Mid-Morning Art Thread

Saint Sebastian
Gerrit van Honthorst

Posted by: CBD at 09:40 AM

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1 1

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 09:41 AM (ENQN6)

2 Yeet

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:41 AM (bJQ2i)

3 And ouch

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:41 AM (bJQ2i)

4 Yawp!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 26, 2024 09:41 AM (Wnv9h)

5 Top ten?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 26, 2024 09:41 AM (lmYqO)

6 Yikes!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2024 09:42 AM (Je6Mg)

7 I nooded.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:42 AM (9yWhg)

8 Not sure why anyone would want to be a saint. Seems stressful.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 09:42 AM (IUd0M)

9 Bet that hurts.

Posted by: BignJames at April 26, 2024 09:42 AM (AwYPR)

10 it looks like he got the point...

technically nice
but would not hang.

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (UCRjB)

11 Ouch

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (Q4IgG)

12 Man, that probably hurt

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (Je6Mg)

13 The arrow in his leg must have been the first while he was still upright. Only way I can explain the blood flow.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (T+Iwg)

14 The smarts! (as in hurts).

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #220 at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (qfLjt)

15 Sebastian (Latin: Sebastianus; c. AD 255 – c. AD 28

was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him. He was, according to tradition, rescued and healed by Irene of Rome, which became a popular subject in 17th-century painting. In all versions of the story, shortly after his recovery he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result was clubbed to death.[1][2] He is venerated in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:43 AM (bJQ2i)

16 Given a choice I would have gone with hanging.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at April 26, 2024 09:44 AM (tA1/w)

17 On the one hand...ewww...

On the other hand I've certainly had a number of shafts thrust into me before...

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 26, 2024 09:44 AM (ibTVg)

18 I think he is dead Jkm

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2024 09:44 AM (kGLb6)

19 It seems like some people don't send out just one sniper.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2024 09:44 AM (Je6Mg)

20 You can turn me over now. I'm done on this side.

Posted by: zombie Saint Lawrence at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (vtyCZ)

21 So in this sort of execution do they tell the archer to not inflict a killing wound with the first few shots?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (ibTVg)

22 It was General Custer who popularized the Arrow shirt, not Saint Sebastian.

Posted by: Sartorial History Moment at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (V5BDR)

23 Well, that's depressing.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (iF0sF)

24 St. Sebastian vs. the Comanches?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (J2vNu)

25 Looks like he had a tough day. That's gonna leave mark in the morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (DIB8X)

26 But how are the hobbits?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (GBKbO)

27 Tarsem Singh's video for the R.E.M. song "Losing My Religion" makes use of imagery of Saint Sebastian, drawing particular inspiration from paintings by Guido Reni.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (ENQN6)

28 Man, that probably hurt
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Sebastian got the point, though. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM (9yWhg)

29 Two items of note:

1. Unless he was previously "manspreading", the arrow in the leg was shot from a very weird direction.
2. The arrows appear to have practice points on them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 09:46 AM (IUd0M)

30 Jarts: The Early Years

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 09:46 AM (H22GW)

31 Jewells!!!!!!

How are you, love?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:46 AM (bJQ2i)

32 So which sneaky bastard wandered off to the left side of Sebastian and got him through the thigh?
What's a suitable eternal hellish punishment for that sneak?

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #224 at April 26, 2024 09:46 AM (qfLjt)

33 Beautifully done, but the arrow wounds make me cringe, which is,of course the intent.

I have always thought that being shot by arrows would be incredibly painful, not to mention terrifying, because you would see the shaft sticking out of your body.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 09:46 AM (4SYnO)

34 A hot iron will fix that right up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 09:47 AM (H22GW)

35 I have always thought that being shot by arrows would be incredibly painful, not to mention terrifying, because you would see the shaft sticking out of your body.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents

Just think of it as acupuncture with really big needles.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:48 AM (bJQ2i)

36 what sick bastard archer shot him in the balls? it's bad enough that he's being shot with arrows repeatedly, but really? a groin shot?

that's just over the top cruel....

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 09:48 AM (UCRjB)

37 On a related note and touching on a long term Horde topic, I remember seeing a recreation of bows/armor from the hundred years war.

They recreated the longbow of the time and the arrows and had a trained modern archer fire at a re-creation of a French breastplate.

Even at short range the longbow could not pierce the french armor.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:49 AM (ibTVg)

38 Hi, CBD. I don't know if you know about ARTSTOR. It's an online database for art. It doesn't have everything but what is does have is of high quality. Thought it would be handy for future threads. And it allows embiggening.

www.jstor.org/site/artstor/

Posted by: Kris at April 26, 2024 09:49 AM (hR8f8)

39 I have always thought that being shot by arrows would be incredibly painful, not to mention terrifying, because you would see the shaft sticking out of your body.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Pulling the arrows out would suck, too.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

40 Damn, that dude got fucked up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 26, 2024 09:49 AM (VwHCD)

41 "Saint Sebastian was the patron saint of archers and athletes and of those who desire a saintly death. He was also venerated as a protector from the bubonic plague and as a patron of plague victims."

Posted by: redridinghood at April 26, 2024 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

42 Wish my skin was that smooth.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (oaGWv)

43 Morning.

This is why you don't try to shoot the apple off your buddy's head after drinking too much whiskey.

Posted by: Robert at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (O9W5A)

44 Pulling the arrows out would suck, too.

See that's the one advantage St Sebastian had over the average soldier that got hit with an arrow...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (ibTVg)

45 This is such a powerful image. Sebastian's unblemished skin and body pierced by the violence of the arrows and those who shot them. As usual, van Honthorst captures such accurate musculature and skin tones. (CBD has used other paintings by this artist.) His ability to use lighting, especially artificial lighting effectively is remarkable. The dark background makes Sebastian's body and injuries almost pop out at the viewer.

I wonder if this image was in Robert Heinlein's mind when he described Smith's destruction at the end of "Stranger In A Strange Land". It immediately brought it to my mind.

Posted by: JTB at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (zudum)

46 The critics could be brutal at the Samaria Laugh Factory.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (H22GW)

47 36
I don't see a groin shot.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #225 at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (qfLjt)

48 I have always thought that being shot by arrows would be incredibly painful, not to mention terrifying, because you would see the shaft sticking out of your body.
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And the Romans wouldn't have been using bodkin-point arrows as the Dutch painter illustrated but broad[er] ones.
https://tinyurl.com/4xamvmek

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (vtyCZ)

49 what sick bastard archer shot him in the balls? it's bad enough that he's being shot with arrows repeatedly, but really? a groin shot?

that's just over the top cruel....
Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 09:48 AM (UCRjB)

That's through the thigh, although it appears that the arrow would have had to travel though the thigh bone, which seems unlikely.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (IUd0M)

50 Just think of it as acupuncture with really big needles.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:48 AM (bJQ2i)
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This would explain why the Chinese acupuncturist I went to greeted me with "arrow."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 26, 2024 09:51 AM (8qbyA)

51
This is why you don't try to shoot the apple off your buddy's head after drinking too much whiskey.

Saw a video of a young woman trying to hit a beer can on a guy's knee.

