Saturday Overnight Open Thread (12/30/23)

(One of my favorite Zappa LPs of all time)

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The Saturday Night Joke

A former Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high school teacher.

Just before the school year started, he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable. On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The smart-aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.

Dead silence...........

The rest of the year went very smoothly. H/T Hrothgar

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In case you missed it The Fabulous and I have retired.

Just wanted to let you know….I received my 2023 Social Security Stimulus Package.
It contained two tomato seeds, pancake mix, two discount coupons to KFC, a “Biden
Build Back Better” bumper sticker, a prayer rug, a Biden Speech Decoder Ring, a machine
to blow smoke up my ass, a case of Bud Light, and a “Blame it on Trump” poster for the front yard.
The directions were in Spanish.
Yours should arrive soon.

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And this one was just right.

WATCH: Bear Snatches $45 Meal From Florida Home Moments After Delivery
A doorbell camera caught the surprising moment a bear steals a Florida family's $45 Uber Eats order moments after the delivery driver dropped it off. Laidy Guiterrez and Daniel Bula told FOX 35 they were waiting for their Taco Bell dinner when the hulking creature decided to claim the meal for itself on November 3.
Footage shared with the news station shows a black bear walking up to the Orlando-area home minutes after the Uber Eats driver left the meal on the front porch. The hungry thief picks up the bag with its mouth before making its leisurely escape.
"He came, and he grabbed the food – then he came again for the soda," Nina Castro, Laidy and Daniel's niece, described to reporters.

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As we approach 2024, time to review some 2023 items...........

Moar of the best of 2023........ (H/T Isophorone Blog)

While we are at it on 2023..........

117 Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2023
The year’s most exciting discoveries included a stolen Vincent van Gogh painting, a hidden medieval crypt and a gold-covered mummy
Fascinating finds unveiled in 2023Fascinating finds unveiled in 2023 ranged from a 12-sided object that may have been used for sorcery to a lost Rembrandt portrait.
In a year marked by momentous change and loss, from the outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza to record-breaking extreme weather, archaeological and cultural news offered a mostly welcome distraction. Spanning disciplines, historical eras, geographic locations and cultures, some of the 117 artifacts highlighted below were first unearthed years ago but only documented now, while others were identified more recently. From a floating speakeasy that sank under suspicious circumstances to a 4,000-year-old site dubbed “Dutch Stonehenge,” these were the most fascinating finds of 2023, as covered by Smithsonian magazine.
Missing masterpieces
For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival. But while countless masterpieces have vanished over the millennia, many others remain hidden, tucked away in attics, basements and even thrift stores.

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Everything and I mean everything you wanted to know about Quick Sand. (Well maybe not everything)

In Hollywood, few moments have you on the edge of your seat more than when a character gets trapped in quicksand. The stunt is sometimes used during a peak dramatic moment, like in Lawrence of Arabia, but it can also be used for comedic relief, like on Gilligan's Island.

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Home Cooking Emporium

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Love thy neighbor? Sure, just not the wife's co-workers. Genius Award Winner.

DECEMBER 29--Latoya Gladney, a 44-year-old manager in training at a McDonald’s in North Carolina, told police that her employees were “disrespecting” her last night, so she called her husband “to assist her.”
Investigators allege that when Dwayne Waden, a 57-year-old church pastor, subsequently arrived at the restaurant in High Point, he chose not to turn the other cheek.
Cops say Waden walked into the kitchen and began punching Theodore Garlington, a McDonald’s cook, in the face. Waden also allegedly wrapped his hands around Garlington’s neck and began “pushing his head toward the deep fryer,” according to a police report.
Before Garlington, 34, could be dipped in hot oil, several employees interceded, pulling Waden (seen at right) off the victim.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by After Market Automobile Parts.

Notice: Posted with someone's permission roller blading in the cavernous hallways of Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:03 PM

Comments

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1 It has been that kind of a day!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:03 PM (hOUT3)

2 Hi

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 10:03 PM (fwDg9)

3 Others have been summoned.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 30, 2023 10:03 PM (qPw5n)

4 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at December 30, 2023 10:03 PM (hR52C)

5 Howdy, beloved Horde!

Posted by: Emmie at December 30, 2023 10:04 PM (Sf2cq)

6 Thinking of a beverage before turning this off tonight

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 10:04 PM (fwDg9)

7 I had hoped, yesterday, when I took delivery of five gold rings, that we were finally past all the poultry. I hawked one of the rings just to buy bird food.

But, no. A sixth pear tree, with yet another danged partridge, turtle doves nine and ten, nine French hens, mostly still alive, and now eight annoying calling birds, have been joined by six stinking geese, who are at least a-laying, but also one goose ate four of the nine rings, so goose is on the menu. No more birds, my true love! Please!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear ol' Swanee at December 30, 2023 10:05 PM (sRcuN)

8 That car: Needs more Bondo.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 30, 2023 10:05 PM (qPw5n)

9 Good evening morons and thank you mh

Happy New Year everyone

(One of my favorite Zappa LPs of all time)

Why am I not surprised ?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2023 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

10 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2023 10:06 PM (SAX5G)

11 Here, MisHum!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:06 PM (Angsy)

12 Who summoned me?

Posted by: The Genie at December 30, 2023 10:06 PM (G05l3)

13 How is it even possible to spend $45 at Toxic Hell?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (SAX5G)

14 https://t.ly/KHUui
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Had to try a different Url shorter, Tinyurl.com is sutting me out again

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (fwDg9)

15 Great ONT MisHum!
I presume the COB Dental Plan will remain in force after your retirement begins!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

16

I like movies about bears with hogs...

Posted by: Rainmamdo at December 30, 2023 10:08 PM (NES37)

17 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

Great Saturday Night Joke!

Congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy the heck out of it!!!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2023 10:08 PM (a8Rgt)

18 Caps lose to Nashville in shootout

Shame on FSU- all their top players opted not to play the Orange Bowl. Georgia took the game seriously and won 63-3. I feel the Seminoles basically ceded the game.

TEAM FIRST

Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2023 10:09 PM (geLO8)

19 12 Who summoned me?
Posted by: The Genie at December 30, 2023 10:06 PM (G05l3)

I knew if I rubbed it enough you'd come

Posted by: rainmando at December 30, 2023 10:10 PM (TTAGa)

20 How is it even possible to spend $45 at Toxic Hell?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (SAX5G)

Can't imagine.

Posted by: Chrispy Chreme at December 30, 2023 10:10 PM (emlEe)

21 A doorbell camera caught the surprising moment a bear steals a Florida family's $45 Uber Eats order moments after the delivery driver dropped it off.

Dang bears can't read.

UBER eats. Not Ursa eats.

Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2023 10:10 PM (DgGvY)

22 15 Great ONT MisHum!
I presume the COB Dental Plan will remain in force after your retirement begins!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

You know what happens when you presume.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (SH7v5)

23 Just wanted to let you know….I received my 2023 Social Security Stimulus Package. It contained two tomato seeds, pancake mix, two discount coupons to KFC, a “Biden Build Back Better” bumper sticker, a prayer rug, a Biden Speech Decoder Ring, a machine to blow smoke up my ass, a case of Bud Light, and a “Blame it on Trump” poster for the front yard.

The directions were in Spanish.

Yours should arrive soon.

I just received notice that mine won't arrive until 2025. Supply chain issues, they say.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (jGGMD)

24 17 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

Great Saturday Night Joke!

Congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy the heck out of it!!!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2023 10:08 PM (a8Rgt)

You're welcome.
Thank you and Hrothgar
Thank you and I will!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (SH7v5)

25 "In a year marked by momentous change and loss, from the outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza..."

Ah, the wonderful passive voice phrasing from the libs at Smithsonian Magazine. I used to love reading that mag as a young lad. So glad I haven't read it in decades.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (AHp3g)

26 Shame on FSU- all their top players opted not to play the Orange Bowl. Georgia took the game seriously and won 63-3. I feel the Seminoles basically ceded the game.

TEAM FIRST
Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2023 10:09 PM (geLO

Don't watch sports anymore, but if FSU was undefeated, they should have been in that playoff system. I have no problem with the seniors sitting out. Bust up the NCAA, make the networks show crappy games like this, then maybe something will change.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (Angsy)

27 You know what happens when you presume.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (SH7v5)

You're president of Harvard?

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (emlEe)

28 How is it even possible to spend $45 at Toxic Hell?
Posted by: Tonypete

I wish they wouldn't have. I had to spend the next four hours sitting on their lawn sprinkler.

Posted by: the bear at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (DgGvY)

29 Finally got my workshop fully setup, only took three months.

I think that deserves a celebratory Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)

30 Yo no comprende the joke.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (BI8w/)

31 I like movies about bears with hogs...
Posted by: Rainmamdo at December 30, 2023 10:08 PM (NES37)

Am not!

Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (jGGMD)

32 $45 meal from Taco Bell? That's a lot of tacos.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (wx0TT)

33 Good evening and Happy New Year Mis.Hum!
I hope these last few days are seeing you settling in for your 'retirement'...and I hope you're feeling better...
For my part - Monday I pass the 29 year mark😗. Yay?
Anyways, back to Zappa...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (bomBH)

34 Man, that drink looks tasty.

Deep fryer has got to be the worst way to go. Worse than piranha fish.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (+RQPJ)

35 27 You know what happens when you presume.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (SH7v5)

You're president of Harvard?
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (emlEe)

Or the POTUS Mushhead.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (SH7v5)

36 Wait, we had record breaking extreme weather last year?

Damn... missed that... except all the globull warmering Hot Air blowing out of DC.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (xaFKb)

37 13 How is it even possible to spend $45 at Toxic Hell?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (SAX5G)

Quite easily. A burrito is $5 a taco is $3. Add in a couple of drinks, delivery fees and tax and $45 barely feeds two people.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (BI8w/)

38 Bear Snatches $45 Meal

... a few weeks ago,the local DoorDash missed the address and dropped off a Prime Rib sandwich from Applebees at my door, instead of the proper address two doors down.

It was great.

Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (RovqD)

39 I despise the word disrespect. Meaningless bullshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (ZLI7S)

40 $45 meal from Taco Bell? That's a lot of tacos.
Posted by: Drive
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TB's prices have gone up... a lot.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (WT4dp)

41 33 Good evening and Happy New Year Mis.Hum!
I hope these last few days are seeing you settling in for your 'retirement'...and I hope you're feeling better...
For my part - Monday I pass the 29 year mark😗. Yay?
Anyways, back to Zappa...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (bomBH)

A Happy New Year and a Happy Birthday Marie.

I'm on the mend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (SH7v5)

42 If I remember correctly, Adrienne Barbeau was able to survive an encounter with quicksand in the Swamp Thing because of her magnificent breasts.

For all of you movie thread geeks, now there is a hidden gem of cinema.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (J3ryZ)

43 Don't watch sports anymore, but if FSU was undefeated, they should have been in that playoff system. I have no problem with the seniors sitting out. Bust up the NCAA, make the networks show crappy games like this, then maybe something will change.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (Angsy)

Agreed. The CFP committee caused this with their hard-on for the SEC. If you crap all over a team that pulled out all the stops to finish 13-0 even with a third-string quarterback, don't be surprised by their response.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 30, 2023 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

44 to record-breaking extreme weather
Yeah, anything else written there is questionable if they're going to tout that lie.

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 10:15 PM (sSx7k)

45

Workshops are a Journey, not a Destination.

