Mid-Morning Art Thread

Paul Gauguin's Armchair
Vincent van Gogh

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Hmmm, Van Gogh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:31 AM (lmikk)

2 Empty Chair Obama

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:31 AM (yrol0)

3 That candle's going to fall off and start a fire.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

4 Like a candle in the ass, was one of Elton John's biggest hits

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 27, 2021 08:32 AM (+xIcB)

5 All I see is a fire hazard and that toxic green paint that gave everyone brain damage.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 27, 2021 08:32 AM (xfb67)

6 With attached burning anal itch butt plug.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:32 AM (OCTRt)

7 I guess I'm just not a Van Gogh fan. Seems amateurish but what the hell do I know about art?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 27, 2021 08:32 AM (Rvt88)

8 The candle based Brazilian job made it difficult to wear a bikini for next few days.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:32 AM (yrol0)

9 Gauguin had a weird bong design.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (xwFYh)

10 This may make me a philistine, but I have never been that big a fan of Van Gogh. He does some interesting stuff, but his stuff is flat to my eye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (lmikk)

11 Whatever you do, don't sit on that chair.

Posted by: dantesed at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (88xKn)

12
Lit candle on an upholstered chair. Smart. That's why we look to artists for guidance in today's world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (mht8P)

13
Sitz Dinkler can sitz on itz...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (s2VJv)

14 Looks kinda' amateurish.

Posted by: BignJames at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (AwYPR)

15 It's an ear candle for your butt.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (xfb67)

16 I love that title!

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:33 AM (45fpk)

17 Surprise anal candle >> Surprise anal otters?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 27, 2021 08:34 AM (dfRN6)

18 I do not see a fire hazard as much as candle wax. Have you ever tried to get wax out of fabric? Might as well try to get the smell out of a hippie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:34 AM (lmikk)

19 Van Gogh is no Rembrandt.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:34 AM (OCTRt)

20 And finally the truth about why Gauguin went to the South Pacific, his enachanted evening with Van Gogh's candle.

Posted by: Only Context at April 27, 2021 08:34 AM (xEIoY)

21
Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

22 Narrator: "He doesn't spend much time in his chair."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (HaL55)

23 I think I would hang this if it didn't have a butt candle. May substitute a Rottweiler.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (45fpk)

24
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (mht8P)

25 Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

I do for real.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (45fpk)

26 Hm. It's okay, interesting use of color.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (E+OcO)

27 Narrator: "He doesn't spend much time in his chair."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

But he does stand up and sit down an awful lot.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (OCTRt)

28 I do not see a fire hazard as much as candle wax. Have you ever tried to get wax out of fabric? Might as well try to get the smell out of a hippie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:34 AM

Brown paper bag and a warm iron. Perennial post-Easter exercise.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (m+jkK)

29 Ouch!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (nugqt)

30 21
Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

==========

Are these the same people who force high school students to say that Shakespeare is great in the grand conspiracy of English teachers?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (LvTSG)

31 A green wall, hideous looking rug, and a rickety chair. Looks like something you get at Rooms-to-Go.

Posted by: dantesed at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (88xKn)

32 23 I think I would hang this if it didn't have a butt candle. May substitute a Rottweiler.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (45fpk)

I think they use hamsters. A Rottweiler would be ambitious.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (xfb67)

33 The book is melting - must be one hell of a candle.

Posted by: Like A Rock at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (mYj3l)

34 Mornin', all,

Gauguin's armchair? Are we going to have an example of Van Gogh's couch pillow next? Still, it is colorful and vivid. Were the two of them contemporaries, and if so, were they acquainted?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (/XOcP)

35 Is that an early work??

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (UHVv4)

36 I think I would hang this if it didn't have a butt candle. May substitute a Rottweiler.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM

That sounds like it would hurt a lot more.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (m+jkK)

37 Anal Candling never ever really took off!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (yrol0)

38 I think I would hang this if it didn't have a butt candle. May substitute a Rottweiler.
Posted by: grammie winger

I think sitting on the candle would be safer than sitting on a Rottweiler.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (OCTRt)

39 Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

I honestly like Gauguin better, but Van Gogh is miles better than pretty much any non-representational art I can think of.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (lmikk)

40 Rooms-to-Gogh

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 08:37 AM (xwFYh)

41
I do for real.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (45fpk)

________

You're an exceptional person, he said drily.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (mht8P)

42 I do for real.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (45fpk)

I knew there was a reason I like you (it's not your taste in baseball teams)!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (Q9lwr)

43 A green wall, hideous looking rug, and a rickety chair. Looks like something you get at Rooms-to-Go.
Posted by: dantesed

Ikea.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (OCTRt)

44 Looks like a candle / bong hybrid.

Posted by: Like A Rock at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (mYj3l)

45 Are these the same people who force high school students to say that Shakespeare is great in the grand conspiracy of English teachers?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (LvTSG)

Shakespeare is great, just not read.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (lmikk)

46 Goodness gracious, great...

Well, you know the rest.

Posted by: The Killer at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (QVZys)

47 I think they use hamsters. A Rottweiler would be ambitious.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (xfb67)

You're probably right. Maybe swap out the Rottweiler for a box of Fannie May's.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (45fpk)

48 So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (dfRN6)

49 Netflix has a Van Gogh movie playing now, I'd watch it but Willem Dafoe plays him.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (+xIcB)

50 At least it's not Gauguin's ottoman, amirite?

Posted by: Top.Man. at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (1pFJh)

51 I knew there was a reason I like you (it's not your taste in baseball teams)!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (Q9lwr)

You're too good to me.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (45fpk)

52 I've never understood the appeal for Van Gogh's work. The scenes are often ordinary, as in not interesting. And the colors strike me as discordant.

Posted by: JTB at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (7EjX1)

53 At least it's not Gauguin's ottoman, amirite?
Posted by: Top.Man. at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM

That would probably have a hot Tahitian chick on it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (m+jkK)

54 23 I think I would hang this if it didn't have a butt candle. May substitute a Rottweiler.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (45fpk)

A butt Rottweiler? Ok, if you insist. -the artist

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (z5Vrg)

55 Brown paper bag and a warm iron. Perennial post-Easter exercise.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (m+jkK)

Ice works too. It makes the embedded wax very brittle.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (Q9lwr)

56 An empty chair but there's still a lot of movement and energy in that room. Interesting, first time I've seen this painting. Nice colors.

Posted by: Ziba at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (S1hrL)

57 Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.

s/Van Gogh/Miles Davis/

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 08:41 AM (qc+VF)

58 First thing I saw was the double dildo on the chair. I guess it's just a candle though.

Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 27, 2021 08:41 AM (U2p+3)

59 I like this. Paul Gauguin's camo is exemplary.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 27, 2021 08:41 AM (H5knJ)

60 Are there no art history people on this thread?

Posted by: Ziba at April 27, 2021 08:42 AM (S1hrL)

61 At least it's not Gauguin's ottoman, amirite?
Posted by: Top.Man.

(TV announcer)
"C'mon down to Gauguin's Ottoman Empire!
We have ottomans of all sizes and fabric coverings!"

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:42 AM (OCTRt)

62 Paul Gauguin's Armchair After Eating a Bowl of Kimchi:

"Candle in the Wind"

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 27, 2021 08:42 AM (Bmy3R)

63 51 I knew there was a reason I like you (it's not your taste in baseball teams)!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:38 AM (Q9lwr)

You're too good to me.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:39 AM (45fpk)

We're competin with Archie and Jughead.*

*classical reference

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:42 AM (lmikk)

64 Many times, individual artistic styles are so similar that it's hard to tell one artist from another. And then there's artists like Van Gogh.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:43 AM (OyyDO)

65 First thing I saw was the double dildo on the chair. I guess it's just a candle though.

Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched

*fistbump

Thought the same thing. It's just the book's spine laying at a bad angle.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:43 AM (OCTRt)

66 This is a Chair Of Color and must be venerated.

Posted by: Patrice McCullers at April 27, 2021 08:43 AM (VIRBj)

67 I think it's funny that he didn't just call this The Armchair. No, he had to make sure we knew that it was Paul Gauguin's Armchair.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (45fpk)

68 The Chair of Color enjoys fixing its cushion and making Tik Tok videos.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (Bmy3R)

69 The scenes are often ordinary, as in not interesting.

Posted by: JTB at April 27, 2021 08:40 AM (7EjX1)

Yet there are many great artists who can take an ordinary scene and make it sublime.

I think you are being overly critical of van Gogh. I do understand not liking his work, but being dismissive of the scenes he chooses is inconsistent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (Q9lwr)

70 18th century party gag... the old "candle on the chair" bit. Classic.

Posted by: red speck at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (gS3OW)

71 Vinnie Van GoGos in Savannah pretty good pizza.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (yrol0)

72 Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

I do for real.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (45fpk)

I do too. I know different people like different things but most of the expressed criticisms of his work confuse me.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (y7DUB)

73 Kittuh is mad. Candle is in the way of afternoon nap chair.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (aVKa7)

74 *fistbump

Thought the same thing. It's just the book's spine laying at a bad angle.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 08:43 AM (OCTRt)

I think it is a soft sided book.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (lmikk)

75 I was going to paint a starry, starry night, but it was day, so I went with this.

Posted by: Vincent at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (/XOcP)

76 Are these the same people who force high school students to say that
Shakespeare is great in the grand conspiracy of English teachers?
=====================
lol

Posted by: Patrice McCullers at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (VIRBj)

77 A butt Rottweiler? Ok, if you insist. -the artist

No suggestions to use an otter? It's like I don't know you people anymore...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (HaL55)

78 You really should see his paintings in person, you'll have a new appreciation for them. Some of them have probably a half inch to an inch of paint on them built up on the canvas. He was clearly a mad man.

