Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with Hat
Georges de la Tour

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2024 09:30 AM (fwDg9)

2 Good grief.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (v6JzV)

3 Guy looks like I feel

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 I had no idea Biden could play the Hurdy-Gurdy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (ftFVW)

6 wtf?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

7 This will be Biden's presidential portrait.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

8 Nooded

Is that Jethro Tull?

Posted by: San Franspycho at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

9 Looks like he might be drunk...real drunk.

Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

10 He looks drunker than two skunks on Everclear

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

11 Thinking he had a really bad night!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

12 Wow. Lay off the meth Dude.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (WXNFJ)

13 But it is a Hurdy Gurdy

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (fwDg9)

14 I know that guy.

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (kIyp0)

15 Art asked for it......

https://youtu.be/JR8k8jpT3tw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

16 This one just doesn't turn my crank.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (WXNFJ)

17 Where's the monkey with the tin cup?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

18 A young Tim Walz regales his class with stories of his war exploits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (IUd0M)

19 Uhhhh.

Okay.

Off to walk the dog. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (Pijte)

20 Great way to start the weekend.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

21 Hurdy-gurdy player looks like he's on drugs.

Posted by: dantesed at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)

22 Free Bird!!!

Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

23 I suppose it is a descriptive title. It is hardly a David-worthy title, like Liberty on the Ramparts With a Tit Out, but then again, I am glad that guy is wearing both a doublet and a cloak/

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (D7oie)

24 Gary Busey after a three day bender. Wouldn't hange

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (dNzdv)

25
Grotesque
would burn

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (/7KEl)

26 A young Tim Walz regales his class with stories of his war exploits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:32 AM (IUd0M)

Shortly after he drank a gallon of horse semen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Pardon me. Are those Bugle Boy felts you're wearing?

But of course.

Posted by: Ribbed at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (NOtns)

28 Who did that pop song about "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"? The Byrds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

29 From the pained expression as he listens to the instrument, one can speculate a hurry Gordy is a predecessor of the Les Paul

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (4QVaW)

30 Gary Busey after a three day bender. Wouldn't hange
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (dNzdv)

Wife saw a video of him the other day. He looks a lot like my grandmother just before she died.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

31 "I am not...an animal. I am...a human...being."

Posted by: ZOD at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (P+D4R)

32 Is that Jethro Tull?
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 09, 2024 09:31 AM (JvZF+)

Donovan is looking kind of rough

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (D7oie)

33 But on a more serious note, I LOVE hurdy gurdy! Like this:

https://tinyurl.com/yv3bnrrj

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

34 Hurdy gurdy man announcing bourbon-o'clock.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (GTqXr)

35 Who did that pop song about "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"? The Byrds?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

Donovan, linked above.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

36 Tell me alcohol is involved without telling me alcohol is involved.

Posted by: Hooch at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (DobEs)

37 Now do "Only One Way Out!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (hOUT3)

38
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (1Nxff)

39 An ancestor of John Valby perhaps?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (Aqu9a)

40 he don't take requests

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (sJHOI)

41 Neil Young… the Later Years..

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (PCK5/)

42 ...Liberty on the Ramparts With a Tit Out,

===
I had no idea that was the title of that painting.

Posted by: San Franspycho at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (JvZF+)

43 Who did that pop song about "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"? The Byrds?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

Donovan.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (IUd0M)

44 I change my answer
would sell to some art chump

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (/7KEl)

45 Good lord.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

46 where's the dog?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (sJHOI)

47 He was First Chair hurdygurdy. You should see the rest of the guys in the section.

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (kIyp0)

48 Free Bird!!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (PCK5/)

49 Who did that pop song about "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"? The Byrds?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

It was Donovan AND William Shatner.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (D7oie)

50 His face looks like he has two cats fighting in his drawers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

51 where's the dog?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (sJHOI)

*smacks lips*

What?

Posted by: Barack O'Bama at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

52 he don't take requests
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2024 09:34 AM (sJHOI)

What if we yell "Freebird" really loud?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (IUd0M)

53 Don't shoot me. I'm just the Hurdy-Gurdy player.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (Aqu9a)

54 46 where's the dog?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

The dog ran away howling to high heaven!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (hOUT3)

55 Due reminds me of Repin's portrait of Mussorgsky shortly before he died from alcoholism.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (v6JzV)

56 Artist Georges de La Tour
Year c.1620–1625
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 162 cm × 105 cm (64 in × 41 in)
Location Musée d'Arts de Nantes, Nantes

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

57 It was Donovan AND William Shatner.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (D7oie)
====

Stop freaking me out.

Posted by: San Franspycho at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (JvZF+)

58 Backstage at Woodstock

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (/7KEl)

59 Unhangable... Unbangable.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

60 Singing or stroking out?

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (p4NUW)

61 55 Due reminds me of Repin's portrait of Mussorgsky shortly before he died from alcoholism.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:36 AM (v6JzV)

But… Pictures at an Exhibition covers a LOT of sins…

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (PCK5/)

62 Goody, goody! A hurdy-gurdy!

Hope he's not loquacious. No one likes a wordy hurdy-gurdy. And this one's a bit rough. Not a terribly purdy hurdy-gurdy.

Posted by: red speck at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

63 There's a hat?

Posted by: Not sure at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (DobEs)

64 The letters of transit are inside the hurdy-gurdy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (v6JzV)

65 Free Bird!!!!
Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (PCK5/)

There was a Chicago DJ way back in the day that started a thing with fans where they would go to press conferences around the city and yell "FREEBIRD!!!" at random times.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

66 Nice to see a more contemporary piece for a change. I'm pretty sure I saw this guy on a street corner in Portland (i was there on a business trip, I swear!)

