Mid-Morning Art Thread

Picking Wildflowers
Marie-François Francois Firmin-Girard

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Art?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (U3uv2)

2 Pretty dress

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (vpULL)

3 Bustle in the hedgerow.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (UuD2k)

4 That lady sitting down is looking at the other ones butt

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (sRUs0)

5 Very pretty scene. Would hang.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (4I/2K)

6 Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (dDnLf)

7 Waiting for her paramour to come along with the boat. Get rid of the nanny and kid.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 28, 2022 09:31 AM (7bRMQ)

8 And reminds me of one of my favorite songs,
Tom Petty, Wildflowers.

Give it a listen.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (vpULL)

9 Much better than Manchin below...

Sniper a bustle in her hedgerow?

Posted by: Scott_T at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (2waQ7)

10 symbolism with the umbrella

oooh la la

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (Hh+iQ)

11 Could use some bluebonnets.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

12 She's a fine figure of a woman. Well, I hope she's a person of cervix and ovaries. And natural boobehs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (4I/2K)

13 Very nice, would hang.

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (ymWuu)

14 This is pretty. I wouldn't choose it for my home but it is a lovely little scene.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (45fpk)

15 See? This is nice to look at. Would hang.

Posted by: DB - still gaining acceptance at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (geLO8)

16 Could use some bluebonnets.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

Everything is better with them on it.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (U3uv2)

17 Could use some bluebonnets.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

I see no bread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (7bRMQ)

18 Look at all the white patriarchy on display.

The ladies would be much happier if they were convinced that their bodies were wrong and that they were actually dudes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (LvTSG)

19 Very pretty.

Would hang.

I would like to see it in person, though, as I think a lot of detail is lost on he computer screen. For instance, the person walking down the cart track.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (5pTK/)

20 And reminds me of one of my favorite songs,
Tom Petty, Wildflowers.

Give it a listen.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Is that the one about the horse ?

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

21 Looks like the wild flowers have been mostly picked.

Posted by: SH (Roe Overturned) at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (RulH9)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Picker has nice frontal orbs.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

24 The Lady in pink is doing all the work.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

25 How did they cut grass back then?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (UuD2k)

26 Track needs more blacktop.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (45fpk)

27 The gal bending over is rather comely, isn't she?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (5pTK/)

28 She’s picking endangered wildflowers. Goons from the EPA are gonna be along any second now with their SWAT team.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (O9syx)

29 Snakes... there are snakes in that tall grass you just know it.

Soon, she will too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (BFigT)

30 Looks like the wild flowers have been mostly picked.
Posted by: SH (Roe Overturned)

Like noses in the first row.....

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (T4tVD)

31 Look out mama, there's a brown boat comin' up the river

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (Hh+iQ)

32 Actually, it looks like she's picking weeds.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

33 The Paolo sees, how you say, that he is being summoned.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 28, 2022 09:36 AM (6WCwE)

34 Otters in the reeds on the left. Don't be surprised.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 28, 2022 09:36 AM (906pl)

35 Baby got back.

And front.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 09:36 AM (bW8dp)

36 The nanny is keeping watch for the surprise anal otters

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 09:37 AM (sRUs0)

37 When’s Maurice Chavalier gonna show up to pinch her derrière?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:37 AM (O9syx)

38 Love this one. Very pretty

Posted by: Tuna at July 28, 2022 09:37 AM (gLRfa)

39 Actually, it looks like she's picking weeds.
Posted by: redridinghood

The weeds identify as wildflowers - h8er!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 09:37 AM (6WCwE)

40 > How did they cut grass back then?

Sheep.

If not sheep, scythes.

There might've been primitive manual or horse-drawn reel mowers by then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 09:38 AM (bW8dp)

41 Bodice porn. That counts.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 09:38 AM (vcv8B)

42 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 28, 2022 09:38 AM (eC4Tv)

43 there's a dud walking on the path, down the road a piece

Hope for the young girl's sake, it's not Joe Biden

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2022 09:38 AM (Hh+iQ)

44 > Everything is better with them on it.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (bW8dp)

45 Where are the wind turbines?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

46 She is picking Jimson Weed and Foxglove - for a " special" salad.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (Vr12I)

47 Painting: Three course meal for ticks.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (qpX6U)

48 Poke Salad Annie

You're welcome for the ear worm.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:40 AM (Y5qcH)

49 Painting: Three course meal for ticks.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (qpX6U)

I'd have volunteered to check her for ticks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 28, 2022 09:40 AM (4I/2K)

50 She’s a pinko.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:40 AM (O9syx)

51 Would hang.

Posted by: Squid at July 28, 2022 09:40 AM (wgw4H)

52 Yogi will be along for that pic-a-nic basket any moment now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 09:41 AM (bW8dp)

53

She is giving her girlfriend the straight leg bend over, so bean flicking will ensue...

Posted by: Ken Shabby at July 28, 2022 09:42 AM (jNncL)

54 Prelude to a Twerk.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 28, 2022 09:42 AM (qH6FZ)

55 Slowly, srep by step, the otter approached.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 09:42 AM (FVME7)

56 Is the painter a dude or a chick? That Marie Francois thing confuses me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:45 AM (O9syx)

57 Needs a hedgerow for that bustle.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:45 AM (Vr12I)

58 Nice, restful picture. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 09:47 AM (fL5aK)

59 Chiggers are rejoicing.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:47 AM (Vr12I)

60 The one in yellow is ready to flick the bean.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (89T5c)

61 1963, the Five DuTones - (bend over let me see you) Shake A Tail Feather

Posted by: Lola at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (NIYa7)

62 This is a very pleasant painting: pleasant scene, pleasant pastel-like colors, pleasant landscape, pleasantly feminine. It's nice to look at. But any guy with functioning balls wouldn't hang it in his room.

Posted by: JTB at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (7EjX1)

63 Pleasant.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (WWh8n)

64 I think we should dump the body over here, ma.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (53oGX)

65 Firmin-Girard was male. I think the Marie might be in honor of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 09:48 AM (fL5aK)

66 Very pleasant.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:49 AM (Vr12I)

67 Kittuh in grass, preparing to pounce on little girl.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2022 09:49 AM (sVfvf)

68 "Pink isn't just a color. It's an attitude too." - Miley Cyrus

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

69 I expect the three twits from Three Men in a Boat to show up.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, at July 28, 2022 09:50 AM (eGTCV)

70 The girl in pink likes butt stuff.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (tiR3O)

71 Upper right corner, behind the tree: pleasant sniper.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (qpX6U)

72 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

73 72 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
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That's why women wore long dresses.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (tiR3O)

74 never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

You're looking at it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (89T5c)

75 This is actually a very pleasant painting.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

76 8 And reminds me of one of my favorite songs,
Tom Petty, Wildflowers.
Posted by: nurse ratched

One of my favorite Tom Petty songs.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (vcv8B)

77 74 never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

You're looking at it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (89T5c)

=========

It's the organic pissing option.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (LvTSG)

78 This is a painting almost designed for MPPPP, and he's not here.

Sad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (LvTSG)

79 72 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

Funny you mention that. Bustle lady is actually picking the 19th century version of Charmin.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (Vr12I)

80 Suspiciously pleasant.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (qpX6U)

81 Soothing. Would hang.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (yQpMk)

82 They probably just didn't paint the outhouse. Same reason there's no paintings of leper colonies. No one wants to see it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (Y5qcH)

83 Jim, Just as the wild Lokondonie Indians lie in wait for their next victim, the Otters bid their time for the precise moment to surprise the Pink Lady.

Next on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 09:54 AM (6WCwE)

84 "Pink isn't just a color. It's an attitude too." - Miley Cyrus
Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

Fag.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

85 75 This is actually a very pleasant painting.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

Very very pleasant. A surfeit of pleasant.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (Vr12I)

86 Funny you mention that. Bustle lady is actually picking the 19th century version of Charmin.
Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (Vr12I)
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Watch out for the poison ivy!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (YIVH2)

87 She's picking magic mushrooms for her suitors lunch. They will be in front of the Justice of the Peace by 2:30. She will have cleaned out his closet and filled it with all her dresses before dinner. In the morning she will do something about that too cute maid, by gosh.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (sRUs0)

88 Unnerving foreboding of pleasantry.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (qpX6U)

89 This is pretty. As a young boy, we would ignore those flowers and snag a few cattails and pretend they were big cigars.