I'd recommend flying to Amsterdam, going into a Cafe and smoking some Thai Stick, have an espresso, and then go to the Van Gogh museum.

You'll really enjoy his work after that, I assure you.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (xwFYh)

79 Bong, Books and Candle

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (Bmy3R)

80 I do too. I know different people like different things but most of the expressed criticisms of his work confuse me.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (y7DUB)

I like shadows.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (lmikk)

81 There's an energy in Van Gogh what is really hard to see in formats like this. He really needs to be experienced in person.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (OyyDO)

82 What an earie picture.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (F0YaR)

83 I think it's funny that he didn't just call this The Armchair. No, he had to make sure we knew that it was Paul Gauguin's Armchair.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM (45fpk)

Gauguin left it behind...cheaper to buy in Tahiti than ship.

Posted by: BignJames at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (AwYPR)

84 He was clearly a mad man.

Another point in his favor.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (45fpk)

85 You'll really enjoy his work after that, I assure you.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM (xwFYh)

I was going to say you might even enjoy modern art after that, but no.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (lmikk)

86 When I was young, van Gogh was well-known but not that popular with the masses. That seemed to change around 1980 or so, perhaps around the time Don McLean released "Vincent."

Posted by: Michael the Texan at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (QQ6wR)

87 3 That candle's going to fall off and start a fire.

...

The books are going to slide off as well.

Also, I bet after six months Gauguin was like damn, I'm never going to get my armchair back am I?

Posted by: TexasDan at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (ohOLP)

88 I wonder if the candle smells like Gauguin's girlfriends vagina?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (yrol0)

89 I like Van Gogh, his work is interesting. This concludes my Art Expertise.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (M4KqT)

90 Gauguin and van Gogh lighting farts with a candle burned down half of the village.

Posted by: Archer at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (gmo/4)

91 Dog? No?

Posted by: FIIGMO at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (2S93K)

92 90 Gauguin and van Gogh lighting farts with a candle burned down half of the village.
Posted by: Archer at April 27, 2021 08:47 AM (gmo/4)

blue flame darters

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:48 AM (yrol0)

93 Others in the series:

Paul Gauguin's Beer Fridge
Paul Gauguin's Shoe Shine Box
Paul Gauguin's Bowling Trophy
Paul Gauguin's Pet Chicken

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 27, 2021 08:48 AM (fLVm1)

94 78 I'd recommend flying to Amsterdam, going into a Cafe and smoking some Thai Stick, have an espresso, and then go to the Van Gogh museum.

You'll really enjoy his work after that, I assure you.

---

After all that, you'd really enjoy staring at the ceiling, too.

Posted by: Editor at April 27, 2021 08:48 AM (QVZys)

95 I'd recommend flying to Amsterdam, going into a Cafe and smoking some Thai Stick, have an espresso, and then go to the Van Gogh museum.

You'll really enjoy his work after that, I assure you.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 08:45 AM

Um...I did it sober, but it was still a great museum. I do like some of his work. Mostly the outdoor scenes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (m+jkK)

96
I think it's funny that he didn't just call this The Armchair. No, he had to make sure we knew that it was Paul Gauguin's Armchair.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:44 AM

just as long as he doesn't call it The Chair]/i], we'll be OK

Posted by: George Strait at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (DUIap)

97 Paul Gauguin's Beer Fridge
Paul Gauguin's Shoe Shine Box
Paul Gauguin's Bowling Trophy
Paul Gauguin's Pet Chicken
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 27, 2021 08:48 AM (fLVm1)

Why don't you just marry Gauguin?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (lmikk)

98 Van Gogh really wanted to paint Gauguin's lawn mower but Gauguin knew van Gogh would never return it.

Posted by: Archer at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (gmo/4)

Posted by: George Strait at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (DUIap)

100 The candle critiques here are Tres Amusee, and reliable.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (M4KqT)

101 84 He was clearly a mad man.

Another point in his favor.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (45fpk)

I saw an "interesting" documentary on him once. He was played by Andy Sirkis (Gollum in Lord of the Rings). His interpretation was out of this world, right up to having the artists eat his paints. It was pretty wild.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:50 AM (OyyDO)

102 Paul Gauguin's Pet Chicken

I would buy that. I am very much into chickens. We could use some chicken art around here.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:50 AM (45fpk)

103 99
Posted by: George Strait at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (DUIap)

Best thing I have ever heard from George, honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:50 AM (lmikk)

104 His interpretation was out of this world, right up to having the artists eat his paints. It was pretty wild.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:50 AM (OyyDO)

I'm a firm believer that some very good art comes from madness.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:51 AM (45fpk)

105 Paul Gauguin's armchair had two handles
Using it to pick models a scandal
He liked models more chicer
With a tight little squeaker
Refused those who rose with lit candles

Posted by: naturalfake at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (dWwl8)

106 Re: 53--I've been to Tahiti, didn't see any hot chicks at all (except The Wife, of course), mostly overweight-types in parachute-style dresses.

Posted by: FIIGMO at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (2S93K)

107 104 I'm a firm believer that some very good art comes from madness.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:51 AM (45fpk)

========

Not all, of course.

Kubrick was terrified of drugs messing with his creative center.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (LvTSG)

108 Shakespeare is great, just not read.

Who in the Giant Progressive Indoctrination Machine that masquerades as our "education system" will even be able to understand Ol' Billy in a couple more years?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (HaL55)

109 Looked it up: Gauguin and Van Gogh did indeed know each other. Gauguin visited him in Arles. In fact the infamous ear episode took place while Gauguin was visiting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (/XOcP)

110 just as long as he doesn't call it The Chair, we'll be OK

Posted by: George Strait at April 27, 2021 08:49 AM (DUIap)

I love that song.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (45fpk)

111 Well, grammie, there does seem to be a correlation between madness and genius.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (M4KqT)

112 Robert Fripp once said, regarding the recording of a live show in Amsterdam (for the King Crimson album Starless & Bible Black):

"Audiences in Amsterdam are always so stoned they don't make a lot of noise, which was perfect for the live recording.* We went on after midnight so they'd be extra stoned."

(*especially since those recordings were to be "built up" in the studio afterwards)

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 27, 2021 08:53 AM (Bmy3R)

113 104 His interpretation was out of this world, right up to having the artists eat his paints. It was pretty wild.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:50 AM (OyyDO)

I'm a firm believer that some very good art comes from madness.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:51 AM (45fpk)

No argument here. And the stuff that isn't good is definitely interesting.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 08:53 AM (OyyDO)

114 I like shadows.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:46 AM (lmikk)

Until you wrote that I hadn't realized that most, maybe all, his work had no shadows. Reflections yes but not so much shadows.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 08:54 AM (y7DUB)

115 That seemed to change around 1980 or so, perhaps around the time Don McLean released "Vincent."
Posted by: Michael the Texan at April 27, 2021

***
I think that song was out a little bit earlier, around 1974-75?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 08:54 AM (/XOcP)

116 I'm a firm believer that some very good art comes from madness.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:51 AM (45fpk)

I think that was the point of Mad Men. Just about everyone was a fucking nut but very creative.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (yrol0)

117 69 ... "I think you are being overly critical of van Gogh. I do understand not liking his work, but being dismissive of the scenes he chooses is inconsistent."

CBD, You're right. I shouldn't have knocked the scene like that, especially when I think of some of the Andrew Wyeth ones I like so much which are no more noteworthy. I still don't care for the style, but that is a different matter. Time for some more coffee and maybe something for this headache.

Posted by: JTB at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (7EjX1)

118 I'm a firm believer that some very good art comes from madness.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:51 AM (45fpk)

=====================
I often can't tell the difference between wakefulness and dreams, myself. Maybe I'll take up painting.

Posted by: The Joe Biden Gaff Machine at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (VIRBj)

119 Kubrick was terrified of drugs messing with his creative center.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (LvTSG)

I used to paint. I even sold a few pieces in NYC back before I began taking medication. I look at some of my stuff from that period and know - absolutely - I can never do that again. Gone.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (45fpk)

120 Don McLean.... did some excellent work.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (M4KqT)

121 You been heah 40 minutes. You Gogh now!

Posted by: Mama San at April 27, 2021 08:56 AM (DMUuz)

122 Who in the Giant Progressive Indoctrination Machine that masquerades as our "education system" will even be able to understand Ol' Billy in a couple more years?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (HaL55)

A lot of people would have trouble understanding all the words NOW.

Here is a good parallel I would draw:

Remember dialogue in old movies like the Thin Man series or... Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday? That rapid patter and back and forth.