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (JCZqz)

67 "Repin's portrait of Mussorgsky shortly before he died from alcoholism."
https://tinyurl.com/5n82na2u

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (kIyp0)

68 Which one of uz wants to hang this one ??

Posted by: runner at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (nJ1+/)

69 Looks like Nick Nolte.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

70 Unbangable.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

What if his man-purse were filled with tampons for his lady-friends?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (IUd0M)

71 Mistitled. I think that's a wrassling championship belt like Haystack Calhoun wore. Might be his father or grandpappy.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (4780s)

72 Maybe we can get Hurdy-Gurdy Man together with Mr. Tambourine Man and really burn this place down.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (ftFVW)

73 65 Free Bird!!!!
Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:35 AM (PCK5/)

There was a Chicago DJ way back in the day that started a thing with fans where they would go to press conferences around the city and yell "FREEBIRD!!!" at random times.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

Made me laugh… thanks Sponge..

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (PCK5/)

74 Then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Came singing songs of love

Posted by: Donovan at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (3ImbR)

75 Hurdy-gurdy player just saw Keith Richards walk into the room.

Posted by: dantesed at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

76 Which one of uz wants to hang this one ??
Posted by: runner at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (nJ1+/)

Not even with your dick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

77 I gave my love a cherry
That had no stone
I gave my love a chicken
That had no bone
I gave my love a story

*grabs hurdy gurdy*

bam slam bam

sorry

Posted by: Blutarski Sen (I-OR) at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

78 *Hope he's not loquacious. No one likes a wordy hurdy-gurdy. And this one's a bit rough. Not a terribly purdy hurdy-gurdy.*

Or a nerdy hurdy gurdy.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (DobEs)

79 *polite clap*
*raises hand*

Do you know any Bee Gees?

Posted by: Penguin Opus at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (OguvZ)

80 Would not hang.

Self-explanatory.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (tA1/w)

81 This painting is a warning:

don't inbreed

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (sJHOI)

82 There was a Chicago DJ way back in the day that started a thing with fans where they would go to press conferences around the city and yell "FREEBIRD!!!" at random times.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

It would be hilarious if someone did that to Trump and he pulled out a guitar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:39 AM (IUd0M)

83 You guys are En Fuego this AM!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (PCK5/)

84 He'd fit in nicely with the band.

Posted by: Bill the Cat at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (Aqu9a)

85
Made me laugh… thanks Sponge..
Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (PCK5/)

I think it was the same guy that did the "Answering Machine Olympics."

Top contender submitted "I can't come to the phone right now cuz I'm in the can burnin' a mule."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Looks like Tom Waits' grandfather.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (WPL6O)

87 Does your meenkey have a license?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

88 60 Singing or stroking out?
Posted by: Piper

Now that you mention it...looks like Biden might have a job opportunity once he leaves the White House.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 09, 2024 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

89 Bet he knows the entire 2112 suite

Posted by: Doof at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (RFPHU)

90 This will be Biden's presidential portrait.

He has captured The Biden Gape perfectly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (pJkex)

91 Maybe we can get Hurdy-Gurdy Man together with Mr. Tambourine Man and really burn this place down.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:38 AM (ftFVW)

For that you need some stupid with a flare gun.

Posted by: Deep Purple at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (Aqu9a)

92 Alternate title:

"Joe Biden, After Retiring From the Presidency, Becomes a Beloved Street Corner Fixture in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco Known for His Cheap $5 Senile Blowjobs....Oh! And His Hurry-Gurdy Playing!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (eDfFs)

93 Bet he knows the entire 2112 suite
Posted by: Doof at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (RFPHU)

That explains the look.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Mr. Sefton should put that graphic in his toolbox. For later. Might be useful.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (Q4IgG)

95 Singing or stroking out?
Posted by: Piper

Did someone say stroking?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (ftFVW)

96 Huh?

Posted by: Marlee Matlin at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (4NJlF)

97 >89 Bet he knows the entire 2112 suite

Posted by: Doof at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (RFPHU)

I find 2112 best as an accordion medley...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (GTqXr)

98 And now , for the rousing rendition of Molly Malone - the Hurdy-Gurdy orchestra !

Posted by: runner at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (nJ1+/)

99 74 Then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Came singing songs of love
Posted by: Donovan at August

The lyrics are easy to remember …hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy gurdy hurdy hurdy hurdy

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (p4NUW)

100 >Did someone say stroking?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (ftFVW)

Back off chief, this is my corner.

Posted by: J Toobin at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (GTqXr)

101 Or, "Hurdy Gurdy Player Has a Stroke"

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (5AVMW)

102
The lyrics are easy to remember …hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy gurdy hurdy hurdy hurdy
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (p4NUW)

Vibrating like you're on a paint shaker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

103 "Joe Biden, After Retiring From the Presidency, Becomes a Beloved Street Corner Fixture in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco Known for His Cheap $5 Senile Blowjobs....Oh! And His Hurry-Gurdy Playing!

Posted by: naturalfake

Good job, Joe! You played all the notes!

Posted by: Dr. Jill Biden at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (JCZqz)

104 Maybe we can get Hurdy-Gurdy Man together with Mr. Tambourine Man and really burn this place down.
Posted by: She Hobbit

For that you need some stupid with a flare gun.
Posted by: Deep Purple

Or some stage pyrotechnics.

Posted by: Great White at August 09, 2024 09:43 AM (Aqu9a)

105 Someone wake his ass up. You've been payed, now play dude!

Fallin asleep n shit.

Posted by: JROD at August 09, 2024 09:44 AM (IlL6s)

106 He's no Shakey Jake.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:44 AM (v6JzV)

107 Maybe drunk but I wonder about slightly mentally retarded instead?

Off to the interwebs tube thingees.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 09:44 AM (i0CiB)

108 93 Bet he knows the entire 2112 suite
Posted by: Doof at August 09, 2024 09:41 AM (RFPHU)

That explains the look.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

H8R!!

Posted by: Doof at August 09, 2024 09:44 AM (RFPHU)

109 >Did someone say stroking?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (ftFVW)

Step off!

