dark.

Prop open the doors, slide the basket to the door, and kick the damned thing OUT OF YOUR HOME! Use brooms gloves, boots, shouts, anything else, but get it out!

That's my opinion anyway.

Posted by: It's your home dammit. Defend yourself against giant mutant invaders. at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (iLoHX)

390 We need a do-over for a second edition of the cookbook, because I would bet most of us don't use recipes, and can't refine our methods into words that would result in success for another cook. I have lots of good shit that I make, but transcribing it? I really don't even know how cookbook authors can do it. My mom is 78 now, and her bread methodology is going with her, because no matter how she tries to teach us, it doesn't work. Not the same, anyway.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:01 AM (vhW1R)

Yeah that's the problem I had. It took a few years to crack the code on my grandmother's recipes. One reason is it was half Italian, half English, some written in pencil that was faded, a few splatters, and the book itself totally looked like Sean Connery's grail diary in Indiana jones. I had the wife go to my grandmother's house a few years before she died, and stand right next to her and watch her actually do it just to get the meatball and gravy recipe, and I told her to write down all of it.

Well I asked the wife for them, and she hands me a stack of papers, because it seems each recipe is 3-4 pages because she literally recorded everything. One line told of my grandmother having a bowl of water for her to dip her fingers in if they got dry while rolling the meatballs into shape. Every last detail. The wife nailed the recipe nuts on when she tried them, but damn the instructions look like something nasa wrote. I couldn't find a way to condense it without screwing up the mojo.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (aMlLZ)

391 Possum are cool.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:33 AM (0wem/)

392 I remember when a bat got loose in my apartment, when I was cat-sitting my neighbor's cat Chloe and her three four-month-old kittens. Entertainment just doesn't get any better than that.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:33 AM (sdi6R)

393 What happened to the unicorns?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 12:34 AM (IqV8l)

394

Go to Amazon. There is indeed a "Granny's Beverly Hillbillies" cookbook.

There's also an Aunt Bea (or is it Bee?) one as well.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 02, 2017 12:35 AM (8O3HH)

395 we have a couple of possum that wander around the periphery of our building. they drive the stray cats nuts because they just wander up to them and nearly over them with out any concern. they also seem oblivious to our dogs, which were our dogs not on a leash would solve the cats problem in a few minutes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:35 AM (0wem/)

396 possum may be the mr magoo of the forest.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:36 AM (0wem/)

397 What happened to the unicorns?

[shifty eyes]

No idea what you're talking about.

[burp]

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:37 AM (IcT7t)

398 Abby, I'm telling you - you need to deal with this on your own. You'll feel so wonderful afterward that you were able to find the balls to do it. Pretend there's no one else to do it for you, not now, not tomorrow.
Be tough, girl! You're an 'ette and you can do it!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:18 AM (Id9+



Miley--I can sure relate to what you are saying. I've dealt with numerous unpleasant issues by myself for the past 10 years, but I've learned a lot and I feel kind of proud of myself, too.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:37 AM (TdMsT)

399 The wife nailed the recipe nuts on when she tried
them, but damn the instructions look like something nasa wrote. I
couldn't find a way to condense it without screwing up the mojo.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (aMlLZ)

I have recipes like that from Grandma. Maybe they aren't intended to be shared outside the family.
The bowl of water is to keep the fat from sticking to your hands. I do that when rolling meatballs.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:37 AM (Id9+8)

400 No idea what you're talking about.

[burp]
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July




while cleaning his teeth with a huge toothpick.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:38 AM (0wem/)

401 Possum are cool.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:33 AM (0wem/)

Which is why they don't get rabies. Body temperature is too low to incubate the virus.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:38 AM (XUcIQ)

402 Miley--I can sure relate to what you are saying.
I've dealt with numerous unpleasant issues by myself for the past 10
years, but I've learned a lot and I feel kind of proud of myself, too.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:37 AM (TdMsT)

Going through the crucible alone is tough, but strengthening.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:39 AM (Id9+8)

403 Well, there you have it. The little bugger is probably setting off the alarm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 12:27 AM (OdK9v)
---
Wait...where's your cat?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2017 12:39 AM (QGoUX)

404 Which is why they don't get rabies. Body temperature is too low to incubate the virus.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July




really? that is cool. they are a little weird to behold the first time but after you observe them for a while they really are interesting.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:39 AM (0wem/)

405 Going through the crucible alone is tough, but strengthening.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:39 AM (Id9+

Oh God yes.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 12:40 AM (TdMsT)

406 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8XNtiVQsHk

Rescue Possum loves her snacks ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:40 AM (AoK0a)

407 Going through the crucible alone is tough, but strengthening.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July




are you just trying to sell that mortar and pestle to her? that is not going to work on a possum and will take a week to get there.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:41 AM (0wem/)

408 Well, there you have it. The little bugger is probably setting off the alarm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July




the possum is stealing your car? get your phone and start recording.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:41 AM (0wem/)

409 Clicked on NBC Nightly News earlier (yeah, I know) and saw some chick from my HS class in a story of child prostitution.