Now imagine reading that. You'd slow it down, wouldn't you? Would that strip some of the rapid fire brilliance?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:56 AM (lmikk)

123 Nope.
Now tell me some joker paid millions for this?

Posted by: IP at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (pWrfh)

124 Paul's chair looks like it was made from old shipping pallets by a group of middle school shop students.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (o2MD2)

125 Speaking of France, the conservatives are starting to signal displeasure with their government. A second French revolution might be brewing...https://tinyurl.com/3bd65se9

Posted by: Archer at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (gmo/4)

126 Would hang. On the refrigerator with a magnet. Good Job, Vinny!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (Wm5SB)

127 122 Remember dialogue in old movies like the Thin Man series or... Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday? That rapid patter and back and forth.

Now imagine reading that. You'd slow it down, wouldn't you? Would that strip some of the rapid fire brilliance?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:56 AM (lmikk)

==========

Yes. A lot of the appeal is the delivery.

Shakespeare read undermines the comedy most. Hearing it and watching the performance highlights the comedic elements more than parsing every word.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (LvTSG)

128 I shouldn't have knocked the scene like that, especially when I think of some of the Andrew Wyeth ones I like so much which are no more noteworthy.

Posted by: JTB at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM (7EjX1)

Good example! So that's what we will have tomorrow!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (Q9lwr)

129 Ain't no happy trees. Still waiting for some Bob Ross CBD.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * acolyte second class, Branch Trumpian at April 27, 2021 08:58 AM (eLEmy)

130 A second French revolution might be brewing.

Second? I think this one would be the sixth.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 27, 2021 08:58 AM (aVKa7)

131 Good example! So that's what we will have tomorrow!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM

Wyeth didn't have an ottoman, did he? Just checking.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 08:58 AM (m+jkK)

132 I really like Van Gogh, but this one was a waste of paint.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (o2MD2)

133

Seat comes off to become a potty chair, candle is to kill the scent and the Bibles there are for toilet paper.

Daddy had the same set up there for the last 30 years or so. Can't wait till I inherit it!

Posted by: G. Dub Roid, Esq. at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (y2CwD)

134 D.C. police computer network hacked and "Russian-speaking" ransomware syndicate claimed it has sensitive data including gang informant identities; threatens to share [I would have thought 'sold at a discount'] with local gangs unless paid an unspecified ransom. Ha, ha.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (UHVv4)

135 Until you wrote that I hadn't realized that most, maybe all, his work had no shadows. Reflections yes but not so much shadows.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 08:54 AM (y7DUB)

Rick who mentioned Rembrandt above is completely correct. Van Gogh (and Gauguin) are kind of the anti-chiaroscuro. So maybe they should be the anti-Caravaggio.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (lmikk)

136 The original hot seat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (63Dwl)

137 Jack be nimble?

Posted by: IP at April 27, 2021 09:00 AM (pWrfh)

138 The original hot seat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 08:59 AM (63Dwl)

Oh, that's very good.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 09:00 AM (45fpk)

139 Let's see.
Book? check!
Candle? check!
Now, where did I put that darn bell?

Posted by: Kim Novak at April 27, 2021 09:01 AM (Fc5rx)

140 Damn good way to start a fire. Everybody in the lunch room, now. Safety meeting.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at April 27, 2021 09:01 AM (I58tH)

141 Paul Gauguin was just predicting what the world will be like with Green Nude Eel.

What did Progs use before candles?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:01 AM (yrol0)

142 Jack be nimble?
Posted by: IP

Jack be quick
Jack slide up and down on a candle stick

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:02 AM (OCTRt)

143 Hemorrhoid >>> G. Dub Roid

Posted by: Sock Monkey * acolyte second class, Branch Trumpian at April 27, 2021 09:02 AM (eLEmy)

144 This is a good way to kill time sitting in a waiting room... they don't even have any crappy news shows going on tv either!!

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:02 AM (M4KqT)

145 Safety meeting.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at April 27, 2021 09:01 AM (I58tH)

Safety meeting was our Wednesday code word for start drinking at 1500.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:02 AM (yrol0)

146 Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (jvt6t)

147 A people's historic continuity of experience, says the conservative, offers a guide to policy far better than the abstract designs of coffee-house philosophers. -Russell Kirk

You have to conserve the people, not the system.

https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=23582

Posted by: Anonymouse at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (ynBkT)

148 Kubrick was terrified of drugs messing with his creative center.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (LvTSG)

Kevin Smith had some interesting things early on (and Mallrats) but once he took up weed to get in touch with his inner creativity whatever spark he had seems to have been extinguished. I guess he can still be funny with his tales from his experiences to people who go to those shows but I don't think I have looked forward to his creative input in over a decade and a half.

Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (Ojki1)

149 Damn good way to start a fire. Everybody in the lunch room, now. Safety meeting.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

In a sea of mediocrity, be the inspiration for an OSHA Reg.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (OCTRt)

150 So that burning sensation when I sit down . . .

Posted by: Paul G. at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (qGGob)

151 Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM

Neither would we.

Posted by: Van Gogh's sunglasses at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (m+jkK)

152 Paul Gaugin's Armchair in the ghett-toe:
http://y2u.be/lRBAQHQ_wIs

Posted by: Chairs are for Choosers at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (NlOxY)

153 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

154 You DO know that it's actually pronounced Vonnn Gocchhh?

Posted by: That guy who always says "It's pronounced Vonnn Gocchhh at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (Fc5rx)

155 That's a bad painting.

3rd grade level.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

156 151 Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM

Neither would we.
Posted by: Van Gogh's sunglasses at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (m+jkK)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (lmikk)

157 So that burning sensation when I sit down . . .
Posted by: Paul G.

Tuck's Medicated Pads*.

*Shameless product placement.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (OCTRt)

158
Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.
Posted by: Jak Sucio

How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (63Dwl)

159 Alternate title: "How to set the house on fire."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (xopIz)

160 155 That's a bad painting.

3rd grade level.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

That's 2 whole grades higher than me on my best day!

Posted by: Chimpy McBushitler, desperate for some strange new media respect at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (Ojki1)

161 This is how house fires start.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

162 Weed makes you stupid and lazy. This is a known side effect for better than a half century, but hey, don't let a few facts get in the way of a good party. Weed makes you creative like whiskey makes you smarter.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (o2MD2)

163 Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.
Posted by: Jak Sucio

How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Staple gun.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (OCTRt)

164 I think art is derived from either great skill or great passion.

The former group can sustain long careers because their skill allows them to produce quality work that only improves with time.

The latter tend to produce in fits and spurts as their waves of craziness ebb and flow.

It's odd to be a prolific madman, which is what Van Gogh was.

Usually you kill yourself before you produce a vastest collection when you are insane.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (xwFYh)

165 How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (63Dwl)

Have to staple one side. Maybe put a hook on one side of your head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (lmikk)

166 Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC

Posted by: SMOD at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

167 Neither would we.
Posted by: Van Gogh's sunglasses

***

ISWYDT! Subtle. Stealth thread winner possibility.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (Fc5rx)

168 Weed makes you stupid and lazy. This is a known side effect for better than a half century, but hey, don't let a few facts get in the way of a good party. Weed makes you creative like whiskey makes you smarter.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

Tequila makes you a better singer.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (OCTRt)

169 Was this before or after the ear incident? Would not hang.
Posted by: Jak Sucio

How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (63Dwl)

No one expects a mad man to conform to societies changing views.

Advantage mad men.

Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (Ojki1)

170 Weed makes you creative like whiskey makes you smarter.
But muh weed!

Posted by: Libertairians everywhere at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (pWrfh)

171 148 Kubrick was terrified of drugs messing with his creative center.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:52 AM (LvTSG)

Kevin Smith had some interesting things early on (and Mallrats) but once he took up weed to get in touch with his inner creativity whatever spark he had seems to have been extinguished. I guess he can still be funny with his tales from his experiences to people who go to those shows but I don't think I have looked forward to his creative input in over a decade and a half.
Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (Ojki1)

=========

There's an idea that after the failure of Jersey Girl, his first movie that tried to move beyond his Ascue-verse stuff, he took the criticism really hard and just retreated to his bubble of Ascue-fans and world. His efforts outside of that world have been lazy efforts like Cop Out, like he just doesn't care.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

172 Kevin Smith had some interesting things early on (and Mallrats) but once he took up weed to get in touch with his inner creativity whatever spark he had seems to have been extinguished. I guess he can still be funny with his tales from his experiences to people who go to those shows but I don't think I have looked forward to his creative input in over a decade and a half.
Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (Ojki1)

I remember initially laughing hard over Clerks and then rewatching it and thinking it was really dumb. Chasing Amy started off really well and then just went off the rails. After wasting my time with Dogma I just gave up on him.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (y7DUB)

173 165 How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:05 AM (63Dwl)

Have to staple one side. Maybe put a hook on one side of your head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:06 AM (lmikk)

pshaw.....everyone knows about The Nosy...

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (jvt6t)

174 BTW, Fauci is now saying masks aren't needed outside... again again.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)

175
How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Duct tape.

If it's good enough for NASCAR, it will save you from Chinese lung AIDS.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

176 174 BTW, Fauci is now saying masks aren't needed outside... again again.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)

=========

"He's wrong! Burn him!"
-Karens everywhere

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (LvTSG)

177 A painting of a 19th century colonoscopy? Just sit right here atop our state of the art colon illumination device.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (cCxiu)

178 166 Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC
Posted by: SMOD at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

Which is kind of the same argument that Disney and the woke crowd make about their movies and shows: there is a vast untapped market out there who DO like the woke garbage that we are pushing. Funny parallel that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (lmikk)

179 BTW, Fauci is now saying masks aren't needed outside... again again.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)

Launch that prick into space without a space suit.

