Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Vision of the Young Bartholomew
Mikhail Nesterov

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2023 09:30 AM (fwDg9)

2 Very nice

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2023 09:31 AM (PisyI)

3 Is there some story here? Who's Bart?

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

4 It is a sad sign of the times that my first thought was 'Want some candy, young man?'

I am going to Hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:31 AM (di6C2)

5 So the man in the robe is a vision?

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2023 09:32 AM (fwDg9)

6 Free candy van. The early years.

Posted by: Chester the Molester at December 26, 2023 09:32 AM (NBVIP)

7 3 Is there some story here? Who's Bart?
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

Saint Bartholomew was the one martyred by skinning, wasn't he?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:32 AM (di6C2)

8 Guy on the right is showing him a magic tick, no?

Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2023 09:32 AM (88xKn)

9 Don't have a cow, man.

Posted by: Bart at December 26, 2023 09:33 AM (NBVIP)

10 Nice composition!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2023 09:33 AM (hOUT3)

11 Yeah, It was Saint Bart with the skinning. I only remembered because his skin served as Michelangelo's self portrait in The Last Judgement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:34 AM (di6C2)

12 Is that Russia?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 09:34 AM (aD39U)

13 It is a sad sign of the times that my first thought was 'Want some candy, young man?'

I am going to Hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:31 AM (di6C2)

I am not a groomah!

Posted by: Guy in Robe at December 26, 2023 09:35 AM (Angsy)

14 Nice boots.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 09:35 AM (aD39U)

15 Does the figure in the robe have a halo?

Posted by: Not sure at December 26, 2023 09:35 AM (NBVIP)

16 I need to be filled in here. What was young Bart's vision about?

Posted by: From about that Time at December 26, 2023 09:35 AM (4780s)

17 Bart was Russian?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 09:36 AM (4I/2K)

18 Is that Russia?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 09:34 AM (aD39U)

Da! Me and St. Sergius.

Posted by: Guy in Robe at December 26, 2023 09:36 AM (Angsy)

19
The colors are pretty except for the black creepy thing.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2023 09:36 AM (PisyI)

20 They're made for walking.

Posted by: Nancy Sinatra at December 26, 2023 09:36 AM (NBVIP)

21 Embiggened it and discovered the young boy looks amazingly like Thing 3.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 26, 2023 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

22 There's a sign on the tree...'Posted...No Trespassing'

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 09:37 AM (AwYPR)

23 You shall not pass.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (ajB4P)

24 Was Bart's vision 20/20?

Posted by: Hour Eyes at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

25 Embiggened it and discovered the young boy looks amazingly like Thing 3.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 26, 2023 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

His haircut seems like it was every boy's for centuries.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (Angsy)

26 Decent size knife sheath the kid's got, and kid's are quick. I'd watch him carefully if I was carrying anything.

Posted by: From about that Time at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (4780s)

27 Looks like Bart's carrying a rope with a noose. Raaacist.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (ju2Fy)

28 I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

29 The boy looks like Barron Trump when he was 4.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

30 I can't see it, Elaine!
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 26, 2023 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

You need deep focus.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 09:39 AM (aD39U)

31 Wonder what the backstory is for this one.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

32
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2023 09:40 AM (MoZTd)

33 Very pleasant

Posted by: Tuna at December 26, 2023 09:41 AM (oaGWv)

34 Wonder what the backstory is for this one.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

Huh?

Posted by: The Internet at December 26, 2023 09:41 AM (Angsy)

35 Why is a part of his clothing dragging through the brush behind him?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 09:41 AM (zxP/x)

36 His haircut seems like it was every boy's for centuries.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 26, 2023

***
The quick bowl-cut. Put the soup bowl (dry and free of soup, that is) inverted over the head, clip off whatever stuck out, brush off the hairs, done!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2023 09:42 AM (omVj0)

37 Oh man. This isn't just very, very Russian, but very, very Christian. This is pure, concentrated fascism. Who can say how many Ukrainians and trans kids CBD has killed in the fifteen minutes since he posted this act of violence?

I'm going with 43 billion.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:42 AM (0FoWg)

38 From Wikipedia:
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov ... was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.

As an obvious Russian agent, it should surprise nobody that CBD continues hating FREEDOM!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 09:42 AM (zxP/x)

39 "Get in the van, Bart. Love is love."

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (CwhoI)

40 As a frequent poster here is wont to say, I don't get it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (Q0kLU)

41 Wonder what the backstory is for this one.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023

***
My first thought was "Young boy encounters Death, who has strangely left his scythe at home"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (omVj0)

42 One day his father sent him to look for a lost foal. On his way he met a monk, a venerable elder, a stranger, a priest, with the appearance of an angel. This stranger was standing beneath an oak tree, praying devoutly and with much shedding of tears. The boy, seeing him, humbly made a low obeisance, and awaited the end of his prayers.

The venerable monk, when he had ended his prayers, glanced at the boy and, conscious that he beheld the chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, he called him to his side, blessed him, bestowed on him a kiss in the name of Christ, and asked: "What art thou seeking, or what dost thou want, child?" The boy answered, "My soul desires above all things to understand the Holy Scriptures. I have to study reading and writing, and I am sorely vexed that I cannot learn these things. Will you, holy Father, pray to God for me, that he will give me understanding of book-learning?" The monk raised his hands and his eyes toward heaven, sighed, prayed to God, then said, "Amen."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (2yu8s)

43 Interesting explanation from Wiki-

"One day his father sent him to look for a lost foal. On his way he met a monk, a venerable elder, a stranger, a priest, with the appearance of an angel. This stranger was standing beneath an oak tree, praying devoutly and with much shedding of tears. The boy, seeing him, humbly made a low obeisance, and awaited the end of his prayers.".......

http://tinyurl.com/4tdvwwjh

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

44 Kid’s face looks like Conrad Veidt as Cesare the Somnambulist.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (9yWhg)

45 Nice in it's own weird way.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 26, 2023 09:43 AM (R/m4+)

46 [...] Taking out from his satchel, as if it were some treasure, with three fingers, he handed to the boy what appeared to be a little bit of white wheaten bread prosphora, saying to him: "Take this in thy mouth, child, and eat; this is given thee as a sign of God's grace and for the understanding of Holy Scriptures. Though the gift appears but small, the taste thereof is very sweet."

