Mid-Morning Art Thread

St. Sebastian
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

Don't talk sh*t about my man Raf!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FART!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2023 09:40 AM (Ja3qS)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2023 09:41 AM (T4tVD)

3 Are you sure thats a man?

Posted by: Chris Krispy Kreme at December 29, 2023 09:41 AM (89Sog)

4 That looks like a woman, but who names a daughter Sebastian?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2023 09:41 AM (Ja3qS)

5 Is that an arrow in his hand?

Posted by: dantesed at December 29, 2023 09:42 AM (88xKn)

6 This is what puberty blockers do to young men.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2023 09:42 AM (Ja3qS)

7 Dude looks like a lady.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 29, 2023 09:42 AM (ftFVW)

8 I like how he casually holds the instrument of dearh.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 29, 2023 09:43 AM (Ht3Uz)

9
Have you seen the Arrow?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM (xG4kz)

10 girlish moonface
also there's some kind of animal grazing on a bush in the backgound

Posted by: Don Black at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM (geLO8)

11 I like how he casually holds the instrument of dearh.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

Many depictions of saint do.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM (J47y1)

12 Totally a guy. Look at thise broad shoulders. The ladies loved his pretty boy looks and ability to move furniture.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM (Ht3Uz)

13 St. Sebastian was a favorite of Emperor Diocletian, and served as a captain of the infamous Praetorian Guard. He had secretly been bringing supplies to persecuted Christians, and his missionary efforts were know in shady underground circles. St . Sebastian was a man of great faith when such faith had to be hidden, and he was even known to have brought Christianity to fellow members of the Roman armed services.

Diocletian had St. Sebastian tied to a tree and shot, but the arrows that pierced his strong body failed to kill him. These arrows are still an important symbol of his sainthood. He later died as a result of blunt trauma. Since he was able to endure such incredible punishment, he is often invoked as the patron of athletes. Archers are also known to pray for him in times of need

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (Ja3qS)

14 "Don't talk sh*t about my man Raf!"

Never! Nice portrait although his model looks like he's contemplating his mid morning snack rather than his death.

Posted by: Tuna at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (oaGWv)

15 Godzilla over his shoulder.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (AwYPR)

16 Yeesh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (R4t5M)

17 Gee, thanks for the nood, guys./

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (9yWhg)

18 Drives a Pierce-Arrow car.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 29, 2023 09:47 AM (/pv9Q)

19 Good call on Godzilla.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 09:47 AM (R4t5M)

20 Godzilla over his shoulder.
Posted by: BignJames

Now I can't unsee it.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 29, 2023 09:47 AM (ftFVW)

21 It's Ralph .... no wait, Raff again. Who gave him that brush?

(Brush of? Of what? .... O, off!)

Posted by: Ciampino - Do we gie him the brush off? at December 29, 2023 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

22
Urbino.

Is that like a Black Albino?

I denounce myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 29, 2023 09:48 AM (nFnyb)

23 This painting is so eerie...it's like looking into a mirror!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 29, 2023 09:49 AM (ycI94)

24 Godzilla over his shoulder.
Posted by: BignJames

Godzilla is symbolic of the coming of DEI.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 09:49 AM (FVME7)

25 Me and my Arrow.....

Posted by: mpfs at December 29, 2023 09:49 AM (C9Zri)

26 Arrows Or Blue Tooth Enabled Anal Beads...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2023 09:50 AM (Edu7X)

27 Well done I think

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2023 09:50 AM (LQcGi)

28 Godzilla over his shoulder.
Posted by: BignJames

Happy little kaiju.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 09:50 AM (9yWhg)

29 > Many depictions of saint do.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM (J47y1)

Heh... Neal Stephenson described a (fictional, I think) saint with Tourette's Syndrome in his Baroque Cycle. The saint was depicted holding the tongs with which his tongue had been ripped out, and the sailmaker's needle with which his lips had been sewn shut.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:51 AM (W5ArC)

30 Many depictions of saint do.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 09:44 AM

St Catherine ones are kind of funny when she's depicted holding a tiny wheel. I liked one which shows the massive size of that thing.

I like the little smile on St Sebastian's face as he's holding the arrow like a quill or a paintbrush.

"This thing? Not going to lie: it hurt. But in the grand scheme of things, no big deal."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 29, 2023 09:51 AM (Ht3Uz)

31 So he's related to Gorka?

Posted by: I'm not really a Catholic, so... at December 29, 2023 09:51 AM (NBVIP)

32
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2023 09:51 AM (mz+66)

33 Background in brief:

http://tinyurl.com/47dr748c
Britannica

And unusual not showing him pierced by arrows that did not kill him.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 09:51 AM (2yu8s)

34 > 18 Drives a Pierce-Arrow car.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 29, 2023 09:47 AM (/pv9Q)

The first Arrow shirt.

The copycats at Hathaway tried to confuse people by using spokesmodels with eye patches, but people generally thought they'd just been given Red Ryder BB guns for Christmas.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:52 AM (W5ArC)

35 Diocletian had alot of quarrels with Sebastian.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 09:53 AM (2yu8s)

36 15 Godzilla over his shoulder.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 09:46 AM (AwYPR)
----
I took that as a rat and wondered why Raff would put that in a picture. I mean, it's not like the rat posed umpteen hours just to be included.
Fat rat ....!