Now he's just trolling THE WORLD, flexing his shriveled cock because he can, sorta.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

180 I look at some of my stuff from that period and know - absolutely - I can never do that again. Gone.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 08:55 AM

Will future art historians classify one of those as your Lutefisk Period?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (DMUuz)

181
Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC
Posted by: SMOD

Two birthday parties each year.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:09 AM (63Dwl)

182 166 Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC
Posted by: SMOD at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

Could we get her on stage real time, so she can translate what he means when he babbles but also when he isn't speaking on behalf of the administration? It'd be Mandela funeral sign guy part 2, Dementia Boogaloo.

Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:10 AM (Ojki1)

183 Tuck's Medicated Pads*.

*Shameless product placement.

Hope those things aren't flammable.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:10 AM (HaL55)

184 Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC

The newspeak is hilarious in a dark way. What did he mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2021 09:10 AM (7hF2c)

185 Shakespeare - if read - should be read aloud. Yep, even if you are alone in a locked room.

Reading aloud frees you from the forced chant-like meter and gives you time to consider the words and meanings. Don't believe me? Try it.

Read the Hamlet 'to be or not to be' soliloquy and/or the MacBeth 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow' speech. Take your time and read it as though you were speaking to a third party. The language comes alive.

Then, when you watch a performance, you will find yourself immersed in the experience.

Posted by: Lurking Cynic at April 27, 2021 09:10 AM (RS9ZG)

186 Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (Ojki1)

I think he is a very funny stand-up comic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 09:11 AM (Q9lwr)

187 Mallrats is the best thing Smith ever did.

That Kid is BACK on the Escalator!

Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2021 09:11 AM (EWAjo)

188 I hope it goes completely sideways for the DC police. That department is as crooked as they come. I hope a bunch of their criminal activity gets exposed, I hope all their CIs get rolled up, and the gangs get their home addresses.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 27, 2021 09:11 AM (Uh2oA)

189 Hope those things aren't flammable.

If I had a dollar for every time I've said that.

Posted by: IP at April 27, 2021 09:11 AM (pWrfh)

190 There's an idea that after the failure of Jersey Girl, his first movie that tried to move beyond his Ascue-verse stuff, he took the criticism really hard and just retreated to his bubble of Ascue-fans and world. His efforts outside of that world have been lazy efforts like Cop Out, like he just doesn't care.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

Kevin Smith is another one: I loved Clerks. Liked Mall Rats. Chasing Amy was shit. It is two thirds of a great movie. The last third is true to life, but that is not what I go to the movies for (and this is honestly my same argument against Requiem, btw.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:11 AM (lmikk)

191 Mallrats is the best thing Smith ever

I thought he had a fine turn in Live Free or Die Hard.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:12 AM (jvt6t)

192 Art related. Just got some black goodies for a black rifle. Scope and bipod and sling for the Patrol. Looks pretty tacticool but I need to get it zeroed.

That's sniper-ish. So art.

Posted by: blaster at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM (ZfRYq)

193 Which is kind of the same argument that Disney and the woke crowd make about their movies and shows: there is a vast untapped market out there who DO like the woke garbage that we are pushing. Funny parallel that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (lmikk)

Given how much Twitter loves them they probably think they can get those lazy shift abouts to buy their product, not realizing the Twitter crowd doesn't pay for anything they don't have to and they know all the pirate sites. Plus watching stuff would take them off Twitter, so not so much on doing other things.

Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM (Ojki1)

194 Will future art historians classify one of those as your Lutefisk Period?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 27, 2021 09:08 AM (DMUuz)

I'll have to research if lutefisk causes one to become manic. Of course, there's no doubt it causes depression.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM (45fpk)

195 CNN's Dr Wen now says outdoor mask mandates should go too. I'm sensing a pattern ~~of force~~ here.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM (UHVv4)

196 How does a guy with one ear wear a mask?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Gorilla Glue! Just don't get any on your hair.
-- Mentally incompetent Black lady

Posted by: Archer at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM (gmo/4)

197 First thing I saw was the double dildo on the chair. I guess it's just a candle though.

Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hot and cold dildoes.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:14 AM (arJlL)

198
Hot and cold dildoes.
Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:14 AM (arJlL)

Stick it in one hole, blow it out with the other.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

199 A candle on the teacher's chair? Must've been before the invention of thumb tacks and whoopee cushions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 27, 2021 09:14 AM (1mKLx)

200 ISWYDT! Subtle. Stealth thread winner possibility.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM

Praise from the master!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 09:15 AM (m+jkK)

201 Psaki Claims When Biden Promised Bipartisanship He Didn't Mean Legislatively In DC

The newspeak is hilarious in a dark way. What did he mean?

Threesome with Kristi Noem?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:16 AM (y7DUB)

202 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

203 Here I was thinking we might get the official Trump portrait as today's art. Not a fan of the Van Gogh piece. As others have noted, looks like a fire risk.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:17 AM (CAJOC)

204 CNN's Dr Wen now says outdoor mask mandates should go too. I'm sensing a pattern ~~of force~~ here.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:13 AM

Which means that up here in Maskachusetts we'll be wearing these stupid face diapers forever.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 09:17 AM (m+jkK)

205 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

He won't see 2022. If he does, he won't know it.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

206 203 Here I was thinking we might get the official Trump portrait as today's art. Not a fan of the Van Gogh piece. As others have noted, looks like a fire risk.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:17 AM (CAJOC)

The Trump portrait is a good painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM (lmikk)

207 >>Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.

They are probably afraid he'll start playing with the Dog Turds.

Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM (EWAjo)

208 Biden can't walk 50 yards and Kumswala can't stop cackling like an idiot.

#WASTF

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

209 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.

With this demented puddinhead, you mean it's a walk that's usually tripped.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM (HaL55)

210 Before I ask a young woman out, I explain that I'm not old enough yet to be president.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at April 27, 2021 09:19 AM (EFCBR)

211 Wakes up.
Scratches.
!ooks around.
Dang. It seems quiet this morning. Too quiet.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 27, 2021 09:19 AM (HPSCb)

212 Biden can't walk 50 yards and Kumswala can't stop cackling like an idiot.

#WASTF
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM

So...over/under on when China invades Taiwan and Russia rolls into Ukraine?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 09:20 AM (m+jkK)

213 Van Gogh was into snuff art.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:20 AM (UHVv4)

214 Need a funicular railway from the helipad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:20 AM (lmikk)

215
With this demented puddinhead, you mean it's a walk that's usually tripped.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:18 AM (HaL55)

https://youtu.be/3caoy4cIXac

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

216
How To Tell a Student Never Picked Up the Assigned Book - a limerick

There once was a witch named McRandle
Who cast all of the spells she could handle
'Til she chose to abscond
With a wave of Her wand
That's the plot line of Bell, Book, and Scandal

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:21 AM (Fc5rx)

217
So...over/under on when China invades Taiwan and Russia rolls into Ukraine?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 09:20 AM (m+jkK)

July 4th. Terrorists love America's special days.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

218 I always figured that once they got rid of Trump, they would open up the economy. It was a scamdemic to oust Trump.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at April 27, 2021 09:21 AM (xopIz)

219 if china invaded Taiwan, it could tip it over.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at April 27, 2021 09:21 AM (EFCBR)

220 Here I was thinking we might get the official Trump portrait as today's art.

Hey, you know what that PJM article about it (linked in the Morning Report) didn't have? The frickin' picture! Only a link to twatter which presumably had the picture. Great reporting there, PJM.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (qc+VF)

221
!ooks around.

I, for the life of me, cannot figure out how you make this typo.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

222 As others have noted, looks like a fire risk.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:17 AM

I can help with that...there are those who call me The Fireman

Posted by: George Strait at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (DUIap)

223 Van goes got a lot of mileage out of cutting his ear off

I'm sure the art is worth kajillions but I don't see it as special

Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (Ol1h0)

224 Hey, you know what that PJM article about it (linked in the Morning Report) didn't have? The frickin' picture! Only a link to twatter which presumably had the picture. Great reporting there, PJM.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (qc+VF)

The Painting
https://tinyurl.com/6h7c3uez

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:23 AM (lmikk)

225 224 Hey, you know what that PJM article about it (linked in the Morning Report) didn't have? The frickin' picture! Only a link to twatter which presumably had the picture. Great reporting there, PJM.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (qc+VF)

The Painting
https://tinyurl.com/6h7c3uez
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:23 AM (lmikk)

========

It's Paul Gauguin's Painting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

226 I love Van Gogh's art. Always did. Avant garde. I wish my great grandparents had bought up several back in the day.

And left me one or two.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at April 27, 2021 09:24 AM (xopIz)

227
Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:16 AM

yeah, the Rascal Scooter would have bee a little over the top

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (DUIap)

228 It's Paul Gauguin's Painting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

Dammit man! Lol. I rechecked the link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (lmikk)

229
We never should have had outdoor mask mandates in the first place. Or mask mandates at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (mht8P)

230 220 Here I was thinking we might get the official Trump portrait as today's art.