The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew is an oil-on-canvas painting created during 1889 and 1890 by the Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov. It is the first and best known work in his series on Sergius of Radonezh, a medieval Russian saint. The painting is considered "the inaugural work of the Russian Symbolist movement" and is in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.[1]

The image of St. Sergius of Radonezh, who had been born Bartholomew, was near and dear to the artist since childhood and was the embodiment of the moral ideal for Nesterov. Nesterov gave St. Sergius a particularly important role in rallying the Russian people. The painting illustrates an episode from "The Life of St. Sergius" by Epiphanius the Wise:

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (2yu8s)

47 It's Saint Sergius. The monk gave him some blessed bread, and he became St. Sergius, patron saint of Russia.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (0FoWg)

48 Who names their kid Bartholomew?

Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (88xKn)

49 The quick bowl-cut. Put the soup bowl (dry and free of soup, that is) inverted over the head, clip off whatever stuck out, brush off the hairs, done!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2023 09:42 AM (omVj0)

Still in use today!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 26, 2023 09:45 AM (Angsy)

50 This painting has all the earmarks of Russian collusion.

Posted by: 51 Intelligence Officials at December 26, 2023 09:45 AM (NBVIP)

51 Put your hand in the box, Young Bartholomew.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 09:45 AM (aD39U)

52 I offer you this bottle of aqua velva.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 26, 2023 09:45 AM (dr4Q1)

53 A young Moe Howard meets a mysterious stranger who tells him of a glorious future in comedy specializing in beatings and eye-poking.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 09:46 AM (CwhoI)

54 Artist Mikhail Nesterov
Year 1889—1890
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 160 cm × 211 cm (63 in × 83 in)
Location State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2023 09:46 AM (lwOKI)

55 I'd hate to have to put a roof on that church.

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 09:46 AM (AwYPR)

56 You can't be Sergius!

Posted by: And stop calling me Shirley at December 26, 2023 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

57 Who names their kid Bartholomew?
Posted by: dantesed

Homer and Marge?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 09:47 AM (qoGsy)

58 52 I offer you this bottle of aqua velva.

20 Rubles. Same as in Vladivostok.

Posted by: Vladimir at December 26, 2023 09:47 AM (NBVIP)

59 I wasn't familiar with the story behind the painting, presumably his audience was. The colors are pleasant and alive without being garish and the landscape is the same. The boy in his white shirt does stand out from the rest of the scene and makes an interesting contrast with the dark figure of the holy man. I'm not being snide when I say the technique for the landscape reminds me of a Bob Ross painting, especially the grass in the foreground.

The artist is telling a story, or part of one, and his painting will definitely invite speculation by the viewer.

Posted by: JTB at December 26, 2023 09:47 AM (7EjX1)

60 Young St. Bart has a length of rope over his right forearm. That might be the tail end of it trailing behind him.

My question is: What is the Hooded Stranger holding in his hands? Some kind of religious icon, or a peculiar Russian form of walkie-talkie?

There is also something rectangular fastened to the tree just behind the Stranger. A Wanted poster . . .?

As for the art, the work is amazing, with beautifully rendered trees and grass, the lake, and the little cottage. Now I see why all of you say "Russian" -- those spires atop the roof are very Orthodox-style.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2023 09:48 AM (omVj0)

61 47 It's Saint Sergius. The monk gave him some blessed bread, and he became St. Sergius, patron saint of Russia.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (0FoWg)

Huh. Thanks YD.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:48 AM (di6C2)

62 "Listen to me, and listen good, kid. If a guy named Captain Ned offers you a job on his ship, you run the hell away as fast as you can."

Posted by: PabloD at December 26, 2023 09:48 AM (UNlSf)

63 A young Moe Howard meets a mysterious stranger who tells him of a glorious future in comedy specializing in beatings and eye-poking.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023

***
"But, young Moe, you must dye your hair black. And some of your brothers must be part of the act."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2023 09:49 AM (omVj0)

64 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

**********

Who Could've Seen THAT Coming?

Gosh darn it, gee whillikers, Rats!!
You must obey royal diktats
That Bartholmew Cubbins
Deserved a good drubbin'
For doffing his 500 hats!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (991eG)

65 If somebody doesn't soup this thing down right away, Putin will be putting up onion domes across DC by the time the Morning Rant gets posted, and it will be in Cyrillic.

Victoria Nuland, a beleaguered nation turns its eyes to you. If you can't stop CBD, who will?!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (0FoWg)

66 58 52 I offer you this bottle of aqua velva.

20 Rubles. Same as in Vladivostok.
Posted by: Vladimir at December 26, 2023 09:47 AM (NBVIP)

Here also is your holy raiment.

*hands boy an Adidas track suit*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (di6C2)

67 Vision says: Bart, you need to have skin in the game.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (w9Wax)

68 And the Orthodox and Greek Catholics use leavened bread for their prosphora Holy Communion wafers/bread. [R.C. use unleavened bread.]

https://www.saintjohnchurch.org/prosphora-guide/

Link at page bottom re. the practice.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (2yu8s)

69 I really like this one. It gives us hope. Some young people do search for something more than the debauchery and rebellion of their peers.

There is good amongst us.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2023 09:50 AM (hcgGK)

70 It's Saint Sergius. The monk gave him some blessed bread, and he became St. Sergius, patron saint of Russia.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (0FoWg)

Good thing he didn't choose a military life. Having a Sergeant Saint Sergius as your company's First Sergeant would be comedic.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 09:51 AM (4I/2K)

71 Good thing he didn't choose a military life. Having a Sergeant Saint Sergius as your company's First Sergeant would be comedic.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Not quite as bad as Major Major Major Major.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 09:52 AM (qoGsy)

72 Bartholomew grew up to be the great ascetic, St Sergius of Radonezh.

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sergius_of_Radonezh

St Sergius, pray unto God for us!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 26, 2023 09:52 AM (Rbu5d)

73
***
"But, young Moe, you must dye your hair black. And some of your brothers must be part of the act."

And get a ball peen hammer.

Posted by: Dude wearing the robe at December 26, 2023 09:53 AM (NBVIP)

74 I love Nesterov's works. Others have been featured in the MMAT before.

Thank you!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 26, 2023 09:53 AM (Rbu5d)

75 It's Saint Sergius. The monk gave him some blessed bread, and he became St. Sergius, patron saint of Russia.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM (0FoWg)
*****
Was expecting St. Stephen for Boxing Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 09:54 AM (NpAcC)

76 I love Nesterov's works. Others have been featured in the MMAT before.

Thank you!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 26, 2023 09:53 AM (Rbu5d)

Does some nice portraits as well.

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 09:55 AM (AwYPR)

77 It's not the Bartholomew who was.
a disciple of Jesus. It's someone who was first named Bartholomew who became St Sergius and was an important figure in uniting Russians.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2023 09:55 AM (5fmz0)

78 Bart, a word of advice. Beware geeks bearing gifts.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 09:55 AM (991eG)

79 Nice painting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2023 09:56 AM (5fmz0)

80 Having a Sergeant Saint Sergius as your company's First Sergeant would be comedic.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 09:51 AM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Staff Sergeant Saint Sergius at December 26, 2023 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

81 "Take this in thy mouth, child, and eat; this is given thee as a sign of God's grace and for the understanding of Holy Scriptures. Though the gift appears but small, the taste thereof is very sweet."

The world's first Sergius protector.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:56 AM (9yWhg)

82 "Not quite as bad as Major Major Major Major."