Posted by: Clarence Carter at August 09, 2024 09:44 AM (Aqu9a)

110 Looked at buying a hurdy-gurdy once cause it speaks to my not-so-inner Ren Faire nerd. Alas, price tag was prohibitive.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

111 Jerry Garcia with an interminably long hurdy-gurdy solo

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (/7KEl)

112 The hell?

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (uGpeQ)

113 Did someone say stroking?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 09, 2024 09:42 AM (ftFVW

Fag asked for it........

https://youtu.be/KPp-tneEHRE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

114 I find 2112 best as an accordion medley...
Posted by: Heavy Meta

For that, I seek out Melanie Brugger - German gal.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (WXNFJ)

115 Someone just asked him to play the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

Posted by: dantesed at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

116 110 Looked at buying a hurdy-gurdy once cause it speaks to my not-so-inner Ren Faire nerd. Alas, price tag was prohibitive.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

117 That's no hurdy gurdy. He has no monkey.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (1LRsz)

118 Blind; not mentally retarded [presumably]...

The painting depicts an impoverished blind beggar singing in the street to the music of his hurdy-gurdy, an instrument traditionally associated with street singers. The hurdy-gurdy, portrayed in great detail in de la Tour's canvas, works by means of a hand turned wheel rubbing against a set of strings, whose pitch can be adjusted by hand operated wedges.

The beggar's distorted face and worn clothing are designed to invoke sympathy in the viewer for his situation. The existence of a fly on the singer's doublet (above his right knee) gives the work its alternative name and, in its proximity to such a beautiful instrument, can be interpreted as a comment on the fragility of life.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (i0CiB)

119 Politician Arrested After Calling on Rally-goers to Cut Throats of Anti-Mass Migration Protestors.

-
I've heard our National Anthem criticized as too violent what with all that bombs bursting in air stuff. Meanwhile, the French national anthem . . .

https://is.gd/hbIt4e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (L/fGl)

120 A modern Hurdy Gurdy player and...she looks a little different...little bit https://tinyurl.com/mry77xh6

Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (oZhjI)

121 Only 4 strings, guess it's a bass hurdy-gurdy...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 09, 2024 09:47 AM (5AVMW)

122 Judy Tenuta…

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:47 AM (PCK5/)

123 Tell me alcohol is involved without telling me alcohol is involved.
Posted by: Hooch at August 09, 2024

***
One solid belch a la Barney of The Simpsons should do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:47 AM (J2vNu)

124 117 That's no hurdy gurdy. He has no monkey.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (1LRsz)

You know who else punished the Roma with stiff unlicensed Monkey fines?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

125 Alternate title:

We beat Medicare!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (OIg9i)

126 Meanwhile, the French national anthem . . .

https://is.gd/hbIt4e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (L/fGl)

Which is WAY too masculine to be French......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

127 I find 2112 best as an accordion medley...
Posted by: Heavy Meta

For that, I seek out Melanie Brugger - German gal.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (WXNFJ)

I get no respect, no respect I tell ya. -- Weird Al

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (IUd0M)

128 This guy used to play with Blind Melon.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (FmapG)

129 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

Stratocaster is a Fender.

Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (AwYPR)

130 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??
Posted by: tubal

Yamahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (ftFVW)

131 129 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

Stratocaster is a Fender.
Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (AwYPR)

Well, hell…

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (PCK5/)

132 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??
Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

*points up*

NO STAIRWAY

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

133 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

Stratocaster is a Fender.
Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:48 AM (AwYPR)

Forget it, he's rolling.

Posted by: Boone at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (Aqu9a)

134 @118 andycanuck-well thanks a lot for that description. Now I feel bad for throwing shade at him.

Poor bastard.

Posted by: JROD at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (IlL6s)

135 There's a hat?
---------
It's the red thing at the bottom; kinda tricorne-ish.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 09:50 AM (i0CiB)

136 I've heard our National Anthem criticized as too violent what with all that bombs bursting in air stuff. Meanwhile, the French national anthem . . .

https://is.gd/hbIt4e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (L/fGl)

They sing it ironically.

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

137 Needs a top hat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2024 09:50 AM (Q4IgG)

138
Yamahahaha
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (ftFVW)

There was a movie about motocross way back in the day called "On Any Sunday." They had footage of a race where Yamaha was a new player in the motorcycle world. The announcer pronounced it Ya-MAH-ha........I found it funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

139 There's a hat?
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It's the red thing at the bottom; kinda tricorne-ish.
Posted by: andycanuck

You mean that's not the take a penny- leave a penny cup?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

140 . The existence of a fly on the singer's doublet (above his right knee) gives the work its alternative name and, in its proximity to such a beautiful instrument, can be interpreted as a comment on the fragility of life.
Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 0

***
There's a fly there? I thought it was just a rip in his pants.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

141 He spoke with tears
Of fifteen years
How his monkey and him
They traveled about

His monkey up and died
He up and died

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (gbOdA)

142 Forget it, he's rolling.

Posted by: Boone at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (Aqu9a)

Watched that a few nights back...they cut it up pretty badly to air on amc.

Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (AwYPR)

143 tricorne hat
what were they thinking

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (/7KEl)

144
FUN FACT:

The Progressive Rock Group, YES, rose to fame after hiring Rick Wakeman as Keyboardist and ditching hardy-gurdy player, Kerwin Oswald.

Oswald became known as the Unluckiest Musician in Rock, after being kicked out of Oswald, Lake, and Palmer and his teams went onto to fame as Emerson, Lake, and Palmer with keyboardist Keith Emerson.

These days Kerwin Oswald can be found on the streets of London playing for tin cans full of cask stout.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (eDfFs)

145 I don't see the fly on his doublet.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (v6JzV)

146 141 He spoke with tears
Of fifteen years
How his monkey and him
They traveled about

His monkey up and died
He up and died
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (gbOdA)

Lol..

