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British museums find the term "mummy" culturally insensitive.

What happened? According to CNN Style, a number of British museums have stopped using the word "mummy" to describe the mummified remains of ancient Egyptians on display.
Why? To encourage museum visitors "to think of the individual who once lived," and to combat negative depictions in popular culture of mummies as "supernatural monsters." Additionally, some museums have expressed concern that "mummy" is a relic of "imperial and colonial thinking and actions that were based on racial and racist understandings of the world."
What's the solution? Using alternative terms such as "mummified person" or "mummified remains of [the person's name, if known]" to promote cultural sensitivity and inclusion.

"Person of Mummy."

British universities now sticking trigger warnings on Shakespeare's plays, to warn the brittle little snowflake know-nothings that his tragedies might contain some death and, well, tragedy.

The problem with universities overwhelmingly controlled by faculty on the left is that there are few to offer a dose of reality or rationality. Left to their own devices, some faculty seem to search for new ways to demonstrate woke priorities. British universities have long been ridiculed for policies controlling speech or symbols. Now, The Telegraph is reporting that British universities are adding trigger warnings to Greek and Shakespearean tragedies to protect students from being triggered by tragedy. Indeed, there are now warnings on other classics for everything from "ableism" to "depictions of rural life."
One such warning stated, "Tragedy is a genre obsessed with violence and suffering, often of a sexual or graphic kind, and so some of the content might be triggering for some students."
The University of Aberdeen in Scotland put a trigger warning on "Beowulf" due to its depictions of "animal cruelty" and "ableism." Beowulf had to fear "a creature of darkness, exiled from happiness and accursed of God, the destroyer and devourer of our human kind."

The "ableism" warning concerns the Beowulf text's tendency to treat physical prowess and high intelligence as desirable traits. No, I'm not kidding, that's why it's got that label.

Even the death of an albatross in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" required a trigger warning at the University of Greenwich as "potentially upsetting."

New Hampshire Democrats prefer Mayor Butt over Biden by five points.

Gimme Gimme: Zelensky says thanks for the tanks, now give me jets.

Ukrainian officials last night said they expect Western allies to provide their armed forces with long-range missiles after the UK, US, Germany and several other nations agreed to send battalions of tanks long-sought by Kyiv.
Presidential advisor Mikhailo Podolyak told The Daily Telegraph: 'Right now we are seeing a sharp change in sentiment among the political elites of European countries... we will reach, I am sure, no doubt, an agreement on long-range missiles.'
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In a nighttime address, Zelensky said: 'I've spoken with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today... We must also open deliveries of long-range missiles to Ukraine, it is important -- we must expand our cooperation in artillery. This is a dream. And this is a task.'
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Russia's ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechayev, called Berlin's decision 'extremely dangerous,' saying it 'shifts the conflict to a new level of confrontation and contradicts the statements of German politicians about their reluctance to get involved in it'.
France has not yet committed to sending a squadron of its Leclerc tanks, but Emmanuel Macron is now under pressure to match his allies' offer of heavy armour.

Former Arlington, Virginia Teachers Union president arrested in Fairfax County for embezzling $410,000 from the union during her reign, before she and her entire board were forced out.

A former president of the Arlington teachers union, who was ousted last spring, has been charged with embezzling more than $400,000 from the organization.
Ingrid Gant, 54, of Woodbridge, was arrested [Monday] in Prince William County on four counts of embezzlement. She was taken to the county's jail and later released on an unsecured bond, according to a press release from the Fairfax County Police Department [Tuesday].
Fox 5 first reported the arrest.
Gant led the Arlington Education Association (AEA) for six years before being ousted last spring along with her executive board.
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"Calibre CPA Group was hired to conduct an audit of the funds. After six months of reviewing the activity, it was determined Gant embezzled $410,782.10 throughout her tenure as president," the release said. "Detectives were notified and began their investigation, while working closely with the accounting firm and AEA to review the documentation. Detectives determined Gant provided herself with multiple bonuses and used debit cards for unauthorized purchases."

The Teachers Unions -- They Just Care About the Kids! (TM)

James O'Keefe gets into the face of Deep State Stenographer Adam Goldman of the New York Times, who doesn't like being on the receiving end of hostile press attention.

"You don't seem a good fit for this job," observes African journalist Simon Ateba about Karine Jean-Pierre. Ateba frequently rattles Jean-Pierre -- who refuses to allow him to ask a single question in press conferences.

#WATCH | Reporter slams WH Press Sec over #ClassifiedDocuments scandal:

“You don't seem a good fit for this job.” pic.twitter.com/6CO8As7lFz
— El American (@ElAmerican_) January 25, 2023

"You f*cking tyrant!:" Castro's bastard child Justin Trudeau is swarmed by angry protesters.

CRAZY: Justin Trudeau swarmed by angry protesters outside the Bread Bar in Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/GnI3jdHn89
— Harrison Faulkner (@Harry__Faulkner) January 25, 2023

The pedophiles aren’t even hiding it anymore. pic.twitter.com/zfueUAMKvk
— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) January 26, 2023

Non-binary kindergarten teacher recounts telling a student that they can decide what gender they want to be.

These are the people teaching your kids. pic.twitter.com/WznN8V96N0
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 26, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 Ha!

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:21 PM (Wo4FI)

2 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2023 06:21 PM (qoGsy)

3 Leading off with a LotR meme. Bold move.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

4 I think mummy is OK as long as we use their preferred pronoun and don't misgender them.

Posted by: Ripley at January 26, 2023 06:23 PM (cUYo/)

5 Like the last pic too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

6
Just saw somewhere that spoiler extraordinaire (or spoilee, really) Marianne Williamson is heading to New Hampshire.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 26, 2023 06:24 PM (x0n13)

7 The Bears!

Posted by: SNL skit from decades ago at January 26, 2023 06:24 PM (4I/2K)

8 Yes, it's a grievance culture. Because the grievance makes one feel morally superior. "Woke."

Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:25 PM (ni2c1)

9 Willowed:

Sugar in cornbread may cause "Bless your heart"itis.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Honey. And I'm willing to go pistols at dawn over it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 06:26 PM (uL3gr)

10 7 The Bears!
Posted by: SNL skit from decades ago at January 26, 2023 06:24 PM (4I/2K)

'Da'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

11 British museums find the term "mummy" culturally insensitive.
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The new term is "mummx"

Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (iWt73)

12 British universities now sticking trigger warnings on Shakespeare's plays, to warn the brittle little snowflake know-nothings that his tragedies might contain some death and, well, tragedy.
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Shakespeare wasn't butch, but he would stride up and pimpslap the fuck out of today's students.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (krQz2)

13 We prefer the term Desiccated Persons.

Posted by: Imhotep at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (yQpMk)

14 Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (u4CEu)

15 The trigger warning they should put on Shakespeare is that they're too dumb to read him.

Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (ni2c1)

16 British museums find the term "mummy" culturally insensitive.

How about daddy?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (uL3gr)

17 13 We prefer the term Desiccated Persons.
Posted by: Imhotep at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (yQpMk)

Persyn of Desiccation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (zZu0s)

18 The Bears!

Posted by: SNL skit from decades ago at January 26, 2023 06:24 PM (4I/2K)
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THE is BAD!!

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (krQz2)

19 As soon as you think the Left is done being outraged by words they find more

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (xhxe8)

20 15 The trigger warning they should put on Shakespeare is that they're too dumb to read him.
Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (ni2c1)

Most are. It is incredibly dry to read.

Plus, it is a good primer for vocab. Old vocab, anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

21 AP Stylebook.

Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (4I/2K)

22 21 AP Stylebook.

Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (4I/2K)

'You have been fined $5 for a violation of the verbal morality statute.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

23 As soon as you think the Left is done being outraged by words they find more
Posted by: Skip

They are going to be grunting like caveman here in a couple of years. They won't have any words left do use they'll just have to grunt.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (uL3gr)

24 We asked the mummy what he thought about changing his name to mummified person, but he remained mum.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (fs1hN)

25 Way to go SMH!!!

Posted by: Moki at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (JrN/x)

26 This is what I have to say about people putting triiger warning on Shakespeare plays:

Thou] foul defacer of God's handiwork. (Richard III)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (D+F6R)

27 That new veritas video has 1.3m views in an hour - that's gotta be some kind of a record

Posted by: DJ at January 26, 2023 06:31 PM (O3/K+)

28 The great Joe Sachs did Aristotle translations focusing on Anglo-saxon words.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (1ais2)

29 So the mummy would be insulted to be called mummy ? Did anyone ask him/her ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (bs+z0)

30 "What is a Child?"

I *MADE* this *EXACT* argument to that asshole "Architect" at Hot Gas ~12 years ago!!!!!

Gah!!!!

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (krQz2)

31 I just came across this today:

"Even in the case of the death penalty the State does not dispose of the individual’s right to life. Rather public authority limits itself to depriving the offender of the good of life in expiation for his guilt, after he, through his crime, deprived himself of his own right to life."

Pope Pius XII, 14 September 1952

We could use a man like Pius again.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (qoGsy)

32 I think mummy is OK as long as we use their preferred pronoun and don't misgender them.
Posted by: Ripley at January 26, 2023 06:23 PM (cUYo/)

Most mummies are of people we know nothing about. There used to be tons of them, not just kings and such. They used to grind them up for patent medicine.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (eoQWY)

33 Who is the man in the picture of "This man has no dick"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (D+F6R)

34 They are closing Splash Mountain, really?!

Oh, and Schiff for brains is running for Senate.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

35 The Veritas video where they won't unlock the door, I recall something about false imprisonment but I'm not a Biden appointed appellate judge nominee.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (u4CEu)

36 Persyn of Desiccation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (zZu0s)

Elizabeth Warren? Nancy Pelosi? Liz Truss?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (xhaym)

37 Hey Moki. : )

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (Wo4FI)

38 So the mummy would be insulted to be called mummy ? Did anyone ask him/her ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (bs+z0)
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Did you just assume my mummy status?!

