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Land Of The ONT And The Home Of The Brave

Howdy! Time for another Friday Meme Madness!

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Feline Friday: High AF


Today's question:

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Product idea

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Deek!


Infographic. Not sure how cars qualify as animals, though. Must be a British chart, they're talking about Jaguars.

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Hero

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Does this count as dual wielding?


Simplicity and cool ranch dressing

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Jury rig

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Friday cute


Tough on crime policy

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ATF signals revealed

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Friday cute, part 2 (sound on)


Problem Solving

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Wild story (you'll probably need to right click and open it in a new tab)

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Just arranging a little chat


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Now that DeSantis is officially in, his people are starting to hit back at Trump

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Pursuing higher education


WWFJB

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Titanic in comparison to today's ships

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People always think Titanic (Length 852 ft, Beam 93 ft) was huge. And it was, for 115 years ago. But the truth is it was about the size of one of today's mid-size cruse ships, like the Carnival Inspiration (Length 855 ft, Beam 103 ft)

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by BOINK!

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 Mhmm.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:00 PM (k1Qly)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 02, 2023 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

3 3rd

Posted by: Theodore at June 02, 2023 10:01 PM (pGonq)

4 This post seems contemptuous toward the brave men in uniform of the BATF.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:03 PM (s12c9)

5 Evening.

Off to read the content.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:03 PM (Mapm9)

6 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 02, 2023 10:03 PM (rH414)

7 Harrumphh!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:03 PM (s12c9)

8 Bunches of content

Posted by: javems at June 02, 2023 10:04 PM (AmoqO)

9 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:05 PM (s12c9)

10 Good evening!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 02, 2023 10:06 PM (wagHN)

11

Was trying to come up with a greeting, but my mind went blank.

Guess I'll go check the content and see if I can get my brain in gear again.

It's been that kind of month. Already.

Posted by: mindful webworker - reading between the lines at June 02, 2023 10:06 PM (pkq24)

12 Thanks WD. Imma read the content but first...

https://is.gd/9If3aG

Ars Technica, the only comment section more Maoist than Democratic Underground, reeeeeing about YouTube rescinding their "no election 2020 questions" policy.

OMG the tears are flowing.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 10:06 PM (iKBwy)

13 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?
Posted by: Cicero


In what universe would that be considered a good idea?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 02, 2023 10:07 PM (rH414)

14 Jewells! Hi there sweetheart! How are you?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 02, 2023 10:09 PM (U2p+3)

15 Hi nurse! Hanging in there!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 02, 2023 10:10 PM (wagHN)

16 @12: "... only comment section more Maoist than DU ..."

Statistically absurd number of furries and gender questioning people in those comments.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:11 PM (k1Qly)

17 My, such fat, juicy targets!

Posted by: zombie Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger at June 02, 2023 10:11 PM (eWn+g)

18 Not only was the Titanic a dinghy compared to the mega cruise ships, it lacked the opportunity to shovel food into your gaping maw 24/7, had no "shows" and art auctions, and worst of all, didn't give you the opportunity to spend a week or two with 6,000 of your closest friends.

It must have sucked.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:11 PM (eOEVl)

19 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?

Posted by: Cicero

I got mine.

Posted by: BignJames at June 02, 2023 10:12 PM (AwYPR)

20 This post seems contemptuous toward the brave men in uniform of the BATF.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:03 PM (s12c9)


It's sad that 99% of BATF agents give the other 1% a bad name.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:12 PM (GkT1n)

21 Good evening morons and thanks wd for all the memes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 02, 2023 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

22 Still trying to figure out some of the meme stuff but admittedly, I am not very bright. Thanks for the ONT, WD.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 02, 2023 10:13 PM (Xrfse)

23 I think I know a kid who would say the same thing after jumping off the diving board....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 02, 2023 10:14 PM (Angsy)

24 Still trying to figure out some of the meme stuff but admittedly, I am not very bright.

I'm with you. I didn't get the DeSantis one at all.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:14 PM (eOEVl)

25 Not only was the Titanic a dinghy compared to the mega cruise ships, it lacked the opportunity to shovel food into your gaping maw 24/7, had no "shows" and art auctions, and worst of all, didn't give you the opportunity to spend a week or two with 6,000 of your closest friends.

It must have sucked.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:11 PM (eOEVl)


I sense sarcasm.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:15 PM (GkT1n)

26 I'm not sure but, shouldn't the Costa Concordia be shown at a 45-degree list?

For accuracy, I mean.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:15 PM (s12c9)

27 The Titanic didn't have a topless sunbathing deck.

Posted by: davidt at June 02, 2023 10:16 PM (SYTee)

28 I'm not sure but, shouldn't the Costa Concordia be shown at a 45-degree list?

If you look carefully at the picture, you can see a tiny Capt. Schettino escaping on a little boat and waving to the passengers left onboard.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:17 PM (eOEVl)

29 FUN FACT: the Russian Typhoon-class subs, "boats", had a larger displacement than the Titanic.

And there were seven of them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:17 PM (s12c9)

30 I dunno, I thought Ms McGann had a lock on an admission to Harvard. I mean, A DINOSAUR DRAWN IN CRAYON ON A ROLLING PAPER?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 10:18 PM (xhaym)

31 Had to share 2 memes immediately, before even finishing reading the post

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (VdN7z)

32 TP gal is just my sort of girl.
*takes TP and heads to bathroom*

Posted by: GWB at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (vQrdQ)

33 @24: "I'm with you. I didn't get the DeSantis one at all."

Impractical Jokers. Hidden camera show. I hesitate to even call it a meme though. Lame stretch of a joke.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (k1Qly)

34 Well, I assume Kim Jung Un will preside over the malnutrition committee which he does know a lot about.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (FVME7)

35 FUN FACT: the Russian Typhoon-class subs, "boats", had a larger displacement than the Titanic.

And there were seven of them.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:17 PM (s12c9)

And, mostly, they could come back up after going down.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (eWn+g)

36 It's sad that 99% of BATF agents give the other 1% a bad name.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:12 PM (GkT1n)

Even worse are the ratios for Congress, the FBI, NIH, FDA, and the DOJ

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (5kdlS)

37 Here's an interesting thought experiment:

Does a modern submarine have a greater displacement when it's submerged, compared to when it's on the surface?

Show your work.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (s12c9)

38 FUN FACT: the Russian Typhoon-class subs, "boats", had a larger displacement than the Titanic.


Per Google, Typhoons displace 48 ktons, while Titanic displaced 52 ktons. More, if you count the iceberg.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:20 PM (eOEVl)

39 Re: Bonk

I don't know what that girl was attempting but the sound of her face splatting into the wall is beeeeyootiful!

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:20 PM (Mapm9)

40 Just sitting here in the dark at one of the Tom Bigbee State Park primitive campsites in my hammock. Getting shite faced, shining 'coons that are coming up to dig in the trash barrel.

It's fooking nice here. 1 bar of signal for the cell phone. No noise, no light pollution, about 75° moon coming up through the trees. Nice 150 mile ride on the bike. Tomorrow is a lazy morning, with a waffke house breakfast in Tupelo, then up to the Shiloh battlefield.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at June 02, 2023 10:20 PM (XAVQj)

41 And, mostly, they could come back up after going down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (eWn+g)

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Yeah, "mostly."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:21 PM (s12c9)

42 There's that meme of Trump's golf ball hitting FJB causing the latest fall that I shared to my overseas family and the loled even though they don't gaf about US politics

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:21 PM (VdN7z)

43 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?
Posted by: Cicero

If you have an open bar I'm sure a moron or two will show to see your boat work...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 10:22 PM (zaWyB)

44 I can't understand what the kid said in the second Friday Cute video.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:22 PM (Mapm9)

45 Just finished reading that story in the tiny font. Yeah, that's wild. I want to say infuriating, but nearly everyone acted with good intentions. Guess there's a lesson there.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:23 PM (GkT1n)

46 Here's an interesting thought experiment:

Does a modern submarine have a greater displacement when it's submerged, compared to when it's on the surface?

Show your work.


Depends. Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:23 PM (eOEVl)

47 TP gal is just my sort of girl.
*takes TP and heads to bathroom*

Posted by: GWB at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (vQrdQ)

Check out "Fail Factory" on TBD...aka idiot channel.

Posted by: BignJames at June 02, 2023 10:24 PM (AwYPR)

48 Titanic had the first iPod port. But it took two hours to sync.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:25 PM (X3Ct6)

49 Here's an interesting thought experiment:

Does a modern submarine have a greater displacement when it's submerged, compared to when it's on the surface?

Show your work.

Depends. Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere?
Posted by: Archimedes

Whoa!! Nice choice of nic there!!!

Laden or Unladen?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 02, 2023 10:25 PM (rH414)

50 Does a modern submarine have a greater displacement when it's submerged, compared to when it's on the surface?

Show your work.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:19 PM (s12c9)


You just broke the first rule of AOSHQ.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:25 PM (GkT1n)

51 Very funny commercial for Ahnold's new spy comedy series FUBAR:

https://youtu.be/21a-IJvef78

Posted by: Sharkman at June 02, 2023 10:26 PM (glv2F)

52 Re: Bonk

I don't know what that girl was attempting but the sound of her face splatting into the wall is beeeeyootiful!
Posted by: Robert

It probably boosted her IQ by 10 points too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 10:26 PM (zaWyB)

53 What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Titanic have in common?

They both look pretty good until they hit the ice.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:26 PM (X3Ct6)

54 Titanic: gross registered tonnage of 46,328 tons

Typhoon-class sub: 48,000 tons (est.)

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:26 PM (s12c9)

55 What was normal 30 years ago but is a luxury now?

Knowing what a Woman is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 02, 2023 10:27 PM (q3gwH)

56 White House Vows to Undo Some Debt Bill Concessions in Future Bills

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Whoa! Did not see that coming!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:27 PM (FVME7)

57 In George MacDonald Fraser's autobiographical book Quartered Safe Out Here, at one point he talks about sharing office space with a Sapper while in Burma in WWII, and after the man left the unit they discovered that he had shored up one leg of his desk with a anti-tank mine, with the fuse in and ready to go kaboom should a tank run over it.
Fraser admitted it wasn't the danger it represented, it was the principle of the thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 10:27 PM (xhaym)

58 Just finished reading that story in the tiny font. Yeah, that's wild. I want to say infuriating, but nearly everyone acted with good intentions. Guess there's a lesson there.

The lesson is to have a gun and don’t hesitate to use it when someone tries to steal your child. There will be plenty of time to work things out after the shitheel is horizontal.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 02, 2023 10:27 PM (nfrXX)

59 13 Tonypete


It's perfectly acceptable in MY universe 🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 02, 2023 10:27 PM (s711o)

60 Those new ships look top heavy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 02, 2023 10:28 PM (63Dwl)

61 A ship's Captain can perform a legal marriage in International Waters.

Cruise lines will happily arrange this for you.

Now how about a Divorce or Annulment

Posted by: Miklos, asking for a Friend at June 02, 2023 10:29 PM (iAPSy)

62 Why is it that there are no subtitles for the last 15 minutes of "Titanic"?

A good caption always goes down with the ship.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:29 PM (X3Ct6)

63 Funny thing about controlling the memes: this is Human Flourishing Substack with a report on Missouri v Biden on Covid Censorship.
The current defense appears to be "it was necessary to protect the American Mind, part of the essential United States Infrastructure?

https://tinyurl.com/u24wwctx

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 10:30 PM (xhaym)

64 A good caption always goes down with the ship.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:29 PM (X3Ct6)

---------


Wah wah waaaaaah

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:31 PM (s12c9)

65 Those new ships look top heavy.

They have some very high techy stabilization equipment to keep them from rolling too much, which would result in very bad things.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:31 PM (eOEVl)

66 Ah, yes. Content perused, mind (such as it is) rebooted.

Milady was on the phone so my first perusal was without sound. Went back and listened.