Posted by: The Gimp! at July 02, 2017 12:42 AM (jdWK0)

410 really? that is cool. they are a little weird to behold the first time but after you observe them for a while they really are interesting.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:39 AM (0wem/)

I met a couple in Washington State who had a pet possum. It rode around on hubby's shoulder, mostly asleep. Mama obtained the possum babies by finding road-killed mama possums, and getting the babies out of the pouch, and bottle-feeding them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:42 AM (XUcIQ)

411 Clicked on NBC Nightly News earlier (yeah, I know) and saw some chick from my HS class in a story of child prostitution.

Posted by: The Gimp! at July




how long have you been held back?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:43 AM (0wem/)

412 I've often thought the best time ever to be an engineer in the military arts was the 1950s - in the US, of course. Especially in the nuke weapon business.

Limits on what you could try: none, really. Whatever you could dream up.

Your budget: basically any amount of money you needed, from the biggest boom economy in human history.

Your technical and human resources: anything in existence, and the best of it to boot. Oh - and if you needed something that didn't exist, then limitless $$$$ and talent would be poured on until it was invented.

Your focus: blowing shit up - actually, creating the biggest artificial explosions in the history of the universe, as far as we knew.

Sign me up!



Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 12:43 AM (QDnY+)

413 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t26UZM70YzY

Charlie he Bat loves grapes ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (AoK0a)

414 I met a couple in Washington State who had a pet possum. It rode around on hubby's shoulder, mostly asleep. Mama obtained the possum babies by finding road-killed mama possums, and getting the babies out of the pouch, and bottle-feeding them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July




that is a disturbingly nice story. have heard they make great pets.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (0wem/)

415 299 Anyone know of a group called DreamTheater?


Yep. Prog-metal band. Haven't listened to them in years. Used to dig them. A talented bunch.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (pY+s4)

416 BTW... this is the most fun I've had all day, outside of "church." I've spent the entire day working on freelance cr@p, and now am looking at 1500 photos of Bruno Mars.

/who seems really gay in a lot of them, if I may say so.

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (aT+Bx)

417 are you just trying to sell that mortar and pestle
to her? that is not going to work on a possum and will take a week to
get there.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:41 AM (0wem/)

She could beat it to death with that thing.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (Id9+8)

418 I have a White Trash cookbook (srsly)

Posted by: The Gimp! at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (jdWK0)

419 Canada's having it's sesquicentennial.
Posted by: gNewt


I wouldn't brag about being able to bend that far, but that's just me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 12:45 AM (udajc)

420 very fond of bats, do have never considered one for a pet.



Like bees to, not the africanized bees, do not want an apiary.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:45 AM (0wem/)

421 I have a White Trash cookbook (srsly)

Cannibal!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 12:46 AM (IcT7t)

422 She could beat it to death with that thing.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess




well I would expect a quality lady to have quality equipment.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:46 AM (0wem/)

423 well I would expect a quality lady to have quality equipment.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:46 AM (0wem/)

Well, yes - yes I do.
Oh - were you talking about the mortar and pestle?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:48 AM (Id9+8)

424 Well, yes - yes I do.
Oh - were you talking about the mortar and pestle?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess




well, yes, but I expect everything else is quality too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:48 AM (0wem/)

425 well, yes, but I expect everything else is quality too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:48 AM (0wem/)

It gets the job done in fine style.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (Id9+8)

426 I don't follow boxing but the co-worker does. Anyway. Some unknown Aussie beat Pacquiao. After watching it, well,,,,,Boxing is kind of corrupt.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (pY+s4)

427 per Megabattie, bats do not make good pets ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (AoK0a)

428 That thing is still making ugly noises. Well, my kitchen was due for a good cleaning anyway. I don't want the plague, leprosy or anything else that may be clinging to the creature in my house.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (HBU7W)

429 It gets the job done in fine style.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July




sure it is the perfect combination of form and function.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:50 AM (0wem/)

430 Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (aMlLZ)

Thanks for the validation! A bowl of water is also good for when you're pulling bones out of fish.