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (PCK5/)

147 Freddy Stratocaster was struggling until he changed his stage name to Freddy Fender and joined up with the Texas Tornados.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Aqu9a)

148
Watched that a few nights back...they cut it up pretty badly to air on amc.
Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (AwYPR)

It always amazes me when I see Blazing Saddles coming up on some commercial TV channel. There can't be much left of that by the time they're done editing it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

149 Museo Del Prado, La Tour, Georges de
Vic-sur-Seille, 1593

In part, The blind man appears in profile playing his hurdy-gurdy, a stringed instrument with which he earns his living. Despite his miserable state, La Tour depicts him with considerable dignity, dressed in a cape that hides a chestnut vest and salmon-colored trousers. His face shows the mark of time, with tanned skin, deep wrinkles and an unkempt beard. His strong hands seem out of place for a musician but may recall the work he did before losing his sight. Amidst all of this roughness, the artist surprises us with a delicate yellow ribbon wound around the lower part of the instrument to bind the top of the wheel moved by the crank in his right hand. The space in the background is divided into three sections by clearly delineated oblique lines. The left section is practically black and is precisely the part that brings out the musician’s face, sharply silhouetting his features and reinforcing his solitude. The close physical resemblances between all of the beggar musicians painted by La Tour, as well as the one in the Musicians’ Brawl in Los Angeles, suggest that the artist drew repeatedly on a model over a long period.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (NFX2v)

150 nurse ratched... just on the news now "Close to 350 wildfires burning in B.C.", explaining Seattle's air quality.

Oh for the days when the MFM called them "bushfires", as did ordinary Canadians, something an Aussie friend tells me their MFM used to use too before switching to the more dangerous-sounding "wildfires".

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (i0CiB)

151 You know who else punished the Roma with stiff unlicensed Monkey fines?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024

***
Sir John Talbot, Larry's father? He had no reason to love the gypsies after the werewolf one bit his son.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (J2vNu)

152 tinyurl.com/t3s322p8
Bardcore- Du Hast with a Hurdy Gurdy

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (fwDg9)

153 Forget it, he's rolling.

Posted by: Boone at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (Aqu9a)

Watched that a few nights back...they cut it up pretty badly to air on amc.
Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:51 AM (AwYPR)

Watched it a couple weeks ago on Amazon in all it's uncut glory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (IUd0M)

154 He's no Shakey Jake.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

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Jake was the picture of health compared to this guy.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (4QVaW)

155 147 Freddy Stratocaster was struggling until he changed his stage name to Freddy Fender and joined up with the Texas Tornados.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Aqu9a)

Now do Les Paul.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

156 118 andycanuck-well thanks a lot for that description. Now I feel bad for throwing shade at him.

Poor bastard.
Posted by: JROD at August 09, 2024 09:49 AM (IlL6s)
******
A seeing-eye dog would have been a nice touch.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (NpAcC)

157 We're riding out the remnants of TS Debby and just had a 12.5 MPH gust. A number of twigs are down in the yard!

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (uGpeQ)

158 The common joke now… the “ new” Blazing Saddles” Title comes up… the THE END comes up…

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:54 AM (PCK5/)

159 It always amazes me when I see Blazing Saddles coming up on some commercial TV channel. There can't be much left of that by the time they're done editing it.
Posted by: Sponge

Blazing Saddles will be shown on Channel 4 tonight from 8:00 to 8:07.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 09:54 AM (1LRsz)

160 The subject of the blind man is unattractive but the painting is brilliant. de la Tour often uses subtle candle light in his paintings but this one is brighter, nothing subtle to hide the man's plight or situation. His group paintings show very different expressions for each character. There is a feel of Rembrandt to me or what would become Rembrandt's style at a later period: individual characters, effective use of lighting and realistic situations. The "Night Watch" comes to mind.

I wonder if Heinlein had this in mind when he created the character of the blind accordion player in The Green Hills of Earth and referred to in a later book.

Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2024 09:54 AM (zudum)

161 It always amazes me when I see Blazing Saddles coming up on some commercial TV channel. There can't be much left of that by the time they're done editing it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

They plug in a 45 minute soliloquy on the evils of both whiteness and masculinity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (IUd0M)

162 Looks more like Hurtin' Gurdy Man, amirite?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (2xB3Z)

163 Blazing Saddles will be shown on Channel 4 tonight from 8:00 to 8:07.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 09:54 AM (1LRsz)

Its ok Tagart
They are just hanging a man and his horse.

THE END

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (gbOdA)

164 Now do Les Paul.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

He was a mediocre player til he broke his arm.

Posted by: BignJames at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (AwYPR)

165 110 Looked at buying a hurdy-gurdy once cause it speaks to my not-so-inner Ren Faire nerd. Alas, price tag was prohibitive.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

https://tinyurl.com/26m3474t
Try these dudes.
My favorite Hurdy Gurdy band.

Posted by: Reforger at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (xcIvR)

166 Freddy Stratocaster was struggling until he changed his stage name to Freddy Fender and joined up with the Texas Tornados.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Aqu9a)

Now do Les Paul.
Posted by: rhennigantx

He was known as Lesis Moore until he changed his name.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 09:55 AM (1LRsz)

167 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Currently going through the mandatory HR training modules for the year.

They really could use some Hurdy-Gurdy music to make them more entertaining.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (7fElN)

168 We're riding out the remnants of TS Debby and just had a 12.5 MPH gust. A number of twigs are down in the yard!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (uGpeQ)

Is Jim Cantore roaming around in your yard?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

169 Now do Les Paul.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

Moor Peter, Les Paul, Said Mary was the original group name.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (IUd0M)

170 I bet this guy smells like a honeybucket

Posted by: Brad at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (GJTAY)

171 I like that he just imbellishes the title with random flourishes.

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with Hat, also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with Hat riding a velociraptor at the Battle of Macragge for the Imperium of Man and the glory of The Emperor.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (Y6IkP)

172 144
FUN FACT:

The Progressive Rock Group, YES, rose to fame after hiring Rick Wakeman as Keyboardist and ditching hardy-gurdy player, Kerwin Oswald.

Oswald became known as the Unluckiest Musician in Rock, after being kicked out of Oswald, Lake, and Palmer and his teams went onto to fame as Emerson, Lake, and Palmer with keyboardist Keith Emerson.

These days Kerwin Oswald can be found on the streets of London playing for tin cans full of cask stout.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (eDfFs)

Most recently, Oswald was hired as the newest drummer for Spinal Tap. We wish him well in his new direction.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (PiwSw)

173 Freddy Stratocaster was struggling until he changed his stage name to Freddy Fender and joined up with the Texas Tornados.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 09:52 AM (Aqu9a)

Now do Les Paul.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

I can't do polka!