Maybe it's my failing hearing or maybe it's my poor speakers, but I cannot parse what little swimmer girl says right at the end. Sorta maybe, just not sure.

Wild story [yike! wall of text threatens to derail merry meme-tracking train of thought; saved for later].

Pursuing higher education - Even embiggening was still unreadable. Worked much better with the sound up.

BOINK! - I'm torn between wanting to see what happened next and admiration for the perfect cut, visually and boinkally.

ONT Rotten Pineapples rating: 99%

Posted by: mindful webworker - this IS my secret identity at June 02, 2023 10:32 PM (pkq24)

67 That "wild story" had my blood boiling. The absolute madness of crowds. Where are all these white knights when someone is being brutalized on the NYC subway?

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 10:32 PM (iKBwy)

68 44 I can't understand what the kid said in the second Friday Cute video.
Posted by: Robert

i think he said it hurt his penis

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at June 02, 2023 10:32 PM (hCoEj)

69 Biden calls Mayor Pete "Booty Juice."

https://instapundit.com/587721/

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:33 PM (Mapm9)

70 Those new ships look top heavy.

They have some very high techy stabilization equipment to keep them from rolling too much, which would result in very bad things.
Posted by: Archimedes

So you're saying they're unsinkable?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:33 PM (FVME7)

71 They have some very high techy stabilization equipment to keep them from rolling too much, which would result in very bad things.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:31 PM (eOEVl)


And Maureen McGovern song pops into my head.
There's got to be a morning after...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:33 PM (X3Ct6)

72 FUN FACT #2: Modern cruise ship are all-electric, including the propulsion. The monster diesel engines are used only to supply the generators.

They're hybrids like modern locomotives.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:34 PM (s12c9)

73 i think he said it hurt his penis
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at June 02, 2023 10:32 PM (hCoEj)

*Rewatches*

Yep, that checks out.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:36 PM (Mapm9)

74 It was titanic not humongous.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:36 PM (MNhXM)

75 So you're saying they're unsinkable?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:33 PM (FVME7)

Pfft.

Posted by: Mollie Brown at June 02, 2023 10:36 PM (Angsy)

76 Impractical Jokers. Hidden camera show. I hesitate to even call it a meme though. Lame stretch of a joke.
Posted by: Walter Freeman

Predictability low-effort attempt at a meme. I predicted as much when I heard Desantis had hired someone to make memes. They will most likely all fall as flat. This one thudded so loud I looked outside for Eric Clapton's son.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (iKBwy)

77 45 Just finished reading that story in the tiny font. Yeah, that's wild. I want to say infuriating, but nearly everyone acted with good intentions. Guess there's a lesson there.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:23 PM (GkT1n)

Yes, that society has been brainwashed and propagandized to believe that men are kidnappers and child rapists by default and can't possibly be dutiful fathers trying to protect their own kid, or even a trustworthy enough person to sit next to a kid on a plane.

Posted by: Definitely a lesson at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (fiChp)

78 Normal 45 years ago and would be a luxury to me today would be a Bell Burger .

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (MNhXM)

79 Those new ships look top heavy.

They have some very high techy stabilization equipment to keep them from rolling too much, which would result in very bad things.
Posted by: Archimedes

So you're saying they're unsinkable?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:33 PM (FVME7)

Hold my beer.

Posted by: Meanest Goddamn Iceberg You Ever Saw at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (Mapm9)

80 Just finished reading that story in the tiny font. Yeah, that's wild. I want to say infuriating, but nearly everyone acted with good intentions. Guess there's a lesson there.


I would offer the individuals the restrained me a choice:

You get arrested for assaulting me or I get to take a tire iron to your ribs such that we are even.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 02, 2023 10:38 PM (IAwid)

81 So you're saying they're unsinkable?

Not at all. The stabilization equipment is there as much for the comfort of the passengers as anything else, but when I look at those things, all I see is a cinderblock on a roller skate.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:38 PM (eOEVl)

82

Link from Comment#26
on previous Entry,
"Bike Karen" Bellevue story

newsone.com/4592993/
sarah-jane-comrie-update-
citi-bike-teens-mother-speaks-out/

https://nitter.moomoo.me
/PhilippusArabus/status
/1664346220414771218

Posted by: zigzag at June 02, 2023 10:38 PM (RvBqp)

83 That’s what the Dad gets for not carrying photos of his kid in his wallet. ( today it would be your phone) .

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:39 PM (MNhXM)

84 Re: Bonk

I knew Baron Bonk, a noted denizen of Thai and Philippine locales.

And also Peter, the Third or Fourth Baronet, who hated being called "Sir Peter", which is why I did it.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhf23p9

Friends are allowed and forgiven.

Interesting people, and I am happy to remain and tell the Stories

Posted by: Miklos, with odd and fond memories at June 02, 2023 10:40 PM (iAPSy)

85 Queen Mary 2 is a fine ship, 2:1 passenger to staff ratio and is an actual ocean liner, built for North Atlantic crossings.

Queen Mary 2 > https://tinyurl.com/yncsyyb5

Posted by: javems at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (AmoqO)

86 When a sub goes across the equator, they have to recalibrate the screws so that they turn counterclockwise.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (q3gwH)

87 Just as the bat fight was raging, a bat flew through our 'great' room. Made it a little less great. Wife exhibited a certain level of concern, and some minutes of intense tracking and discussion ensued.

It was a larger bat than I'm used to seeing flitting about on a summer night. Flew with a lot of grace, not the furious wing beating you're used to seeing. We opened a door, turned out some lights, turned some others on, and before long the bat figured it out. No big crisis then, short runb.

Now I have to think through, have we added or done anything to attract a bat inside? I've been working on the argument that since they can scrinch up small as a dormouse, it doesn't make a lot of sense to talk over hermetically sealing all possible openings. I don't think I will win that argument, though.

Wouldn't want to spend a season with a flock of them, but the son of a gun was kind of cute, in a batty sort of way. Better than a bird in the house.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (jYCXf)

88 Normal 45 years ago and would be a luxury to me today would be a Bell Burger .

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (MNhXM)

Corvettes were about $10k 45 years ago?

Posted by: BignJames at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (AwYPR)

89 This calls for the Dukes of Hazard music.

https://youtu.be/9ysOBBUHTsM

Via Stephen Green.

Posted by: Meanest Goddamn Iceberg You Ever Saw at June 02, 2023 10:42 PM (Mapm9)

90 Yes, that society has been brainwashed and propagandized to believe that men are kidnappers and child rapists by default and can't possibly be dutiful fathers trying to protect their own kid, or even a trustworthy enough person to sit next to a kid on a plane.
Posted by: Definitely a lesson at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (fiChp)


Well, that's part of it. But even before the feminist rot set in, I think most of us would naturally have sided with a woman screaming that her baby was being stolen. It's a reaction hard-wired into us (whether you attribute that to Darwin or God), and the would-be snatcher played on it brilliantly. Nobody else was trying to be an a**hole, they all meant to be Good Samaritans: and a baby was almost kidnapped as a result. I find that very scary.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 02, 2023 10:42 PM (GkT1n)

91 That’s what the Dad gets for not carrying photos of his kid in his wallet. ( today it would be your phone) .
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The story mentioned he had pics on his phone, but the mob didn't believe him enough to demonstrate.

Posted by: Methos at June 02, 2023 10:43 PM (kOpft)

92 @76: "They will most likely all fall as flat."

I doubt it was any connected to the DeSantis campaign. Looks like someone trying to make fun of them both. Trump for the Kim Jong On infatuation and DeSantis for his robotic laughter. It kinda falls into the "left can't meme" category.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:43 PM (k1Qly)

93 Off Iceberg sock!

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (Mapm9)

94 When a sub goes across the equator, they have to recalibrate the screws so that they turn counterclockwise.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (q3gwH)

Stop that.

Posted by: BignJames at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (AwYPR)

95 Yeah I’m sure Trump supporters think the meme is lame. Personally I don’t think DeSantis should stoop to playing your mamas so fat competition with Trump. I think it’s lame when Trump does I and lame when anyone else does it too.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (MNhXM)

96 ...to allow him to demonstrate

Posted by: Methos at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (kOpft)

97 I think the kidnapping story is fiction

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (VdN7z)

98 I watched Plane - Gerard Butler's latest (?) action movie.

Its another good effort.

And are he and Statham the last real action stars?

No politics, no America sucks, no white men suck, no gay gay gay. Just old fashioned "normal guy has to do something amazing...like kill a bunch of baddies"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (lc5cP)

99 The story mentioned he had pics on his phone, but the mob didn't believe him enough to demonstrate.
Posted by: Methos at June 02, 2023 10:43 PM (kOpft

Roger that

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:45 PM (MNhXM)

100 Cynical C++ assumes that the baby-napping story transpired in a corrupt, lawless, up-is-down donkey barn. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 10:45 PM (PZvjL)

101 What was normal 20-30 years ago and a luxury today?

Going a week without hearing about "the love that dare not speak its name"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 10:45 PM (lc5cP)

102 When a sub goes across the equator, they have to recalibrate the screws so that they turn counterclockwise.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (q3gwH)

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Metric or Imperial?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (s12c9)

103 WTF kind of heels are those on Biden's shoes?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (UFyM2)

104 Normal then luxury now?

Most people keeping their own damn feelings to themselves.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (k1Qly)

105 I watched Plane - Gerard Butler's latest (?) action movie.

I watched Moonfall recently. Oh man, did it blow chunks.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (eOEVl)

106 >>I doubt it was any connected to the DeSantis campaign. Looks like someone trying to make fun of them both. Trump for the Kim Jong On infatuation and DeSantis for his robotic laughter. It kinda falls into the "left can't meme" category.

Or, another possibility. Take a look at the article Trump linked in his original tweet. And remember, Trump is the person who in May of 2020 pulled the US out of the WHO because of their corruption and control by China.

Trump was being sarcastic, obviously. He's not and never has been infatuated with Little Rocket Man. Ron shouldn't worry, looks like Brian Kemp got out in front of his skis as well. But then he is pretty stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (ZLI7S)

107 those are some weird shoes Brandon's wearing

strange soles

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (us2H3)

108 90 Yes, that society has been brainwashed and propagandized to believe that men are kidnappers and child rapists by default and can't possibly be dutiful fathers trying to protect their own kid, or even a trustworthy enough person to sit next to a kid on a plane.
Posted by: Definitely a lesson at June 02, 2023 10:37 PM (fiChp)

Which makes it wild that parents are taking their toddlers to drag shows where men mocking women are sexually suggestive around their children. What kind of mental disconnect do these parents have to allow that around their babies???

Posted by: Moki at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (JrN/x)

109 When a sub goes across the equator, they have to recalibrate the screws so that they turn counterclockwise.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 02, 2023 10:41 PM (q3gwH)

I'm stealing that.