Hey, you know what that PJM article about it (linked in the Morning Report) didn't have? The frickin' picture! Only a link to twatter which presumably had the picture. Great reporting there, PJM.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:22 AM (qc+VF)

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Interestingly enough, if I do an image search on Trump Presidential Portrait, the picture does not come up at all. I've tried some variations, but still no luck. Tried Bing and DDG.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (CAJOC)

231
yeah, the Rascal Scooter would have bee a little over the top
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (DUIap)]

But, him running it into a tree would've been priceless.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

232 Tequila makes you a better singer.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021

***

Word!

Posted by: Janis Joplin at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM (/XOcP)

233 Interestingly enough, if I do an image search on Trump Presidential Portrait, the picture does not come up at all. I've tried some variations, but still no luck. Tried Bing and DDG.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (CAJOC)

Bing gave me a forbes article as the first result that had the painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM (lmikk)

234 Few people really like Van Gogh. They've just been bullied into saying they do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2021 08:35 AM (mht8P)

==========

Are these the same people who force high school students to say that Shakespeare is great in the grand conspiracy of English teachers?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:36 AM (LvTSG)

They're the same ones who insist that 'Citizen Kane' is the greatest movie ever made.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM (tmDma)

235 233 Interestingly enough, if I do an image search on Trump Presidential Portrait, the picture does not come up at all. I've tried some variations, but still no luck. Tried Bing and DDG.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:25 AM (CAJOC)

Bing gave me a forbes article as the first result that had the painting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM (lmikk)

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Yeah, I got the article. I was looking for just the image, though. Maybe it's too new, and the webcrawlers haven't gotten to it yet.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:28 AM (CAJOC)

236 Anyone know a good version of Faust written as a narrative, not as a play? I've tried reading the Goethe version but didn't like the script format. I probably won't read Marlowe either for the same reason. This should have been on the book thread. Sorry.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (OyyDO)

237 The Painting
https://tinyurl.com/6h7c3uez

Thank you. Yeah, that's a whole different universe of better compared to Barky O'Spermface. Both artists show us what they really think of their subjects.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (qc+VF)

238 "You know what really burns my ass ?"
Posted by: Saf

A flame about three feet high?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:30 AM (OCTRt)

239 They're the same ones who insist that 'Citizen Kane' is the greatest movie ever made.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM (tmDma)

I find it interesting- just like Van Gogh.

It is an example of the 'Hey, that's neat' school of art vs 'this makes me feel good/I really like it/I want to own it.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:30 AM (lmikk)

240 202 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:16 AM (UHVv4)
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I'm sure Uncle Joe has coverage for a Hoveround Cobra:
https://tinyurl.com/48kmyadv

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 27, 2021 09:30 AM (1mKLx)

241 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House, a trip that is usually walked.

***

It was windy.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:30 AM (2CptV)

242 Anyone mind if I borrow that crack pipe for a bit. I have a, um, friend, studying that kind of stuff.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (JMMlQ)

243 test

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (/XOcP)

244 Thank you. Yeah, that's a whole different universe of better compared to Barky O'Spermface. Both artists show us what they really think of their subjects.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (qc+VF)

Was Barky sitting against the outfield wall @ Wrigley?

Posted by: BignJames at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

245 Tequila makes you a better singer.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021

***

Word!

Posted by: Ashlee Simpson at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (/XOcP)

246 LOL. I remember my 10th grade English teacher reprimanding me for using the term "woke up."

I didn't know then, but I should have replied "If it's good enough for Shakespeare, it's good enough for me."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (xopIz)

247 243 test
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (/XOcP)

========

A-

Lack of use of the Oxford comma cost you, young man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (LvTSG)

248 The inspiration for the later, and little-known, 'Mrs. O'Leary's Cow'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (1vynn)

249 Read the Hamlet 'to be or not to be' soliloquy and/or the MacBeth 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow' speech. Take your time and read it as though you were speaking to a third party. The language comes alive.

Have you ever noticed how few people can read aloud well? And the younger they are, the worse it gets. I taught myself to read well aloud by following your prescription above: just reading Shakespeare speeches out loud by myself. Then I'd branch out to reading passages from fiction out loud.

Sometimes I'd pretend I was onstage, performing a role, but mostly I was pretending that what I was saying was real. We don't talk to each other in a stiff, monotonous robot voice because what we're saying is real, but when it comes to written words, we don't apply the same rule.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (tmDma)

250 127 122 Remember dialogue in old movies like the Thin Man series or... Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday? That rapid patter and back and forth.

Now imagine reading that. You'd slow it down, wouldn't you? Would that strip some of the rapid fire brilliance?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 08:56 AM (lmikk)

Yes. A lot of the appeal is the delivery.

Shakespeare read undermines the comedy most. Hearing it and watching the performance highlights the comedic elements more than parsing every word.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 08:57 AM (LvTSG)

I also think that this was the appeal of the TV series 'Moonlighting'. Glenn Gordon Caron was trying to bring that snappy dialogue to the modern era.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (mdjgu)

251 A-

Lack of use of the Oxford comma cost you, young man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021

***

Huh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (/XOcP)

252 It was windy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:30 AM (2CptV)

Kum-ala was there to keep him up.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:32 AM (jvt6t)

253 Biden required an SUV ride from the Marine One helicopter pad to the White House

***

Sedan chair was out for refurbishing.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:33 AM (Fc5rx)

254 Was Barky sitting against the outfield wall @ Wrigley?
Posted by: BignJames at April 27, 2021 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

https://tinyurl.com/3jdra3uy

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:33 AM (lmikk)

255 Anyone know a good version of Faust written as a
narrative, not as a play?

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (OyyDO)

Thomas Mann.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 09:33 AM (Q9lwr)

256 Will Biden:

a. Drop Dead
b. Continue being managed
c. Be " Retired"
before the midterms?

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (6Je/Q)

257 255 Anyone know a good version of Faust written as a
narrative, not as a play?

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (OyyDO)

Thomas Mann.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 09:33 AM (Q9lwr)

Barack Obama's Biography.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (lmikk)

258 We never should have had outdoor mask mandates in the first place. Or mask mandates at all.

As JJ's link earlier in his stellar MoRep states, had we merely treated the China Flu like a typical flu, we'd have been far better off. But anybody with two functioning neurons to rub together knew that already.
But nooooo, OMB. So we destroyed our economy for absolutely no reason other than progressives.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (HaL55)

259 256 Will Biden:

a. Drop Dead
b. Continue being managed
c. Be " Retired"
before the midterms?
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (6Je/Q)

========

He will survive through the 2024 election where he will lose. This will prevent Kamala Harris from ever being president, and it will be hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (LvTSG)

260 https://tinyurl.com/3jdra3uy

I wonder if that version has been retouched? I remember the spermatozoan on his temple being unmistakable.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:36 AM (qc+VF)

261 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (LvTSG)

Is a Lynch Nightmare actually a normal dream?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:36 AM (lmikk)

262 A-

Lack of use of the Oxford comma cost you, young man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021

***

Huh?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

A play, on your test, comment.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:36 AM (OCTRt)

263 Is the " Oxford Comma" A Thing, worth looking up??
I am an ellipsis guy... I own stock in Ellipsis Manufacturing...

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:36 AM (6Je/Q)

264 But nooooo, OMB. So we destroyed our economy for absolutely no reason other than progressives.

****

Well, not NO reason:

www.weforum.org/great-reset

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (2CptV)

265 Good morning.

I've not perused the comments, but, I'm assuming someone has already made a comment about a hot seat. And also pointed out the lack of arms on the armchair. I mean, if you're going to paint an armchair, shouldn't there at least be some arms and some blood?

Sad!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (2SdPm)

266 They're the same ones who insist that 'Citizen Kane' is the greatest movie ever made.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 09:26 AM

Fortunately, we few, we happy few, we band of Morons know that it's Prometheus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (DMUuz)

267 261 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (LvTSG)

Is a Lynch Nightmare actually a normal dream?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:36 AM (lmikk)

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Depends. Do you often take psychotropic hallucinogens before bedtime?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (LvTSG)

268 As JJ's link earlier in his stellar MoRep states, had we merely treated the China Flu like a typical flu, we'd have been far better off. But anybody with two functioning neurons to rub together knew that already.
But nooooo, OMB. So we destroyed our economy for absolutely no reason other than progressives.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:35 AM (HaL55)

But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (Ez6QX)

269 Lack of use of the Oxford comma cost you, young man.

It's what separates us from the beasts of the field.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (HaL55)

270 ...reading Shakespeare speeches out loud by myself.Posted by: Dr. Mabuse

*****

Dad: "Is he up in his room reciting Shakespeare AGAIN?"

Mom: "No, I think he's masturbating."

Dad: "Oh, thank heavens!"

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (Fc5rx)

271 Anyone know a good version of Faust written as a
narrative, not as a play?

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021

***

Not Faust, but a very good examination of the world of magic and of summoning demons is James Blish's Black Easter. As Blish said in an introduction, it is not a playful story about magic, but his attempt to show how, if it existed in the modern world (1968, then), it would work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (/XOcP)

272 Was Barky sitting against the outfield wall @ Wrigley?

"No, Mr. President. That's not what they mean by a ground rule double. Please get up."