She missed of course. Well, she missed the can, not the knee.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:51 AM (ibTVg)

52 Please Mr. Custer, I don't want to go
Hey, Mr. Custer, please don't make me go
I had a dream last night about the comin fight
Somebody yelled "attack!"
And there I stood with a arrow in my back...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 26, 2024 09:51 AM (cDEsv)

53 *waves to nurse*

Hanging in there. Taking a break from chemo.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (iF0sF)

54 Walk it off!

Posted by: Sebastian's coach at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (hu5YG)

55 I am reminded of the scene in Lonesome Dove when Gus makes Pea Eye push the arrow through his leg rather than pull it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (4SYnO)

56
Saw a video of a young woman trying to hit a beer can on a guy's knee.

She missed of course. Well, she missed the can, not the knee.

With a dart, not an arrow, so less horrible injury and more "owwwwwwwwww" in the video

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (ibTVg)

57 https://tinyurl.com/4xamvmek
Posted by: andycanuck

Boy, that looks like a website that could suck up my whole day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

58 Even at short range the longbow could not pierce the French armor.
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I think I saw that too. The armour-piercing bodkin point arrowheads recovered on the field were inferior-quality iron/steel.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 09:53 AM (vtyCZ)

59 A rather piercing piece of artwork.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 26, 2024 09:53 AM (fv27Y)

60 According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him. He was, according to tradition, rescued and healed by Irene of Rome, which became a popular subject in 17th-century painting. In all versions of the story, shortly after his recovery he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result was clubbed to death

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A- for persistence

D+ for judgment

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 09:54 AM (H22GW)

61 I think I saw that too. The armour-piercing bodkin point arrowheads recovered on the field were inferior-quality iron/steel.

I *think* the rain of arrows mostly just disorganized and exhausted the French soldiers with the occasional arrow/splintered arrow hitting a weak spot and causing an injury which then helped the English melee troops kill the French as they finally got to the English line.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (ibTVg)

62 Boy, that looks like a website that could suck up my whole day.
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Yes!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (vtyCZ)

63 It's just a flesh wound.

Posted by: dantesed at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)

64 A rather piercing piece of artwork.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 26, 2024 09:53 AM (fv27Y)
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Ir made me quiver a little.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (8qbyA)

65 >>St. Sebastian vs. the Comanches?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM

That made me laugh.

Posted by: huerfano at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (VGOMa)

66 I don't know whether the picture is showing what the Dem's want to do to President DJT or what I would like to happen to Biden/Harris, the Dem party plus RINO's as well as a whole hellava lot of GOPers. Probably all of the above. The whole system of only being able to vote for 2 candidates for president is archaic and antiquated.

Posted by: sidney at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (Uy/WF)

67 nock, nock

Posted by: Taggart at April 26, 2024 09:56 AM (og5mY)

68 Another victim of a criminal prosecution.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 26, 2024 09:56 AM (g/1eZ)

69 The picture is trenchant and mordant, the flesh, exquisitely rendered.

Would hang in Den/Office.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 26, 2024 09:56 AM (XV/Pl)

70 You know who else is presently in the process of being martyred?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 09:56 AM (8FmJd)

71 Ir made me quiver a little.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're just high strung. I think you need to bow out for a little bit.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:57 AM (9yWhg)

72 Ir made me quiver a little.

I think I get the point

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:57 AM (ibTVg)

73 Given the lack of blood from most of these wounds, my expert opinion gleaned from years of watching scripted forensics shows, is that he was shot a few times post mortem.

They really, really didn't like this fella.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 26, 2024 09:57 AM (KbCG3)

74 Yeesh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 26, 2024 09:57 AM (R4t5M)

75 You know who else is presently in the process of being martyred?
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 09:56 AM (8FmJd)
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The Vandellas?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM (8qbyA)

76 General Custer, sir!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM (0hu/3)

77 71 Ir made me quiver a little.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're just high strung. I think you need to bow out for a little bit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

And you point is?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM (oLpJM)

78 77 71 Ir made me quiver a little.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're just high strung. I think you need to bow out for a little bit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

And you point is?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM (oLpJM)

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Don't provoke a quarrel.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 09:59 AM (H22GW)

79 I couple of summers ago, my wife and I took an archery class at a county park, about 6-7 weekly sessions.

She got to be pretty good by the end of it.

I, once again, proved that I am incompetent at anything requiring hand-eye coordination.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

80 I don't see a groin shot.

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"Proof that St. Sebastian was a tranny with a bonus hole!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 09:59 AM (8FmJd)

81 Ir made me quiver a little.

I think I get the point
Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 09:57 AM (ibTVg)

These people were ferrule animals.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 26, 2024 09:59 AM (R4t5M)

82 8 Not sure why anyone would want to be a saint. Seems stressful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You don't choose the Saint life. The Saint life chooses you.

Posted by: Saint Sebastian, as the Thug Life music and meme shades decend at April 26, 2024 10:00 AM (ycI94)

83 what sick bastard archer shot him in the balls? it's bad enough that he's being shot with arrows repeatedly, but really? a groin shot?

that's just over the top cruel....
Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 09:48 AM (UCRjB)

That's through the thigh, although it appears that the arrow would have had to travel though the thigh bone, which seems unlikely.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 09:50 AM (IUd0M)

ahhh, ok i feel better now. i thought those were two different arrows. didn't want to enbigen the pic on the work computer so it looked like the exit wound was one headed in while the shaft of that arrow was buried behind the thigh and into the groin.

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 10:00 AM (UCRjB)

84 The doc said most of the French knights were killed by blades when Henry ordered the men-at-arms and archers to kill them as he feared another French force was nearby, pissing them off because they couldn't be held for ransom!

And they were mainly on foot passing through a muddy defile churned into a quagmire that was deceptively straight when it was actually a bit funnel-shaped \ /

I have to go soon but maybe Wiki is up on the latest theory/ies??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:00 AM (vtyCZ)

85 Nat Gallery in London

Full title Saint Sebastian
Artist Gerrit van Honthorst
Artist dates 1592 - 1656
Date made about 1623
Medium and support Oil on canvas
Dimensions 101 × 117 cm (just a little under a metric acre)

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (ENQN6)

86 The picture is trenchant and mordant, the flesh, exquisitely rendered.

Would hang in Den/Office.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The flesh exquisitely rendered? Oh, soup.

