Mid-Morning Art Thread

Pigeon-post
Miklos Barabas

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Others summoned.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (qPw5n)

2 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (1Yy3c)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (T4tVD)

4 Beautiful bird embraces flying rat!

Film at 11

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (zxP/x)

5 Enticing!

Posted by: The cat at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (fs1hN)

6 This is painted by...wait a second...

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (1Yy3c)

7 Wow- she is showing a LOT of shoulder
alert the ton elders

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (geLO8)

8 Miklos!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (Wnv9h)

9 Miklos is painter? I knew not.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (NBVIP)

10 town, dammit
#quipfail

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (geLO8)

11 Hey now!!!!

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (WImRR)

12 I keeel you!

Posted by: Muslim 6th grader at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (fs1hN)

13 Wow- she is showing a LOT of shoulder
alert the ton elders
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (geLO

Michael Moore has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (U47kz)

14 Soon diagnosed with hepatitis.

Posted by: BignJames at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

15 Is the dove a sexual metaphor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

16 Drop the flying rat, lady. Go clean yourself up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Lichtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (0FoWg)

17 No ameenuhls were harmed in the making of this painting.

No models were harmed however they might have been gently molested.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (1Yy3c)

18 It looks as though the artist is trying to make the dove appear to be hugging the girl with its wing. Kind of odd, but it's sweet.

It's a nice vibe to end the week.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (grvRu)

19 also there is no pigeon poop, so this is a fantasy image

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (geLO8)

20 7 Wow- she is showing a LOT of shoulder
alert the ton elders
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (geLO

Inner side boob.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

21 Wait until she gets the bill!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (krqg6)

22 This was BEFORE she became a cat lady.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (NBVIP)

23 Miklos Barabas

Our Miklos ?

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

24 Darlene!

Or Charlene?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (3iu+6)

25 CBD taking "Give us Barabas!" literally.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (krqg6)

26 Is she sending or receiving a message?

Posted by: dantesed at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (88xKn)

27 'Give us Barabas!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (zZu0s)

28 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

29 This is nice.
She reminds me of Melanie Hamilton from Gone With The Wind.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

30 Very nice picture. She has a sweet face. I like the way the folds on her dress are painted and the contrast between the white dress and the red shawl. I'd not heard of that artist before. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (YaO3D)

31 23 Miklos Barabas

Our Miklos ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

Who knew he was so popular with the crowds in Jerusalem?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (S6gqv)

32 Tickle me with a feather!

Posted by: Ciampino - With the idiots inside the car? at December 15, 2023 09:35 AM (qfLjt)

33 Huh. We could also look at this as CBD telling us we are a bunch of dicks...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:35 AM (zZu0s)

34 Message on a pigeon is more likely to arrive than a message in a bottle.

Posted by: huerfano at December 15, 2023 09:35 AM (Q4KYm)

35 there's something amiss with her nose

regardless, I would allow this to hang in one of the halls in the servants' quarters in the main house

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:35 AM (geLO8)

36 She looks like she's somebody who'd be missed. A shame. I'd like to bathe in her blood.

Posted by: M. Bathory at December 15, 2023 09:35 AM (0FoWg)

37 Our Miklos ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

Not unless our Miklos is pushing 214 years old.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (1Yy3c)

38 Very sweet

Posted by: Tuna at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (oaGWv)

39 Is the dove a sexual metaphor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

Everything is a sexual metaphor.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (gSZYf)

40 I really love the peonies on the table. They are my favorite flower!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (grvRu)

41 28 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

A better agent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (zZu0s)

42 >What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?
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the spelling
it's like Winston and Marlboro

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (geLO8)

43 Nice beaver!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (QBaJw)

44 Pigeon-post

Nancy Blackett has to dress up, because the great-aunt is back visiting again.

She's less sullen about it than I would have expected.

Posted by: spindrift at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (B/KRV)

45 This work has conflicting imagery. On the surface it looks pretty innocent, but there are signs of naughtiness too. The white dress, white bird, and a Bible on one hand. On the other is the nearly-bared breast and the sealed letters clasped near her heart. It also looks like she's trying to hide the letters, too.

Posted by: Kris at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (OyyDO)

46 Pigeon- "I can't breathe"

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (iF0sF)

47 Is the dove a sexual metaphor?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)
++++
The dove feather alights from my breast
Its turbulent fall in turbulent flow
Settles in regions further below

It is but a lodestone, a lighthouse's glow
It illuminates reaches where your seed shall you sow

Posted by: Shitty poet at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (zxP/x)

48 Were she in a nightclub circa 1982 there would have been an extremely loud and insistent chorus of men screaming "SKIN TO WIN, SKIN TO WIN!!"

Posted by: Es Senor Pendejo to you at December 15, 2023 09:37 AM (yKHPk)

49 Very nice

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 09:37 AM (pvKxo)

50 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)
++++
Marketing

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:37 AM (zxP/x)

51 Nice work Miklos, we never knew you were also a master painter as well as a night curmudgeon

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (pvKxo)

52 She has a nice personality.

Butter face.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (Iaicw)

53 Is the dove a sexual metaphor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

Everything is a sexual metaphor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (gSZYf)

This whole blog is one giant sexual metaphor.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (1Yy3c)

54 For an instant I thought that was a white kitten!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

55 I suppose it's a good thing that she's wearing a white dress?

Let the pidgeon go, hon.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (izj35)

56 she's wearing a ring on a particular finger

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (geLO8)

57 A cat on her lap would have been an interesting touch.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

58 Darlene!

Or Charlene?
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 15, 2023

***
Jolene!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

59 >>Everything is a sexual metaphor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*snort*

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:39 AM (izj35)

60 >This whole blog is one giant sexual metaphor.

Posted by: Robert
---

and, an op

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:39 AM (geLO8)

61 Jewells!

Hi honey! So good to see you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:39 AM (grvRu)

62 A cat on her lap would have been an interesting touch.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023

***
With no dove, but dove feathers in the cat's mouth.

Lady: "Puff, you bad kitty!"

Puff: * burp *

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

63 Looks like a wedding ring on her finger and my interpretation of this whole hugging a stinking bird thing is that she's wants a baby really, really bad.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (NBVIP)

64 Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (grvRu)

65 This painting is weird. Do women actually cuddle their pet pigeons? Mammals are cuddly, pigeons not so much. Might as well be an iguana

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (IZPBd)

66 *she wants

(apostrophe police)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2023 09:41 AM (NBVIP)

67 This painting is weird. Do women actually cuddle their pet pigeons? Mammals are cuddly, pigeons not so much. Might as well be an iguana
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (IZPBd)
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Who has a pet pigeon at all?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:41 AM (zxP/x)

68 Hint of bewbs with a nice bird. Sorta Art.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:41 AM (rmKjj)

69 Pigeons are a symbol of strength and flexibility.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

70 Interesting looking chair.

Posted by: dantesed at December 15, 2023 09:43 AM (88xKn)

71 As for the painting itself, the use of color and texture is superb. The dove's feathers, her skin, her dress, the chair, the desk on which her elbow is resting, everything.

She has sort of an insipid smile, but maybe the model the artist chose always looked like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 09:43 AM (J2vNu)

72 I got a bird that whistles
I got a bird that's singin'
If I don't have you darlin'
Birds don't mean nothin'

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:43 AM (rmKjj)

73 Don’t show this to a Muslim 12 year old in France.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 09:43 AM (WImRR)

74 Very nice painting that makes one feel good by viewing, but take it from me, a bedroom or sitting room filled with guano is not desirable.