Posted by: Roy at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (u20be)

90 Same reason there's no paintings of leper colonies. No one wants to see it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:53 AM (Y5qcH)

*off in search of leper colony art*

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (45fpk)

91 never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2022 09:51 AM (45fpk)

well, there's a river

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (Hh+iQ)

92 What are the metaphysical implications of picking wildflowers, I wonder?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (O9syx)

93 The final peaceful interlude before the Germans opened up a barrage of fire, obliterating the area. Sad.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (sVfvf)

94
"Ooooh, look! Another dead budgie over here! Why, that means we have enough to make budgie pie -- my favorite!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (pNxlR)

95 These ladies obviously live somewhere above the gnat line.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (MkuC5)

96 Poke Salad Annie

You're welcome for the ear worm.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Poke her ?

I don't even know her !

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (T4tVD)

97 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Hard to hustle when you're wearing a bustle.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (anj39)

98 This is pretty. As a young boy, we would ignore those flowers and snag a few cattails and pretend they were big cigars.
Posted by: Roy at July 28, 2022 09:55 AM (u20be)

Dats da best taystin pickle I evah hoid!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

99 92 What are the metaphysical implications of picking wildflowers, I wonder?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

What makes a wildflower wild?

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (vcv8B)

100 Not bad. Good composition. I wouldn't put it on the wall, but I'd like to come across it in a book of Impressionism.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (p+1gI)

101
92 What are the metaphysical implications of picking wildflowers, I wonder?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The picked wildflower's status switches from "living" to "dead".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (pNxlR)

102 Poke Salad Annie

You're welcome for the ear worm.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Nice. That one's on my player.......

https://youtu.be/WrT-TQTLoiw

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

103 well, there's a river
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

Obligatory - Steve Winwood

https://youtu.be/Ou4AkRFP2ic

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (6WCwE)

104 *off in search of leper colony art*

I'm sure you'll find interesting pieces everywhere.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (Bd6X8)

105 92 What are the metaphysical implications of picking wildflowers, I wonder?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:56 AM (O9syx)

You just pay a fine. $20, same as in town.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at July 28, 2022 09:58 AM (MkuC5)

106 Carried over from the morning thread to provide link to comedy.

Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

Audis - https://youtu.be/lqJDuZIcQ34

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 28, 2022 09:58 AM (zhLdt)

107 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger

They borrowed brandon's pants.

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 09:58 AM (T4tVD)

108

I'd hit it...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 28, 2022 09:58 AM (SWi3y)

109 What makes a wildflower wild?
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (vcv8B)

"Courage!"

- C. Lion

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 28, 2022 09:59 AM (906pl)

110
Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

And Leon's getting llaaaaaarrrrgggerr......

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

111 *off in search of leper colony art*

I'm sure you'll find interesting pieces everywhere.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

That is so wrong but laughing my ass off over here Boss.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 09:59 AM (6WCwE)

112 106 Audis - https://youtu.be/lqJDuZIcQ34
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 28, 2022 09:58 AM (zhLdt)

=========

Ah, Remy. He's a pretty funny guy.

My favorite was always the Arlington Rap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 09:59 AM (LvTSG)

113 Take me to the river.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (vuisn)

114 god forbid they go from wildflowers to "wild swimming" or something crazy like that

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (w0NJk)

115 The lawn guys ain't done shit.

Posted by: Corona at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (nakGR)

116 leper colony art > moron horde art

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (vcv8B)

117 > It's the organic pissing option.

Free-range pissing.

As someone said, when you own a penis, the world is your urinal.

But the ladies can take part as well. It's just a little more tricky with those dresses and petticoats and all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (bW8dp)

118 How did they cut grass back then?

******

Chancy Gardener - a limerick

The landscaping men were all sore
'Twas back breaking work, like before
That knee high grass
Knocked 'em flat on their ass
'Til they hired a guy named Lon Moore

Posted by: Muldoon at July 28, 2022 10:00 AM (kXYt5)

119 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (sRUs0)

120 Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

There's one with Johnny Cash on YouTube too.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (Y5qcH)

121 119 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (sRUs0)

Of course.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (Vr12I)

122 When I hear Poke Salad Annie I think of Michelle Obama

made the alligators look tame

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 28, 2022 10:02 AM (vuisn)

123 Guys in the Old Testament would piss against walls.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:02 AM (O9syx)

124 If you're a fan of unsolved mysteries, you may well have come across the Somerton Man, a body found on an Australian beach under unusual circumstances in 1947. DNA has now identified him as Carl "Charles" Webb, an electrical engineer and instrument maker who appears to have left his wife in 1947 and was never seen again. Pretty remarkable but it doesn't solve the unusual circumstances of the case.

https://bit.ly/3PJmTp1

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:03 AM (FVME7)

125 122 When I hear Poke Salad Annie I think of Michelle Obama

made the alligators look tame
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 28, 2022 10:02 AM (vuisn)

Mike and his wife are NOT aging well.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:03 AM (Vr12I)

126 As someone said, when you own a penis, the world is your urinal.

Shakespeare, or Thomas Jefferson.....

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 10:03 AM (T4tVD)

127 So we're spending another trillion dollars between the Manchin thing and the giveaway to the chip manufacturers?

And we're calling it Inflation Reduction Bill or something?

FFS

Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:04 AM (zwDuR)

128 Grass stains on your bustle again?????? Just wait until your father gets home, young lady!

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:04 AM (gmo/4)

129 As someone said, when you own a penis, the world is your urinal.

Shakespeare, or Thomas Jefferson.....
Posted by: JT

JT, that was Lorena Bobbitt.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:05 AM (6WCwE)

130 126 As someone said, when you own a penis, the world is your urinal.

Shakespeare, or Thomas Jefferson.....
Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 10:03 AM (T4tVD)

===========

"The world is your urinal, but not overly so."
-Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Gouverneur Morris, June 10, 1769, collected in the seventh volume of Jefferson's complete letters, held by the Library of Congress on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (LvTSG)

131 JT, that was Lorena Bobbitt.

Oh.

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (T4tVD)

132 Bet the model for the lady in pink is the artist’s mistress.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (O9syx)

133 >37 When’s Maurice Chavalier gonna show up to pinch her derrière?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 09:37 AM (O9syx)

Not until after we are done.

Posted by: The Cuomo Bros at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (sjdRT)

134 "The world is your urinal, but not overly so."
-Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Gouverneur Morris, June 10, 1769, collected in the seventh volume of Jefferson's complete letters, held by the Library of Congress on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (LvTSG)

Damn, I love this place!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (906pl)

135 We will not pass the CHIPS Act if Schumer forces a reconciliation bill.

-Mitch McConnell

Original CHIPS Act, plus an additional $175B in corporate pork, passes on bipartisan basis, only for Schumer and Manchin to immediately revive reconciliation.

Doggone it ya fooled me again.

-Mitch McConnell

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (QK9S5)

136 Good news, everyone! AP and Bloomberg agree that we're not in a recession!

The Associated Press@AP
BREAKING: The U.S. economy shrank for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.

Bloomberg@business
BREAKING: The US economy shrinks for a second quarter, raising the odds of a recession

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:07 AM (FVME7)

137 For reference on Augustine, "De libero arbitrio voluntatis". "On Free Choice of the Will". Here he argues that Free Will is the source of evil, which the Catholic Church and many denominations carry forward to this day.

Calvin sort of takes Augustine's later anti-Pelagian works to negate his earlier works against the Manicheans.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 28, 2022 10:07 AM (b2nrj)

138 My brand new time-waster pastime: Alex Jones trial on YouTube Law&Crime Network channel. Right now the plaintiffs are grilling one of his producers.

