Mid-Morning Art Thread

Woman with a Rake
Jean-François Millet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Yep. That is what it is.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (NYzgN)

3 Hard times, but a good painting!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (hOUT3)

4 SLAVERY!!!!!

We should all pay reparations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (T4tVD)

6 Wah hey!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (ScR16)

7 Don't step on it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (NBVIP)

8 The rake's progress.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:31 AM (2yu8s)

9 Christmas is over, back to work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (Angsy)

10 slacker, head in the clouds

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (sJHOI)

11 To be fair, I actually LOOKED at the painting, before I posted!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

12 The fall of art.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (2yu8s)

13 I could have used her in my yard six weeks ago.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (ufFY8)

14 Foggy here, too.

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

15 Is it ironic that a guy named "Millet" painted a woman gathering grain?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (ScR16)

16 A woman with a rake. This makes me hawt!

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:32 AM (pZ64F)

17 At least she's not a hoe.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (2yu8s)

18 The working class. I like the painting.

Posted by: Tuna at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (oaGWv)

19 In the days before rechargeable battery powered rakes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (NBVIP)

20 Not as cute as the peasant chick the other day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

21 Millet seemed to do a lot of this sort of picture. There was one, "The Angelus" I think, that Dali kept copying over and over.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (EStcP)

22 Morning.

I don't know how I feel about this. It's pretty muddy looking with the low light. It's not bad, but I'm overall indifferent.

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (1Yy3c)

23 If she was a Democrat or godless commie (birm) she would be stepping on it.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (ufFY8)

24 The Day of the Rake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (R4t5M)

25 Millet seemed to do a lot of this sort of picture. There was one, "The Angelus" I think, that Dali kept copying over and over.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (EStcP)
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Did he also do "The Gleaners?"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (ScR16)

26 "Millet"? Just what kind of grain do they raise on that farm?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (omVj0)

27 Good morning, fine people!

The painting...
Hmmm.. Why is everything that odd greenish color? Was there an apocalyptic incident?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (cRrcX)

28 Good morning, horde! On vacation this week, so I can read the whole morning report. But not the comments, because it took me two hours to read the report.

Thanks, JJ!

Now, back up to appreciate the art...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (OX9vb)

29 19 In the days before rechargeable battery powered rakes.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (NBVIP)

What's old is new again after the lithium-ion batteries burned down the haybarn!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (hOUT3)

30 "Woman With a Rake": I don't see any French playboys or pubcrawlers in the picture!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (omVj0)

31 Boy, is she ever stacked!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (2yu8s)

32 Bill Bellichick, the post-Patriot-firing years.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

33 Colors are dull in this painting.

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (88xKn)

34 At least she's not a hoe.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

You gotta call a spade a spade.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (R4t5M)

35 She missed a spot...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (BpYfr)

36 Wear some gloves woman. Your gonna get callouses.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (NBVIP)

37 Looks like the wifi is going wonky.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (ogTiX)

38 That is one hot babe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (iYJk7)

39 19 In the days before rechargeable battery powered rakes.
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When they come up with a rechargeable battery powered shovel I will be on that like stink on shit.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (pZ64F)

40 Just waiting for someone to come over and show her how to rake properly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

41 What exactly is she raking?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (Angsy)

42 Millet died tragically when his parakeets got loose from the cage.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (w9Wax)

43 Just what the heck is she raking?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (9yWhg)

44 Wear some gloves woman. Your gonna get callouses.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:36 AM (NBVIP)
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She probably already has calluses on her calluses.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (ScR16)

45 32 Bill Bellichick, the post-Patriot-firing years.
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Ron Rivera says hi.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (pZ64F)

46 Gleaner? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (NBVIP)

47 43 Just what the heck is she raking?
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Horse shit.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (pZ64F)

48 That's like me, but holding a shovel, surrounded by snow.
We got our white Christmas!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (izj35)

49 What are they doing in the background?? Pulling weeds?

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (88xKn)

50 *considers art*

*considers title*

*nods*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (jA9ul)

51 Woman with a rake in a fog

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2023 09:38 AM (O6uDo)

52 Hey!

... is for horses!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:38 AM (2yu8s)

53 What exactly is she raking?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (Angsy)

It's not important just as long as she can hide the body under it without anyone asking questions.

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 09:38 AM (1Yy3c)

54 Did he also do "The Gleaners?"
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Yes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:38 AM (pZ64F)

55 This song seems fitting.......

https://youtu.be/74dvJVwGA6Y?t=5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

56 >>At least she's not a hoe.

>>You gotta call a spade a spade.

I'd advise against doing that in front of her hubby John, deere!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2023 09:39 AM (izj35)

57 Boker Tov Patriots.

Slept in this AM

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2023 09:39 AM (PQ4m2)

58 The working class. I like the painting.

We are all pissant Marxians now. Just malcontented about it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 27, 2023 09:39 AM (FCs/J)

59 ---------------
Ron Rivera says hi.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:37 AM (pZ64F)

Ron Rivera doesn't look like he woke up under an overpass 20 minutes ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

60 What is she raking?

Posted by: redridinghood at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

61 Reminds me of the cover of Van Halen;

Women and Children First

Get crackin', ladies!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (J3ryZ)

62 What are they doing in the background?? Pulling weeds?
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Picking up the raked hay to add to the stack I assume. I guess the pitchforks are reserved for the menfolk to do the heavy lifting.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (2yu8s)

63 My hands don't fit this rake. They're better suited to*other* means of earning a living.

Posted by: Woman with rake at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (NBVIP)

64 Just what the heck is she raking?
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Horse shit.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023

***

Life on a farm is made to look glamorous in Hallmark Christmas movies, or full of adventure in old Lassie episodes, or comically surreal on Green Acres. But it's hard work, dawn to dusk, looking at the south end of a northbound mule.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (omVj0)

65 What is she raking?
Posted by: redridinghood at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (NpAcC)
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Grass. I believe that they are haying.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:41 AM (ScR16)

66 I.like the style, but it is definitely not Millet's best work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 27, 2023 09:41 AM (gSZYf)

67 34 At least she's not a hoe.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

You gotta call a spade a spade.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:35 AM (R4t5M)
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Punchline only:
"No Mother Superior, they call a spade a fucking shovel!"