Posted by: Bat-shit Crazy at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM (83IzV)

75 Hi nurse! *waves*

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM (iF0sF)

76 She has sort of an insipid smile, but maybe the model the artist chose always looked like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

She has gas and really needs to rip a monster, eye-watering blast.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM (Iaicw)

77 This painting is weird. Do women actually cuddle their pet pigeons? Mammals are cuddly, pigeons not so much. Might as well be an iguana
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 15, 2023 09:40 AM (IZPBd)
******
There are women that cuddle rats and snakes.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

78 he rocks in the treetops, all day long

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (geLO8)

79 Who has a pet pigeon at all?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:41 AM (zxP/x)

Mike Tython

Posted by: BignJames at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (AwYPR)

80 Don’t show this to a Muslim 12 year old in France.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 09:43 AM (WImRR)

Are you saying mooosleeems are violent terrorists?

How dare you insult us in this way!

I keel you!!!

Posted by: Achmed at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (1Yy3c)

81 She has gas and really needs to rip a monster, eye-watering, DRESS FLUTTERING, blast.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM (Iaicw)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (zZu0s)

82 19th century texting your loved ones.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (b8LUX)

83 There are women that cuddle rats and snakes.
Posted by: redridinghood

Yes, their 'bad boy' first husbands.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 09:45 AM (Iaicw)

84 Y'all know that, once again, CBD is trolling us with this, right?

He's sitting back, there on the decent BBQ-less East Coast, and laughing his tuchus off.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (a3Q+t)

85 Nice!

Would Hang...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (mQ8ar)

86 Don't we have a deal with the pigeons?

https://youtu.be/xPCZtrac-Ss

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

87 Miklos Barabas

What an unfortunate last name

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (gmo/4)

88 Would have a whole different vibe if she were embracing a possum, like a girl should.

Posted by: Ellie Mae Clampett at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (83IzV)

89 She has gas and really needs to rip a monster, eye-watering blast.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 09:44 AM

Why do you say that like it's a Bad Thing? Flatus wants to be free!

Posted by: Eric Swalwell & John Kerry at December 15, 2023 09:48 AM (a3Q+t)

90 Dirty birdie on my chest, why'd you do that on my breast?

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 09:48 AM (gmo/4)

91 Well, if the artist was trying to portray a soft and feminine image, he succeeded. The gentle curves, soft shawl and gown, the girl's delicate skin tones, soft arms and breast and expression, even the white dove. Don't forget the vase of flowery peonies. It makes a contrast with the man made objects of wood, straight lines and their realistic details.

It's not an exciting image but a pleasant one.

Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2023 09:49 AM (7EjX1)

92 Tuppence a bag...

...same as in town!

Posted by: Nosmo King at December 15, 2023 09:49 AM (991eG)

93 Would have a whole different vibe if she were embracing a possum, like a girl should.
Posted by: Ellie Mae Clampett

Or a fart squirrel. 🦨

Posted by: rickb223 at December 15, 2023 09:50 AM (GIBR7)

94 Condescending look on her face. She can barley stand you people. It's all she can do to be polite to you.

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 09:51 AM (gmo/4)

95 Sexting with a guy via pigeon ...

Posted by: steevy at December 15, 2023 09:51 AM (FQmDC)

96 Could it be that this is the artist's way of sending a message? Is he really flipping us the bird?

*furrows brow*

Posted by: Guy who is suspicious of everything at December 15, 2023 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

97 Is there a Pigeon-Pre?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 15, 2023 09:52 AM (NYzgN)

98 Ellie Mae liked most animals, but hated pigeons.

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 09:52 AM (gmo/4)

99 Some don't seem to get the meaning of the title.
She's happy she got a love note via pigeon.
Think Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, without the mobbed-up dock worker's union. And the mass slaughter of the pigeons.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 15, 2023 09:52 AM (b8LUX)

100 At least she's not embracing a penguin.

Let's keep the Art Thread a sanctuary Thread from Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 15, 2023 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

101 100 comment rule-compliant

Please watch this short video linked at Insty

Media warn if Trump wins again every bad possible thing will happen

http://tinyurl.com/zd53zzn5

makes 'over the top' look like 'reasoned discussion'

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:54 AM (geLO8)

102 Pigeon: "I hope she's not about to pull an Ozzy Osbourne on me..."

Posted by: PabloD at December 15, 2023 09:54 AM (UBvum)

103 99 Some don't seem to get the meaning of the title.
She's happy she got a love note via pigeon.

Oh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM (NBVIP)

104 Our Miklos ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

Not unless our Miklos is pushing 214 years old.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM

Do we have any evidence to the contrary?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

105 I always thought it was silly when Burt on Sesame Street did his pigeon song and dance.

Back when Sesame Street was sweet and innocent.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM (uAy3h)

106 Commenting by carrier pigeon?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

107 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

City vs. country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM (gSZYf)

108 I always thought it was silly when Burt on Sesame Street did his pigeon song and dance.

Back when Sesame Street was sweet and innocent.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM

The chicken dance, however, is right out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM (Wnv9h)

109 A gentle reminder that since Comments start with the number one, instead of zero, as a proper zero-based indexing system would, that the 100 Comment rule actually goes through Comment 101.

Be safe out there, and in compliance!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

110
Are you saying mooosleeems are violent terrorists?

I remember the Muslim protestor walking around with a sign saying "Behead those who claim Islam is violent!"

And...on the one hand you'd think he was being sarcastic but...all the other non-sarcastic protestors seemed to see him as one of them.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (XqcwY)

111 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

City vs. country.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM

Pigeon = Rock Dove

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (Wnv9h)

112 Be safe out there, and in compliance!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

SHUT UP WESLEY

Posted by: Riker at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (XqcwY)

113 What's the diff between a pigeon and a dove ?

Posted by: JT

Anout a henweigh.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (GIBR7)

114 Y'all know that, once again, CBD is trolling us with this, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 15, 2023 09:46 AM (a3Q+t)

You think so little of me!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (gSZYf)

115 There's a code for that!

Q67.7 - a limerick

A city girl named Winnifred Todham
Chased after a pigeon and caught him
She then got undressed
Glued the bird to her chest
And the doctor called it pectus carinatum

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)

116 Victorian Hotties are the best hotties.

Ol Girl looks like a spot of fun.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 15, 2023 09:58 AM (h2jdn)

117 Victorian Hotties are the best hotties.

Ol Girl looks like a spot of fun.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 15, 2023 09:58 AM

*wink, wink; nudge, nudge*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:59 AM (Wnv9h)

118 Today's limerick targets a small very specific audience.

The James Monroe may not 'get' it,

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:00 AM (991eG)

119 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Posted by: Minnfidl at December 15, 2023 10:00 AM (bqazj)

120 And the doctor called it pectus carinatum
Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023

***
"Keel chest"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

121 >99 Some don't seem to get the meaning of the title.
She's happy she got a love note via pigeon.
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this is the art thread- I though we were supposed to be snarky and rude and make quips that fall flat

>>>A gentle reminder that since Comments start with the number one, instead of zero, as a proper zero-based indexing system would, that the 100 Comment rule actually goes through Comment 101.

Be safe out there, and in compliance!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher
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um, zero is a number, Einstein
the muslims said so thousands of years ago or something

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:01 AM (geLO8)

122 You think so little of me!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM

I think you know your clientele.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 15, 2023 10:01 AM (a3Q+t)

123 The detail of this painting is amazing. The roses, the feathers, their carving of the chair back.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 15, 2023 10:01 AM (N6UT3)

124 Whatever she's pigeon, I'm catchin'

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023 10:02 AM (bo7UB)

125 When you want peace, but it doesn't necessarily want you.

Posted by: red speck at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (0Id0S)

126 I checked out the whatever podcast last night for the first time in a while.

A few of the women were arguing with the host about whether men where physically stronger, on average, then women.

"I'm not aware of any studies showing that"
"That's like a societal expectations thing"

and on and on...

How have we gotten so damn stupid as a society?

Posted by: Riker at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (XqcwY)

127 Never date a girl with two birds in her bush.

Bad ju-ju.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (Q4IgG)

128 118 Today's limerick targets a small very specific audience.