I'm stealing that so hard.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (Mapm9)

110 That’s what the Dad gets for not carrying photos of his kid in his wallet. ( today it would be your phone) .
Posted by: polynikes

Or a weapon on his hip.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (rH414)

111 107 those are some weird shoes Brandon's wearing

strange soles
Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (us2H3)

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Naaaaaayyy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (s12c9)

112 Normal then luxury now?


Functioning appliances?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (eOEVl)

113 That’s what the Dad gets for not carrying photos of his kid in his wallet. ( today it would be your phone) .
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The story mentioned he had pics on his phone, but the mob didn't believe him enough to demonstrate.
Posted by: Methos at June 02, 2023 10:43 PM (kOpft)

Which makes me think story is fake. No reason not to confirm.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (MNhXM)

114 Biden calls Mayor Pete "Booty Juice."

Wish I'd thought of that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 02, 2023 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

115 Meatball makes as much sense as a pool table on a sailboat

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:48 PM (us2H3)

116 it doesn't make a lot of sense to talk over hermetically sealing all possible openings. I don't think I will win that argument, though.

Posted by: Way, Way Down

You don't have to 'win the argument' you just have to put some foam around the window screens.
"See honey, that'll keep them out."

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 10:48 PM (zaWyB)

117 The teen's family are immigrants from West Africa.

Because they receive welfare, they get discounted rates for Citi Bike rides in 45 minute increments.

Additionally, only some of the bikes in the Citi Bike program are electric


He's just harassing the pregnant women Americans won't harass. Really, its an act of love.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at June 02, 2023 10:49 PM (lc5cP)

118 rumor mill is Laura is leaving Fox

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (us2H3)

119 The Hero story is cool. I remember that photo.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (UFyM2)

120 Hi everyone. Always nice to see WeirdDave in charge.

I had a dream last night where a coworker asked to borrow Robert the Cat (TM) for some kind of presentation. I said, "You can have him" and she and her husband came over to collect all his stuff.

I was SO disappointed to wake up.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

121 rumor mill is Laura is leaving Fox
Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (us2H3)

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Fox is a sinking ship.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (s12c9)

122 76 Taq

Tasteless response....
I totally LOL'd! Perfect!😂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 02, 2023 10:51 PM (s711o)

123 98 I watched Plane - Gerard Butler's latest (?) action movie.

Its another good effort.


***
Yeah, just do some suspension of disbelief and it's a fun action flick.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:51 PM (vHIgi)

124 those are some weird shoes Brandon's wearing

strange soles
Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 10:47 PM (us2H3)


Rubber soles. Cop shoes.
Look like dress shoes, but more grip for running (or other physical neccessities of policing.
I have a pair and they're much more practical than the leather soled dress shoes. Especially in winter, when grip is at a premium.

He's wearing them because he's unsteady on his feet normally.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 02, 2023 10:52 PM (FCbAQ)

125 rumor mill is Laura is leaving Fox

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Donna Brazile at June 02, 2023 10:52 PM (eOEVl)

126 Which makes it wild that parents are taking their toddlers to drag shows where men mocking women are sexually suggestive around their children. What kind of mental disconnect do these parents have to allow that around their babies???

So, I've seen the left's answer to this...and do you know what it is? They'll find pictures where people brought their kids to Hooters.

Now...I can't say I'd bring a kid to Hooters, but...the girls there are dressed, they aren't gyrating, and they aren't asking for ones in their g-strings.

And the oddest part of this? The left HATES Hooters - because, they argue, it "sexualizes" women. So...taking your kids to a drag show is ok because it is similiar to something else they want banned...note not banned just for kids but flat out banned.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 10:52 PM (lc5cP)

127 97 I think the kidnapping story is fiction
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (VdN7z)

Could be fake. Has the ring of truth, considering verified but less dramatic stories of various actions taken against men who were doing nothing wrong, such as watching their own children on the playground or sitting by an unaccompanied minor on a plane.

Posted by: Either way, it should cause some thought and reflection at June 02, 2023 10:52 PM (fiChp)

128 "Tunnelvision"
had similar joke as
harmless landmine prop.

Nuclear Testing
in downtown Warsaw

"--isn't that dangerous!?"
"that's why we do it at night"

Posted by: zigzag at June 02, 2023 10:53 PM (RMUFY)

129 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

Are you pulling our chains or do you really not care for each other?

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 10:53 PM (MNhXM)

130 Dream analysis, yeah?

I had a weird one last in which I was at the site of a former mall in town which hosted a Tesla dealership, and I signed up to test drive one. Normally I limit myself to much more pedestrian and believable stuff like traveling time and space in ways that mere mortals cannot possibly comprehend.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 10:54 PM (PZvjL)

131 @112: "Functioning appliances?"

Desktop laser printers and scanners that weighed a half-ton!

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:54 PM (k1Qly)

132 Some Quick Hits (Ace - TM, Pat Pending - used without permission). I fly out tomorrow to see my son play his senior classical guitar recital on Sunday. He has worked at this goal for the last 10 years with internal diligence. It is his calling and I respect that greatly. I did a reading my writing at an open mic up against published song writers/musician and writers/poets - I hold my own space now with confidence; this has not come without doubts. Las Cruces is lovely tonight as the First Friday Art Show happens on the plaza - this place punches far above its station in America. After I finish my beer at the Boneyard Cantina I am off to go buy a hand pulled print. My 23 yo pal whose life was going nowhere is now going somewhere as a tower monkey. He has never worked harder in his life and he is loving it. I may have had a hand in this transformation. Over and out. I will follow up next week when I return to Las Cruces. Improved Mexico is lovely. Life is great. God is greater. Carry on with everything.

Posted by: Lost In Space at June 02, 2023 10:54 PM (z7mF5)

133 "Normal then luxury now?"

Only one thing comes to mind, offhand.

Posted by: javems at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (AmoqO)

134 107 those are some weird shoes Brandon's wearing

strange soles
Posted by: REDACTED


They look like they might be some kind of nonslip things. Guess they didn't work. Geez, handlers, just give him a walker and be done with it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (0Htd1)

135 Normal 20 years ago, Luxury now?

Going on vacation and being totally disconnected from work. Whatever "emergency" pops up is either handled by someone actually working or will be handled when you return from vacation.

Posted by: Chuck C at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (xttsV)

136
Rubber soles. Cop shoes.
Look like dress shoes, but more grip for running (or other physical neccessities of policing.
I have a pair and they're much more practical than the leather soled dress shoes. Especially in winter, when grip is at a premium.

He's wearing them because he's unsteady on his feet normally.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

Also he can sneak up on little girls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (FVME7)

137 i think he said it hurt his penis

Oh. Yeah. Clear as can be.

Guess that's why I couldn't make it out. Thought it was a girl.

Posted by: mindful webworker - maga mega mousketeer ONT-time now is HERE! at June 02, 2023 10:56 PM (/SlLj)

138 133 "Normal then luxury now?"

Only one thing comes to mind, offhand.
Posted by: javems at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (AmoqO)

Erections?

Posted by: Bob Dole knows what to do about that at June 02, 2023 10:56 PM (fiChp)

139 People that like pot often seem to REALLY like it.

I've never met someone that into smoking tobacco, even the 2 pack a day people.

Maybe some people are like that with coffee?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 10:57 PM (lc5cP)

140 Tasteless response....
I totally LOL'd! Perfect!😂
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I might be going to hell for that one. Stole it from David Cole at Takimag, so it's all his fault.

https://www.takimag.com/article/six-feet-undergroundhog-day/

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 10:58 PM (iKBwy)

141 I think the kidnapping story is fiction
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:44 PM (VdN7z)

Could be fake. Has the ring of truth, considering verified but less dramatic stories of various actions taken against men who were doing nothing wrong, such as watching their own children on the playground or sitting by an unaccompanied minor on a plane.
Posted by: Either way, it should cause some thought and reflection at June 02, 2023 10:52 PM (fiChp)

If there's no video it's more than likely complete BS. I think the point of the story comes towards the end when the writer details the actions that need to be taken should you find yourself in a similar situation.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 10:58 PM (Mapm9)

142 Normal 20-30 years ago but a luxury now? Regularly purchasing red meat, bacon, eggs and the like at the grocery store. Used to all be relatively cheap staple items. Now they're pricey AF.

Posted by: Thanks Brandon at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (fiChp)

143 Flowchart OCD. The text for the Yes/No branches should be in squares rotated 45 degrees, not in rectangles ovals.

Posted by: Chuck C at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (xttsV)

144 They look like they might be some kind of nonslip things. Guess they didn't work. Geez, handlers, just give him a walker and be done with it.

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A walker would only embolden America's enemies.

*snort*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (s12c9)

145 Eh, I wear Duluth Trading shoes so I can't really fault Lord Brandon for having goofy shoe soles. But I can definitely fault him for falling his ass down like a fool.

I used to walk around on the frozen Minnesota streets, I didn't fall down after I got the said Duluth Trading shoes.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (PZvjL)

146 Normal then, luxury now:
One income family that sits down to dinner together
Working your way through college
Clothing made to your measurements
Shoe salesman that brings shoes out and puts them on your feet to try

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (vHIgi)

147 Normal then luxury now?

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Good movies and TV shows, particularly comedies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (FVME7)

148 Cats are brats.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2023 11:00 PM (CHHv1)

149 Normal 20-30 years ago but a luxury now?


Privacy.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 02, 2023 11:00 PM (rH414)

150 Normal 20-30 years ago but a luxury now? Regularly purchasing red meat, bacon, eggs and the like at the grocery store. Used to all be relatively cheap staple items. Now they're pricey AF.

Isn't it amazing...15 years ago the left said that we have to stop eating meat to save the Erf...and after 15 years of them running things meat is 5x as much as it was then...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 11:00 PM (lc5cP)

151 As an aside, getting a good solid whack in the back of the head because one fell one's ass down on a Minnesota street like a fool really rings the bell.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:00 PM (PZvjL)

152 Well. A fellow asked for my phone number today while I was out shopping. I told him I was married. He had checked my ring finger before asking but my ring no longer fits so I don't wear it anymore. I thanked him for checking first because I think we should all support and respect marriage. He agreed and seemed to appreciate my appreciation.

Posted by: Emmie at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (N5qKs)

153 What was normal 30 years ago but is a luxury now


Going on a date.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (U2p+3)

154 Normal then luxury now?

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Good movies and TV shows, particularly comedies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (FVME7)

Just finished watching season 6 of Wings.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (MNhXM)

155 Flowchart OCD. The text for the Yes/No branches should be in squares rotated 45 degrees, not in rectangles ovals.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (xttsV)

There's rules for such things?
I kinda thought there'd be room for "artistic interpretation".

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (FCbAQ)

156 my bichon moves his mouth like he's trying to talk

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (us2H3)

157 Hi everyone. Always nice to see WeirdDave in charge.

I had a dream last night where a coworker asked to borrow Robert the Cat (TM) for some kind of presentation. I said, "You can have him" and she and her husband came over to collect all his stuff.

I was SO disappointed to wake up.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

I'm sorry my namesake is making life difficult. Hate to say it but some cats are just assholes.

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (Mapm9)

158 146 Normal then, luxury now:
One income family that sits down to dinner together
Working your way through college
Clothing made to your measurements
Shoe salesman that brings shoes out and puts them on your feet to try
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 10:59 PM (vHIgi)

When was bespoke clothing a normal thing? Honest question - a bespoke suit in '00 or so was $600-$800 bucks. That was a month's fucking rent.