When they get done with the Jones show, it would be very very entertaining to question the producers of many other shows under oath: Maddow, Tater, Cuomo, 60 Minutes, The View, etc.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:08 AM (qpX6U)

139
Grass stains on your bustle again?????? Just wait until your father gets home, young lady!
Posted by: Archer

"But, Mum, they're not on me backside this time!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 10:08 AM (pNxlR)

140 Lovely painting. I understand their cleanliness habits were lacking in those days.

Posted by: Infidel at July 28, 2022 10:10 AM (mn1Pi)

141 For those who think otherwise ..

Biden's ultra extreme omni-radical economic contraction is underway.

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:10 AM (RHGPo)

142 137 For reference on Augustine, "De libero arbitrio voluntatis". "On Free Choice of the Will". Here he argues that Free Will is the source of evil, which the Catholic Church and many denominations carry forward to this day.

Calvin sort of takes Augustine's later anti-Pelagian works to negate his earlier works against the Manicheans.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 28, 2022 10:07 AM (b2nrj)

If you are going to borrow, borrow from the best!!

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (Vr12I)

143 Augustine wrote works against the Manchins?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (O9syx)

144 'Til they hired a guy named Lon Moore
Posted by: Muldoon

Old and busted: Lon Moore

New and cool: Juan Moore

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (FVME7)

145 This actually reminds me of the Delaware Canal which is 44 miles. I like to walk on it-just not all 44 miles. They have lovely waterflowers by the edge:

https://tinyurl.com/2uaepedt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (fL5aK)

146 And my grammar sucks this morning.

Posted by: Infidel at July 28, 2022 10:12 AM (mn1Pi)

147 Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (QK9S5)

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I want to be a National Widower, IYKWIMAITYD.

/Excellent McConnell impression BTW

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 28, 2022 10:12 AM (saZAT)

148 This actually reminds me of the Delaware Canal which is 44 miles. I like to walk on it-just not all 44 miles. They have lovely waterflowers by the edge:

https://tinyurl.com/2uaepedt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (fL5aK)

I have a history with my intern's Delaware Canal.

Posted by: Joey Fingerstick McShitpants at July 28, 2022 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

149 107 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger

Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions. There may be such mention in one out of every 5,000.

When the aliens finally arrive, after humans are gone, they will wonder what the purpose was of Men's and Ladies' Rooms and the smaller versions in what they assume were human domiciles. Because the aliens will find very little about those enclosures in the historical records of the humans!

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (AMIL/)

150 Free will!*

* With purchase of will of greater or equal value.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (FVME7)

151 Notice that climate change loons don't talk about the Artic anymore?

Arctic sea ice is still very much present and is currently running above the average of the last decade.

Al Gore said there would be no summer sea ice by 2014.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (UuD2k)

152 One word comes to mind -- pastoral.

At least the artist doesn't need glasses.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (JOtiF)

153 121 119 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (sRUs0)

Of course.
Posted by: kraken

IIRC, that's because the state flower, the California Poppy, is considered a wildflower (and quite pretty), and they wanted to make sure that it didn't go extinct by harvesting.

(as ex-CA resident).

Posted by: Scott_T at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (2waQ7)

154 A gust of wind might send that umbrella her way.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2022 10:14 AM (m7R0k)

155
Al Gore said there would be no summer sea ice by 2014.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (UuD2k)

He also told his masseuse to release his chakra.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

156 150 Free will!*

* With purchase of will of greater or equal value.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (FVME7)

Two for one Manager's Special on Will's. Thursday only!

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:14 AM (Vr12I)

157 Lovely painting. The breadth of the palette is amazing. Well done.

Posted by: red speck at July 28, 2022 10:15 AM (gS3OW)

158 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (sRUs0)

It's illegal to do most things in California. Except shit in the street or porn. That is fine.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

159 Marie-François Francois Firmin-Girard

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Is there such a thing as too French?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 28, 2022 10:15 AM (dzJhQ)

160 >>Except shit in the street or porn.

Rule 34.

Posted by: Roy at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (u20be)

161
Two for one Manager's Special on Will's. Thursday only!
Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:14 AM (Vr12I)

Start your Last Will and Testament for $99.99 at willandtrust.com!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

162 So is that a tiny lasso in her hand that she uses to capture the wild flowers?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (anj39)

163 "This actually reminds me of the Delaware Canal which is 44 miles. I like to walk on it-"

I tried hiking our Hennepin Canal here. Too many mosquitoes. Sluggish water; I've seen puddles that flow faster. But it's on the National Register of Historical Places, with its own little $ bureaucracy of preservationist graft.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (qpX6U)

164 ===
Is there such a thing as too French?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 28, 2022 10:15 AM (dzJhQ)

France.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

165 The guy has too many names.

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (3PcYn)

166 159 Marie-François Francois Firmin-Girard

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Is there such a thing as too French?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 28, 2022 10:15 AM (dzJhQ)

Marcel Marceau comes to mind.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (Vr12I)

167 151 Notice that climate change loons don't talk about the Artic anymore?

Arctic sea ice is still very much present and is currently running above the average of the last decade.

Al Gore said there would be no summer sea ice by 2014.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:13 AM (UuD2k)

You know what else you're not hearing about, today? Temperatures in Europe and the US Northeast are no longer mass death-causing hot. Doesn't fit the narrative.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (AMIL/)

168 Over at WUWT:

"The annual mean for Antarctica has risen modestly since satellite measurement began in 1979. There is no polar ice melt crisis at this time. This is humiliating for the climate loonies."

This is significant because the global warming hypothesis predicted the greatest warming at the poles. But then, it never has been good at predicting things.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:17 AM (UuD2k)

169 Is there such a thing as too French?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We could ask Jerry lewis.....

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (T4tVD)

170 Alternate title: Allergy Season Along the Seine.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (RkC6l)

171
Gubmint work -- one person works while two sit and watch. A pretty atypical operation, as usually there are four persons watching for every one worker.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (pNxlR)

172 What, they can’t cultivate their state flower to keep it from going extinct?

Just import some Afghans and you’ll have poppies up the wazoo.

Freakin’ idiots.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (O9syx)

173 169 Is there such a thing as too French?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We could ask Jerry lewis.....
Posted by: JT at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (T4tVD)

Heh heh.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (Vr12I)

174 168 This is significant because the global warming hypothesis predicted the greatest warming at the poles. But then, it never has been good at predicting things.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:17 AM (UuD2k)

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"Ah, but I have a picture of an area near a glacier during summer that shows no ice from 2020 compared to that same area in the middle of winter from 2000 that proves conclusively that global warming is going to kill us all. I really hope Al Gore and John Kerry get on their private planes to fly around telling the world about it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (LvTSG)

175
"The annual mean for Antarctica has risen modestly since satellite measurement began in 1979. There is no polar ice melt crisis at this time. This is humiliating for the climate loonies."

Antarctica was growing all while Gore was spouting the North Pole would be melted in 2012.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Ladies underwear of the day was split crotch.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2022 10:19 AM (YynYJ)

177 Ladies underwear of the day was split crotch.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2022 10:19 AM (YynYJ)

That's hot.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

178 149 107 I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?
Posted by: grammie winger

Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions. There may be such mention in one out of every 5,000.

I've read 25,000 (always estimate on the high side, you can always come down) sci-fi books and not one character has ever had to poop.

'Tis a mystery.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 28, 2022 10:20 AM (JOtiF)

179 The lady picking the weeds is Sarah.She is making 92 francs per hour.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:20 AM (Vr12I)

180 Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Denuevre?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:20 AM (O9syx)

181 Take heart morons.

The whole, 'we're not in a recession' will be Biden's death blow.

The media will turn on Biden, declare a recession, and kill him off for good.

Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (zwDuR)

182 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:01 AM (sRUs0)

I live on the fringes of a rural area.
We get folks that come out here and dump stuff (computers, monitors, tires,mattresses, etc) on the mythical "Public Lands"
The best are the folks who go for a walk and pick the flowers on the sides of the road. You know, the ones that were planted by pixies and unicorns.

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

183 181 Take heart morons.

The whole, 'we're not in a recession' will be Biden's death blow.