Posted by: Lester Polsfuss, German-Wisconsinite at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (Aqu9a)

174 Now guitar thread asked for it........

https://youtu.be/J21JU6jckls?t=3

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

175 Bardcore- Du Hast with a Hurdy Gurdy
Posted by: Skip

Well cinch my bodice, that's fun.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:57 AM (ftFVW)

176 I wonder if Heinlein had this in mind when he created the character of the blind accordion player in The Green Hills of Earth and referred to in a later book.
Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2024

***
Rhysling, the Blind Singer of the Spaceways? Was it an accordion he had?

That first story, "The Green Hills of Earth," I think was the first he sold to the Saturday Evening Post, breaking into the lucrative "slick" market -- a first for a science fiction author in those times (ca. 1947).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 09:57 AM (J2vNu)

177 Well, was it a Fender or a Stratocaster??
Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2024 09:46 AM (PCK5/)

I was barely seventeen, and I once killed a boy with a Fender guitar
I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster
But I do remember that it had a heart of chrome
And a voice like a horny angel
I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster,
But I do remember that it wasn't at all easy
It required the perfect combination of the correct power chords
And the precise angle from which to strike

Posted by: zombie Meat Loaf at August 09, 2024 09:58 AM (OguvZ)

178 Now do Les Paul.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

I can't do polka!
Posted by: Lester Polsfuss, German-Wisconsinite at August 09, 2024 09:56 AM (Aqu9a)

We work cheap!

Posted by: Yosh and Stan Schmenge at August 09, 2024 09:58 AM (PiwSw)

179 We're riding out the remnants of TS Debby and just had a 12.5 MPH gust. A number of twigs are down in the yard!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (uGpeQ)

Hie thee to the storm cellar!

Posted by: Dorothy in Kansas at August 09, 2024 09:58 AM (Aqu9a)

180 SpaceX Launch is heading towards a scrub ....

New T-Zero: 11:17 a.m. EDT, 1517 UTC, 17:17 CEST.

Posted by: Ciampino - The Big Bsng 14 at August 09, 2024 09:59 AM (qfLjt)

181 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO HOLD A RALLY IN BOZEMAN, MT – 8/9/24, 8pM 9pC 10pE

Posted by: SMOD at August 09, 2024 09:59 AM (RHGPo)

182 I remember a commentor with the handle "Hurdy Gurdy Hat".

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at August 09, 2024 09:59 AM (cnSl1)

183 Now do Les Paul.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

I can't do polka!
Posted by: Lester Polsfuss, German-Wisconsinite

Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Posted by: The Polka Nuts

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (1LRsz)

184 It just gets better and better

Gabe Kaminsky
@gekaminsky
SCOOP: As Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz — on at least 5 occasions — hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and promoted a pro-Hitler film popular among Neo-Nazis
The cleric’s Islamist group received $100K+ in state funding from Walz

-
The movie, Adolph Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told, gets 7.2 out of 10 stars on IMDb.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3526810/

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (L/fGl)

185 Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
Gavin Newsom pretending to clean up the mass homelessness problem in California that HE created is absolutely pathetic

https://tinyurl.com/2we577d6

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (NpAcC)

186 But the only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a hurdy-gurdy man.

Posted by: Dusty Springfield at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (Aqu9a)

187 Hie thee to the storm cellar!
Posted by: Dorothy in Kansas at August 09, 2024 09:58 AM (Aqu9a)
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Now there is a clump of leaves in the street. I am going to try and keep reporting as long as I can.

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (uGpeQ)

188 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO HOLD A RALLY IN BOZEMAN, MT – 8/9/24, 8pM 9pC 10pE
Posted by: SMOD

Isn't it interesting that Mr. Trump would be safer surrounded by armed Morons at the TXMoMe than he would being 'protected' by the USSS?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (WXNFJ)

189 Mind the resin chairs, Weasel.
Those things can be vicious!

Posted by: CNN Weather Team at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (DobEs)

190 In Heaven There Is No Beer
That's why we drink it here
And when we're gone from here
All our friends will be drinking all that beer
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
That's why we drink it here
And when we're gone from here
All our friends will be drinking all that beer
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (1LRsz)

191 Hurdy Gurdy? This limerick almost writes itself.

A hurdy gurdy player named Purdy
Shot a birdie with his old .30-30
He said (being nerdy
and not very wordy),
"I didn't mean to hurt de purty birdie!"

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

192 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO HOLD A RALLY IN BOZEMAN, MT – 8/9/24, 8pM 9pC 10pE
Posted by: SMOD at August 09, 2024 09:59 AM (RHGPo)

What an idiot. Why would he do something so stupid? His campaign is in ruins. -- pretty much all our trolls (do I get paid for this?)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (IUd0M)

193 184 It just gets better and better

Gabe Kaminsky
@gekaminsky
SCOOP: As Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz — on at least 5 occasions — hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and promoted a pro-Hitler film popular among Neo-Nazis
The cleric’s Islamist group received $100K+ in state funding from Walz

-
The movie, Adolph Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told, gets 7.2 out of 10 stars on IMDb.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3526810/
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (L/fGl)

Again, they're not exactly hiding who they are. If this is what America wants, we will get it.