Now serving the Donner party, party of 9.
Now serving the Donner party, party of 8.
Now serving the Donner party, party of 7.
Now serving the Donner party, party of 6.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (0hu/3)

87 That arrow in the chest would be squarely in the left ventricle.. It is medial to the mid-clavicular line, medial to and slightly below the left nipple, and clearly above the diaphragm. It is in about the sixth intercostal space and lacking emergency cardiac surgical capabilities (or divine intervention) would be clearly lethal.

Unless St. Sebastian had situs inversus, which would make this a lung shot.

Posted by: Muldoon says anatomy is not gross. at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (l4B/J)

88 I took archery for a while in college and got fairly good at it.

Then I went to a medieval faire and they had an arrow shooting game. I figured this would be an easy win.

And...as I picked up the crappiest bow I'd ever seen and was given the worst arrow I'd ever shot I realized the issue with winning the game was NOT the lack of archery skill by the contestants.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (ibTVg)

89 I couple of summers ago, my wife and I took an archery class at a county park, about 6-7 weekly sessions.

She got to be pretty good by the end of it.

I, once again, proved that I am incompetent at anything requiring hand-eye coordination.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

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To my great consternation and shame, every woman -- including my wife -- whom I've ever gone to a shooting range with, kicks my ass every time.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (8FmJd)

90 Sorry, guys. I'd pun it up too but I've gotta bolt!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (vtyCZ)

91 Makes me think of Boromire after his encounter with that Urak-haim

Posted by: Northernlurker at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (ewqMN)

92 That one arrow is a little low and inside.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (ENQN6)

93 64 A rather piercing piece of artwork.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 26, 2024 09:53 AM (fv27Y)
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Ir made me quiver a little.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 26, 2024 09:55 AM (8qbyA)
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I bow to the painter.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #226 at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (qfLjt)

94 I couple of summers ago, my wife and I took an archery class at a county park, about 6-7 weekly sessions.

She got to be pretty good by the end of it.

I, once again, proved that I am incompetent at anything requiring hand-eye coordination.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Ever see the tv show Ghosts? LOL. Poor guy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (0hu/3)

95 @86

>>The flesh exquisitely rendered? Oh, soup.

Or Soap.
--
Tyler Durden.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (XV/Pl)

96 Date made about 1623
Medium and support Oil on canvas

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So painted during the Thirty Years War.

I would have thought people would be too busy marching or hiding to do anything productive during that time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (H22GW)

97 That arrow in the chest would be squarely in the left ventricle.. It is medial to the mid-clavicular line, medial to and slightly below the left nipple, and clearly above the diaphragm. It is in about the sixth intercostal space and lacking emergency cardiac surgical capabilities (or divine intervention) would be clearly lethal.

Unless St. Sebastian had situs inversus, which would make this a lung shot.

Posted by: Muldoon says anatomy is not gross. at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (l4B/J)

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But what if he happened to be wearing a pocket protector?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:03 AM (8FmJd)

98 I took archery for a while in college and got fairly good at it.

Then I went to a medieval faire and they had an arrow shooting game. I figured this would be an easy win.

And...as I picked up the crappiest bow I'd ever seen and was given the worst arrow I'd ever shot I realized the issue with winning the game was NOT the lack of archery skill by the contestants.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:01 AM (ibTVg)

i knew of a guy who did this, was a hell of a shot, and he ended up adjusting the sights of the bow he was given and managed to beat the cheat.

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 26, 2024 10:03 AM (UCRjB)

99 Ever see the tv show Ghosts? LOL. Poor guy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (0hu/3)

Agent: I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you got the part!

Actor: Yay!

Agent: The bad news is, you'll spend every second of it with an arrow through your neck. For the entirety of your time on this show, you will look incredibly stupid.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 26, 2024 10:04 AM (KbCG3)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:04 AM (ENQN6)

101 Form the Nat Gallery

Honthorst must have seen many depictions of the saint’s martyrdom during the period that he worked in Rome, but he likely painted this work a few years after he returned to his native Utrecht in 1620. There were a number of outbreaks of the plague in Utrecht between 1624 and 1626, and Sebastian was revered as a ‘plague saint’, believed to offer protection against the deadly and highly contagious disease.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

102 The doc said most of the French knights were killed by blades when Henry ordered the men-at-arms and archers to kill them as he feared another French force was nearby, pissing them off because they couldn't be held for ransom!

Useless trivia:
English bowyers bows had up to 110 lb pulls. Their spine,arms and muscles physically changed in order to pull and launch their arrows.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (0hu/3)

103 So Michigan's JJ McCarthy is going to the Vikings.

Guess I'm a Vikings fan now.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (9yWhg)

104 And the Vice-Presidential motorcade just went by my building. To bad I could not open the window to toss wet toilet paper onto it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (Oq/TM)

105 I would have thought people would be too busy marching or hiding to do anything productive during that time.

The 80 years war (Dutch) part of the 30 years war* was mostly about sieges and maneuver so the Netherlands segment of the war was more static then say in Germany.

Also, I noticed this artist really liked to paint cleavage and was pretty good at it.

*I know saying it this way sounds odd but the Dutch had been at war with the Spanish for longer then the 30 years war ran.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (ibTVg)

106 May Day should bring some fun riots in blue city shitholes.

Posted by: Montec at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (Au0FL)

107 St. Sebastian vs. the Comanches?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM
*
That made me laugh.
Posted by: huerfano at April 26, 2024

***
I just finished watching several of the TV miniseries adaptations of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, its prequels and sequel. I'm bound to think "Comanche" when I see "arrows."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

108 Agent: I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you got the part!

Actor: Yay!

Agent: The bad news is, you'll spend every second of it with an arrow through your neck. For the entirety of your time on this show, you will look incredibly stupid.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:07 AM (0hu/3)

109 Useless trivia:
English bowyers bows had up to 110 lb pulls. Their spine,arms and muscles physically changed in order to pull and launch their arrows.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (0hu/3)

The bow war begun they have

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:07 AM (ENQN6)

110 Past 100 comments so I'll mention this.

For the amateur radio folks. This just came up on our local ham club email. Sad news.

"MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our sister companies Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.

We are going to continue to sell MFJ products past May 17, 2024. We have a lot of stock on hand. We will continue to offer repair service work for out-of-warranty and in-warranty units for the foreseeable future."

Posted by: JTB at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (zudum)

111 Paul is up early today. Must have taken a night off from the glory home. He’s on his period I guess.

Posted by: Montec at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (Au0FL)

112 I know saying it this way sounds odd but the Dutch had been at war with the Spanish for longer then the 30 years war ran.
Posted by: 18-1

It was the 80 Years' War. And it did get resolved by the Treaty of Westphalia (which was actually two treaties) like the 30 YW did.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (9yWhg)

113 English bowyers bows had up to 110 lb pulls. Their spine,arms and muscles physically changed in order to pull and launch their arrows.

In the video I watched the man they had firing the recreated longbow was a modern professional archer (more or less).