The media will turn on Biden, declare a recession, and kill him off for good.
Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (zwDuR)

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A third quarter of contraction, declared in late October, will have interesting consequences.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (LvTSG)

184 You know what else you're not hearing about, today? Temperatures in Europe and the US Northeast are no longer mass death-causing hot. Doesn't fit the narrative.
Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (AMIL/)

And yet in the communities around me we are under...drum roll please...an Ozone Advisory!!!
REEEE!!!!!
Yes, it is true. In the mostly conservative communities east and south of Seattle, we must be extra careful due to ozone depletion or some such nonsense.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (anj39)

185 Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Denuevre?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Tough decision but I'm going to have to go with Cathedine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (FVME7)

186 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 10:11 AM (fL5aK)

I love the first pic with the forget-me-nots growing on the bank

Posted by: kallisto at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (dCxaZ)

187
And yet in the communities around me we are under...drum roll please...an Ozone Advisory!!!
REEEE!!!!!
Yes, it is true. In the mostly conservative communities east and south of Seattle, we must be extra careful due to ozone depletion or some such nonsense.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (anj39)

This is every day from June to September in North Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

188 Take heart morons.

The whole, 'we're not in a recession' will be Biden's death blow.

The media will turn on Biden, declare a recession, and kill him off for good.
Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (zwDuR)

Either that, or a stiff breeze while he stands in front of an open pine box.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (44ww/)

189
Besides the "exultant leper" with Jesus, you'll find a few works like this --

https://pixels.com/featured/
christ-among-the-lepers-j-kirk-richards.html

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (pNxlR)

190
Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions. There may be such mention in one out of every 5,000.

occasionally, in All in the Family, someone would ask "where's Archie?" and then there'd be a sound effect of a terlet* flushing

* Archie Bunker-ese for toilet

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (ENBF0)

191 The whole, 'we're not in a recession' will be Biden's death blow.

.. the most likely outcome is that in early October, the 3rd quarter will come in negative and the recession will be declared, just in time for the November elections.

This White House staff are morons, lead by the Moron-in-Chief.

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (RHGPo)

192 "I never see any outhouses in these landscape pictures. Where did people go to the bathroom?"

We're spoiled by the movies and TV shows of the past three or four decades, which feature scenes of characters going to the bathroom for whatever dramatic purpose. I remember when TV dramas began to have scenes of men holding long conversations standing at urinals. Then the movies began inserting ladypee scenes. "Take This Waltz" has not just one, but three scenes of Michelle Williams urinating.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (qpX6U)

193 A third quarter of contraction, declared in late October, will have interesting consequences.
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I think he'll be killed off before then. Trying to convince people that they are wrong about the economy is a waste of political capital for everyone so only Biden/Klain will keep doing it.

Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (zwDuR)

194 Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Denuevre?

Yes, please.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (S7une)

195 192 We're spoiled by the movies and TV shows of the past three or four decades, which feature scenes of characters going to the bathroom for whatever dramatic purpose. I remember when TV dramas began to have scenes of men holding long conversations standing at urinals. Then the movies began inserting ladypee scenes. "Take This Waltz" has not just one, but three scenes of Michelle Williams urinating.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:24 AM (qpX6U)

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One of the reasons Psycho was controversial (one of the more minor reasons) was that it was the first film to show a toilet flushing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (LvTSG)

196 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California

are you sure that is the case? Because that defies any knowledge of botany and plant cultivation. I can understand if they forbid digging up the plants to transplant them, like they do in PA.

But making it illegal to just pick the flowers makes no sense at all.

Posted by: kallisto at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (dCxaZ)

197 on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (LvTSG)
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Have they ever thought of going into advertising?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (WWh8n)

198 185 Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Denuevre?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Tough decision but I'm going to have to go with Cathedine.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (FVME7)

I would go with the almighty power of "And".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (906pl)

199 My local newspaper on the front page from some news outlet called "The Center Square" headline:

INTEREST RATES RISE ANOTHER 0.75%

Sub headline:

Fed chair announces increase but says U.S. is not in a recession

Got that plebes? THE U.S. IS NOT IN A RECESSION.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (u4CEu)

200 187
This is every day from June to September in North Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

I feel for you guys there. Hot as Hades and no rain. I imagine the ranchers are pretty much up against the wall.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (Vr12I)

201 197 on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:06 AM (LvTSG)
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Have they ever thought of going into advertising?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (WWh8n)

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But first, Vogon poetry.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

202 Everyone knew three weeks ago we were in a recession, now it is official.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (lTGtQ)

203 This is every day from June to September in North Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Notice we have to take their word for it? Like its some big mysterious sciencey thing? I always assumed that in July, it get friggin hot.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (anj39)

204 ========

One of the reasons Psycho was controversial (one of the more minor reasons) was that it was the first film to show a toilet flushing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (LvTSG)

DOODY DOODY!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

205 196 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California

are you sure that is the case? Because that defies any knowledge of botany and plant cultivation. I can understand if they forbid digging up the plants to transplant them, like they do in PA.

But making it illegal to just pick the flowers makes no sense at all.
Posted by: kallisto at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (dCxaZ)

Well, California.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (Vr12I)

206 Everyone knew three weeks ago we were in a recession, now it is official.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (lTGtQ)
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Hoarder. Wrecker. Counterrevolutionary.

Shun him!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (WWh8n)

207 And yet in the communities around me we are under...drum roll please...an Ozone Advisory!!!
REEEE!!!!!
Yes, it is true. In the mostly conservative communities east and south of Seattle, we must be extra careful due to ozone depletion or some such nonsense.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (anj39)

I believe that advisory is for a high level of ozone. Can cause problems for people with breathing problems. I have no idea how serious this really is.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (AMIL/)

208 Comfortably Smug@ComfortablySmug
Biden:
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Taliban
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Inflation
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Gas Prices
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Formula Shortages
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Russian Invasion
"Surprised" by "Unexpected" Recession
... seems like a trend?

-
Well, at least as far as we know, he hasn't been surprised by an otter.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (FVME7)

209 North Texas had plenty of rain this spring.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (S7une)

210 Picking flowers - when will they ever learn?

https://youtu.be/LkTXcwc3zvk

Posted by: TheMitch at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (cDITE)

211 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (sRUs0)

212 206 Everyone knew three weeks ago we were in a recession, now it is official.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (lTGtQ)
++++
Hoarder. Wrecker. Counterrevolutionary.

Shun him!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (WWh8n)

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"It's not a recession recession."
-Whoopi, later today, probably

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (LvTSG)

213
Notice we have to take their word for it? Like its some big mysterious sciencey thing? I always assumed that in July, it get friggin hot.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:26 AM (anj39)

Yeah. Ozone action alert day. Consider carpooling!

I didn't know cars produced large mounts of O3.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

214 It's an unruly but mostly non-recessionary economy.

Posted by: THIS is CNN at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (WWh8n)

215 "Take This Waltz" has not just one, but three scenes of Michelle Williams urinating.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag

Doesn't one usually need to pay extra for that?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (6WCwE)

216 North Texas had plenty of rain this spring.
Posted by: FriscoYoda at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (S7une)

It's been 45 days since we've even sniffed any since.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

217 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions. There may be such mention in one out of every 5,000.
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Gulliver's Travels. Happens quite a bit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (aaGzp)

218 Redundancy. It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

219 48 Poke Salad Annie

You're welcome for the ear worm.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:40 AM (Y5qcH)

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I immediately thought of the Erie Canal song. Both suck, as far as earworms go.

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (VJsqe)

220 Yes, it is true. In the mostly conservative communities east and south of Seattle, we must be extra careful due to ozone depletion or some such nonsense.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (anj39)

That's the ambient ozone level, National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Produced by pollution, sunlight, and lots of other things, even trees.

EPA went commietard back when Obama was in office and set it barely above the natural background and based the limit on something lame like an asthmatic child moderately exercise would not experience a 10% drop in lung function.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (UuD2k)

221 It's illegal to pick wildflowers in California
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... But making it illegal to just pick the flowers makes no sense at all.

These statements are in perfect harmony. No contradiction at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 28, 2022 10:28 AM (nfrXX)

222 Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:16 AM (qpX6U)

There's not usually that many mosquitos where I go, and I go early in the morning and they aren't up that early.