The James Monroe may not 'get' it,
Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:00 AM (991eG)

=======

I DON'T!!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

129 Who is her lover that sent these bird-borne notes?

Posted by: Inquiring Mindz at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (NBVIP)

130 George Foreman raises pigeons.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (NpAcC)

131 This is what it sounds like, when doves cry..

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (bqazj)

132 um, zero is a number, Einstein
the muslims said so thousands of years ago or something

In Islam zero is a very special number.

Specifically, it is defined as the number of heads an infidel is supposed to have attached to his body

Posted by: The more you know at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (XqcwY)

133 Got a bird what whistles, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing
Without my Corrina, sure don't mean ..., sure don't mean a natural thing

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (Or2u9)

134
A gentle reminder that since Comments start with the number one, instead of zero, as a proper zero-based indexing system would, that the 100 Comment rule actually goes through Comment 101.

Says the guy with seven fingers and one thumb.

Posted by: Yoda at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (enJYY)

135 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (WImRR)

136 What is the airspeed of an unladen pigeon?

Posted by: Monty Python at December 15, 2023 10:05 AM (NBVIP)

137 135 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM (WImRR)

=======

All polls are bullshit. I do not believe these polls.

But would the people who insisted that Trump was a drag on the ticket because of polls earlier like to revisit their opinions based on these polls?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

138 135 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
------------------
From your lips to God's ear. If this is true then he can win NY, MD, and VA as well.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (Or2u9)

139 It's worth noting that the pigeon has a bit of an inverted DA (duck's ass) in the back. I wonder if that's cultural appropriation.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (CsUN+)

140 103 99 Some don't seem to get the meaning of the title.
She's happy she got a love note via pigeon.

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Today she'd be staring at her phone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (bo7UB)

141 um, zero is a number, Einstein
the muslims said so thousands of years ago or something
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:01 AM

It's true that zero is a number. But Pixy doesn't start counting comments at zero, rather at one. If you count out one hundred integers from one, you stop at one hundred and one. Ergo, to comply with the 100-comment rule, one should not wander off-Art-Thread-topic until comment 102 at the earliest.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (a3Q+t)

142 We are talking polls now? I love polls.

Big ones, little ones, choads, its all good.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (XqcwY)

143
Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:04 AM

500 Electoral votes, win he will.

Posted by: Yoda at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (enJYY)

144 She's wearing a wedding band, and there is one on the table next to her Bible. And she's getting a love note(someone suggested...). I'm kinda confused by all this.

But the fabric looks amazing, so I guess I'm good. Carry on.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (Xz6KX)

145 But can Trump beat Nikki?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (Or2u9)

146 All polls are bullshit. I do not believe these polls.

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Does this apply to primary polls as well? How do we know Trump is really up by 40 if all polls are bullshit?

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (WImRR)

147 If you can't make up a news story, make up a poll.

Posted by: The Media at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM (NBVIP)

148 How have we gotten so damn stupid as a society?

Diligent persistence?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM (CsUN+)

149 George Foreman raises pigeons.
Posted by: redridinghood

Thath's spthecial.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM (R4t5M)

150 But can Trump beat Nikki?

The ghost of Stonewall Jackson could beat Nikki

Posted by: Ron Burgundy at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM (XqcwY)

151 But would the people who insisted that Trump was a drag on the ticket because of polls earlier like to revisit their opinions based on these polls?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

Nah, they've already found polls today that they like better saying people want to execute Trump.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (zZu0s)

152 I don't know, but her facial expression suggests she's a serial killer.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (Or2u9)

153 who is this guy

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (geLO8)

154 Condescending look on her face. She can barley stand you people. It's all she can do to be polite to you.

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 09:51 AM (gmo/4)

That explains the rye smile

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (FCbAQ)

155 Look see pigeon: Main steam stop wow. -- Ho Han

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (gmo/4)

156
If you can't make up a news story, make up a poll.

Posted by: The Media at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM

But to steal an election you have to have the polls show a tight race, you do.

Posted by: Yoda at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (enJYY)

157 rather at one. If you count out one hundred integers from one, you stop at one hundred and one. Ergo, to comply with the 100-comment rule, one should not wander off-Art-Thread-topic until comment 102 at the earliest.

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I think you're failing to distinguish between the mean, the median and the mode.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (bo7UB)

158 But can Trump beat Nikki?

You're only suppose to spank until it's red, not until it hurts.

So I've been told.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (Iaicw)

159 146 All polls are bullshit. I do not believe these polls.

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Does this apply to primary polls as well? How do we know Trump is really up by 40 if all polls are bullshit?
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (WImRR)

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Huge leads like that I'm willing to lend some credence to. But we'll find out very soon. Iowa is about 31 days away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

160 150 But can Trump beat Nikki?

The ghost of Stonewall Jackson could beat Nikki
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You meant the ghost of Stonewall Jackson's arm could beat Nikki, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:09 AM (Or2u9)

161 English pigeon >> Pidgin English

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:09 AM (991eG)

162 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.

Whose poll? I believe Rasmussen's new one has Trump winning by double digits. Do I believe it? Eh, not really, but it would be wonderful if it's true.

But would the people who insisted that Trump was a drag on the ticket because of polls earlier like to revisit their opinions based on these polls?

Sure. I'd love to be wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:09 AM (CsUN+)

163 I'm still not convinced all of you people are posting under your real names.

Posted by: Nicholas Halley at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (NBVIP)

164 What is the airspeed of an unladen pigeon?
Posted by: Monty Python at December 15, 2023 10:05 AM

London pigeon or Noo Yawk pigeon?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (Wnv9h)

165
I think you're failing to distinguish between the mean, the median and the mode.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023

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Mean people always drive right through the median while in manual mode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

166 You're only suppose to spank until it's red, not until it hurts.

That's what I tried to tell John

Posted by: Maureen O' Hara at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (XqcwY)

167 150 But can Trump beat Nikki?

The ghost of Stonewall Jackson could beat Nikki
Posted by: Ron Burgundy at December 15, 2023 10:07 AM (XqcwY)

He was a scary looking dude.

http://tinyurl.com/5anjykay

It's the eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (zZu0s)

168 George Foreman raises pigeons.
Posted by: redridinghood

Then grills them.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 15, 2023 10:11 AM (bqazj)

169 But would the people who insisted that Trump was a drag on the ticket because of polls earlier like to revisit their opinions based on these polls?

Sure. I'd love to be wrong.

However, I'm also still convinced that Biden will not be on the ticket come November, '24.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:11 AM (CsUN+)

170 I'm still not convinced all of you people are posting under your real names.

This sounds like hate speech to me

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 10:11 AM (XqcwY)

171 What a lovely dress.

Needs fish net stockings - Dr. Jill

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 10:11 AM (gmo/4)

172 He was a scary looking dude.

http://tinyurl.com/5anjykay

It's the eyes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (zZu0s)

That's his pie face.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:11 AM (1Yy3c)

173 Iowa is only 31 days away? Dayum. Shit bout to get real.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:12 AM (WImRR)

174 However, I'm also still convinced that Biden will not be on the ticket come November, '24.

We've been hearing about Dem and media (BIRM) attempts to push renewed interest in Kamala Harris. I suppose it's possible the Dems have already decided they're going to lose, so they might as well let her run, and destroy any chances she'll be an issue in the future.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:12 AM (CsUN+)

175 173 Iowa is only 31 days away? Dayum. Shit bout to get real.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:12 AM (WImRR)

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NH is 1 month and 8 days away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

176 Need to call my mechanic soon and see if he's progressed on the fix for his wheel balancing machine. Otherwise getting my new wheels put on next week will be a clusterf*k.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (J2vNu)

177 @159

>>Huge leads like that I'm willing to lend some credence to. But we'll find out very soon. Iowa is about 31 days away.