He had the build of a weight lifter.

They had one of the historians try and pull the bow and he barely could once...let alone aim and do it repeatedly.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ibTVg)

114 But what if he happened to be wearing a pocket protector?
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Then he'd be the patron of engineers instead of St Patrick. [I didn't know that offhand BTW.]
https://tinyurl.com/yc3tu8xb

Or St Barbara for military engineers.
https://tinyurl.com/34kk6k9y

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (vtyCZ)

115 104 And the Vice-Presidential motorcade just went by my building. To bad I could not open the window to toss wet toilet paper onto it.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (Oq/TM)

Judges would have accepted moon.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ENQN6)

116 After death he was laid out on a slab in a primitive pathology lab.

Commemorated in the E.A. Poe story:

The Martyr in the Crude Morgue

Posted by: Muldoon says anatomy is not gross. at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (l4B/J)

117 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?

Posted by: JT at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (T4tVD)

118 97
But what if he happened to be wearing a pocket protector?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:03 AM (8FmJd)
----
He had Biros and fountain pens in the pocket protector, right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Plumes? at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (qfLjt)

119 Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give archery practice
A bad name.

Posted by: Saint Sebastian at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (4I/2K)

120 Fun part of the long vs X bow debate...

Richard the Lionhearted, English King, used *crossbows* to great effect in his wars in the Holy Land.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (ibTVg)

121 And apparently yew wood is poisonous.

See you later.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:10 AM (vtyCZ)

122 115 Judges would have accepted moon.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM

I am on the 4th floor, you would not see unless looking up.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 26, 2024 10:10 AM (Oq/TM)

123 121 And apparently yew wood is poisonous.

See you later.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:10 AM (vtyCZ)

Some Chemo is derived from yew I believe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (ENQN6)

124 Are there any of these Free online AI generators that understand what a "centaur" is? Craiyon is trying, and at least it gets the mythological figure correct, but the others all produce horses, horsemen, or male human bodies with horse heads on them.

I'm trying to create a cover image for a fantasy novel, and I know just what I want to see. But these things don't seem to understand "centaur."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

125
Richard the Lionhearted, English King, used *crossbows* to great effect in his wars in the Holy Land.

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Pffft.

Not great enough.

Posted by: Saladin, Still Holding Jerusalem at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (H22GW)

126 Judges would have accepted moon.

Kamal-toe is more used to seeing men facing the other war sans pants...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (ibTVg)

127 Richard the Lionhearted, English King, used *crossbows* to great effect in his wars in the Holy Land.
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Armour-piercing Islamic fish-scale armour!

Bye. I really meant it this time!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (vtyCZ)

128 118 97
But what if he happened to be wearing a pocket protector?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:03 AM (8FmJd)
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He had Biros and fountain pens in the pocket protector, right?
Posted by: Ciampino - Plumes? at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (qfLjt)

"NERDS!!!"

- Coach Harris

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (T+Iwg)

129 Re: AI: Nor do they seem to understand what "silhouette" means.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

130 For the amateur radio folks. This just came up on our local ham club email. Sad news.

"MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our sister companies Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.

I still have my MFJ-901B transmatch that I purchased 30 years ago.
The company had QC issues in the past but, I never got a bad unit from them. Great loss IMO.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:12 AM (aFNOf)

131 121 And apparently yew wood is poisonous.

See you later.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024 10:10 AM (vtyCZ)

maybe your wood but mine is fine

Posted by: yikes at April 26, 2024 10:12 AM (us2H3)

132 Pffft.

Not great enough.

Posted by: Saladin, Still Holding Jerusalem at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (H22GW)

You know if the French and Germans weren't such pussies we'd still have a Christian kingdom there.

Free Portugal, Free the Holy land, blah blah blah. Why does it always have to be us?!?

Oh hold on, one of these petty Holy Roman Empire princes wants to talk with me...

Posted by: King Richard III at April 26, 2024 10:12 AM (ibTVg)

133 113 English bowyers bows had up to 110 lb pulls. Their spine,arms and muscles physically changed in order to pull and launch their arrows.

In the video I watched the man they had firing the recreated longbow was a modern professional archer (more or less).

He had the build of a weight lifter.

They had one of the historians try and pull the bow and he barely could once...let alone aim and do it repeatedly.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ibTVg)
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What was used for bowstring?

Posted by: Ciampino - Dip Plumes? at April 26, 2024 10:13 AM (qfLjt)

134 And the Vice-Presidential motorcade just went by my building. To bad I could not open the window to toss wet toilet paper onto it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (Oq/TM)

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

Were there any female Secret Service Agents?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:13 AM (8FmJd)

135 @elonmusk
·

The axiomatic error undermining much of Western Civilization is “weak makes right”.

If someone accepts, explicitly or implicitly, that the oppressed are always the good guys, then the natural conclusion is that the strong are the bad guys.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (ENQN6)

136 St. Sebastian's relatives should be glad they didn't use razor sharp broadheads.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (aFNOf)

137 We have to imprison trump to prevent him from becoming president and imprisoning his political opponents!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (PHukT)

138 134 Were there any female Secret Service Agents?
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:13 AM

Went to by to quickly. Would have been nice to see a cat fight break out amongst them. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (Oq/TM)

139 Are there any of these Free online AI generators that understand what a "centaur" is? Craiyon is trying, and at least it gets the mythological figure correct, but the others all produce horses, horsemen, or male human bodies with horse heads on them.

I'm trying to create a cover image for a fantasy novel, and I know just what I want to see. But these things don't seem to understand "centaur."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

https://tinyurl.com/2eytjp4y

Posted by: Robert at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (rVgs0)

140 135 @elonmusk
·

The axiomatic error undermining much of Western Civilization is “weak makes right”.

If someone accepts, explicitly or implicitly, that the oppressed are always the good guys, then the natural conclusion is that the strong are the bad guys.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (ENQN6)

======

Dude just unpacked the entirety of critical theory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

141 What was used for bowstring?

Hmm, I can't find the video any more. I recall they really tried to get everything as close to real as possible from the draw of the bow to the type of arrow head used at the time but I do not specially remember the bow string.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:15 AM (ibTVg)

142 *looks at picture*

I think he got the point.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2024 10:16 AM (J4Vhp)

143 And apparently yew wood is poisonous.

See you later.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 26, 2024

***
"Yew jest dew what yew have to dew."
(-- Member of the Whateley family in practically any Lovecraft story)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:16 AM (J2vNu)

144 140 135 @elonmusk
·

The axiomatic error undermining much of Western Civilization is “weak makes right”.

If someone accepts, explicitly or implicitly, that the oppressed are always the good guys, then the natural conclusion is that the strong are the bad guys.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM (ENQN6)

Dude just unpacked the entirety of critical theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

Using only the power of his *mind*.