What's the vector, Victor?

Posted by: Roger at December 26, 2023 09:56 AM (NBVIP)

83 Field Marshal Marshall Field.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

84 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (hcgGK)

85 Rulz? Piffle.
My nomination for grammie's post from the book of John as threadwinner go willowed so...

Posted by: Teej at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (spJU8)

86 Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.

Posted by: Holy hand grenade at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (NBVIP)

87 Was expecting St. Stephen for Boxing Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 09:54 AM (NpAcC)

Another Christofascist bigot! This place... I just can't even.

Literally shaking over here. My three year old just looked up at me with big, dewy eyes, with a voice laden with sadness and trepidation, asked "why does AoS hate love, Daddy?"

I didn't even know what to say. I just told her "it's going to be ok." But is it? Did I lie to my daughter? I don't know anymore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:59 AM (0FoWg)

88 70
Good thing he didn't choose a military life. Having a Sergeant Saint Sergius as your company's First Sergeant would be comedic.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 09:51 AM (4I/2K)
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Try having a recruit named Darling and you are the Drill Sergeant. In today's Army you could even end up with a Sweet Darling.

Posted by: Ciampino - You do know the joke about Recruit Darling? at December 26, 2023 09:59 AM (qfLjt)

89 The colors are pleasant and alive without being garish and the landscape is the same.

* clicks on saturation slider and drags allll the way right *
-- Every Instagram Photographer

Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 09:59 AM (sNc8Y)

90 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Probably sure seems like it. Esp. among all the reprobates and retirees here.

Posted by: From about that Time at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (4780s)

91 Was this in St Bart's?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (NYzgN)

92 I've seen your Instagram pix. That's why you got clothes and a bible.

Posted by: Santa at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (NBVIP)

93 Morning.

"Free candy" before the creepy windowless vans.

Wouldn't hang but would totally use this on the cover of the first part of an epic fantasy trilogy involving featuring a thief, a wizard, a dwarf, two swordsmen that hate each other and are vying for the affections of the princess and a sassy gay elf.

Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (sw0J6)

94 Eat my shorts!

Posted by: Bartholomew Simpson at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

95 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Nope. But I am going in late. Helping son pack and load his car as he's about to head home.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2023 10:02 AM (ju2Fy)

96 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched

I wish I had a job that I could go to today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:03 AM (9yWhg)

97 Looks like negotiations are ongoing here about how much Bart wants to mow the yard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2023 10:03 AM (Q4IgG)

98 Who names their kid Bartholomew?
Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2023 09:44 AM

Mr. and Mrs. Cubbins?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 26, 2023 10:03 AM (Wnv9h)

99 The monk gave him some blessed bread

********

That's no basis for a system of government!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:03 AM (991eG)

100 The Princess and the Sassy Gay Elf.

Posted by: Now on Disney+ at December 26, 2023 10:04 AM (NBVIP)

101 Wouldn't hang but would totally use this on the cover of the first part of an epic fantasy trilogy involving featuring a thief, a wizard, a dwarf, two swordsmen that hate each other and are vying for the affections of the princess and a sassy gay elf.
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (sw0J6)
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Next up on the Sunday Morning Book Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2023 10:05 AM (BpYfr)

102 an epic fantasy trilogy involving featuring a thief, a wizard, a dwarf, two swordsmen that hate each other and are vying for the affections of the princess and a sassy gay elf.
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM

Don't forget me. I'm sassy AND vying for the princess's wardrobe.

Posted by: Atomic Dog Boy at December 26, 2023 10:05 AM (a3Q+t)

103 I wish I had a job that I could go to today.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I'm certain there was some part time retail you could have picked up if you really wanted to be working over the last several weeks. Everyone has a help wanted sign in the window.

Won't pay six figures, but better than nothing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2023 10:05 AM (hcgGK)

104 Was expecting St. Stephen for Boxing Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 09:54 AM

St. Stephen is tomorrow. For the Orthodox, anyway. Can't speak for the West.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 26, 2023 10:06 AM (Wnv9h)

105 I don't have to work but I'm on standby for jury duty.
Hopefully they won't call me in. If they do, I've got one or two opinions.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 26, 2023 10:06 AM (MeG8a)

106 *I'm sassy AND vying for the princess's wardrobe.*

Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 26, 2023 10:06 AM (NBVIP)

107 Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarinoUS 19h
The Leftists swatted both Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. Brandon Williams of New York on Christmas Day.

They swatted @JackPosobiec’s family [andy: his parents] and @Catturd2 on the 23rd.

They want to get us killed. Literally.

This is who we’re fighting against.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (2yu8s)

108 No, I work today. And I checked in yesterday to see how things were going. I am really tired of being sick.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (L8hCM)

109 Was expecting St. Stephen for Boxing Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

St. Stephen was also the first Martyr. I had almost forgotten that.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (qoGsy)

110 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

********

Bartholomew was the founder of the mystical cult of Astigmatism

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (991eG)

111 83 Field Marshal Marshall Field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

"MY ARM!!!"

Oh, I thought you said Michelle Fields.

Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (sm6Pk)

112 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM

No. Working remotely today, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 26, 2023 10:07 AM (Wnv9h)

113 90 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Probably sure seems like it. Esp. among all the reprobates and retirees here.
Posted by: From about that Time at December 26, 2023 10:01 AM (4780s)

Very low level stuff going on at the site today. My guys who desperately want hours are there. I field a few phone calls, play some Civ 5, let the dog out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 10:08 AM (di6C2)

114 I'm certain there was some part time retail you could have picked up if you really wanted to be working over the last several weeks. Everyone has a help wanted sign in the window.

Won't pay six figures, but better than nothing.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Yes, I did consider that. But we had a lot going on, so I decided against it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:08 AM (9yWhg)

115 "When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty."

Posted by: Norm Crosby at December 26, 2023 10:09 AM (NBVIP)

116 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2023 09:58 AM (hcgGK)

No. I'm working, too.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 26, 2023 10:09 AM (Q0kLU)

117 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

********

Myopia? Myopia? What do you mean myopia? We were talking about EUropia!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:09 AM (991eG)

118 Another Christofascist bigot! This place... I just can't even.

Literally shaking over here. My three year old just looked up at me with big, dewy eyes, with a voice laden with sadness and trepidation, asked "why does AoS hate love, Daddy?"

I didn't even know what to say. I just told her "it's going to be ok." But is it? Did I lie to my daughter? I don't know anymore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2023 09:59 AM (0FoWg)
*****
And no representation of KWANZAA!!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (NpAcC)

119 Attempt no landings on EUropia.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (aD39U)

120 I said on TikTok that the IDF needs to kill all hamasshole fighters plus leaders and am banned.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (KiBMU)

121 I don't get the MTG swatting thing. Wouldn't the local cops know by now that these calls are hoaxes?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

122 "More weight."