Posted by: Egyptian Wrapped Person of Desiccation at January 26, 2023 06:33 PM (krQz2)

39 So the mummy would be insulted to be called mummy ? Did anyone ask him/her ?
Posted by: It's me donna

They did.

He was mum.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 06:33 PM (uL3gr)

40 14 Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (u4CEu)

This. And I'm somewhat shocked that there are still houses in the neighborhood with Ukrainian flags. The homeowners do not look remotely Slavic, so I'm wondering why they are this invested.

Posted by: Moki at January 26, 2023 06:33 PM (JrN/x)

41 "Yo, big guy, this is Z in Kiev. Glad you gave me phone number. Got the stuff in safe deposit out for you and is in hands safe. Tanks for the tanks. Get it? I was funny man on stage. Back to soobmarine deal, how you say, the boomer. You deliver by Valentine's day so we give Vlad big smooch?"

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 06:33 PM (lz5hY)

42 The only thing the Left finds more offensive these days than mummy is daddy.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (BXxcV)

43 Most are. It is incredibly dry to read.

Plus, it is a good primer for vocab. Old vocab, anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

The Arkangel audible versions are really really good. Esp with a text the first time through.

The group of Lolyers calling themselves Shakespeare were really really smart.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (1ais2)

44 Who is the man in the picture of "This man has no dick"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (D+F6R)
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William Atherton. He plays the FED in Ghostbusters.

Posted by: Egyptian Wrapped Person of Desiccation at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (krQz2)

45 >>>33 Who is the man in the picture of "This man has no dick"?

it's just "Peck" from Ghostbusters, who Venkman said had no dick. I think the actor's name is William Atherton. He was in Die Hard.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (C1Zwz)

46 Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (u4CEu)

If not, He's certainly up there with the Bidens, SCOAMFs, and Clintons.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (BdMk6)

47 What would you say you do around here?

Posted by: African Journalist at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (ppBhU)

48 The trigger warning they should put on Shakespeare is that they're too dumb to read him.
Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (ni2c1)

Most are. It is incredibly dry to read.

Plus, it is a good primer for vocab. Old vocab, anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

In high school we read them aloud at times, with a student taking a part, and rotating kids. With help on some tough words/phrases, it made it a lot more enjoyable. Then once he played the Richard Burton Taming of the Shrew for us.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

49 Mummified Person of Color

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (BXxcV)

50 For what particular reason is Justin Trudeau being protested against because "FU" doesn't tell me very much (and yes, I know he's a Davoise and a terrible PM)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (D+F6R)

51 >>>39 So the mummy would be insulted to be called mummy ? Did anyone ask him/her ?

So the mummy is a daddy?!

Posted by: Lou Costello at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (C1Zwz)

52 33 Who is the man in the picture of "This man has no dick"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:32 PM (D+F6R)

It's a Ghostbuster reference, Fen. Famous line in the movie:

'...Until the containment was shut down by Dickless here.'

'Is this True?!'

'Yes, this man has no dick.'

The guy sitting is Dr Venkman, played by Bill Murray. The guy on the poster is the character Peck (cannot remember his first name and do not remember the actor's name.) They are using the Steven Crowder 'Change my mind' setting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

53 The sodomites always have to keep upping their sodomy until no one is safe from sodomy.

Hide Yo Husbands, Hide Yo Wife, Hide Yo Chirruns, they be sodomizes everybody up in here!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (R/m4+)

54 it's just "Peck" from Ghostbusters, who Venkman said had no dick. I think the actor's name is William Atherton. He was in Die Hard.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (C1Zwz)

He was a dick in that movie too

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)

55 Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:28 PM (u4CEu)

If not, He's certainly up there with the Bidens, SCOAMFs, and Clintons.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (BdMk6)

He's got a bridle, but sometimes get the bit in his teeth and runs with it. Not sure which this is. If he gets the long range missile he's sending one to Moscow that's for sure. Russia is already increasing anti-air there now.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (eoQWY)

56 He was a dick in that movie too
Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)
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He did seem to get typecast as a dick...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (BpYfr)

57 53 The sodomites always have to keep upping their sodomy until no one is safe from sodomy.

Hide Yo Husbands, Hide Yo Wife, Hide Yo Chirruns, they be sodomizes everybody up in here!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (R/m4+)

Weren't the eponymous Sodomites going to sodomize an Angel?

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (1ais2)

58 35 The Veritas video where they won't unlock the door, I recall something about false imprisonment but I'm not a Biden appointed appellate judge nominee.

that video is NUCKING FUTZ!!! omg!!

dude is guilty

BULLSHEEP he was lying! absolutely totally in every way freaks out because he knows he "said too much"

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (w0NJk)

59 Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM (4I/2K)

WTF are you talking about?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (NW9xb)

60 SMH, love ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:36 PM (SLSMu)

61 Don't involve me in this shit!

Posted by: Billy Mumy at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (krQz2)

62 >>He was a dick in that movie too

yes. I get the feeling he's an okay guy in real life for some reason.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (C1Zwz)

63 “We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated..."
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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
~~The~~ wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, ~~the~~ homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

There, that's much better. We need to chisel that demeaning stuff off.

Posted by: The AP at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (tf17a)

64 He was a dick in that movie too
Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)

Posted by: Imhotep at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (yQpMk)

65 Ben Had!

Love you too.

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (Wo4FI)

66 Whah Benjamin Had, if that ain't you ah see.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (BXxcV)

67 Maybe you guys saw it, but PV has the last video installment, where the Pfizer guy flips out, destroys tablet, gets some hands-on. (There's a book about this, BTW, titled "Don't Make The Gay Black Scientists Angry.")

https://tinyurl.com/3dd3ydxy

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (24fqN)

68 POB Person of Bandages.

The male gauze is oppressing me!

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (DvEvC)

69 He was a dick in that movie too
Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE MAN HAS NO DICK.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (yQpMk)

70 If we developed a clock similar to the one woke nuke scientists came up with how close we are to Armageddon, but for how close the US, UK, and EU are to Idiocracy, today I'd set it at 11:59:45 PM.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (AMIL/)

71 61 Don't involve me in this shit!
Posted by: Billy Mumy at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (krQz2)

Thanks for Fishheads Bill!

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (1ais2)

72 In high school we read them aloud at times, with a student taking a part, and rotating kids. With help on some tough words/phrases, it made it a lot more enjoyable. Then once he played the Richard Burton Taming of the Shrew for us.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (eoQWY)
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Shakespeare is *meant* to be enjoyed as a performance, rather than read like a normal novel. It's a play, for crying out loud!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (BpYfr)

73 50 For what particular reason is Justin Trudeau being protested against because "FU" doesn't tell me very much (and yes, I know he's a Davoise and a terrible PM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (D+F6R)

Seizing bank accounts of the trucker protestors, the Canadian Health service encouraging the poor and mentally ill to commit suicide, just normal things.

Posted by: Moki at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (JrN/x)

74
Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?

I live in SC and have used the term "the 95"

I have been chastised and I repent,

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (TXFi7)

75 Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

Me too. It was great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (D+F6R)

76 "the mentally ill, the French, the disabled"

lol I can't stop laughing at just this particular sentence fragment

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (w0NJk)

77 Ace, Justin got away from the boisterous crowd, using a disguise:

https://tinyurl.com/yk4r9suy

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (Vwz3I)

78 @14

>>Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.

Is he though?

Or is he simply a front man for a World Wide Syndicate of corrupt WEF controlled political systems and masterminds?

He as much of a Meat Puppet as The Meat Puppet inhabiting the Office of The President of The US.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (up/3i)

79 Justine needs to remember to pull out the blackface and other disguises when he needs to go outside among the hoi polloi

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (w0NJk)

80 Unwillingly Preserved Person of Bandage

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (BXxcV)

81 >>Zelensky may be the most successful conman in history.

Alternate theory. Zelensky is a puppet playing a part on behalf of leftist elements of western governments along with the deep state in all the respective countries to enable their goal of taking down Putin.

You will either join the one world Borg ruling elite or you will be eliminated.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (ZLI7S)

82 80 Unwillingly Preserved Person of Bandage

I'm dying laughing

I'm ded like a MUMMY!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (w0NJk)

83 Veritas has several lawsuits that they could file on multiple people.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (u4CEu)

84 Human Husks

Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (ck5Ug)

85 Things must be changed.

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (1vBNQ)

86 Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?

I live in SC and have used the term "the 95"

I have been chastised and I repent,
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (TXFi7)

In Ohio we used Eye as prefix or nothing eye-75 or 275. Then I moved to Chicago and they all had proper names Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, etc.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (eoQWY)

87 In a free country, the President of the United States would be as relevant to my life as the president of Shell Oil.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (Lv3q+)

88 Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (D+F6R)

89 And why all the mummies gotta be white, anyway.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (BXxcV)

90 80 Unwillingly Preserved Person of Bandage
Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (BXxcV)

Dead stiff wrapped in cloth strips

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (bs+z0)

91 The Vaxx Street Boys and their #1 hit with a bullet... Quit Playin’ Games With My Heart:

https://tinyurl.com/zunvbrzn

1:12-minute video

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (Vwz3I)

92 Things must be changed.
Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (1vBNQ)

Was it the same cat?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (yQpMk)

93
He as much of a Meat Puppet as The Meat Puppet inhabiting the Office of The President of The US.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2023 06:38 PM (up/3i

Shitty band live but Meat Puppets II is cool. Even booming on shrooms they were lousy.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (1ais2)

94 Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (D+F6R)

Because almost everything you see and hear is intended to fuck with, own, and eventually destroy your mind.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (BXxcV)

95 89 And why all the mummies gotta be white, anyway.
Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (BXxcV)

Red hair too

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (1ais2)

96 Maybe you guys saw it, but PV has the last video installment, where the Pfizer guy flips out, destroys tablet, gets some hands-on. (There's a book about this, BTW, titled "Don't Make The Gay Black Scientists Angry.")

https://tinyurl.com/3dd3ydxy
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:37 PM (24fqN)
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I have to laugh about some people's idea of "fair" and lawful.