I wonder what the people that are going to be running the Philly vote tabulation center think about this pole?

Someone should get Abortion Mouses opinion on this poll.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (h2jdn)

178 NH is 1 month and 8 days away.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

Which month?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (zZu0s)

179 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice bird. Looks like a pink breasted throat warbler.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (W/lyH)

180 Kamalalala 2024! Things couldn't possible be worse!

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (gmo/4)

181 How have we gotten so damn stupid as a society?
Posted by: Riker at December 15, 2023 10:03 AM (XqcwY)
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No, we got more equitable.

All opinions are now equal - even the really stupid ones. And since the really stupid ones are also highly correlated with fun and negatively correlated with responsibility, they can easily gain support in an environment where any judgement that limits fun or increases responsibility is considered bad and any judgement that expands the former or shrinks the latter - even if it is really stupid - is considered fair.

We've optimized for short-term irresponsibility. The average is probably not actually stupider to much if any degree, but all checks on irresponsibility have made taboo and so it is able to maximize - especially when the bandwidth and reach are unbounded in practical terms.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (zxP/x)

182 I'm still not convinced all of you people are posting under your real names.
Posted by: Nicholas Halley at December 15, 2023 10:10 AM (NBVIP)

It should be obvious Robert isn't my Chippendale's stage name.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (1Yy3c)

183 George Foreman raises pigeons.
Posted by: redridinghood

And they're all named George and Georgetta.

Posted by: Biergood at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (PwgSL)

184 When did lbs announce he wasn’t running in 1968? I’m trying to think of precedents when an incumbent chose not to run this late in the game.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (WImRR)

185 I'm still not convinced all of you people are posting under your real names.
Posted by: Nicholas Halley at December 15, 2023

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How could you possibly think that people named Archimedes, TheJamesMadison, Pudinhead, and RedMindBlueState are using pseudonyms???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (J2vNu)

186 All opinions are now equal - even the really stupid ones. And since the really stupid ones are also highly correlated with fun and negatively correlated with responsibility, they can easily gain support in an environment where any judgement that limits fun or increases responsibility is considered bad and any judgement that expands the former or shrinks the latter - even if it is really stupid - is considered fair.

This is perspicacious.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

187 I suppose it's possible the Dems have already decided they're going to lose, so they might as well let her run, and destroy any chances she'll be an issue in the future.
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Other than Obama did anyone ever think she had any chance for the future? She was able to gain less that 1% support in Iowa Caucus and she's black.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (Or2u9)

188 Be safe out there, and in compliance!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 15, 2023 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

SHUT UP WESLEY
Posted by: Riker at December 15, 2023 09:57 AM (XqcwY)

Yeah, you're out of your element here.
Shut the fuck up, Wesley!

Posted by: Donny, moving up the pecking order at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (FCbAQ)

189 Lbj not lbs

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (WImRR)

190 185 How could you possibly think that people named Archimedes, TheJamesMadison, Pudinhead, and RedMindBlueState are using pseudonyms???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:14 AM (J2vNu)

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I assure you that TheJamesMadison is on my birth certificate in Peruvia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

191 She's nice, but she's no Joe Mannix boobette.

Posted by: Just got here at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (NBVIP)

192 She's wearing a wedding band, and there is one on the table next to her Bible. And she's getting a love note(someone suggested...). I'm kinda confused by all this.

But the fabric looks amazing, so I guess I'm good. Carry on.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (Xz6KX)
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Husband's at war and she's reading his love notes from a bygone era?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (zxP/x)

193 Iowa is only 31 days away? Dayum. Shit bout to get real.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:12 AM (WImRR)

NH is 1 month and 8 days away.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

I'm concerned things are starting to get "mathy" around here.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (1Yy3c)

194 93 -Never stand close to a fart squirrel.
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Beautiful painting CBD. Thank you.

Posted by: Glenn John at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (HKku6)

195 How could you possibly think that people named Archimedes, TheJamesMadison, Pudinhead, and RedMindBlueState are using pseudonyms???

I still think Pudinhead should change his name to Pudinhand.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

196 Would hang. That's a lovely face.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (cTCuP)

197 >When did lbs announce he wasn’t running in 1968?
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if you mean LBJ, he announced it himself

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (geLO8)

198 187 Other than Obama did anyone ever think she had any chance for the future? She was able to gain less that 1% support in Iowa Caucus and she's black.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (Or2u9)

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She was polling (spit) fourth in CA before she dropped out of the primary.

But then again, Biden was a disaster of a presidential candidate in the primaries until 2020 came around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

199 How far away is the Guam primary? That one’s always crucial.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (WImRR)

200 When did lbs announce he wasn’t running in 1968? I’m trying to think of precedents when an incumbent chose not to run this late in the game.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023

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LBJ? Sometime in the mid- to late winter of 1968 -- January or early February. I want to say the media-fueled clamor over the "failure" of the Tet Offensive added to it, and that was late January.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (J2vNu)

201 This is perspicacious.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

That is a good word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (zZu0s)

202
if you mean LBJ, he announced it himself
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (geLO

But she was that. Shit I could have googled it by now. Lol.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (WImRR)

203 Is Jimmy Carter still alive? Will he join Madonna on her Celebrate Zombiehood Tour?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (ImxiA)

204 Lbj not lbs
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (WImRR)

Heh! I had to re-read the post. "Pounds? What the hell is this guy talking about?"

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (1Yy3c)

205 She was polling (spit) fourth in CA before she dropped out of the primary.

But then again, Biden was a disaster of a presidential candidate in the primaries until 2020 came around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

Objection.

I don't think she spits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (zZu0s)

206 That is a good word.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (zZu0s)
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A bit sweaty, though.

Posted by: Close, but not cigar at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (zxP/x)

207 Mmmm... love me some pigeon cooked on the grill!

Posted by: George Foreman at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (NBVIP)

208 Good to see jewells back after a rough last week.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (IBDwy)

209 >How could you possibly think that people named Archimedes, TheJamesMadison, Pudinhead, and RedMindBlueState are using pseudonyms???
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My name actually is Don Black. I work at Premier Properties, and I'd like to tell you about an amazing investment opportunity.

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (geLO8)

210 195 How could you possibly think that people named Archimedes, TheJamesMadison, Pudinhead, and RedMindBlueState are using pseudonyms???

I still think Pudinhead should change his name to Pudinhand.
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Can you lend me your hand?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (Or2u9)

211 Guam will tip things! - Rep. Johnson.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (ImxiA)

212 I suppose it's possible the Dems have already decided they're going to lose, so they might as well let her run, and destroy any chances she'll be an issue in the future.
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Other than Obama did anyone ever think she had any chance for the future? She was able to gain less that 1% support in Iowa Caucus and she's black.

She has no chance, but she can damage the Dems if some of their loony base thinks she didn't get her shot because black and woman. Unlikable and dumb as a post apparently aren't relevant criteria.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (CsUN+)

213 204 Lbj not lbs
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (WImRR)

Heh! I had to re-read the post. "Pounds? What the hell is this guy talking about?"
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (1Yy3c)

I was wondering until I got to 1968. Thought he was making fun of someone's weight.

McGovern. Damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (zZu0s)

214 Dems vote Dem No matter what. So if they swap out Biden for someone else last minute, does it really matter? I don’t think it does. The party comes before the candidate for the left.

Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (WImRR)

215 My name actually is Don Black. I work at Premier Properties, and I'd like to tell you about an amazing investment opportunity.
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:17 AM (geLO

++++
Is it a time share? Because I'm only interested in time shares. I'm tired of wasting money on hotels!