Posted by: Ciampino - So Raffaello didn't have a cat? at December 29, 2023 09:53 AM (qfLjt)

37 *singing and dancing in the middle of Tokyo*

There's Godzilla on my Shoulder
There's a rainbow in the sky
So, let's have another cup of coffee
And let's have another piece of pie

*squished 15 seconds later by Godzilla, and no pie!!!*

Posted by: naturalfake at December 29, 2023 09:53 AM (nFnyb)

38 Neat how there's a rainbow in the background.

Posted by: Clueless at December 29, 2023 09:54 AM (NBVIP)

39 Diocletian had alot of quarrels with Sebastian.
Posted by: andycanuck

ISWYDT

*golf clap*

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

40 St Sebastian scale comparison34 CM
St Sebastian is an Italian Renaissance oil on panel painting created by Raphael Sanzio in 1501. It lives at the Accademia Carrara in Italy.

Posted by: Rhennigantx at December 29, 2023 09:54 AM (P5T42)

41 > I took that as a rat and wondered why Raff would put that in a picture.

Master Splinter, of course.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:54 AM (W5ArC)

42
I would like to think that St. Sebastian went out like Breaker Morant -- with a challenge (at least in the movie):

Shoot straight, you bastards -- don't make a mess of it!

... that, or:

Crossbows? That's figures -- you're too much a bunch of big pussies to master the longbow!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (xG4kz)

43 The "I've told you I didn't fart for the umpteenth time" look.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

44 You sure he's not holding a riding crop?

Posted by: Millennial at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (NBVIP)

45 He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, but this did not kill him. He was rescued and healed by Irene of Rome, which became a popular subject in 17th-century painting. Shortly after his recovery, he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.

Posted by: Rhennigantx at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (P5T42)

46 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 09:56 AM (0FoWg)

47 > 44 You sure he's not holding a riding crop?
Posted by: Millennial at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (NBVIP)

No, that would be Saint Mayor Pete. Entirely different church.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:56 AM (W5ArC)

48 You should see the paintings from my man DeRaffaello Sanzquan da Ghetto. He paints them on the sides of carts and wagons.

Posted by: The Illegal Who Lives In Your Crawlspace at December 29, 2023 09:56 AM (/djnR)

49 I do like these old Italian Renaissance paintings.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2023 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

50 Whoops! Sorry for the OT, thought this would be over 100 by now.

Mea culpa!!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (0FoWg)

51 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (W5ArC)

52 Men deciding who are saints and who aren't.
Never have understood that one either.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (3K/9t)

53 Whoops! Sorry for the OT, thought this would be over 100 by now.

Mea culpa!!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

You're the ruler of Liechtenstein now, so you can do what you like.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (9yWhg)

54 Didn't Diocletian have a a big palace somewhere outside of Rome?

Posted by: dantesed at December 29, 2023 09:58 AM (88xKn)

55 Time flies like an arrow...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)

56 ...Fruit flies like a banana.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)

57
Shortly after his recovery, he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.
Posted by: Rhennigantx

It really was essential to maintain a high level of contextual awareness those days in Rome whenever you were invited by an acquaintance to "go clubbing".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

58 Men deciding who are saints and who aren't.
Never have understood that one either.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM

They don't decide who aren't.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 29, 2023 09:59 AM (Ht3Uz)

59 Wasn't one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named after the artist?

Posted by: But I never watched the show at December 29, 2023 09:59 AM (NBVIP)

60 Didn't Diocletian have a a big palace somewhere outside of Rome?
Posted by: dantesed

At present-day Split in Dalmatia (present-day Croatia), I think.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

61 18 Drives a Pierce-Arrow car.
-----
Not a Chevy Bolt??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 09:59 AM (2yu8s)

62 > 52 Men deciding who are saints and who aren't.
Never have understood that one either.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (3K/9t)

I can always tell the genuine vintage saint's blood from the cheap knockoff stuff.

Posted by: The Whore of Babylon at December 29, 2023 10:00 AM (W5ArC)

63
Wasn't Diocletian the emperor after Calgon but before Omeprazole?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 29, 2023 10:00 AM (nFnyb)

64 he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.
-----------
His fate was sealed.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 10:01 AM (2yu8s)

65 Looks like Gru from Despicable Me. Needs more minions.

Posted by: PabloD at December 29, 2023 10:01 AM (bOiGX)

66
Didn't Diocletian have a a big palace somewhere outside of Rome?
Posted by: dantesed

Yes, the Dioclitorous, (whose name, when spoken, was invariably followed with suppressed snorts and guffaws of laughter).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:01 AM (xG4kz)

67 49 I do like these old Italian Renaissance paintings.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2023 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

I agree. St Sebastian has a piercing look in this piece. His story is striking.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 29, 2023 10:02 AM (UcAQV)

68 51 Maybe he and Mayor Pete can be put in adjoining office suites with a shared shower room.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 29, 2023 09:57 AM (W5ArC)

Attached to a double-sided buttplug.

Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 10:02 AM (sm6Pk)

69 Wasn't Diocletian the emperor after Calgon

Calgon was a Chinese emperor, not a Roman one. Quite the hotshot, he was.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:02 AM (9yWhg)

70 > Shortly after his recovery, he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.
Posted by: Rhennigantx at December 29, 2023 09:55 AM (P5T42)

This Sebastian dude wasn't overly bright, was he?

Or else he had a death wish.

Too bad he didn't live in present-day Canada. They'd declare him "mentally ill" and get a quack to give him a lethal injection.

Posted by: The Whore of Babylon at December 29, 2023 10:02 AM (W5ArC)

71 Diocletian had alot of quarrels with Sebastian.
Posted by: andycanuck

Watch it with that, or the lurkers may bolt.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 29, 2023 10:02 AM (OUMaO)

72 Venturing OT, my apologies. But since CBD started the thread, what does CBD's new nick BFBMOE refer to?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 29, 2023 10:03 AM (UcAQV)

73 Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints.

Posted by: Jagger at December 29, 2023 10:03 AM (NBVIP)

74 62 I can always tell the genuine vintage saint's blood from the cheap knockoff stuff.

Posted by: The Whore of Babylon at December 29, 2023 10:00 AM (W5ArC)

Blah, stop hoarding all ze "vine", foul whore!

Posted by: Dracula at December 29, 2023 10:03 AM (sm6Pk)

75 Is that Sebastian a Cabot or a Lodge?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 10:04 AM (Angsy)

76 Shortly after his recovery, he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.
Posted by: Rhennigantx

Hardcore friendship on Sebastian's part: "Dioc, I know you don't want to hear this, but God saved me so I gotta tell ya-"

*gets bludgeoned by Diocletian's enablers*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 29, 2023 10:04 AM (Ht3Uz)

77 A bad archer quivers too much in cold weather.

Posted by: Ciampino - I bow to punsters at December 29, 2023 10:05 AM (qfLjt)

78 We gotta split.

Posted by: Croatia at December 29, 2023 10:05 AM (NBVIP)

79 > 75 Is that Sebastian a Cabot or a Lodge?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 10:04 AM (Angsy)

Looks more like a John.

Scan the background. There's gotta be a Lovin' Spoonful in there somewhere.

Posted by: The Whore of Babylon at December 29, 2023 10:05 AM (W5ArC)

80 Take me away.

Posted by: Calgon at December 29, 2023 10:06 AM (NBVIP)

81 I told him not to institute those wage and price controls, but did he listen to me? Nooooooo...

Posted by: Sebastian at December 29, 2023 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

82 Mona Lia

Posted by: t-bird at December 29, 2023 10:07 AM (gIvNR)

83 Is that Sebastian a Cabot or a Lodge?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Neither

Posted by: Henry at December 29, 2023 10:07 AM (R4t5M)

84 Time flies like an arrow...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)

....keeps on ticking...ticking...ticking....into the future.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:07 AM (AwYPR)

85 75 Is that Sebastian a Cabot or a Lodge?

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Gorka at December 29, 2023 10:07 AM (NBVIP)

86 75 Is that Sebastian a Cabot or a Lodge?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 10:04 AM (Angsy)
----
Did you mean a Cabin or a Lodge?

Is this a hotel advertisement?

Posted by: Ciampino - We have room at this inn at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (qfLjt)

87
The Roman emperors around this time were

Diocletian,
Clinician,
Pectin,
Ivermectin,
Invertase,
Protease,
Propecia, and
Alopecia

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

88 Only the eyes and nose look feminine. The rest of the face doesn't
It's odd.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (0FoWg)

89 86 Is this a hotel advertisement?
Posted by: Ciampino - We have room at this inn at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (qfLjt)

Are you having trouble getting out of your timeshare contract?

Posted by: Call 1-800-TimesharesNow! at December 29, 2023 10:09 AM (sm6Pk)

90 The interesting thing about the Dylan - Donovan Conflict was in 1965 Dylan played Newport Folk Festival with electric guitars, featuring his 1965 Maggie's Farm album, and shocked the world while Donovan released two albums, his debut album What's Bid Did and What's Been Hid and his second Fairytale album. Dylan was 23 while Donovan was 19. There were some that accused Donovan of copying Dylan. This led to the amazing moment when Dylan and Donovan met in London and each played the other one of their songs - Dylan's 'Its All Over Now, Baby Blue' and Donovan's 'To Sing For You’. All rivalry was settled and they signed a peace treaty. Oddly, by the end of 1965 Dylan had a motorcycle accident and did not perform or produce any new music until the 'Self Portrait' in 1970. Donovan, however, became to the guiding light for psychedelic movement that lasted into 1973. Interesting twist of fate.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 10:09 AM (pZ64F)

91 88 Only the eyes and nose look feminine. The rest of the face doesn't
It's odd.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (0FoWg)

Also the eyebrows. They're thin and arched. Not flat caveman caterpillars.

Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 10:10 AM (sm6Pk)

92 87
The Roman emperors around this time were

Diocletian,
Clinician,
Pectin,
Ivermectin,
Invertase,
Protease,
Propecia, and
Alopecia
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

You forgot Progeria.

Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 10:10 AM (sm6Pk)

93 This Sebastian dude wasn't overly bright, was he?

***********

Yeah, what's the martyr with him?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:10 AM (991eG)

94 "Diocletian had St. Sebastian tied to a tree and shot, but the arrows that pierced his strong body failed to kill him.

Shortly after his recovery, he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result, he was clubbed to death.

Sounds bad but this is nothing compared to the suffering of not being addressed by your preferred pronoun.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2023 10:11 AM (13idB)

95 The Roman emperors around this time were

Diocletian,
Clinician,
Pectin,
Ivermectin,
Invertase,
Protease,
Propecia, and
Alopecia
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

You forgot Progeria.
Posted by: XTC

And Glucosamine and Chondroitin.

Posted by: Sebastian at December 29, 2023 10:11 AM (9yWhg)

96 Back in the day he was killin' it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2023 10:12 AM (NBVIP)

97 Off, sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

98 Veneration of St. Sebastian was thought to protect one from the Plague. Perhaps today he might protect us from the plague of tyranny. Here is hoping that he might.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 10:12 AM (gmo/4)

99 Here's my guess: the artist had a male model, but didn't think his eyes made him look placid and saintly enough, so he wedged in a lady model's in their place. Just a guess tho.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:12 AM (0FoWg)

100 I wonder if he bought an extended warranty?

Posted by: torabora at December 29, 2023 10:13 AM (OUiUM)

101 The ladies loved his pretty boy looks and ability to move furniture.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
________

So he cleaned up on pizza and lambrusco?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:13 AM (Dm8we)

102 Ask your doctor if Diocletian is right for you. Don't take Diocletian if you're allergic to Diocletian.

Posted by: The legal department at December 29, 2023 10:13 AM (NBVIP)

103 The Bob Dylan motorcycle accident was in July of 1966.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 10:13 AM (FCs/J)

104
You forgot Progeria.
Posted by: XTC

And Glucosamine and Chondroitin.
Posted by: Sebastian

*smacks forehead with palm of hand*

You're right -- I did!
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:13 AM (xG4kz)

105 ||He is a patron saint of archers and athletes and of those who desire a saintly death. He was also venerated as a protector from the bubonic plague and as a patron of plague victims.

According to his legend, he was born in Gaul, went to Rome, and joined (c. 283) the army of the emperor Carinus, later becoming a captain under Diocletian. When it was discovered that he was a Christian who had converted many soldiers, Sebastian was ordered to be killed by arrows. The archers left him for dead, but a Christian widow nursed him back to health. He then presented himself before Diocletian, who condemned him to death by beating. His body, thrown into a sewer, was found by another pious woman, who dreamed that Sebastian told her to bury his remains near the catacombs. His relics are believed to be in the Basilica of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way, to which many pilgrims were attracted in the Middle Ages.||

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 10:14 AM (2yu8s)

106 103 The Bob Dylan motorcycle accident was in July of 1966.
-----------------
You are correct. Still, Dylan, following his meeting with Donovan, did not perform or produce any music until 1970. He became hermit like.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 10:15 AM (pZ64F)

107 There is only One Way.

Posted by: The Appians at December 29, 2023 10:16 AM (NBVIP)

108 Diocletian was such a a fucking douchebag. A real sadist. Like an Emperor Lindsay Graham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:16 AM (0FoWg)

109 Being Protestant, I freely admit that I do not know much about saints.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 10:16 AM (gmo/4)

110 Was it Diocletion who kicked the remaining Jews out of the Holy Land, would only let them return for Tisha B'av and renamed the area Palestine in about 135AD?
I'm sure someone here can tighten all that up for me.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 10:16 AM (3K/9t)

111 Ronny Cox was in Appian's Way.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:17 AM (9yWhg)

112 Hey Sebastian, good news and bad news.

The good news is we're having archery practice today.

The bad news? Todd left the hay bales back at the castle!

Sebastian: F'n Todd!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:17 AM (991eG)

113 Was it Diocletion who kicked the remaining Jews out of the Holy Land, would only let them return for Tisha B'av and renamed the area Palestine in about 135AD?
I'm sure someone here can tighten all that up for me.
Posted by: TeeJ

That was Hadrian. (Not our Hadrian.)

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:18 AM (9yWhg)

114 Crash test dummy > Archery practice target

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:18 AM (991eG)

115 Was Hadrian's first name "Wally"?

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 29, 2023 10:19 AM (2yu8s)

116 Didn't Diocletian have a a big palace somewhere outside of Rome?

Opinions are Split.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 10:22 AM (FCs/J)

117 In an odd coincidence, Archery Manning was the long-time quarterback for the Saints...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:24 AM (991eG)

118 Alex Jones for Trump's press secretary ... oh man!!!! Trump's 2nd term will be lit!

Posted by: ET at December 29, 2023 10:24 AM (xrJLf)

119 Was Hadrian's first name "Wally"?
Posted by: andycanuck

Dodeca.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:24 AM (9yWhg)

120 Speaking of archery:

Veronica >> Betty

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:24 AM (991eG)

121 @113 - Thanks Bulgaroctonus!
See, I knew one of you would know.
Btw, was that you that was talking with Jim on Sunday about accurate, hunting rounds?