O'Keefe brushes him and he yells about assault. A couple minutes later he knocks a guy over taking his tablet and starts slamming it on the floor.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (krQz2)

97 He was a dick in that movie too
Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)
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He did seem to get typecast as a dick...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
____________

And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3)

98 79 Justine needs to remember to pull out the blackface and other disguises when he needs to go outside among the hoi polloi
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:39 PM (w0NJk)

What was that Dana Carvey movie...

The Master of Disguise.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

99 Zelensky has him a handful of short hairs and he is jerking them.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SLSMu)

100 Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:40 PM (D+F6R)

Because almost everything you see and hear is intended to fuck with, own, and eventually destroy your mind.
Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:41 PM (BXxcV)
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The Instruction Book called 1984 tells them they have to reduce the language.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (krQz2)

101 Hardest hit: 'The Mummy'

I mean, how offensive can a movie title be?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (6qpYX)

102 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (TXFi7)

103 And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3)

'Can you drive nail through a 2x4 with your penis?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (zZu0s)

104 Zelensky has him a handful of short hairs and he is jerking them.
Posted by: Ben Had
___

It's one big circle jerk.

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (Wo4FI)

105 And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3)

Is that a real discipline?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (yQpMk)

106 Anything the AP writes that starts off with: "We recommend..." is automatically something I will refuse to comply with.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (sVtYq)

107 Remember when the Left laughed at us about the "slippery slope"? That pedophilia would be next?

Good times...

Posted by: Flyover at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (Rbu5d)

108 @93

>>Shitty band live but Meat Puppets II is cool. Even booming on shrooms they were lousy.

The Meat Puppets are pretty good, Nirvana did a number of their songs in there Unplugged Special that were good.

Pretty much every band from that era was pretty good.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (up/3i)

109 Abbott and Costello vs. the Indigenous Person of Mummification

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (BXxcV)

110 wondering why they are this invested.

They aren't invested in shit. They just think it's the cool thing to do.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (nxdel)

111 After a judge ordered the release of the Paul Pelosi pee tapes, er, bodycam footage, we have this from Insty :

LIKELY STORY: Paul Pelosi Body Cam Footage Stuck in Technology Black Hole at San Francisco Court (That's Their Story).

Aren't black holes racist? *shrugs*

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (JOtiF)

112 The spaz in that Veritas video? He's an MD.

Let that sink in.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (krQz2)

113 They don't call I-8 the "El Centro freeway" for a reason.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (TXFi7)

114 Posted by: ... at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (BXxcV)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (D+F6R)

115 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Easier to figure out than The Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (XF9Gj)

116 There's an Always panty-liner "flexfoam" ad that looks like it has a GUY in the ad, using "it fits all bodies", "it's a pad that works for anybody and every body" as ad copy.

Yeah, right.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (Vwz3I)

117 Saw this video earlier, had forgotten all about it.

Mr Rogers tried to warn us:
youtube.com/shorts/9vMf5g2z-P8

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (zB/T/)

118 112 The spaz in that Veritas video? He's an MD.

Let that sink in.
Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (krQz2)

So that's Muldoon?!?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (zZu0s)

119 The Meat Puppets are pretty good, Nirvana did a number of their songs in there Unplugged Special that were good.

Pretty much every band from that era was pretty good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2023 06:44 PM (up/3i)

Pls tell them and The R*placements I want my money back. At least the Puppets weren't too drunk to play.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (1ais2)

120 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Au contraire.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (ZEa+g)

121 >>In high school we read them aloud at times, with a student taking a part, and rotating kids. With help on some tough words/phrases, it made it a lot more enjoyable. Then once he played the Richard Burton Taming of the Shrew for us.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

That's the best method. The teacher must also be able to explain difficult lines, of which there are many, to the students.

Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (ni2c1)

122 And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3)

Is that a real discipline?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (yQpMk)
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Practicum.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (krQz2)

123 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (TXFi7)

Back in the day roads were named by where they went. So in town it would be the Dayton Road cause that's where it went. Out in the country it would be the Cincinnati-Dayton Road.

Of course we also had a Fields-Ertel road that didn't go between towns of Fields and Ertel just to confuse things.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (eoQWY)

124 Hopefully, the smirking pedophile will be found in a dumpster. Missing several body parts. Not that I'm advocating for such a thing...just a prediction.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (S7une)

125 122 And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3)

He's just got a dick kind of face

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (bs+z0)

126 >>So that's Muldoon?!?!

That's insulting. Muldoon is taller.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (ZLI7S)

127 Sugar in cornbread may cause "Bless your heart"itis.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Honey. And I'm willing to go pistols at dawn over it.
Posted by: rickb223

As I do not respond well to sugar, I tried making cornbread without it and.... its just missing something then. Honey is acceptable and probably even preferable. Mollasses would probably even work as a northeast sub, but it would darken your cornbread, too.

He did seem to get typecast as a dick...

He's really good at the role. Always entertaining and adds to the movie.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (0hOvj)

128 13 We prefer the term Desiccated Persons.

Posted by: Imhotep at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (yQpMk)

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I wonder what happens if you soak them in water overnight.

Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (ck5Ug)

129 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (TXFi7)

Especially in San Diego

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (eoQWY)

130 @119

>>Pls tell them and The R*placements I want my money back. At least the Puppets weren't too drunk to play.

As big as Nirvana blew up in 92 and 93, I'm surprised they were able to perform on stage at all.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (up/3i)

131 Is that a real discipline?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 26, 2023 06:43 PM (yQpMk)
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Every non-competitivd "cyclist" askd this after paying $1k an hour the damn freaks

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (1ais2)

132 andycanuck please tell me Trudeau was in black face to escape detection

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (xhxe8)

133 SMH, zackly . ROI

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (SLSMu)

134 "Only girls can be a mommy" -- Mr. Rodgers, Fascist.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (krQz2)

135 121 >>In high school we read them aloud at times, with a student taking a part, and rotating kids. With help on some tough words/phrases, it made it a lot more enjoyable. Then once he played the Richard Burton Taming of the Shrew for us.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

That's the best method. The teacher must also be able to explain difficult lines, of which there are many, to the students.
Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2023 06:45 PM (ni2c1)

Watching them in a good movie where they are not 'declaiming' the lines is probably best. Mel Gibson's Hamlet was not bad, from what I recall. The Julius Caesar with Charlton Heston is not as good, Heston aside (he actually seemed to get into the role and realize he needed to chew the scenery to get the lines to ring true.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (zZu0s)

136 #liedsuddenly

https://tinyurl.com/2bk4zntc

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (Wo4FI)

137 William Atherton has a very quick uncredited appearance in Godfather II. He is on of the army guys getting it into the car with Frank Pentageli to take him to his testimony. He actually mugs for the camera and you can see it's him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (dHzaG)

138 Utterly bizarre William Atherton fact from Wikipedia:

"On the Phil Donahue show in 1981, William Atherton claimed that he was once homosexual but changed due to the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel."

I got to think this is some kind of profound joke, because it's too effin' zany to be true.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (ppBhU)

139 >>Pls tell them and The R*placements I want my money back. At least the Puppets weren't too drunk to play.

I'm STILL pissed off at Jane's Addiction

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (w0NJk)

140 In high school we read them aloud at times, with a student taking a part, and rotating kids.

We did the same thing. It takes about an act for me to get used to the language and speech patterns then its off to the races.

The book of Romeo and Juliet we had, had footnotes explaining all the jokes and they are incredibly raunchy and hilarious

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (0hOvj)

141 Back in the day roads were named by where they went.

You go up through Baker's Field...

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (hZFXM)

142 "the mentally ill, the French, the disabled"

lol I can't stop laughing at just this particular sentence fragment
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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It's as if the French...oh wait, I can't say that..uh, those who are French are the embodiment of all woe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (Sjyvq)

143 I wonder what happens if you soak them in water overnight.
Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (ck5Ug)

Probably does not smell too good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (zZu0s)

144 And he was the dick professor in Real Genius.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SIZS3

He and the dude who lived in the walls were the good guys.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (1ais2)

145 You know what's not triggering? Fire bombing police cars with Molotov cocktails.

Richard Spoor@Richard_Spooro
A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison.

The New York Times@nytimes
Two young New York lawyers lost their licenses to practice law after burning an empty police car during a protest days after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. One of them will be sentenced on Thursday, and he may also lose his foster children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (FVME7)

146 Looks like Justin Trudeau may be realizing that his name kind of sounds like Ceausescu.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (CecP5)

147 Okay, the "San Diego Freeway" (the 405) only went to Orange county to join with the "Santa Ana" freeway (the 5) to take you down (south) to San Diego.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (TXFi7)

148 We have no business getting involved in the Ukraine mess. And this woke shit will get old after everyone with common sense have had enough.

Posted by: vic/ at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (sbuTN)

149 Mel Gibson's Hamlet was not bad, from what I recall

It was good, but not as good as Jack Slater's version.

"To be, or not to be? Not to be."
*pulls out rocket launcher*

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (0hOvj)

150 Elizabeth Arden's 8-Hour Cream and mummies go well together.

Posted by: Henry Charles Albert David at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (a3Q+t)

151 He and the dude who lived in the walls were the good guys.
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (1ais2)

?

He was the prof who was trying to make a weapon for the US government to assassinate people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (zZu0s)

152 He did seem to get typecast as a dick...

He's really good at the role. Always entertaining and adds to the movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:46 PM (0hOvj)

I looked him up.

Probably was easy to work with since he had lots of jobs and only superstars can get work and be trouble. Married one lady a long while ago which is also a good sign in H-wood.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (eoQWY)

153 "Back in the day roads were named by where they went."