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:50 AM (vhW1R)

431 To Serve White Trash ?!?

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:50 AM (AoK0a)

432 That thing is still making ugly noises. Well, my kitchen was due for a good cleaning anyway. I don't want the plague, leprosy or anything else that may be clinging to the creature in my house.
Posted by: abby at July




how far is it from the nearest door?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:51 AM (0wem/)

433 per Megabattie, bats do not make good pets ...

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (AoK0a)

But a Louisville Slugger makes a nice companion if you have to travel in PantiFa country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:52 AM (XUcIQ)

434 390
Well I asked the wife for them, and she hands me a stack of papers, because it seems each recipe is 3-4 pages because she literally recorded everything. One line told of my grandmother having a bowl of water for her to dip her fingers in if they got dry while rolling the meatballs into shape. Every last detail. The wife nailed the recipe nuts on when she tried them, but damn the instructions look like something nasa wrote. I couldn't find a way to condense it without screwing up the mojo.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2017 12:32 AM (aMlLZ)


That is awesome, and those are exactly the kinds of instructions I need if I'm going to try to cook anything, because I have no natural talent for it whatsoever.

Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:53 AM (sdi6R)

435 That thing is still making ugly noises. Well, my
kitchen was due for a good cleaning anyway. I don't want the plague,
leprosy or anything else that may be clinging to the creature in my
house.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:49 AM (HBU7W)

There was a dead possum next to my mailbox one day when I came home. I got a snow shovel and carried it out back and dumped it in the unkempt woods in the neighbor's back yard. They never go out there.

The next day I saw a turkey buzzard and a large hawk having a Mexican standoff over the corpse in my backyard. One of those bastards had dragged it out of the woods so they could work it over properly. I tossed it back into the woods.

This process was repeated over the next three days. Both birds would NOT leave the damned thing alone. Must've been pretty tasty.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 12:53 AM (Id9+8)

436 418 I have a White Trash cookbook (srsly)

Posted by: The Gimp! at July 02, 2017 12:44 AM (jdWK0)

Does it have recipes for roadkill?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at July 02, 2017 12:54 AM (X52ZZ)

437 From Movie Thread, which I thought was the ONT:

I spent a beautiful Saturday afternoon replacing the brake rotors on my truck. It wasn' t all bad, though. I got to spend time with one of my 4 sons, and he did most of the grunt work. He, like all of my sons, is truly a blessing I could never appreciate as he was growing up.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 02, 2017 12:56 AM (lIZQs)

438 There was a dead possum next to my mailbox one day when I came home. I got a snow shovel and carried it out back and dumped it in the unkempt woods in the neighbor's back yard. They never go out there.

The next day I saw a turkey buzzard and a large hawk having a Mexican standoff over the corpse in my backyard. One of those bastards had dragged it out of the woods so they could work it over properly. I tossed it back into the woods.

This process was repeated over the next three days. Both birds would NOT leave the damned thing alone. Must've been pretty tasty.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July




sure it was not a warning from the dixie mob or something?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 12:57 AM (0wem/)

439 It's about 25 feet from my back door, down some steps, through my husband's office, to the door.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 12:57 AM (HBU7W)

440 Cookbook - Virtually all the recipes start with a pound of lard.

Posted by: The Gimp! at July 02, 2017 12:58 AM (jdWK0)

441 Posted by: bergerbilder at July 02, 2017 12:56 AM (lIZQs)

Grown kids, if you've raised them up right, are the BEST!

Posted by: kalneva at July 02, 2017 12:59 AM (vhW1R)

442 Abby:

I know this is a crazy idea, but do you have a fire department?

You might consider calling them and seeing if they'll send someone over to help. Add that your husband is out of town and your Dad is terminally ill. If they're nice, they might come over and handle it for you.

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 01:01 AM (aT+Bx)

443 Your budget: basically any amount of money you needed, from the biggest boom economy in human history.
---------

And all we got was this crummy M247 Sgt. York.

A sad legacy for a great soldier.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 01:02 AM (OdK9v)

444 I never thought of calling the fire department. They might do it just for the laughs.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:03 AM (HBU7W)

445 It's about 25 feet from my back door, down some steps, through my husband's office, to the door.
Posted by: abby at July




oh. neighbor?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:05 AM (0wem/)

446 25 Dems. Haven't looked yet, but there is the entire CBC for sure. Curious to see how crazy Nancy, Chucky, and ole Steny are. Plus the Commies, the Muzzies and our Indian Princess.