Posted by: Ciampino - Crazy bitches will have me in Stitches! at December 27, 2023 09:41 AM (qfLjt)

68 Woman with a Rake
-

"But that is not all! Tell he what else she has won, Johnny."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 09:41 AM (ch/kO)

69 The colors in the painting make it look like it's dirty. Perhaps intentional--hard, weary life, joy is muted, even the air appears to be a burden.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:41 AM (OX9vb)

70 Picking up the raked hay to add to the stack I assume. I guess the pitchforks are reserved for the menfolk to do the heavy lifting.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (2yu8s)

Gee, I hope they didn't bale on her. Making a girl do all that heavy work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:42 AM (Angsy)

71 Does what it says on the tin

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 09:42 AM (zxP/x)

72 looking at the south end of a northbound mule.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (omVj0)

So farming eez sexy?

Posted by: Muzzie Goat Fucker at December 27, 2023 09:42 AM (1Yy3c)

73 Life on a farm is made to look glamorous in Hallmark Christmas movies, or full of adventure in old Lassie episodes, or comically surreal on Green Acres. But it's hard work, dawn to dusk, looking at the south end of a northbound mule.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM

The subsistence level economy...the dream of globalists everywhere.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 09:42 AM (jA9ul)

74 Slept in this AM

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2023 09:39 AM (PQ4m2)

No more standing a watch will do that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (gSZYf)

75 I humbly submit that it's been awhile since we got a John William Godward around here. Might be time to drop one soon. A little fan service, CBD

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (0FoWg)

76 She looks to have a millennial attitude toward the whole 'manual labor' thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

77 72 looking at the south end of a northbound mule.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (omVj0)

So farming eez sexy?
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Mules are like trannies, they cannot reproduce.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (pZ64F)

78 Could use some livestock or a cat.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

79 Vould you like to have a roll in zee hay?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srOd82nsWps

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (2yu8s)

80 Slept in this AM

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2023 09:39 AM (PQ4m2)

No more standing a watch will do that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM (gSZYf)

Ain't dat da truth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (PQ4m2)

81 She looks to have a millennial attitude toward the whole 'manual labor' thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:43 AM

I dunno...she's actually doing it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (jA9ul)

82 Hey Joe.

Was that you? I'm on my phone so I couldn't fix the accent quickly.

If it was, thank you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (gSZYf)

83 Life on the farm is kinda laid back...

Posted by: John Denver at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (NBVIP)

84
So farming eez sexy?
Posted by: Muzzie Goat Fucker at December 27, 2023 09:42 AM (1Yy3c)

Don't know, but it sure is EASY!

Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

85 She's young. She's bored. She hates this job, this life. She longs for the bright lights and hustle of the city. She dreams of running away while she rakes in a most desultory manner.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (cRrcX)

86
I dunno...she's actually doing it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (jA9ul)

Your point is valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

87 One wonders why the CIA is kiting COIN this morning?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (pZ64F)

88 Hey Joe.

Was that you? I'm on my phone so I couldn't fix the accent quickly.

If it was, thank you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 27, 2023 09:44 AM (gSZYf)
++++
Wasn't me. Credit to JJ, probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (zxP/x)

89 I knew I should have joined that last caravan heading north to the land of federal freebies, fentanyl and fantasy football!

Would Not Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (Edu7X)

90 How much muck would a muckraker rake if a muckraker could rake muck?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 09:46 AM (991eG)

91 It's pretty muddy looking

Https://youtu.be/66JeUOtiEuM?feature=shared

Been living my whole life stuck in the mud
But I can't say that it's been really all that bad
If in just one round
That this game is over

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 09:46 AM (ufFY8)

92 She's young. She's bored. She hates this job, this life. She longs for the bright lights and hustle of the city. She dreams of running away while she rakes in a most desultory manner.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2023 09:45 AM (cRrcX)

There was a cartoon on the Woody Woodpecker show about that....the two wolf cousins, one a city slicker and the other a country bumpkin, then the get a taste of the life of the other and run into a hot chick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

93 85 She's young. She's bored. She hates this job, this life. She longs for the bright lights and hustle of the city. She dreams of running away while she rakes in a most desultory manner.

She's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (NBVIP)

94 I like Millay's works. They make interesting use of light whether indoors or out but usually have a soft look while still presenting a clear image. He was known for his pastel and Conte crayon use and even his oil paintings have a feel of that looseness of the dry media. I find it attractive, calming and effective. Also, his subjects are often country people going about everyday work. In some ways there is a Scandi art feel to the scenes. That's a good thing.

As much as I like scenes like today's, I really like Millay's landscapes. They remind me of Constable's paintings from the previous century.

Posted by: JTB at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (7EjX1)

95 Remember, young lady. The grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the fence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

96 19 In the days before rechargeable battery powered rakes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:33 AM (NBVIP)
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Soon we'll have Lithium battery powered and AI driven, wheeled rakes called garden tractors, strangely enough, which will rake all the dead leaves in a nice big heap, drive into the middle of the pile and spontaneously self-combust. Three-day fire. No more leaves anyway.

Posted by: Ciampino - AI software was self-destructing at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

97 She's lost in thought...

"Pierre says he got monkeypox from a dirty seat in the outhouse, but is that even possible? And how did our dog Jacques catch it? And why do his friends call him 'Lucky Pierre' now? That doesn't seem very lucky to me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (0FoWg)

98 97 She's lost in thought...