Posted by: Robert at April 26, 2024 10:16 AM (rVgs0)

145 If someone accepts, explicitly or implicitly, that the oppressed are always the good guys, then the natural conclusion is that the strong are the bad guys.

There is one important caveat though.

The left is always the oppressed party. Even if they hold all the political, economic, and social power.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:16 AM (ibTVg)

146 145 There is one important caveat though.

The left is always the oppressed party. Even if they hold all the political, economic, and social power.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:16 AM (ibTVg)

=======

"White Western civilization is the oppressor."
-Base assumption

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

147 No arrow to the knee either

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2024 10:17 AM (J4Vhp)

148 https://tinyurl.com/2eytjp4y
Posted by: Robert at April 26, 2024

***
That reminds me of Kevin Hart doing a credit card commercial

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:17 AM (J2vNu)

149 May Day should bring some fun riots in blue city shitholes.

Posted by: Montec at April 26, 2024 10:06 AM (Au0FL)

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

The Junta should organize military parades in every city with rainbow-camouflaged soldiers, vehicles, armaments, and other equipment.

It'd be fabulous!

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:17 AM (8FmJd)

150 And apparently yew wood is poisonous.

See you later.
Posted by: andycanuck

The body part which the French proposed to cut off of the English after defeating them was, of course, the middle finger, without which it is impossible to draw the renowned English longbow.

This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and so the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking yew".

Thus, when the victorious English waved their middle fingers at the defeated French, they said, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:18 AM (0hu/3)

151 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?
Posted by: JT at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (T4tVD)
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Corn Pop.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 26, 2024 10:18 AM (8qbyA)

152 The Junta should organize military parades in every city with rainbow-camouflaged soldiers, vehicles, armaments, and other equipment.

One of the tanks the Krauts sent to the Ukes was painted bright pink and covered in gay flags.

I hope for the Uke's sake they repainted it...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:18 AM (ibTVg)

153 But how are the hobbits?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 09:45 AM

No idea about the Ringbearer, but pretty sure She Hobbit is out and about.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 26, 2024 10:19 AM (Wnv9h)

154 One of the tanks the Krauts sent to the Ukes was painted bright pink and covered in gay flags.

I hope for the Uke's sake they repainted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 26, 2024 10:18 AM (ibTVg)

Might have lasted longer if they didn't. The Russians would have had to stop laughing and then call all their friends over to see it before they destroyed it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:20 AM (IUd0M)

155 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?
Posted by: JT at April 26, 2024

***
I always took it for a nickname bestowed on him by Gus McCrae, possibly because Corporal Parker had small eyes, or they were green, or both. In Streets of Laredo, the sequel set many years later, Pea's wife (Lorena, the former whore) calls him "Pea" all the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:20 AM (J2vNu)

156 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?
Posted by: JT at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (T4tVD)

---

Magnum's parents?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 10:20 AM (T+Iwg)

157 88>>> I took archery for a while in college and got fairly good at it.

Then I went to a medieval faire and they had an arrow shooting game. I figured this would be an easy win.

And...as I picked up the crappiest bow I'd ever seen and was given the worst arrow I'd ever shot I realized the issue with winning the game was NOT the lack of archery skill by the contestants.

I always thought it would be good fun if tennis or golf would have exhibition matches where the pros would use 60s- or 70s-era equipment for a match. No oversize heads on racquets, no watermelon-sized drivers. Just persimmon heads and Wilson Pro-Staff wooden racquets.

Posted by: red speck at April 26, 2024 10:20 AM (0Id0S)

158 Apparently the Russians have used drones, no not The Spew hosts, to take out six of the Abrams tanks the US sent.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2024 10:21 AM (J4Vhp)

159 Alternate title:

"The Early Mach 1 Version of Arrow Underwear Was Neither Comfortable Nor Very Popular"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:21 AM (eDfFs)

160 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?

*******

Mr. & Mrs. Magnum

Duh!

Posted by: Muldoon says anatomy is not gross. at April 26, 2024 10:22 AM (l4B/J)

161 That painting gave me a flashback to Carrie White's mom in the kitchen.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2024 10:22 AM (mupln)

162 Past 100 comments so I'll mention this.

For the amateur radio folks. This just came up on our local ham club email. Sad news.

"MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our sister companies Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.

We are going to continue to sell MFJ products past May 17, 2024. We have a lot of stock on hand. We will continue to offer repair service work for out-of-warranty and in-warranty units for the foreseeable future."

Posted by: JTB at April 26, 2024 10:08 AM (zudum)
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Alternate Headline: Chinese-American engineered bioweapon late-stage bonus; Yet another American small business destroyed along with Trump.

Baofeng happiest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (8FmJd)

163 Muldoon says anatomy is not gross.

Someone is baiting Ackbar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (IUd0M)

164 Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex

https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

165 What was used for bowstring?

Hmm, I can't find the video any more. I recall they really tried to get everything as close to real as possible from the draw of the bow to the type of arrow head used at the time but I do not specially remember the bow string.
Posted by: 18-1

Three strings of hemp.

thefinertimes.com/medieval-archers

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (0hu/3)

166 Magnum's parents?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

*******

Curse you Zombie Robbo!!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (l4B/J)

167 Very well done but very disturbing.. Don't think I'd like that in My dining room

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (Akjoo)

168 Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex

https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

What happens after two hours?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (IUd0M)

169 Not particularly good grouping in the arrow targeting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (aX7Uj)

170 What happens after two hours?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

It self destructs?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:26 AM (aFNOf)

171 Not my wish but it can be lunch time

Of course very well detailed as art should be

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2024 10:26 AM (kGLb6)

172 15 yard penalty and loss of down for ball targeting.

The fact that balls were missed is irrelevant.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at April 26, 2024 10:26 AM (MkuC5)

173
So, that's how you place implants!!!!

Posted by: Turkish Dentist at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (eDfFs)

174 Ahh, the things we do for love.

Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

175 166 Magnum's parents?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

*******

Curse you Zombie Robbo!!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (l4B/J)

Horde Mind. It's a thing.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (T+Iwg)

176 >>> Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex
https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

So, an actual cock holster.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (Y6IkP)

177 174 Ahh, the things we do for love.

Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

=======

Why do I get the feeling that no amount of licensing would have saved these three women from themselves?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

178 Fire arrows: One of the first forms of weaponized gunpowder, fire arrows have been in use since the 9th century. The fire arrow earned its name from the Chinese term ‘huojian,’ which literally translates to ‘fire arrow.’

Fire arrows were not very popular due to their low effectiveness – the speed of the arrow would often extinguish the flame.

*Native Americans have entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (0hu/3)

179 Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex

https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

What happens after two hours?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:25 AM (IUd0M)

I think that's the point when you know you're not getting load so you excuse yourself into the nearest bathroom, bash one out and then use the condom for easy clean up and disposal.