Posted by: gracepc at July 02, 2017 01:06 AM (OU4q6)

447 Posted by: gracepc at July 02, 2017 01:06 AM (OU4q6)

oops just the house

Posted by: gracepc at July 02, 2017 01:08 AM (OU4q6)

448 I never thought of calling the fire department. They might do it just for the laughs.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:03 AM (HBU7W)

If they can get cats out of trees, surely they can get a possum out of the kitchen.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 01:08 AM (Id9+8)

449 misson impossumble



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL8wqfXh-kE

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:08 AM (0wem/)

450 They might not be too happy to get the possum at 2 in the morning.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:09 AM (HBU7W)

451 ah, they'll come and help you. that's who they are

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:10 AM (6Xf+s)

452 I'm pretty tired, so I'll say goodnight. Thanks, everyone!

And good luck to you, abby - hope this possum problem is resolved quickly.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 01:11 AM (Id9+8)

453 They might not be too happy to get the possum at 2 in the morning.
-

Prolly not.

But... you're stressed out. And scared. And your husband is gone. And your Dad is upset.

You'll give them a good story to tell, and make them feel good about themselves.

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 01:11 AM (aT+Bx)

454 ah, they'll come and help you. that's who they are

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:10 AM (6Xf+s)

Especially if you set the possum on fire...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 01:12 AM (XUcIQ)

455 401 Which is why they don't get rabies. Body temperature is too low to incubate the virus.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 12:38 AM (XUcIQ)


Ordinarily I would have chuckled, because this sounds like Horde humor. However, I vaguely remembered reading that in the distant past, likely back when I was a Boy Scout.

It turns out you're right. Possum body temperature generally runs from 94-97 degrees, and can be as low as 90.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 02, 2017 01:12 AM (nvMvs)

456 Also... they will not die in a FIRE, they will be performing a public service to a lady in need.

I say go for it. The worst that can happen is that they yell and you and say no.

Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 01:12 AM (aT+Bx)

457 Call us!

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station. at July 02, 2017 01:13 AM (iLoHX)

458 you should have some crying involved with the call.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:15 AM (0wem/)

459 Well, this is shaping up to be a horrible night. My other dog just came in and dropped a dead mouse at my feet. At least it was dead. I should have gotten a goldfish instead of Weimaraners.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:16 AM (HBU7W)

460 Well, this is shaping up to be a horrible night. My other dog just came in and dropped a dead mouse at my feet. At least it was dead. I should have gotten a goldfish instead of Weimaraners.
Posted by: abby at July




tie it to a some fishing line and use it to lure the possum out of your house. your dog is trying to help.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:17 AM (0wem/)

461 night Miley

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:17 AM (0wem/)

462 I think putting that fight on for free was the smartest thing boxing and ESPN have done in forever. Unfortunately, while Jeff Horn is a valiant warrior and fought like hell, that decision was ridiculous. Pacquiou won easily IMO.

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 02, 2017 01:18 AM (gtDDG)

463 >They might not be too happy to get the possum at 2 in the morning.

Well, it beats playing cards or eating snacks at this time of night. Call us!

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station. at July 02, 2017 01:18 AM (iLoHX)

464 Well, this is shaping up to be a horrible night. My other dog just came in and dropped a dead mouse at my feet. At least it was dead. I should have gotten a goldfish instead of Weimaraners.
Posted by: abby


Have any 'surviorists' on call?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 01:19 AM (udajc)

465 hopefully the firefighters are not awakened by your call.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:19 AM (0wem/)

466 Call us.

We're watching an infomercial about copper pans and are bored out of our minds.

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station at July 02, 2017 01:19 AM (aT+Bx)

467 If I thought it would work I would tie fishing line to it. But then I would have to touch the dead mouse. And I think possum eat fruit and veggies.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:20 AM (HBU7W)

468 If I thought it would work I would tie fishing line to it. But then I would have to touch the dead mouse. And I think possum eat fruit and veggies.
Posted by: abby at July




omnivores.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:20 AM (0wem/)

469 have you watched the possum link I put up for you?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:21 AM (0wem/)

470 Call the fire department.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 01:21 AM (kusha)

471 omnivores.

Explains why it's rare to see a Dodge Omni anymore.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 01:22 AM (IcT7t)

472 >They might not be too happy to get the possum at 2 in the morning.