Posted by: Stephen at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (NBVIP)

123 Work is a four-letter word. I shun it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 10:11 AM (4I/2K)

124 Work is the curse of the drinking class.

Posted by: Oscar Wilde at December 26, 2023 10:12 AM (aD39U)

125 How fucking stupid does a police department have to be to fall for a swatting of a sitting MOC? In, presumably, their own district or in DC itself?

Not having read any of the story, I'm going to assume it went like most other swattings, they rolled up with at least a little caution, recognized there was no emergency, and left. And are now looking to arrest the person who called it in. (Unless it was CapPol, obviously).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:12 AM (9UlRk)

126 Willowed:

Trump won't be assassinated for the simple reason that that will convince everyone! that America is dead and the people no longer have any voice nor will they be allowed to have one and the government is an illegitimate thugocracy.

Even those who would cheer his killing will know it even as they celebrate it. Only later will they figure out exactly what that means.

That wil make their governing all that more difficult. If not impossible as Irish Democracy comes into play(I think the most likely outcome).

They want to wear the skin of law and legitimacy while having none. This is the reason for all their frantic lawfare.

If our judges and the Sc are a bunch of cowardly mokes, then they'll get what they want easily. They own the media and will celebrate this as a great day for America, With Biden elevated to Lincolnian status for saving the Republic from Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2023 10:12 AM (nFnyb)

127 Work is a four-letter word. I shun it.
Posted by: Count de Monet

WORK??!!
-- Zombie Maynard G. Krebs

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 10:12 AM (qoGsy)

128 I don't get the MTG swatting thing. Wouldn't the local cops know by now that these calls are hoaxes?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut!

Posted by: Local Cops SWAT Squad at December 26, 2023 10:13 AM (4I/2K)

129 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

*******

Bart enjoys a blurreds-eye view of the valley below!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:13 AM (991eG)

130 I said on TikTok that the IDF needs to kill all hamasshole fighters plus leaders and am banned.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (KiBMU)
===

Contrary to CCP policy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2023 10:13 AM (RIvkX)

131 The royal food taster eschews work...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:14 AM (991eG)

132 I said on TikTok that the IDF needs to kill all hamasshole fighters plus leaders and am banned.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (KiBMU)
-

You should be happy. Uninstall. Same for any remaining SM apps and accounts you have.

You can thank me later.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2023 10:15 AM (ch/kO)

133 Watched the last half of a movie last night...."Beau Is Afraid"....glad I missed the first half.

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 10:15 AM (AwYPR)

134 The cops have no choice but to respond.
MTG has stated they handle it well.

Posted by: Teej at December 26, 2023 10:15 AM (spJU8)

135 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

**********

20/20, same as in town.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:15 AM (991eG)

136 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: Indian police investigating reports of explosion near Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:15 AM (2yu8s)

137 I don't get the MTG swatting thing. Wouldn't the local cops know by now that these calls are hoaxes?

I'm sure they do, at least after the first couple, but they have to respond anyway. It's kind of their job.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:16 AM (sNc8Y)

138 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

********

The miracle of the Macular Perception...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:16 AM (991eG)

139 130 I said on TikTok that the IDF needs to kill all hamasshole fighters plus leaders and am banned.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 26, 2023 10:10 AM (KiBMU)
===

Contrary to CCP policy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2023 10:13 AM (RIvkX)

Maybe you should have twerked while saying it and did that jump=naked wipe thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2023 10:17 AM (di6C2)

140 When I was working the days right after Christmas and before New Year's were basically paid lounging days. Nothing going on, few "supervisors" around, lots of goodies brought in and little actual work being done.

I realize not every job is like that, but I took the opportunity to pad my leave hours by shooting the shit with my developers and project managers... maybe even getting some real planning in without "supervision."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2023 10:17 AM (Q4IgG)

141 Even those who would cheer his killing will know it even as they celebrate it. Only later will they figure out exactly what that means.

Didn't stop Hamas.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (sNc8Y)

142 The miracle of the Macular Perception...
Posted by: Muldoon

That's a degenerate comment.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (9yWhg)

143 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

********

The miracle of the Macular Perception...
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:16 AM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (Wnv9h)

144 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)

145 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM

That's why we keep our eyes on you, Muldoon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (Wnv9h)

146 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
NEW 🚨 India’s navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (2yu8s)

147
The puppies let me have a solid six hours of sleep last night. They're doing well, but some of their behavior tells us that they still needed Lila around to teach, comfort and correct them.

George, in particular, is a bit of a bully and Mama would have put him in his place in jig time. Spark and Puff whine for a warm body to snuggle against. Now we're the ones to have to do it, with varying levels of success.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (MoZTd)

148 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)
-

Socket to me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (ch/kO)

149 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)
*****
👁️

Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (NpAcC)

150 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon

Muldoon, you are the king of cornea jokes.

And you've got a vast retina.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (9yWhg)

151 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!

Some are a bit mean, though. I don't really like vicreous humor.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2023 10:20 AM (CsUN+)

152 BREAKING: Indian police investigating reports of explosion near Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India.

This could be interesting. I imagine that the Indian law enforcement would be a lot less tolerant of Muslim "protesters" than the Americans are.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:20 AM (sNc8Y)

153
I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)

Lots of eager pupils here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2023 10:20 AM (MoZTd)

154 I worked yesterday. Wife brought the kids to see me in the ER.

Today is box burning day.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:20 AM (NYzgN)

155 Even those who would cheer his killing will know it even as they celebrate it. Only later will they figure out exactly what that means.

Didn't stop Hamas.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (sNc8Y)

Eh, different goals and motivations. Not really the same.

F'rinstance, Hamas doesn't care at all whether they wear the skin of Israeli gov't legitimacy.
.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2023 10:21 AM (nFnyb)

156 Corneacopia of jokes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:21 AM (NYzgN)

157 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)

*blink*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 10:21 AM (aD39U)

158 Russia Beyond: 5 facts about Sergius of Radonezh, Russia's most venerated saint, History, March 09, 2023, by Alexandra Guzeva:

1. His real name is not Sergius, and he’s not from Radonezh, 2. 2. He founded Russia’s main monastery – The Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius; 3. He created a new type of monasticism; 4. He formed the Russian spiritual ethos; 5. He united Rus’.

Interesting article. Beneath the first point, "Even those who are not knowledgeable about St. Sergius of Radonezh can immediately draw the conclusion that Mikhail Nesterov’s famous painting, Vision to the Youth Bartholomew, (1890), has something to do with the great saint. Bartholomew is his real name. He became Sergius after he was tonsured as a monk." And also, "By the way, because of his own problems with learning, St. Sergius is considered to be the patron of all students, especially those who struggle with their studies. People pray to him before the beginning of the new academic year and before important exams."