Posted by: I'm not sure about that one at June 02, 2023 11:02 PM (fiChp)

159 I think my parents got a car phone about 30 years ago. Still high end, cutting edge technology. I mean, holy shit, you can make a phone call in a vehicle and not have a regular telephone?!? Wild stuff at the time, it was.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:02 PM (PZvjL)

160 People that like pot often seem to REALLY like it.

They're like vegans and crossfitters.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - this space for rent at June 02, 2023 11:03 PM (KFhLj)

161 They're like vegans and crossfitters.

Sometimes all three

Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 11:03 PM (lc5cP)

162 You don't need fancy shoes to walk on Minnesota streets if you practice the penguin shuffle. I get around just fine in my worn out Crocs during winter, but then again, I worry that's a sign of bigger issues.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:03 PM (k1Qly)

163 3 What was normal 30 years ago but is a luxury now


Going on a date.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 02, 2023 11:01 PM (U2p+3)

Yeah. From my understanding kids don’t go on dates any more . They meet at parties or get together and hook up.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (MNhXM)

164 All Creatures Great and Small on BBC is the most wholesome television I've seen since Little House. Me and the folks have almost watched all 3 seasons, and I hope they keep going.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (iKBwy)

165 Normal then, luxury now:

Sane women

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (IAwid)

166 Station wagons

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (xhaym)

167
I was SO disappointed to wake up.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2023 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

So a day that ends in "y" then. Same for me, my friend.

Posted by: Dreams beat real life any day of the week at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (fiChp)

168 I like vmom's list, but it seems like 40 years ago.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:05 PM (k1Qly)

169 The dual wielding guy... a whole lot of smoke and noise but did he actually hit anything?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 02, 2023 11:05 PM (ZSK0i)

170 all I see is a cinderblock on a roller skate.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 02, 2023 10:38 PM


You got a brand new key.

Posted by: Melanie at June 02, 2023 11:05 PM (xttsV)

171
There's rules for such things?
I kinda thought there'd be room for "artistic interpretation".
Posted by: OneEyedJack

There are/were rules and you used them because after you lay out your decision tree the code almost wrote itself.
I might still have the plastic flowchart template around here somewhere.

Currently unavailable at Amazon! https://is.gd/MwEXL0
lol.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:06 PM (zaWyB)

172 161 They're like vegans and crossfitters.

Sometimes all three
Posted by: 18-1 at June 02, 2023 11:03 PM (lc5cP)

Atheists. Ivy League graduates. Gluten-free weirdos who don't actually have celiac disease or a grain allergy.

Posted by: More living punchlines at June 02, 2023 11:06 PM (fiChp)

173 The dual wielding guy... a whole lot of smoke and noise but did he actually hit anything?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 02, 2023 11:05 PM (ZSK0i)

Sure did! Every one of those bullets hit something!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 02, 2023 11:06 PM (FCbAQ)

174 DeSantis ain't going to be president but will continue to be a dick head.

Posted by: Bob at June 02, 2023 11:07 PM (vHUcF)

175 I mean, holy shit, you can make a phone call in a vehicle and not have a regular telephone?!? Wild stuff at the time, it was.
Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:02 PM (PZvjL)


Requires a really long cord.

Posted by: Emmie at June 02, 2023 11:07 PM (N5qKs)

176 164 All Creatures Great and Small on BBC is the most wholesome television I've seen since Little House. Me and the folks have almost watched all 3 seasons, and I hope they keep going.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (iKBwy)


I think I read the book in middle school as part of the curriculum. Great stuff.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:07 PM (PZvjL)

177
Currently unavailable at Amazon! https://is.gd/MwEXL0
lol.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:06 PM (zaWyB)


Everybody is "learning to code" as they've been admonished.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 02, 2023 11:08 PM (FCbAQ)

178
And finally we get a clear night tonight, after about a week of clouds. It's Strawberry Moon eve, and the Moon is about 99%, and shining brightly. Don't need any lights outside now at all.

And Venus is nearing max eastern elongation June 4. It's about 50%, "half moon" now, yet getting brighter as it gets closer. Starting now, even with low end telescopes you should be able to make out it's not a point, but half-moon now. You'll see it turn crescent. At some point, you can make out the crescent shape with just a decent pair of binoculars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 02, 2023 11:08 PM (Mzdiz)

179 165 Normal then, luxury now:

Sane women
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 02, 2023 11:04 PM (IAwid)


Sometimes I wonder if I'd be more interested in the theoretical concept of females in the 80s and early 90s when the were, as you say, sane and also actually female.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:09 PM (PZvjL)

180 159 I think my parents got a car phone about 30 years ago. Still high end, cutting edge technology. I mean, holy shit, you can make a phone call in a vehicle and not have a regular telephone?!? Wild stuff at the time, it was.
Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:02 PM (PZvjL)

I got my first car phone about 40 years ago, maybe a little less

my first bill was over 500 bucks

then I got one of those bag phones

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:09 PM (us2H3)

181 I think I read the book in middle school as part of the curriculum. Great stuff.
Posted by: CppThis

Several. I had the box set when I was a kid. I always thought they were autobiography, but upon recent research, it turns out it was all fiction. Which blew my mind a bit.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 02, 2023 11:10 PM (iKBwy)

182 Normal 20-30 years ago but luxury now

Public education without all the fag shit. At least outside of CA.

Posted by: Luxury! at June 02, 2023 11:11 PM (fiChp)

183 107 those are some weird shoes Brandon's wearing

strange soles
Posted by: REDACTED at

They are Campanile loafers, Italian. Not modified, it’s how they are made.

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

184 162 You don't need fancy shoes to walk on Minnesota streets if you practice the penguin shuffle. I get around just fine in my worn out Crocs during winter, but then again, I worry that's a sign of bigger issues.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:03 PM (k1Qly)


Yeah, I learned that too by the time my second or third winter rolled around. The time I really done did whacked myself upside the haid was my first year in the state, in Excelsior in the winter walking down a hill toward the lake. Bad pay but great experience overall, no regrets.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:11 PM (PZvjL)

185 Luxury 20-30 years ago was being able to afford to live by yourself and have a car. Being able to save and buy a house.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 02, 2023 11:11 PM (UUBmN)

186 When was bespoke clothing a normal thing? Honest question - a bespoke suit in '00 or so was $600-$800 bucks. That was a month's fucking rent.
Posted by: I'm not sure

It's a trick item - most women knew how to sew well enough to alter clothing to fit better, if not make their own dresses.
More importantly,women had the time to do this.
Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (vHIgi)

187 Normal 20-30 years ago but a luxury now?
-
Freedom.

Posted by: Methos at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (kOpft)

188 got my first car phone about 40 years ago, maybe a little less

my first bill was over 500 bucks

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I was a new lawyer in the '80s. Had a Motorola brick in my car. I talked on it even when there wasn't anyone on the other end.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (s12c9)

189
It's a trick item - most women knew how to sew well enough to alter clothing to fit better, if not make their own dresses.
More importantly,women had the time to do this.
Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (vHIgi)

Aaaaaaahhhh that makes so much more sense to me now.

Posted by: Clarification achieved. 10 trophy points. at June 02, 2023 11:13 PM (fiChp)

190
All Creatures Great and Small on BBC is the most wholesome television I've seen since Little House.

All The Long Legeddy Beasties

https://youtu.be/8LQYBXQwD_s

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 02, 2023 11:14 PM (63Dwl)

191 Tanned, rested, and ready!
Posted by: Donna Brazile

I need a Federal set-aside preferential contract.

Posted by: Caucasian Miklos with skin cancer, as is the Way of our People at June 02, 2023 11:15 PM (iAPSy)

192 We're talking about Biden's soles when we should be discussing the state of his soul. It's all shriveled up and black like a cockroach squashed on the sidewalk.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 11:15 PM (FVME7)

193 IIRC my dad had custom tailored suits. But there happens to be a seriously high end tailor in town, even some high dollar NYC media types get their suits from this place. So he was just shopping local.

I looked into it briefly, but being a millennial and thus far past the age when people actually wore suits, I don't see a pressing need.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:16 PM (PZvjL)

194 Somebody seems to have no clue what kind of apparel line Joe Camel put out.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 02, 2023 11:18 PM (KAi1n)

195 I was a new lawyer in the '80s. Had a Motorola brick in my car. I talked on it even when there wasn't anyone on the other end.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (s12c9)

I'm sure I did that a few times at 3 am

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:18 PM (us2H3)

196 Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02, 2023 11:12 PM (vHIgi)


I say it is inflation making us all into the Red Queen running as fast as possible to stay in one spot, but then I get poo-poo'd by experts pointing out that the food and clothing budgets now are far less than they were 25 years ago.
No, actually 50 years ago men wore suits and ties, and women wore skirts and blouses and had various coats and not everyone wearing jeans, tee shirts and yoga pants.
50 years ago people ate steaks and hamburgers and not franks and chicken and stuff made cheaply from boxes.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 11:18 PM (xhaym)

197 193 IIRC my dad had custom tailored suits. But there happens to be a seriously high end tailor in town, even some high dollar NYC media types get their suits from this place. So he was just shopping local.

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I used to get my suits from Empire Tailors in Hong Kong. Tailor to the big politicos around the world.

It was a closet of a store in Kowloon but after three fittings they fit like a glove.

I& only the commute wasn't a 15-hour slog in an aluminum tube.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:19 PM (s12c9)

198 Current research topic-

Square feet or meters of living space around the world


Americans under the Official Poverty Line have about 40% more living space than the average in any European city.

In America, po folks be livin' Large

Posted by: University of Miklos at June 02, 2023 11:19 PM (iAPSy)

199 It's a trick item - most women knew how to sew well enough to alter clothing to fit better, if not make their own dresses.
More importantly,women had the time to do this.
Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 02

My mother was a beautiful sewer. I wish I had learned from her. It would make things so much easier if I could alter my clothes, even just hem them.

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

200 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 02, 2023 11:21 PM (63Dwl)

201 Ok, asking for assistance here in people who know Shoes.
Check out the shoe bottoms of the prostrate Prezidint in the fallen picture above. What are those deep heel extensions on Bidens' shoes? They look significant, and I am not sure why? Are they extensions to project an image of greater height, or do they serve another purpose?

Posted by: TXMarko at June 02, 2023 11:21 PM (gaXvU)

202 Well, work proceeds on my car trailer. Brakes and wheel bearings serviced on all four wheels, and the wheels, if set spinning, stop with a good "clunk" when the brakes are energized. Bad tire replaced, and the bad bearings on that wheel, also. Trailer lights all work. Left to do: place the new deck boards on the beavertail section, make a license plate frame with lamp, and maybe paint the trailer frame.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:22 PM (eWn+g)

203 Luxury? Champale

Posted by: Live a little on very little at June 02, 2023 11:22 PM (Eqssc)

204 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?

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It's an old word for custom-tailored.

You can get a bespoke Bentley.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:23 PM (s12c9)

205 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Dear Boy, Old Chap

The is a Street famous for it

Posted by: Miklos saw what the London tailors charge at June 02, 2023 11:23 PM (iAPSy)

206 Telephone Line...

https://tinyurl.com/2afwxb65

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 02, 2023 11:23 PM (Xrfse)

207 Passenger capacity:

Titanic: 2453
Allure of the Seas: 6780

The word of the day is "cordwood."