Can't Get There From Here Avenue.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (24fqN)

154 Did y'all see the video of that Pfizer employee Jordon Trishton Walker freaking the hell out? O'Keefe tried to do an ambush followup interview and Walker got violent.

https://bit.ly/3JjaDv7

Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (eyxn4)

155 If you said "the San Diego freeway" nobody would know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

How about the Slauson Cutoff?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (qoGsy)

156 I think I've only seen one movie where William Atherton played a sympathetic character, and I forgot the details.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (krQz2)

157 That look on your face:

https://tinyurl.com/3c25vhwc

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (Wo4FI)

158 I wonder what happens if you soak them in water overnight.
Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (ck5Ug)

Probably does not smell too good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (zZu0s)
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The correct answer is 'chowder'

Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (ck5Ug)

159 What is it that people see in Buttgag? Seriously, what does he bring to the table other than queer? He's clearly incompetent and lazy, he's a ridiculous caricature, what attracts people to this goofball?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (0hOvj)

160 141 In my home area of Ohio, township roads were named after the property owners at the opposite ends. Smith Jones road. Farmer Smith on one end, the Jones spread on the other.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (lz5hY)

161 I'm STILL pissed off at Jane's Addiction
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (w0NJk)

I think you got an STD if they actually played.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (1ais2)

162 We have no business getting involved in the Ukraine mess. And this woke shit will get old after everyone with common sense have had enough.
Posted by: vic/ at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (sbuTN)

It is hard to remain uninvolved when you caused it, but yes we should detach ourselves from making it worse before someone gets nuked.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)

163 LOL. In sevennth grade, get this, we read Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story.

Holy effing shit.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (TXFi7)

164 Back in the day roads were named by where they went. So in town it would be the Dayton Road cause that's where it went. Out in the country it would be the Cincinnati-Dayton Road.

Of course we also had a Fields-Ertel road that didn't go between towns of Fields and Ertel just to confuse things.
Posted by: Oldcat

The Joytime Touching Studio was on The Dixie Highway iirc.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (qoGsy)

165 Richard Spoor@Richard_Spooro
A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 06:49 PM (FVME7)

Terribly, terribly, sad. Good thing they weren't standing in the wrong place at the Capitol Building on Jan 6. They'd have been beaten to death by now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (OX9vb)

166 From bartender to 35 million in four years

AOC got some 'splainin' to do

https://tinyurl.com/4dtau9ad

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (Wo4FI)

167 He was the prof who was trying to make a weapon for the US government to assassinate people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:50 PM (zZu0s)

?

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (1ais2)

168 This here road don't go to Aintree.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (24fqN)

169 It's Jane's Abortion Addiction.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (TXFi7)

170 You think that's bad, the kids used to chant:
Spiro, Spiro is a zero
With a name like that,
He Must be a queer-o

Upside, leading by Five in NH

Posted by: Regular Spiro Agnew at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (nnp+f)

171 " to warn the brittle little snowflake know-nothings that his tragedies might contain some death and, well, tragedy."

"What is thy sentence then but speechless death"

Posted by: Marcus T at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (SAX5G)

172 Out here in the boonies we just have numbers.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (SLSMu)

173 ?
Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (1ais2)

Then? Maybe ok. Now? That's us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (zZu0s)

174 It is hard to remain uninvolved when you caused it, but yes we should detach ourselves from making it worse before someone gets nuked.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)

We're gonna get to live Missile Command!

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (1ais2)

175 Did y'all see the video of that Pfizer employee Jordon Trishton Walker freaking the hell out? O'Keefe tried to do an ambush followup interview and Walker got violent.
___

Umm...yeah.

Meme's are going out as we speak.

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:54 PM (Wo4FI)

176 In my home area of Ohio, township roads were named after the property owners at the opposite ends. Smith Jones road. Farmer Smith on one end, the Jones spread on the other.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (lz5hY)

That might be it, its a lateral road mid-county. Another road nearby me is Mulhauser which was a farmer that grew hops for the beer breweries for the city pre-prohibition. I have a map of Morgan's raiders riding through the area it might have the names of the farms there.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:54 PM (eoQWY)

177 The project veritas videos remind me of a former life I had as a process server.
Gotta be the world's most dangerous gig, or close to it.
Fortunately I found better employment.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 26, 2023 06:54 PM (jTmQV)

178 The O'Keefe video is hilarious.
The Goldman creature wouldn't even swallow his bread or whatever he had in his mouth. What a putz.

Posted by: Flyover at January 26, 2023 06:54 PM (Rbu5d)

179 Zelenski wants: Planes, tanks and APC"s.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (1EFfL)

180 Then? Maybe ok. Now? That's us.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (zZu0s)

Dude was hinestly a hero for try___ to ride herd on the nerds.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (1ais2)

181 Back in the day roads were named by where they went.

You go up through Baker's Field...
Posted by: Commissar
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For decades now, I have been trying to discover where the church was that gave the name to local road, 'Burnt Church Road'. No luck. I'm thinking it dates to early 1800's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (tf17a)

182 "Jordon Trishton Walker"

Even odds the guy commits suicide tonite.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (24fqN)

183 Okay, the "San Diego Freeway" (the 405) only went to Orange county to join with the "Santa Ana" freeway (the 5) to take you down (south) to San Diego.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

And heading the other way, you took the grapevine.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (ZEa+g)

184

The chart cracks me up. Buttboy has the spread.

Posted by: four seasons at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (ichPI)

185 "Back in the day roads were named by where they went."

Good Intentions

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (a3Q+t)

186 America.

https://tinyurl.com/4chuetrp

Posted by: SMH at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (Wo4FI)

187 182 "Jordon Trishton Walker"

Even odds the guy commits suicide tonite.
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (24fqN)

I'm sure he's got a Lawyer who will scream racism

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (bs+z0)

188 The project veritas videos remind me of a former life I had as a process server.
Gotta be the world's most dangerous gig, or close to it.
Fortunately I found better employment.
Posted by: gourmand
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*recollects 'Repo Man'*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (tf17a)

189 "If I must die
I will encounter darkness as a bride,
And hug it in mine arms."

Posted by: Marcus T at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (SAX5G)

190 172 Out here in the boonies we just have numbers.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (SLSMu

Yep. Lots of Township Road #n where I live.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (OX9vb)

191 @156 Atherton played Goldie Hawn s husband in Spielberg s "Sugarland Express". He played a pathetically stupid person that you actually felt sorry for

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (dHzaG)

192 Fuck Zelensky - there I said it.

This war could have been over months ago.

Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (Modkf)

193 Out here in the boonies we just have numbers.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (SLSMu)

My favorite states are the ones where they put the numbers in a map of the state, then distort it to fit the number. I find the fat Ohios and chunky Alabama's charming.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (eoQWY)

194 The French embassy in DC also was clowning on the AP thing, saying they were changing their name to the "Embassy of Frenchness in the US".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (X4R3E)

195 For decades now, I have been trying to discover where the church was that gave the name to local road, 'Burnt Church Road'. No luck. I'm thinking it dates to early 1800's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (tf17a)

Prob got burnt all down and isn't there anymore

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (1ais2)

196 The UK locks up more people due to social media than Russia by factor of 3

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (dKiJG)

197 Ok, this is just hilarious. (From Insty.)

70s.
Hot Tubs.
Lunch.

https://tinyurl.com/32d3d7e7

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

198 Some Oklahoma roads are identified by a weird numbering system. I've asked about it while over there, and even the Joads can't explain it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (lz5hY)

199 99 Zelensky has him a handful of short hairs and he is jerking them.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:42 PM (SLSMu)

Yup. He's been jerking Biden's short hairs (ugh) hard, ever since Joe first said the US will support Ukraine "for as long as it takes." Because Zelenskey knows that as long as Joe is in office, HE and not Biden determines how long it will take. And another beautiful and profitable part of Joe's promise for Zelenskey is that Joe has never said what objective we - the US - wants to achieve, no matter how long it takes. Zelenskey is in the driver's seat of Joe's Corvette for everything in this war.

Gosh, who could have foreseen Idiot Joe being trapped into the position he is by a foreign politician who used to be a comedy writer? Welp, everyone should have seen it happening sooner or later.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (AMIL/)

200 If you are thinking we are getting steamrolled by very wealthy and powerful interests, come on down and collect your prize:

The Billionaires Behind the Gas Ban.

https://tinyurl.com/3u554kaj

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (BPEYH)

201 Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's Oedipal. Or edible, I'm not sure which.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (FVME7)

202 Blake, he will get them too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (SLSMu)

203 Stinking Creek, TN and Stinking Creek Road.

I don't even want to know. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (qoGsy)

204 Viggio Mortensen died for our sins.

Posted by: eleven at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (iziT8)

205 "Back in the day roads were named by where they went."

Good Intentions
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Not bad, not bad.

*thinks of, 'The Road to Perdition'*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (tf17a)

206 The UK locks up more people due to social media than Russia by factor of 3

"But less than China!"
--UK Spokeswoman

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:59 PM (0hOvj)

207 204 Viggio Mortensen died for our sins.
Posted by: eleven at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (iziT

He played Lucifer in the first Prophecy movie.

I think that one is underrated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

208 Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (Modkf)

Over rated band. Over rated.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 06:59 PM (1ais2)

209 The pedophiles aren�t even hiding it anymore. pic.twitter.com/zfueUAMKvk
— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) January 26, 2023

What's the link show? Its behind some twitter login thing

Posted by: 18-1 at January 26, 2023 06:59 PM (lc5cP)

210 It's Oedipal. Or edible, I'm not sure which.

"Which a mummy's flammable, innit?"
--Victorian Brit

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (0hOvj)

211 Moebius Strip Lane.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (24fqN)

212 Grapevine?

LOL. Going south?

I my youth, I was a passenger in a VW bug, lucky to go 45 in the right lane.

One day, in my middle age, I had car with a 305 cubic inch V8.

It was a hell of a lot more enjoyable.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (TXFi7)

213 205 "Back in the day roads were named by where they went."

Good Intentions
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Not bad, not bad.

*thinks of, 'The Road to Perdition'*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (tf17a)

Hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

214 Stinking Creek, TN and Stinking Creek Road.

I don't even want to know. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete
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I know of two drainage creeks, that predate public sewage. One was called 'Sugar Creek', The other, 'Nasty Branch'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (3aqKC)

215 Re the Justin Castro thing, isn't it funny how all these far left people keep getting "elected" yet any time they show up in public they get booed - even in leftwing areas?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (lc5cP)

216 For decades now, I have been trying to discover where the church was that gave the name to local road, 'Burnt Church Road'. No luck. I'm thinking it dates to early 1800's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 06:55 PM (tf17a)

Hmm that's a long time for a burned down church to make an impression.