There's also a lake i go to and that flows pretty fast. I'm sure there's graft involved. I'm just glad they didnt drain it, buldooze it over and make houses. It was one of the better projects which the state did

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (fL5aK)

223 A Swedish expert commodities analyst has warned that a Russian shut-off of gas to Europe could not only lead to higher prices for electricity but could collapse electrical grids as well.

a shortage of electricity in Europe could lead to ... useless EVs

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

224 The media will turn on Biden, declare a recession, and kill him off for good.
Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (zwDuR)
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It'll never happen

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (VJsqe)

225 223 A Swedish expert commodities analyst has warned that a Russian shut-off of gas to Europe could not only lead to higher prices for electricity but could collapse electrical grids as well.

a shortage of electricity in Europe could lead to ... useless EVs
Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

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The past few years are a learning opportunity for the masses.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

226 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (O9syx)

227 a shortage of electricity in Europe could lead to ... useless EVs
Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (RHGPo)
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And freezing, hungry people with decreasing amounts to lose.

But sure. Let's worry about the EVs.

Also, Donald Trump says, "I told you so!" Shinzo Abe agrees from beyond the grave.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (WWh8n)

228 -------
It'll never happen
Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (VJsqe)

Agreed. The media can't even admit the guy is losing his cognitive functions every time he speaks.

HE HAS A STUTTER!!!!!!

Worthless fucks.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

229 Nice to see *someone* got rain...

Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (cTCuP)

230 The woman sitting down is gazing at that umbrella handle and is saying to herself, no way in heck I'm touching that that thing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (m7R0k)

231 226 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (O9syx)

Bill Barr in a kilt???

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (Vr12I)

232 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (O9syx)

I thought it was Scotch day.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

233 224 The media will turn on Biden, declare a recession, and kill him off for good.
Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:21 AM (zwDuR)
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It'll never happen
Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (VJsqe)

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The media will definitely turn on him after the midterms. They will not allow him to run for re-election. They want him to announce he's not running, and let the primary play out with the establishment once again putting its finger on the scales to get someone through (my guess would be Buttigieg).

His polling will drop like a rock. He'll be in the mid-20s by January.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

234 Well, at least as far as we know, he hasn't been surprised by an otter.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n
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Oh one or two, sometimes three, of us surprise the old pedophile every other day.

Posted by: Suprise Anal Otters at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (u4CEu)

235 "Doesn't one usually need to pay extra for that?"

I assume actresses get paid a negotiated bonus for every degrading scene they agree to perform in. Full disclosure: I like Michelle Williams. She's done some fine non-peeing roles.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (qpX6U)

236
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The past few years are a learning opportunity for the masses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

Wait.....what?

- - 42% of the population where pot is legal

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

237 It'll never happen
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Sure it will. Who is the leader of the democrat party?

Obama.

When he gives the signal to knife Biden, which he will because he hates Biden, it'll happen.

Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (zwDuR)

238
Both suck, as far as earworms go.
Posted by: 496

Low bridge, everybody down!
Low bridge, 'cause we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

U R Welcome!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (pNxlR)

239 Greenpeace slammed the German government’s plans to expand liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, saying, “The fear of a Russian supply freeze must not be the gateway for the next fossil fuel dependency.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (RHGPo)

240 I feel for you guys there. Hot as Hades and no rain. I imagine the ranchers are pretty much up against the wall.
Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM (Vr12I)

Well, at least they have a nice chair to sit on.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (906pl)

241 A Swedish expert commodities analyst has warned that a Russian shut-off of gas to Europe could not only lead to higher prices for electricity ...

What would we ever do without experts?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (nfrXX)

242
Democrats will be dragging the stupid word "subsidies" out of the closet, soon.

They always tell us who "we" are "subsidizing" as they prepare to raise taxes on Us.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (rjIKj)

243 A third quarter of contraction, declared in late October, will have interesting consequences.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (LvTSG)

Q1. -1.6
Q2. -0.9
Q3. -0.1

We're improving and his policies are now working. Elect democrats.

MSM

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (NW9xb)

244 His polling will drop like a rock. He'll be in the mid-20s by January.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

He's close to there now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (89T5c)

245 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I suppose you withheld that information from us yesterday in order to minimize the celebratory piping around here.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (lTGtQ)

246 Alternate title - "FBI agents 'investigating' Hunter's laptop"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2022 10:34 AM (fs1hN)

247 a shortage of electricity in Europe could lead to ... useless EVs
Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

I read about an EV company called Aptera and it's kind of interesting. It's a 3-wheeler, so it doesn't have to comply with govt regulations for cars. So it can be light.

It has solar panels and they claim they can get 40 miles from solar charging in a day. It might not be true, but even getting 1-2 miles from solar alone would be pretty amazing.

Plus, it looks like a space car. I'm not going to be giving them any money, but I'm going to watch it to see if it pans out.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:34 AM (UuD2k)

248 But making it illegal to just pick the flowers makes no sense at all.
Posted by: kallisto at July 28, 2022 10:25 AM

Please reexamine this statement. We're talking about California.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2022 10:34 AM (RkC6l)

249 I feel for you guys there. Hot as Hades and no rain. I imagine the ranchers are pretty much up against the wall.
Posted by: kraken

Nothing that a $5K per beef head tax won't cure.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (lTGtQ)

250 Lovely painting, but could be vastly improved by adding an ottoman.

Posted by: Nostrildamus at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (PIlQh)

251 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Dental Drill Appreciation Day tomorrow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (FVME7)

252 The artist, of whom I have never heard of before now (but then I am culturally a bedouin) has a mouthful of a first name and another mouthful of a last name plus it's French.

Posted by: Ciampino - (confesses to 6 years of French at school) at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (qfLjt)

253 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

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Well, it will be fun to watch.

I've been behind enemy lines so long up here in ultra liberal VT that I have a hard time believing anybody will say anything bad about him.

In these parts it would be more acceptable to pull a Toobin in the middle of the street than to point out that Biden has screwed up every last thing he has touched.

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (VJsqe)

254 244 His polling will drop like a rock. He'll be in the mid-20s by January.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

He's close to there now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (89T5c)

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Let me rephrase: They will stop putting their fingers on the scales for him. They will let the reality through.

Mid-20s by January. If he doesn't announce his decision to not run, they'll let it go into the 10s by summer. They need to convince him and the rest of his supporters within the party that he cannot win in 2024, no matter what.

I don't think it'll work. Biden's not going to voluntarily step down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

255 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.

This announcement should always be made in the past tense.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 28, 2022 10:36 AM (nfrXX)

256 U R Welcome!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (pNxlR)

And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever fornicated on the Erie Canal.

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:36 AM (VJsqe)

257 250 Abdul Hamid II?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:36 AM (O9syx)

258 253 In these parts it would be more acceptable to pull a Toobin in the middle of the street than to point out that Biden has screwed up every last thing he has touched.
Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:35 AM (VJsqe)

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"We wouldn't be having these problems if the establishment hadn't blocked Bernie. When you think about it, the problem is the Democratic establishment."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

259 Great painting but it needs more trees...

Posted by: Bob Ross painting aficionado extraordinaire at July 28, 2022 10:37 AM (CJAql)

260 Mid-20s by January. If he doesn't announce his decision to not run, they'll let it go into the 10s by summer. They need to convince him and the rest of his supporters within the party that he cannot win in 2024, no matter what.

I don't think it'll work. Biden's not going to voluntarily step down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven
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READ THE POLLS JACK!! 99% of them will vote for me in 2024.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 28, 2022 10:37 AM (u4CEu)

261 25 How did they cut grass back then?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (UuD2k)
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I venture guesses:
sheep, goats, cows, slaves with scissors?

Posted by: Ciampino - confesses to 6 years of French at school at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (qfLjt)

262 254

I don't think it'll work. Biden's not going to voluntarily step down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

I think that Jill will not voluntarily step down could be added to that.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (Vr12I)

263 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions.

*********

In Les Miserables Jean Valjean was sent to prison for pinching a loaf...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

264 The past few years are a learning opportunity for the masses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Sadly, Only if they want to learn.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (6WCwE)

265 263 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions.