I've known many firefighters. They'll enjoy telling the story to their buddies at shift change.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 02, 2017 01:22 AM (nvMvs)

473 I've always liked boxing more than MMA. But wrestling like scoring doesn't do them any good, rematch dollars or not.

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 02, 2017 01:23 AM (gtDDG)

474 /climbing off my soapbox now

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 02, 2017 01:23 AM (gtDDG)

475 Explains why it's rare to see a Dodge Omni anymore.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July



which is one more service possum have provided us with.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:23 AM (0wem/)

476 Especially if you set the possum on fire...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I was just thinkin about you. Happy Canada Day!

here's what I think of when I think of a canadian song:

https://tinyurl.com/y7mku8hn

Running Back to Saskatoon

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:24 AM (6Xf+s)

477

Abby:

Do you have a shovel? If the possum is close enough to the door, you should be able to use a shovel to pick it up and toss it outside.

If the dog gets excited (plan on this), keep the shovel a few inches above the level of the dog's nose while moving, yell at the dog as needed, toss everything outside, and lock the dog outside if it gets the possum again.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 02, 2017 01:24 AM (FlRtG)

478 the girl in the possum vid seems cute but her apartment is a dump. rather she is a slob.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:25 AM (0wem/)

479 Possums are nasty little bastards. Birds of prey even more so.

Posted by: Blacksheep at July 02, 2017 01:25 AM (gtDDG)

480 Yes, that was cute and very clever of her. My possum is twice that size and right now, not very happy. I get the feeling he would latch onto my face, alien style.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:25 AM (HBU7W)

481 Yes, that was cute and very clever of her. My possum is twice that size and right now, not very happy. I get the feeling he would latch onto my face, alien style.
Posted by: abby at July




google possum vids on youtube. you are not going to want to pick it up but it is not as ferocious and dangerous as it seems.


otherwise, call the fire department. when was the last time they did something for you?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:27 AM (0wem/)

482 Please, Abby, call the Fire Department guys. They can get me out, and I can go back to my garbage eating around your neighbourhood.

Posted by: Abby's Localn. at July 02, 2017 01:28 AM (iLoHX)

483 Please, Abby, call the Fire Department guys. They can get me out, and I can go back to my garbage eating around your neighbourhood.

Posted by: Abby's Localn. at July 02, 2017 01:28 AM (iLoHX)

484 Please, Abby, call the Fire Department guys. They can get me out, and I can go back to my garbage eating around your neighbourhood.

Posted by: Abby's Localn. at July 02, 2017 01:28 AM (iLoHX)

485 Yikes! A triple post?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2017 01:29 AM (OdK9v)

486 iLoHX

I don't know who you are, but I don't want you near anything with a trigger unless there's already an active firefight going on.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 01:30 AM (IcT7t)

487 call the fire department then when you have time, bake them some cookies.

seems to work well if there is a false carbon monoxide alarm in your apartment when a hurricane has knocked out all the power and some poor fireman has to walk up 13 flights of stairs in all his equipment to check thing out.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:31 AM (0wem/)

488 Please call us.

Also, can you be wearing something kind of sexy? Like a black satin robe with maribu fur?

Or nothing?

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station at July 02, 2017 01:31 AM (aT+Bx)

489 firemen like cookies.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:31 AM (0wem/)

490 >Yikes! A triple post?

Yep. Them 'possum can be really fast when they get hungry. Better call the fire depatment.

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station. at July 02, 2017 01:33 AM (iLoHX)

491 Or nothing?

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station at July



six inch heels, and nothing else.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:34 AM (0wem/)

492 Been a while since we had a triple

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 02, 2017 01:36 AM (hscyr)

493 bebes!

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 01:36 AM (0wem/)

494 I would call the fire department, but I just got my dad calmed down and back to sleep. Firemen coming in to get the possum would wake him up and stress him out again. The possum is going to have to stay under the laundry baskets and vacuum cleaner until morning.

Posted by: abby at July 02, 2017 01:36 AM (HBU7W)

495 Y5!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 02, 2017 01:39 AM (hscyr)

496 This process was repeated over the next three days. Both birds would NOT leave the damned thing alone. Must've been pretty tasty.


From what I learned in this thread, it's the glands that give it all the flavor.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 01:39 AM (PXj2C)

497 would call the fire department, but I just got my dad calmed down and back to sleep. Firemen coming in to get the possum would wake him up and stress him out again. The possum is going to have to stay under the laundry baskets and vacuum cleaner until morning.
Posted by: abby

Srsly: call the non-emergency phone # and ask for 1 or 2 officers to quietly assist in wildlife removal from inside your home.

Posted by: Abby's Local Fire Station. at July 02, 2017 01:42 AM (iLoHX)

498 Can you just make a gun shape with your hand and shout bang at a possum? Cause that's what they're famous for.

A 50 foot wave has a horizontal wavelength of about 700 feet. So these enormous ships, 700 feet long, that which Navy destroyers should not boop, are somewhat immune to a rocking motion? That can't be right. I mean a ship of that size bends at least a little.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 02, 2017 01:50 AM (rnAwa)

499 Corn in the summer,
Leaves in the fall,
The day has been colorful,
But now, Good Night to all ...



and Good Night, Robert, wherever you are !