Now I have heard of regions being nicknamed "Burnt" because they burned wood to make charcoal all over the area and so a Church for that area could be the "Burnt Church" without being in flames.

The Wilderness in VA, famous in the Civil War was famously tangled due to this repeated cutting and burning keeping old growth woods from forming.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (eoQWY)

217 The UK locks up more people due to social media than Russia by factor of 3
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (dKiJG)
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That's just what Putin wants you to think!

Posted by: DNC Chatbot at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (krQz2)

218 You know, if the Biden Crime and Perversion Family is, "Norms Restored" it sort of tells us just how depraved DC is

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 07:01 PM (1EFfL)

219 207 204 Viggio Mortensen died for our sins.
Posted by: eleven at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (iziT

*sticks two fingers in his neck*

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:01 PM (1ais2)

220 The road to hell

https://youtu.be/3M76yInLA1g

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:01 PM (0hOvj)

221 Good. Does this mean Californians must stop referring to their roads as "the 405", "the 5" and such?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2023 06:29 PM

Never. Out of my cold dead hands. I wouldn't be able to give anyone directions, like take the 101, which changes to the 134, to the 210, to the 10.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:01 PM (NOYGJ)

222 That second video looked like a TV show or something.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2023 07:01 PM (KAi1n)

223 andycanuck, please tell me Trudeau was in black face to escape detection
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Actually, that's what my link/message to Ace showed. BlackOrchid guessed its content too!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 07:02 PM (Vwz3I)

224 The UK locks up more people due to social media than Russia by factor of 3
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 26, 2023 06:57 PM (dKiJG)

The term 'United Kingdom" is so rayciss and sexiss and full of bad colonial nastiness.

Time they changed their name to something more...inclusive.

Like "Airstrip One".

Catchy.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2023 07:02 PM (R/m4+)

225 All roads should just be numbers

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:02 PM (1ais2)

226 re: top picture

I always liked Theoden's response:

'Last I looked, 'Theoden' was King of Rohan- not Aragorn.'

Translation: I am a real king, you pansy, so step back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 07:02 PM (zZu0s)

227 What's the link show? Its behind some twitter login thing
Posted by: 18-1

https://bit.ly/3Ji41gq

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (FVME7)

228
Prob got burnt all down and isn't there anymore
Posted by: Thesokorus
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No doubt, but I keep thinking someone will know at least where it was.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (3aqKC)

229 Zelenski wants: Planes, tanks and APC"s.

Yeah, and I want a blow job from Ariana Grande, the world is full of wants.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (CecP5)

230 Viggio Mortensen died for our sins.
Posted by: eleven at January 26, 2023 06:58 PM (iziT

He played Lucifer in the first Prophecy movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
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He did.

He made such an impression on me that I watched for his name in the credits...and then forgot it after that--but I still wanted to know his name specifically.

Posted by: DNC Chatbot at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (krQz2)

231
It was a hell of a lot more enjoyable.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

I was referring to going north on I-5 and down the hill.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (ZEa+g)

232 anyone directions, like take the 101, which changes to the 134, to the 210, to the 10.
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South on the 99 to 5, watch for the 405 and take it, because you really don't want to take the 5 through LA. Trust me.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 07:04 PM (1EFfL)

233 211 Moebius Strip Lane.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2023 07:00 PM (24fqN)

Escher Non-Freeway

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (AMIL/)

234 According to CNN Style, a number of British museums have stopped using the word "mummy" to describe the mummified remains of ancient Egyptians on display.

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I figured the reason was that it's how the British pronounce "mommy" -- and that's been canceled in favor of "birthing parent."

Instead of "mummified," they should go with "mammified" for female mummies and "non-mammified" for males ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (bCmVL)

235 Viggo was in one of those sexy romance date movies with Diane Lane called A Walk On The Moon. I have no opinion on the movie, only saw bits of it as I channel surfed past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (0hOvj)

236 I learned the "the 5" or "the 101" back in 1988 from a guy born and raised in Pasadena. Brilliant guy. Graduated from Harvey Mudd College.

Don't laugh. The "Mudders" are some of the smartest guys on Earth.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (TXFi7)

237 38
Did you just assume my mummy status?!

Posted by: Egyptian Wrapped Person of Desiccation at January 26, 2023 06:33 PM (krQz2)
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Did you just assume my nationality?

Posted by: Big lump of desiccated meat at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (qfLjt)

238 All roads should just be numbers
Posted by: Thesokorus
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[puts down a $20 bill]

I'm betting that there is a highway named for Sen. Byrd.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (EvGP3)

239 > Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?

It's called the Euphemism Treadmill.

Academics come up with a word to describe a thing. People start to use that word to make fun of people. Academics and others change the word from one that has a stigma to a new euphemism for the same thing. Eventually that word gains a stigma and the process starts again.

See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (eyxn4)

240
South on the 99 to 5, watch for the 405 and take it, because you really don't want to take the 5 through LA. Trust me.
Posted by: Blake -

Ain't that the truth.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (ZEa+g)

241 No hammer video today.
You go home now.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (jTmQV)

242 235 Viggo was in one of those sexy romance date movies with Diane Lane called A Walk On The Moon. I have no opinion on the movie, only saw bits of it as I channel surfed past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (0hOvj)

Diane Lane all time wall dodger.

Her vs Bellucci

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (1ais2)

243 I wonder if the Jeb Stuart highway has been expunged yet?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (EvGP3)

244 Some other colorful road names in my area: Chicken Coop Hill Rd, Savage Hill Rd, Snortin' Ridge, Buzzard's Glory Rd, Pole Cat Rd, Revenge Rd.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (OX9vb)

245 The video linked in the sidebar about "Anglish" is interesting as a thought experiment, but (at the risk of being "that guy") I have to point out that there's no such thing as a language without loanwords or other forms of foreign influence. Even if William the Conqueror had lost and England had remained under Anglo-Saxon control, English still would have acquired foreign words. Probably not as many as it in fact did, and grammar and syntax would be a bit different, but I bet it would have more similarities to what we have now than the host suggests.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (tp+tP)

246 159 What is it that people see in Buttgag? Seriously, what does he bring to the table other than queer? He's clearly incompetent and lazy, he's a ridiculous caricature, what attracts people to this goofball?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 06:51 PM (0hOvj)

He looks harmless.

Posted by: Javems at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (AmoqO)

247 Here in Happy Valley, we letter number our roads. F Road. F1/4 Road. F3/8 Road etc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (FVME7)

248 Gimme Gimme: Zelensky says thanks for the tanks, now give me jets.

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Let's just jump to the end-game and give him nukes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (bCmVL)

249 225 Warren OH, with exception to a few streets on annexed property, has no numbered or lettered streets. Odd even addresses are on one side on the west side, opposite on the east. You would think Main street would divide east and west but nah, Park Ave. Avenues and Boulevards may not be avenues or boulevards, just called that because it sounded cool.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (lz5hY)

250 239 > Why is the word "Mummy" offensive anyway?

It's called the Euphemism Treadmill.

Academics come up with a word to describe a thing. People start to use that word to make fun of people. Academics and others change the word from one that has a stigma to a new euphemism for the same thing. Eventually that word gains a stigma and the process starts again.

See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (eyxn4)

That's dumb.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (eYoxG)

251 I really liked the movie Hidalgo. But I realized that Viggo is rather bland in that movie. He keeps the movie going and he doesn't detract, as I remember it.

Posted by: DNC Chatbot at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (krQz2)

252 Diane Lane all time wall dodger.

Her vs Bellucci

Monica Belluci is in "Memory" and she still looks great.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (0hOvj)

253 The degree in Engineering is a five year course and it covers everything. Not just Computer and Electronics, but Civil. There are no Humanities or general Ed courses. Students spend five years studying all aspects of Engineering.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (TXFi7)

254 See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2023 07:06 PM (eyxn4)

I miss "Mongoloid" and "Cretin".

No offense to the Mongols...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (R/m4+)

255 247 Here in Happy Valley, we letter number our roads. F Road. F1/4 Road. F3/8 Road etc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:07 PM (FVME7)

That's preposterous and should stop.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (1ais2)

256 South on the 99 to 5, watch for the 405 and take it, because you really don't want to take the 5 through LA. Trust me.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January

I think the 405 is a parking lot. I think everything south of Carpinteria is LA.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (NOYGJ)

257 Zelenski wants: Planes, tanks and APC"s.

Yeah, and I want a blow job from Ariana Grande, the world is full of wants.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 26, 2023 07:03 PM (CecP5)

He may or may not get those, but his orders are leaving few men to learn to operate any of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (eoQWY)

258 The Dick, William Athertin, was also Tyne Daily's cowboy heart throb in James A. Michner's 12 part TV mini series Centennial.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (3CCua)

259 I wonder if the Jeb Stuart highway has been expunged yet?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Soon to be the George Floyd Freeway.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (FVME7)

260 Here in Happy Valley, we letter number our roads. F Road. F1/4 Road. F3/8 Road etc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

10 Rd, 27 1/4 Rd, 19 Road.

But F Road turns into Patterson in town.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (ZEa+g)

261 Is Nancy Pelosi behind this "stop calling people Mummies" push?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (0hOvj)

262 I think the 405 is a parking lot. I think everything south of Carpinteria is LA.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (NOYGJ)

Carpenteria to Huntington

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (1ais2)

263 I always liked Theoden's response:

'Last I looked, 'Theoden' was King of Rohan- not Aragorn.'

Translation: I am a real king, you pansy, so step back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 26, 2023 07:02 PM (zZu0s)

From reading LOTR, I got the impression that Tolkien himself felt more of an affinity for Rohan than for Gondor (even though Gondor is supposed to have more of a leadership role).