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 10:25 AM (3K/9t)

122 Groan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 10:25 AM (R4t5M)

123 Btw, was that you that was talking with Jim on Sunday about accurate, hunting rounds?
Posted by: TeeJ

Nope.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:25 AM (9yWhg)

124 117 In an odd coincidence, Archery Manning was the long-time quarterback for the Saints...

Omaha!!

Posted by: Peyton at December 29, 2023 10:26 AM (NBVIP)

125 55 Time flies like an arrow...
56 ...Fruit flies like a banana.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 09:58 AM (991eG)
----
and Kermit likes flies so, using Common Core logic, clocks like oranges.

Posted by: Ciampino - We have room at this inn ... at December 29, 2023 10:26 AM (qfLjt)

126 Dodeca.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

*******

Nice!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:26 AM (991eG)

127 Mrs. Howell >> Ginger.

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

128 Okay. Got to thread late. Made a suggestion while they were both signing off.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 10:27 AM (3K/9t)

129 @106 Dylan, following his meeting with Donovan, did not perform or produce any music until 1970.

Press photo of Dylan on tour in UK in May 1966.
http://tinyurl.com/4jmwuye7

Nashville Skyline was released in the spring of 1969.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 10:29 AM (FCs/J)

130 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I wonder what his buddies called him? Seb? Sebas? Saint? Cause Saint Sebastian just seems too long.
Goes looking for coffee.

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

131 Not Diocletian. That was Hadrian the pro-sodomite anti-Semite Emperor. World's first Dem.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:29 AM (0FoWg)

132 Dodeca.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The Dodeca Challenger Hellcat is a powerful muscle car.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 10:29 AM (gmo/4)

133 > Dylan, following his meeting with Donovan, did not perform or produce any music ~~until 1970.~~
_____________

Preferred timeline.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 10:32 AM (Q4IgG)

134 He walled off Scotland because he was afraid they weren't gay enough. When he heard none of them even had monkeypox, he said "oh merthy me! How declasse! Build That Wall, boyth!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:32 AM (0FoWg)

135 Dylan, following his meeting with Donovan, did not perform or produce any music until 1970.

*******

I thought you were talking about Dylan Thomas.

Posted by: A man who ain't got no culture. at December 29, 2023 10:33 AM (991eG)

136 I was late to the Kaboom party. It isn't often that something that I read makes me laugh out loud but that post surely did! In fact, this blog makes me laugh often from the wit and witticisms of all of the horde. Thank you - needed it

Posted by: Cheri at December 29, 2023 10:34 AM (oiNtH)

137 Don't talk sh*t about my man Raf!

caro, mi sei simpatico

Posted by: kallisto at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (dCxaZ)

138 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I wonder what his buddies called him? Seb? Sebas? Saint? Cause Saint Sebastian just seems too long.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes
________________

I had an argument with a freind from Iraq about this issue. My contention is that any name of three syllables or more automatically acquires a shortened nic. She swore that they always use the full name, even if it was five or six syllables.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (Dm8we)

139 My interpretation:

The year 2023 in one picture

(It ain't pretty)

http://tinyurl.com/2th8va8s

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (D7oie)

140
I thought you were talking about Dylan Thomas.
Posted by: A man who ain't got no culture.

I knew that it wasn't Dylan Mulvaney ...

... and that in itself made me happy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:37 AM (xG4kz)

141 Marlo Thomas.

Posted by: Hubba hubba at December 29, 2023 10:37 AM (NBVIP)

142 I just tried to go back to that Sunday thread's comments to see who it was.
Click on "access comments" and you get a screen where you enter your email and unsubscribe,,, or something.
Ummm, think I'll pass.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 10:38 AM (3K/9t)

143 For a bunch of guys who supposedly think about Rome several times a day and never discuss anything but pop music trivia, you seem to have some timeline problems. About everything.

Drunk?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 10:38 AM (FCs/J)

144 That's a dude, man?

Posted by: go get your fuckin shine box at December 29, 2023 10:39 AM (kvDvI)

145 *She swore that they always use the full name, even if it was five or six syllables.*

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Most female Supreme Court justices at December 29, 2023 10:40 AM (NBVIP)

146 Marlo Thomas looks like a space alien now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 10:40 AM (R4t5M)

147 I had an argument with a freind from Iraq about this issue. My contention is that any name of three syllables or more automatically acquires a shortened nic. She swore that they always use the full name, even if it was five or six syllables.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (Dm8we)

In the 20's and 30's it was considered "lucky" to name a boy so his full name had five syllables.
I suspect it was some sort of mindf****ry by the equivalent of Edward Bernays who wanted to make sure that during the next general draft, the government wouldn't have to put such a long blank in the forms.