Tomorrow you'll realize there is something you really need to redo that will probably require a new bit of kit!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 30, 2023 10:16 PM (NES37)

46 I wish they wouldn't have. I had to spend the next four hours sitting on their lawn sprinkler.
Posted by: the bear

Should have used the rabbit.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2023 10:16 PM (SAX5G)

47 If I were finishing up my college football career, and if I had genuine NFL prospects, I'd skip the bowl game too.

It's been a long time since Division I NCAA football was anything other than NFL, Jr.

Posted by: mnw at December 30, 2023 10:16 PM (NLIak)

48 WATCH: Bear Snatches $45 Meal From Florida Home Moments After Delivery

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$45 seems like a reasonable price for a meal of bare snatches.

Posted by: The Genie at December 30, 2023 10:17 PM (vDyah)

49 ... a few weeks ago,the local DoorDash missed the address and dropped off a Prime Rib sandwich from Applebees at my door, instead of the proper address two doors down.

It was great.
Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (RovqD)

So you're guilty of masticating the evidence?

'What, officer {BURP}? I dindu nuffin.'

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:17 PM (emlEe)

50 Judging by the surprise at $45 Taco Bell meals in the comments, I can tell some of you haven’t been inside a Taco Bell in a while. Long gone are the days of 49 cent Tacos. Even the “value meal” Now has nothing under $2.

$45 is nothing for a family meal.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:17 PM (BI8w/)

51 Congratulations on your retirement! You're gonna love it!
And as.always, thanxs for yet another great ONT.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:18 PM (W/lyH)

52 'Dipped in the grease'. Says it all. Like frying bacon naked.

Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:18 PM (NxC5+)

53 Yo no comprende the joke.
Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:12 PM (BI8w/)

If you're serious he stapled his tie to his cast. The students thought he stapled tie to his chest.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:18 PM (wx0TT)

54 42 If I remember correctly, Adrienne Barbeau was able to survive an encounter with quicksand in the Swamp Thing because of her magnificent breasts.

For all of you movie thread geeks, now there is a hidden gem of cinema.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (J3ryZ)

3,500 words about boobs would be a vast improvement.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:19 PM (SH7v5)

55 If you're serious he stapled his tie to his cast. The students thought he stapled tie to his chest.
Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:18 PM (wx0TT)

Ahhhhh.
Whoosh right over my head, reading it.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:19 PM (BI8w/)

56 Darn, I was just checking my 2024 Sociable Security package, and I only got one tomato seed.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:20 PM (hOUT3)

57
Expanded the puppy pen this afternoon. The babies now have more room to run around in.

They're at that charming age when they've discovered speed but haven't quite mastered balance. This leads to some fearsome tumbles, but since they're little rubber bands at this stage, no damage is done.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2023 10:20 PM (MXQhq)

58 I retired from the Navy 28 years ago. Damn I'm fuzzy.

Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:20 PM (NxC5+)

59 Fascinating stuff on those finds in 2023

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 10:20 PM (fwDg9)

60 You know what happens when you presume.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:11 PM (SH7v5)

You make a pres out of u and me?

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (sSx7k)

61 Those who want to really learn about history-all of it-will study more than just “Black History.” One simply cannot learn with the intent of repeating mistakes, by studying a single facet. These people will remember the first time the United States almost fell to Civil War. In 1832 and 1833 there was an event in American history called, The Nullification Crisis. President Andrew Jackson was trying to balance the Federal budget. At the time, there was no income tax all income came from tariffs on goods. Led by states in the North, the tariffs were raised. This hurt southern agrarian-based economies. Not even 50 years old, people in the South wondered why they should be taxed to help get money to the North. They felt like their representation in Congress was zero. The issue got so hot that the Vice President resigned, and he went to South Carolina to lead the rebellion. There, the state was considering secession based on the idea that higher tariffs were unconstitutional/not for the general welfare, and just for the welfare of the Northern states. President Jackson prepared to personally lead troops into South Carolina and vowed to personally hang anyone who opposed him.

Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (RovqD)

62 Commissar Hrothgar

Congratulations on another first, and an excellent joke. I will tell some teachers that one when school opens. You are hitting on all cylinders.

*Respectful tip of the hat *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (u82oZ)

63 If I were finishing up my college football career, and if I had genuine NFL prospects, I'd skip the bowl game too.

It's been a long time since Division I NCAA football was anything other than NFL, Jr.
Posted by: mnw at December 30, 2023 10:16 P

And that's why I think all the NIL recipients should have to pay back the cost of their scholarship from those proceeds.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (wx0TT)

64 I am not sure the pastor was in the wrong.

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:22 PM (X0I7i)

65 The last of the Saturday nights for this year …

Ah well.

Posted by: Adriane the Old, Old Movie Critic . . . at December 30, 2023 10:22 PM (4Winp)

66 Well, I see the guy who hates women or secretly yearns for them " Clear Eyed Killer" is still trying to get my attention at the end of the Decolonization of the U of MN" thread. Meh. I just scrolled on by and returned to the movie thread.

Goodnight everyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 30, 2023 10:22 PM (Phnl/)

67 Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:18 PM (W/lyH)

Thank you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:23 PM (SH7v5)

68 $45 meal from Taco Bell? That's a lot of tacos.
Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (wx0TT)

Not nearly as many as it used to be, though.

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 10:23 PM (sSx7k)

69 You know what happens when you presume.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra

You make a pres out of u and me?
Posted by: GWB

If someone can bench press the two of us, they're doing GAINZZ right.

Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2023 10:23 PM (DgGvY)

70 They felt like their representation in Congress was zero.

—

The more things change the more they stay the same…

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (BI8w/)

71 63 Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (wx0TT)

Sportsball Mo Money edition

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (X0I7i)

72 Got an email for ...

The Electronic Warfare Division has an opening for an experienced Hypersonic Systems Engineer.

.. I bet hobby experience is a plus

Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (RovqD)

73 The issue got so hot that the Vice President resigned, and he went to South Carolina to lead the rebellion. There, the state was considering secession based on the idea that higher tariffs were unconstitutional/not for the general welfare, and just for the welfare of the Northern states. President Jackson prepared to personally lead troops into South Carolina and vowed to personally hang anyone who opposed him.
Posted by: SMOD
And there it is.

Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (NxC5+)

74 Bongo Fury is wonderful. I know Zappa and the Captain couldn't get along for long, (two very strong personalities both used to being in charge), but I'm happy they toured and recorded this. Love the guitar solo on Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy.

Posted by: Dark, Hard, Dark, Rubber Wheels at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (V5BDR)

75 Not nearly as many as it used to be, though.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 10:23 PM (sSx7

Yes you used to be able to get a ten pack for $8 or $9 not too long ago. Okay about 20 years ago.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (wx0TT)

76 Congrats on the official retirement.

Now you can spend even more time at the HQ.

No bump in bennies, but you can hang around more...

Posted by: browndog looking askance at your "snow" at December 30, 2023 10:25 PM (TTAGa)

77 Just a preview for New Year’s resolution for the state of Texas: Buy a small distressed or take a lease on a strip mall property in Chicago, and drop their bus loads off at their own property legally? What do y’all think?

Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at December 30, 2023 10:25 PM (cLXPY)

78 NaCly Dog

Good evening to you good sir!

I thought that joke was a good insight into Marine humor!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:26 PM (hOUT3)

79 Dropping a disrespectful cook into a fryer is a good team building exercise.

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:26 PM (X0I7i)

80

Deep fryer has got to be the worst way to go. Worse than piranha fish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (+RQPJ)

One of the new hires at MHI in the Monster Hunters International books had gotten the attention of Earl Harbinger by offing a blood fiend when it came through the drive up window after him by shoving it head first into the deep fryer in the fast food restaurant he was working at.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 10:27 PM (D7oie)

81 32 $45 meal from Taco Bell? That's a lot of tacos.
Posted by: Drive by

I found out that my credit card was hacked when Visa texted me an asked if I had ordered $80 worth of fast food burritos thru Grubhub. I said "no", and had to shut down my visa card. On the upside, I didn't have to pay for the burritos.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

82 FUN FACT: Latoya Gladney received no performance bonus that quarter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (vDyah)

83 I am not sure the pastor was in the wrong.
Posted by: sven

Seemed rather righteous to me!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

84 Evenin’, All. Happy New Year.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (9yWhg)

85 So, what kind of pathetic loser sells their soul for $80 worth of crappy burritos?

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2023 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

86 Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:21 PM (RovqD)

I teach the Nullification Crisis in my US History classes, and every time I throw in a true/false question on the final exam, reading something like "The doctrine of states' rights was invented strictly to defend slavery."

I wish I could say I get a high rate of right answers.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 30, 2023 10:29 PM (jGGMD)

87 It's kind of insane how important it is to colleges to have winning football teams. Considering that the two reasons for college is idealistically the "education" and practically the signaling of what social class you belong to, whether or not the more-or-less professional football team affiliated with the college wins or not has nothing to do with those things.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 30, 2023 10:29 PM (3/XaG)

88 74 Bongo Fury is wonderful. I know Zappa and the Captain couldn't get along for long, (two very strong personalities both used to being in charge), but I'm happy they toured and recorded this. Love the guitar solo on Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy.
Posted by: Dark, Hard, Dark, Rubber Wheels at December 30, 2023 10:24 PM (V5BDR)

The ultimate Zappa band, Frank, Capt. Beefheart, Flo & Eddie, throw in some Fowler on bass, Ruth Underwood, Tommy Mars, George Duke & Ike Willis. Oh well, a guy can dream.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (SH7v5)

89 I am not sure the pastor was in the wrong.
Posted by: sven

Think of the lawfare games this would create!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (hOUT3)

90 I am not sure the pastor was in the wrong.
Posted by: sven

Seemed rather righteous to me!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

You're going to take the word of a trainee manager who may have only been "disrespected" by a more experienced cook by asking if she was sure of what she wanted?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (Angsy)

91 She attributed the slight to racism.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (vDyah)

92
87 It's kind of insane how important it is to colleges to have winning football teams. Considering that the two reasons for college is idealistically the "education" and practically the signaling of what social class you belong to, whether or not the more-or-less professional football team affiliated with the college wins or not has nothing to do with those things.
Posted by: azjaeger at December 30, 2023 10:2

All About the Benjamins. A good team takes in the tv money.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (BI8w/)

93 If I was a lady that ate $80 worth of burrritos, I guess I'd lie about it too.

Posted by: 'Fess Up at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (V5BDR)

94 disregard 89
77 Just a preview for New Year’s resolution for the state of Texas: Buy a small distressed or take a lease on a strip mall property in Chicago, and drop their bus loads off at their own property legally? What do y’all think?
Posted by: Nan in cool AZ

Think of the lawfare games this would create!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:31 PM (hOUT3)

95 "These three Godzilla Burgers are McDonald’s Japan’s/humanity’s last chance at stopping the monster’s rampage. Each is, as you’d expect, an extra-meaty, super-filling sandwich, starting with the Delicious Spicy Thick-cut Beef and Rough-chopped Potato, with both beef and potato patties and a spicy mayo sauce plus cheddar cheese," Sora News 24 reported.

... only in Japan

Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2023 10:31 PM (RovqD)

96 83 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

If he had been an Imam the Biden DHS would have interceded on his behalf...

In tonight's episode of "Ask the Imam"

Dear Imam is dropping a cook into a fryer for disrespecting wife #3 a crime?

Imam-Was she wearing her Burqa?