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (qc+VF)

273 Depends. Do you often take psychotropic hallucinogens before bedtime?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (LvTSG)

You missed the last nightmare I related on an ONT a good while back. Someone mentioned that it was directed by Lynch and I could not disagree with them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (lmikk)

274 But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?

****

See #264

The WEF isn't the Illuminati or Build-a-Bears. They 100% exist and have the power to reconfigure economies and economic systems. And they intended to, and are succeeding.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (2CptV)

275 265 Good morning.

I've not perused the comments, but, I'm assuming someone has already made a comment about a hot seat. And also pointed out the lack of arms on the armchair. I mean, if you're going to paint an armchair, shouldn't there at least be some arms and some blood?

Sad!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (2SdPm)

Kinda late, blake... all the candles up the butt and fart lighting snark was used up early. Horde, you know..

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (6Je/Q)

276 Is the " Oxford Comma" A Thing, worth looking up??
I am an ellipsis guy... I own stock in Ellipsis Manufacturing...
Posted by: kraken

Only if, you like to talk, like the Shat.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (OCTRt)

277 But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (Ez6QX)

Power and money.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (z5Vrg)

278 Dad: "Is he up in his room reciting Shakespeare AGAIN?"

Mom: "No, I think he's masturbating."

Dad: "Oh, thank heavens!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (Fc5rx)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (lmikk)

279 Does anyone that went to a public school remember a book that the teacher said was required reading to move up to the next grade. Old titles that were very difficult to read, and made you swear off reading any book for a few years. (except text books).

Posted by: Colin at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (MeIzt)

280 BLM honcho spent about $65,000 at a Malibu resort. (Patrisse Collors or similar.)

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:40 AM (UHVv4)

281 BTW, Fauci is now saying masks aren't needed outside... again again.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:07 AM (UHVv4)

So when Tucker Carlson said yesterday that only neurotics and zealots wear masks outside he was agreeing with Fauci? That's going to cause emotional distress to the Fauci idolators.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 27, 2021 09:40 AM (1lKRm)

282 Is the " Oxford Comma" A Thing, worth looking up??
I am an ellipsis guy... I own stock in Ellipsis Manufacturing...
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021

***

It is. And I make a point of using it where necessary in comments longer than one word.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:40 AM (/XOcP)

283 270 ...reading Shakespeare speeches out loud by myself.Posted by: Dr. Mabuse

*****

Dad: "Is he up in his room reciting Shakespeare AGAIN?"
Mom: "No, I think he's masturbating."
Dad: "Oh, thank heavens!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (Fc5rx)

----------------------------

And that young man's name was... Pete. And now you know... the rest of the story.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:40 AM (CAJOC)

284 But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (Ez6QX)

Well obviously they loved Trump just as much as our leftists did. Anything to squash the populist movement that would end their power.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:40 AM (jvt6t)

285 The WEF isn't the Illuminati or Build-a-Bears. They 100% exist and have the power to reconfigure economies and economic systems. And they intended to, and are succeeding.

Addendum:

It sucks to realize how little control you have over your own life and business, and that voting doesn't matter one tiny little bit.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (2CptV)

286 Does anyone that went to a public school remember a book that the teacher said was required reading to move up to the next grade. Old titles that were very difficult to read, and made you swear off reading any book for a few years. (except text books).
Posted by: Colin at April 27, 2021

***

Probably Silas Marner or The Mill on the Floss.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (/XOcP)

287 But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:37 AM (Ez6QX)

Power and money.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead

And PIE !

"Oh my !"

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (arJlL)

288 Texas PCR + Rate (7 day rolling ave):

4.16%
4.61%
4.99%
5.17%
5.25%
5.43%
5.52%
Rates have dropped about 20 to 25% AGAIN. Population immunity clearly reached by now.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (yrol0)

289 The colors in this painting do it for me. The subject matter is meh, but the overall scene evokes enough warmth and feeling that I'd hang it.

Posted by: 496 at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (U1eOr)

290 BTW, Fauci is now saying masks aren't needed outside... again again.

***

Everyone who loves Science knows that cold viruses can survive outside for weeks at a time.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (2CptV)

291 Posted by: Colin at April 27, 2021 09:39 AM (MeIzt)

The Scarlet Letter comes to mind. Awful.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (jvt6t)

292 288 Texas PCR + Rate (7 day rolling ave):
Rates have dropped about 20 to 25% AGAIN. Population immunity clearly reached by now.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (yrol0)

=========

Imagine how much faster we'd have reached without lockdowns that just spread out the pain.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (LvTSG)

293
286 Does anyone that went to a public school remember a book that the teacher said was required reading to move up to the next grade. Old titles that were very difficult to read, and made you swear off reading any book for a few years. (except text books).
Posted by: Colin at April 27, 2021

***

Probably Silas Marner or The Mill on the Floss.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (/XOcP)

The Mayor of Casterbridge. The Scarlet Letter....

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (6Je/Q)

294 290 Everyone who loves Science knows that cold viruses can survive outside for weeks at a time.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (2CptV)

==========

In the sun! But Trump said inject bleach into your veins.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (LvTSG)

295 The Scarlet Letter comes to mind. Awful.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (jvt6t)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (lmikk)

296 The Sun Also Rises.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (lmikk)

297 Imagine how much faster we'd have reached without lockdowns that just spread out the pain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (LvTSG)

And threw Zpaks and HCQ at anyone over 65 with a cough.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (yrol0)

298 The Oxford comma is not mandatory, it depends on what you are trying to convey.

My uncle, a lawyer, and a good man had lunch. (three individuals)

My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (Fc5rx)

299 But as someone stated yesterday, why the hell did the rest of the world go along with it?

More stealth progs would be my guess. PDT did the whole world a big favor by showing us who shouldn't have power. Now we need to get rid of them ASAP. We'll never be free again until we do.

I'm still amazed that we haven't begun that task. I suppose the shock hasn't ebbed enough for people to get thoroughly pissed off enough yet.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (HaL55)

300 295 The Scarlet Letter comes to mind. Awful.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (jvt6t)

This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (lmikk)

Anything by Thomas Hardy, or William James.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:44 AM (6Je/Q)

301 Probably Silas Marner or The Mill on the Floss.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:41 AM (/XOcP)

The Mayor of Casterbridge. The Scarlet Letter....
Posted by: kraken

The Scarlet Pimple.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:44 AM (OCTRt)

302 298 The Oxford comma is not mandatory, it depends on what you are trying to convey.

My uncle, a lawyer, and a good man had lunch. (three individuals)

My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (Fc5rx)

Technically per the non-Oxford commaites the last one could also be three individuals.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at April 27, 2021 09:44 AM (z5Vrg)

303 The Mayor of Casterbridge. The Scarlet Letter....
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (6Je/Q)

I watched Easy A. Does that count? Also 10 Thing I hate about you so I did not have to read Taming of the Shrew.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2021 09:44 AM (yrol0)

304 128 ... Yay! Andrew Wyeth always gets my attention. I'll have my coffee ready for the thread!

Posted by: JTB at April 27, 2021 09:44 AM (7EjX1)

305
In b4 "put zee candle back"?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:45 AM (nU1sH)

306 The Oxford comma is not mandatory, it depends on what you are trying to convey.

My uncle, a lawyer, and a good man had lunch. (three individuals)

My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon

Let's eat, grandma!

Let's eat grandma!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:45 AM (OCTRt)

307 Hilarious! (remove the two spaces)

https://mobile.twitter.com/drefanzor/ status/ 1386739731237531650

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 27, 2021 09:45 AM (DMUuz)

308 305
In b4 "put zee candle back"?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:45 AM (nU1sH)

Hahahahahah!

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:45 AM (6Je/Q)

309 My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon

Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:46 AM (OCTRt)

310 Imagine how much faster we'd have reached without lockdowns that just spread out the pain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:42 AM (LvTSG)

--------------------------

Remember, early on, that "flatten the curve" was the catch phrase of the day? Of course, and I know this is dangerously close to math, if you flatten a curve, you don't change the area beneath it.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:46 AM (CAJOC)

311 My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)

***

Also a comma after man.

Because commas are awesome.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:46 AM (2CptV)

312 310 Remember, early on, that "flatten the curve" was the catch phrase of the day? Of course, and I know this is dangerously close to math, if you flatten a curve, you don't change the area beneath it.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:46 AM (CAJOC)

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

I'm curious about the moment it went from "flatten the curve so that we don't overwhelm hospital facilities until they're ready for the entire population getting it" to "we must defeat covid."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

313 The Mill on the Floss is an outstanding book for adult readers but would be flat out torture for young people.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (y7DUB)

314 Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.
Posted by: rickb223

Insom is both.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (arJlL)

315 My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)

In that case, you would need a comma after "man" in order to set off the explanatory phrase.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (qc+VF)

316
Isn't there a famous stupid painting of a fried egg, or did I dream that?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (nU1sH)

317 309 My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon

Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:46 AM (OCTRt)

My lawyer uncle, had a good man for lunch.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (6Je/Q)

318
He will survive through the 2024 election where he will lose. This will prevent Kamala Harris from ever being president, and it will be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare

You can't beat a nobody with a lesser nobody.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (63Dwl)

319
Probably Silas Marner...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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'Eppie in de toal-hole' remains etched in my memory.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (CTJwJ)

320 Remember, early on, that "flatten the curve" was the catch phrase of the day?

***

Remember when you had to be within 6 feet of a positive carrier for 15 minutes or more?