Not familiar with the artist but it's a nicely done painting linked to history so, yes, I'd hang. Thanks.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (GshMh)

159 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon

Muldoon, you are just getting LAZYk.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (w9Wax)

160 Corneacopia of jokes.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:21 AM (NYzgN)
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Ugh! For that you deserve 30 lashes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (ch/kO)

161 We're having a ball with these eye puns.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

162 BNO News @BNONews 12h
Attack on Erbil Air Base in Iraq leaves 3 U.S. personnel injured; one service member in critical condition - Pentagon

BNO News @BNONews 12h
BREAKING: U.S. carries out airstrikes in Iraq, targeting 3 facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah in retaliation for drone attack

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
NEW: One dead, 24 wounded in strikes on pro-Iran sites in Iraq, security sources said, after the United States said it had conducted retaliatory strikes in the country

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:23 AM (2yu8s)

163 Gotta buy a bunch of continuing legal education credits this year and then watch 25 hours by end of January. Gotta get a new health insurance carrier (cauze my old one left the state....) Oh vey. And going to Reno Thursday-Friday to look around.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 26, 2023 10:23 AM (KAi1n)

164 I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)

Keep your focus!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2023 10:23 AM (nFnyb)

165 orneacopia of jokes.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:21 AM (NYzgN)

Ugh! For that you deserve 30 lashes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Yeah, he needs to put a lid on it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (9yWhg)

166
I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon

Iris you'd keep them to yourself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (xG4kz)

167 57 Who names their kid Bartholomew?
Posted by: dantesed

Homer and Marge?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 09:47 AM (qoGsy)

Mr. and Mrs. Cubbins

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (PiwSw)

168 Lots of eager pupils here.
====

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (2yu8s)

169 Even those who would cheer his [Trump's] killing will know it even as they celebrate it. Only later will they figure out exactly what that means.

Didn't stop Hamas.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (sNc8Y)

-----------

* "Stage One Thinking" has entered the chat [h/t Thomas Sowell] *

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (vGIR7)

170 ISWYDT

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (aD39U)

171 We're having a ball with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

Just don't make any lewd Iris jokes. iris is a sweet 'Ette. And she packs a gun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (tkR6S)

172 Grey Gandalph and White Gandalph will be contacting their lawyers.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (lf83v)

173 The Amazing Story of Mr. Magoo: A Myopic Biopic

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (w9Wax)

174 You are taking a rather myopic view of my joke.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (NYzgN)

175 My ex and her awesome cat came over yesterday for dinner - she made a great shepherd's pie which I ate most of. Sad thing is, my cat wasn't having any of her cat while her cat was just happy as a clam to have a larger house and a backyard to roam around for a few hours.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (KAi1n)

176 Socket to me!

You asked for it:

http://tinyurl.com/27jmfef6

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (Q0kLU)

177 We're having a ball with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

Heavy on the eye liner.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (4I/2K)

178 >> The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

That guy had a lot of hats.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:26 AM (RXW/7)

179 Too bad he didn't bump into St. Anthony instead. He might have found that foal.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:26 AM (9UlRk)

180 BREAKING: Indian police investigating reports of explosion near Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India.

This could be interesting. I imagine that the Indian law enforcement would be a lot less tolerant of Muslim "protesters" than the Americans are.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 26, 2023 10:20 AM (sNc8Y)
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Since America refuses to do it, someone else is going to pick up the slack to protect shipping. My guess is that they WILL respond with deadly force if they are attacked, if only to send a message.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2023 10:27 AM (BpYfr)

181 @TheInsiderPaper
NEW 🚨 India’s navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (2yu8s)
++++
Doing what America can't or won't. Whether this is effective or not is sort of beside the point. The old world order is breaking down.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:28 AM (zxP/x)

182 The eyeball just lens itself to puns.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:28 AM (991eG)

183 Too bad he didn't bump into St. Anthony instead. He might have found that foal.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

St. Anthony kept the foal in paduaock?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:29 AM (9yWhg)

184 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Now I gotta figure out who Bart was. Ugh!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2023 10:29 AM (W/lyH)

185 Doing what America can't or won't. Whether this is effective or not is sort of beside the point. The old world order is breaking down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:28 AM (zxP/x)

It would be a hoot if the Indians tested one of their nice shiny nukes on the stronghold of the Houthis.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:30 AM (tkR6S)

186 We're having a ball with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

Heavy on the eye liner.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 10:25 AM (4I/2K)

Well...eye've seen enough!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2023 10:30 AM (W/lyH)

187 Happy St. Stephen's Day!

Posted by: Archer at December 26, 2023 10:31 AM (gmo/4)

188 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
NEW: One dead, 24 wounded in strikes on pro-Iran sites in Iraq, security sources said, after the United States said it had conducted retaliatory strikes in the country
Posted by: andycanuck

When I am elected your King, this would be considered a failed mission. Overwhelming force and total annihilation of the target will be understood to be our SOP.

If you can't do it GEN, your replacement will.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 10:31 AM (qoGsy)

189 Lots of (j)occularity with the eye puns today.

Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2023 10:32 AM (5h/8D)

190 Happy St. Stephen's Day!
Posted by: Archer

Is the snow deep, and crisp, and even?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:32 AM (9yWhg)

191 Doing what America can't or won't. Whether this is effective or not is sort of beside the point. The old world order is breaking down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:28 AM (zxP/x)

The safety of open water has been The US Navy's thing for generations. It's definitely not trivial for them to punk out like this. It's going to be interesting (in the Chinese proverb sense) to see what happens after the death of the pax americana.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:32 AM (9UlRk)

192 When I am elected your King

Posted by: Tonypete

Forget it. The toilets are going to back up in Atlanta again. The fix is in.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (9yWhg)

193 T'storms and spring like temps here this am...gonna' have coffee on the deck.

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (AwYPR)

194 The safety of open water has been The US Navy's thing for generations. It's definitely not trivial for them to punk out like this. It's going to be interesting (in the Chinese proverb sense) to see what happens after the death of the pax americana.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:32 AM (9UlRk)
++++
US defense of the seas is the basis on which every treaty we've inked in a century rests. Without it, nothing is worth the paper it's printed on.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (zxP/x)

195 Happy St. Stephen's Day!
Posted by: Archer

Is the snow deep, and crisp, and even?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:32 AM (9yWhg)

Well actually, we're under a blizzard warning right now.

Posted by: Archer at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (gmo/4)

196 Things are getting a bit spicy in the Middle East. India's getting involved. They've got little love for the snackbar people.

I'm looking at the over/under for WWIII kicking off before the end of the year.... 💀

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (Q4IgG)

197 186 spare the rod...

Posted by: MAxIE at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (twxj3)

198 Good morniing everyone! The art thread seems like the best place to share my Christmas card from my girl spawn.

From a distance the card looks like a mountain with Bob Ross disembodied head floating above it. The words in Christmas red are easy to read... "Have a happy little Christmas, courtesy of Bob Ross and his little trees"..
However, upon closer inspection, that ain't no mountain! It's a male " nude" with the manly bits covered with ...... Happy little trees! And Bob's head is positioned as the head atop the body! Most awesome Christmas card ever!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (cRrcX)

199 147 ... "but some of their behavior tells us that they still needed Lila around to teach, comfort and correct them."