"Pierre says he got monkeypox from a dirty seat in the outhouse, but is that even possible? And how did our dog Jacques catch it? And why do his friends call him 'Lucky Pierre' now? That doesn't seem very lucky to me."
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Dude, I've had the runs throughout Christmas. I have no idea what caused them. It sucks.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:49 AM (pZ64F)

99
"Pierre says he got monkeypox from a dirty seat in the outhouse, but is that even possible? And how did our dog Jacques catch it? And why do his friends call him 'Lucky Pierre' now? That doesn't seem very lucky to me."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (0FoWg)

Remember when the deprived homo community called AIDS 'the gift'?

Good times......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

100 Haven't seen a Woody Woodpecker or Chilly Willy cartoon in forever. I thin k they were from the same studio.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (R4t5M)

101 When you're done, get to making that sammich, woman!

*ducks

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (rJ7Hd)

102 Who makes time with the timekeeper's daughter while the timekeeper's busy keeping time?

Posted by: Dean Martin at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (NBVIP)

103 I think Bon Jovi wrote a song about it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (NYzgN)

104 Sorry about misspelling Millet's name. Clearly, more coffee, a lot more, is needed.

Posted by: JTB at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (7EjX1)

105

And then the North African displaced persons attacked...

Posted by: Just Sayin at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (Pu5W6)

106 Haven't seen a Woody Woodpecker or Chilly Willy cartoon in forever. I thin k they were from the same studio.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (R4t5M)
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Yes, they were both Lantz.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (ScR16)

107 Haven't seen a Woody Woodpecker or Chilly Willy cartoon in forever. I thin k they were from the same studio.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (R4t5M)

I believe you're correct.....but it HAS been a while.

I do know they ruined Woody after a while when they changed cartoon designs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

108 Fetterman is back to being Fetterman

When I talk to voters, they're worried about inflation. They really don't like the economy. Are you not hearing that?
To me, it's going to come down to good and evil and personalities and everything about this, too. It’s going to be a gut check kind of a situation where it's just like, really? Really, really, as you’re going into the voting booth, do we want chaos and somebody that is in three or four criminal hearings? Is this somebody that you want to be their finger back on the button? Or do you want to have a decent and very effective president that has gotten us through the pandemic, addressed inflation and has been a real masterclass of diplomacy with Israel?
And that's the thing. And if you want to be more pissed off about a $16 McDonald's extra meal, I don't know

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (NYzgN)

109 What a shitty way to go:

‘Chinese Chess’ Champion Loses Title Over Allegations He Used Anal Beads To Cheat And Defecated In Bathtub

China’s national chess champion has been stripped of his title over allegations he used anal beads to cheat and celebrated his sham victory by defecating in a bathtub.

Yan Chenglong, 48, beat dozens of contenders to become “Xiangqi King” at a Chinese chess tournament on December 17.

But his joy was short-lived after the sport’s governing body, the Chinese Xiangqi Association (CXA), on Monday announced Yan would have his title revoked and prize money confiscated due to inappropriate celebrations.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (2yu8s)

110 93
She's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 09:48 AM (NBVIP)
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Damn, I'm so conditioned that I read that as Fjords .... well it almost was: F(j)ords.

Posted by: Ciampino - What's a pair of braces between friends? at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (qfLjt)

111 I think Bon Jovi wrote a song about it.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (NYzgN)

That means it likely sucked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

112 Haven't seen a Woody Woodpecker or Chilly Willy cartoon in forever. I thin k they were from the same studio.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (R4t5M)

Walter Lantz?

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 09:52 AM (AwYPR)

113
China’s national chess champion has been stripped of his title over allegations he used anal beads to cheat and celebrated his sham victory by defecating in a bathtub.

Yan Chenglong, 48, beat dozens of contenders to become “Xiangqi King” at a Chinese chess tournament on December 17.

Well THAT'S a fine happy birthday to me and happy anniversary to TJM and spouse........

And how to anal beads help you win at chess?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

114 >>>She's lost in thought...

"Pierre says he got monkeypox from a dirty seat in the outhouse, but is that even possible? And how did our dog Jacques catch it? And why do his friends call him 'Lucky Pierre' now? That doesn't seem very lucky to me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

>On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, hmm-hmm, something, and a partridge in a pear tree!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (J3ryZ)

115 It is the first day that she is truly alone. She is unaccustomed to the rake. She is not unfamiliar with the labor - no farm wife is - but this labor is new to her, and reopens wounds that were just beginning to scab over. Raking was always men's work on their farm. First, her husband did it, often assisted by a farm hand or two. She remembers gazing out from the kitchen, seeing her man in the fields and feeling the contentment of productive security.

Later, her sons came and they began to rake. The eldest married a farmer in the next county and moved away. The youngest was lost in one of the accidents so common on a farm. Her husband resumed his raking, along with the remaining son.

But her husband died last year, leaving the job to his son. The young man kept up the duties outside until he was called to the war. He was fighting on some distant front now, leaving no men on the farm. Most of the farm hands had been called to the war, too, and there was no money to pay any who could still be had.

So every morning, she rakes. She rakes with a sorrowful heart, awash in the memories of better times, with nothing but the forlorn hope of survival.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (zxP/x)

116 Or do you want to have a decent and very effective president that has gotten us through the pandemic, addressed inflation and has been a real masterclass of diplomacy with Israel?

Yes I do... That's why I would never vote for Biden

Posted by: It's me donna at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (n2vyf)

117 "Pierre says he got monkeypox from a dirty seat in the outhouse, but is that even possible? And how did our dog Jacques catch it? And why do his friends call him 'Lucky Pierre' now? That doesn't seem very lucky to me."

You mean like the tractor story...

https://youtu.be/pQ73NKS3B1c

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (NBVIP)

118 Another woman with a rake:
https://is.gd/9bBemD

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 09:54 AM (zxP/x)

119 allegations he used anal beads

Wait, wut?

LOL

Did he have special remote vibrating beads that told him which move to make remotely?

In Gookinese: "I LOVE when I have to move queen!"