Posted by: All-day sucker at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (zxP/x)

216 This is perspicacious.
Posted by: Archimedes

If you experience perspicacious for more than four hours, see your Doctor.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (Iaicw)

217 LBJ and McNamara: two fuck ups that lost a war. A micromanager and a bean counter.

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (gmo/4)

218 212 She has no chance, but she can damage the Dems if some of their loony base thinks she didn't get her shot because black and woman. Unlikable and dumb as a post apparently aren't relevant criteria.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:18 AM (CsUN+)

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The articles from lefty sites that are collections of gifs proving that Kamala wiped the floor with Trump during a debate will be good for a laugh, though.

Philly reporting 300% turnout will be less funny, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

219 > This is perspicacious.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

That is a good word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
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it's a bit sesquipedalian, but whatever

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (geLO8)

220 I don't think she spits.
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Spits or swallows, which is the preferred move?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (Or2u9)

221 I'm concerned about the stability of the Guam primary.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (NBVIP)

222 I paid as little attention to "news" in 1968 as I do now, probably less. But I seem to recall LBJ addressing the nation in either late January or early February. The fact RFK was getting some traction as a possible challenger for the Dem nomination may have affected his decision too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (J2vNu)

223 >Is it a time share? Because I'm only interested in time shares. I'm tired of wasting money on hotels!

Posted by: All-day sucker
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Better. Let me tell you about Glen Ross Farms.

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:20 AM (geLO8)

224 This is perspicacious.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 15, 2023 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

That is a good word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

it's a bit sesquipedalian, but whatever
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (geLO

*Longs for the days when this blog spoke English*

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:21 AM (1Yy3c)

225 217 LBJ and McNamara: two fuck ups that lost a war. A micromanager and a bean counter.
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Carter was the ultimate micromanager. This is a occupational habit with bubbleheads.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:21 AM (Or2u9)

226 it's a bit sesquipedalian, but whatever
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:19 AM (geLO

++++
One of our fine language's more sesquipedalian words in common use is, at five syllables, "abbreviated" - and it means "shortened."

English is a fun language.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:21 AM (zxP/x)

227 >L The fact RFK was getting some traction as a possible challenger for the Dem nomination may have affected his decision too.

not to mention the clusterfuck of Vietnam draped around his neck

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:21 AM (geLO8)

228 She's wearing a wedding band, and there is one on the table next to her Bible. And she's getting a love note(someone suggested...). I'm kinda confused by all this.

But the fabric looks amazing, so I guess I'm good. Carry on.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at December 15, 2023 10:06 AM (Xz6KX)
++++
Husband's at war and she's reading his love notes from a bygone era?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Husband's at war and she's reading Jody from the hardware store's notes?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 15, 2023 10:21 AM (GIBR7)

229 Better. Let me tell you about Glen Ross Farms.
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:20 AM (geLO

++++
:: listens raptly ::

Posted by: All-day sucker at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (zxP/x)

230
I'm concerned about the stability of the Guam primary.

Posted by: Hank Johnson

I'm more concerned about their supply of propane during the winter months. It never hurts to 'top off' frequently.

Posted by: Hank Hill at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (enJYY)

231 I think Mike Tyson was the pigeon guy.

Roof top in Bed-Stuy.

The pigeons calmed him down and were on the same wave length, brain wise.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (mQ8ar)

232 Yesterday I severed a 77-year relationship with AT&T. Feels weird but also liberating. May T-mobile be as good as they say they are.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (cTCuP)

233 Why is monosyllabic such a long word?

Posted by: We may never know at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (NBVIP)

234 Vietnam was all LBJ playing not to lose but never to win.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 15, 2023 10:23 AM (ImxiA)

235 I wanted to use the word "penurious" as a gag rhyme, altering a radio single's lyrics a la Weird Al, but now I can't recall the song.

Wait, it was "Tell It Like It Is" by Aaron Neville. "Don't play with my heart/ It makes me penurious . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:23 AM (J2vNu)

236
But then again, Biden was a disaster of a presidential candidate in the primaries until 2020 came around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

Exactly. That this rather stupid, venal, corrupt, 3 time loser and long time asshole suddenly becomes the indispensable man says more about our decline as a society than any elevation of him as a man.

Posted by: Donny, moving up the pecking order at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (FCbAQ)

237 Many people are superficially familiar with Marfan syndrome, but did you know:

The main abnormality in Marfan syndrome involves abnormal connective tissue resulting in the more obvious bony and collagen effects, manifesting as a tall, thin body build (ectomorphic), long thin 'spidery' fingers (arachnodactyly) and chest wall deformities. The sternum may be caved inward, called pectus excavatum or sunken chest. Or the sternum may protrude outward like the keel of a ship, called pectus carinatum or "pigeon chest". Hence my limerick today.

Cardiac problems due to lax connective tissue may be present and can sometimes be life-threatening, including mitral valve prolapse and aortic aneurysms even during early childhood.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (991eG)

238 Let us all endeavor to be more laconic

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (geLO8)

239 Why is monosyllabic such a long word?
Posted by: We may never know at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (NBVIP)
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Because English is finest expressive language ever developed. It's a hodgepodge of exceptions looted mercilessly from other languages and bolted together into a Frankenstein's Monster of a language that is as a result fit for all purposes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (zxP/x)

240 231 I think Mike Tyson was the pigeon guy.
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Didn't Mike Tyson have a pet tiger?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (Or2u9)

241 I still think Pudinhead should change his name to Pudinhand.
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Can you lend me your hand?

*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (CsUN+)

242 *Longs for the days when this blog spoke English*

Is this about me?

Posted by: Swedish chef at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (NBVIP)

243 Why is monosyllabic such a long word?
Posted by: We may never know

Even spoken abbreviated phrases can be too long:

WWW - instead of 'World Wide Web'.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:25 AM (Iaicw)

244 May T-mobile be as good as they say they are.
Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (cTCuP)

T-Mobile is pretty good. However they are the tip of the woke gay spear.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:25 AM (1Yy3c)

245 Let us all endeavor to be more laconic

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (geLO

Which easier than endeavoring to persevere.

Posted by: Archer at December 15, 2023 10:25 AM (gmo/4)

246 Doves have more exuberant tails -more "fanned out". Doves are generally smaller than pigeons. (Generally speaking).
According to a to z animals dot com.

Posted by: Glenn John at December 15, 2023 10:26 AM (HKku6)

247 Even spoken abbreviated phrases can be too long:

WWW - instead of 'World Wide Web'.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:25 AM (Iaicw)
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Another favorite is GSW. Like "WWW," it takes *longer* to say than its expansion does.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:26 AM (zxP/x)

248 and it's not even a double U- it's a double V

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:26 AM (geLO8)

249 236 Exactly. That this rather stupid, venal, corrupt, 3 time loser and long time asshole suddenly becomes the indispensable man says more about our decline as a society than any elevation of him as a man.
Posted by: Donny, moving up the pecking order at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (FCbAQ)

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It says everything about the Democratic leadership: it sucks.

The only reason Biden became the nominee is because he was the strongest one against Bernie, effectively an outsider to Democrat politics. The establishment through money and attention in favor of candidate after candidate (Kamala then Warren then Beto then Buttigieg) before the simply gave up and backed Biden to prevent Bernie from becoming the nominee. Biden was far from their first choice.

It was just that there was Bernie, and then there was everyone else. And everyone else was trying to out-woke each other, so they'd get their moments in the sun, start talking about reparations or something, and then fade away. All this happened while Biden was playing that game (badly) but mostly just coasting on his image as Good Ole Joe, Obama's VP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

250 Cardiac problems due to lax connective tissue may be present and can sometimes be life-threatening, including mitral valve prolapse and aortic aneurysms even during early childhood.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (991eG)

The lead singer of The Cars I think was one of those.