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (X0I7i)

97 Applebees has prime rib sandwiches? mmmmm.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

98 94 disregard 89
77 Just a preview for New Year’s resolution for the state of Texas: Buy a small distressed or take a lease on a strip mall property in Chicago, and drop their bus loads off at their own property legally? What do y’all think?
Posted by: Nan in cool AZ

Think of the lawfare games this would create!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:31 PM (hOUT3)

Types.
Deletes.

Goes back to silence mode.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (SH7v5)

99 Well done Commissar Hrothgar!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 10:34 PM (A9VMv)

100 For $80 I can buy a bottle of tequila and make twenty-five tacos and burritos with venison or elk burger. Or steaks.

Someday these bowl games are coming to an end.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 10:34 PM (J3ryZ)

101 Goes back to silence mode.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra

COB Wisdom!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:34 PM (hOUT3)

102 Sam was a basket case!

Posted by: Metal Man at December 30, 2023 10:34 PM (QB+5g)

103 Jeepers, the Cowboys are stinking up the field.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (dV80I)

104 Damn, Tessa Fowler’s boobs. Magnificent.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (9yWhg)

105 My observations suggest that the temperature-related records being broken were the number of degrees added to the actual temperature to calculate the heat index. I saw at least one instance of the heat index temperature adding 26 degrees onto the actual temperature. Not only that, the local reported temperature was a few degrees hotter than our thermometer reading.

I think they are cooking (heh) the data.

Posted by: Emmie at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (Sf2cq)

106 Types.
Deletes.

Goes back to silence mode.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Your silence speaks volumes.

Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (A9VMv)

107 Flo & Eddie,

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:30 PM (SH7v5)

Saw Flo & Eddie back in the day. Trying to remember for whom they opened. Maybe Alice Cooper? At William & Mary? (I was in high school at the time.)

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (emlEe)

108 Human muppet Sam Bankman Fried will as it turns out not need to have that pesky 2d trial which was you know him bribing donks with 40 million fucking dollars....

DOJ is not even trying to hide Lady Justice not wearing a blindfold at this point.

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (X0I7i)

109 96 83 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

If he had been an Imam the Biden DHS would have interceded on his behalf...

In tonight's episode of "Ask the Imam"

Dear Imam is dropping a cook into a fryer for disrespecting wife #3 a crime?

Imam-Was she wearing her Burqa?
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (X0I7i)

Honor dunking.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (SH7v5)

110 Jeepers, the Cowboys are stinking up the field.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (dV80I)

And water's wet.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (jGGMD)

111 Dear Imam is dropping a cook into a fryer for disrespecting wife #3 a crime?

Imam-Was she wearing her Burqa?
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (X0I7i)

Shesh. I'd think for wife #3 he'd go for someone 23 years younger, or even 33 years you ger, not 13.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (W/lyH)

112
Jeepers, the Cowboys are stinking up the field.
Posted by: nurse ratched

___________

They're The Greatest Team That Absolutely Ever Was. Or so I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2023 10:37 PM (MXQhq)

113 Thanks for the ONT!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 10:35 PM (A9VMv)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:37 PM (SH7v5)

114 109 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (SH7v5)

Matty Glesias explains "why drinking peanut oil at the near boiling point is excellent medicine!"

//Voxplained baby

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:37 PM (X0I7i)

115 Thank you folks, for watching my latest idiotic video. I really appreciate the views and the comments. And Happy New Year Eve Eve!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 10:38 PM (CHHv1)

116 Just a preview for New Year’s resolution for the state of Texas: Buy a small distressed or take a lease on a strip mall property in Chicago, and drop their bus loads off at their own property legally? What do y’all think?
Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at December 30, 2023 10:25 PM (cLXPY)

That sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 10:38 PM (tkR6S)

117 I was surprised Sam Bank-Fraud even served any jail time

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 10:39 PM (fwDg9)

118 I stopped eating all fast food 2 months ago in my quest to start eating semi healthy ie; less salt, no triglycerides, etc. Last week I was having a soft taco craving so I purchased all the ingredients and made up a batch. I should have gotten off my lazy ass and made them myself long ago. Damn they were good . I figure I got 12 of them with a little over a pound of ground beef . All the ingredients including the beef cost me about $15. The beef was $8

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:39 PM (wx0TT)

119 There's a girl ref in the Cowboys Lions game

long blonde ponytail out the back of her cap

Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2023 10:39 PM (geLO8)

120 111 Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:36 PM (W/lyH)

I started out with +13 years for wife number 1....she had a pretty good dowry.

//Imam in a Grimace Suit

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:40 PM (X0I7i)

121 Dear Imam is dropping a cook into a fryer for disrespecting wife #3 a crime?

Imam-Was she wearing her Burqa?
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (X0I7i)

Technically no. Supposing of course that all proper signage is visible, ground fault protection is in place, correct no-slip matting is installed, and of course if the fryer is cleaned afterwards to prevent any saturated fats from inadvertently entering the food path by contaminating the peanut oil.
Remember, a compliant industry is a happy industry.

Posted by: Radio erdowan at December 30, 2023 10:40 PM (D7oie)

122 Dear Imam is dropping a cook into a fryer for disrespecting wife #3 a crime?

Imam-Was she wearing her Burqa?
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (X0I7i)

Technically no. Supposing of course that all proper signage is visible, ground fault protection is in place, correct no-slip matting is installed, and of course if the fryer is cleaned afterwards to prevent any saturated fats from inadvertently entering the food path by contaminating the peanut oil.
Remember, a compliant industry is a happy industry.

Posted by: Radio Yerevan at December 30, 2023 10:40 PM (D7oie)

123 Over a hundred comments and no jests about the bear consuming Taco Bell and needing to relieve himself in the woods? You're slipping, people.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (yWvc2)

124 well that was stupid of me.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (D7oie)

125 >>Deep fryer has got to be the worst way to go. Worse than piranha fish.

I'd wager more people have been killed by McDonals's French Fries than piranhas. Pirahana human kills ranges around zero.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (ZLI7S)

126 MisHum, if you're looking for content, I have a link I'll send you....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:43 PM (Angsy)

127 I stopped eating all fast food 2 months ago in my quest to start eating semi healthy ie; less salt, no triglycerides, etc. Last week I was having a soft taco craving so I purchased all the ingredients and made up a batch. I should have gotten off my lazy ass and made them myself long ago. Damn they were good . I figure I got 12 of them with a little over a pound of ground beef . All the ingredients including the beef cost me about $15. The beef was $8

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:39 PM (wx0TT)

That's why when I get a burrito craving, I make my own with seasoned ground pork and homemade refried beans, plus a few other things; make a big batch of meat and beans, they both freeze well. Since I make 'em, I know what's inside 'em. Taco Hell? Mystery meat that may not even be beef.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (emlEe)

128 I started out with +13 years for wife number 1....she had a pretty good dowry.

//Imam in a Grimace Suit
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:40 PM (X0I7i)

Ahhhh. A good dowry overcomes many faults.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (W/lyH)

129 Shesh. I'd think for wife #3 he'd go for someone 23 years younger, or even 33 years younger, not 13.
Posted by: Diogenes

You should see wife #4

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (hOUT3)

130 Skip

The PTB want to shut up Sam Bank-Fraud in the worst way. The entire scheme of bribery of Dems, officials, and Rinos was deep-sixed by the DOJ.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (u82oZ)

131 Over a hundred comments and no jests about the bear consuming Taco Bell and needing to relieve himself in the woods? You're slipping, people.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (yWvc2)

You are assuming that the bear made it back to the woods.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (tkR6S)

132 If the Pope fell down in the woods after stealing $45 of Taco Bell, and the Catholic bear didn't hear him, would he make a sound?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:45 PM (yWvc2)

133 MisHum, the drinks up top look good. I’ll take four. Put them on Hrothgar’s tab.

Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:46 PM (NxC5+)

134 The PTB want to shut up Sam Bank-Fraud in the worst way. The entire scheme of bribery of Dems, officials, and Rinos was deep-sixed by the DOJ.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

What are the Vegas odds that Sam B-F makes it through 2024?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:46 PM (hOUT3)

135 Dowries are still a thing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 30, 2023 10:46 PM (9yWhg)

136 131 Over a hundred comments and no jests about the bear consuming Taco Bell and needing to relieve himself in the woods? You're slipping, people.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (yWvc2)

You are assuming that the bear made it back to the woods.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (tkR6S)

It's almost too late in the evening to make a comment that has me laughing so loudly I almost wake up my family.

Almost.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 30, 2023 10:47 PM (AHp3g)

137 133 MisHum, the drinks up top look good. I’ll take four. Put them on Hrothgar’s tab.
Posted by: Eromero

Make it six with two for me and barkeep we have a deal!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:47 PM (hOUT3)

138

All bungholes are tight in the dark.

What a contemptible lie!

Posted by: Rainmando at December 30, 2023 10:47 PM (NES37)

139 135 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 30, 2023 10:46 PM (9yWhg)

Depends on the family, the Bahrainian Alawanis are kind of like their Vanderbilts....

Posted by: sven at December 30, 2023 10:48 PM (X0I7i)

140 If the Pope fell down in the woods after stealing $45 of Taco Bell, and the Catholic bear didn't hear him, would he make a sound?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:45 PM (yWvc2)

Tell me Your Holiness, does poop stick to your cassock?

Posted by: the Punchline Bear at December 30, 2023 10:48 PM (D7oie)

141 If the Pope fell down in the woods after stealing $45 of Taco Bell, and the Catholic bear didn't hear him, would he make a sound?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:45 PM (yWvc2)

Did he stub his toe?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 10:50 PM (W/lyH)

142 Saw the sidebar about Texas house members running unopposed; those were for the State House; but I was a bit disgusted to read the announcement about our Congressional Rep in Tyler, Nathaniel Moran. Oh he's conservative enough, what bothered me is that the state just announced that he was the only one to file for the Republican Primary, and no one bothered to even file for the Democrat Primary - so it's not even 2024 yet and he's already been declared the winner of next November's election.
that's not how its supposed to work.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2023 10:51 PM (S6gqv)

143 Yeah baby, that's some good Zappa! Thanx Mis.Hum.
Well done for a guy feeling under the weather.
(And thanks for the Happy B-day😁 ).

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2023 10:51 PM (bomBH)

144 Don Black @ 119-
I swear there was two obvious guy cheerleaders at one of the college games today. Don’t recall which game. Creepy they was.

Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:52 PM (NxC5+)

145 The bear won't be too concerned about where he shits with enough taco bell and tequila.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 10:53 PM (J3ryZ)

146 Tom Servo

Take it from me. If you run unopposed, you are doing a good job. Unhappy people show up.

My first election: Won by 56 votes.
2nd election: No opposition.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (u82oZ)

147 I swear there was two obvious guy cheerleaders at one of the college games today. Don’t recall which game. Creepy they was.
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2023 10:52 PM (NxC5+)

If it was a game in Texas, they have a ready made supply of steers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (Angsy)

148 >>> 127
==
That's why when I get a burrito craving, I make my own with seasoned ground pork and homemade refried beans, plus a few other things; make a big batch of meat and beans, they both freeze well. Since I make 'em, I know what's inside 'em. Taco Hell? Mystery meat that may not even be beef.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 10:44 PM (emlEe)

We hear rumors about what happens to some of us who vanish without a trace...

Posted by: kangaroos at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (llON8)

149 88 74 "Bongo Fury is wonderful."