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 09:54 AM (ufFY8)

120
But his joy was short-lived after the sport’s governing body, the Chinese Xiangqi Association (CXA), on Monday announced Yan would have his title revoked and prize money confiscated due to inappropriate celebrations.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (2yu8s

What the hell is going on in the world of chess? Why is everyone stuffing things up their butts?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:54 AM (rJ7Hd)

121 Well it's no Jules Breton, but you have to reckon that this and "Man with A Hoe" were done as a set to hang in the dining room to make sure nobody every got to relax and feel good after dinner. There is always some other back-breaking chore you could be doing if you were just righteous enough.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (FCs/J)

122 And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (ScR16)

123 Now do a woman with the other kind of rake.

Posted by: GWB at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (sSx7k)

124
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She likes the theatre and never comes late
She never bothers with people she'd hate
That's why the lady has a rake

Posted by: Don Black at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (geLO8)

125 -----------
This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (ScR16)

Stop the world, I want off......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

126 The Day of the Rake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 09:34 AM (R4t5M)

All the leaves will tremble.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (aD39U)

127 And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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Remote-controlled vibrating beads, I reckon. They won't be audible or visible externally, and his colleague running probabilities can signal the next move through pulse patterns.

Just a guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (zxP/x)

128 And what's the method for figuring out the move? Do they convert ICCF to morse code or something?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (rJ7Hd)

129 There was a cartoon on the Woody Woodpecker show about that....the two wolf cousins, one a city slicker and the other a country bumpkin, then the get a taste of the life of the other and run into a hot chick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
____________

Mouse in Manhattan (Tom and Jerry) is my favorite cartoon on that theme. Best soundtrack ever for a cartoon.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (Dm8we)

130 Now do a woman with the other kind of rake.
Posted by: GWB at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (sSx7k)

#118

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (Angsy)

131 Oddly, Fetterman seems to be first past the post with the only thing the Dems can campaign on. Can't try to bullshit about this awful economy anymore. The only thing they have to sell is "yes, we've impoverished you, but it's worth it to stop orangeman, right? RIGHT? Say it with me... 'orange. man. bad.' Just like the good ol' days. Orangemanbad. Orangemanbad. Orangemanbad."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 09:57 AM (0FoWg)

132 How much muck would a muckraker rake if a muckraker could rake muck?

*********

20 mucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 09:57 AM (991eG)

133 but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers

Boom!

Scary that I assumed that was the method, too

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 09:57 AM (ufFY8)

134 It seems like a system that's got a high probability of error.

And if you have to repeat the sequence, someone will orgasm on camera.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:57 AM (rJ7Hd)

135 This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (ScR16)

You know how they found out? They had Chinese Checkers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (Angsy)

136 Chinese chess guy was benighted.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (w9Wax)

137 Ah, a painting of the ending scenes in Threads.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (4I/2K)

138 ‘Chinese Chess’ Champion Loses Title Over Allegations He Used Anal Beads To Cheat And Defecated In Bathtub

China’s national chess champion has been stripped of his title over allegations he used anal beads to cheat and celebrated his sham victory by defecating in a bathtub.
Posted by: andycanuck

That was wrong? If I had known that was wrong I never would have celebrated in such a manner.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (qoGsy)

139 You know how they found out? They had Chinese Checkers.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (Angsy)

I snorfled

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (rJ7Hd)

140 ...But her husband died last year, leaving the job to his son. The young man kept up the duties outside until he was called to the war. He was fighting on some distant front now, leaving no men on the farm. Most of the farm hands had been called to the war, too, and there was no money to pay any who could still be had.

So every morning, she rakes. She rakes with a sorrowful heart, awash in the memories of better times, with nothing but the forlorn hope of survival.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Well, it isn't going to make it onto a public school reading list - no homosexuality.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (lTGtQ)

141 And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (ScR16)
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Yeh I know this is Japanese but: Ass so!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (ch/kO)

142 She's a...muckraker. A love taker!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)

143 >>>And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

>Do either of you know morse code? Because an enigma machine would be difficult to slide in your ass.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (J3ryZ)

144 102 Who makes time with the timekeeper's daughter while the timekeeper's busy keeping time?

Posted by: Dean Martin at December 27, 2023 09:50 AM (NBVIP)
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Look Dean, we all know Who is on First. Also he's the Chinese guy down at the dry cleaners, and lastly, it's that owl that lives in your attic. Hoo Hoo.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lou Costello had big problems with this at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (qfLjt)

145 about a $16 McDonald's extra meal

Holy fuck. Is that really a thing?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (aD39U)

146 And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

I read this yesterday--the anal beads had some kind of bluetooth capability that allowed him to kegel a code to the beads based on his opponent's moves, and then his program would send him a signal back with the right move to make. Or something like that.

What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (OX9vb)

147 The family got into a heated debate on Donovan vs Dylan during dinner last night. My son's band mate Milo I refer to as Donovan cuz he dresses and plays the Donovan persona. My wife injected that Dylan was better than Donovan cuz 'I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More' and Dylan destroyed Donovan on camera by playing this song, thus destroying Donovan. I told her Maggie's Farm sucked and Donovan was top billing at the time and was truly unique both musically and I liked the psychedelic period, musically. She retorted that Dylan was so much better and mature and political. I suggested that songwriters going political is the first sign of mediocrity. It got hot.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (pZ64F)

148 Used Anal Beads To Cheat And Defecated In Bathtub

So, if he shit in the toilet all would have been good?

*Takes notes*

Posted by: Bootyjudge at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (ufFY8)

149 145 about a $16 McDonald's extra meal

Holy fuck. Is that really a thing?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (aD39U)

No one tell him about Disney.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 10:00 AM (rJ7Hd)

150 Chinese chess guy was benighted.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (w9Wax)

Bad rearing. I blame his parents.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 10:00 AM (Angsy)

151 Some Pat Benatar this morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 27, 2023 10:00 AM (R4t5M)

152 and she raked the straw like it had never been raked before..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 10:00 AM (aD39U)

153 Chinese chess guy was ~~benighted~~ beadified.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (w9Wax)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 10:00 AM (ch/kO)

154 "China’s national chess champion has been stripped of his title over allegations he used anal beads to cheat and celebrated his sham victory by defecating in a bathtub."