I am rather negative today, it is best to just laugh and pass it all off.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 10:40 AM (D7oie)

148 Raffaello is one of the best

Posted by: kallisto at December 29, 2023 10:40 AM (dCxaZ)

149 For a bunch of guys who supposedly think about Rome several times a day and never discuss anything but pop music trivia, you seem to have some timeline problems. About everything.

Ace's time machine messes with our heads and produces chronological disorientation.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:40 AM (9yWhg)

150 Looks a bit like Tommy Bolin. May he RIP.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:41 AM (QQ4PK)

151 Drunk?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 10:38 AM (FCs/J)

0.79%....no

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:41 AM (AwYPR)

152
Dang. I wonder what his buddies called him? Seb? Sebas? Saint? Cause Saint Sebastian just seems rtoo long.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

"Prickly", or "That prick"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:41 AM (xG4kz)

153 Marlo Thomas looks like a space alien now.

and she talks funny because of the work done to her schnozz

Posted by: kallisto at December 29, 2023 10:41 AM (dCxaZ)

154 I had an argument with a freind from Iraq about this issue. My contention is that any name of three syllables or more automatically acquires a shortened nic. She swore that they always use the full name, even if it was five or six syllables.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (Dm8we)

I agree with you. Three or more is begging a nic.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2023 10:42 AM (W/lyH)

155 Edward Bernays sauce is delicious.

Posted by: But I rarely do much cooking at December 29, 2023 10:42 AM (NBVIP)

156 >>Dylan, following his meeting with Donovan, did not perform or produce any music until 1970.

Uh...I don't think we were that lucky.

Dylan is massively overrated, btw.
Not as a songwriter.
But as a performer.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:43 AM (QQ4PK)

157 My interpretation:

The year 2023 in one picture

(It ain't pretty)

http://tinyurl.com/2th8va8s
Posted by: Kindltot

2024 says to 2023 - hold my beer. Election year, war in the middle East, pro-terrorist protestors, hundreds of thousands pouring over our border, the roaring of the deep state, and on, and on. VDH calls 2024 the year of the reckoning. That can go either way and I'm praying for the only just outcome.

Posted by: Cheri at December 29, 2023 10:43 AM (oiNtH)

158 Regarding Dylan's motorcycle wreck.
Was he out trying to catch the wind?
I denounce myself.
Love each other fellow babies

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 10:43 AM (3K/9t)

159 The honorable Maine secretary of state who single handedly slew the Trump dragon used to have a different hashtag.

Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows
I only lasted five minutes more than Brandon. Tapping out. But excited to vote for Biden as soon as I can. Let’s restore civility. #LetThePeopleDecide

-
Also, the "Let’s restore civility" is nice.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:44 AM (FVME7)

160 Posted by: Cheri at December 29, 2023 10:43 AM

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to 2024.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (9yWhg)

161 This saint looks like a tranny . . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (iFTx/)

162 I had an argument with a freind from Iraq about this issue. My contention is that any name of three syllables or more automatically acquires a shortened nic. She swore that they always use the full name, even if it was five or six syllables.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:36 AM (Dm8we)

I agree with you. Three or more is begging a nic.
Posted by: Diogenes
_________

The only exception I would concede is the Russians, but that's based entirely on Russian literature. I bet they use nics in everday life as well.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (Dm8we)

163 153 Marlo Thomas looks like a space alien now.

Oh. That girl.

Posted by: Rimshot. at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (NBVIP)

164 >>Was he out trying to catch the wind?

He was running against the wind.
Bob Seger wrote a song about the entire event.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (QQ4PK)

165 Tommy Bolin was the man. Back when cool people came from Colorado, instead of sweaty, stubbly banana republic ass-pirates.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (0FoWg)

166 Good morning CBD! Wishing you a wonderful New Year’s weekend.

Keep propping up your favorite socially-awkward meatball on stilts. Sure he’s better than George Bush in drag, but that is not saying much.

Arrivederci!!!

Posted by: Not Fat Dumb Ron at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (vZk+0)

167 The only exception I would concede is the Russians, but that's based entirely on Russian literature. I bet they use nics in everday life as well.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Lots of nics, but not necessarily shorter than the original name once all the diminutives get added in.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (9yWhg)

168 I just tried to go back to that Sunday thread's comments to see who it was.
Click on "access comments" and you get a screen where you enter your email and unsubscribe,,, or something.
Ummm, think I'll pass.

The links in the archive have been screwy for a long time now. When your browser tries to open minx.cc/[ whatever ], replace minx.cc in the URL with acecomments.mu.nu and it should work.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (sNc8Y)

169 Dylan is massively overrated, btw.
Not as a songwriter.
But as a performer.
Posted by: garrett

He won the Pulitzer Prize. Or maybe it was Miss America. I'm not really sure.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (FVME7)

170 I thought you were talking about Dylan Thomas.
---------------
There is only one Dylan.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (ErLti)

171 So today is actually the 20th anniversary of the blog. Does that mean Ace is going to get drunk on a bottle or affordable Scotch and bang his favorite groupie?