Posted by: Robert at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (rVgs0)

180 Ever see the tv show Ghosts? LOL. Poor guy.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:02 AM (0hu/3)

LOVED that show. Then it got gross.

Then I thought about all the innocent kids having to constantly deal with all that kind of gross right now.

Sad.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (JCLJi)

181 So Joe has to have "escorts" everytime he walks ? That sure gives one confidence in his mental and physical state.. I know.. Let's give him control of the Nukes !

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (Akjoo)

182 >>> What happens after two hours?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

It self destructs?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:26 AM (aFNOf)

Enjoy screwing a pumpkin.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (Y6IkP)

183 174 Ahh, the things we do for love.

Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

Don't these people ever get bloodborne pathogen training?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (di6C2)

184 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Grim art today. I like it.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 26, 2024 10:29 AM (VWhUf)

185 IIRC, the Pacific Yew tree was found to be useful in creating a chemotherapeutic for breast cancer.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 10:29 AM (Ciokv)

186 Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

Don't these people ever get bloodborne pathogen training?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Shouldn't be blood in a facial.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (0hu/3)

187 "Vampire facial" is the common name for a platelet-rich plasma microneedling procedure. In this treatment, a patient's blood is drawn, spun down to separate out plasma from blood cells, and the platelet-rich plasma is then injected into the face with microneedles. It's claimed—with little evidence—that it can rejuvenate and improve the look of skin, and got notable promotions from celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian.

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Boy, it's hard to believe a procedure endorsed by both Gwyneth Paltrow AND Kim Kardashian could go wrong.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (L/fGl)

188 then the natural conclusion is that the strong are the bad guys.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 26, 2024 10:14 AM

Why do you think I make the case that men stop working out?

Posted by: Journaist Katie at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (a3Q+t)

189 beautiful painting. Painful though

Posted by: kallisto at April 26, 2024 10:31 AM (dCxaZ)

190 It's claimed—with little evidence—that it can rejuvenate and improve the look of skin, and got notable promotions from celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian.

-
Boy, it's hard to believe a procedure endorsed by both Gwyneth Paltrow AND Kim Kardashian could go wrong.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Yeah. Stinky twat and twats alot.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:31 AM (0hu/3)

191 188 Why do you think I make the case that men stop working out?
Posted by: Journaist Katie at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (a3Q+t)

=========

"Why am I only attracted to crypto-conservatives who work out?"
-Journalist Katie's other column

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

192 Ahh, the things we do for love.

Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

Don't these people ever get bloodborne pathogen training?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:28 AM (di6C2)

Nope.

Posted by: All Nail Salons Everywhere at April 26, 2024 10:32 AM (eDfFs)

193 Violence and Blood.

True Art for a True Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: XTC at April 26, 2024 10:32 AM (UnA8+)

194 Scoop: Biden changes walking routine to Marine One

President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine. Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One by himself, he's now often surrounded by aides.

Why it matters: With aides usually walking between Biden and journalists' camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old's halting and stiff gait.
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First, Biden hasn't changed anything. He doesn't know what day it is.

Second, they're not "drawing less attention", they are "blocking media access".

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:33 AM (2e48P)

195 176 >>> Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex
https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

So, an actual cock holster.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (Y6IkP)

Wow. Trying to monetize a guy's hope of getting laid in a new way. Does not matter if you actually get laid or not within the two hours, you've already stuck your dick in the condom. Unless you wanted to recycle (contra to the business model), you have to get a new one the next time you think you might get laid.

I have seen some stupid business ideas... on the other hand monetizing a guy's desire to get laid is a surefire winner- as long as it does not make him feel stupid. At least Axe body spray/cologne is at least theoretically working for you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:34 AM (di6C2)

196 Shouldn't be blood in a facial.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (0hu/3)

If there is, see your doctor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (di6C2)

197 Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

Don't these people ever get bloodborne pathogen training?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Shouldn't be blood in a facial.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (0hu/3)

I'm not sure what a vampire facial is, but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (IKcSj)

198 Boy, it's hard to believe a procedure endorsed by both Gwyneth Paltrow AND Kim Kardashian could go wrong.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:30 AM (L/fGl)

Nevermind that, I can't believe you can catch anything from an unlicensed Mexican salon. What's the world coming to??

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (2e48P)

199 197 I'm not sure what a vampire facial is, but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (IKcSj)

======

Apparently needles in the face.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

200 Shouldn't be blood in a facial.
Posted by: rickb223

Bunny, you're a chick, make a big noise
Playing in the street, gonna be a big chick someday
You got blood in your facial, you big disgracial
Kicking your can all over the place, singin'

-
I shouldn't blame the chicks for this. I'm sure there are Hollywood swinging dicks who do this as well. You know, the P.T. Barnham treatment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (L/fGl)

201 At least Axe body spray/cologne is at least theoretically working for you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:34 AM (di6C2)

Did pretty good sales... until Sex Panther was released.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

202 Rise of the PRE-erection condoms that men stick on up to 2 HOURS before having sex

https://tinyurl.com/yc48e6vn

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:23 AM (aFNOf)

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

That could be the name of a modern Terminator sequel.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (8FmJd)

203 but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (IKcSj)

Have you sincerely never heard of the danger of sharing needles?

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (2e48P)

204 Do not take vampire facial if you're allergic to vampire facial.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (2UnvF)

205 First, Biden hasn't changed anything. He doesn't know what day it is.

Second, they're not "drawing less attention", they are "blocking media access".
Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:33 AM (2e48P)

They're drawing more attention

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (Akjoo)

206 Ephesians: 10-18.

Posted by: Eromero at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (o2ZRX)

207 Hmmmm.

Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

208 At least Axe body spray/cologne is at least theoretically working for you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:34 AM

Theoretically? My sense from reading comments here over time is that Axe is the preferred mating ritual scent addition amongst single 'Rons.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (a3Q+t)

209 207 Hmmmm.

Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

They have to elect Biden ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (Akjoo)

210 That could be the name of a modern Terminator sequel.
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (8FmJd)

The tagline could be Hasta La Vista, Baby.

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:38 AM (2e48P)

211 207 Hmmmm.

Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

======

The signs from the chicken bones were favorable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

212 Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

Everything is an op. Don't try to read too much into it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:38 AM (IUd0M)

213 Unforgivable by Sean John. Amazing stuff.

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:38 AM (2e48P)

214 The signs from the chicken bones were favorable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

LOL , but not too far off

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:39 AM (Akjoo)

215 The signs from the chicken bones were favorable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I thought they used turtle plastrons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:39 AM (9yWhg)

216 but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (IKcSj)

Have you sincerely never heard of the danger of sharing needles?
Posted by: ...