I've got $5 that says those stipulations are still on the contact tracing requirements.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (2CptV)

321 I'm still amazed that we haven't begun that task. I suppose the shock hasn't ebbed enough for people to get thoroughly pissed off enough yet.

I've learned that not only do most people seek to avoid conflict at all costs - they also resent those that do not.

Posted by: Like A Rock at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (mYj3l)

322 The Oxford comma is not mandatory, it depends on what you are trying to convey.

My uncle, a lawyer, and a good man had lunch. (three individuals)

My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021

***
No, not mandatory. But your first example is clear. The second ought to have a comma after "man," to indicate that "a lawyer and a good man" refers to "My uncle." Otherwise it could mean there were 3 individuals at the lunch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (/XOcP)

323 298 The Oxford comma is not mandatory, it depends on what you are trying to convey.

My uncle, a lawyer, and a good man had lunch. (three individuals)

My uncle, a lawyer and a good man had lunch.(one individual)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:43 AM (Fc5rx)

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Wouldn't you need a comma after "good man" in the second example?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (CAJOC)

324 I'm curious about the moment it went from "flatten the curve so that we don't overwhelm hospital facilities until they're ready for the entire population getting it" to "we must defeat covid."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
------------

The goalposts were moved as soon as Deep State realized the hysteria they were creating worked.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (2SdPm)

325
Is this true?
They cleared out hundreds of street bums to clean up the area for the Oscar attendees?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:48 AM (nU1sH)

326 And to think someone would actually pay millions for this very unimpressive painting. VG has done much better.

Posted by: sidney at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (+fjIe)

327 Isn't there a famous stupid painting of a fried egg, or did I dream that?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales

That was Skip's breakfast.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (arJlL)

328 Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.
Posted by: rickb223

Insom is both.
Posted by: JT

True. Exception to the rule!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (OCTRt)

329 I'm curious about the moment it went from "flatten the curve so that we don't overwhelm hospital facilities until they're ready for the entire population getting it" to "we must defeat covid."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

After Schumer and Malig-Nancy were clued in by Winnie The Pooh. You know they weren't clever enough to think of it themselves.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (jvt6t)

330 The Comma Wars started here, at AoSHQ!!

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (6Je/Q)

331 Is this true?
They cleared out hundreds of street bums to clean up the area for the Oscar attendees?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales

Where did they put them ?

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (arJlL)

332 314 Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.
Posted by: rickb223

Insom is both.
Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (arJlL)

---------------------------

The exception that proves the rule!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (CAJOC)

333 What in the world is wrong with the Horde?

English lessons?

What have you done, TJM?

You people are going to ruin our reputation for being a bunch of knuckledragging mouth breathers.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)

334
Next up: Ambiguous antecedents

Bob hit the girl with the hammer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (l0Lgi)

335 The Mill on the Floss is an outstanding book for adult readers but would be flat out torture for young people.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021

***
I wanted my teachers to assign something like Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, or Rex Stout. I known now that if they'd assigned a shorter Steinbeck work like "Of Mice and Men" or Sweet Thursday, I'd have enjoyed those.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (/XOcP)

336 Will Biden:

a. Drop Dead
b. Continue being managed
c. Be " Retired"
before the midterms?
Posted by: kraken

If any history book is worth a flying fuck, he will be punctuated very very badly forever and then more forever. ( Use to be ,a flying fuck was impossible, but now it is so so easy to do )

Posted by: humphreyrobot at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (EFCBR)

337 333 What in the world is wrong with the Horde?

English lessons?

What have you done, TJM?

You people are going to ruin our reputation for being a bunch of knuckledragging mouth breathers.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)

==========

You make one Oxford Comma joke, and the Horde is off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (LvTSG)

338 Impossible! A lawyer or a good man. Not both.
Posted by: rickb223

Insom is both.
Posted by: JT

True. Exception to the rule!
Posted by: rickb223

And so is AtC.

Except she's not a man.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (arJlL)

339 Comma usage is as much a Horde staple as the Civil War and longbow discussions. It's been a few months now that I think about it.

Or:

It's been a few months, now that I think about it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (2CptV)

340 Next up: Ambiguous antecedents

Wanna see my dangling participle??

Posted by: Shep! at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (jvt6t)

341 Flossing by the Mill.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (6Je/Q)

342
Where did they put them ?
Posted by: JT

I dunno, probably put them on busses and drove 10 miles away and let them out. Like what people do with dogs and in-laws.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (nU1sH)

343 333 What in the world is wrong with the Horde?

English lessons?

What have you done, TJM?

You people are going to ruin our reputation for being a bunch of knuckledragging mouth breathers.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)

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*mouth-breathers

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:51 AM (CAJOC)

344
Insom is both.
Posted by: JT
-------

There are a couple of them here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (l0Lgi)

345 The Comma Wars started here, at AoSHQ!!
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (6Je/Q)

I always put commas in the wrong place. I'm not good at grammar.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (Ez6QX)

346 Isn't there a famous stupid painting of a fried egg, or did I dream that?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at April 27, 2021 09:47 AM (nU1sH)

Hello Dali?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (lmikk)

347 The comma is an imperfect attempt to make the written word match the spoken word. Until it can add intonation, rhythm and emphasis it will fall short. And we'll never be sure how many people had lunch.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (Fc5rx)

348 255 Anyone know a good version of Faust written as a
narrative, not as a play?

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 09:29 AM (OyyDO)

Thomas Mann.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2021 09:33 AM (Q9lwr)

Thanks. It's on the reading list.

Posted by: Kris at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (OyyDO)

349 What the heck, people.

Mouf.

M. O. U. F.

Mouf breevers.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (2CptV)

350 We read Catch-22 in high school. I thought the movie was better.

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (6Je/Q)

351 Dad: "Is he up in his room reciting Shakespeare AGAIN?"
Mom: "No, I think he's masturbating."
Dad: "Oh, thank heavens!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:38 AM (Fc5rx)

......

Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (xwFYh)

352 The HQ....come for the art. Stay for the grammar lessons.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 27, 2021 09:53 AM (m+jkK)

353 347 The comma is an imperfect attempt to make the written word match the spoken word. Until it can add intonation, rhythm and emphasis it will fall short. And we'll never be sure how many people had lunch.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (Fc5rx)

=========

There's always the question of who had whom for lunch that remains open as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:53 AM (LvTSG)

354 You people are going to ruin our reputation for being a bunch of knuckledragging mouth breathers.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)

I think the pissing on Van Gogh and the Scarlet Letter will reaffirm our knuckle dragging status.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:53 AM (lmikk)

355 345 The Comma Wars started here, at AoSHQ!!
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (6Je/Q)

I always put commas in the wrong place. I'm not good at grammar.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (Ez6QX)

Hey, they're not the Boss of You, jordan... Comma Freely!!

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:53 AM (6Je/Q)

356 You people are going to ruin our reputation for being a bunch of knuckledragging mouth breathers.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)
Not as long as I'm around. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (VwHCD)

357
To Hell with Oxford - a limerick

At, their fine, Thanksgiving-a-rama
A charming, young, girl, and, her momma
Overused, punctuation,
With, repeated, hesitation,
They suffered, tryptophan-induced, comma!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (Fc5rx)

358 The comma is an imperfect attempt to make the written word match the spoken word. Until it can add intonation, rhythm and emphasis it will fall short. And we'll never be sure how many people had lunch.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (Fc5rx)

***

There's a really fun book titled "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" that discusses the birth of punctuation and printing and attempts to clarify the written word. Some really fascinating stuff in it in regards to punctuation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie spiking the football over his COVID increased pollution hypothesis being proved correct at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (2CptV)

359 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (R8LYh)

360 After Schumer and Malig-Nancy were clued in by Winnie The Pooh. You know they weren't clever enough to think of it themselves.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:49 AM (jvt6t)

I guess if Shecky, Nanzi and Puddin were more than borderline retards, it would make the GOP submission/complicity easier to understand.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (y7DUB)

361 Ah, the lovely semicolon:

"He was a rich man; in his often-expressed opinion, no man was truly rich who could not afford a private army; but still --!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (/XOcP)

362 Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021 09:52 AM (xwFYh)
------------

"Dagger unsheathed"

Guy looks down, adjusts codpiece.

"The Taming of the Shrew" is a brilliant movie.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (2SdPm)

363 I think the pissing on Van Gogh and the Scarlet Letter will reaffirm our knuckle dragging status.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:53 AM (lmikk)

*clapping like a coked up Oscar attendee*

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:55 AM (jvt6t)

364 The Dangling Participles
The Superficial sighs
Are the borders of our lives....

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:55 AM (6Je/Q)

365 Let's light this candle and party. Stuff a crazy guy would say.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 27, 2021 09:55 AM (/MaDp)

366 If Gauguin isn't careful he'll sit in that candle and burn his butt.

Watch out, Paul!