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at July 02, 2017 01:56 AM (AoK0a)

500 something strange happened to me this week.

One night there was a thunderstorm. Since I don't have ac, I had the window open with a fan in it, blowing in cool.

I sleep with the door closed, but it's an old house, and the door won't latch. The changes in the wind velocity would suck the door open, then slam it shut. This happened every few minutes, but still, I fell asleep.

Then I woke to go to the water closet. I turned on the light, and water was on the floor, and seemed to be running out of the bottom of the cabinet above the toilet. I couldn't figure out what the hell. I was half asleep.
I figured out it was running out of the line coming out of the floor next to the commode. it had broken off. I turned off the faucet on the floor.

What a weird night.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:00 AM (6Xf+s)

501 On July 1st, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began.


Today is also the exact 5-year anniversary of something very odd and unexpected:

On July 1, 2012, someone with the user name "Sam Bacile" uploaded to YouTube the first publicly-seen version of "The Innocence of Muslims" -- the 14-minute short version of a (never seen) 2-hour movie about the life of Mohammed.

It was this video which was the backstory to the whole Benghazi scandal, when Hillary falsely blamed the video as the inspiration for the embassy Al Qaeda attack two months later. Y'all know the story.

Anyway, today is the five-year anniversary of the first appearance of the obscure video, which no one had heard of until Hillary pointed the finger of blame at it -- and thereby causing actual outrage, riots and deaths among Muslim maniacs worldwide. In fact, there is STILL outrage about it, and the reverberations still echo.

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:11 AM (DQ4Fv)

502 Live P.D. showed a pair of cops remove a 4 ft. black snake from an older couple's living room. The second one that day, as in; same house.

S.C. I think. Anyway, they where on camera, but seemed very happy to help. No guns, no knives, no drugs & no paperwork? Awesome!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 02:11 AM (GzDYP)

503 In fact, there is STILL outrage about it, and the reverberations still echo.

tru dat, Felona von Pantsuit is completely unfit to be an American, let alone the President of us ...

Posted by: Adriane the Political Critic ... at July 02, 2017 02:15 AM (AoK0a)

504 Live P.D. showed a pair of cops remove a 4 ft. black snake from an older
couple's living room. The second one that day, as in; same house.


Why did they only remove the black snakes? Racism!

/do I really need to?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 02:17 AM (IcT7t)

505 Anyway, today is the five-year anniversary of the first appearance of the obscure video, which no one had heard of until Hillary pointed the finger of blame at it -- and thereby causing actual outrage, riots and deaths among Muslim maniacs worldwide. In fact, there is STILL outrage about it, and the reverberations still echo.

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:11 AM (DQ4Fv)

Do you think he ever intended to make a full two-hour movie, or was he just trolling the muslims?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 02:18 AM (XUcIQ)

506 I figured out it was running out of the line coming out of the floor next to the commode. it had broken off. I turned off the faucet on the floor.

What a weird night.
Posted by: booknlass


I read this comment in a number of accents.

They all read like literature and performance.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 02:20 AM (udajc)

507 it had broken off. I turned off the faucet on the floor.


I left out that the water was under enough pressure to be hitting the bottom of the wall-hung cupboard above the toilet, with enough force to be streaming then down from the cupboard.

after I got the water turned off, I considered whether some entity was messing with me. for a couple minutes.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:24 AM (6Xf+s)

508 after I got the water turned off, I considered whether some entity was messing with me. for a couple minutes.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:24 AM (6Xf+s)

Plumbergeists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 02:24 AM (XUcIQ)

509 so what is the nickname for firefighters? there are lots for cops.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 02:25 AM (0wem/)

510 I read this comment in a number of accents.

They all read like literature and performance.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

is that good?

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:25 AM (6Xf+s)

511 seems funny the cops are referred to as the "heat" and not the firemen.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 02, 2017 02:26 AM (0wem/)

512 Do you think he ever intended to make a full two-hour movie, or was he just trolling the muslims?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Oh he DID make the full movie! It was shown exactly once, in a private (or semi-private) screening.

The 14-minute version was only ever intended as a trailer to advertise the full film. But events overwhelmed the filmmaker, so he never got the chance to show it to public audiences, and then the Feds almost certainly confiscated all copies of the full version when they unconstitutionally threw him in jail for violating Al Qaeda's sensibilities. So it's now in some federal vault next to the Ark of Covenant, as we saw in the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Never to be seen again, most likely.