Hadrian,
Can one of the other adult dogs help with the pups' socialization?

Posted by: JTB at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (7EjX1)

200 125
Posting this again ..... Marjorie Taylor Greene says police were called to her house amid hoax threat on Christmas Day: 'This is the 8th time I've been swatted'

https://mol.im/a/12899817

Posted by: Ciampino - Phone call; code phrase or code word for trouble at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (qfLjt)

201 ST STEPHEN

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=7AtVtx6H738

Posted by: GRATEFUL DEAD at December 26, 2023 10:35 AM (RXW/7)

202 spare the rod...
Posted by: MAxIE

Cone on, man!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:35 AM (9yWhg)

203 Some less than opthimal responses here.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:35 AM (2yu8s)

204 Bart later emigrated to LA, where he became a roadie for an aspiring artist with a tattoo named Eddie...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at December 26, 2023 10:36 AM (17aRN)

205 My daughter happens to be in New Delhi at the moment. Slightly concerned, but quick search indicates no casualties.

Posted by: From about that Time at December 26, 2023 10:37 AM (4780s)

206 This is the 8th time I've been swatted'

https://mol.im/a/12899817
Posted by: Ciampino - Phone call; code phrase or code word for trouble at December 26, 2023 10:34 AM (qfLjt)

My degen brain is looking at this as some kind of cry-wolf set-up, so that when a gang of thugs actually do attack her, the police will not respond appropriately because it's "just another hoax".

I'd be hiring some well seasoned contractors if i were her.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:37 AM (9UlRk)

207 Bart later emigrated to LA

I thought he was in San Francisco.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:37 AM (9yWhg)

208 Bart later emigrated to LA, where he became a roadie for an aspiring artist with a tattoo named Eddie...
Posted by: Brewingfrog at December 26, 2023 10:36 AM (17aRN)

Why did he name his tattoo Eddie?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:37 AM (tkR6S)

209 166
I've got dozens of cornea jokes!!
Posted by: Muldoon

Iris you'd keep them to yourself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2023 10:24 AM (xG4kz)
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The humor of seeing floaters in orbit.

Posted by: Ciampino - The nerve you have at December 26, 2023 10:38 AM (qfLjt)

210 'ophthalmology' is one of only a few words in the English language with four consecutive consonants within one syllable, the others being ophthalmologist, ophthalmic and ophthalmological.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:39 AM (991eG)

211 The humor of seeing floaters in orbit.
Posted by: Ciampino - The nerve you have at December 26, 2023 10:38 AM (qfLjt)

Does one of them look like a bag of tools, perchance?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:40 AM (tkR6S)

212 Bart later emigrated to LA, where he became a roadie for an aspiring artist with a tattoo named Eddie...
Posted by: Brewingfrog at December 26, 2023 10:36 AM (17aRN)

On the phone: I'm looking for Mike Rotch.

Posted by: Bart calling Moes at December 26, 2023 10:40 AM (gmo/4)

213 My degen brain is looking at this as some kind of cry-wolf set-up, so that when a gang of thugs actually do attack her, the police will not respond appropriately because it's "just another hoax".

I'd be hiring some well seasoned contractors if i were her.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:37 AM (9UlRk)
++++
If *she* made the call, that would be a different scenario and objectively should change the response - but it easily might not.

Getting private security is a thing a lot of people are going to need to get used to. The rich had armored compounds, guards and drivers. Everyone else gets Thunderdome.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:40 AM (zxP/x)

214 We're not a patch on Muldoon's prowess.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:40 AM (2yu8s)

215 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)

216 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nope. I got summoned to do a custom handlebar swap on a newer harley. bastards...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (VwHCD)

217 The peepers are coming home to roost.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (4I/2K)

218 I'm currently reading a book that argues Great Britain was able to rule the seas because of trade providing the money to finance the building and maintaining the fleet, rather than the other way around. Ignore threats to commerce at your peril.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (CwhoI)

219 NEW 🚨 India’s navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:19 AM (2yu8s)
++++
Doing what America can't or won't. Whether this is effective or not is sort of beside the point. The old world order is breaking down.

I still don't understand what happened with Operation Prosperity Guardian, and why the French (and others) went solo. In the old days, I'd assume it's because the French are just being d***s, but I no longer make that assumption.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (CsUN+)

220 MTG should at least buy a few firearms and become proficient in their use.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (tkR6S)

221 'ophthalmology' is one of only a few words in the English language with four consecutive consonants within one syllable, the others being ophthalmologist, ophthalmic and ophthalmological.
Posted by: Muldoon

That's ophthul.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

222 ...nothing is worth the paper it's printed on.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (zxP/x)

This, in essence, is the world we live in.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (TcM3i)

223
Orson Welles reads "Good King What'sHisName"

http://tinyurl.com/OrsonWellesSCTV

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (xG4kz)

224 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)

You're just lashing out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (tkR6S)

225 MTG should at least buy a few firearms and become proficient in their use.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (tkR6S)

Pretty sure she's way ahead of you there.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (TcM3i)

226 There's a rift in the oculus.

Posted by: I, Doctor at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (NBVIP)

227 A nuke war between India and China might be the answer?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (/UtnQ)

228 Seeing that hot teacher after school could result in a blown pupil.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 26, 2023 10:44 AM (xwQ4v)

229 >...nothing is worth the paper it's printed on.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:33 AM (zxP/x)

>This, in essence, is the world we live in.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (TcM3i)

In so many ways, this is the story of Bidenomics.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:44 AM (RXW/7)

230 138 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

********

The miracle of the Macular Perception...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:16 AM (991eG)
----
As always Muldoon outdoes everyone. Awesome.
What is it on the sighsmograph?

Posted by: Ciampino - The nerve you have! at December 26, 2023 10:44 AM (qfLjt)

231 >>>I still don't understand what happened with Operation Prosperity Guardian, and why the French (and others) went solo.

My guess is our partners want to get rough with the Houthis and their Iranian puppet-masters if needed, but this administration wants to shackle them for the sake of not 'escalating' things.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 10:45 AM (CwhoI)

232 Iran also has receipts.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (aD39U)

233 A nuke war between India and China might be the answer?
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (/UtnQ)

How about a nice game of chess?

Posted by: WOPR at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (4I/2K)

234 The Vision of the Young Bartholomew

******

The mysterious monk gifts Bart with the latest toy from Apple...

...the iBall

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (991eG)

235 complete with the latest software update...