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (tp+tP)

264 238 All roads should just be numbers
Posted by: Thesokorus
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[puts down a $20 bill]

I'm betting that there is a highway named for Sen. Byrd.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM (EvGP3)

Only one? Isn't every road and highway in WV have Senator R. Byrd included in its designation?

Senator R. Byrd Main Street.
Senator R. Byrd 6th Avenue.
Senator R. Byrd State Highway 106.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (AMIL/)

265 Some other colorful road names in my area: Chicken Coop Hill Rd, Savage Hill Rd, Snortin' Ridge, Buzzard's Glory Rd, Pole Cat Rd, Revenge Rd.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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I always mention 'War Woman Road', in N. Georgia.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (EvGP3)

266 The degree in Engineering is a five year course and it covers everything. Not just Computer and Electronics, but Civil. There are no Humanities or general Ed courses. Students spend five years studying all aspects of Engineering.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:08 PM (TXFi7)

Can they drive trains afterward?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (eoQWY)

267 To be fair, I'd be highly pissed if someone called me "French".

> See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.

"Idiot", "retarded", and "cretin" also had medical definitions at one time.

Wikipedia sez that "idiots" had a mental age of less than 3 years, "imbeciles" were between 3 and 7, and "morons" were between 7 and 10.

"Cretins" were people who were retarded due to the lack of iodine in their diet as children. Also often accompanied by goiters. We don't have many of these any more.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (bW8dp)

268 Mea culpa. Lynn Redgrave

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (3CCua)

269 British-birthing-person-ies.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (krQz2)

270 Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM

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Lamont the Big Dummy has been sacked.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (bCmVL)

271 A short distance on US 64 and AR Hwy 22 to Yell County is also identified, by signs, as True Grit Trail.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (lz5hY)

272 The 5 is a steep parking lot.

Posted by: eleven at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (iziT8)

273 193 Out here in the boonies we just have numbers.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 26, 2023 06:53 PM (SLSMu)

My favorite states are the ones where they put the numbers in a map of the state, then distort it to fit the number. I find the fat Ohios and chunky Alabama's charming.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:56 PM (eoQWY)

Grand Junction Colorado... only place I've ever seen street names like 7 3/4s Road.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (oHd/0)

274 From reading LOTR, I got the impression that Tolkien himself felt more of an affinity for Rohan than for Gondor (even though Gondor is supposed to have more of a leadership role).

I think he did too, although he wrote them as very tragic.

I just cannot figure out how they went from "nearly wiped out plus Erkenbrand's troupe" in Two Towers to "a gazillion knights" in Return of the King in the movies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

275 235 Viggo was in one of those sexy romance date movies with Diane Lane called A Walk On The Moon. I have no opinion on the movie, only saw bits of it as I channel surfed past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:05 PM

He was also in A history of Violence.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (NOYGJ)

276 Honey. And I'm willing to go pistols at dawn over it.

Fun Fact: You would not be allowed to be an elected official in the State of Kentucky

Section 228:
" ...according to law; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God."

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (l7lsb)

277 Monica Belluci.

She did a good job in "The Passion of the Christ."

I thought that she was too pretty for the role.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (TXFi7)

278 See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.
Posted by: bonhomme

Moron, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, sub-normal, presidential.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (FVME7)

279 think the 405 is a parking lot. I think everything south of Carpinteria is LA.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (NOYGJ)
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Between roughly 11am and 3pm, the 405 is okay going north. Usually.

I had an office I supported in LA. I'd take the 101 from my office in Ventura to get to my LA office. I always tried to time it so I hit the 405 no later than about 3:15.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 07:13 PM (1EFfL)

280 "Cretins" were people who were retarded due to the lack of iodine in their diet as children. Also often accompanied by goiters. We don't have many of these any more.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:11 PM (bW8dp)

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John Fetterman is retarded due to the lack of iodine in his diet?

Maybe his diet of paste -- like Biden -- did him in ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:13 PM (bCmVL)

281 > The degree in Engineering is a five year course and it covers everything.... there are no Humanities or general Ed courses.

Sounds like a recipe for turning out guys who can design death camps, with no idea of why building death camps is a bad idea.

I'm talking about classical humanities here, of course, not the "woke" parodies of them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:13 PM (bW8dp)

282 I always mention 'War Woman Road', in N. Georgia.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (EvGP3)

That's bad-ass. I like it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (OX9vb)

283 From reading LOTR, I got the impression that Tolkien himself felt more of an affinity for Rohan than for Gondor (even though Gondor is supposed to have more of a leadership role).
Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (tp+tP)

Gondor, like the Elves at the start of the 4th age is something of a spent force from earlier glories. Rohan is the new blood. The king (Aragorn) leads and the Steward (Faramir) will help. And Faramir gets a marriage alliance to bind the two lands closer.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (eoQWY)

284 > Moron, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, sub-normal, presidential.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (FVME7)

Kallikaks, Jukes, Bidens...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (bW8dp)

285 Can they drive trains afterward?

Only if they make it through at least five years of being a conductor.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (l7lsb)

286 265 Some other colorful road names in my area: Chicken Coop Hill Rd, Savage Hill Rd, Snortin' Ridge, Buzzard's Glory Rd, Pole Cat Rd, Revenge Rd.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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I always mention 'War Woman Road', in N. Georgia.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (EvGP3)

On Highway 50 way out in Nevada... 'Lost Road to Hidden Valley'... with a camping available symbol... leads to a gravel road. Always wondered where it ended up.... Rivendell?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (oHd/0)

287 I just cannot figure out how they went from "nearly wiped out plus Erkenbrand's troupe" in Two Towers to "a gazillion knights" in Return of the King in the movies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

Uh, CGI. Duh.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (tp+tP)

288 162...yes we should detach ourselves from making it worse before someone gets nuked.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)

To TPTB, that the feature. That's what they want. Remember when Hillz said was talking about nuking Russia before the 2016 election? I do. I was scared sh!tless.

Posted by: Flyover at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (Rbu5d)

289 274 "From reading LOTR, I got the impression that Tolkien himself felt more of an affinity for Rohan than for Gondor (even though Gondor is supposed to have more of a leadership role)."

I think he did too, although he wrote them as very tragic.

I just cannot figure out how they went from "nearly wiped out plus Erkenbrand's troupe" in Two Towers to "a gazillion knights" in Return of the King in the movies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

All spread out then consolidated.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (eYoxG)

290 my favorite freeway in El Lay is the Pasadena (Arroyo Seco) . what a white knuckler that is. the ole 110 .

Posted by: esteban jo at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (Wql2z)

291 I thought that she was too pretty for the role.

For a while there she was too pretty for any role. There's a point at which you're too attractive for film because you feel wrong for every role, you just don't buy them in the job

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (0hOvj)

292 7 3/4 Rd. 7 3/4 miles from the UT border.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (ZEa+g)

293 I think maybe the funniest scene in the movie Office Space is the opening stuck-in-freeway-traffic scene -- which IIRC is the 405 -- where the old man on the sidewalk with the walker is passing them in the car.

Gotta watch that again, it's been awhile ... and somebody make a (obviously #Non-Woke) sequel, stat!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (bCmVL)

294 See terms like "moron," "feeble-minded," "mental-retardation," "sub-normal," etc.
Posted by: bonhomme

Moron, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, sub-normal, presidential.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (FVME7)

moron was originally a technical term. mentally retarded was another socially approved phrase from the last set of obfuscators now rejected as being understandable.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (eoQWY)

295 283 From reading LOTR, I got the impression that Tolkien himself felt more of an affinity for Rohan than for Gondor (even though Gondor is supposed to have more of a leadership role).
Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (tp+tP)

Gondor, like the Elves at the start of the 4th age is something of a spent force from earlier glories. Rohan is the new blood. The king (Aragorn) leads and the Steward (Faramir) will help. And Faramir gets a marriage alliance to bind the two lands closer.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:14 PM (eoQWY)

Rohan liked horses

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (1ais2)

296 280 Lots of people use sea salt in the little grinders (looks in mirror) and there's a warning, does not contain iodine, a valuable nutrient.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (lz5hY)

297 > Gondor, like the Elves at the start of the 4th age is something of a spent force from earlier glories.

Yes, Gondor was basically Rome, while Rohan was basically England... a bunch of rough Anglo-Saxons at the time, but the eventual heirs to classical greatness.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (bW8dp)

298 256 South on the 99 to 5, watch for the 405 and take it, because you really don't want to take the 5 through LA. Trust me.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January

I think the 405 is a parking lot. I think everything south of Carpinteria is LA.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (NOYGJ)

What "the (fill in the number)" freeway is the Slossen Cut-Off on?

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (AMIL/)

299 I reflexively switch to "the" for freeway designations when I'm in L.A., but up here in Norcal, we don't use articles. It's just 280 to 380 to 101.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (KAi1n)

300 Looks like about 2,000 of Rohan's total 12,000 forces were at Helms Deep.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (eYoxG)

301 The highway that leads from Anniston, AL to Talladega, AL is designated 'The Alabama Highway For the Deaf and Blind'. I am always on high alert when driving it

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (mKF7G)

302 I think the 405 is a parking lot. I think everything south of Carpinteria is LA.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:09 PM (NOYGJ)

I used to use Google maps.

But when I am on I-5 going south and it tells me to get off and Orange Ave, I am knowledgeble enough to ignore it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (TXFi7)

303 New Hampshire Democrats prefer Mayor Butt over Biden by five points.
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So it's Buttplug over Butthead. Got it.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (TgBWG)

304 What "the (fill in the number)" freeway is the Slossen Cut-Off on?
Posted by: Gref

Slausson?

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (KAi1n)

305 > 280 Lots of people use sea salt in the little grinders (looks in mirror) and there's a warning, does not contain iodine, a valuable nutrient.

Fortunately most people today eat enough commercial salt in prepared foods that there's no risk of iodine deficiency.

At one time, people in areas far from the ocean (say, the American Midwest) were famous for both goiters and cretinism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (bW8dp)

306 > He was also in A history of Violence.

That movie pisses me off. They bodyslam you over and over with the message that violence is never the answer, but Viggo's character sure saves the day with some down and dirty violence.