Freaking looking dude with a big wang. Dead now I think.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 10:27 AM (mQ8ar)

251 Why is monosyllabic such a long word?
Posted by: We may never know at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (NBVIP)
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Because English is finest expressive language ever developed. It's a hodgepodge of exceptions looted mercilessly from other languages and bolted together into a Frankenstein's Monster of a language that is as a result fit for all purposes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:24 AM (zxP/x)

Basically half the language is French words being consistently mispronounced.

Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:28 AM (1Yy3c)

252 I never use utilize.

Posted by: But that's just me at December 15, 2023 10:28 AM (NBVIP)

253 But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

PDT, RDS, AOC, SCOAMF, JEF, OPL

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:28 AM (geLO8)

254 The only reason Biden became the nominee is because he was the strongest one against Bernie, effectively an outsider to Democrat politics.
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Not True. The reason Biden became the nominee is that he has the goods on Obama. Guess who laundered all of Obama's grift?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:29 AM (Or2u9)

255 Basically half the language is French words being consistently mispronounced.
Posted by: Robert

Versailles, Ohio is pronounced: Ver SAILS.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (Iaicw)

256 not to mention the clusterfuck of Vietnam draped around his neck
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023

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Yes; the media had been caterwauling about "The War" since late in '67, I think. Strange to think about the media being *against* a Dem president, but they were. Protests were cropping up -- though things did not get very bad on that front until later in '68.

It was the first election I ever cared about. The perceived wisdom was that Nixon would end the war, that Humphrey or any Dem would continue LBJ's policies and even escalate it. And I'd be eligible for the draft in about three more years. I did not want to get shot at.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

257 253 But- this blog is very acronym-heavy.

It's a smart military blog.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (NBVIP)

258 "One turtledove"

Posted by: m at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (T7nlx)

259 252 I never use utilize.
Posted by: But that's just me at December 15, 2023 10:28 AM (NBVIP)

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Agree. As a word it lacks both utility and usefulness.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (bo7UB)

260 Updates! I have updates!

For those with functional memory.. We have moved in to our new house. Got everything transferred about a month ago and have settled in quite well. We downsized substantially and got rid of a lot of stuff. We are really happy with the new house.
The demo crew is out there cheerfully demolishing the old house. We knew it was "abandon ship" bad but it was far worse than we realized. It would appear that the porch and the floor jacks under the living room and are what is keeping that old house upright.
Hubbymayhem has been diagnosed as diabetic. Serious changes in diet under way. Meds are working. Any prayers for avoiding insulin dependent would be appreciated.
Pax the cat got injured last week. She has a broken tail. Very difficult to walk. She is improving but it's gonna be a process and cats don't do what one insists they do to heal.
My aunt D passed away on Thanksgiving day and my last surviving aunt R is suffering from dementia. She fell and broke a vertebra and snapped her thumb in half. Prayers for healing for aunt R gratefully accepted.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (cRrcX)

261 I'm not as apt to accepting the painting as one of innocence with the artist having the name Miklos. However, Web Gallery of Art regarding Barabas, Miklós (b. 1810, Kézdimárkosfalva, d. 1898, Budapest) & Pigeon Post writes, in part:

"What note is a gentleman supposed to write when he is sending a pair of pigeons to a young lady? ... 'Allow me to take the liberty of sending you, dear lady, a pair of doves as a present ... When watching them play, think of your faithful admirer." This is what the Home Secretary of Pest-Buda in the year 1832 suggested to the gentlemen.

The picture shows the home of a daughter of a good family. Her charming face and carriage are typical of the ideals of the last century: she is the symbol of innocence and protection. The pigeon makes the impression of innocence stronger and lets us know that secret emotions will soon wing away out of the cage of the bierdermeier room: a wing of the pigeon indicates that the bird is ready to fly."

The artist was skilled and the painting pretty but I'd pass hanging it. Thanks.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 15, 2023 10:31 AM (GshMh)

262 What do you want from me, a Wilkie button?

Posted by: Obscure movie reference at December 15, 2023 10:31 AM (NBVIP)

263
I find the preponderance of ambiguous words in a thread devoted to the image of a pigeon somewhat disconcerting.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 10:31 AM (enJYY)

264 Versailles, Ohio is pronounced: Ver SAILS.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (Iaicw)

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*ahem*

Posted by: Lima, OH at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (bo7UB)

265 Versailles, Ohio is pronounced: Ver SAILS.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (Iaicw)

So is Versailles Kentucky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (zZu0s)

266 Pigeon pie for dinner?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (ufFY8)

267 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
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*laughs in mail-in-ballot*

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (NYzgN)

268 But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

PDT, RDS, AOC, SCOAMF, JEF, OPL
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:28 AM (geLO

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Most comments sections are. So are text messages. It's faster, and input speed is limited by the keyboard, especially on mobile devices. It's also smaller, which used to matter a lot more when you were charged by the minute or by the kilobyte and some of it is carry-on from that.

Some abbreviation complexes are fairly clannish - ours is an example of one such - and some are very open - like the common abbreviations used in texting - but they're more or less universal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (zxP/x)

269 Versailles, Ohio is pronounced: Ver SAILS.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023

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N'awlins has lots of streets that are consistently mispronounced. Bur-GUN-dee Street instead of BUR-gun-dee, etc. The funniest thing is, even some long-time reseidents want to pronounce the uptown street called Caronde-LET as "Caronde-LAY," thinking it's French. It isn't; that governor of the territory was Spanish.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (J2vNu)

270 267 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
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*laughs in mail-in-ballot*
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (NYzgN)

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We just need a better candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

271 T-Mobile is pretty good. However they are the tip of the woke gay spear.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 10:25 AM (1Yy3c)

Well, that's disappointing. I will console myself with the free phone and tablet they gave me along with the waived switching charges and a phone bill one-third the cost AT&T was nailing me.

Never mind MA Bell's atrocious customer service.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (cTCuP)

272 Hubbymayhem has been diagnosed as diabetic.

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Prayers.

And keto diet / intermittent fasting FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (T9eI6)

273
But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

PDT, RDS, AOC, SCOAMF, JEF, OPL
Posted by: Don Black

OPL?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (63Dwl)

274 273
But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

PDT, RDS, AOC, SCOAMF, JEF, OPL
Posted by: Don Black

OPL?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (63Dwl)

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The Optional Pants League?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

275 We just need a better candidate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 15, 2023 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

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For better accuracy the pollsters should ask who the ballot harvesters like.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 15, 2023 10:34 AM (bo7UB)

276 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (cRrcX)
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You got it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:34 AM (zxP/x)

277 91 Well, if the artist was trying to portray a soft and feminine image, he succeeded. The gentle curves, soft shawl and gown, the girl's delicate skin tones, soft arms and breast and expression, even the white dove.
Posted by: JTB at December 15, 2023 09:49 AM (7EjX1)

Just like the white-winged dove
sings a song.
It sounds like she's singin'

Posted by: m at December 15, 2023 10:34 AM (T7nlx)

278 I find the preponderance of ambiguous words in a thread devoted to the image of a pigeon somewhat disconcerting.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 10:31 AM (enJYY)
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Forget it, Zero. It's Ace town.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:35 AM (zxP/x)

279 Madamemayhem, it sounds like life is coming at you at full speed with the brights on! Good thoughts to you.

Which diabetes is your hubby saddled with, II or I? I'm on the verge of II, and have altered my diet quite a bit. Con: It's boring. Pro: I've lost weight and can fit back into some pants I was about to write off as forever too tight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:36 AM (J2vNu)

280 Pffft!

Posted by: Natchitoches, LA at December 15, 2023 10:36 AM (cTCuP)

281 >OPL?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Old Piano Legs
Hillary Clinton!
ok that one's kinda obscure

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:36 AM (geLO8)

282 On the wings of a snow white dove...

No mention of snow white thighs - sadz.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:37 AM (Or2u9)

283
Sally breast-fed her pigeon
It drank lots, not just a smidgen
She said, "I prefer pecks.
It's much better than sex!"
The basis for my new religion!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2023 10:37 AM (QzZeQ)

284 Mispronounced names? East Palestine, Ohio has entered the chat.

Posted by: Biden never came to see us at December 15, 2023 10:37 AM (NBVIP)

285 267 From the polls are for strippers file…

Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
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*laughs in mail-in-ballot*
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 15, 2023 10:32 AM (NYzgN)

I don't believe polls even when they are on my "side". "Polls" also show if Trump is convicted, and we know the fix is in, they won't be voting for him thus the frenzy to get the "trial" started and over with ASAP.