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:23 PM (DgGvY)

208 200 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 02, 2023 11:21 PM [/i\


Hipster faggots.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 02, 2023 11:24 PM (IAwid)

209 Are they extensions to project an image of greater height, or do they serve another purpose?
Posted by: TXMarko at June 02, 2023 11:21 PM (gaXvU)

Look like a great place to accumulate dogshit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:24 PM (eWn+g)

210 I looked into it briefly, but being a millennial and thus far past the age when people actually wore suits, I don't see a pressing need.
Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:16 PM (PZvjL)


Go check out the suits section at the Goodwill of St Vincents. If you can find a fabric you like in a size that fits you, the savings will be more than enough to have a tailor cut it down to fit you like a suit. Be ready to go weekly for a half year if you are picky, but there are some nice stuff there. (I am fortunate, I have an off-the-rack body and a tolerance for baggy fit)
It is good to have one or two on hand for funerals, trial dates and weddings.
Check out the shirts also to get a nice cotton dress shirt to go with it, blends do not impress anyone.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (xhaym)

211 In America, po folks be livin' Large
Posted by: University of Miklos

And heavy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (FVME7)

212 197 I used to get my suits from Empire Tailors in Hong Kong. Tailor to the big politicos around the world.

It was a closet of a store in Kowloon but after three fittings they fit like a glove.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:19 PM (s12c9)


Sounds magnificent. Tailors seem to hang out in the oddest places. John Daniel in our case, based in Knoxville aka the scruffy city.

15 hour flight sounds like no fun. I may or may not have one of those coming up in the not too distant future, but I assure you that it's worth it. So don't mind my absence for a few weeks, yeah?

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (PZvjL)

213 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


Someone spoke it, and there it be?

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (DgGvY)

214 You can get a bespoke Bentley.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:23 PM (s12c9)

Does it have bespoked wheels?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (eWn+g)

215 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?
Posted by: Cicero

I got mine.
Posted by: BignJames


Is it holding up one end of your bar?

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:27 PM (DgGvY)

216 I also don't believe the baby kidnapping story.

1.) As a dad that has had babies in a car seat beside me on a bench many times, there is zero chance any mid-size woman is even picking the car seat off of the bench before my arm is pulling it back down.

2.) The odds of the female kidnapper's plan working out so well that the crowd engages on her side, seems very low to me, so a poor choice for her to attempt.
Further, very few unarmed woman are going to attempt something against a much larger man that has a high chance of him punching her in the face!

If I said, "Put it down!" and her next response was anything other than putting it down, I am going to full "terminate the threat" mode.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 02, 2023 11:28 PM (HlyYF)

217 In America, po folks be livin' Large

Posted by: University of Miklos at June 02, 2023 11:19 PM (iAPSy)

In America, po folks be large. And have cell phones, and large screen tvs, and....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 02, 2023 11:28 PM (Angsy)

218 Where did this word "bespoke" come from all of a sudden?


Idiots who want to sound Smart

Exempli Gratia

"Competence" vs. "Competency"

"Organizational competencies"

In America, we say "competence"

Writing like an Englisher does not make you smarter.

Posted by: Ernest T Bass at June 02, 2023 11:29 PM (iAPSy)

219 196 blouses and had various coats and not everyone wearing jeans, tee shirts and yoga pants.
50 years ago people ate steaks and hamburgers and not franks and chicken and stuff made cheaply from boxes.
Posted by: Kindltot

While I think we suffer from a lifestyle that has lost its focus on family for sure, food budget has been a thing for eons. There are interesting recipes and canned food and boxed things from the 50s that were questionable. I love the whole mid mod time period and have period cookbooks as well as books on advertisements from that age. Many reference cheap meat cuts to stretch a budget and the like.

Also, a good pair of yoga pants aren’t cheap. I live in them, I sell them. I feel like I am asking for trouble if I admit to price. 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

220 Might I suggest that, one night the ONT should feature an open bar?
Posted by: Cicero

You are late, but Welcome

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and self-serve open tequila bar at June 02, 2023 11:30 PM (iAPSy)

221 Has anyone seen Berserker around lately?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (U2p+3)

222 Also, a good pair of yoga pants aren’t cheap. I live in them, I sell them. I feel like I am asking for trouble if I admit to price. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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I'm a devoted admirer of yoga pants, in most instances.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (s12c9)

223 Ok, asking for assistance here in people who know Shoes.
Check out the shoe bottoms of the prostrate Prezidint in the fallen picture above. What are those deep heel extensions on Bidens' shoes? They look significant, and I am not sure why? Are they extensions to project an image of greater height, or do they serve another purpose?
Posted by: TXMarko


The notches in the heels are there for a reason. I'm sure if you see one of those lists of instructions he carries around, they'll say something like:

YOU walk up to the podium.

YOU lock your heels onto the lugs behind the podium, so that YOU won't fall over, or start wandering around aimlessly like a senile old man.

a.k.a. YOU.

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (DgGvY)

224 I used to bid at several auctions at the same time and therefore needed phones with me while I attended an auction so the other auctions could call me


my wife and I would both have a bag phone with us

it replaced a pair of sisters I used in England. They would go to the auction and bid for me

auctioneers are notorious for opening an item with the top end of a left bid

crooks

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (us2H3)

225 I worked my way through college, but that was mumble mumble mumble years ago, so not recent. I spent 6 years with no television, and most of that without a phone because they cost money and took up time.

I also ran up what I considered a huge student load debt doing it, about $36K, and paid it off in under 5 years.

Bought an old used VW bug (actually two, and I made one out of them), and drove it until it died after the floorboard rusted out completely. 49 mpg. Almost paid nothing for insurance.

I also hitchhiked from St. Louis to Chicago, more than once. Without a single rape or blowjob given.

I roamed the entire city of Anchorage as a child, mostly on bikes but not always, went to parks and the library and stores and everywhere else without adult supervision and was never in trouble with the cops or anyone else. Except that dude that lived on Emory St. and had a bug up his ass about kids riding bikes over the corner of his lawn. Too damned bad.

It is not the same world, at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (LOVUx)

226 @186: "Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost"

Guys should ask their dates if they know how to thread a bobbin.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:33 PM (k1Qly)

227 201 Ok, asking for assistance here in people who know Shoes.
Check out the shoe bottoms of the prostrate Prezidint in the fallen picture above. What are those deep heel extensions on Bidens' shoes? They look significant, and I am not sure why? Are they extensions to project an image of greater height, or do they serve another purpose?
Posted by: TXMarko at June

Answered this earlier. The are just Campanile loafers. Nothing modified on them. Made in Italy.

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

228 I'm a devoted admirer of yoga pants, in most instances.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (s12c9)

A few visits to WalMart will cure you of that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:33 PM (eWn+g)

229 erections

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:34 PM (us2H3)

230 Has anyone seen Berserker around lately?

He checked in a few days ago. Said he's been crazy busy lately.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:34 PM (Bd6X8)

231 40 years ago we had Hong Kong tailors that would travel the USA. Billings, MT had a weekend or two each year where they took your measurements and 6 weeks later your new suit arrived.

Posted by: free tibet at June 02, 2023 11:34 PM (1vJmm)

232 (I am fortunate, I have an off-the-rack body and a tolerance for baggy fit)
It is good to have one or two on hand for funerals, trial dates and weddings.

Posted by: Kindltot

As I lose weight I've been thinking about getting a jacket I *was* an off the rack 40R for years and years. St Vincent De Paul will probably have a couple of nice ones...
Good suggestion on going back several times as you don't really need to take the 1st one you find.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:34 PM (zaWyB)

233 @200: "Where did this word 'bespoke' come from all of a sudden?"

A lot of people learned it by watching Westward season one.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:35 PM (k1Qly)

234 *Westworld

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (k1Qly)

235 230 Has anyone seen Berserker around lately?

He checked in a few days ago. Said he's been crazy busy lately.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

How about Northern Lurker?

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

236 210 Go check out the suits section at the Goodwill of St Vincents.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 11:25 PM (xhaym)


I can't rightly say that I'm familiar with this place, but...your post gives me an idea. The trip that I may or may not be taking this summer may or may not involve a stopover in the undisputed fashion capital of the world in a certain part of northern Italy. And I may or may not have some corporate frenz with serious pull in the textile industry.

I should think about getting a real nice suit when I'm over there.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (PZvjL)

237 Today was dumb. First my knee decided to be an asshole and then I got loaded at a place in Laredo that screwed up and left me a thousand pounds overweight on my drive axles.

But I went back and got reloaded and my weights are good and my knee has decided to be less of an asshole, stop throbbing and allow for more range of movement. So the day ends better than it started.

Here's hoping for better tomorrows.

I'm out.

Night!

Posted by: Robert at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (Mapm9)

238 Thanks, Blanco.

Sometimes I worry when I haven't seen regulars around in a while.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (U2p+3)

239 I'm a devoted admirer of yoga pants, in most instances.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (s12c9)

A few visits to WalMart will cure you of that.


Those are yogurt pants. Same clothes, completely different filling.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:37 PM (Bd6X8)

240 If I said, "Put it down!" and her next response was anything other than putting it down, I am going to full "terminate the threat" mode.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 02, 2023 11:28 PM (HlyYF)

But really, most folks expect others to behave themselves and are very surprised when folks don't. Not everyone has had the experience of somebody acting the malevolent idiots in this story. I expect the few seconds it took to react were the downfall of the dude. I can see that happening.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 02, 2023 11:37 PM (LOVUx)

241 How about Northern Lurker?

Pretty sure he was lurking about sometime in the last week or so. Can't nail it down any closer than that, sorry.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:38 PM (Bd6X8)

242 Guys should ask their dates if they know how to thread a bobbin.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:33 PM (k1Qly)

Oh, silly, you don't thread a bobbin, you wind one. Get with the program here.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 02, 2023 11:38 PM (LOVUx)

243 and....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

The poor here weigh as much as 4 times what the poor of other countries.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:39 PM (zaWyB)

244 How about Northern Lurker?
Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

He was here earlier today.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:39 PM (eWn+g)

245 Problem Solving
Posted by: WeirdDave


And here we have the ancestor of the modern meme. "Photocopier humor."

I had a copy of this very flowchart as a wee lad.

Well, as a callow youth. College student. Whatever.

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:40 PM (DgGvY)

246 "Honestly, it feels like leisure time is something we've lost"

Guys should ask their dates if they know how to thread a bobbin.
Posted by: Walter Freeman

When I was trying to identify as a girl, that got me busted.

Posted by: Tom Sawyer at June 02, 2023 11:40 PM (iAPSy)

247 244. He was here earlier today.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at

Thank you. I worry about him and his house.

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

248 "People that like pot often seem to REALLY like it."

Why do it if you don't REALLY like it? There's really no point in doing pot if you don't really like it. Frankly, and it's no secret around here, I love it. (Haven't had it since April 30, but that's beside the point.) I love listening to, and playing, music on it. I love working out story ideas on it. I even love doing legal research on it sometimes (on my own time; is it my fault if sometimes enjoy pondering the primary rights doctrine?). I (used to) love gorging on a bowl of frozen mango chunks on it. Somehow I managed to make it to 55 with a productive and mildly respectable (YMMV) legal career, I take care of kitties (got one in my lap ATM), and I'm in pretty good health overall. I don't evangelize it - I don't suggest anyone try it. But I do me and you do you.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 02, 2023 11:40 PM (KAi1n)

249 I had a copy of this very flowchart as a wee lad.

Well, as a callow youth. College student. Whatever.
Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:40 PM (DgGvY)

I have one on my wall. Photocopied.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:41 PM (eWn+g)

250 Guys should ask their dates if they know how to thread a bobbin.
Posted by: Walter Freeman

Oh, silly, you don't thread a bobbin, you wind one. Get with the program here.
Posted by: tcn in AK


Walter's gonna get turned on by that.