One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 27, 2023 10:01 AM (CwhoI)

155 What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (OX9vb)
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When he crapped in the bathtub, I guess.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 10:01 AM (ScR16)

156 "So every morning, she rakes. She rakes with a sorrowful heart, awash in the memories of better times, with nothing but the forlorn hope of survival."

In the distance a dog barked...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:01 AM (NBVIP)

157 Chinese chess guy was benighted beadified.

Oh my!

Posted by: Godless Commie Pope Francis, sadly at December 27, 2023 10:01 AM (ufFY8)

158 Do either of you know morse code? Because an enigma machine would be difficult to slide in your ass.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (J3ryZ)
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Where there's a Will, there's a way...

Posted by: Mayor Butt at December 27, 2023 10:02 AM (e8j4m)

159
Mouse in Manhattan (Tom and Jerry) is my favorite cartoon on that theme. Best soundtrack ever for a cartoon.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 27, 2023 09:56 AM (Dm8we)

Henry Fonda did a series in the 60's called "The Deputy" where he played a marshal of some town. He'd come in and out and his deputy would take care of things while he was gone. The episodes I caught had some rippin' tunes rolling while they road the trails looking for bandits. Found it was a jazz musician that did the soundtracks. It was really good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

160 ... China’s national chess champion has been stripped of his title over allegations he used anal beads to cheat and celebrated his sham victory by defecating in a bathtub. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 27, 2023 09:51 AM (2yu8s)
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But I heard that chess players got their kicks *above* the waistline, sunshine!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (zxP/x)

161
What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (OX9vb)

He must've left them in tub when he shit them out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

162 143
>Do either of you know morse code? Because an enigma machine would be difficult to slide in your ass.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 09:58 AM (J3ryZ)
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Didn't I read about someone having stuffed a semi-auto handgun (obviously not an AR-15) up his butt? I cannot and do not want to visualize either the insertion or the extraction of said firearm.

Posted by: Ciampino - One gun that approve its melting down at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (qfLjt)

163 What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (OX9vb)
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When he crapped in the bathtub, I guess.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

So, a spy camera in every Chinese hotel bathroom?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (w9Wax)

164 In the distance a dog barked...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:01 AM (NBVIP)

been a hoot-owl howling outside her window now 'bout six nights in a row..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (aD39U)

165 Wakes up.
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Read Joe Mannix's explanation. What a downer.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 27, 2023 10:04 AM (W/lyH)

166 This is me admitting that I know waaay more about this than I want to, but apparently, they were Blue Tooth capable vibrating beads and he was receiving coded messages from helpers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 27, 2023 09:55 AM (ScR16)

I remember that. You'll be happy to know it was BS. It would've been hilarious, but it was BS.

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 10:04 AM (1Yy3c)

167 My hands don't fit this rake. They're better suited to*other* means of earning a living.
Posted by: Woman with rake at December 27, 2023 09:40 AM (NBVIP)

Okay, how about churning the butter, then doing the evening milking?

Posted by: Farmer Jones at December 27, 2023 10:04 AM (4I/2K)

168 And how to anal beads help you win at chess?
Posted by: Sponge

********

It focuses the mind, son. Focuses the mind.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:05 AM (991eG)

169 The primary subject has a good rake, an apron, a fine bonnet & fully covered arms for the exhausting work. The others - particularly those in the distance working by hand - were not as fortunate.

I like the artist's body of work, including this painting, a great deal. I'd hang the painting. Thanks.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 27, 2023 10:05 AM (GshMh)

170 7 Donovan vs Dylan

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (pZ64F)

Donovan could write a melody

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 10:05 AM (AwYPR)

171 What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (OX9vb)
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Standard post anal assist.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 10:06 AM (ch/kO)

172 cannot and do not want to visualize either the insertion or the extraction of said firearm.

Ha! Just started watching season 21 of Midsomer Murders, and the autopsy woman made a comment that she would check the body, even where "he would secret something if he were going to prison"

I laughed and thought about puking at the same time. It was a very droll delivery.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 10:07 AM (ufFY8)

173 Because an enigma machine would be difficult to slide in your ass.

*******

That's why they come with a nozzle.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:07 AM (991eG)

174 170 7 Donovan vs Dylan

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 09:59 AM (pZ64F)

Donovan could write a melody
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Yeah, I know. I pointed that out by referencing the number songs in the Dylan catalogue are credited to 'Traditional'. Traditional was one hell of a Dylan co-writer.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:07 AM (pZ64F)

175 , a spy camera in every Chinese hotel bathroom?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (w9Wax)

No.
A balloon.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (ufFY8)

176 What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Senator Ben Dover's aide - Aidan Maese-Czeropski.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (qoGsy)

177 *anal beads buzz out in Morse code*
"King to e4. Also, the Titanic has hit an iceberg; request assistance"

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (CwhoI)

178 She thinks my rake is sexy
It really turns her on
She's always starin' at me
While I'm rakin' along

Posted by: Farmer Jones at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (4I/2K)

179 Woman doing chores art>>>>>>>>Dog art

Posted by: Wally at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (hqVaF)

180 I don't plan on researching anal beads and there uses.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (x42Y3)

181 What the hell is going on in the world of chess? Why is everyone stuffing things up their butts?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 27, 2023 09:54 AM

"It's all ~~ball bearings~~ anal beads these days."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:09 AM (jA9ul)

182 No.
A balloon.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (ufFY

Commie China, so Le Balloon Rouge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 10:09 AM (Angsy)

183 180 I don't plan on researching anal beads and there uses.
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How does he know the Bishop bead from the Knight bead?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:09 AM (pZ64F)

184 He must've left them in tub when he shit them out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)
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It sounded like a hail storm!