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In Les Miserables Jean Valjean was sent to prison for pinching a loaf...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

Okay, made me smile.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (Vr12I)

266 Muldoon, LOL.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (O9syx)

267 Perhaps she is looking for a microbotanist?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (anj39)

268 243 A third quarter of contraction, declared in late October, will have interesting consequences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:22 AM (LvTSG)

Q1. -1.6
Q2. -0.9
Q3. -0.1
We're improving and his policies are now working. Elect democrats.
MSM
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 28, 2022 10:33 AM (NW9xb)

Announcement of Q3 GDP and the October inflation and jobs reports will be delayed to after the Nov. 8 election, because reasons.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (AMIL/)

269 In Les Miserables Jean Valjean was sent to prison for pinching a loaf...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM

*golf crap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (RkC6l)

270 Sadly, Only if they want to learn.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (6WCwE)
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You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.

Or something.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (WWh8n)

271 All this Manchin played or betrayed Mitch is bullshit. If Mitch wanted this stuff dead he could've waited until after the midterms. They are playing us.

Posted by: Indignatio Vindacatorem at July 28, 2022 10:40 AM (5n7u6)

272 You know you live in the country when you look at the picture and immediately think of how many water moccasins are laid up in that bush...

Posted by: Miss Issippi at July 28, 2022 10:40 AM (sI15f)

273 My flower-picking rules: if it's a weed or an abundant native, pick the shit out of it. If it's a small population of rare native plant, leave it alone so next visitor can see it. Queen Anne's Lace? Pick it. Fringed Orchid? Leave it alone.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:40 AM (qpX6U)

274 Forecast for tomorrow: Death and destuction.

BREAKING: Assault Weapons Ban Pulled After Pelosi Fails To Secure

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:40 AM (FVME7)

275 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions.

Oh sure.
Just miss one time!

Posted by: Onan at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (anj39)

276 This "isn't recession" meme is the Rorschach Test of our times.

Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (RHGPo)

277 Q3 won't be better than Q2, the rat is moving through the snake

Posted by: Indignatio Vindacatorem at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (5n7u6)

278 Low bridge, everybody down!
Low bridge, 'cause we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Another grade school bus song:
"It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when the great ship went downnnnnnnn.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
it was sad when the great ship went down."
*Kerplunk! Cha cha cha!*

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (6WCwE)

279 Queen Anne's Lace? Pick it. Fringed Orchid? Leave it alone.
Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:40 AM (qpX6U)

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Has anyone else here had Queen Anne's Lace jelly? My mom made it as a kid. I remember it had a pinkish hue, but can't remember the taste.

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (VJsqe)

280 261 25 How did they cut grass back then?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 09:34 AM (UuD2k)
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I venture guesses:
sheep, goats, cows, slaves with scissors?

Posted by: Ciampino - confesses to 6 years of French at school at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM (qfLjt)

Scythes. One manpower scythes.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (AMIL/)

281 45 Where are the wind turbines?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (NpAcC)
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Underground silly. We don't want all those eyesores in full view do we? ...... wait ....

Posted by: Ciampino - can we put solar panels underground too? at July 28, 2022 10:42 AM (qfLjt)

282 Queen Anne’s lace is a carrot.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:43 AM (O9syx)

283 "Has anyone else here had Queen Anne's Lace jelly? My mom made it as a kid. I remember it had a pinkish hue, but can't remember the taste."

It's a carrot. No kidding.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:43 AM (qpX6U)

284 This "isn't recession" meme is the Rorschach Test of our times.
Posted by: SMOD at July 28, 2022 10:41 AM (RHGPo)

This isn't the recession you're looking for, Fat.

Posted by: Obi-Wan Burisma at July 28, 2022 10:43 AM (FJYfm)

285 Poison hemlock is easily mistaken for Queen Anne's Lace.

Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:44 AM (cTCuP)

286 In Les Miserables Jean Valjean was sent to prison for pinching a loaf...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 28, 2022 10:38 AM

*golf crap*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2022 10:39 AM (RkC6l)

The buns though, were nasty.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:44 AM (anj39)

287 I used to marvel at how they cut grass in Indian (dot) buildings - tens of workers with shears. Full employment baby.

Posted by: Indignatio Vindacatorem at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (5n7u6)

288 Underground silly. We don't want all those eyesores in full view do we? ...... wait ....
Posted by: Ciampino - can we put solar panels underground too? at July 28, 2022 10:42 AM

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You've got me thinking... What about mini water turbines like at a dam, except you put them in the downspout of the toilet. Then each time you flush... Electricity!

I ought to patent the idea - I'll be flush with money.

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (VJsqe)

289 Well, it isn't a recessionly recession.

- Sponge Brain Glassy Eyes

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (gmo/4)

290 You've got me thinking... What about mini water turbines like at a dam, except you put them in the downspout of the toilet. Then each time you flush... Electricity!

I ought to patent the idea - I'll be flush with money.
Posted by: 496

Nah, it'll tank.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (6WCwE)

291 Horde, I need medical advice. I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?

(Any suggestions involving doctors are right out.)

Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (cTCuP)

292 It's fascinating when a thread goes down the drain.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (Vr12I)

293 You've got me thinking... What about mini water turbines like at a dam, except you put them in the downspout of the toilet. Then each time you flush... Electricity!

I ought to patent the idea - I'll be flush with money.
Posted by: 496

Might be some issues with turbine blades interacting with waste solids....

But keep those ideas coming! You'll be rich some day!

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

294 31 Look out mama, there's a brown boat comin' up the river

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2022 09:35 AM (Hh+iQ)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Qs8-BkiLw

Posted by: Ciampino - great song at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (qfLjt)

295 211 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 28, 2022 10:27 AM (sRUs0)

Many did. Not only separate beds but separate bedrooms.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (Qhnrt)

296 Crinoline

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (EGSGm)

297 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)

298
I ought to patent the idea - I'll be flush with money.
Posted by: 496

Nah, it'll tank.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (6WCwE)

He had to float the idea.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (89T5c)

299 291 Horde, I need medical advice. I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?

(Any suggestions involving doctors are right out.)
Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (cTCuP)

Warm compresses - they also make a product called Boil- Eze. I am serious.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (Vr12I)

300 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)

BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)

301 You've got me thinking... What about mini water turbines like at a dam, except you put them in the downspout of the toilet. Then each time you flush... Electricity!

I ought to patent the idea - I'll be flush with money.
Posted by: 496

Nah, it'll tank.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:45 AM (6WCwE)

Sure as hell you'll have to change the name of the ball-cock mechanism.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (anj39)

302 297 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)

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Nah.

The DOJ would never prosecute. The DC juries would never convict.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (LvTSG)

303 You and me baby...picking wild flowers.
https://youtu.be/_m7aMk5C1qU

Posted by: lowfibass at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (xHuvm)

304 *looks at Morning Report*

Uuhhhmmm... don't want to know how Sefton found that image. Talk about stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (Z4Wwh)

305 Lance the boil and slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (gmo/4)

306 305 Lance the boil and slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (gmo/4)

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What if he doesn't know anyone named Lance?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (LvTSG)

307 Yesterday was Bagpipe Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I'm guessing Bill Barr was giddy. He probably took a squat on whatever it uses for an exhaust pipe and inflated himself silly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (VwHCD)

308 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Rob and Laura Petrie did.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (FVME7)

309 creeper, slap a hot iron on it.

Posted by: Infidel at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (mn1Pi)

310 Lance the boil and slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (gmo/4)
+++++
Keep that damn iron away from me.

Posted by: Lance Chesterton Boile, III at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (WWh8n)

311 Lance the boil and slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (gmo/4)

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What if he doesn't know anyone named Lance?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:50 AM (LvTSG)

Lance is on the twin 50s.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (gmo/4)

312 Warm compresses - they also make a product called Boil- Eze. I am serious.
Posted by: kraken

Acktually, this is one issue that slapping hot iron to it will fix.

Of course, it will introduce a host of other problems but what the hell, we're not biologists!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (6WCwE)

313 Thank you, kraken. This thing hurts, so I'll run to DG and hope they have Boil-eze.

'Preciate the advice.

Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (cTCuP)

314 311
Lance is on the twin 50s.

Posted by: Archer at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (gmo/4)

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Have you seen that guy? I don't think anyone should trust him with a hot iron.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (LvTSG)

315 "I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?"