I think we're talking about two different types of facials.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (0hu/3)

217 I'm not sure what a vampire facial is, but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 26, 2024 10:35 AM (IKcSj)

HIV is remarkably fragile, iirc. It would have to be blood fairly fresh from the tap and the ladies would have to have some sort of abrasion on their faces.

That's why anal sex is such a good transmission. At the risk of offending any gay or inclined members of the horde, the anus is not made to have a cock thundering through it. Damage results. Now all you need is an abrasion on said dick, and you have your path of emission and contraction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (di6C2)

218 215 The signs from the chicken bones were favorable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I thought they used turtle plastrons.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:39 AM (9yWhg)

======

Depends on the trading platform. TD Ameritrade uses the chicken bones. I think it's ETrade who uses the turtle plastrons.

JP Morgan uses astronomy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

219
I saw Needles in the Face open for Bloodrock at the Fillmore East in '75.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:41 AM (eDfFs)

220 but if it doesn't involve vag or anal penetration, then I'm calling b.s. on the notion it resulted in HIV transmission.
Posted by: BurtTC

Have you sincerely never heard of the danger of sharing needles?
Posted by: ...

Maybe, but I'm sure there's no possibility they engaged in risky behavior of other kinds they're covering up by blaming the other thing. Ask toilet seats everywhere how that works.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 26, 2024 10:41 AM (OUMaO)

221 Apparently needles in the face.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

Well, that would do it. Fucking retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:41 AM (di6C2)

222 Theoretically? My sense from reading comments here over time is that Axe is the preferred mating ritual scent addition amongst single 'Rons.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

F'n kids.
In my day we slathered on Musk by Jovan and we liked it!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:41 AM (0hu/3)

223 I think it's ETrade who uses the turtle plastrons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The old ETrade ads with the talking baby were hilarious.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

224 I think we're talking about two different types of facials.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (0hu/3)

Lol

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (2e48P)

225 The signs from the chicken bones were favorable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I thought they used turtle plastrons.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:39 AM (9yWhg)

======

Depends on the trading platform. TD Ameritrade uses the chicken bones. I think it's ETrade who uses the turtle plastrons.

JP Morgan uses astronomy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

Well....fuck.

*throws away knucklebones*

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (eDfFs)

226 JP Morgan uses astronomy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

You're thinking of astrology, a thousands of years old tradition with track records and verifiable truth on par with such fields of study as climate change and intersectionality.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (OUMaO)

227 We must do something about High Powered Assault Facials

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (2e48P)

228 F'n kids.
In my day we slathered on Musk by Jovan and we liked it!
Posted by: rickb223

I was strictly an Old Spice guy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (9yWhg)

229 JP Morgan uses astronomy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

I think you mean Astrology

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (Akjoo)

230 Boy, it's hard to believe a procedure endorsed by both Gwyneth Paltrow AND Kim Kardashian could go wrong.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

*******

A comment so perfectly droll that no /sarc tag is required. Well done!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (l4B/J)

231 227 We must do something about High Powered Assault Facials
Posted by: ...

*Stormy Daniels enters the chat*

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 26, 2024 10:44 AM (aFNOf)

232 201 At least Axe body spray/cologne is at least theoretically working for you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:34 AM (di6C2)

Did pretty good sales... until Sex Panther was released.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 26, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

I always looked at Axe as... poseurish. I am not really a cologne guy. I'll use some Aramis a gal got for me once (same bottle all these years later.) Recently, I heard a gal speak approvingly of some cologne that looked like a hand grenade. Spice Bomb?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:44 AM (di6C2)

233 226 JP Morgan uses astronomy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

You're thinking of astrology, a thousands of years old tradition with track records and verifiable truth on par with such fields of study as climate change and intersectionality.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (OUMaO)

======

Nah. It's astronomy JP Morgan uses. "Jupiter is now a third of the way through its day since the start of trading. Sell!"

It's only the shady orgs that use astrology. Like Acorn.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

234 >207 Hmmmm.

Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

Google and MS beat earnings after yesterday's close. Completely irrational but I'll take it.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 26, 2024 10:45 AM (Ys9p5)

235 Ir made me quiver a little.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're just high strung. I think you need to bow out for a little bit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

And you point is?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM

Nobody better be draggin' me into this!

Posted by: Shaft at April 26, 2024 10:45 AM (Wnv9h)

236 I'm trying to create a cover image for a fantasy novel, and I know just what I want to see. But these things don't seem to understand "centaur."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

Wolfus! Regarding your medicare/insurance questions, WeirdDave said you can email him at his nic at the gee-mail thingy. Probably also on the left sidebar of the main page, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 26, 2024 10:45 AM (8zz6B)

237 I have seen some stupid business ideas... on the other hand monetizing a guy's desire to get laid is a surefire winner- as long as it does not make him feel stupid. At least Axe body spray/cologne is at least theoretically working for you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:34 AM (di6C2)
---------

60% of the time, it works every time.

-Brian Fantana

Posted by: WisRich at April 26, 2024 10:46 AM (G0vdT)

238 236 I'm trying to create a cover image for a fantasy novel, and I know just what I want to see. But these things don't seem to understand "centaur."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

=======

The best image I was able to generate for Corstae was only about half good.

So, I used the good half, which is why the picture takes up so little space on the cover.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

239 So Pope Frankie says if you don't believe in climate change your stupid because all the "research" says it's true

Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (Akjoo)

240 Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

Google and MS beat earnings after yesterday's close. Completely irrational but I'll take it.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Gold $2346.10 + $2.20
Silver $27.50 - .06

According to APMEX

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (0hu/3)

241 I am reminded of the scene in Lonesome Dove when Gus makes Pea Eye push the arrow through his leg rather than pull it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (4SYnO)

Clint did it first.

Pale Rider? I forget which one, and it was torso/shoulder.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (z/ifB)

242 I'm trying to create a cover image for a fantasy novel, and I know just what I want to see. But these things don't seem to understand "centaur."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Frank Frazetta art.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:49 AM (0hu/3)

243 Oh, and Wolfus, this might interest you:

Arrow Video is releasing the Man from UNCLE movie on 4K in July:

https://tinyurl.com/bp9ebj76

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

244 So Pope Frankie says if you don't believe in climate change your stupid because all the "research" says it's true
Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (Akjoo)

Someone needs to axe his stoopid ass "Who Died And Made You The Weatherman?".

Asshole.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 26, 2024 10:49 AM (cDEsv)

245 241 I am reminded of the scene in Lonesome Dove when Gus makes Pea Eye push the arrow through his leg rather than pull it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (4SYnO)

Clint did it first.

Pale Rider? I forget which one, and it was torso/shoulder.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (z/ifB)

Jimmy Stewart did it in "Bend of the River" when the lovely and talented Julie Adams took one in the shoulder.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 10:50 AM (T+Iwg)

246 Well....fuck.

*throws away knucklebones*
Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:42 AM (eDfFs)

...