...the iPatch

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (991eG)

236 Death Wears A Mask
- Bartholomew Simpson

Posted by: look whats not at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (nakGR)

237 MTG swatting herself for attention?

Why, that's so preposterously stupid it might just actually be the case.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (9UlRk)

238 Lift up thine I's.

Posted by: Too many consonants at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (NBVIP)

239 complete with the latest software update...

...the iPatch
Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 10:46 AM (991eG)

iEyeEye.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (9UlRk)

240
Fovea it for me to cast pearls before punning swine.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (xG4kz)

241 A nuke war between India and China might be the answer?

That would end very, VERY badly for the Indians.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (CsUN+)

242 >>I still don't understand what happened with Operation Prosperity Guardian, and why the French (and others) went solo.

As much as the Biden Administration wants a War...
they don't want a War with Iran.

They are committed to signing a treaty with them.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (RXW/7)

243 We're not a patch on Muldoon's prowess.

Posted by: andycanuck

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: Dan Crenshaw at December 26, 2023 10:47 AM (9yWhg)

244 A nuke war between India and China might be the answer?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (/UtnQ)

What's the question?

Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

245 142 The miracle of the Macular Perception...
Posted by: Muldoon

That's a degenerate comment.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:18 AM (9yWhg)
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Are you implying those are degenerate orbitals?

Posted by: Ciampino - The quantum nerve you have! at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (qfLjt)

246 Am I the only one who has to go to work today?
Posted by: nurse ratched

I'm at work, but no one else is.

Posted by: Archer at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

247 Gandalf doling out potions

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (sJHOI)

248 Would be nice to NOT have a regime in bed with Islam.

Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (sm6Pk)

249 My guess is our partners want to get rough with the Houthis and their Iranian puppet-masters if needed, but this administration wants to shackle them for the sake of not 'escalating' things.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 10:45 AM (CwhoI)

Yemen is like the middle eastern Ukraine. No one will know why we care so much, until we realize how much graft has gone into propping up that rotten government.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (TcM3i)

250 What's the question?
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

"I'm getting grubhub, what are you in the mood for?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (9UlRk)

251 Flashbak.com @aflashbak
In 1947 René Barjavel (1911 - 1985) foresaw a future with cell phones and electronic communication in French film ‘La télévision, œil de demain’

http://tinyurl.com/9bv4p2xt
1:02 minutes
Television, the eye of tomorrow.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:49 AM (2yu8s)

252 A nuke war between India and China might be the answer?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 26, 2023 10:43 AM (/UtnQ)

It is to me! - General Jack D. Ripper, USAF

Posted by: Archer at December 26, 2023 10:49 AM (gmo/4)

253 Can I reuse my Juneteenth decorations for Kwaanza?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 10:49 AM (9yWhg)

254 I still don't understand what happened with Operation Prosperity Guardian, and why the French (and others) went solo. In the old days, I'd assume it's because the French are just being d***s, but I no longer make that assumption.
______________

The junta has no concept of maritime operations... civilian and commercial operations. Plus the likely ROE (rules of engagement) are probably so screwed up the Europeans can't abide. Europe has a particular interest in seeing commercial shipping traffic move through the Red Sea unmolested.

The US has something entirely different in mind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2023 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)

255 *That would end very, VERY badly for the Indians.*

Will no one think of the casinos?

Posted by: Retirees at December 26, 2023 10:50 AM (NBVIP)

256 Yemen is a lever against the House of Saud.

Utilitarians.

Can't live with them and can't kill them all.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:50 AM (RXW/7)

257
I'll take "Potent Potables" for $200, Alex

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2023 10:50 AM (xG4kz)

258 What's the question?
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2023 10:48 AM (AwYPR)

How did China become a nation of 600 million screaming mad people?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2023 10:50 AM (TcM3i)

259 Yemen is a lever against the House of Saud.

Will no one think of the house of pancakes???

Posted by: Archer at December 26, 2023 10:51 AM (gmo/4)

260 Welcome to technical support. My name is...Bob.

Posted by: Spoken with thick Indian accent at December 26, 2023 10:52 AM (NBVIP)

261 Welcome to technical support. My name is...Bob.
Posted by: Spoken with thick Indian accent

My favorites are the women: Hullo, my name is Cheryrill. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2023 10:53 AM (qoGsy)

262 Finally saw Kill Bill I and II. Enjoyed both. I think Tarantino has a crush on Karma Ghia’s.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 26, 2023 10:54 AM (/UtnQ)

263 I'm currently reading a book that argues Great Britain was able to rule the seas because of trade providing the money to finance the building and maintaining the fleet, rather than the other way around. Ignore threats to commerce at your peril.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 10:42 AM (CwhoI)

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

Who was it that recently said something like a strong economy equates to a strong national defense?

Some #BadOrangeMan who's illiterate, literally Hitler, and watches Gorilla TV all day every day, IIRC ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 26, 2023 10:54 AM (jaAv+)

264 Will no one think of the maple syrup?

Posted by: Don't tell CBD at December 26, 2023 10:54 AM (NBVIP)

265 In one short presidential term, has the US military really gone from an incomparable asset for any foreign power to align themselves with to an irksome liability?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 10:54 AM (9UlRk)

266 I still don't understand what happened with Operation Prosperity Guardian, and why the French (and others) went solo. In the old days, I'd assume it's because the French are just being d***s, but I no longer make that assumption

I remember reading here that the Biden junta wanted Jake Sullivan to head up the initiative and the others walked.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2023 10:55 AM (hEv4o)

267 End Wokeness @EndWokeness 2h
CHRISTMAS MASSACRE IN NIGERIA:
The death toll is 140 and climbing after a series of coordinated attacks by Jihadist forces in Plateau.

They attacked 20 Christian communities in Central Nigeria, raiding and burning homes while civilians were asleep. 300 are injured and 221 homes are destroyed.

The authorities did not respond for over 12 hours, a source has told AP.

In the past 2 decades, 62,000 Christians in Nigeria have been killed by Jihadists and another 5 million have been displaced.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 10:56 AM (2yu8s)

268 Well the annual sexual harassment training is now done. As always, it's a toxic mix of:
- Asking what you *think* while expecting the correct answer. This is designed to try to *make* you think what they want, and it's a tactic I always disliked.
- Asserting that "silence is agreement" and therefore acting as compelled speech, or designed to make you feel guilt for not toeing the line.
- A quiz riddled with syntactic ambiguity, increasing the odds of getting a wrong answer by forcing guessing.

Only one thing new for me in this one:
- A quiz where the answer is, on its own terms, directly wrong. Even the "hey, dummy, you got this wrong three times in a row so here's the breakdown on how to answer it correctly" explainer at the end did not lead to a correct combination in a multi-select quiz entry. Only answering incompletely (2/4 instead of the correct 3/4) got approval. Oh, and one of the four options *also* had the syntactic ambiguity problem, leading to a confounding error on top of it.