Agree. The guitar solo on "Advance Romance" was performed by Frank's high school friend Denny Walley.

It's hard for me to find anything by Frank that isn't worth listening to. But avoid the YT video of him with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. That was a nightmare. Who told that creature she could sing?

Posted by: Wade Hampton at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (90Q7K)

150 It's hard for me to find anything by Frank that isn't worth listening to. But avoid the YT video of him with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. That was a nightmare. Who told that creature she could sing?

Posted by: Wade Hampton at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (90Q7K)

No one?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 10:56 PM (Angsy)

151 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Congratulations on a milestone reached.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 30, 2023 10:56 PM (u82oZ)

152 If the Pope fell down in the woods after stealing $45 of Taco Bel....
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:45 PM (yWvc2)
-

Here's hoping the Pope gets collared.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 10:56 PM (adINt)

153
I'd think for wife #3 he'd go for someone 23 years younger, or even 33 years younger, not 13.

Big Lou is like you except he's only on number two.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2023 10:57 PM (63Dwl)

154 I made potato, bacon and cheese soup tonight. Mmmmmm so damn good.

Posted by: Montec at December 30, 2023 10:58 PM (BI8w/)

155 After Market Automobile Parts

PO'd at my truck for backing itself into an iron banister and smashing its tail lamp unit I bought a roll of Walmart clear packing tape. Taped it back together and taped it into place.
I humiliated it for a year before I relented and bought it a new unit.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 10:58 PM (jg5Rp)

156 Traditional Swiss fondue this fine evening. Plenty of wine to go with that. DH is now marinated in his comfy chair, happily scratching his distended belly.

An entire pound of swiss and gruyere.....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 30, 2023 11:00 PM (sRfrW)

157 Biden Admin Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Ballroom Dancing Program To ‘Uplift Transgender’ Youth In Peru

Posted by: US Debt Clown World at December 30, 2023 11:00 PM (vcOd1)

158 Lol: Office of Congressional Ethics Named “Top Ethics Violator of 2023”

-
Looking for ethics in the Office of Congressional Ethics is like looking for intelligence on the Intelligence Committee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 30, 2023 11:01 PM (FVME7)

159 https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y?si=4kjQnY1dLVOlKCiR

Forgive me for intruding on this conversation but earlier today there was a conversation about movies and music, particularly classical music. I fell in love with this piece--Albinoni's Adagio--'while watching the movie Gallipoli. I find it profoundly moving.
I love the lighting on this version.
Back to lurking.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 30, 2023 11:01 PM (TeAFy)

160 157 Biden Admin Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Ballroom Dancing Program To ‘Uplift Transgender’ Youth In Peru
Posted by: US Debt Clown World

To be fair, you just know the Big Guy is getting 10% of those funds (aka Taxpayer Dollars)!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 11:02 PM (hOUT3)

161 that's not how its supposed to work.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2023 10:51 PM (S6gqv)
-

Can I run in Texas, even though I reside in Israel?

If so, is it true that I'd have to wear an eyepatch or two?

As a representative of my county, I would promise to uphold general moronic norms on behalf of my constituents.

Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:02 PM (adINt)

162 hank you folks, for watching my latest idiotic video.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Yeah, watched it, about that year it took you to do it... would have taken me 10. Nice job.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 11:03 PM (A9VMv)

163 On Bad Blue, American births are being outnumbered by illegals coming into the country

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 11:03 PM (fwDg9)

164 It's hard for me to find anything by Frank that isn't worth listening to. But avoid the YT video of him with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. That was a nightmare. Who told that creature she could sing?

Posted by: Wade Hampton at December 30, 2023 10:54 PM (90Q7K)

No one?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Helen Keller?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 30, 2023 11:03 PM (FVME7)

165 Helen Keller?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 30, 2023 11:03 PM (FVME7)

What?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 11:04 PM (Angsy)

166 I ywas a old fan of Heavy Metal magazine, so got a kick out of BeconingChasm's video

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 11:05 PM (fwDg9)

167 130 Salty

How're you doing? Better and better, hopefully.

What you posted about the DOJ nixing a second SBF indictment for political reasons may well be correct.

However, the reason given may not be a mere pretext. The prosecutor said it was to expedite forfeiture and restitution. There could be some validity to that.

There's always a question about dinging a def again, unless he got a joke of a sentence, which SBF didn't. The usual rationale for running somebody through again is to prevent any possibility of the first conviction & sentence being overturned on appeal, & the def going free. You rarely see TWO unrelated convictions being overturned on appeal.

Posted by: mnw at December 30, 2023 11:06 PM (NLIak)

168 Helen Keller?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 30, 2023 11:03 PM (FVME7)

What?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 11:04 PM (Angsy)
-

Where?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:07 PM (adINt)

169 157 Biden Admin Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Ballroom Dancing Program To ‘Uplift Transgender’ Youth In Peru
Posted by: US Debt Clown World
It's like they're just looking for ways to flush our money down the toilet.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2023 11:07 PM (0Htd1)

170 {{{NaCly}}}
Thank you sir!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (bomBH)

171 Where?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:07 PM (adINt)

Didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: Ray Charles at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (Angsy)

172 There's always a question about dinging a def again

Posted by: mnw at December 30, 2023 11:06 PM (NLIak)
-

"Is this about me?" - Helen Keller

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (adINt)

173 >>Traditional Swiss fondue this fine evening

New Year's Eve for me.

Emmental and Gruyere await.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (ZLI7S)

174 Where?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:07 PM (adINt)

Didn't see that one coming.
Posted by: Ray Charles at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (Angsy)
-

"Ray Charles." No Wonder!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:09 PM (adINt)

175 @108

>>John Corzine straight jacked a billion dollars and Warren Wilhelm "wife" straight jacked nearly two billion dollars.

And the kicker for why the DOJ says they are not bringing the case is that it's "too complex," and a jury would be lost trying to figure it out.

It is to laugh.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2023 11:09 PM (XV/Pl)

176 Emmental and Gruyere await.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 11:08 PM (ZLI7S)

Let 'em keep waiting.

Posted by: Godot at December 30, 2023 11:10 PM (Angsy)

177 "Ray Charles." No Wonder!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:09 PM (adINt)

Leave me out of this.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at December 30, 2023 11:11 PM (Angsy)

178 Who told that creature she could sing?

Posted by: Wade Hampton

- Paul McCartney's O face has entered the chat

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 30, 2023 11:11 PM (3CCua)

179 You know what a prevent defense does, right?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:12 PM (yqwEa)

180 Ballsy move going for two.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:12 PM (yqwEa)

181 You folks are the BEST EVAR. Pay no attention to my cat.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 11:13 PM (CHHv1)

182 You know what a prevent defense does, right?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:12 PM (yqwEa)

Prevents the team ahead from winning.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 11:14 PM (Angsy)

183 In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’

http://tinyurl.com/3aac5uuw

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 11:14 PM (D7oie)

184 Evenin'

I had some comp time, so I'm using it. Just got home from work. I have all of NYE/NYD off and a couple of days after to recover. Much liver destroying will be done.

(sips beer)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:14 PM (sAmhv)

185 You know what a prevent defense does, right?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:12 PM (yqwEa)
-

Stops unwanted babies from being conceived?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2023 11:14 PM (adINt)

186 >>>President Jackson prepared to personally lead troops into South Carolina and vowed to personally hang anyone who opposed him.

Posted by: SMOD
--------------

President Lincoln lacked that certain Je ne sais quoi, force of personality possessed by Jackson.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:15 PM (jg5Rp)

187 Refs putting their thumbs on the scale for the Cowboys

Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2023 11:15 PM (geLO8)

188 183 In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’

http://tinyurl.com/3aac5uuw
Posted by: Kindltot

A musical for 'Midsommar'? Weird and wrong season but ok.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:16 PM (sAmhv)

189 Sloppy sloppy sloppy

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:16 PM (yqwEa)

190 The refs have to much to do with the game

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:17 PM (PQ4m2)

191 I'm thinking there is no way the nfl will let Dallas lose tonight.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 11:17 PM (W/lyH)

192 >>John Corzine straight jacked a billion dollars and Warren Wilhelm "wife" straight jacked nearly two billion dollars.

And the kicker for why the DOJ says they are not bringing the case is that it's "too complex," and a jury would be lost trying to figure it out.

It is to laugh.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2023 11:09 PM (XV/Pl)

Ya know, it's not like the prosecution has a time limit to present their case in court ('it's now late in the third quarter but does the prosecution have enough time to tie up loose ends in their case?'). A good teacher can explain the most complex of things in such a way that even the slowest get the drift. Lazy, corrupt prosecutors.

When this country fails, and we are falling now, the sudden total collapse will happen with alacrity. Thanks to a wide open 'let me help you in, here's some cash and a phone' border policy, it won't take long for total collapse.

Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2023 11:17 PM (emlEe)

193 The lions should have taken the 3 in the first half

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:18 PM (PQ4m2)

194 Sloppy ending to a boring game.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:18 PM (yqwEa)

195 Sloppy ending to a boring game.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:18 PM (yqwEa)

I was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:19 PM (PQ4m2)

196 BeckoningChasm, I can't find the link to your video.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:19 PM (jg5Rp)

197 As I mentioned last night, our Family Christmas Party was today. The expected 50 or 60 immediate family members attended. There were 20 or so outliers that couldn't make it. There was a double handful of young ones here, toddlers and babies, and that was nice.

Much was consumed, in the way of meats, pasta, breads, sweets, cakes and pies (my limoncello cheeses cake was a favorite).

The festivities were barely interrupted by the arrival of the Fire Department and the EMS midway, as they hauled off my oldest (I'm second oldest) brother-in-law to the hospital. He basically passed out (no booze involved) due to postprandial hypotension. That's my diagnosis anyway. It appears he is OK as of our last word.

Last of the house guests should depart tomorrow, including my son, unfortunately. We'll be eating leftovers for a week at least. Looking forward to a quiet new years.

Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2023 11:20 PM (8I4hW)

198 was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Good for you! I hope you had fun. Are you still leaving soon?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:20 PM (yqwEa)

199 Hope your BiL is OK, Javems.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:21 PM (R4t5M)

200 196 BeckoningChasm, I can't find the link to your video.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:19 PM (jg5Rp)

its back in the hobby thread earlier today

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2023 11:22 PM (S6gqv)

201 I hope the Lions get kissed by the refs

It's nice to be kissed while you're getting f***ed

Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2023 11:23 PM (geLO8)

202 @162 - thank you. It was definitely a year (minus full time job and full time cat). I appreciate it!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 11:23 PM (CHHv1)

203 You know what a prevent defense does, right?
Posted by: nurse ratched
-----

Shoots first, asks questions later?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2023 11:23 PM (XeU6L)

204 Watching the Tulsa Shootout. An annual sprint car (and other types of open wheel cars) extravaganza done inside the convention center there. It's followed by another sprint car extravaganza called The Chili Bowl. Never been to Tulsa. It's in Oklahoma and it looks to be on the western edge of the Ozarks, America's forgotten mountain range.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:23 PM (sAmhv)

205 192 >>John Corzine straight jacked a billion dollars and Warren Wilhelm "wife" straight jacked nearly two billion dollars.

And the kicker for why the DOJ says they are not bringing the case is that it's "too complex," and a jury would be lost trying to figure it out.

It is to laugh.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
-----------------------

Taking other people's money out of the segregated funds and spending them for yourself ain't complex.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:23 PM (jg5Rp)

206 In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 11:14 PM (D7oie)

So, they feed their bears Taco Bell, too?