Aha!

Discarded knuckebones. Perfect.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 26, 2024 10:50 AM (z/ifB)

247 >>I was strictly an Old Spice guy.

Heh. Jean Nate and Love's Baby Soft, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 26, 2024 10:50 AM (cCVOS)

248 Democrat Rep. Manning: College Protests Aren’t Pro-"Palestinian," They’re Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic

-
And anti-American! Don't forget anti-American!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

249 Hmmmm.

Any reason the market seems happier yesterday and today?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2024 10:37 AM (eDfFs)

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

BREAKING: Biden Promises $10 Trillion More In Aid to Ukraine.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (8FmJd)

250 Mmmmmm...Julie Adams...mmmmmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (9yWhg)

251 I am reminded of the scene in Lonesome Dove when Gus makes Pea Eye push the arrow through his leg rather than pull it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 09:52 AM (4SYnO)

Clint did it first.

Pale Rider? I forget which one, and it was torso/shoulder.

Posted by: TexasDan

Two Mules for Sister Sarah. He had her cut a notch in the arrow shaft, fill it with gun powder, then light the powder as he had her shove it all the way through to cauterize his wound.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 26, 2024 10:52 AM (MsrgL)

252 Ir made me quiver a little.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're just high strung. I think you need to bow out for a little bit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

And you point is?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 26, 2024 09:58 AM

Nobody better be draggin' me into this!
Posted by: Shaft at April 26, 2024 10:45 AM

Or me!

Posted by: Fletch at April 26, 2024 10:52 AM (a3Q+t)

253 250 Mmmmmm...Julie Adams...mmmmmmmmm...
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (9yWhg)

Yeppers. I got Oregon Muse to put her in his "Who Dis?" queue but I don't think he ever got to her.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 10:53 AM (T+Iwg)

254 F'n kids.
In my day we slathered on Musk by Jovan and we liked it!
Posted by: rickb223

I was strictly an Old Spice guy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I used some of my Dad's Old Spice at first, then moved to Drakker. I don't remember what it smelled like, but it was probably pretty bad. Back then (70s), their slogan was "It may not put more women in your life, but it will put more life in your women."

Posted by: Biergood at April 26, 2024 10:53 AM (PwgSL)

255 >>Democrat Rep. Manning: College Protests Aren’t Pro-"Palestinian," They’re Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic

To-may-to, to-mah-to!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 26, 2024 10:53 AM (cCVOS)

256 Two Mules for Sister Sarah.

I think that Shirley McLaine is cuter when she's the nun than when she's the whore.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:54 AM (9yWhg)

257 So Pope Frankie thinks man can overpower God's plan
Good to know where he stands

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2024 10:54 AM (kGLb6)

258 We must do something about High Powered Assault Facials

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (2e48P)

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

Common-sense facial control.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:55 AM (8FmJd)

259 Julie Adams seems suitably smoky:

https://tinyurl.com/yr663228

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:57 AM (di6C2)

260 258 We must do something about High Powered Assault Facials

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (2e48P)

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

Common-sense facial control.
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:55 AM (8FmJd)

Check your targets, guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 10:57 AM (di6C2)

261 Julie Adams seems suitably smoky:

https://tinyurl.com/yr663228
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Oh yeah. Also when she's wearing that white one-piece in The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:58 AM (9yWhg)

262 Democrat Rep. Manning: College Protests Aren’t Pro-"Palestinian," They’re Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic

-
And anti-American! Don't forget anti-American!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

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

And anti-Whitey! Don't forget anti-Whitey!

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:58 AM (8FmJd)

263 262 And anti-Whitey! Don't forget anti-Whitey!
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 10:58 AM (8FmJd)

========

"Wait...so it's a good thing?"
-Democrat Rep. Manning

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 26, 2024 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

264 Who names their kid Pea Eye ?
Posted by: JT at April 26, 2024 10:09 AM (T4tVD)

Magnum

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 26, 2024 10:59 AM (FCbAQ)

265 Heh. Jean Nate and Love's Baby Soft, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy

Don't for get Windsong and Emeraulde.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2024 11:00 AM (oaGWv)

266 I recall an old ad:

Sexy lady murmurs, All my men wear English Leather, or they wear nothing at all.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at April 26, 2024 11:00 AM (4SYnO)

267 Wolfus! Regarding your medicare/insurance questions, WeirdDave said you can email him at his nic at the gee-mail thingy. Probably also on the left sidebar of the main page, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 26, 2024

***
Thanks, AOP! I didn't see it over there on the sidebar. Ace, CBD, Joe Mannix, and a couple of others, but not his.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

268 Remember in Demolition Man where it's the future and everyone's a bunch of fat, androgynous, mumu wearing sissies, and everything is illegal?

Yeah. Not so funny now, huh?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 11:00 AM (0hu/3)

269 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

*******

A comment so perfectly droll that no /sarc tag is required. Well done!
Posted by: Muldoon at April 26, 2024 10:43 AM (l4B/J)

Hmm. I never thought Anonosaurus was a droll.

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 11:00 AM (2e48P)

270 Nood. Buck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 26, 2024 11:01 AM (di6C2)

271 Buck is up.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

272 Buck is in the house.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 26, 2024 11:01 AM (T+Iwg)

273 150
This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and so the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking yew".

Thus, when the victorious English waved their middle fingers at the defeated French, they said, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 10:18 AM (0hu/3)
----
I like the story. At school in Kenya all history was English but I never heard that! LOL.

Posted by: Ciampino - Pluck Yew! at April 26, 2024 11:01 AM (qfLjt)

274 Mmmmmm...Julie Adams...mmmmmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 26, 2024 10:51 AM (9yWhg)

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

Someone yesterday mentioned Linda Christian (whom I'd never heard of and whose images I had to look up and carefully study).

The context was that someone back in the day had called her the "Anatomic Bomb" -- back when we had cleverer "journalists" or wordsmiths (present company excluded, of course).

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 26, 2024 11:03 AM (8FmJd)

275 Oh yeah. Also when she's wearing that white one-piece in The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Why does that lagoon look eerily similar to Gilligan's Island's lagoon?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 26, 2024 11:04 AM (0hu/3)

276 So Pope Frankie says if you don't believe in climate change your stupid because all the "research" says it's true
Posted by: It's me donna at April 26, 2024 10:48 AM (Akjoo)

The Bible is pretty explicit in commanding that we trust research.

Posted by: ... at April 26, 2024 11:04 AM (2e48P)

277 Rick223, may I steal the pluck yew story?

Posted by: Ciampino - Pluck Yew TooToo! at April 26, 2024 11:05 AM (qfLjt)

278 Thank you for the gooԀ writeup. Ιt actualⅼy was a lеisure account
it. Glancе complex to far аdded agreeable from you!
By the way, how can we communicate?

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