Actually, the full version is mostly NOT about Mohammed, but instead is a reenactment of various atrocities committed against Coptic Christians in modern-day Egypt. That was actually the whole point of the film. The Mohammed stuff was just a sub-plot to explain to the viewer that the ideology of Islam commands followers to persecute infidels, such as Coptics.

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:26 AM (DQ4Fv)

513 Plumbergeists.

heh

exactly

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:26 AM (6Xf+s)

514 500 something strange happened to me this week.

One night there was a thunderstorm. Since I don't have ac, I had the window open with a fan in it, blowing in cool.

I sleep with the door closed, but it's an old house, and the door won't latch. The changes in the wind velocity would suck the door open, then slam it shut. This happened every few minutes, but still, I fell asleep.

Then I woke to go to the water closet. I turned on the light, and water was on the floor, and seemed to be running out of the bottom of the cabinet above the toilet. I couldn't figure out what the hell. I was half asleep.
I figured out it was running out of the line coming out of the floor next to the commode. it had broken off. I turned off the faucet on the floor.

What a weird night.
Posted by: booknlass

I left out that the water was under enough pressure to be hitting the bottom of the wall-hung cupboard above the toilet, with enough force to be streaming then down from the cupboard.

after I got the water turned off, I considered whether some entity was messing with me. for a couple minutes.
Posted by: booknlass


That sounds like a really spooky nightmare.

Are you sure you're not still in the nightmare?

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:28 AM (DQ4Fv)

515 so what is the nickname for firefighters? there are lots for cops.

Only two that I know of are "smoke eaters" and "possum removers".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 02:29 AM (IcT7t)

516 Made me laugh!
Thanks Blanco.

One of our dogs brought us a bird. He was understandably proud of the victory. (Husky/Greyhound)

I demanded in my mom of 2 young sons' voice to take that outside! while pointing at the door. I have no idea why, but he picked it up and took it outside.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 02:29 AM (GzDYP)

517 zombie, it was like a nightmare. that's why I wanted to tell you about it.

and no, I'm not sure I've awakened.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:30 AM (6Xf+s)

518 so what is the nickname for firefighters?

I thought it was, "Pyros."

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 02:32 AM (GzDYP)

519 zombie, it was like a nightmare. that's why I wanted to tell you about it.

and no, I'm not sure I've awakened.


Since we're all trapped in here with you, a little mood music:

https://youtu.be/6ZeaCohfWsY

(sfw)

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 02:33 AM (IcT7t)

520 Blanco, perfect.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:35 AM (6Xf+s)

521 517 zombie, it was like a nightmare. that's why I wanted to tell you about it.

and no, I'm not sure I've awakened.
Posted by: booknlass


Reminds me of an aquatic version of "August Heat," the all-time classic spooky short story. Something about your comment reminds me of the writing style and emotions in "August Heat." But yours only lack the spine-tingling final sentences. let's hope the nightmare never gets that far!

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:35 AM (DQ4Fv)

522 I haven't read August Heat. I will do it tomorrow, during the day.

I've kinda creeped myself out. But I didn't make that up. It happened

just that way.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:38 AM (6Xf+s)

523 522 I haven't read August Heat. I will do it tomorrow, during the day.

Posted by: booknlass


Even THAT comment was written like August Heat!

The whole story is about someone having a weird nightmarish vision, wondering whether he will survive til the next day. I'd be willing to bet that somewhere in the story, the lead character says, " I will do it tomorrow, during the day," and the reader thinks, "No! You won't make it til tomorrow! Run away! Run away now while you still have a chance!"

Things are getting spooky around here.

Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:46 AM (DQ4Fv)

524 pretty eerie. no kidding. I've never read it.

Zombie, don't worry. it's okay.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:48 AM (6Xf+s)

525 so I'm living a scary story. That's not new to me.

Courage, booknlass. have courage.

I'm not alone. Ever.

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:59 AM (6Xf+s)

526 That tortoise trying to attack the cat is a really good metaphor for the MSM attempts to take down PDT.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 02, 2017 03:01 AM (xAvrH)

527 to change the subject, and perform CPR on the ONT

My favorite Dylan cover is GandR's Knockin on Heaven's Door.

appropo of nothing but an earlier topic...

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 03:13 AM (6Xf+s)

528 I've read comments to #400. I don't know what happened with Abby's possum. I'll have to tune in tomorrow and see if there was resolution.