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 11:24 PM (sSx7k)

207 Many teams been badly burnt by the prevent defense.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:24 PM (R4t5M)

208 You know what a prevent defense does, right?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Keeps her knees together?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 11:26 PM (W/lyH)

209 So, they feed their bears Taco Bell, too?
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 11:24 PM (sSx7k)

All I really want is a cookie.

Posted by: Janos Prohaska at December 30, 2023 11:28 PM (Angsy)

210 Are you still leaving soon?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:20 PM (yqwEa)

Jan 10th

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:28 PM (PQ4m2)

211 I just looked for BC's video but cleaned out my history a hour ago

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 11:28 PM (fwDg9)

212 Great damn post tonight.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 30, 2023 11:28 PM (ugxa6)

213 PO'd at my truck for backing itself into an iron banister and smashing its tail lamp unit I bought a roll of Walmart clear packing tape. Taped it back together and taped it into place.
I humiliated it for a year before I relented and bought it a new unit.
Posted by: Braenyard
-------

I'm still shaming mine for backing into the mailbox. Both tail lamp assembly and mailbox destroyed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2023 11:29 PM (XeU6L)

214 NGU,
May God be with you and protect you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2023 11:29 PM (AYe1h)

215 https://thefederalist.com/this new years eve lead your loved ones in auld-lang syne

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 11:29 PM (fwDg9)

216 The Pens beat the Blues (Yay!). I'm pretty melancholy on their Stanley Cup chances. Crosby/Malkin/Letang are 'young' but not in hockey years. They're ancient mariners there. The 'Patrick' Division has some young and really good teams in it. If the Pens make the playoffs, it will be a short run.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:30 PM (sAmhv)

217 http://tinyurl.com/2y476x8r

BC's post.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 11:30 PM (Angsy)

218 Link to BC's video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp1866oWdDY&t=1s

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 11:32 PM (yWvc2)

219 Got my complete tail lamp assembly from AutoZone, $39.0.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:33 PM (jg5Rp)

220 Hmmmmm
House in Michigan blows up.
Totally demolished.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 11:33 PM (W/lyH)

221 I didn't know BC had a YT channel. I'll have to check it out.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:33 PM (sAmhv)

222 Thanks.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (jg5Rp)

223 What's this about MisHum retiring? Setting up his rocking chair next to Maetenloch at the old Cob's home? Who will give us cogent quotes, hidden clicks, and Zappa month?

Oh, wait... you meant... never miiiind.
_______

Seriously, I am usually too busy commenting, joking, and snarking to take the time to say this: Thanks for all the great ONTs, MH. It's a special heart of AoS. Or some vital organ, anyway.

God bless you & the Mrs. in the new stage of your life, and may 2024 treat you right.
_____

Logging off now. Been quite a day. Happily, tomorrow is... aw, you know, the thing...

Posted by: mindful webworker - in balance at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (sRcuN)

224 220 Hmmmmm
House in Michigan blows up.
Totally demolished.

Posted by: Diogenes

Same thing happened in Western PA a month or so ago. Butler County, I think.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (sAmhv)

225 Happily, tomorrow is... aw, you know, the thing...
Posted by: mindful webworker - in balance at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (sRcuN)

The Book Thread?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 11:35 PM (Angsy)

226 https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y?si=4kjQnY1dLVOlKCiR

Albinoni's Adagio

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Heartbreakingly beautiful.

Posted by: chris+opher at December 30, 2023 11:36 PM (dSco/)

227 The Pens beat the Blues (Yay!). I'm pretty melancholy on their Stanley Cup chances. Crosby/Malkin/Letang are 'young' but not in hockey years. They're ancient mariners there. The 'Patrick' Division has some young and really good teams in it. If the Pens make the playoffs, it will be a short run.
Posted by: Puddleglum

My brother will be at the game tomorrow against the Lon Guyislanders.

Fun Fact: Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of Lemeiux's 5 goals, 5 ways game. Probably to never happen again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:37 PM (R4t5M)

228 Same thing happened in Western PA a month or so ago. Butler County, I think.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (sAmhv)

People keep making methtakes in chemistry.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 11:37 PM (tkR6S)

229 To avoid quicksand, be sure to ask
for Guido the Guide.

Posted by: OCBill at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (SUECK)

230 Javier Milei renounces Argentina's membership in the BRICS bloc.The economic and political alliance (BRICS) is made up of Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa.

The membership agreement was to have come into effect on January 1, 2024

Posted by: 13times at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (lipoH)

231 227:Fun Fact: Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of Lemeiux's 5 goals, 5 ways game. Probably to never happen again.

Nope.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (sAmhv)

232 Same thing happened in Western PA a month or so ago. Butler County, I think.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:34 PM (sAmhv)

People keep making methtakes in chemistry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 11:37 PM (tkR6S)

Really made a meth of things!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (W/lyH)

233 I was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:19 PM (PQ4m2)

I thought you were already married!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (gSZYf)

234 I was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:19 PM (PQ4m2)

I thought you were already married!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (gSZYf)

What? I can't identify as a Mormon every now and then?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:41 PM (PQ4m2)

235 The puns have arrived.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:41 PM (sAmhv)

236 What? I can't identify as a Mormon every now and then?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

A Jewmon?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:42 PM (sAmhv)

237 I was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home

Posted by: Nevergiveup

I hope Jersey City is one of those no cash bond jurisdictions.

Posted by: Miklos so hopes at December 30, 2023 11:43 PM (jov6P)

238 Javier Milei renounces Argentina's membership in the BRICS bloc.The economic and political alliance (BRICS) is made up of Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa.

The membership agreement was to have come into effect on January 1, 2024
Posted by: 13times at December 30, 2023 11:39 PM (lipoH)
***

Well Hell.
If they didn't give me a letter in the title I'd get out too.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2023 11:43 PM (W/lyH)

239 I think Javier Milei wants to peg Argentina's money to the USD.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:44 PM (jg5Rp)

240
All I really want is a cookie.
Posted by: Janos Prohaska

NO
KILL
I

Posted by: Horta McHorta at December 30, 2023 11:44 PM (63Dwl)

241 In Hollywood, few moments have you on the edge of your seat more than when a character gets trapped in quicksand. but it can also be used for comedic relief, like on Gilligan's Island.

Blazing Saddles.

Posted by: 13times at December 30, 2023 11:45 PM (lipoH)

242 Javier Milei renounces Argentina's membership in the BRICS bloc.The economic and political alliance (BRICS) is made up of Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa.

The membership agreement was to have come into effect on January 1, 2024
Posted by: 13times

Argentina has beautiful women, fantastic scenery, and extraordinary steaks. They just need to devalue their currency one more time.

Posted by: Miklos is moderately mobile at December 30, 2023 11:46 PM (jov6P)

243 I hope Jersey City is one of those no cash bond jurisdictions.
Posted by: Miklos so hopes at December 30, 2023 11:43 PM (jov6P)

Jersey City is a place you should have bought property in 30 years ago. You'd be rich today

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:46 PM (PQ4m2)

244 @200 - the link is

http://tinyurl.com/2y476x8r

It's 20 minutes long, so you are warned.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 11:46 PM (CHHv1)

245 237 I was a pre-wedding party in Jersey City all night so I just got home

Posted by: Nevergiveup

---------

Pre-wedding? That means there's still time to back out of this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2023 11:47 PM (vDyah)

246 Jersey City is a place you should have bought property in 30 years ago. You'd be rich today
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2023 11:46 PM (PQ4m2)

Great place to buy football sweaters, for those so inclined, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 11:47 PM (tkR6S)

247 All I really want is a cookie.
Posted by: Janos Prohaska

NO
KILL
I
Posted by: Horta McHorta

All I wanted was a Pepsi, but she wouldn't let me have one.

Posted by: Miklos is not crazy, you're the one who's crazy at December 30, 2023 11:48 PM (jov6P)

248
In Hollywood, few moments have you on the edge of your seat more than when a character gets trapped in quicksand. but it can also be used for comedic relief, like on Gilligan's Island.

The final episode of The Rifleman.

Posted by: Horta McHorta at December 30, 2023 11:49 PM (63Dwl)

249 If I don't see you tomorrow evening, have a Happy New Year, MisHum and all the Horde!

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 11:49 PM (sSx7k)

250 Said other day,
Besides Ace's 20th anniversary, Cobs and commenter need to take be congratulations

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 11:49 PM (fwDg9)

251 In Hollywood, few moments have you on the edge of your seat more than when a character gets trapped in quicksand. but it can also be used for comedic relief, like on Gilligan's Island.

Blazing Saddles.
Posted by: 13times

$40 hand carts don't grow on trees.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:50 PM (R4t5M)

252 Jersey City is a place you should have bought property in 30 years ago. You'd be rich today
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Probably.

But took the train and spent all my cash at CBGBs

Posted by: Miklos has sighs of a wasted youth at December 30, 2023 11:50 PM (jov6P)

253 Fun Fact: Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of Lemeiux's 5 goals, 5 ways game. Probably to never happen again.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:37 PM (R4t5M)

Even handed, short handed, power play, penalty shot, and empty net? is that right?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 30, 2023 11:51 PM (z+89e)

254 Speaking of quicksand, let me make a plea for grain bin safety and awareness. Rural fire departments and EMT's should be well-trained in extracting victims from silos and grain bins yearly. Would you want to "drown" in a silo filled with Kaboom?

Posted by: Feelin' My Oats at December 30, 2023 11:51 PM (V5BDR)

255 A Jewmon?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2023 11:42 PM (sAmhv)

I think my son had that card. I think it's power was your mother shaming the opponent.

Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2023 11:52 PM (sSx7k)

256 Speaking of quicksand, let me make a plea for grain bin safety and awareness. Rural fire departments and EMT's should be well-trained in extracting victims from silos and grain bins yearly. Would you want to "drown" in a silo filled with Kaboom?
Posted by: Feelin' My Oats

heh

I own 92% of the World's Kaboom supply.

HA!

Posted by: G. Soros at December 30, 2023 11:52 PM (jov6P)

257 Even handed, short handed, power play, penalty shot, and empty net? is that right?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 30, 2023 11:51 PM (z+89e)

Correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 30, 2023 11:54 PM (R4t5M)

258 Speaking of quicksand, let me make a plea for grain bin safety and awareness. Rural fire departments and EMT's should be well-trained in extracting victims from silos and grain bins yearly. Would you want to "drown" in a silo filled with Kaboom?
Posted by: Feelin' My Oats
-----

Other possibilites: fire, explosion, mangled/ground up by auger...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2023 11:58 PM (XeU6L)

259 I think Javier Milei wants to peg Argentina's money to the USD.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 11:44 PM (jg5Rp)

Because of the Argentine Peso being near hyperinflation, they already use the usd for everything, but there were laws stating that payments to the government had to be in Pesos, foreign contracts had to be done in Pesos and no contract was legal if payment was not made in pesos. This meant that if you wanted to save your value in cash you had to keep it in dollars, and trade back into pesos to make transactions. Since the official rate was below the market rate, the citizen either took a bath getting payments in pesos, or bought in and out of dollars on the black market - called "the dollar blue". The Dollar Blue spot was published on the front page of the leading papers in Argentina.
Milei blames the government central bank for inflating the Peso, and in the face of defacto dollarization, had decreed that there are not limits to the use of dollars, or any form of payment for contracts domestic or foreign, or tax payments. He hopes to control inflation, and take the ability to print wildly away from the Argentine central bank.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 11:58 PM (D7oie)

260 ground up by auger...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.