Posted by: dude in the room one floor down at December 27, 2023 10:10 AM (e8j4m)

185 >>>What I wonder, is who figured out he had anal beads?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (J3ryZ)

186 How does he know the Bishop bead from the Knight bead?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:09 AM (pZ64F)

By the Mitre.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (aD39U)

187 How does he know the Bishop bead from the Knight bead?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:09 AM (pZ64F)
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The bishop slides.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (ch/kO)

188 I don't plan on researching anal beads and there uses.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:08 AM (x42Y3)
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I'll bet there's federal grant money out there for anyone who's interested...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (BpYfr)

189 But I heard that chess players got their kicks *above* the waistline, sunshine!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM

That's the one night in Bangkok. Things get out of hand on subsequent nights.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (jA9ul)

190 How did he keep from reacting while receiving signals?

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:12 AM (x42Y3)

191 >>>He must've left them in tub when he shit them out.

Start a career in hospitality management, they said. It'll be fun, they said...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 27, 2023 10:12 AM (CwhoI)

192 They figured it out because he shit in the bathtub. Removing anal beads can be messy and if they're blue tooth capable they're expensive. One does not risk losing them in a toilet. One removes them in the bathtub. It facilitates cleaning the beads and the tub can be easily cleaned after removal.
Hotel cleaning lady complained about this nasty guest that shit in the tub and investigation begins!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2023 10:13 AM (cRrcX)

193 That's the one night in Bangkok. Things get out of hand on subsequent nights.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (jA9ul)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:13 AM (zxP/x)

194 Alternate Title: "American 'Middle Class' 2030: Raking Crickets for Dinner."

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:14 AM (TrxQU)

195 Chinese Chess’ Champion Loses Title Over Allegations He Used Anal Beads To Cheat And Defecated In Bathtub

Somewhere Bobby Fischer is rolling over in his grave. Granted he went bonkers in his last years.

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2023 10:14 AM (88xKn)

196 185...A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (J3ryZ)

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 10:15 AM (OX9vb)

197 Chinese chess anal bead scandal - obligatory musical interlude:

https://youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (ch/kO)

198 ‘Chinese Chess’ Champion Loses Title Over Allegations He Used Anal Beads To Cheat And Defecated In Bathtub

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Out: AI ChatBots.
In: AI ScatBots.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (TrxQU)

199 Hay-ooohh!

Posted by: Zombie Ed McMahon at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (w9Wax)

200 The beads didn't help him win.

They just helped ease the tedium.

It IS chess after all.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (991eG)

201 Lots of thread mileage here from a butt bead story...why am I not surprised?

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 10:17 AM (AwYPR)

202 But his joy was short-lived

You can ask around: this is always the case with anal beads.
We're going to gradually work up to the Chinese Lunch joke, and by then we'll have come full circle. Takes about...an hour.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (FCs/J)

203 Hay-ooohh!
Posted by: Zombie Ed McMahon at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (w9Wax)

Settle down, Ed. Those aren't hops for beer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (Angsy)

204 200 The beads didn't help him win.

They just helped ease the tedium.

It IS chess after all.
Posted by: Muldoon

They just kept him awake.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (cRrcX)

205 In related news, Deep Blue has announced his comeback in the realm of world championship chess competition with a usb upgrade.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (J3ryZ)

206 We're going to gradually work up to the Chinese Lunch joke, and by then we'll have come full circle. Takes about...an hour.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (FCs/J)

Then do it again another hour later.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 27, 2023 10:19 AM (Angsy)

207 In related news, Deep Blue has announced his comeback in the realm of world championship chess competition with a usb upgrade.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:18 AM (J3ryZ)
++++
*snort*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:19 AM (zxP/x)

208 There must be a porn star named Anal Beads.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:19 AM (x42Y3)

209 ...A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (J3ryZ)

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 10:15 AM

The Pucker Factor

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (jA9ul)

210 PJM: Clowns in Space: U.S. Space Force Officer Claims Troop Readiness Affected by Non-Existent Anti-LGBT Laws

http://tinyurl.com/23mh9wnm

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (1Yy3c)

211 A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (J3ryZ)

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 10:15 AM

The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (jA9ul)
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Riddle of the Sphincter...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (BpYfr)

212 A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

By I. P. Knightly?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:22 AM (NeGkf)

213 A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:11 AM (J3ryZ)

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 27, 2023 10:15 AM

The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (jA9ul)
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Riddle of the Sphincter...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM

Admit it...you're just glad we're not doing this to the Book Thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:22 AM (jA9ul)

214 I would say Millet probably had the biggest influence on Van Gogh. Van Gogh just decided to add color.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:22 AM (MNhXM)

215 Cattle Decapitation - Solastalgia

https://youtu.be/JZJJKAV2BpI

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 10:22 AM (1Yy3c)

216 Riddle of the Sphincter...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2023 10:21 AM (BpYfr)

Blow it out yer ass.

Posted by: The Sphinx at December 27, 2023 10:23 AM (Angsy)

217 Opponent: I've never seen someone get so excited about Knight to Bishop 4 before.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:23 AM (x42Y3)

218 The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

By I. P. Knightly?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:22 AM

I was trying to think of a Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum pun, but I got nuthin'. Moar coffee...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:23 AM (jA9ul)

219 Did he use the Greek opening?

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM (x42Y3)

220
Millet always painted corny pictures.

But, he was the Flour of French Artists.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM (nFnyb)

221 Millet always painted corny pictures.

But, he was the Flour of French Artists.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM (nFnyb)

He was criticized but plowed ahead anyway.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:25 AM (MNhXM)

222 Did he use the Greek opening?
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM

Do not get us started.