Message movies are the worst.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (eyxn4)

307 "Richard Spoor@Richard_Spooro
A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison."

I would just like to mention here that arson is a capital crime in a whole bunch of jurisdictions. Historically speaking.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (Nlwg/)

308 300 Looks like about 2,000 of Rohan's total 12,000 forces were at Helms Deep.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 26, 2023 07:16 PM (eYoxG)

Horses

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (1ais2)

309 208

lol

I have always considered them criminally UNDER rated even given the huge hype in recent years.

Listen to #1 Record, then Radio City. Perfection. Timeless.

There are only a handful of records even close - Pet Sounds, the debut album of the Stone Roses, Rubber Soul, the first few Byrds albums, first 2 Boston albums.

Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (Modkf)

310 #239 From TV show Murdoch's Mysteries set in turn of the century Toronto:

Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: I find it hard to believe that such a precise model was built by an imbecile!

Constable George Crabtree: [Trying to be politically correct] Ooooh-sir, uh, I believe such people as Lydia are no longer referred to as "imbecile". It's felt to be demeaning. The correct term nowadays is "moron".

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (Vwz3I)

311 I had an office I supported in LA. I'd take the 101 from my office in Ventura to get to my LA office. I always tried to time it so I hit the 405 no later than about 3:15.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 07:13 PM

I'm always amazed at the traffic, even at 5 am. I would hate to drive that everyday.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (NOYGJ)

312 24 We asked the mummy what he thought about changing his name to mummified person, but he remained mum.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 26, 2023 06:30 PM (fs1hN)
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So he changed his gender?

Posted by: Bigger lump of desiccated meat at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (qfLjt)

313 William Atherton blew up the Hindenburg.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (3DZIZ)

314 "moron was originally a technical term."

As was idiot. "Retard" is a term of art.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (KAi1n)

315 When I first moved down here for keeps, I was living in a dry town in a dry county, with about a 12 mile drive to the adult beverage store. The one I frequented was on the corner of Pig Trail and Puddin Ridge. I'm here to tell you, that's Arkansas.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (lz5hY)

316 For a while there she was too pretty for any role. There's a point at which you're too attractive for film because you feel wrong for every role, you just don't buy them in the job

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (0hOvj)

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Over the past maybe three decades or so, there were numerous TV shows -- some quite popular -- where EVERY SINGLE MAIN CHARACTER, whether female or male -- could have been a model ... and it would really take me out of the suspended disbelief required to fully enjoy it.

Nothing like watching old TV shows and movies with people who look like the real norm, with all their warts ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (bCmVL)

317 > Yeah, and I want a blow job from Ariana Grande

Ewww... just imagine where that mouth has been.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (bW8dp)

318 "Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison."

I'm sure they knew what arson was.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (KAi1n)

319 Ilhan Omar@IlhanMN
As the only African born, not being on the Africa subcommittee is not just an elimination of a unique voice but an elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent.
It’s racist, xenophobic and discriminatory.

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Whoa! Did not see that coming! And BroFo, you're not a "unique voice", there's plenty of assholes, particularly in Congress.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (FVME7)

320 Looks like about 2,000 of Rohan's total 12,000 forces were at Helms Deep.

Yeah, but the movie leads you to understand this is it, this is Rohan's population, and all of its warriors except the ones out with one troupe of banished horsemen. Helm's Deep is their last stand.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (0hOvj)

321 313 William Atherton blew up the Hindenburg.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (3DZIZ)

He also drove the Sugarland Express.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2023 07:21 PM (AMIL/)

322 I have been through LA on I-5. Google kept me away from 405.

There is always a snaggle in downtown LA.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:21 PM (TXFi7)

323 my favorite freeway in El Lay is the Pasadena (Arroyo Seco) . what a white knuckler that is. the ole 110 .
Posted by: esteban jo

The off-ramps are a test of your vehicle's braking capability and then some.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2023 07:21 PM (XF9Gj)

324 >>>"Richard Spoor@Richard_Spooro
A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned police car and burn it. Now they face a minimum 35 years in a federal prison."

s-a-d? Odd way to abbreviate "schadenboner," but you do you.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (tp+tP)

325 There are only a handful of records even close - Pet Sounds, the debut album of the Stone Roses, Rubber Soul, the first few Byrds albums, first 2 Boston albums.
Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (Modkf)

Yeah well lol the Beatles suck. Boston had spaceships which is cool. Stone Roses great. Beach Boys obsessive here.

Big Dtar eas ponderous and tedious and trebly and herky jerky in a bad way that fucker was a tease he coulda kicked out the jams but wanted to punish his fans.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (1ais2)

326 I had an office I supported in LA. I'd take the 101 from my office in Ventura to get to my LA office. I always tried to time it so I hit the 405 no later than about 3:15.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 26, 2023 07:13 PM

I'm always amazed at the traffic, even at 5 am. I would hate to drive that everyday.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (NOYGJ)

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Before we escaped Southern Califzuela a decade ago, the best day of the year was "A Day Without An Illegal Alien" -- where they all protested by staying home from work. Freeways were a breeze!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (bCmVL)

327 > Over the past maybe three decades or so, there were numerous TV shows -- some quite popular -- where EVERY SINGLE MAIN CHARACTER, whether female or male -- could have been a model

One of my few complaints about Master and Commander (an otherwise excellent movie) was that Paul Bettany was way too handsome for the role of Maturin. Maturin is described as being something of an ugly mutt in the books.

It worked out okay, as he is actually a fine actor, but still.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (bW8dp)

328 One of the most interesting road names in N.J.-not too far from where my son went to summer camp and a beauiful part of the state is "Shades of Death" road. All kinds of things legends as to why it got that name.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (D+F6R)

329 I always mention 'War Woman Road', in N. Georgia.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:10 PM (EvGP3)

That's bad-ass. I like it.
Posted by: Dash
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It's a nice motorcycle ride.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (3aqKC)

330 320 "Looks like about 2,000 of Rohan's total 12,000 forces were at Helms Deep."

Yeah, but the movie leads you to understand this is it, this is Rohan's population, and all of its warriors except the ones out with one troupe of banished horsemen. Helm's Deep is their last stand.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (0hOvj)

My memory of the movies is kind of fuzzy, though I remember the banished horsemen bit. Poor portrayal then.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (eYoxG)

331 Over the past maybe three decades or so, there were numerous TV shows -- some quite popular -- where EVERY SINGLE MAIN CHARACTER, whether female or male -- could have been a model ... and it would really take me out of the suspended disbelief required to fully enjoy it.

Yeah Rings of Poo did that, with every character looking like they just stepped out of a salon. Ridiculous.

As the only African born, not being on the Africa subcommittee is not just an elimination of a unique voice but an elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent.
It’s racist, xenophobic and discriminatory.

I've never found the argument "unless you give me what I want, its racist" to be particularly compelling.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (0hOvj)

332 313 William Atherton blew up the Hindenburg.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at January 26, 2023 07:19 PM (3DZIZ)

Worst thing ever done. God I love Zepplins.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:23 PM (1ais2)

333 I just cannot figure out how they went from "nearly wiped out plus Erkenbrand's troupe" in Two Towers to "a gazillion knights" in Return of the King in the movies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

Wormtongue and Saruman had ordered much of the army off to guard the borders in other areas. The last was Eomer's band that happened to wipe out the orcs carrying Merry and Pippin. Then he moved to trap Theoden's son at the skirmish at the fords and killed him, leaving Rohan leaderless.

This left no force ready to face Saurman's main army which was going to march on Edoras and sack it. Theoden moved to Helm's deep, Gandalf wanted him to call in the other troops and fight first. Theoden decided to protect his people, but the small force might have been overwhelmed by the main army except Gandalf had Shadowfax far faster than any horse so he got reinforcements back just in time.

This gave time to call the full muster of Rohan. Most troopers wouldn't be 'active duty' but reserve and needed some time to be called up from their homes, which was what they were doing when Aragorn took the Paths of the Dead.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:23 PM (eoQWY)

334 If you want a refresher course on Mummies, watch the movie Bubba-Hotep.

Posted by: Fenderbender at January 26, 2023 07:23 PM (r72iY)

335 The degree in Engineering is a five year course and it covers everything.... there are no Humanities or general Ed courses. Sounds like a recipe for turning out guys who can design death camps, with no idea of why building death camps is a bad idea. I'm talking about classical humanities here, of course, not the "woke" parodies of them. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Where does pole dancing come into play here?

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 26, 2023 07:23 PM (BPEYH)

336 > elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent.

I bet there aren't any Mongolians or Montenegrins in Congress, either. So what?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (bW8dp)

337 292 7 3/4 Rd. 7 3/4 miles from the UT border.
Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2023 07:15 PM (ZEa+g)

Yeah, some were city names, some were county names... so like 25 1/2 street, was a couple blocks from 12th street.

Had a girlfriend who lived there... confused the hell out of me for awhile.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (oHd/0)

338 One of my few complaints about Master and Commander (an otherwise excellent movie) was that Paul Bettany was way too handsome for the role of Maturin.

Yeah someone like John Hurt would have been much better, but I think he was dead by then. He's supposed to be wizened and unattractive, with a creaky voice. But Bettany did a really good job.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (0hOvj)

339 323 my favorite freeway in El Lay is the Pasadena (Arroyo Seco) . what a white knuckler that is. the ole 110 .
Posted by: esteban jo

The off-ramps are a test of your vehicle's braking capability and then some.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2023 07:21 PM (XF9Gj)

and the on-ramps a test of your ride's get-up-an-go.

Posted by: esteban jo at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (Wql2z)

340 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 07:18 PM (Vwz3I)

Is that show (Murdoch's Mysteries) any good? I've seen it on and it looked interesting, but I figured being Canadian it had to be woke.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (tp+tP)

341 Ilhan Omar@IlhanMN
As the only African born, not being on the Africa subcommittee is not just an elimination of a unique voice but an elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent.
It’s racist, xenophobic and discriminatory.