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:41 PM (DgGvY)

251 Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why...

https://tinyurl.com/yn5y8rws

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 02, 2023 11:41 PM (Xrfse)

252
Answered this earlier. The are just Campanile loafers. Nothing modified on them. Made in Italy.
Posted by: Piper


Are those the shoes that OJ Simpson wore?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 02, 2023 11:42 PM (63Dwl)

253 I have a RL linen suit

the label inside says "guaranteed to wrinkle"

always thought that was weird

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:42 PM (us2H3)

254 252
Are those the shoes that OJ Simpson wore?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

That I do not know. Sorry!

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

255 Well, as a callow youth. College student. Whatever.
Posted by: mikeski

Callow Youthfulness is a requirement for admission to our Elite Programmes.

Especially for the Young ladies

Posted by: University of Miklos, East European Initiative at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (iAPSy)

256 Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (xttsV)

257 @250: "Walter's gonna get turned on by that."

Suddenly feel like part of the Q for Questioning crowd!

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (k1Qly)

258 Are those the shoes that OJ Simpson wore?

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Bruno Magli "ugly-ass shoes"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (s12c9)

259 Also, a good pair of yoga pants aren’t cheap. I live in them, I sell them. I feel like I am asking for trouble if I admit to price. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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I'm a devoted admirer of yoga pants, in most instances.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:32 PM (s12c9)

Recently read the story of the yoga pants store Lululemon fired two workers because they yelled at grab and dash shoplifters not to come into the store again. I hope they go broke .

Also the commercial that is shown as much as Nugenix is the Vuori commercial with Olivia Dunn.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (MNhXM)

260 "My mother was a beautiful sewer."

Ummmm, phrasing?

Posted by: SFGoth at June 02, 2023 11:44 PM (KAi1n)

261 But I do me and you do you.

I thought I liked pot as a teenager. Figured out what I really liked was sleeping. Haven't touched it since.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:44 PM (Bd6X8)

262 Only one thing comes to mind, offhand.
Posted by: javems at June 02, 2023 10:55 PM (AmoqO)

Erections?

Posted by: Bob Dole knows what to do about that at June 02, 2023 10:56 PM (fiChp)

Walking without pain. Hope to get that remedied. Good guess though.

Posted by: Javems at June 02, 2023 11:45 PM (AmoqO)

263 Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there.
Posted by: Hans Gruber at June 02, 2023 11:43 PM (xttsV)

His suits had cuffs on the inside of the pant legs to catch the flakes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:45 PM (eWn+g)

264 I have one on my wall. Photocopied.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

WE WILL FIND YOU

FIX US

Posted by: Bad Trannies at June 02, 2023 11:45 PM (iAPSy)

265 Common 30 years ago and Luxury today? privacy.

Posted by: Dempsey at June 02, 2023 11:45 PM (nYo75)

266 The poor here weigh as much as 4 times what the poor of other countries.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:39 PM


Excellent!

Posted by: Ancel Keys at June 02, 2023 11:46 PM (xttsV)

267 260 "My mother was a beautiful sewer."

Ummmm, phrasing?
Posted by: SFGoth at

She was also the queen of messing up sayings in hysterical ways (English was her 2nd language, she was French). So right now she is in heaven laughing with you at me! 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

268 seeing a real doctor the same day you need them

Posted by: REDACTED at June 02, 2023 11:46 PM (us2H3)

269 Answered this earlier. The are just Campanile loafers. Nothing modified on them. Made in Italy.
Posted by: Piper

Are those the shoes that OJ Simpson wore?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


If the shoe slips,
Apocalypse!

Posted by: Johnnie Cochran at June 02, 2023 11:47 PM (DgGvY)

270

The other night, someone made a comment that caused me to think about Chique D'Afrique. Don't recall seeing her about lately, or Tammy al-Thor.

Also, haven't seen any word about Jane D'oh.

Miklos hasn't been as much in 'touch' either.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 02, 2023 11:47 PM (1vJmm)

271 Also, haven't seen any word about Jane D'oh.

Miklos hasn't been as much in 'touch' either.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 02, 2023 11:47 PM (1vJmm)

If they have all been Raptured, it doesn't look good for the rest of us.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:49 PM (eWn+g)

272 261 I thought I liked pot as a teenager. Figured out what I really liked was sleeping. Haven't touched it since.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:44 PM (Bd6X


I hear that some of the edibles are an absolutely amazing sleep aid for folks who can't get more than a couple hours at a time. I'm not in that demographic and I don't live in a weed friendly state anymore so I can't say from experience though.

Posted by: CppThis at June 02, 2023 11:49 PM (PZvjL)

273 The poor here weigh as much as 4 times what the poor of other countries.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 02, 2023 11:39 PM

Excellent!
Posted by: Ancel Keys at June 02, 2023 11:46 PM

After re-thinking it, I think "Whoops!" "Whoopsie!" is more appropriate.

Posted by: Ancel Keys at June 02, 2023 11:49 PM (xttsV)

274 Miklos hasn't been as much in 'touch' either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


He's 2.5% of this comment thread, unless someone is socking him. Which requires a whole drawerfull of socks.

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:50 PM (DgGvY)

275 Somebody who knows her does need to reach out to Jane D'Oh.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 02, 2023 11:51 PM (eWn+g)

276 Those are yogurt pants. Same clothes, completely different filling.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 02, 2023 11:37 PM (Bd6X

More like yurt pants.

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at June 02, 2023 11:51 PM (y/a4v)

277 104 Normal then luxury now?

Most people keeping their own damn feelings to themselves.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 02, 2023 10:46 PM (k1Qly)

At the thrift store, I automatically ditch all T's with mean snark about people's feelz. No one needs to read your state of mind plastered across your boobs.
Off to the third world they go...

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (wE246)

278 Plus a couple more percents for the socks that don't say "Miklos" on them.

Posted by: mikeski at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (DgGvY)

279 My mother was a beautiful sewer.

My mother was trained as a seamstress. A high-toned lady once wrote her a letter of recommendation and said she was a beautiful sewer, and she never forgave her for it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (jYCXf)

280 If they have all been Raptured, it doesn't look good for the rest of us.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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*!*

Damn, hadn't considered that...until now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (1vJmm)

281 The shoes really did prove OJ killed Nicole. How bad was the criminal prosecution’s investigators in not getting those photos of OJ wearing them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (MNhXM)

282 Off midget sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 02, 2023 11:53 PM (y/a4v)

283 280 If they have all been Raptured, it doesn't look good for the rest of us.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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But I was in my car!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 02, 2023 11:53 PM (s12c9)

284 No one needs to read your state of mind plastered across your boobs.
Off to the third world they go...
Posted by: sal
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Into the rag-baler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 02, 2023 11:53 PM (1vJmm)

285 Oh, silly, you don't thread a bobbin, you wind one. Get with the program here.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 02, 2023 11:38 PM (LOVUx)


You want to know if she can get the thread path down from the top through the needle. the Singer is the traditional way but my wife's White uses a different path that gave me fits when we bought it

(another thing you can get is used sewing machines at thrift stores. )

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 11:56 PM (xhaym)

286 Recently read the story of the yoga pants store Lululemon fired two workers because they yelled at grab and dash shoplifters not to come into the store again. I hope they go broke .

Also the commercial that is shown as much as Nugenix is the Vuori commercial with Olivia Dunn.
Posted by: polynikes at

I carry Lulu. They are okay, not amazing. Their sizing is super inconsistent and they want you to hang dry everything. Who has time for that? Even though Levi’s is the parent company, my favorite are Beyond Yoga, same price as Lulu, head and shoulders better quality. They are made in the US, they are so comfortable (space dye for the win). Emily Hsu has cute stuff, decent price. Tavi is probably the best quality in that midrange price point. I think the quality is better than Emily Hsu for the same price and much better than Lulu, which is much pricier. I have some Z Supply samples coming, no clue on quality yet. They have an ACE sweatshirt in their fall line sheet, though!

Posted by: Piper at June 02, 2023 11:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 I hear that some of the edibles are an absolutely amazing sleep aid for folks who can't get more than a couple hours at a time. I'm not in that demographic and I don't live in a weed friendly state anymore so I can't say from experience though.
Posted by: CppThis

I can. Tis true, though after awhile. If you're not tired, they're not going to instantly knock you out, but I can get 5-6 hours with edibles whereas I'm normally lucky to get 2-3. Then I read Pixy's thread and wonder why I can't get back to sleep until dawn.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 02, 2023 11:58 PM (KAi1n)

288 @286: "... my favorite are Beyond Yoga ..."

$66 for a men's t-shirt; save $8 if you cut the sleeves off.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2023 12:00 AM (k1Qly)

289 When I feel I need something to help get a deeper sleep I take a chewable Dramamine.

Posted by: polynikes at June 03, 2023 12:00 AM (MNhXM)

290 I was reading in the last thread about the tranimals begging for $$$ on GFM to escape DeSantis' Florida.

There are 350m people in this country. Perhaps a million and a half are trannies.

If you fly first-class and take a nice boat trip with meals, drinks, etc., you're looking at maybe $10k to get to Sentinel Island, and that's if you're getting ripped off.

$150m. That's it. That's all it would cost, max.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:01 AM (oINRc)

291 Exorcist movie censoring :

Your mother sews socks that smell.

Posted by: polynikes at June 03, 2023 12:03 AM (MNhXM)

292 $15b. Whatever. Still worth it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:03 AM (oINRc)

293 $150m. That's it. That's all it would cost, max.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:01 AM (oINRc)

Overheard on Sentinel Island: "Don't eat that, Junior! You don't know where it's been. Or what."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 03, 2023 12:04 AM (eWn+g)

294 Any bets on whether Burger King is going to reprise its Gayburger for Pride Month this year?

I'm saying no.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 12:06 AM (s12c9)

295
Your mother sews socks that smell.

Then Richard Pryor gets mad.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 03, 2023 12:07 AM (63Dwl)

296 I carry Lulu. They are okay, not amazing. Their sizing is super inconsistent and they want you to hang dry everything. Who has time for that? Even though Levi’s is the parent company, my favorite are Beyond Yoga, same price as Lulu, head and shoulders better quality. They are made in the US, they are so comfortable (space dye for the win). Emily Hsu has cute stuff, decent price. Tavi is probably the best quality in that midrange price point. I think the quality is better than Emily Hsu for the same price and much better than Lulu, which is much pricier. I have some Z Supply samples coming, no clue on quality yet. They have an ACE sweatshirt in their fall line sheet, though!
Posted by: Piper


AOSHQ.

Come for the dank memes.

Stay for the professional yoga pants reviews.

Posted by: mikeski at June 03, 2023 12:07 AM (DgGvY)

297 Well, 2200 hr here. I am getting sleepy. Time to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 03, 2023 12:09 AM (eWn+g)

298
$66 for a men's t-shirt; save $8 if you cut the sleeves off.
Posted by: Walter Freeman

But remember, Sir Walter, I teach fitness classes all day so this is my work uniform. The polar opposite of what I wore as a VP, ironically. But that aside, I have days I teach 5 or 6 hour long classes. That’s a lot of planking and squats, I need comfy that won’t bag around my knees! You can wash and dry them in a machine and they get better for doing so. They don’t fade, they don’t shrink. And my size is my size is my size. Lulu is very style specific. I like Lulu, I wear them, I dry them against Lulu goddess advice. But Beyond Yoga are like butter.