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (x42Y3)

172 The only exception I would concede is the Russians, but that's based entirely on Russian literature. I bet they use nics in everday life as well.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:45 AM (Dm8we)

Certainly. Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (0FoWg)

173 132 Dodeca.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The Dodeca Challenger Hellcat is a powerful muscle car.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 10:29 AM (gmo/4)
----
No no, that was the Doges Gondola, the made ... sorry, make-out car from Venice.

Posted by: Chrysler Columbus Navigator extraordinaire at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (qfLjt)

174 A lot of statues and art of St. Sebastian are rather grotesque, in the classic sense of the word; they have him looking like some bizarre human pincushion. Yes, I get the martyrdom thing, but I don't want to stare at it for an hour.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (i9ffA)

175 Marlo Thomas looks like a space alien now.

Marlo's just a ghost of her former self.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (9yWhg)

176 You forgot Progeria.
Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 10:10 AM (sm6Pk)

Now do the Achamenid empire

I think it starts off with I think it is Cyrus, Cabbyses, and Xanax

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (D7oie)

177 Certainly. Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
__________

We've got ours too. How do you get Jack from John?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:49 AM (Dm8we)

178 "Put those tiny arrows in your heart."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 10:49 AM (xcxpd)

179 177 Certainly. Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
__________

We've got ours too. How do you get Jack from John?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:49 AM (Dm8we)

I blame the French

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 10:50 AM (xcxpd)

180 He won the Pulitzer Prize. Or maybe it was Miss America. I'm not really sure.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (FVME7)

Didn't he win a Nobel a few years ago.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:50 AM (AwYPR)

181 Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

You'd understand after the third bottle of vodka.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:50 AM (9yWhg)

182 171 So today is actually the 20th anniversary of the blog.

Dang it.

*goes out to buy more champagne*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2023 10:50 AM (NBVIP)

183 Marlo Thomas looks like a space alien now.

-
She used to be cute. Of course, I used to be skinny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:51 AM (FVME7)

184 Must be related to Obama -- same halo around his head. . .

Posted by: Charles Gibson at December 29, 2023 10:51 AM (izj35)

185 Brought forward from The Morning Report:

You want to cull the list of available candidates for President? Okay, then you have opted to leave the Union.

Have your elected representatives to the federal government vacate their offices by 31-Dec-2023.
You can expect no revenues or subsidies from the federal government beginning 01-Jan-2024. We'll negotiate the division / recompension for federal properties in your state by 31-Dec-2024.

Enjoy your brave and solo existence!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:51 AM (xG4kz)

186 Teej-

Find the old thread you want, open the URL box and copy the six digit post #.

Then go to the current active thread comments section, open the URL box and replace the current post number with the post number of the thread you want to see.

This will take you to the comments of the old post.

DO NOT try to comment on that thread by mistake.

Posted by: A man who ain't got no culture. at December 29, 2023 10:51 AM (991eG)

187 170 I thought you were talking about Dylan Thomas.
---------------
There is only one Dylan.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 10:47 AM (ErLti)

*nods*

Dylan Ryder. Love her work.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 10:51 AM (xcxpd)

188 Didn't he win a Nobel a few years ago.
Posted by: BignJames

Nobel, Superbowl MVP, something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:52 AM (FVME7)

189 We've got ours too. How do you get Jack from John?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:49 AM (Dm8we)

I blame the French
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
_______

That makes sense. Never thought of it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 10:52 AM (Dm8we)

190 172
Certainly. Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (0FoWg)
----
Well Dick from Richard.
Jack from John.

Posted by: Chrysler Columbus Navigator extraordinaire ... at December 29, 2023 10:52 AM (qfLjt)

191 Edward Bernays sauce is delicious.
Posted by: But I rarely do much cooking at December 29, 2023 10:42 AM (NBVIP)

It tastes like tyranny.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 10:53 AM (D7oie)

192 How do you get Sasha and Malia from a wookie?

Posted by: Mystery of science at December 29, 2023 10:53 AM (NBVIP)

193 A lot of statues and art of St. Sebastian are rather grotesque, in the classic sense of the word; they have him looking like some bizarre human pincushion. Yes, I get the martyrdom thing, but I don't want to stare at it for an hour.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (i9ffA)

__________

"Is this about me?"

-- Pinhead

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 10:53 AM (iFTx/)

194 Wonder why the Nobel Committee hasn't given Joe a medal?

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:54 AM (AwYPR)

195 I do so got culture, I just forgot to change my sock!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:55 AM (991eG)

196 This Shenna Bellows is dumb, deluded, and doesn't know shit about the law. I despise her and all of her fellow travelers in this country. I always think of this Samuel Adam's quote:

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ― Samuel Adams

His beer isn't too bad either.

Posted by: Cheri at December 29, 2023 10:55 AM (oiNtH)

197 "James" is from "Jacob."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (9yWhg)

198 I remember when the Senate created the Nobel Committee. Just wish they'd learn how to spell it correctly.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (NBVIP)

199 The only exception I would concede is the Russians, but that's based entirely on Russian literature.

-
I bought an audiobook of Russian short stories to listen to as I drift off. They're all life sucks and then you die.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (FVME7)

200 >>This Shenna Bellows is dumb, deluded, and doesn't know shit about the law.