Posted by: The Frogs at December 27, 2023 10:25 AM (jA9ul)

223 rooué

(noun) : a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure :synonym: RAKE

So we can deduce that the woman in the painting is harvesting okra with her rake, in order to make gumbo. Gumbo recipes always start with "Make a rooué..."

Thus endeth the lesson...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM (991eG)

224 Cattle Decapitation - Solastalgia

https://youtu.be/JZJJKAV2BpI
Posted by: Robert

Aliens.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM (NeGkf)

225 Robert Schimmel had a bit in his stand-up routine on anal beads.

"So I'm at the hospital getting the beads removed..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM (Dm8we)

226 The beads didn't help him win.

They just helped ease the tedium.

It IS chess after all.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:16 AM (991eG)

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Do they make anal speed beads for speed chess?

I saw the Anal Speed Bleeds open for ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (TrxQU)

227 Once you execute the Greco Gambit, you never back.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (J3ryZ)

228 Did he use the Greek opening?
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM

Maybe the Sicilian opening.

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (88xKn)

229 Robert Schimmel had a bit in his stand-up routine on anal beads.

"So I'm at the hospital getting the beads removed..."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM

Yeah...I'm guessing the routine must have been stand up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (jA9ul)

230 My guess is the chick is cleaning up after the alien crop circles. Those fuckers give no shits about crop yields.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (pZ64F)

231 rooué

(noun) : a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure :synonym: RAKE

So we can deduce that the woman in the painting is harvesting okra with her rake, in order to make gumbo. Gumbo recipes always start with "Make a rooué..."

Thus endeth the lesson...
Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM (991eG)
++++
This was beautifully done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (zxP/x)

232 My local classical music station just played the largo movement from Dvorak's New World Symphony. It kind of fits the mood of todays's art selection.

Posted by: Tuna at December 27, 2023 10:28 AM (oaGWv)

233 Did he beat the Bishop during his matches.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:28 AM (MNhXM)

234
*50s-style marching music*

*sings*

I want a hippopotamus for New Year's!
Only a painting of a hippo will do-o-o-o-o
There is no doubt when you see his bottoman
A hippo's better than
A fat man on an ottoman
...
...

Posted by: naturalfake at December 27, 2023 10:29 AM (nFnyb)

235 Did he beat the Bishop during his matches.
Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:28 AM (MNhXM)
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China doesn't look too fondly on the church, so no.

But they're pretty ruthless when it comes to animals, so there are good odds that there was some dolphin-flogging going on.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:29 AM (zxP/x)

236 The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Sounds cheeky.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:29 AM (NBVIP)

237 Did he beat the Bishop during his matches.
Posted by: Drive by

Bopped the Bishop purple.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:30 AM (NeGkf)

238 Cattle Decapitation - Solastalgia

https://youtu.be/JZJJKAV2BpI
Posted by: Robert

Aliens.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:26 AM (NeGkf)

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* Art Bell and chupacabras have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:31 AM (TrxQU)

239 "Any guesses why?"
The Fall of France

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We'll have to change the joke to "so the jihadis can ride their camels in the shade."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 27, 2023 10:32 AM (FVME7)

240 If you use this gambit too much you have to buy bigger beads.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:33 AM (x42Y3)

241 This was beautifully done.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

******

Oh hell no! Can't hold a candle to your epic @115

A truly evocative masterpiece. Brought a tear to my eye and inspired me to be a better man...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2023 10:33 AM (991eG)

242 Pete Buttigieg needs beads the size of apples.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:36 AM (x42Y3)

243 Once you execute the Greco Gambit, you never back.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (J3ryZ)

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There's a "Queen's Gambit" reboot idea in there somewhere ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:36 AM (TrxQU)

244 Did someone call for Richard Grieco?

Posted by: Richard Grieco at December 27, 2023 10:37 AM (1Yy3c)

245 There's a "Queen's Gambit" reboot idea in there somewhere ...
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:36 AM (TrxQU)

The Queer’s Gambit

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:37 AM (MNhXM)

246 Next, she'll rake to over the coals, bub.

Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2023 10:37 AM (gmo/4)

247 Maine EV Mandate Vote Delayed . . . By Power Outages

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That's just God's way of telling you that you're all assholes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 27, 2023 10:38 AM (FVME7)

248 Didn't I read about someone having stuffed a semi-auto handgun (obviously not an AR-15) up his butt? I cannot and do not want to visualize either the insertion or the extraction of said firearm.
Posted by: Ciampino - One gun that approve its melting down at December 27, 2023 10:03 AM (qfLjt)

You probably want something like a Ivers-Johnson "lemon squeezer" or a Ladysmith with a bobbed hammer since you really don't want any sharp edges that might snag

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2023 10:38 AM (D7oie)

249 A microwave blast here, a EMP emission there and the involuntary seizures will spin a tail of truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

LOL. Sounds like a butt-clencher of a novel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

The Pucker Factor
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

A Wink and a Nod.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 27, 2023 10:41 AM (w9Wax)

250 EV mandate in Maine is like having an EV mandate in Alaska .

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:41 AM (MNhXM)

251 You probably want something like a Ivers-Johnson "lemon squeezer" or a Ladysmith with a bobbed hammer since you really don't want any sharp edges that might snag

Posted by: Kindltot at December 27, 2023 10:38 AM (D7oie)

Hammer bite...ouch!

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 10:41 AM (AwYPR)

252 228 Did he use the Greek opening?
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2023 10:24 AM

Maybe the Sicilian opening.

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2023 10:27 AM (88xKn)
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You don't want that, it involves a sharp knife.

Posted by: Ciampino - The Yellow Trail by Dick Diarrhea at December 27, 2023 10:42 AM (qfLjt)

253 >>>There's a "Queen's Gambit" reboot idea in there somewhere ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo

>That would be the Gangbang Gambit, - like a castle move except with +14 troop morale.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 27, 2023 10:42 AM (J3ryZ)

254 You probably want something like a Ivers-Johnson "lemon squeezer" or a Ladysmith with a bobbed hammer since you really don't want any sharp edges that might snag
Posted by: Kindltot

*scribbles furiously

Posted by: Robert Rodriguez at December 27, 2023 10:43 AM (w9Wax)

255 The Ben-Wa Beads of Chess Domination. What will the Chinese think of next?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2023 10:44 AM (S6gqv)

256 Ladysmith with a bobbed hammer since you really don't want any sharp edges that might snag
Posted by: Kindltot

This is about me, isn't it.....