Posted by: Piper at June 03, 2023 12:10 AM (ZdaMQ)

299 I'm lucky, I guess. I usually don't have trouble sleeping, but if I do a single benadryl puts me out for 6 hours, easily.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 03, 2023 12:10 AM (l1e1f)

300 If I were a Sentinel Island native, I'd be pissed, though. Getting shipped 1.5m US trannies would basically be like getting a lifetime supply of Spam laced with dick-rotting psychotropics.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:13 AM (oINRc)

301 Nobody who says they wait "on line" or "queue" has any business mocking "bespoke."

In an ordinary midsize midwestern city, I had the choice of four different places to go for a custom-made suit. Usually didn't, because I could get a wool name brand suit for under a hundred at Schottenstein's, and get it fitted by a pleasant but very alcoholic tailor on the way to the office for about 35 more. I had to work in those suits, so they got snagged a lot.

Those shops are all gone now, of course. Sacrificed to the individualist freedom of slobs who boast about going to funerals in their pajamas.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 03, 2023 12:13 AM (jYCXf)

302
Stay for the professional yoga pants reviews.
Posted by: mikeski

I am here to serve. Except not anymore tonight. I am hitting the hay as I realize I am ranting about leggings. 🙂 Time to shut it down!

Posted by: Piper at June 03, 2023 12:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

303 My answer to what used to be normal:

The right to burn fallen leaves in the yard! None of this "bag them -- and the bag must be transparent" shit.

Also, I've had that flowchart on my office wall for years.

Posted by: Weak Geek at June 03, 2023 12:15 AM (uIu2G)

304 Miklos hasn't been as much in 'touch' either.

Posted by: Mike Hammer,

They were sutures, Mike. They were removed, and they needed to be removed. Nineteen commie stitches, they are gone. And I am happy, Mike. Never been happier.

Posted by: Miklos who actually met Mr. Spillane once that I remember at June 03, 2023 12:15 AM (iAPSy)

305 And I said 5 or 6 hour long classes versus the correct 5 or 6 classes that are an hour long each. So yeah, Nightsie noodles!

Posted by: Piper at June 03, 2023 12:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

306 I'll go to my funeral in my pajamas. Whoever murders me will have to kill me in my sleep.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:16 AM (oINRc)

307 Sun just went down. Still plenty of light out. Beach is sparsely populated. Will get busier as it gets darker and the kids light their beach fires. Then the fun police come and shut everything down at 1030.

As someone who lives here, I must admit it is nice to have the big parties busted up at 1030. I feel bad for the kids though. There's nothing like a beach fire with your friends and drinking and playing some music and partying until the wee hours.

There's another 30 year thing. Oh man, the parties we used to have. And folks would usually end up naked in the 55 degree water for a dip in the moonlight.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 12:17 AM (U2p+3)

308 I've never seen a transparent leaf bag. At least not a bag for tree leaves.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 03, 2023 12:18 AM (63Dwl)

309 My mother was trained as a seamstress. A high-toned lady once wrote her a letter of recommendation and said she was a beautiful sewer, and she never forgave her for it.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 02, 2023 11:52 PM (jYCXf)


Cloaca pulcer as it were . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:18 AM (xhaym)

310 A gorgeous septic tank.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 03, 2023 12:20 AM (63Dwl)

311 More like yurt pants.
Posted by: Peter Dinklage at June 02, 2023 11:51 PM (y/a4v)


Some of those should DREAM of being covered in a shapeless felt covering.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:20 AM (xhaym)

312 North Sentinel Island - I remember that John Chau story posted here back in 2018. I think the natives pronounced his last name "chow". Speaking of chow, gawd I ate too much chicken parmigan. Ugh. Yum, but ugh.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 12:22 AM (KAi1n)

313 Now I'm more than halfway convinced that I should try their $148 hoodie.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2023 12:25 AM (k1Qly)

314 You know, with ten feet minimum of wire fencing you can set up a compost heap that will give you very fine leaf compost by Spring, or you could just mulch your beds with it in the Fall. No need for burning or bagging.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:26 AM (xhaym)

315
They were sutures, Mike. They were removed, and they needed to be removed. Nineteen commie stitches, they are gone. And I am happy, Mike. Never been happier.
Posted by: Miklos
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In the inimitable words of Patrick O'Brian, 'I wish you joy, sir'.

I obviously missed the story associated with the stitchery.

OTOH, this could trigger my sympathy-seeking tale of the skull staples.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:26 AM (Ga8Fv)

316 Yurts are made from animal skins. Yurts don't breathe. I procure sailcloth for my trousers. But then, I'm a witty, urbane sophisticate.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at June 03, 2023 12:27 AM (oINRc)

317 Bud Light Announces New Initiative With LGBTQ+ Business Owners Despite Boycott, Loss of Sales

Lol

Posted by: Montec at June 03, 2023 12:27 AM (tW2AW)

318 More like yurt pants.
Posted by: Peter Dinklage

YES

Now the Secret Service guys want MONEY

Posted by: *hic* at June 03, 2023 12:28 AM (iAPSy)

319 I'll go to my funeral in my pajamas. Whoever murders me will have to kill me in my sleep.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Heh. I've done that.

Posted by: Groucho at June 03, 2023 12:29 AM (0v4YR)

320 Bud Light Announces New Initiative With LGBTQ+ Business Owners Despite Boycott, Loss of Sales

When your suicide just isn't spectacular enough.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 03, 2023 12:29 AM (Bd6X8)

321 Yurts are made from animal skins.
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Ah! Explains the lack of yurt pants. No yaks hereabouts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:30 AM (0v4YR)

322 They were sutures, Mike. They were removed, and they needed to be removed. Nineteen commie stitches, they are gone. And I am happy, Mike. Never been happier.
Posted by: Miklos who actually met Mr. Spillane once that I remember at June 03, 2023 12:15 AM (iAPSy)


I had a cyst cut out of my back and I had my GF pull the stitches. Isopropyl alcohol, hemostats, a pair of nail clippers and she was willing to do it to save me the co-pay.
The only complaint she had was that the skin was growing over the knots so she had to dig a bit.

For all the conflict we had and my inability to deal with it, I still miss her at times.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:31 AM (xhaym)

323 I'll go to my funeral in my pajamas. Whoever murders me will have to kill me in my sleep.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Heh. I've done that.
Posted by: Groucho

INVITED

Posted by: Miklosian New Orleans Traditional Jazz Pajama Funeral at June 03, 2023 12:31 AM (iAPSy)

324 Yurts are covered with wool felt.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:33 AM (xhaym)

325 They are so committed to the trans shit ,
Losing 30% of sales doesn’t matter.



Bud Light announced on Tuesday, May 30 that it would be extending its partnership with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce which started last year. The brewing company is also donating $200,000 to the NGLCC for the second year in a row.

“Today, Bud Light and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the exclusive certifying body for LGBT-owned businesses, announce they are extending their partnership to continue supporting economic opportunities and advancements for LGBTQ+ Americans and business owners across the country,” Anheuser-Busch said in a statement.

Posted by: Montec at June 03, 2023 12:35 AM (tW2AW)

326 Yurts are covered with wool felt.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Yak wool?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:35 AM (06vRX)

327
OTOH, this could trigger my sympathy-seeking tale of the skull staples.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:26 AM (Ga8Fv)


Dad fell over and hit his head on the woodstove and we had to take him to the ER. When the PA decided to use staples to close up the cut in his scalp I told Dad that he was lucky I hadn't practiced with my surgical stapler I had just got, since I figured I shouldn't make the first practice with something like that on someone I liked.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:38 AM (xhaym)

328 Posted by: Miklosian New Orleans Traditional Jazz Pajama Funeral at June 03, 2023 12:31 AM (iAPSy)

I saw Jazz Pajama Funeral open for Between The Buried And Me at The Caverns in 2012.

Posted by: mikeski at June 03, 2023 12:38 AM (DgGvY)

329 Yak wool?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:35 AM (06vRX)


Mongolians have sheep too. You can make wool out of pretty much any mammal fur. The Bedouin use camel hair for example.

I made wool out of cat hair once, but I am pretty sure the Mongolians, for all their millennia of experience in transhumance life ways would not bother with pastoralism based around cats. Herding them is far too hard.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:43 AM (xhaym)

330 Sometimes wool, for herders. Nomads use skins. Faster takedown/setup, and they're hunting more than farming.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 03, 2023 12:43 AM (oINRc)

331 YD, technically that would be an inverted coracle.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:45 AM (xhaym)

332 Felt is the original fabric.

It's mashed, not woven.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 12:45 AM (s12c9)

333 Sitting outside around the gas fire.

Full moon tonight.

In 1969 I was 7 years old and absolutely astronaut mad space mad. Absolutely convinced that in "2023" I would have already visited the moon if not lived there, we would be on Mars and traveling the solar system.

Instead I find a country where school systems actively recruit pedophiles as grade school teachers.

RIP USA.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at June 03, 2023 12:45 AM (gFoO0)

334 I figured I shouldn't make the first practice with something like that on someone I liked.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I have had the temerity to ask a couple of physicians as they were poised over me with some instrument in their hand, 'You
have done this before, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 12:46 AM (hjwuP)

335 Show your work.
Posted by: Cicero

* grabs notepad, sharpens pencil , grabs slide rule , sticks out tongue*

Hmm, nope.

Hmm,....%;;&/$$^&*

* grabs note pad, pencil, slide rule, tosses in burn barrel, throws a little diesel for good measure *

Phuc it!

* tosses match in barrel, goes back to whittling *

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hiding in plain sight at June 03, 2023 12:48 AM (uPJfE)

336 Felt is the original fabric.
It's mashed, not woven.
Posted by: Cicero

Sour mash > felt mash right?

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 12:48 AM (KAi1n)

337 Rolling on the gurney to the OR, I intended to tell the nurse and the anesthesiologist that with the propanal and the ketamine it was a shame I didn't have any glowsticks

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:49 AM (xhaym)

338 I have had the temerity to ask a couple of physicians as they were poised over me with some instrument in their hand, 'You
have done this before, right?
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Were I the physician, I would have responded "once, but the cadaver wasn't nearly as funny."

This is one of the many reasons I'm not a physician.

Posted by: mikeski at June 03, 2023 12:51 AM (DgGvY)

339 When I made my felt swatch, I combed out the cat hair and laid it into a box, layer and layer until I thought it was enough, then I wetted it with soapy water and mashed it down, and using some plastic sheeting to protect it, I used an orbital sander to get the first compaction on it.

Then I rolled it up around a dowel and rolled the whole thing on a table for long enough for it to get fully felted.
I am considering making a hat one day. I may need to either use a different fiber source like alpaca, or maybe get some more cats.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 12:54 AM (xhaym)

340 Purty good stuff WD. Thanks.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hiding in plain sight at June 03, 2023 12:54 AM (uPJfE)

341 Were I the physician, I would have responded "once, but the cadaver wasn't nearly as funny."

This is one of the many reasons I'm not a physician.
Posted by: mikeski
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Just a week or so ago, I was in for a physical. I expressed my sympathies to the Doc, saying, 'I have no idea how you manage to put up with the non-stop whining and complaining that you hear, day in and day out'

Doc: 'I drink heavily when I get home'.

Curiously, I found myself sympathetic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 01:02 AM (+apjR)

342
I am considering making a hat one day. I may need to either use a different fiber source like alpaca, or maybe get some more cats.
Posted by: Kindltot
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One word: Ewok

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2023 01:03 AM (1vJmm)

343

Definition of an alcoholic colon someone who drinks more than their physician...

Posted by: Dr Nick Riviera at June 03, 2023 01:06 AM (gFoO0)

344 >> Full moon tonight.