Good and hard.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (OIg9i)

194 Isn't it interesting that Mr. Trump would be safer surrounded by armed Morons at the TXMoMe than he would being 'protected' by the USSS?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (WXNFJ)

Even with my usual hangover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

195 Now there is a clump of leaves in the street. I am going to try and keep reporting as long as I can.
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (uGpeQ)

You'd better lash yourself to a boulder or something solid.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (Aqu9a)

196 When I 1st glanced the painting, strong No for hanging. But upon looking at it in more detail, and a bit of reading about the artist and such subjects, it could be a possibility if there was hanging space. It's a very well done painting and might show the artist's compassion for such subjects.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (NFX2v)

197 Wasn't Freddy Fender's real name Baltazar Huerta?

Posted by: Before The last Teardrop Falls at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (CV8a5)

198 Now there is a clump of leaves in the street. I am going to try and keep reporting as long as I can.
Posted by: Weasel

There are puddles on our back deck!!!!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:04 AM (v6JzV)

199 A hurdy gurdy player named Purdy
Shot a birdie with his old .30-30
He said (being nerdy
and not very wordy),
"I didn't mean to hurt de purty birdie!"
Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

I've taken out a few hogs with the wife's 3030. Seems shooting a bird with it is a bit overkill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

200 143 tricorne hat
what were they thinking
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Bicorne hats to conquer the world.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:04 AM (FmapG)

201 You'd better lash yourself to a boulder or something solid.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (Aqu9a)

Plumbing. The movie Twister told me plumbing is the strongest substance on earth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

202 I've taken out a few hogs with the wife's 3030. Seems shooting a bird with it is a bit overkill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Depends on your goal. If you just wanna see a bird splode...

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 10:05 AM (ftFVW)

203 Depends on your goal. If you just wanna see a bird splode...
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 10:05 AM (ftFVW)

Your point is valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

204 yes
find an isolated shack with a bike rack inside

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (/7KEl)

205 We need Tricorne Hat Girl to make an appearance.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (v6JzV)

206 I've taken out a few hogs with the wife's 3030. Seems shooting a bird with it is a bit overkill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Depends on your goal. If you just wanna see a bird splode...
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 10:05 AM (ftFVW)

Hello.

Posted by: Randy Johnson at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (Aqu9a)

207 The movie, Adolph Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told, gets 7.2 out of 10 stars on IMDb.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3526810/
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Again, they're not exactly hiding who they are. If this is what America wants, we will get it.

Good and hard.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Dear American left,
I come to you with tears in my eyes. I beg of you do not make me pick up arms to fight you.

Because if you do, I will not stop until dead or your blood line has been extinguished.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (1LRsz)

208 176 ... "Rhysling, the Blind Singer of the Spaceways? Was it an accordion he had?"

Pretty sure. Heinlein talked about the blind singer and his 'stomach Steinway'. I haven't read "The Green Hills of Earth" in decades. Should get it off the shelf. Unfortunately, my TBR pile is starting to eclipse the sun.

Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (zudum)

209 Topsy Turvy > Howdy Doody > Hurdy Gurdy

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (uCfKO)

210 Now there is a clump of leaves in the street. I am going to try and keep reporting as long as I can.

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:00 AM (uGpeQ)

For God's sake man!

Make a pot of WeaselBeenz and buy ammo!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)

211 Who knew there were so many shades of reddish-brown? Probably can't hang because of the scary zombie expression, but this is really good.

Posted by: t-bird at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (yYWHi)

212 https://shorturl.at/vcZww

This is so bad!

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (p4NUW)

213 Topsy Turvy is a fun flick.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (v6JzV)

214 John Fetterman quote about Carville: "My man hasn’t been relevant since grunge was a thing."

Posted by: SMOD at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

215 Dear American left,
I come to you with tears in my eyes. I beg of you do not make me pick up arms to fight you.

Because if you do, I will not stop until dead or your blood line has been extinguished.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:06 AM (1LRsz)

"Oh, you won't have to worry about us. That's what the foreign invasion at our border is for." - The American Left

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (OIg9i)

216 My hurdy gurdy wants to kill your Mama,
My hurdy gurdy wants to burn your Dad....

Posted by: Baroque Zappa at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (CV8a5)

217 That, Sir, is an ex-Hurdy-Gurdy Player.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (aD39U)

218 214 John Fetterman quote about Carville: "My man hasn’t been relevant since grunge was a thing."
Posted by: SMOD at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

======

Funny.

Except Hillary might have won if she had listened to Carville.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

219 This painting would cause nightmares. Maybe there is something about the hurdy gurdy that's innately horrifying - the hurdy gurdy man song also has a creepy vibe.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (ogTiX)

220 Wasn't Freddy Fender's real name Baltazar Huerta?
Posted by: Before The last Teardrop Falls at August 09, 2024 10:03 AM (CV8a5)

He's no wiseman of yore. He was born Baldemar Huerta.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (Aqu9a)

221 This choice couldn't have been inspired by the Falstaff discussion yesterday, could it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

222 Wasn't Freddy Fender's real name Baltazar Huerta?
Posted by: Before The last Teardrop Falls

Baldemar Garza Huerta. June 4, 1937 - October 14, 2006.

R. I. P.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (1LRsz)

223 "Lead Guitar Face" is actually "Hurdy Gurdy Face". I did not know that. The culture is surging through me.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at August 09, 2024 10:08 AM (Z8Yh2)

224 For God's sake man!

Make a pot of WeaselBeenz and buy ammo!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)
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I have declared a Condition Red and shut off the gas supply to the house! Magazines are loaded for the inevitable looting.

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (uGpeQ)

225 Always got Freddy Fender mixed up with Jose Feliciano.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (v6JzV)

226 According to the indictment, between 2015 and 2018, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, 49, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Florida, and Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Davie, Florida, together with others, allegedly caused at least $1 million in bribes to be paid to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, the former Chairman of COMELEC. These bribes were allegedly paid to obtain and retain business related to providing voting machines and election services for the 2016 Philippine elections and to secure payments on the contracts, including the release of value added tax payments.

What the DOJ does not say is that Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez is the president and co-founder of Smartmatic.