Posted by: Robert at April 27, 2021 09:55 AM (R8LYh)

367 There's a really fun book titled "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves"
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Eats shoots and leaves.
Ahhh. The book on Panda bears.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (OCTRt)

368 Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 27, 2021

***
"Now, o'er the one-half world, nature seems dead; wick'd dreams abuse the curtain'd sleep. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (/XOcP)

369 Went through a 'Courageous Conversations' session at work yesterday.

It was straight up political indoctrination replete with outright lies, misstatements, innuendo, and obvious falsehoods.

Looks like the company will be going broke soon.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (gAMkn)

370 Dimmesdale and Prynne shoulda kept it on the down-low...

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (6Je/Q)

371
*clapping like a coked up Oscar attendee*
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 27, 2021 09:55 AM (jvt6t)

Eat a sandwich! Get some sun! Put the heroin down for a bit!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (lmikk)

372 I see Yahoo! LIV news/CNN has issued a Fact Check alert to assure the lemmings Biden is not coming for their burgers. The study to end meat consumption was issued before meat puppet was president and there are no plans to take your BBQ from your cold, dead, greasy hands. Which tells me the story was gaining traction, doing damage and had to be debunked by the experts to protect the regime.

Posted by: Ripley at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (MxEKc)

373 Not as long as I'm around. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (VwHCD)
-------------

Says the guy who knows the ins and outs of guitars, guitar pickups, etc.

Probably also can take apart a motorcycle blindfolded.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (2SdPm)

374 To Hell with Oxford - a limerick

I'm impressed and also crushed. I'll just go outside and plow the field for a while.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (HaL55)

375 Written word is done to attract the female. Of course you got to dress the words up to compete against the jerks who know all their color words,,,,,,,,,,,,,fuckers.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (EFCBR)

376 Come, let me clutch thee.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

*****

Bitter Clinger, usually when I type "Snort" it is metaphorical. With this comment it was real, and audible.

"Snort!"

Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (Fc5rx)

377 I only know about Mill on the Floss because of the Barney Miller episode where Barney can't get the answer for the NYT's cryptic crossword for "Occupation on the floss." Dietrich's gives him the answer, "Miller", includes an unnecessary precis of the author and book title that Barney already knows, and comments on the irony of the situation.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (UHVv4)

378 We read Catch-22 in high school. I thought the movie was better.
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021

***
I was supposed to read it in college. So many scenes seemed to repeat that I got lost.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (/XOcP)

379 Soo...THIS is a van gogh??? I would expect to see something Michelangelo the way they take about his stuff. Its not ugly, just not what I expected.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (VwHCD)

380 376 Bitter Clinger, usually when I type "Snort" it is metaphorical. With this comment it was real, and audible.

"Snort!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (Fc5rx)

=======

Narf!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a Lynchian nightmare at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (LvTSG)

381 334
Next up: Ambiguous antecedents

Bob hit the girl with the hammer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (l0Lgi)

-----------------------

Poor form!

"Bob hit the girl with the big melons" would have been acceptable.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (CAJOC)

382 Ah yes, truly a subject worth of being immortalized by a lousy painting.

Fucking French painters...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (ifmtJ)

383 [o]Dimmesdale and Prynne shoulda kept it on the down-low...
Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021

***
Posting wantonly to social media will get you every time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (/XOcP)

384 Went through a 'Courageous Conversations' session at work yesterday.

It was straight up political indoctrination replete with outright lies, misstatements, innuendo, and obvious falsehoods.

Looks like the company will be going broke soon.
Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (gAMkn)

Did you whip it out and tell them to give it a kiss?

Posted by: Robert at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (R8LYh)

385 And so is AtC.

Except she's not a man.
Posted by: JT

And a few others.
Better: The Horde is the exception to the rule!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 09:59 AM (OCTRt)

386 Says the guy who knows the ins and outs of guitars, guitar pickups, etc.

Probably also can take apart a motorcycle blindfolded.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (2SdPm)

Yeah but I'm impervious to english lessons and grammar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:59 AM (VwHCD)

387 Soo...THIS is a van gogh??? I would expect to see something Michelangelo the way they take about his stuff. Its not ugly, just not what I expected.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:57 AM (VwHCD)

And this is one of his more 'normal' works.

Fucking overrated

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 09:59 AM (ifmtJ)

388 382 Ah yes, truly a subject worth of being immortalized by a lousy painting.

Fucking French painters...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (ifmtJ)

*whisper*

Dutch, sir.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 27, 2021 10:00 AM (lmikk)

389 Next up: Ambiguous antecedents

Bob hit the girl with the hammer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 09:50 AM (l0Lgi)

-----------------------

Poor form!

"Bob hit the girl with the big melons" would have been acceptable.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Bob tapped, dat azz!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 27, 2021 10:00 AM (OCTRt)

390 Fucking French painters...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (ifmtJ)

Van Gogh was Dutch.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 10:00 AM (y7DUB)

391 Looks like the company will be going broke soon.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2021 09:56 AM (gAMkn)

Did you start updating your resume as sion as you got home?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 27, 2021 10:00 AM (1lKRm)

392 A Phlegm!

Posted by: andycanuck at April 27, 2021 10:01 AM (UHVv4)

393 Not as long as I'm around. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 27, 2021 09:54 AM (VwHCD)
-------------

Says the guy who knows the ins and outs of guitars, guitar pickups, etc.

Probably also can take apart a motorcycle blindfolded.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

While eating a sammmich with the other hand.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 10:01 AM (arJlL)

394 Nooooooood monkey!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 27, 2021 10:01 AM (EjmvJ)

395 The thread seems to be,lingering, well, today...

Posted by: kraken at April 27, 2021 10:01 AM (6Je/Q)

396 I only know about Mill on the Floss because of the Barney Miller episode where Barney can't get the answer for the NYT's cryptic crossword for "Occupation on the floss." Dietrich's gives him the answer, "Miller", includes an unnecessary precis of the author and book title that Barney already knows, and comments on the irony of the situation.
Posted by: andycanuck

My fave Barney Miller episode is Open House.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2021 10:02 AM (arJlL)

397 >>> There's a really fun book titled "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves"

Ahem

Posted by: a panda at April 27, 2021 10:04 AM (gmcuC)

398 55 That's a bad painting.

3rd grade level.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)
--It's not like Gaugin was made of money, spending all his money going to French Polynesia to paint the young ladies. Don't blame Van Gogh for Gaugin's broken down old chair.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 27, 2021 10:05 AM (SjE8n)

399 Fucking French painters...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 09:58 AM (ifmtJ)

Van Gogh was Dutch.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at April 27, 2021 10:00 AM (y7DUB)

I stand by my slander, but thank you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at April 27, 2021 10:05 AM (ifmtJ)

400 A chair with a lit candle on it, kinky. I'm just going to sit on an empty chair but to each his own.

Posted by: Daryl Herbert at April 27, 2021 10:09 AM (CVpUt)

401 "Dagger unsheathed"

Guy looks down, adjusts codpiece.

"The Taming of the Shrew" is a brilliant movie.

It absolutely is. I think it's a great introduction for people who think Shakespeare is boring and impossible to understand. So many visual jokes. Compare it to Jonathan Miller's plonking version filmed for the BBC Shakespeare series. He actually cast John Cleese as Petruchio, and yet there was hardly a laugh in the whole thing.

I watched the whole boring thing on PBS when it first aired, and worst of all, it was followed by an interview with Miller (and maybe Cleese, I can't remember now) where he actually SNEERED at the Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor film version because it was too fun-loving and energetic. What a nose-in-the-air snob.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 10:13 AM (tmDma)

402 Kevin Smith had some interesting things early on (and Mallrats) but once he took up weed to get in touch with his inner creativity whatever spark he had seems to have been extinguished. I guess he can still be funny with his tales from his experiences to people who go to those shows but I don't think I have looked forward to his creative input in over a decade and a half.
Posted by: Bete at April 27, 2021 09:03 AM (Ojki1)
I always thought that what it was was that Kevin Smith had a small endearing and different way of doing a little specialized thing, but deeply wanted to be a Big Important Director. He just can't do that no matter how he tries. Like if Chico Marx insisted on trying to be John Ford.

Posted by: azjaeger at April 27, 2021 10:18 AM (3/XaG)

403 I watched the whole boring thing on PBS when it first aired, and worst of all, it was followed by an interview with Miller (and maybe Cleese, I can't remember now) where he actually SNEERED at the Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor film version because it was too fun-loving and energetic. What a nose-in-the-air snob.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 27, 2021 10:13 AM (tmDma)
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See, I think the Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton version accurately represents the original work, because the period in which the play was written would have had over the top performances on the stage.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 27, 2021 10:19 AM (2SdPm)

404
I think the pissing on Van Gogh and the Scarlet Letter will reaffirm our knuckle dragging status.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
------

Wait until I start in on Hemingway.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 27, 2021 10:20 AM (CTJwJ)

405 This is terrible work. I know they say Van Gogh's work is much better in person but this just is awful.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 27, 2021 10:55 AM (KZzsI)

406 CBD that isn't art, it's a elementary school project

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2021 02:10 PM (Cxk7w)

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