99%. Full Strawberry Moon is tomorrow night, June 4, 03:41 Zulu, which is June 3, 11:41PM EDT. Moment of syzygy will be visible for us tomorrow. That moment is the optimum howling time, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 01:10 AM (Mzdiz)

345 I saw Alcoholic Colon open for the Butthole Surfers at the Warfield in '85.

Posted by: Average Guy at June 03, 2023 01:26 AM (lPHZZ)

346 School district in Utah bans the bible! I guess they don't want the mormon kids to read my handle exodus 21:22-25 either! And the book of mormons calls black people "filth" :but I guess thats OK!

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at June 03, 2023 01:31 AM (o6fYN)

347 How would one possibly get an accurate count of trannys? Grew up in New Orleans, which was over-represented in this department, so met a few. Find it hard to believe there are a million in this country. The LGBTQuery crowd as a matter of policy overestimates all their numbers.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at June 03, 2023 01:33 AM (mCh4j)

348 No rain sadly

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 01:38 AM (xhxe8)

349
With Tucker gone, I've been looking for some other channels to maybe have something good on when the others don't. I just discovered the "H & I" channel, "Heroes and Icons". They run a lot of the good old stuff.

They're running several episodes of Hawaii Five-O in the afternoon. The real Five-O, not the reboot, of course. Current crop is Season 7, 1974, when Jack Lord's hair had reached near maximum fabulousness.

It's a hoot. His tough guy stuff is great, as well as the pure melodramatic evil of the bad guys.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 01:44 AM (Mzdiz)

350

Jack Lord was an anti2A anti-constitution Hollywood commie anal receptive prolapse...

Posted by: Universal Wrench at June 03, 2023 02:13 AM (gFoO0)

351 Jack Lord had anti-communist hair

Posted by: Miklosian Moustache Stylings at June 03, 2023 02:20 AM (iAPSy)

352 It's a hoot. His tough guy stuff is great, as well as the pure melodramatic evil of the bad guys.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

FUN FACT

Little Miklos always liked Wo Fat, because he got away with everything.

Posted by: Miklosian Chinese Moustache Style at June 03, 2023 02:23 AM (iAPSy)

353
Full moon tonight.

99%. Full Strawberry Moon is tomorrow night, June 4, 03:41 Zulu, which is June 3, 11:41PM EDT. Moment of syzygy will be visible for us tomorrow. That moment is the optimum howling time, of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz)


Surely you meant to write Full Monkeypox Pride Moon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 02:28 AM (pNxlR)

354 When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cowboy, a fireman, an astronaut, a Professor and an International Criminal Mastermind.

FAIL

Posted by: Miklos is in the market for extinct volcano lairs, guys need lairs at June 03, 2023 02:28 AM (iAPSy)

355 Little Miklos always liked Wo Fat, because he got away with everything.

Posted by: Miklosian Chinese Moustache Style at June 03, 2023 02:23 AM (iAPSy)


Had family name a Siamese cat Wo Fat, and he got away with everything. Well, except his balls.

Posted by: The Corporate Media at June 03, 2023 02:30 AM (emlEe)

356 Shit. I saw the damn sock and still hit post.

OH WAH TAGOO SIAM.

Posted by: RickZ at June 03, 2023 02:32 AM (emlEe)

357 This is one of the many reasons I'm not a physician.

I'm not an Ob-Gyn because I'd walk into every delivery room wearing a catcher's mitt, and say "Dr. Weirddave at your cervix"

Posted by: Weirddave at June 03, 2023 02:35 AM (arMvX)

358
"The Syndicate" was a big plot device in a lot of those old shows. Criminal masterminds, almost unstoppable, save for the efforts of our heroes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 02:35 AM (Mzdiz)

359
The Syndicate has taken over the US govt, now, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 02:36 AM (Mzdiz)

360
Abe Vigoda played a local Hawaiian Syndicate boss in one of the episodes. He's good at that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 02:39 AM (Mzdiz)

361
Common 30 years ago and Luxury today?


People minding their own damn business.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 02:47 AM (pNxlR)

362 Common 30 years ago and Luxury today?

People minding their own damn business.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)


Huh. What do you mean by that?

Posted by: Adriane the Clueless Critic . . . at June 03, 2023 02:48 AM (jonTH)

363 W.D.

Better still.

Wait for one of those "holistic" types that's going to insist on 100% natural birth, and etc. You know, they've got the crystals, the incense, the essential oils and all that, along with a shaman-ess, chanting it's pronouns.

Walk in, and introduce yourself as Dr. Cesarian.

Should be a spontaneous birth right about then. One huge self-righteous contraction of indignant harrumph, and PLOOP! Bob's yer Mother!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 03, 2023 02:48 AM (e6UQI)

364
Hank Jr, Reba, Willie, and Tom Petty singing "Mind Your Own Business":

https://tinyurl.com/2fre42tn

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 02:51 AM (Mzdiz)

365
Huh. What do you mean by that?
Posted by: Adriane the Clueless Critic . . .


Express an out if favor opinion and whammo! you're piled upon with scorn (if you're lucky) or worse by scores of folks for whom what you thought or said was none of their damn business. "What business of yours is it what I think?"

There was a person from my days in HS who used to post an opinion online about something, usually from a leftist perspective, and then invite folks with a more conservative point of view to engage in give and take discussion of their relative merits. I never took the bait because, unlike him, I could read the "web room" and could readily envision the vanishingly small likelihood of a civilized and respectful discussion occurring.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:02 AM (pNxlR)

366 In college, I took an experimental film class. One film involved a water birth. Quite a number of girls in the class swore off childbirth after seeing that. (I don't think they were serious, but it wasn't for the faint of heart.)

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 03:04 AM (KAi1n)

367 The Syndicate has taken over the US govt, now, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally

Now you see!

See you again, McGarret white man!

Posted by: Wo Miklos-Fat at June 03, 2023 03:08 AM (iAPSy)

368
IMHO, the "almost kidnapped baby" story smells false -- too reasoned and contrived so as to to solicit maximum sympathy. Almost Munchausen by proxy like in tone and intent.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:08 AM (pNxlR)

369 I’m sorry.

It was meant ironically.
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Clueless Critic . . . at June 03, 2023 03:09 AM (jonTH)

370
Scratch that, actually. The Syndicate has not take over the US govt.

The US govt. was The Syndicate all along.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 03:10 AM (Mzdiz)

371 No rain sadly
Posted by: Skip


The Skip haiku begins

Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at June 03, 2023 03:10 AM (iAPSy)

372
No smoke radio

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:11 AM (pNxlR)

373
Blasting a forgotten song

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:13 AM (pNxlR)

374 The US govt. was The Syndicate all along.
Posted by: publius, Rascally


LOUSY QAURTER ACRE

But no

Publius is part of the System

Posted by: Miklos warns "Publius IS PEOPLE" at June 03, 2023 03:13 AM (iAPSy)

375
Called radar love

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:13 AM (pNxlR)

376
I am The Man.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 03:14 AM (Mzdiz)

377
To sleep, perchance to dream ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:15 AM (pNxlR)

378 >>>Common 30 years ago and Luxury today?

>Quality music. Modern pop makes my balls itch. Yuge decline in the 21st century.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 03:17 AM (KVGVf)

379
Melodramatic Five-O bad guy lines: Bad Guy is a big thief, stealing all sorts of consumer goods for dept stores, then selling them to customers who want a really good deal.

McGarrett puts the heat on one of his clients. The Bad Guy, who wears sunglasses all the time (but McGarrett rips off later), tells this client, when he's getting squirrely: "The only thing that links me to you is your memory. I suggest it become faulty. Otherwise, I will have to erase it for you....permanently".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 03:18 AM (Mzdiz)

380 I am The Man.
Posted by: publius, Rascally

Posted by: Miklos warns at June 03, 2023 03:22 AM (iAPSy)

381 I am The Man.
Posted by: publius, Rascally


Miley laughs, laughs, and giggles like leetle girl

Posted by: Miklos suspects at June 03, 2023 03:24 AM (iAPSy)

382 In college, I took an experimental film class. One film involved a water birth. Quite a number of girls in the class swore off childbirth after seeing that. (I don't think they were serious, but it wasn't for the faint of heart.)

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 03:04 AM (KAi1n)


Boy, a one-two blockbuster day at school. The water birth film then The Ohio State Patrol, with their snuff porn, 'The Perils of Drunk Driving' or 'Death on the Highway' or something sobering like that. Yep, lots of gore in that one. Headless bodies in drivers' seats and whatnot. Reminds me of the Anthony Anderson commercial about the effects of diabetes, including death: "Too much? That's the point. . . ."

When I was in high school, drunk driving was the norm in society. Sure, you'd have a few wrecks and deaths, but you pretty much got away with it if you didn't kill or seriously injure people. That Ohio State Trooper film in Drivers' Ed class saved a few lives, I'm sure.

Posted by: RickZ at June 03, 2023 03:25 AM (emlEe)

383 IMHO, the "almost kidnapped baby" story smells false -- too reasoned and contrived so as to to solicit maximum sympathy. Almost Munchausen by proxy like in tone and intent.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 03, 2023 03:08 AM (pNxlR)


I can see your point. But the sheer brazenness of the attempted theft is what makes it, to me, real. I've read enough stories of attempted kidnappings in stores and well as children just disappearing on the security camera with someone the family does not know. Also, if there is a man accosting a woman holding a baby carrier and she is screaming for help because he's abducting her 'baby', people's reactions would be pretty much the same: Kick the guy's ass first, call police later.

Posted by: RickZ at June 03, 2023 03:31 AM (emlEe)

384 In college, I took an experimental film class.

In college, all classes are experimental.

I wanted to be an Architect, but realized the amount of difficult math involved.

So I changed to Economics

Posted by: Miklos did Ok regardless at June 03, 2023 03:32 AM (iAPSy)

385
Interesting:

https://tinyurl.com/2ozc9hfj

A man walks up on the stage at some big medical conference and attacks and slaps a gynecologist on state for sexually assaulting his wife.

The doctor refused to press charges.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 03, 2023 03:35 AM (Mzdiz)

386 In college, all classes are experimental.

I wanted to be an Architect, but realized the amount of difficult math involved.

So I changed to Economics

Posted by: Miklos did Ok regardless at June 03, 2023 03:32 AM (iAPSy)


Ah, yes, the Paul Krugman School of Economics.

Posted by: RickZ at June 03, 2023 03:35 AM (emlEe)

387 Friday night, Ah Ha …
Swirls of socks, tumbling free …
That’s right! Oh. N. Tee ,,,

Posted by: Adriane the Clueless Critic . . . at June 03, 2023 03:37 AM (jonTH)

388 Ah, yes, the Paul Krugman School of Economics.
Posted by: RickZ

Krugman got a Nobel Prize for one area of economic research. Specifically, the US automotive industry.

Was he right or RONG

Probably entirely wrong, as if that matters.

Posted by: Miklos awards self Ph.D. in Not Being a Dumbass at June 03, 2023 03:45 AM (iAPSy)

389 Pixy NOOD

Posted by: Ciampino --- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity at June 03, 2023 04:06 AM (qfLjt)

390 Funny thing about controlling the memes: this is Human Flourishing Substack with a report on Missouri v Biden on Covid Censorship.
The current defense appears to be "it was necessary to protect the American Mind, part of the essential United States Infrastructure?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 02, 2023 10:30 PM (xhaym)


If they think there's some sort of 'American Mind' to protect, I want what they're smoking.

Posted by: The Corporate Media at June 03, 2023 04:39 AM (emlEe)

391


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