Posted by: SMOD at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (RHGPo)

227 225 Always got Freddy Fender mixed up with Jose Feliciano.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (v6JzV)

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Did he get fingered?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

228 It's a Gretsch.

Posted by: Marlee Matlin at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (4NJlF)

229 The Hurdy Gurdy Player...well, accordion to Garp.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (uCfKO)

230 Hurdy-gurdy leads inevitably to Helter Skelter

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (/7KEl)

231 My personal favorite from the summer bazaar at St. John the Baptist - the Polish church I attended as a yute:

Oh, I don't want her, you can have her
She's too fat for me
She's too fat for me
She's too fat for me
I don't want her, you can have her
She's too fat for me
She's too fat
She's too fat
She's too fat for me

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (GTqXr)

232 I've never seen a picture like that without someone asking for a donation to help prevent that sort of thing.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 09, 2024 10:11 AM (pIfcn)

233 =========

Did he get fingered?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

Horrible......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

234 Sing us a song, you're the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Sing us a song tonight..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 09, 2024 10:11 AM (aD39U)

235 Today Michigan. Tomorrow the world!

Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
First candidate to say they'd cut funding to Israel wins Michigan and a couple of million young voters. It probably makes all the difference.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

236 This choice couldn't have been inspired by the Falstaff discussion yesterday, could it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I'm in the Facebook group "Bring Back Falstaff Beer".

Huge part of growing up. No, not drinking it. But the Lemp Brewery was in St. Louis and advertising was everywhere. Signs, coasters, neon bar signs, tap handles. Falstaff logo painted on old buildings.

I'd start drinking beer again if they brought it back.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (1LRsz)

237 Anecdotal data point: one of my kids was at a water park yesterday. As told to me about “10 Mexican dudes” were in the wave pool and whenever a big wave would come they scream Jump for Trump and jump the wave.

Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (ln0hW)

238 I have declared a Condition Red and shut off the gas supply to the house! Magazines are loaded for the inevitable looting.
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (uGpeQ)

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Ooooh, if you're gonna loot, I could use a new TV.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (16NmB)

239 Also called "CBD looking into mirror after too much MD 20/20"

Posted by: Mott at August 09, 2024 10:13 AM (hzGYw)

240 >Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
First candidate to say they'd cut funding to Israel wins Michigan and a couple of million young voters. It probably makes all the difference.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

Aside from being an idiot, Chunk hates the Joos. Got it.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 09, 2024 10:13 AM (GTqXr)

241 Looks like they propped up a dead guy and told the painter to have at it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (mupln)

242 If you cinch them too tightly you may get hurty girded loins.

Just sayin'...

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (uCfKO)

243 Always got Freddy Fender mixed up with Jose Feliciano.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:09 AM (v6JzV)

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Did he get fingered?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I don't get it. Really.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (v6JzV)

244 Ooooh, if you're gonna loot, I could use a new TV.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 09, 2024 10:12 AM (16NmB)
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Sure! How about an arm load of clothes to go with it?

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (uGpeQ)

245 240 Aside from being an idiot, Chunk hates the Joos. Got it.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 09, 2024 10:13 AM (GTqXr)

========

It's already established that he's a genocidal maniac.

He named his "news channel" the Young Turks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (GBKbO)

246 Muldoon you crack me

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (fwDg9)

247 I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
And there he was, this old blind man
Crankin' his hurdy-gurdy

Posted by: Roberta Flack, Killing Me Softly at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (Aqu9a)

248 "Rhysling, the Blind Singer of the Spaceways? Was it an accordion he had?"

Pretty sure. Heinlein talked about the blind singer and his 'stomach Steinway'. I haven't read "The Green Hills of Earth" in decades. Should get it off the shelf. Unfortunately, my TBR pile is starting to eclipse the sun.
Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2024

***
I haven't read the story in a while, and my first acquaintance with it was long long ago. I presumed it was a guitar of some kind he was talking about.

According to RAH's biographer, he worked hard on the story, planning all the time to submit it to the Post. The lyrics of Rhysling's songs were the toughest part for him. They come off really well, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

249 12.5 MPH is bordering on Cat 4 Status. Please take cover. The road to rebuilding is long and hard.

Posted by: Red Cross Stale Donut at August 09, 2024 10:15 AM (CV8a5)

250 Looks like they propped up a dead guy and told the painter to have at it.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Weekend at Hurdy-Gurdy's

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:15 AM (v6JzV)

251 240 >Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
First candidate to say they'd cut funding to Israel wins Michigan and a couple of million young voters. It probably makes all the difference.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99

Think it thru cenk.

You just won the first round of Who Goes Nazi.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 09, 2024 10:15 AM (uBBbP)

252 Looks like they propped up a dead guy and told the painter to have at it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (mupln)

A music fella could make a hit song about that.

Posted by: Joe Diffie at August 09, 2024 10:16 AM (Aqu9a)

253 Trump holding a rally in MT (to help in the Senate race) is remarkable. He will win the state by double digits but he's using valuable time remaining in the campaign to make a stop there.

So either he's an idiot, or he's looking at data and believes (right now at least) that the race is over and he's now trying to generate a mandate.

I assume he'll go to Nevada again soon, that'll help him and the Senate candidate there, but let's see if he goes to Ohio (a Trump state similar to MT) or New Mexico (presumably a Kalama state) to help with those races

Posted by: Shenanigans at August 09, 2024 10:16 AM (wGun1)

254 And there was the 17th/18th Century blind, Irish composer and musician, Carolan the Blind, Turlough O’Carolan, who was a harpist. He had a gift for composition and for example upon being played a JS Bach piece, composed a rival piece in the moment.

Supposedly while dying of a disease linked to alcoholism he asked for a last cup of whiskey, horrifying the onlookers but who still brought him a cup.

He tried drinking but could not swallow, saying, "How should it be if two good friends as we did not share a dying kiss" before dying.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:16 AM (i0CiB)

255 I'm not at all sure this guy isn't faking blind status. Throw a beer bottle at him. See if he ducks.

Posted by: Helen Keller Skeptic at August 09, 2024 10:16 AM (CV8a5)

256 12.5 MPH is bordering on Cat 4 Status. Please take cover. The road to rebuilding is long and hard.
Posted by: Red Cross Stale Donut at August 09, 2024 10:15 AM (CV8a5)
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I think I just saw Jim Cantore blow past!

Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:17 AM (uGpeQ)

257 Sure! How about an arm load of clothes to go with it?
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2024 10:14 AM (uGpeQ)

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Sure, I always need clothes!