I wonder how much the courseware vendor got paid for this pile of trash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:57 AM (zxP/x)

269 In the past 2 decades, 62,000 Christians in Nigeria have been killed by Jihadists and another 5 million have been displaced.

and yet it is Africa where the Catholic Church is seeing its greatest growth.

Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2023 10:58 AM (zRKru)

270 My guess is our partners want to get rough with the Houthis and their Iranian puppet-masters if needed, but this administration wants to shackle them for the sake of ~~not 'escalating' things~~ keeping the dream of Iran as the regional hegemon alive.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2023 10:45 AM (CwhoI)
++++
FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:58 AM (zxP/x)

271 I saw the Karma Ghia’s open for Bodhisattva at The Tibetan Freedom Concert in 2009.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 26, 2023 10:59 AM (jaAv+)

272 215 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)
----
The littering from these puns is making the place a sty.

Posted by: Ciampino - The quantum enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 10:59 AM (qfLjt)

273 India has dudes with swords who invented the Zero to express how many fucks they have to give.

China have a bunch of terrified soy-guts who whack off to appliance catalogs so hard they can't do a sit-up anymore and never learned how to do anything besides copy off of someone else's test.

I'm taking India in that dust up. They may get a couple craters, but they won't lose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 11:00 AM (9UlRk)

274 215 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)
----
The littering from these puns is making the place a sty.
Posted by: Ciampino - The quantum enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 10:59 AM (qfLjt)

eye crumbs strewn everywhere!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (4I/2K)

275 I wonder how much the courseware vendor got paid for this pile of trash.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:57 AM (zxP/x)

Only way to deal with that is answer all questions randomly. If called out on it, respond, "Well, if I had answered every single question correctly, you would accuse me, a white male, of cheating, right?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (tkR6S)

276 Well, I must say that with all these eye jokes we have truly made a spectacle of ourselves.

Thanks for playing. We now return you to your regular kvetching.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (991eG)

277 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)
----
The littering from these puns is making the place a sty.
Posted by: Ciampino - The quantum enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 10:59 AM (qfLjt

The next eye pun should result in lashes.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (PgWnR)

278 Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 2h
Protesters displeased the the economic liberalization of the Chinese economy have taken to the streets in the city of Shaoshan in the Hunan province.

They want a more “Maoist economy”
And brought portraits of Mao with them.

Xi is pushing this way too.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (2yu8s)

279 Happy Boxing Day!

Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2023 11:02 AM (RovqD)

280 There are 85 million Muslims in Nigeria vs 70-80 million Christians. Not a huge advantage.

Why aren't the Christians on the warpath?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 11:02 AM (aD39U)

281 215 How about we call a Lid on the eye puns?

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2023 10:41 AM (RXW/7)
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Do you think we're making spectacles of ourselves?

Posted by: Ciampino - The Quantum Enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 11:03 AM (qfLjt)

282 @visegrad24
Protesters displeased the the economic liberalization of the Chinese economy have taken to the streets in the city of Shaoshan in the Hunan province.

They want a more “Maoist economy”
And brought portraits of Mao with them.

Xi is pushing this way too.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (2yu8s)
++++
If this is true, it is orchestrated by the local Party leaders at Xi's behest or per his wishes. Xi is much more Mao than Deng, and this kind of thing is surely very, very happy-making for Xi.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 11:03 AM (zxP/x)

283 I remember reading here that the Biden junta wanted Jake Sullivan to head up the initiative and the others walked.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2023 10:55 AM (hEv4o)

I just confused him with Jake Tapper reading that, and then realized that would only be marginally more Current Year.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 11:03 AM (9UlRk)

284 Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 2h
Protesters displeased the the economic liberalization of the Chinese economy have taken to the streets in the city of Shaoshan in the Hunan province.

They want a more “Maoist economy”
And brought portraits of Mao with them.

Xi is pushing this way too.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 26, 2023 11:01 AM (2yu8s)

Pappa-Oom-Mao-Mao

Posted by: The Hunanians at December 26, 2023 11:04 AM (4I/2K)

285 Will no one think of the house of pancakes???

Posted by: Archer

*sob*
-- Zombie Rachel Corrie

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 11:05 AM (9yWhg)

286 It is cold in here today

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at December 26, 2023 11:05 AM (xR/su)

287 China have a bunch of terrified soy-guts who whack off to appliance catalogs so hard they can't do a sit-up anymore and never learned how to do anything besides copy off of someone else's test.

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"That's hawt!"

-- Mark Zuckerbucks

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 26, 2023 11:05 AM (jaAv+)

288 Do you think we're making spectacles of ourselves?
Posted by: Ciampino - The Quantum Enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 11:03 AM (qfLjt)

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And you thought the tree puns were cornea.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 26, 2023 11:05 AM (bo7UB)

289 It is the first and best known work in his series on Sergius of Radonezh, a medieval Russian saint

the Orthodox have their own canon of saints, the stories are formidable. I recently learned of St. Herman of Alaska. There is a church nearby dedicated to him. I went there for a concert of Russian singers. The sanctuary had such an aura of holiness.

Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2023 11:06 AM (zRKru)

290 It annoys me that China has a Hunan, a Henan, and a Hainan.

Mix it up a little, fuckers. Jeez.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 26, 2023 11:06 AM (9UlRk)

291 I wonder how much the courseware vendor got paid for this pile of trash.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 10:57 AM (zxP/x)

*Rubs hundred dollars bills all over his genitalia*

Posted by: Corporate Scam Artist at December 26, 2023 11:06 AM (Mapm9)

292 And you thought the tree puns were cornea.

I like the rye humor of cornea puns.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 26, 2023 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

293 Punk Monkey.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 26, 2023 11:07 AM (aD39U)

294 These have almost reached the scale of the fish puns.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 26, 2023 11:07 AM (NBVIP)

295 Young Bartholomew's vision was to someday sojourn to Tanzania, study Kwanzaa and become a master DJ for the Swahili people in their native Bantu language.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 26, 2023 11:07 AM (J3ryZ)

296 *Rubs hundred dollars bills all over his genitalia*
Posted by: Corporate Scam Artist at December 26, 2023 11:06 AM (Mapm9)
++++
I'm cool with this. At least in this scenario, the guy is just a run-of-the-mill conman who's enjoying his filthy lucre instead of a cog in a vast machine of deception and hate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 26, 2023 11:08 AM (zxP/x)

297 Do you think we're making spectacles of ourselves?
Posted by: Ciampino - The Quantum Enigma is a good album at December 26, 2023 11:03 AM (qfLjt)

Keep on grinding them out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2023 11:08 AM (4I/2K)

298 And you thought the tree puns were cornea.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 26, 2023 11:05 AM (bo7UB)

Just don't be making corn puns. It irritates the Cobs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2023 11:08 AM (tkR6S)

299 NOOD

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 26, 2023 11:10 AM (oTCgw)

300 What'll the Russians do when the 'enviros' try gluing their hands to it (after they've thrown paint on it)?

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