Happens

Posted by: Miklos, Coroner of District 99 at December 30, 2023 11:59 PM (jov6P)

261 No one should be permitted to score 5 goals in one game. Goals should be apportioned with regard to pigmentation, gender fluidity, disability, and national origin, for equity.

Posted by: Fairness Matters at December 30, 2023 11:59 PM (V5BDR)

262 Milei's foreign minister tweeted recently that the decree allowed any form of payment, be it cattle on the hoof, eggs or even crypto.

I suspect dedicating oneself to the BRICS would force the economy to commit itself to yet another currency when the dollar is in use right there.

Personally I think he is going to push for private banks issuing their own credit, instead of state sponsored banks issuing credit on the Central bank.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2023 12:01 AM (D7oie)

263 No one should be permitted to score 5 goals in one game

We agree!

Posted by: Soccer at December 31, 2023 12:02 AM (yWvc2)

264 Hey Horde, not even going to attempt to explain my thoughts tonight. javems, I am glad that you had a nice day as long as BIL is okay.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2023 12:02 AM (Sgq8y)

265 Global warming:

The Texas Coastal Indians although ignorant of time, they "know and understand the differences of the seasons, when the fruits come to ripen and the "season when the fish come to die". _Cabeza de Vaca (1527)

Winter of 1820-21, Galveston Bay froze over allowing Jane Long and her slave to break through the ice and pluck frozen fish and ducks out for food.

On February 11, 1899, the temperature hit 23 degrees below zero in Tulia, which meant it was probably even a few degrees colder than that in Dalhart.
Abilene dropped to -23; Denison reached -16; Fort Worth-Dallas saw -10 degrees, Waco -5, Austin -1 and San Antonio -4. (Children enjoyed skating on the frozen San Antonio River.)
Corpus Christi, 11 degrees, Brownsville,12 degrees and Galveston chilled to 8 degrees.

Much of Galveston Bay froze, (as did part of Corpus Christi Bay to the south).

The 1899 cold wave that gave Galveston its record low still stands as the nation's most severe Arctic blast since the federal government began keeping records. All-time low temperature records were set all over the U.S. Even the Mississippi River froze, later sending ice flows into the Gulf of Mexico

Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 12:02 AM (jg5Rp)

266 259/262 K

Interesting posts.

Posted by: mnw at December 31, 2023 12:03 AM (NLIak)

267 Argentina has beautiful women, fantastic scenery, and extraordinary steaks. They just need to devalue their currency one more time.
Posted by: Miklos is moderately mobile at December 30, 2023 11:46 PM (jov6P)

IIRC Argentina has not managed to pay out on any issue of 30 year bonds in the last 100 years.

and then there was the Austral.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2023 12:05 AM (D7oie)

268 The 1899 cold wave that gave Galveston its record low still stands as the nation's most severe Arctic blast since the federal government began keeping records. All-time low temperature records were set all over the U.S. Even the Mississippi River froze, later sending ice flows into the Gulf of Mexico

Posted by: Braenyard

Did they invent hockey sticks?

Posted by: Michael Mann at December 31, 2023 12:05 AM (jov6P)

269 Wow, there was global freezing before there was global warming, I wonder if Jim in Galveston knows this.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2023 12:05 AM (Sgq8y)

270 and then there was the Austral.
Posted by: Kindltot

You leave Pixy out of this!

Posted by: Miklos moderately insists at December 31, 2023 12:07 AM (jov6P)

271 Wow, there was global freezing before there was global warming, I wonder if Jim in Galveston knows this.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Jim Knows All

Posted by: Miklos is moderately certain at December 31, 2023 12:08 AM (jov6P)

272 https://t.ly/KHUui
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 12:08 AM (T4tVD)

273 Thanks MisHum !

and Hiya !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 12:10 AM (T4tVD)

274 Thanks Skip !
Posted by: JT

Thanks JT!

Posted by: Friends of Skip who thank people at December 31, 2023 12:10 AM (jov6P)

275 For your post-Christmas amusement, a musical number:

http://tinyurl.com/TheTwelveDaysAfterChristmas

Enjoy!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at December 31, 2023 12:12 AM (SRRAx)

276 "Finance Minister Juan Vital Sourrouille devised the Austral plan. The austral replaced the peso argentino at a rate of ₳1 = $a1,000, making the austral worth US$1.25, or 80 centavos de austral per U.S. dollar."

It was initiated in 1985 at that rate, by 1991 they were issuing ₳500,000 (austral) notes because they still had the same financial problems

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (D7oie)

277 apropos of nothing: agreed to go to romcom movie with my wife tonight. Movie titled "Anyone but you". I did not know beforehand that it was based off Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing". Which I have enjoyed (probably mostly due to Kristen Scott Thomas). But I had to leave when it turns out the parts played by Claudio and Hero are actually lesbians. Of course. We can't have anything nice anymore.

Posted by: Turn 2 at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (JfxgE)

278 I assume everyone is outside shooting off fireworks, just to make sure that they work.

Posted by: Miklos would like a backyard SpaceX himself at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (jov6P)

279 But I had to leave when it turns out the parts played by Claudio and Hero are actually lesbians. Of course. We can't have anything nice anymore.
Posted by: Turn 2 at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (JfxgE)

I have heard rumors that there are some movies starring lesbians that are actually quite gripping.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:16 AM (tkR6S)

280 I suspect dedicating oneself to the BRICS would force the economy to commit itself to yet another currency when the dollar is in use right there.

BRICS doesn't have a single currency (e.g. the Euro) yet, so joining would just make it easier to swap Argentine Pesos for yuan and rubles, making things even more complicated. This would violate The First Law of Holes.

Posted by: Soccer at December 31, 2023 12:16 AM (yWvc2)

281 I assume everyone is outside shooting off fireworks, just to make sure that they work.
Posted by: Miklos would like a backyard SpaceX himself at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (jov6P)

You know what happens when you assume....you should bumsume instead.

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 12:16 AM (T4tVD)

282 I assume everyone is outside shooting off fireworks, just to make sure that they work.
Posted by: Miklos would like a backyard SpaceX himself at December 31, 2023 12:13 AM (jov6P)

One has to visit a fireworks vendor on an Indian reservation to get the good stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:17 AM (tkR6S)

283 I just shot somebody's eye out

Posted by: Raplhie, experimenting with Christmas gift at December 31, 2023 12:18 AM (jov6P)

284 Off, footie sock!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 31, 2023 12:19 AM (yWvc2)

285 BRICS doesn't have a single currency (e.g. the Euro) yet, so joining would just make it easier to swap Argentine Pesos for yuan and rubles, making things even more complicated. This would violate The First Law of Holes.
Posted by: Soccer at December 31, 2023 12:16 AM (yWvc2)

Coming soon: Argentinian Coffee ads, starring Yuan Valdez and his panda.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:19 AM (tkR6S)

286 Having encountered many McD's employees, I'll just say there's a strong possibility that guy deserved to have his face fried off.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2023 12:19 AM (0FoWg)

287 Coming soon: Argentinian Coffee ads, starring Yuan Valdez and his panda.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mules is good eatin'.

Posted by: Venezuelans at December 31, 2023 12:20 AM (jov6P)

288 >>> Did they invent hockey sticks?

Posted by: Michael Mann
============

Karankawa's invented hockey sticks long before the white man came to the America's. Only difference is they used them to sever the heads captives to be eaten. Consumables, they called them.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 12:21 AM (jg5Rp)

289 >>>I have heard rumors that there are some movies starring lesbians that are actually quite gripping.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:16 AM (tkR6S)

=====

I should have been clued in when 98% of the theatre was composed of females. And that was a conservative estimate.

Posted by: Turn 2 at December 31, 2023 12:22 AM (JfxgE)

290 Tomorrow being the last day of Zappa month, I'm sure we'll be featuring the London Symphony albums, Boulez Conducts Zappa, and The Yellow Shark.

Nah. Kidding.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 31, 2023 12:22 AM (FCs/J)

291 Having encountered many McD's employees, I'll just say there's a strong possibility that guy deserved to have his face fried off.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

One does not simply "encounter" a McDonald's employee.

Posted by: Boromir at the drive-thru at December 31, 2023 12:22 AM (jov6P)

292 US dollar will get to pesos range sometime soon

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2023 12:23 AM (fwDg9)

293 Consumables, they called them.
Posted by: Braenyard

FMCG

Posted by: Fast Moving Consumable Guys at December 31, 2023 12:24 AM (jov6P)

294 This would violate The First Law of Holes.

Front or back?

Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 31, 2023 12:25 AM (V8he0)

295 US dollar will get to pesos range sometime soon
Posted by: Skip

Like Mississippi, we'll always have the Canadian dollar to make us feel superior.

Posted by: Miklos has billions in old Turkish lira and Serb dinars at December 31, 2023 12:25 AM (jov6P)

296 98 Types.
Deletes.

Goes back to silence mode.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:33 PM (SH7v5)

Understood. Still smarting from my trailer-towing faux-pas from a week or two ago....(greasing the ball...groaning...). Good Times!!

Wish everyone here all the best in the new year. Rather than looking back at this year as the dumpster fire that it was....well...my investments are up nicely over the year.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

297 US dollar will get to pesos range sometime soon
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2023 12:23 AM (fwDg9)

And counterfeiters will be charged with impesonation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:29 AM (tkR6S)

298 A pre-wedding party in Jersey City?

So, a quinciera.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2023 12:29 AM (RIvkX)

299 my investments are up nicely over the year.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Mine too.

Well, Darleen has gained another 20

Posted by: Miklos has and that costs money at December 31, 2023 12:31 AM (jov6P)

300 "And the kicker for why the DOJ says they are not bringing the case is that it's "too complex," and a jury would be lost trying to figure it out.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

This is the same reason we should only have one candidate to vote for

Posted by: Ripley at December 31, 2023 12:33 AM (PTDkx)

301 And counterfeiters will be charged with impesonation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

S'all right

Posted by: Senor Wences, Minister of Impesonation at December 31, 2023 12:33 AM (jov6P)

302 More global warming in Texas and continued warning to the rest of America to get those A/C systems repaired.

Documented mass [fish] mortalities [killing freezes] occurred in 1886, 1899, 1917, 1924, 1940, 1951, 1983 and 1989, for an average interval of 15 years.

These temps may mean nothing to those living in Minnesota; however, these freezes occurred on the warm Gulf coast all the way down to Brownsville, that's south of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 12:35 AM (jg5Rp)

303 Made it longer than last night, could stay up longer but going to call it a night.
Hope you all have a great night

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2023 12:35 AM (fwDg9)

304 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2023 12:37 AM (V8he0)

305 Made it longer than last night, could stay up longer but going to call it a night.

Posted by: Skip

Blueberry muffins for a Good Young Man!

No reading under the covers!

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at December 31, 2023 12:38 AM (jov6P)

306 'Nite Skip !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 12:38 AM (T4tVD)

307 32 $45 meal from Taco Bell? That's a lot of tacos.
Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (wx0TT)

**********

It was and it gave me a case of the squirts the next day with an additional burn on the way out.

Truly an unpleasant adventure.

Posted by: Florida Black Bear at December 31, 2023 12:38 AM (xxG/v)

308 Documented mass [fish] mortalities [killing freezes] occurred in 1886, 1899, 1917, 1924, 1940, 1951, 1983 and 1989, for an average interval of 15 years.