Last year, I had a white bump on my forearm pop up. I dug it out myself, but it just came back anyway, so I let the doctor have a look. Squamous cell cancer. He dug deeper, seems to have discouraged it for now.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (qpX6U)

316 If you get the chills with that boil, it's MRSA. It always causes a fever. And you will need antibiotics if that's the case.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (YynYJ)

317 280 261 25 How did they cut grass back then?

When I was around 12, I saw a scythe in my grandparents' barn. I asked my 75-ish-yr-old grandpa if I could try it. I brought it over to a stand of weeds alongside the barn and took a swipe. The weeds stared back at me, unmoved. I took another swipe. Nothing. I felt the edge, thinking it probably needed sharpening. I wouldn't call it sharp, but gramps assured me it was sharp enough. He watched me take a few more passes at it before getting up and proving it wasn't the instrument at fault. I watched that old guy sweep through about 200 sq ft of tall grass like a well-oiled machine. I can still imagine his sparkling blue eyes and wide grin as he returned the "dull" instrument to me to give it another shot.

Posted by: red speck at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (gS3OW)

318 297 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)
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It could be the opposite. The Dem's could threaten to go after Hunter unless his declares he's not running.

Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (G0vdT)

319 Boils = Pelosi Pox?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (Z4Wwh)

320 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

That's the right way to do it. I like to be able to move freely when I sleep. Even my cats know to sleep on the corner of the bed out of the way.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (Y5qcH)

321 Just in from Yahoo news your trusted source of information.

Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party

https://tinyurl.com/46mwfh9p

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (CJAql)

322 313 Thank you, kraken. This thing hurts, so I'll run to DG and hope they have Boil-eze.

'Preciate the advice.
Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:51 AM (cTCuP)
You are welcome. It is a localized staph infection. Do not go poking around on it with sharp objects.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (Vr12I)

323 321 Just in from Yahoo news your trusted source of information.

Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party

https://tinyurl.com/46mwfh9p
Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (CJAql)

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"We believe in nothing."
-Their platform

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (LvTSG)

324 Sure it will. Who is the leader of the democrat party?

Obama.

When he gives the signal to knife Biden, which he will because he hates Biden, it'll happen.
Posted by: MJ at July 28, 2022 10:32 AM (zwDuR)

I don't believe Democrats think they have to win every election. They may tell their voters that, but they don't really have to. A loss in '22, followed by a loss in '24 to them is just a slowdown of the agenda.

Republicans never scale back Democrat wins, they just pause them. Democrats know this. So they could very easily decide they're fine with letting Alzheimer Joe take the L in '24.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (NWBBy)

325 247 I read about an EV company called Aptera and it's kind of interesting. It's a 3-wheeler, so it doesn't have to comply with govt regulations for cars. So it can be light.

I see "3-wheeler" I immediately think "massive understeer at the limit, followed by a short flight exacerbated by poor aerodynamics."

But, that's just me.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (MkuC5)

326 What is Lance Armstrong doing these days, since he can’t cheat the Frenchie bike race anymore?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (O9syx)

327 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)
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It could be the opposite. The Dem's could threaten to go after Hunter unless his declares he's not running.
Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (G0vdT)

Or they go after Hunter to assure that Joe doesn't run again.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (AiZBA)

328 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

I asked my wife to talk to me during sex.

She called me!!

Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at July 28, 2022 10:54 AM (6WCwE)

329 It took you reprobates two whole minutes to get around to slapping hot iron to it. You're slowing down.

Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:54 AM (cTCuP)

330 Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (CJAql)

========

"We believe in nothing."
-Their platform
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (LvTSG)

Without even looking, I'm going to assume Just In A Mash is part of this. Perhaps Tussy Grabberd too.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (NWBBy)

331 Just in from Yahoo news your trusted source of information.

Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party

https://tinyurl.com/46mwfh9p
Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (CJAql)

Over/under on how many Electoral votes they'll win in 2024 is 0.5. How are you betting?

Posted by: Wally at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (FJYfm)

332 In the past, they would have you believe that man and wife slept in different beds
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

I asked my wife to talk to me during sex.

She called me!!
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at July 28, 2022 10:54 AM (6WCwE)

Rodney was the king of those jokes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (4I/2K)

333 Re: Hunter

That is the wonderful thing about Kompromat, it can be used by anyone to destroy/suborn someone.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (Z4Wwh)

334 "It took you reprobates two whole minutes to get around to slapping hot iron to it"

Don't use hot iron on monkeypox. Just riles it up.

Posted by: Please Place The gp In The Bag at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (qpX6U)

335 46 She is picking Jimson Weed and Foxglove - for a " special" salad.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 09:39 AM (Vr12I)
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Aha, the scopolamine, atropine and digitalis elixir.

Posted by: Ciampino - alkaloids - Nature's gifts and weapons at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (qfLjt)

336 "We believe in nothing."
-Their platform
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 28, 2022 10:53 AM (LvTSG)
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Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (aaGzp)

337 327 Biden can not quit

He and his family go to jail for hunters laptop
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (s9SEM)
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It could be the opposite. The Dem's could threaten to go after Hunter unless his declares he's not running.
Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2022 10:52 AM (G0vdT)

Or they go after Hunter to assure that Joe doesn't run again
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Biden does what he's told or Hunter gets the hose. This has always been why Obama and Clyburn selected Biden. They put him in chains.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (T/Wjp)

338 Three scenarios:

House and Senate go to R's: Joe's out. Not running again.

House and Senate retained by Dem's: Joe runs again.

R's take house but lose Senate: ??

Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (G0vdT)

339 291 Horde, I need medical advice. I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?

(Any suggestions involving doctors are right out.)
Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (cTCuP)

Apply black (tar) salve and cover with bandaid until it comes to a head. Then squeeze it until the core comes out. I may appear you were shot with a 22 slug but thats how it was done by me Mum in the day... She was a trained in England during WWII..

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (CJAql)

340 "I told my wife I'd like it if she talked dirty to me during sex. So now she calls me from the motel."

Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (XG2Fi)

341 8 And reminds me of one of my favorite songs,
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
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I've heard that one before, it is a neglected gem.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (W+kMI)

342 Apply black (tar) salve and cover with bandaid until it comes to a head. Then squeeze it until the core comes out. I may appear you were shot with a 22 slug but thats how it was done by me Mum in the day... She was a trained in England during WWII..
Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (CJAql)

My dad used to do that.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 28, 2022 10:57 AM (AiZBA)

343 299 291 Horde, I need medical advice. I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?

(Any suggestions involving doctors are right out.)
Posted by: creeper at July 28, 2022 10:48 AM (cTCuP)

Warm compresses - they also make a product called Boil- Eze. I am serious.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 10:49 AM (Vr12I)

I have always had success using wet compresses, as hot as I can stand. Press down hard. Repeat three times in quick sucession. A dermatologist recommended it.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (AMIL/)

344 “She ran calling wiiiildflowers…”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (O9syx)

345 What is Lance Armstrong doing these days, since he can’t cheat the Frenchie bike race anymore?
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He's pretty radioactive. From everyone wearing yellow stretchy bands on their wrist, to pariah in a few short weeks is...amazing. Fun fact: USPS Cycling Team got caught red-handed blood doping when a Frenchie reporter went through the trash at a rest stop their team bus made.
Reporters found a trash bag stuffed with syringes, blood bags and other paraphernalia.
Ooops.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (lGrs1)

346
Over/under on how many Electoral votes they'll win in 2024 is 0.5. How are you betting?
Posted by: Wally at July 28, 2022 10:55 AM (FJYfm)

I'm thinking if they team with the Green Party and dig up Ross Perot 0.6 is more realistic

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (CJAql)

347 WTF does Pelosi need to go to Taiwan? I'm so sick of Representatives thinking they conduct foreign policy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (UuD2k)

348 And reminds me of one of my favorite songs,
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
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I've heard that one before, it is a neglected gem.
Posted by: exdem13 at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (W+kMI)

I listen to Tom Petty, when getting a tooth extracted without anesthesia isn't painful enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (NWBBy)

349
Apply black (tar) salve and cover with bandaid until it comes to a head. Then squeeze it until the core comes out. I may appear you were shot with a 22 slug but thats how it was done by me Mum in the day... She was a trained in England during WWII..
Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 10:56 AM (CJAql)

I've always used a corkscrew and pliers.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (Qhnrt)

350 She ran calling wiiiildflowers…”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (O9syx)

Another damn earworm.
Lets talk about boils somemore.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (anj39)

351 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions.
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The Lady's Dressing Room, J Swift

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM (MIKMs)

352 It's a fine painting, which reminds me of coming into our home in Alexandria with my sister before supper, a fist full of flowers from the meadow lot next door in our hands, to be put in a vase upon the table. Good times, would hang this one.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM (W+kMI)

353 Lettuce Brain about launch another incomprehensible word salad, trying to convince you all is well, inflation is good, high gas prices are magnanimous, unaffordable groceries are virtuous, your depleted 401K is a good thing, and the overall recession he and Democrats produced is a mirage.