She also kinda looks like Chuckie.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (QQ4PK)

201 I do so got culture, I just forgot to change my sock!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 10:55 AM (991eG)

mebbe, a culture

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (AwYPR)

202 How do you get Sasha and Malia from a wookie?
Posted by: Mystery of science at December 29, 2023 10:53 AM (NBVIP)

Improbably, they actually *do* look like Soetero. He must have gotten blind drunk to do those two little deeds.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (0FoWg)

203 Nashville Skyline was released in the spring of 1969.
-----------------
This is true. Good catch. This was a studio album with no performances to launch sales. This is during the time of Dylan's conversion to Christianity which may have brought Johnny Cash and others to his door in Nashville. While this was going on Donovan had produced seven albums with tours and had introduced the Beatles, Beach Boys and Mia Farrow to Transcendental Meditation and taught both John Lennon and Paul McCartney how to pick a guitar. The later lead to Julia, Dear Prudence and Blackbird and best of all Psychedelic Lennon songs. A seismic shift in influence was Donovan.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (ErLti)

204
Does that mean Ace is going to get drunk on a bottle or affordable Scotch and bang his favorite groupie?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Garrett is at the tanning salon touching up his starfish's healthy pre-cancerous glow and getting his mano / pedo even as we speak.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 10:57 AM (xG4kz)

205 I do so got culture, I just forgot to change my sock!
Posted by: Muldoon

If you lived in the Big Rock Candy Mountain, you wouldn't have to change your socks.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:57 AM (9yWhg)

206 421 @139/Kindltot:

I've been here too long. My first thought was that the skull needs to be on fire, and the crab needs to be holding a pudding cup.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 29, 2023 10:57 AM (qPw5n)

207 Improbably, they actually *do* look like Soetero. He must have gotten blind drunk to do those two little deeds.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (0FoWg)

turkey baster kids

wait, what am i saying? the mooch boasts a mighty package

Posted by: kallisto, no baby oven there at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (dCxaZ)

208 "James" is from "Jacob."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 10:56 AM (9yWhg)

Nah...from SC

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (AwYPR)

209 UFC Fighter and Outspoken Trump Supporter Colby Covington Says He Wants to Transition Into Politics

-
Geez! That's almost as bad as transitioning into a freak.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (FVME7)

210 What an unfortunate face.

Posted by: look whats not at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (nakGR)

211 Certainly. Though how you get Sasha from Aleksandr is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 10:48 AM (0FoWg)

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

Was surprised to learn in doing genealogy research on my Scottish paternal line that Alasdair was a (and obviously Gaelic) form of Alexander.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (SPXZh)

212 Don't drag me into this.

Posted by: The turkey baster at December 29, 2023 10:59 AM (NBVIP)

213 I prefer to think of Ace as my Groupie.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:59 AM (QQ4PK)

214 My first thought was that the skull needs to be on fire...

Notice how we haven't had a flaming skull in a while now, not even for the CO thing? We've been so battered politically and culturally that nothing seems shocking now.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 29, 2023 10:59 AM (sNc8Y)

215 Hadrian's wall gets all the good press. Why?

Posted by: The Antonine Wall at December 29, 2023 11:00 AM (vDyah)

216 NOOD (dedicated to Bulgaroctonus)

Mid-Morning Rant thread is up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 29, 2023 11:00 AM (qPw5n)

217 Yonder's Wall > Hadrian's Wall

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:00 AM (QQ4PK)

218 When everything is a flaming skull nothing is a flaming skull.

Posted by: The Most Recent Unpleasantness at December 29, 2023 11:01 AM (NBVIP)

219 UFC Fighter and Outspoken Trump Supporter Colby Covington Says He Wants to Transition Into Politics

-
Geez! That's almost as bad as transitioning into a freak.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 10:58 AM (FVME7)

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

Since elections are now dead, I say we replace them with MMA Cage Matches to the Death.

We certainly can't do any worse, and at least the ultimate winner can yell a la Maximus: "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?!?!"

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 11:02 AM (SPXZh)

220 I've been here too long. My first thought was that the skull needs to be on fire, and the crab needs to be holding a pudding cup.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 29, 2023 10:57 AM (qPw5n)

I am in a pissy mood today. flames and pudding cups are for victories.

It is best to not think on it, just laugh and pass on.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:04 AM (D7oie)

221 216 Thanks, Grumpy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:05 AM (9yWhg)

222 Morning.

Dude looks like a lady.

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:17 AM (1Yy3c)

223 St Sebastian looks a little bit inquistive. As in:

"Are you a good witch? Or a bad witch?"

Posted by: m at December 29, 2023 11:22 AM (4UYlo)

224 213 I prefer to think of Ace as my Groupie.
Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 10:59 AM (QQ4PK)

!!!

Posted by: m at December 29, 2023 11:23 AM (4UYlo)

225 The Antonine Wall was north of Donovan, so it does not count.
All of history is now based on Donovan.
Electrical banana pudding going to be the very next phase.
Next up: Melanie!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 11:29 AM (FCs/J)

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