Plywood under baskets: right. Out the door: Yes!

I know sometime back I posted my possum encounter - a very angry mama possum in a trash can. But I can't find a link and i'mtoo tired to evenputspaces betweenwrods.

Gnits. Mananana bnanana

Posted by: Mindful Lurkerworker at July 02, 2017 03:24 AM (FYqfs)

529 G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 02, 2017 03:26 AM (IcT7t)

530 I got carried away watching some youtube videos on DIY gunsmithing. Fascinating. Now I'm going to go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2017 03:27 AM (XUcIQ)

531 Sleep well all.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 03:33 AM (GzDYP)

532 goodnight

Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 03:34 AM (6Xf+s)

533 1st dead guy at Gettysburg was kilt a few days before the big show began. A rebel scout troop shot up some union boys and sent them away.They left one dead, so the rebels stopped and buried him along the road where he lay...and the fella is still there to this day.

Posted by: torabora at July 02, 2017 04:04 AM (erQmC)

534 Like an idiot, I got drunk, cried and slept most of yesterday away after a walk down to the river. Dad had a bronchoscopy on Friday. I wouldn't have known except the Dr. told him he had to have someone drive him home and spend the night with him. I spoke with the Dr. after the procedure. Seems he has a large mass in the upper lobe of his lung that has grown quit a bit since last Sept. Won't have biopsy results until Wed. or Thurs. She said she took samples of the mass and the lymph nodes. Going to be a long week.

Sorry, just had to vent. Haven't told my brother or anyone else on Dad's request.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2017 04:18 AM (gDoff)

535 Oh, Infidel. This is one of those moments that I'm sorry to be an unknown lurker. Most sane people are sleeping.

All I can offer is sorrow for what your Dad is going thru and sorrow for what you are going thru. It would be nice, I'm sure, to have your brother there.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 04:38 AM (GzDYP)

536 Thanks ODMom. Been saying prayers and lurking at the sunny skyz web site. Just need to put one foot in front of the other.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2017 04:59 AM (gDoff)

537 sunny skyz is required reading on a regular day.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 05:10 AM (GzDYP)

538 I'm not usually up this late either. Wide awake. Guess I could entertain myself and read the first 300 comments.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2017 05:20 AM (gDoff)

539 Grillcat looks our Mobodon cat, a real joker. Off to work, comrades! Be safe.

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2017 05:38 AM (zLDYs)

540 hugs, Infidel.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 02, 2017 05:39 AM (GzDYP)

541 RE: Zuckerberg and FB

Do you all still regularly go on FB? An increasing number of my 'friends' and I do not. I know FB hit some milestone of members lately, but my totally anecdotal analysis says usage is declining.

Posted by: steve walsh at July 02, 2017 06:44 AM (clx/U)

542 104 Parting question: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island with:

A. Beatles Catalog of songs
B. Stones Catalog of songs
Posted by: shibumi at July 01, 2017 11:15 PM (aT+Bx)

C. 40's stars singing the Great American Songbook.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2017 11:18 PM (ycWCI)


^^ This. ^^

Posted by: lizardbrain - now with extra class at July 02, 2017 08:23 AM (zqw2D)

543
So I need a limerick that's jazzy
And I'd like to find something that's snazzy
But I've gotten so famous
Doing limericks as Seamus
I'm overwhelmed by the damn paparazzi!
Posted by: Muldoon at July 01, 2017 11:21 PM (mvenn)

Cheers for Muldoon!

Posted by: Gem at July 02, 2017 09:11 AM (uaHyk)

544 Coughing up a lung at the Ozzy Man tortoise v. cat video.

Great ONT, CDR M. Hope your little one is feeling better this morning.

Posted by: Gem at July 02, 2017 09:42 AM (uaHyk)

545 Catching up after a sound sleep. Prayers for you and your dad, Infidel.

Abby, I need resolution about your possum situation.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2017 10:55 AM (Id9+8)

546 There once was a girl from Virginia
Who got skater shorts that would spin ya
They got her a date
With her now present mate
And in turn helped the species continue

Posted by: SarahW at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (Sp1NT)

547 There once was a man from Ocala
Who was completely at sea trying to write limericks.

Posted by: Kaner at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (rR7m4)

548 According to my grandfather, you can simply tap a Possum on the nose, then wait for him to play dead.

Then all you need to do is grab the possum by the tail and slam him against a tree. Problem solved! (My dad say's he's seen his father do this.)

-

Disclaimer: A wolverine wouldn't dare mess with my grandfather.

Posted by: gastorgrab at July 02, 2017 04:34 PM (u6OFe)

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