These temps may mean nothing to those living in Minnesota; however, these freezes occurred on the warm Gulf coast all the way down to Brownsville, that's south of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 12:35 AM (jg5Rp)

Think of all the fish that could have been saved, had there been a huge number of nuclear power plants using those bodies of water for cooling purposes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:39 AM (tkR6S)

309 Think of all the fish that could have been saved, had there been a huge number of nuclear power plants using those bodies of water for cooling purposes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Champagne wishes and caviar dreams

Posted by: Global Elites at December 31, 2023 12:41 AM (jov6P)

310 It was and it gave me a case of the squirts the next day with an additional burn on the way out.

Truly an unpleasant adventure.
Posted by: Florida Black Bear at December 31, 2023 12:38 AM (xxG/v)

Old and busted: Charmin bears.

New and hot: Kaopectate bears.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:44 AM (tkR6S)

311
This is the same reason we should only have one candidate to vote for
Posted by: Ripley

Installed by Microsoft Copilot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2023 12:44 AM (63Dwl)

312 >>>290 Tomorrow being the last day of Zappa month, I'm sure we'll be featuring the London Symphony albums, Boulez Conducts Zappa, and The Yellow Shark.

Nah. Kidding.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
---------------------------

What happened to the 8 makeup days in January for those lost in December?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 12:46 AM (jg5Rp)

313 Installed by Microsoft Copilot.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Your Digital Voting Protection upgrade validation is invalid until at least 2025.

Please try to vote again later.

Posted by: Microsoft Voter Support at December 31, 2023 12:48 AM (jov6P)

314 Well, I am getting sleepy, so I'm going to sack out. night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:54 AM (tkR6S)

315 What happened to the 8 makeup days in January for those lost in December?
Posted by: Braenyard

I still want interest on the hour I loan to the government every Spring.

Because there are sure a few minutes I'd like to have back.

Posted by: Miklos thinks It's Not Fair at December 31, 2023 12:55 AM (jov6P)

316 And the stars gazed down upon AOP....

Posted by: Miklos is no Robert Service at December 31, 2023 12:57 AM (jov6P)

317 314 Well, I am getting sleepy, so I'm going to sack out. night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:54 AM (tkR6S)

Yes...it's getting late here on the left coast....probbly check in tomorrow for the festivities...Good Night!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 01:00 AM (QGaXH)

318 317 should be *probably not 'probbly'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 01:01 AM (QGaXH)

319 should be *probably not 'probbly'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

prolly

Posted by: Miklos is perchance correct at December 31, 2023 01:01 AM (jov6P)

320 317...there will be festivities...right?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 01:01 AM (QGaXH)

321 The Kaopectate Bears make their home in the Bismal Swamp.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 31, 2023 01:02 AM (R4t5M)

322 317 should be *probably not 'probbly'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 01:01 AM (QGaXH)

Judges would have accepted "prolly."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2023 01:02 AM (Angsy)

323 319 perchance....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2023 01:02 AM (QGaXH)

324 The Kaopectate Bears make their home in the Bismal Swamp.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

It's all pink on the inside.

Posted by: Miklos merely states What is Known at December 31, 2023 01:04 AM (jov6P)

325 Zachary Taylor, bivouacked on the shore of Corpus Christi Bay during winter 1845-46, fed an army of 5,000 with freeze-killed fish (Henry Hildebrand, Marine Biologist and retired University Professor, Personal Communication).

1856, Jan.3 - A violent norther arose during the night, and we
had it piercing cold today. When in the house we were
seated by fires, and when outside the doors, wrapped in our
overcoats. Yet in spite of all our efforts it seemed
almost impossible to keep warm, so penetrating are these
winds to systems which have been relaxed. When these winds
blow so violently they drive the water from the shallow
lagunas into the Gulf, and increase the difficulty of
navigating them. Many of the bars are then nearly dry.
There is one in particular, across the mouth of Nueces Bay,
which deserves to be noticed. When the tide comes into
this bay, as well as in all others, it is resorted to by
large numbers of fish from the Gulf, to feed. The water
may then be from five to ten feet deep, and is the same
temperature as that of the Gulf. But after a norther has
blown for twelve or twenty-four hours, its temperature is
so much reduced that the fish become chilled, and not
hav

Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 01:04 AM (jg5Rp)

326 Miklos, I hope that you had a very happy Christmas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2023 01:06 AM (Sgq8y)

327 But after a norther has
blown for twelve or twenty-four hours, its temperature is
so much reduced that the fish become chilled, and not
hav
Posted by: Braenyard at December 31, 2023 01:04 AM (jg5Rp)

A nagila?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2023 01:06 AM (Angsy)

328 >>> 12-sided object that may have been used for sorcery

d12 for AD&D

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2023 01:06 AM (cOq4q)

329 I hope that you had a very happy Christmas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

There was a Classy Standing Rib Roast, that much I can tell you. Really the best.

Posted by: Miklos J. Trump at December 31, 2023 01:09 AM (jov6P)

330

*braaaap*

Oh no.

*gush*

For the love of God, make it stop.

*goosh*

Posted by: Bear That Stole Taco Bell Order at December 31, 2023 01:09 AM (o4LVi)

331 should be *probably not 'probbly'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

prolly
Posted by: Miklos is perchance correct

Prolly want a cracker?

Posted by: indecisive parrot at December 31, 2023 01:10 AM (DgGvY)

332 A nagila?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Can I have ?

*begins the dance*

Posted by: Miklos is more of a Klezmer guy at December 31, 2023 01:11 AM (jov6P)

333 Prolly want a cracker?
Posted by: indecisive parrot

A Triscuit, a tasket
Put in basket, you cracker

Posted by: Diversity hire parrot at December 31, 2023 01:14 AM (jov6P)

334 It's all pink on the inside.

Posted by: Miklos merely states What is Known at December 31, 2023 01:04 AM (jov6P)

I'll be the judge of that.

Posted by: High Priest Reading The Entrails at December 31, 2023 01:17 AM (emlEe)

335 High Priest Reading The Entrails

DUDE!!!!

Or "El Dudo" as we say around here

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and self-serve open tequila bar at December 31, 2023 01:19 AM (jov6P)

336 Given the fireworks at Christmas, tomorrow should be the 1812 Overture …

Posted by: Adriane the Old, Old Movie Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 01:22 AM (4Winp)

337 Given the fireworks at Christmas, tomorrow should be the 1812 Overture …
Posted by: Adriane the Old

The Russians and Ukrainians should compete on that, and have it done with.

Posted by: Miklos' Plan for Noise and then Peace at December 31, 2023 01:24 AM (jov6P)

338 MisHum, congratulations in having reached the magical age when you can sleep all you want, stay up all hours, lie about 29 and generally decompose gracefully.

About your retirement package, your are fortunate that they didn't send you two banana seeds or even two mustard seeds. I'm not sure what can be made with tomato and flour. Maybe we could ask CBD in the cooking thread? Sous vide bread dough?

Thanks for all those blogs so far, now try keeping it up

Posted by: Ciampino - Another try again again? at December 31, 2023 01:28 AM (qfLjt)

339 Night Horde, I have my obligations in the morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2023 01:29 AM (Sgq8y)

340 Night Horde, I have my obligations in the morning.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

And perhaps ablutions.

Posted by: Miklos has a bath every Saturday, needed or not at December 31, 2023 01:32 AM (jov6P)

341 285
Coming soon: Argentinian Coffee ads, starring Yuan Valdez and his panda.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2023 12:19 AM (tkR6S)
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I'm late to the blog. I slept 7-11PM. See MisHum, it's easy now.
Anyway AOP, shouldn't that be Argentinian Beefsteak ads starring Yuan Valdez and his llama?
(I had to get a llama in somehow).

Posted by: Carl Wheezer of Llama fame at December 31, 2023 01:38 AM (qfLjt)

342 Insomnia blows.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2023 01:42 AM (AATb+)

343 Insomnia blows.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2023 01:42 AM (AATb+)

$20, same as in town?

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2023 01:46 AM (emlEe)

344 8 That car: Needs more Bondo.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 30, 2023 10:05 PM (qPw5n)
----
In my young and impressionable days we were told that rust did keep the panels together but all one really had to do was polish the hubcaps (remember those?) to a mirror finish and, no matter how dirty and rusty the rest of the car, it would stay together and look cool.

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't know about you at December 31, 2023 01:46 AM (qfLjt)

345 15 Great ONT MisHum!
I presume the COB Dental Plan will remain in force after your retirement begins!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 30, 2023 10:07 PM (hOUT3)
----
I'm sure he has the laminated rice paper version. Favoritism I say. All we get at our 50th anniversary of joining AoS is recycled TP of dubious origin AND NOT laminated.
(I'm not sure who gave me that 50 number but it doesn't seem right. However I can't put my finger on the problem as I have a green thumb and not a brown one.)

Posted by: Sgt Schultz - I don't know about anything at December 31, 2023 01:52 AM (qfLjt)

346 Hi
Never commented this late but actually 8 am where I am. About to endure a 10 hr flight to Dulles. Wish me luck!

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at December 31, 2023 01:55 AM (xu5dM)

347 (I had to get a llama in somehow).
Posted by: Carl Wheezer of Llama fame

I met a guy.

A Real Lama.

Says I will get Total Consciousness, so I got that going for me.

Posted by: Miklos-Carl von Spackler at December 31, 2023 01:56 AM (jov6P)

348
That Microsoft Copilot thing is creepy and scares me. I encountered it early yesterday after a round of updates on the various machines here. There is preview version for Windows 10, and that somehow got activated on my main desktop here. It did not get activated on any of the laptops. Nor did it even activate on the Windows 11 install I have here on this same machine.

That alone makes me mad, software deciding, on it's own, who it's going to be available for based on lord knows what kind of algorithm...

But anyway, there popped up Copilot on the taskbar. First then was to figure out how to turn it off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 31, 2023 01:56 AM (Mzdiz)

349 33
For my part - Monday I pass the 29 year mark😗. Yay?
Anyways, back to Zappa...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2023 10:13 PM (bomBH)
----
Yes but which 29? (We lie and lie often - Horde)

Posted by: Ciampino - lie, lye, lay ... make up my mind will I at December 31, 2023 01:58 AM (qfLjt)

350
For Copilot, think of Clippy meets well, a psychotic megalomaniacal James Bond villain. Klaus Schwab inspired AI.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 31, 2023 02:00 AM (Mzdiz)

351 I met a guy.

A Real Lama.

Says I will get Total Consciousness, so I got that going for me.
Posted by: Miklos-Carl von Spackler at December 31, 2023 01:56

I can do better for a few hundred K. You'll be completely Clear once your checks 'clear'.

Posted by: David Miscarriage at December 31, 2023 02:00 AM (emlEe)

352 Congrats on your retirement Mis Hum. Best part is you get to enjoy with The Fabulous.❤️

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at December 31, 2023 02:02 AM (xu5dM)

353 For Copilot, think of Clippy meets well, a psychotic megalomaniacal James Bond villain. Klaus Schwab inspired AI.
Posted by: publius
--------

Jiust wait until the MS Auger In update arrives.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2023 02:02 AM (XeU6L)

354 *Just

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2023 02:03 AM (XeU6L)

355 39 I despise the word disrespect. Meaningless bullshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (ZLI7S)
----
That's unprecedented ...