= =

You're right. We need to disband the Africa subcommittee. Without prejudice. Immediately.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (AD14M)

342 Lots of people use sea salt in the little grinders (looks in mirror) and there's a warning, does not contain iodine, a valuable nutrient.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

I like using kosher salt for the bigger flakes. I'm going to have to use regular shaker salt also.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (3mtB+)

343 Yeah, traffic sucks. Just once more I'd like a nice, casual drive without any life threatening events.
Every time I go out now, it's like Grand Theft Auto, all the time.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (jTmQV)

344 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:22 PM (bW8dp)

I have not seen that movie; I loved the book. My church History professor in seminary gave me the first two books in that series as a gift when I graduated from seminary, along with a book on church history.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (D+F6R)

345 > God I love Zepplins.

Yeah, any time I see old photos of people traveling by airship, I find myself wishing they were still around.

People sitting at actual tables, reading newspapers, ordering drinks at a bar, looking out observation windows... sigh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (bW8dp)

346 325

yea, Alex Chilton was a weird guy - for years he didn't want to have anything to do with Big Star. Chris Bell was the real genius.

Can you tell I am very passionate about the band ; ) My office is a veritable shrine to them.

Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (Modkf)

347 #239 From TV show Murdoch's Mysteries set in turn of the century Toronto:

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We loved watching that series -- and then a few years ago they went full retard #Woke, and we had to abandon it.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 26, 2023 07:26 PM (bCmVL)

348 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (0hOvj

John Hurt was a really great actor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 07:26 PM (D+F6R)

349 "A Day Without An Illegal Alien" -- where they all protested by staying home from work. Freeways were a breeze!

Before we were married, my wife babysat for a Jewish family. They would go to Disneyland on Christmas. Nobody there.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:26 PM (TXFi7)

350 A stretch of I49, which will be completed on the 12th of never, is still identified as I549. In a rush to put up those circa 2010 your stimulus bucks at work signs, they rushed the local portion. You know those exit ramp signs that say 25 MPH and nobody pays attention? Well, where I549 dead ends here, you better pay attention or you'll roll it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2023 07:26 PM (lz5hY)

351 > I have not seen that movie; I loved the book.

Oh, you should watch it... very well done, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:27 PM (bW8dp)

352 Yeah someone like John Hurt would have been much better, but I think he was dead by then. He's supposed to be wizened and unattractive, with a creaky voice. But Bettany did a really good job.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (0hOvj)

Hurt was very much still alive; he was in the last Harry Potter movie and that Doctor Who crossover with Tennant and Smith, and those were both several years later. He probably would have already been too old to play Maturin, though.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:27 PM (tp+tP)

353 I like using kosher salt for the bigger flakes. I'm going to have to use regular shaker salt also.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 07:24 PM (3mtB+)

If you take a multivitamin, it probably covers your iodine needs. Go ahead and use the fancy salt.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 26, 2023 07:27 PM (OX9vb)

354 John Hurt was a really great actor.

Yeah I don't know what it is about England but they produce some incredibly good actors and have for decades.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:27 PM (0hOvj)

355 is not just an elimination of a unique voice
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Isn't the usage of 'unique' discriminatory?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:27 PM (tf17a)

356 > John Hurt was a really great actor.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2023 07:26 PM (D+F6R)

I rewatched "I, Claudius" recently, and his performance as Caligula still holds up as one of the scariest of all time.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:28 PM (bW8dp)

357 Nood, Cafe

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2023 07:28 PM (NOYGJ)

358 Lots of people use sea salt in the little grinders (looks in mirror) and there's a warning, does not contain iodine, a valuable nutrient.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

I like using kosher salt for the bigger flakes. I'm going to have to use regular shaker salt also.
Posted by: rickb223

If you use iodine salt you don't have to look up goiters on the internet!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2023 07:28 PM (yzHVK)

359 Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers - Take Me Home

As they say in the trade, this songbird can sing.

https://tinyurl.com/seuf6wyv

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 26, 2023 07:28 PM (BPEYH)

360 and the on-ramps a test of your ride's get-up-an-go.

Bullshit. The on-ramps/acceleration lanes are worse.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:28 PM (TXFi7)

361 Yeah, any time I see old photos of people traveling by airship, I find myself wishing they were still around.

People sitting at actual tables, reading newspapers, ordering drinks at a bar, looking out observation windows... sigh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (bW8dp)

If I ever get around to writing my alternate history in which WWI never happened, there will definitely be zeppelins.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (tp+tP)

362 Nood. It's lonely over there.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (3mtB+)

363 Hurt was very much still alive; he was in the last Harry Potter movie

Oh that's right he was the wand vendor. But yeah he'd have been too old for the part. Still, someone like that was a much better option, if they could have found a similar actor. Almost every single book emphasizes how physically unpleasant and weird Dr Maturin was. I still cannot work out what his accent would have been; Spanis-Irish-English. Some of it reads like an Irish accent, but not always.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (0hOvj)

364 Believe I read that Mummy's were burned as fuel in steam train locomotives in Egypt. There were plenty, went the thinking.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (eIMvA)

365 Chris Bell was the real genius.

Can you tell I am very passionate about the band ; ) My office is a veritable shrine to them.
Posted by: Big Star at January 26, 2023 07:25 PM (Modkf)

That Chris Bell album with the Mountains on it has one good song. I met Alex in a way off the strip locals hotel after his set at the bar drinking. He was a cranky critical bastard.

I am a Doug Sahm obsessive so I do not judge but whew Alex liked to punish his fans. And he surely coulda written some catchy tunes if he wanted.

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (1ais2)

366 I failed to mention New York City.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (TXFi7)

367 People sitting at actual tables, reading newspapers, ordering drinks at a bar, looking out observation windows... sigh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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No tattoos, no pink hair.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (tf17a)

368 John Hurt was a really great actor.

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He was the voice of the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter. That was a feather in his cap.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at January 26, 2023 07:30 PM (FVME7)

369 Lots of people use sea salt in the little grinders (looks in mirror) and there's a warning, does not contain iodine, a valuable nutrient.

Fortunately most people today eat enough commercial salt in prepared foods that there's no risk of iodine deficiency.

At one time, people in areas far from the ocean (say, the American Midwest) were famous for both goiters and cretinism.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:17 PM (bW8dp)

Yeah, iodized salt was one of those simple fixes that fixed a lot of problems without a lot of faffing about.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:31 PM (eoQWY)

370 367 People sitting at actual tables, reading newspapers, ordering drinks at a bar, looking out observation windows... sigh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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No tattoos, no pink hair.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2023 07:29 PM (tf17a)

Nuke powered Zepplins amirite?

Posted by: Thesokorus at January 26, 2023 07:31 PM (1ais2)

371 "Gant led the Arlington Education Association (AEA) for six years before being ousted last spring along with her executive board."

When I saw that I said of course it's a woman and I bet she's a POC (change that to POS after reading). The union obviously has too much money if it didn't miss just short of half a million dollars. There's the first problem. I wonder who else is going to be indicted as surely someone was treasurer.

Posted by: Ciampino - red faces all round? at January 26, 2023 07:31 PM (qfLjt)

372 Is that show (Murdoch's Mysteries) any good? I've seen it on and it looked interesting, but I figured being Canadian it had to be woke.
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The first five seasons that were made by an independent TV station are good; and the next five seasons after it was bought out by our leftist CBC are good too even though they do have the p.c. idea of a female City Coroner.

The latest seasons -- 11 to 15 -- have too much feminist, black woke crap in them even if there are some individual good episodes in 11 & 12 but I stopped watching in season 13.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 07:34 PM (Vwz3I)

373 > No tattoos, no pink hair.

Well, maybe a tattoo or two among the oil-soaked Black Gang in the engine room, but those would have been kept well out of sight of the passengers.

Back in the day, only sailors and Marines had tattoos. Sometimes soldiers, but it wasn't nearly as common for them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2023 07:35 PM (bW8dp)

374 Yeah, but the movie leads you to understand this is it, this is Rohan's population, and all of its warriors except the ones out with one troupe of banished horsemen. Helm's Deep is their last stand.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 26, 2023 07:20 PM (0hOvj)

This isn't so. The banished horsemen are just the only ones that can be recalled and arrive in time to save Helm's Deep.

The mustering ground after Helm's Deep is where they are waiting for the troops to come up. It is down the road toward Gondor, near the trail to the paths of the dead. The Fellowship splits off there except for Merry. This is where the bulk of the troops show up for the ride to Gondor.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 26, 2023 07:38 PM (eoQWY)

375 You want: a bj from a 10
You'd happily settle for: a warm smile from a 5
You get: hit on by Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 26, 2023 07:38 PM (CecP5)

376 We loved watching that series -- and then a few years ago they went full retard #Woke, and we had to abandon it.
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Yep. So, first 1- or 11 seasons, okay.

I think there were two movies that were done early that I haven't seen but assume are good -- as they're based on novels.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 26, 2023 07:39 PM (Vwz3I)

377 I know of a Pobiddy Rd in Georgia. The story is, somebody's chicken got run over.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2023 07:40 PM (iayUP)

378 128 13 We prefer the term Desiccated Persons.

Posted by: Imhotep at January 26, 2023 06:27 PM (yQpMk)

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I wonder what happens if you soak them in water overnight.

Posted by: 496 at January 26, 2023 06:47 PM (ck5Ug)
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If those are Instant Mummies then be prepared for trouble as they come alive, probably chafing at the bit, with 2000 years of accumulated complaints.

Posted by: Ciampino - Oy, where's my guts? at January 26, 2023 07:56 PM (qfLjt)

379 141 Back in the day roads were named by where they went.

You go up through Baker's Field...

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at January 26, 2023 06:48 PM (hZFXM)
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Turn right at the black stump.

Posted by: Ciampino - Beyond ... at January 26, 2023 08:02 PM (qfLjt)

380 Farmer Smith on one end, the Jones spread on the other.

Where Wood County meets Henry, you have Long-Judson and Short-Buehrer, but over in Ottawa is the winner, Lickert-Harder. That made the Lampoon once.

Nobody seems to get the joke with Duff-Washa.

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