Posted by: It's me donna at December 15, 2023 10:37 AM (n2vyf)

286

Una Paloma Blanca

https://youtu.be/QLAEQoLjFNk

Posted by: Peace update at December 15, 2023 10:37 AM (63Dwl)

287
Is a beejer with loose connective tissue still $20?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 10:38 AM (enJYY)

288 >Bloomberg poll has Trump winning GA, AZ, PA, MI, NV and WI.
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that's ridiculous, imo
that will not be allowed to happen

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:39 AM (geLO8)

289 May T-mobile be as good as they say they are.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:22 AM (cTCuP)

T-Mobile bought Sprint, my carrier for many years. In one day my customer service went from abysmal to superb.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2023 10:39 AM (gSZYf)

290 When did lbs announce he wasn’t running in 1968? I’m trying to think of precedents when an incumbent chose not to run this late in the game.
Posted by: Montec at December 15, 2023

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And Calvin Coolidge declined to run for a second term in 1928. No idea when or how he announced that -- possibly on radio (which was new and taking off then), more than likely in newspapers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

291 Prayers sent for both your aunts, MadamMayhem.

Posted by: Natchitoches, LA at December 15, 2023 10:40 AM (cTCuP)

292 Most striking case of Marfan s. I ever saw was a one-day-old boy (C.R.) I was asked to evaluate. My first look at him he was in a hospital crib swaddled in a blanket. His hand was clutching the edge of the blanket and I swear his fingers were two inches long. I did a double take. He had severe mitral valve regurgitation with valve leaflets that bowed like a spinnaker and a markedly dilated aortic root. He had open heart surgery at a very young age. As he got up to 4 or 5 years old his biggest complaint was that adults expected him to act like an 8 or 9 year old because he towered head and shoulders over his KG classmates.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:40 AM (991eG)

293 East Palestine, Ohio has entered the chat.
_________

You know, I was always taught that names that end in "Stine" or "Stein" are Jewish.

So, Palestine is a Jewish name, right?

Posted by: The Yiddish Philosopher at December 15, 2023 10:40 AM (lf83v)

294 *And Calvin Coolidge declined to run for a second term in 1928. No idea when or how he announced that*

Carrier pigeon, obviously.

Posted by: Just look at the picture at December 15, 2023 10:41 AM (NBVIP)

295 But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

TMLN*

*Too Many Long nNcks.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2023 10:41 AM (QzZeQ)

296 Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:42 AM (Or2u9)

297 FUUUUUUUUU-

nNcks = Nicks

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2023 10:42 AM (QzZeQ)

298 Let us all endeavor to be more laconic
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023

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"Give us more words!"

"Come and take them."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

299 Wolfus... I don't know what type he has. He may not know either. The VA is not exactly the most informative medical facility. They just said yep you're diabetic here's your prescription watch your diet. No real guidance on the topic. My brother has been a wealth of info. Its a bit of a minefield at this point since we just started the journey. The most important thing is to avoid becoming insulin dependent. Can't be a truck driver if that happens and then our financial situation goes to dumpster fire status very quickly.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 10:43 AM (cRrcX)

300 She's nice, but she's no Joe Mannix boobette.

Shucks. After Fen blessed it, just for a minute I thought we might have found the Happy Middle Ground on all this, hawt and chaste.

Big points to Pete in Texas for remembering what a big deal Terry Malloy's pigeons were. Now, some of the rest of us really ought to go look up Cher Ami and the Lost Battalion. Cher Ami resides at the National Postal Museum, and was one Very Important Bird.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 10:43 AM (FCs/J)

301 Everyone knows there were no Jews in Palestine until 1948.

Posted by: Most 20 year olds at December 15, 2023 10:44 AM (NBVIP)

302 I remember when Zika Babies were all the rage.

The horror, the horror...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 10:44 AM (mQ8ar)

303 Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Every day. Many of them.

Here.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 15, 2023 10:44 AM (Iaicw)

304 Off, stale sock.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:45 AM (cTCuP)

305 "Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?"

We resemble that remark.

Posted by: The Horde at December 15, 2023 10:46 AM (NBVIP)

306 Wolfus... I don't know what type he has. He may not know either. The VA is not exactly the most informative medical facility. They just said yep you're diabetic here's your prescription watch your diet. No real guidance on the topic. My brother has been a wealth of info. Its a bit of a minefield at this point since we just started the journey. The most important thing is to avoid becoming insulin dependent. Can't be a truck driver if that happens and then our financial situation goes to dumpster fire status very quickly.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 1

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Hm. I'm borderline, my A1C was at 6.5 which is considered the crossover point from pre-D. to D. itself. But that is an average of what my blood sugar was for the three previous months. Maybe I just had a spike right when they took the blood sample. My dr. did not give me an Rx yet, just discussed exercise, which I already do, and change in diet, which I have implemented.

We'll see what is up next month.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:46 AM (J2vNu)

307 When did Etch-A-Sketch come out with colors? This is pretty damned good.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 15, 2023 10:46 AM (ayRl+)

308 300 ... just for a minute I thought we might have found the Happy Middle Ground on all this, hawt and chaste.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 10:43 AM (FCs/J)

chaste and chased

Posted by: m at December 15, 2023 10:47 AM (T7nlx)

309 Our Miklos ?
Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

Not unless our Miklos is pushing 214 years old.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM

Do we have any evidence to the contrary?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 15, 2023 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

I've had the pleasure of meeting our Miklos. He's maybe 204, but definitely not 214.

Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023 10:48 AM (+cH+C)

310 How many pins can dance on the head of a moron?

Posted by: Imponderable at December 15, 2023 10:49 AM (NBVIP)

311 I remember when Zika Babies were all the rage.

The horror, the horror...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 10:44 AM

Are those like cabbage patch kids?

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 15, 2023 10:49 AM (bqazj)

312 @255 It would make a good thread: not a single place in Ohio named after someplace else is pronounced the same as the place it's named after. The list is pages long.

Gallop, police!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 10:50 AM (FCs/J)

313 I've had the pleasure of meeting our Miklos. He's maybe 204, but definitely not 214.
Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023

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He was nice enough to send me a gift card to Mandina's Restaurant in the neighborhood near my old high school. But we've never met.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

314 Are those like cabbage patch kids?
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 15, 2023 10:49 AM (bqazj)

Yup....small baseball heads on top of a normal body.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 10:50 AM (mQ8ar)

315 Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 10:42 AM (Or2u9)

They're exceedingly rare these days, I believe. I'm not entirely sure why. I have encountered a few, in my interactions with my son's schooling/adult services (he has Down Syndrome).

Needless to say, the term is considered derogatory.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 15, 2023 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

316 Remarkable detail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 15, 2023 10:51 AM (XeU6L)

317 Her right arm appears to be coming detached.

Avian Flu, probably.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 15, 2023 10:51 AM (wtvvX)

318 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (cRrcX)
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You got it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 10:34 AM (zxP/x)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (T4tVD)

319 The most important thing is to avoid becoming insulin dependent. Can't be a truck driver if that happens and then our financial situation goes to dumpster fire status very quickly.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 15, 2023 10:43 AM (cRrcX)

Only if his employer finds out. Hubby flew for ten years as an insulin-dependent diabetic. Passed his FAA physicals with flying colors.