By the way, The Manchin Tax and Spend Inflation Bill will make things worse.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM (VpIIl)

354 I've always used a corkscrew and pliers.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (Qhnrt)

The boys from Brazil are back.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM (AiZBA)

355 347 WTF does Pelosi need to go to Taiwan? I'm so sick of Representatives thinking they conduct foreign policy.
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She's gonna flaunt her giant bewbs in an effort to cure the Chinks of their Lactose Intolerance cuz racist.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 28, 2022 11:01 AM (T/Wjp)

356 Is there a pony in the peonies then?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2022 11:01 AM (Z4Wwh)

357 My dad used to do that.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 28, 2022 10:57 AM (AiZBA

Yes sometimes love hurt like hell back then... Ouch !!

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 11:01 AM (CJAql)

358 Wildflowers, Tom Petty, and Boils. This is a great place.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 11:01 AM (Vr12I)

359 I saw Pony for Peonies open for Porno for Pyros at Lalapalooza in '92

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 28, 2022 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

360 347 WTF does Pelosi need to go to Taiwan? I'm so sick of Representatives thinking they conduct foreign policy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (UuD2k)

To extract bribes perhaps?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 28, 2022 11:02 AM (b2nrj)

361 Try to find a mention in books and plays dating back to the beginning of writing about someone doing Number 1 or Number 2 and the arrangements and facilities for those actions.
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The Lady's Dressing Room, J Swift
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM (MIKMs)

I'm trying to remember if Madame Bovary had a reference to it. Ladies at formal parties, needing to go stand near a plant in the corner, or something like that. I could be thinking of something else. The book was very risque though, saying things without needing to say it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2022 11:02 AM (NWBBy)

362 The Lady's Dressing Room, J Swift
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 28, 2022 11:00 AM

Wow...there's a flashback to second semester plebe English class.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (RkC6l)

363 360 347 WTF does Pelosi need to go to Taiwan? I'm so sick of Representatives thinking they conduct foreign policy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (UuD2k)

To extract bribes perhaps?
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That, or offer them a landing spot in CA after the bug out for a good price.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (T/Wjp)

364 Hi, y'all. It's me.

That gal with the dress that's all layers of pink? All I can think about is how many places in that dress there are for ticks to hide.

Actually, thanks to so many weeks of no precipitation and 100°+ days, the tick and skeeter populations seem to be 'way down. Finally got a light sprinkling today, so maybe the pests will all spring back. Not enough rain to save this parched brown lawn, though.

Posted by: mindful webworker - enemy of bloodsuckers at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (wPLcW)

365 For reference on Augustine, "De libero arbitrio voluntatis". "On Free Choice of the Will". Here he argues that Free Will is the source of evil, which the Catholic Church and many denominations carry forward to this day.

Calvin sort of takes Augustine's later anti-Pelagian works to negate his earlier works against the Manicheans.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 28, 2022 10:07 AM (b2nrj)

Free will may very well be the source of evil, but it is the only way "good" and obedience to God can be shown also.
Of the many and morally varied choices we can make each day, to choose to do the right thing takes deliberate conscious.
After all, is it really charity if the government takes your money and decides who to give to?

Posted by: OneEyedJack , not Jeff goldblum at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (MFphb)

366 My state of Missouri has a chronic boil that just will not drain. It's called St. Louis.

Posted by: kraken at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (Vr12I)

367 MONKEY

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 28, 2022 11:03 AM (PiwSw)

368 Of course my first comment of the day gets immediately willowed!

NOOD MONKEE
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=400169

Posted by: mindful webworker - better latte than nerfer at July 28, 2022 11:04 AM (wPLcW)

369 OT, but just looking at Apple expected earnings vs 3q21. They report later today. Revenue expected to show increase of 1.6%, while EPS expects a decrease of 10.7%. So that looks like a 12.5% increase in costs.
Also noticed that overall, product revenues seen as down near a percent, while service revenues up over 13%, so they are selling less things and charging you more for having them.
I expect actual will be worse, and continue to get more worse.

Posted by: From about that time at July 28, 2022 11:04 AM (4780s)

370 329 It took you reprobates two whole minutes to get around to slapping hot iron to it. You're slowing down.
Posted by: creeper

In my defense, I'm pretty worn out after a wild night with my rock.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 28, 2022 11:04 AM (vcv8B)

371
I have always had success using wet compresses, as hot as I can stand. Press down hard. Repeat three times in quick sucession. A dermatologist recommended it.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (AMIL/)

And...twice a day for at least two days.. After three days the boil should be no longer be painful or raised much, but it will take a few more days for the area to completely heal. No lancing or digging or coal tar needed.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (AMIL/)

372 Fun fact: USPS Cycling Team got caught red-handed blood doping when a Frenchie reporter went through the trash at a rest stop their team bus made.
Reporters found a trash bag stuffed with syringes, blood bags and other paraphernalia.
Ooops.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2022 10:58 AM (lGrs1)

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Had a Joe Biden motorcade come through recently? They could blame it on that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (XG2Fi)

373 360 347 WTF does Pelosi need to go to Taiwan? I'm so sick of Representatives thinking they conduct foreign policy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (UuD2k)

To extract bribes perhaps?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 28, 2022 11:02 AM (b2nrj

I'm thinking hubby is worried about some investments there.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (Qhnrt)

374 344 “She ran calling wiiiildflowers…”
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Heh, good one there.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (W+kMI)

375 291 Horde, I need medical advice. I've been graced with what seems to be a boil. Never had one before. What is the process to get rid of it?

I lanced one on my thigh in elementary school with a nonsterile paperclip because it was hurting so bad I was about to cry. I wouldn't tell my mom about it because I was afraid she would take me to the doctor. As soon as I opened it with the paperclip, immediate pain relief.

But try a hot compress and if you have epsom salt, mix a paste with that and put on it under a warm compress.

If the compress doesn't work, I'm all for lancing it. Not with a paperclip, even though its a proven winner if that's all you got.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (sI15f)

376 I've always used a corkscrew and pliers.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 10:59 AM (Qhnrt)

Ah yes the old C&P method.. Mostly used on the battlefield .. I saw that in the Hacksaw Ridge movie.. heh I have yet to use a half man body part as a shield but I put it in the memory vault for a rainy day...

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (CJAql)

377 Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party
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It's a verified gallery of who's who, heavy hitters and thought leaders.
Stop laughing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 28, 2022 11:06 AM (H9Fd4)

378 This was yesterday on a NYC subway:
https://tinyurl.com/bdhk8snt

Posted by: Ciampino - unbelievable at July 28, 2022 11:07 AM (qfLjt)

379
And...twice a day for at least two days.. After three days the boil should be no longer be painful or raised much, but it will take a few more days for the area to completely heal. No lancing or digging or coal tar needed.
Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2022 11:05 AM (AMIL/)

You just take all the fun out of it then.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 28, 2022 11:08 AM (Qhnrt)

380 > What is the process to get rid of it?

After you lance it, dump some alcohol or iodine on it (yes, this will hurt) and then slather it with antibiotic ointment.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 28, 2022 11:13 AM (bW8dp)

381

Casual friday,no knickers....Paolo got them.

Posted by: safristi at July 28, 2022 01:08 PM (qktfm)

382 Mary Poppins takes time to Pick some Flowers

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 28, 2022 06:15 PM (wGqjj)

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