Posted by: Ciampino - unscathed at December 31, 2023 02:03 AM (qfLjt)

356 I have to actually write the Zappa story by tomorrow.

You might not believe it, but even I can't make this stuff up.

Only in Nawlins

Posted by: Miklos has heard and seen....things at December 31, 2023 02:04 AM (jov6P)

357 I despise the word disrespect. Meaningless bullshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (ZLI7S)
----
That's unprecedented ...
Posted by: Ciampino

INCONCEIVABLE!

Posted by: Miklos in best Wallace Shawn voice at December 31, 2023 02:05 AM (jov6P)

358 48 WATCH: Bear Snatches $45 Meal From Florida Home Moments After Delivery

---------

$45 seems like a reasonable price for a meal of bare snatches.

Posted by: The Genie at December 30, 2023 10:17 PM (vDyah)
----
You mean shaved?

Posted by: Ciampino - unscathed by Burma Shave at December 31, 2023 02:07 AM (qfLjt)

359 Peeks in.

Howdy y'all. I'll be sitting over here in the corner if anyone needs me.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:07 AM (991eG)

360 Hi Muldoon,
Insomnia bug got you too?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2023 02:11 AM (xv0Yz)

361 Muldoon in a corner
Like Little Jack Horner
Along comes Miss Muffet
Muldoon says

Posted by: Miklos leaves the rest as an exercise for the Kind Reader at December 31, 2023 02:12 AM (jov6P)

362 54 42 If I remember correctly, Adrienne Barbeau was able to survive an encounter with quicksand in the Swamp Thing because of her magnificent breasts.

For all of you movie thread geeks, now there is a hidden gem of cinema.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 10:14 PM (J3ryZ)

3,500 words about boobs would be a vast improvement.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 10:19 PM (SH7v5)
----
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words so I would prefer a few pictures instead of drivel. Plus the Horde always demands 'pictures or it didn't happen'.

Posted by: The Horde - Pictures or it didn't happen! at December 31, 2023 02:14 AM (qfLjt)

363 Insomnia bug got you too?

******

Waiting for meds to kick in.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:16 AM (991eG)

364 3,500 words about boobs would be a vast improvement.

3,500 boobs would be a vaster improvement.

Posted by: Miklos is a Man of Fixed Opinions at December 31, 2023 02:16 AM (jov6P)

365 Muldoon in a corner
Like Little Jack Horner
Along comes Miss Muffet
Muldoon says

Posted by: Miklos leaves the rest as an exercise for the Kind Reader at December 31, 2023 02:12 AM (jov6P)

. . . 'Stuff it!'
And he did with Jack's beanstalk.

Posted by: David Miscarriage at December 31, 2023 02:17 AM (emlEe)

366 'Bye Scientology prick.

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2023 02:19 AM (emlEe)

367 . . . 'Stuff it!'

Tuffets need stuffing.

Posted by: Miklos is a Man of Literary Inclinations at December 31, 2023 02:19 AM (jov6P)

368 Waiting for meds to kick in.
Posted by: Muldoon

And Matlock is on.

Posted by: Miklos does not own a TV at December 31, 2023 02:20 AM (jov6P)

369 So far managed to avoid Siri and Alexa, but for who knows how long.

Posted by: Adriane the Old, Old Movie Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:23 AM (4Winp)

370 So far managed to avoid Siri and Alexa, but for who knows how long.
Posted by: Adriane the Old

Good decision.

Posted by: MiklosBot AI at December 31, 2023 02:25 AM (jov6P)

371 Siri, who is that ho bitch Alexa?

Posted by: MiklosBot AI sees opportunity for chaos at December 31, 2023 02:26 AM (jov6P)

372 Well,
Benadryl is usually my go to. Tonight it's not working.

Yay me.

Anybody got a good knock knock joke?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2023 02:27 AM (QDZBH)

373 Anybody got a good knock knock joke?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nice knockers

-Thank you

Posted by: Teri Garr at December 31, 2023 02:30 AM (jov6P)

374 How do you make an elephant float?

Posted by: Adriane the Old, Old Movie Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:33 AM (4Winp)

375 Another Day of mine and me
I must yield to gravity

Celebratory oysters are out back
A Job well done
I hit the sack

Posted by: J. Miklos Prufrock at December 31, 2023 02:34 AM (jov6P)

376 What a hack!

May the sack hit back …

Posted by: Statler and Waldorf at December 31, 2023 02:37 AM (4Winp)

377 Good night good Miklos!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:37 AM (991eG)

378 How do you make an elephant float?

Posted by: Adriane the Old, Old Movie Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:33 AM (4Winp)

An elephant, a truckload of ice cream, a couple of gallons of chocolate syrup and a case of whipped cream?

Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2023 02:39 AM (emlEe)

379 I've bored you all in the past with my tedious tale of the Curious Disappearance, so will not rehash it now. Anybody else have a sad story to tell? Hell, I'd even settle for a happy story.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:40 AM (991eG)

380 An elephant, a truckload of ice cream, a couple of gallons of chocolate syrup and a case of whipped cream?
Posted by: RickZ

Naw … tell them that there are mice underwater …

Posted by: Statler and Waldorf at December 31, 2023 02:41 AM (4Winp)

381 123 Over a hundred comments and no jests about the bear consuming Taco Bell and needing to relieve himself in the woods? You're slipping, people.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2023 10:41 PM (yWvc2)
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Well the rabbit has been mentioned as well as the sprinkler system (also known as Coolinas Bare - brand?). No Charmin yet, still looking for those rolls but good luck with that after the covid hoarding.

Posted by: Ciampino - the sprinkler water temperature was Just Right at December 31, 2023 02:45 AM (qfLjt)

382 Hell, I'd even settle for a happy story.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:40 AM (991eG)

I will tell you a happy story.

I was praying after communion on Christmas Eve. It was mostly the same prayer, that my son would find his way back to Church after dabbling in the demonic. I looked up to see him taking Communion. I didn't even know he was there.

Turns out he texted DH and was told we were at Mass, so he changed his plans, found a priest to hear his confession (for apparently over 15 minutes, so it was sincere) and took communion.

Prayer... answered.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 31, 2023 02:47 AM (sRfrW)

383 Well, I was hoping to get a heck of a lot more Christmas lights put up, but so many things have gone wrong - little, puddly things, just too many of them.

Ah well.

Posted by: Adriane the Almost Illiterate Tech Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:47 AM (4Winp)

384 DH says it's bedtime, so that's a bedtime story, too. Go to bed.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 31, 2023 02:48 AM (sRfrW)

385 Tcn in AK, that is wonderful news!

Maybe he be Blessed with Strength to Persevere…

Posted by: Adriane the Almost Illiterate Tech Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:49 AM (4Winp)

386 tcn,
That's beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2023 02:49 AM (tAqdW)

387 Posted by: tcn in AK

******

Awesome! I hope for your sake and his that it takes hold and brings meaningful change for him.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 02:49 AM (991eG)

388 25 of the wildest chip flavors from all around the world (msn.com)
https://shorturl.at/uBMSU

Posted by: Ciampino - Suddenly I'm hungry at December 31, 2023 02:53 AM (qfLjt)

389 Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I didn’t realize 5 Mac OS upgrades
Would take this long to do …

Burma Shave!

Posted by: Adriane the Almost Illiterate Tech Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 02:54 AM (4Winp)

390 Seattle closes Black Lives Matter garden

https://shorturl.at/bkCHM

Posted by: Ciampino - Suddenly dawned on them that BLM are terrorists? at December 31, 2023 02:55 AM (qfLjt)

391 World looks other way as Christians 'killed for sport' by jihadists in Nigeria
https://shorturl.at/wyLZ8

Posted by: Ciampino - Where's the Pope on this? at December 31, 2023 02:58 AM (qfLjt)

392 Seattle closes Black Lives Matter garden
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HAHAHAHA!

The article lists *all* the standard media lies surrounding saint floyd and the riots, too! Bonus laugh material!

"murder" and "mostly peaceful" (yeah right) but neglecting to mention the counterfeit $ or fentanyl, of course...

*spit*

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2023 03:00 AM (njWTi)

393 Back when we had dish, we would watch New Year’s Eve music special from Japan.

And after the music, NHK would have roving reporter kind of shots from all over the country.

One I remember was a long line of people, braving the snow, waiting to ring a bell at a Buddhist temple. Huge bell! 1 strike for Good Luck. The monks would catch the pole and steady it for the next in line.

I would like to do that some day.

Posted by: Adriane the Almost Illiterate Tech Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 03:03 AM (4Winp)

394 Chicago woman booked for vandalizing buildings with antisemitic graffiti

https://shorturl.at/hoT35

She looks like she needs a hot iron

Posted by: Ciampino - frustrated? at December 31, 2023 03:05 AM (qfLjt)

395 Manchester Arena - Site of the Jihadi attack killing 22 people, injured 1,017. Last night it was used for an event to teach Jihadis "techniques" to convert kafirs.

https://shorturl.at/ixMNP

Posted by: Ciampino - Insensitive? at December 31, 2023 03:07 AM (qfLjt)

396 Hiya Muldoon !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 03:09 AM (T4tVD)

397 Never commented this late but actually 8 am where I am. About to endure a 10 hr flight to Dulles. Wish me luck!
Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at December 31, 2023 01:55 AM (xu5dM)

Boy, will your arms be tired !

Safe travels !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 03:10 AM (T4tVD)

398 Hiya Muldoon !
Posted by: JT

******

Hiya JT

Posted by: Muldoon at December 31, 2023 03:11 AM (991eG)

399 399

Posted by: m at December 31, 2023 03:13 AM (4UYlo)

400 399
Posted by: m

No way in heck I’m drinking that many bottles of beer …

Posted by: Adriane the Pilsner and Lager Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 03:19 AM (4Winp)

401 https://youtu.be/EQfrHkjvx6g?si=SgAd4Ie3lHLYhUvk

Posted by: Puddleglum, observer of meaningless bowl games at December 31, 2023 03:20 AM (sAmhv)

402 https://youtu.be/LXsNBfA4Z_k?si=NnAcdFbExjCLiWIF

Posted by: Puddleglum, observer of meaningless bowl games at December 31, 2023 03:26 AM (sAmhv)

403 No way in heck I’m drinking that many bottles of beer …
Posted by: Adriane the Pilsner and Lager Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 03:19 AM (4Winp)

A waterfall starts with ONE drop of water.....

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2023 03:40 AM (T4tVD)

404 Rose bowl tomorrow …

Maybe the Fiesta bowl. I haven’t kept up with the outside world for a few days.

Posted by: Adriane the Pilsner and Lager Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 03:47 AM (4Winp)

405 JT -

It’s not the waterfall I’m worried about, it’s the water coming back up …

Posted by: Adriane the Pilsner and Lager Critic . . . at December 31, 2023 03:49 AM (4Winp)

406 Amazon Indian customer service is useless as hell. I know that comes as a huge shock to everyone.

Posted by: nckate at December 31, 2023 03:50 AM (EPm6B)

407 Thanks JT.
Boarding shortly.

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at December 31, 2023 04:00 AM (QEHic)

408 Pixy's up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 31, 2023 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)

409 It’s been so weird being 6 hours ahead but it felt like being 6 hours behind because there was no new news, posts til like 3 pm.

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at December 31, 2023 04:26 AM (QEHic)

410 i read bear snatches but heard bare snatches.

Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2023 04:38 PM (QBEAD)

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