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at December 27, 2023 10:45 AM (vf0Uk)

257 EV mandate in Maine is like having an EV mandate in Alaska .
Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:41 AM (MNhXM)

EV = Everyone's Vagina

Because you're soon f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 27, 2023 10:46 AM (vf0Uk)

258 Maybe the Sicilian opening.

Posted by: dantesed
____________

Double Walken reference: "This watch..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 27, 2023 10:46 AM (Dm8we)

259 250 EV mandate in Maine is like having an EV mandate in Alaska .
Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:41 AM (MNhXM)

It's almost as insane as trying to base your grid completely on solar and wind in Germany. Where in winter the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2023 10:46 AM (S6gqv)

260 Maine EV Mandate Vote Delayed . . . By Power Outages

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That's just God's way of telling you that you're all assholes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's God's way of saying he has a sense of humor and if you continue on with this folly, he's going to show you just how big it is.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:46 AM (NeGkf)

261 Roué has one o.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 10:48 AM (0FoWg)

262 Apropos of nothing, listening to an interview on radio with a guy who sounds like an older conservative intellectual, and he just pronounced "archetype" as "arch-type."

Has anybody ever heard that and is it an acceptable pronunciation?

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27, 2023 10:50 AM (/+Izy)

263 It's almost as insane as trying to base your grid completely on solar and wind in Germany. Where in winter the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2023 10:46 AM (S6gqv)

If you're in a place that gets cold enough to freeze a waterfall, you prolly shouldn't have a wind turbine.

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 10:50 AM (AwYPR)

264 Kreator - Satan Is Real

https://youtu.be/mUv8GxrqXPk

Such a jaunty little tune.

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 10:51 AM (1Yy3c)

265 108 Fetterman is back to being Fetterman. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Of course. But we're doing fabulous looking at -
>The state's 2023 WARN Notices.
>Forbes, Dec 13th: The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (Preit) has filed a Chapter 11 petition in the federal Delaware bankruptcy court and presented a reorganization plan to reduce indebtedness by $880 million. This marks the company's second bankruptcy in the last three years. It's the retail equivalent of Long Covid.
>CNN, yesterday: Here are 7 of the well-known companies that went bankrupt in 2023. (Lots of Mall nooks & crannies they once filled.)

Major pharmacy chains closing a number of stores statewide; failing healthcare because it can't make big enough bucks as the system is being flooded w/Medicaid & CHIP users. Free or practically free college. A failing public school system for any areas but the "moneyed." An unimaginable number of illegals living on streets, in shopping centers & parks &/or quietly being housed in certain hotels & motels (ergo, overwhelming the local schools) or an occasional shelter. An huge number of non-profits eligible for certain tax breaks, ...

A job? Who do you know?

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (GshMh)

266 Roué has one o.

Not if you BUNDLE it!!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (FCs/J)

267 Has anybody ever heard that and is it an acceptable pronunciation?
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 27,

I never have. Maybe Brits say it that way or something. Intellectual fartbags sometimes adopt European pronunciations to mask their bone-deep mediocrity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (0FoWg)

268 Roué has one o.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 10:48 AM (0FoWg)

Then she should come to me for more...many more!

Posted by: Paolo at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (gSZYf)

269 Mandates are antithetical to the American way. Anti Americans have tried to slip these in since the beginning but they’ve gone full retard the last few decades.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:54 AM (MNhXM)

270 269 Mandates are antithetical to the American way. Anti Americans have tried to slip these in since the beginning but they’ve gone full retard the last few decades.
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Mandates are gay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:55 AM (pZ64F)

271 Mandates are antithetical to the American way. Anti Americans have tried to slip these in since the beginning but they’ve gone full retard the last few decades.
Posted by: Drive by

Mandates are ghey.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2023 10:56 AM (NeGkf)

272 Mandates are gay.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 27, 2023 10:55 AM (pZ64F)

Took me a second but I got there.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:56 AM (MNhXM)

273 Let's change the weather by driving our electricity from technologies that depend on... the weather!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:56 AM (NBVIP)

274 *deriving

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:57 AM (NBVIP)

275 US Navy Downs Three Ballistic Missiles, Two Cruise Missiles and a Dozen Drones Fired by the Houthis

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Whothis?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 27, 2023 10:57 AM (FVME7)

276 Intellectual fartbags sometimes adopt European pronunciations to mask their bone-deep mediocrity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (0FoWg)
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If that ain't a pearl of wisdom, I don't know what is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 27, 2023 10:58 AM (zxP/x)

277 Intellectual fartbags sometimes adopt European pronunciations to mask their bone-deep mediocrity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 27, 2023 10:52 AM (0FoWg)
++++

John Kerry enters the discussion.

Posted by: Drive by at December 27, 2023 10:58 AM (MNhXM)

278 Whothis have ballistic missiles? Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2023 10:59 AM (NBVIP)

279 Just wait 'til the most powerful person in a society is the one that knows how to make a fire...demi-god.

Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2023 11:00 AM (AwYPR)

280 Mannix is nood.

Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2023 11:00 AM (1Yy3c)

281 US Navy Downs Three Ballistic Missiles, Two Cruise Missiles and a Dozen Drones Fired by the Houthis

t some point the dickless media is going to have to ask "Who are these Houthis and why are they such an armaments powerhouse?"

Posted by: Diogenes at December 27, 2023 11:00 AM (W/lyH)

282 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2023 11:01 AM (jA9ul)

283 What no sandwich ?
And she looks racist as well.

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