Posted by: creeper at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (cTCuP)

320 Zika Baby never caught on as a Christmas song.

Posted by: Madonna at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (NBVIP)

321 It ain't warm out thar.

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (T4tVD)

322 VIDMAX has the grenades-in-the-meeting video

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (geLO8)

323 317 Her right arm appears to be coming detached.

Avian Flu, probably.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 15, 2023 10:51 AM (wtvvX)

She got in Corey Lewindowski's way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (zZu0s)

324 It ain't warm out thar.

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (T4tVD)

I'm already sick of winter, and it ain't winter, yet.

Posted by: BignJames at December 15, 2023 10:53 AM (AwYPR)

325 It was the first election I ever cared about. The perceived wisdom was that Nixon would end the war, that Humphrey or any Dem would continue LBJ's policies and even escalate it. And I'd be eligible for the draft in about three more years. I did not want to get shot at.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

Oh come on. Where's that sense of adventure? Back then they let you shoot back.

Most of the time.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2023 10:54 AM (W/lyH)

326 317 Her right arm appears to be coming detached.

She'd give her right arm to be ambidextrous.

Posted by: Rimshot at December 15, 2023 10:54 AM (NBVIP)

327 She got in Corey Lewindowski's way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:52 AM (zZu0s)

Everybody gets in Corey Lewindowsky's way, eventually. One way or another.

Just ask Kristi Noem.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 15, 2023 10:55 AM (dGCAG)

328 I've had the pleasure of meeting our Miklos. He's maybe 204, but definitely not 214.
Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023

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He was nice enough to send me a gift card to Mandina's Restaurant in the neighborhood near my old high school. But we've never met.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:50 AM (J2vNu)

The elusive sock-puppet master Miklos is a shy guy. I am honored to have met him last year. Truly a great moron! Trying to coax him to a MoMe.

Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023 10:55 AM (+cH+C)

329 Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?
Posted by: Pudinhead

*******

If you mean acrocephaly, sure I've seen some. Not much call for me to actually be involved in their care.

I'm not a big fan of terms like hare-lip, pigeon-breast, pin-head etc. YMMV

My (adult) daughter has a form of rickets with skeletal deformities that led to a lot of insensitive comments from various people during childhood. She persevered AND endured and is a well-adjusted professional woman now.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 10:56 AM (991eG)

330 But- this blog is very acronym-heavy

TMLN*

*Too Many Long Nicks.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2023 10:41 AM (QzZeQ)

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I blame TJM.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 10:56 AM (fB38l)

331 Muldoon, have you ever examined a pinhead?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Pinhead?? You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/OpN6YBTazKk

Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023 10:58 AM (+cH+C)

332 Pinhead?? You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/OpN6YBTazKk
Posted by: Doof at December 15, 2023 10:58 AM (+cH+C)

Hellraiser?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 10:58 AM (zZu0s)

333 When that bird didn't stay still for the long sittings, looks like she broke its neck.

Posted by: Humpback at December 15, 2023 10:58 AM (SUc4N)

334 312 @255 It would make a good thread: not a single place in Ohio named after someplace else is pronounced the same as the place it's named after. The list is pages long.

Gallop, police!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 10:50 AM (FCs/J)

Gnadenhutten!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at December 15, 2023 10:59 AM (IGKzA)

335 Back then they let you shoot back. Most of the time.

Yes, there had been vigorous debate around ROE since 1965.
You also heard a lot through back channels about the degree of infiltration in the South. TBF, you hear that about Korea, too.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 10:59 AM (FCs/J)

336 And I'd be eligible for the draft in about three more years. I did not want to get shot at.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023
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Oh come on. Where's that sense of adventure? Back then they let you shoot back.

Most of the time.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 15, 2023

***
If it had looked like I had to go, I was going for the Navy and try to get into submarines (if I couldn't get a shore assignment, preferably in a plesaant climate).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

337 Stolen elections have consequences.

@disclosetv

JUST IN - Shipping giant Maersk pauses all voyages through the Red Sea despite two American aircraft carrier groups in the region.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 11:00 AM (ZLI7S)

338 333 When that bird didn't stay still for the long sittings, looks like she broke its neck.
Posted by: Humpback at December 15, 2023 10:58 AM (SUc4N)

Huh. Birds don't trigger the same empathetic response that you would get with say, beagle puppies.

Is this what it is like to be Fauci with everything?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 11:00 AM (zZu0s)

339 If it had looked like I had to go, I was going for the Navy and try to get into submarines (if I couldn't get a shore assignment, preferably in a plesaant climate).
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You do know a submarine is a coffin, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 11:00 AM (Or2u9)

340
But- this blog is very acronym-heavy
TMLN*
*Too Many Long Nicks.
Posted by: naturalfake

Too many long necks.

https://youtu.be/hRjl7Bvnkzw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 15, 2023 11:01 AM (63Dwl)

341 The carrier pigeon has brought her a love letter.

Posted by: m at December 15, 2023 11:02 AM (T7nlx)

342 this blog is very acronym-heavy

TBIVAH

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 15, 2023 11:02 AM (aD39U)

343 284 Mispronounced names? East Palestine, Ohio has entered the chat.

i remember the time a local news anchor in salt lick city mispronounced "tabiona". a bit of a kerfuffle.

Posted by: anachronda at December 15, 2023 11:02 AM (v3pYe)

344 If it had looked like I had to go, I was going for the Navy and try to get into submarines (if I couldn't get a shore assignment, preferably in a plesaant climate).
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You do know a submarine is a coffin, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023

***
Yeah, but at least I wouldn't be tramping through a steamy jungle, and would be eating pretty well. Besides, to my teen mind, a submarine was the closest thing we had (and still have) to a starship. It's an enclosed powered vessel traveling through a hostile and lethal environment; a breach would kill you; but you'd be pretty comfortable unless that happened.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 11:03 AM (J2vNu)

345 And take some of them green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees...

Posted by: The Irish Rovers at December 15, 2023 11:03 AM (NBVIP)

346 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 11:03 AM (J2vNu)

347 I broke up with a woman once by pigeon carrier.

"My Darling,

It's not you, it's me."

And I stuffed the pigeon with food so it would shit on her blouse.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 15, 2023 11:04 AM (9v1kn)

348 When that bird didn't stay still for the long sittings, looks like she broke its neck.

*******

John James Audobon has entered the room.

(P.S. His name is MY name, too)

Posted by: John James Jingleheimer Schmidt at December 15, 2023 11:04 AM (991eG)

349 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 11:07 AM (991eG)

350 @334 It's not just Ahia.
The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music and the source of rap: Van Ronk, who mid-60's Dylan couldn't even talk to because he was too Red, pronounces the map of New Jersey:

http://tinyurl.com/45zvefx6

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 11:12 AM (FCs/J)

351 Another white racist with a white racist rat with wings. I can't

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 15, 2023 11:16 AM (ytSiK)

352 Yes; the media had been caterwauling about "The War" since late in '67, I think. Strange to think about the media being *against* a Dem president, but they were. Protests were cropping up -- though things did not get very bad on that front until later in '68.

It was the first election I ever cared about. The perceived wisdom was that Nixon would end the war, that Humphrey or any Dem would continue LBJ's policies and even escalate it. And I'd be eligible for the draft in about three more years. I did not want to get shot at.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2023 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

I was in the army in 1968, drafted the year before. I voted for Nixon. Turned 21 in 1968, and that would be my first vote.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 15, 2023 11:44 AM (iODuv)

353 @341 The carrier pigeon has brought her a love letter.
_________________

Unfortunately, it was supposed to have been delivered to her twin sister ... it was a 'SHTF' kinda nite ...

Posted by: Dr_No at December 15, 2023 12:34 PM (ayRl+)

354 Bird Hugger

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 15, 2023 05:23 PM (wGqjj)

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