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 09, 2024 10:17 AM (16NmB)

258 I think I just saw Jim Cantore blow past!
Posted by: Weasel

And a cow!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

259 I wonder where this guy stashed the lute...

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:19 AM (uCfKO)

260 OT: Just spoke to the "maintenance" people at my dump about the flood I had on Sunday. Her idiot response? "If it not leakin' now, they won' be able to tell where it comin' from." (This is an exact transcription) I said, "If I wait until it happens again to call you, what if it's a weekend or at night when you're closed?"

She had no answer to that. I pointed out they've investigated it before, and the problem appeared to have been solved, so they must have had some idea of where the leak was to fix it. She grudgingly admitted that and said she'd put in a "work ticket."

(If it isn't clear by now: I hate this dump)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:19 AM (J2vNu)

261 Jeff Healey > Hurdy Gurdy Guy (with hat)

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 09, 2024 10:20 AM (mupln)

262 Isn't it interesting that Mr. Trump would be safer surrounded by armed Morons at the TXMoMe than he would being 'protected' by the USSS?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:02 AM (WXNFJ)

=====

Speaking of, I made the mistake of putting my husband in charge of booking our flights yesterday. So now we are flying into Love Field and out of DFW. Which means we'll have to take a cab to go pick up the rental car.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 09, 2024 10:20 AM (16NmB)

263 There are many cross tabs in the compositions of Turlough O'Carolan and the Italian composer Corelli. Both of them could boogie down and go for baroque.

Posted by: Musical Mash-ups at August 09, 2024 10:21 AM (CV8a5)

264 No drum solos. Not art.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:22 AM (FmapG)

265 @226

>>What the DOJ does not say is that Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez is the president and co-founder of Smartmatic.

Not sure why the DOJ is investigating a bribe scheme between people and entities that aren't American but it can't be for noble reasons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2024 10:22 AM (XV/Pl)

266 I'm telling you that guy is grabbing a vicious bend.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at August 09, 2024 10:23 AM (Z8Yh2)

267 Supposedly while dying of a disease linked to alcoholism he asked for a last cup of whiskey, horrifying the onlookers but who still brought him a cup.

He tried drinking but could not swallow...

*********

Heoatic cirrhosis with sophageal varices perhaps.

There's a code for that!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (uCfKO)

268 I don't often speak kindly of drunken sailors but . . .

Federal Govt Borrowed $5 Billion a Day in Fiscal Year 2024

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

269 Tried to watch some of the Panther-Patriot game. It sucked.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (FmapG)

270 268 I don't often speak kindly of drunken sailors but . . .

Federal Govt Borrowed $5 Billion a Day in Fiscal Year 2024
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

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That's a lot of hamburgers today.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

271 412 Kamala wanted ABC so it'd be a Stephanopolous Shitshow.

Trump said OK, and raised her with Fox and NBC.

Well played, sir.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 09, 2024 09:04 AM
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And she came back with "we can have those conversations about additional debates after the ABC debate."

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 09, 2024 10:26 AM (hoCmQ)

272 Supposedly while dying of a disease linked to alcoholism he asked for a last cup of whiskey, horrifying the onlookers but who still brought him a cup.

He tried drinking but could not swallow...

*********
Heoatic cirrhosis with sophageal varices perhaps.

There's a code for that!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024

***
Reading this makes me glad I quit the stuff long ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

273 Speaking of, I made the mistake of putting my husband in charge of booking our flights yesterday. So now we are flying into Love Field and out of DFW.
Posted by: Jordan61

You know better than this!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:26 AM (WXNFJ)

274 Little know fact about the Hurdy Gurdy in today's painting is it an early 1600s Leo Fondu's CrankerCaster. They were all the rage a couple decades later and snapped up by wealthy spice merchants as wall trophies.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 09, 2024 10:27 AM (EoAZ1)

275 268 I don't often speak kindly of drunken sailors but . . .

Federal Govt Borrowed $5 Billion a Day in Fiscal Year 2024

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

So spent on booze, hookers, and blow?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2024 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

276 "If it not leakin' now, they won' be able to tell where it comin' from."

**********

I knew a guy who had that same thing with his roof.

Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler at August 09, 2024 10:27 AM (uCfKO)

277 Breaking911 @Breaking911 18h
JUST IN: New bodycam footage shows aftermath of attempted Trump assassination

https://tinyurl.com/vx96t2t5
3:38 minutes

Breaking911 @Breaking911 16h
🚨BREAKING: More footage from day of attempted Trump assassination🚨

“I f**king told [the Secret Service] they need to post the guys f**king over here. I told them that, the f**king, the Secret Service, I told them that f**king Tuesday. I told them to post f**king guys over here.”

“I wasn’t even concerned about it because I thought someone was on the roof. How in the hell can you lose a guy walking back here?”

“They were inside!”

https://tinyurl.com/5acpukw7
3:16 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:27 AM (i0CiB)

278 In my second term-we will support blind harpers with just one three letter word- J-O-B-S.

Posted by: Scranton Joe at August 09, 2024 10:28 AM (CV8a5)

279 So spent on booze, hookers, and blow?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2024

***
. . . and the rest they just wasted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

280 Ohio is going big for Trump/Vance but just passed an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting limits on abortion right up to full term and Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown is going to be re-elected

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:28 AM (ogTiX)

281 Looked at buying a hurdy-gurdy once cause it speaks to my not-so-inner Ren Faire nerd. Alas, price tag was prohibitive.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

Eldest Kidlet had the same experience. She got the wooden 3-D puzzle version instead, for "only" $150. It *sort of* worked but eventually ended up in the trash though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 09, 2024 10:29 AM (b9BwZ)

282
Joe! Joe Biden!

Is that you?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 09, 2024 10:30 AM (xG4kz)

283 “Comics for Kamala” Fundraiser Bombs

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I thought it was a joke campaign.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:30 AM (L/fGl)

284 Speaking of, I made the mistake of putting my husband in charge of booking our flights yesterday. So now we are flying into Love Field and out of DFW.

Posted by: Jordan61

Doncha just luv em?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more crankiness at August 09, 2024 10:30 AM (WvGbX)

285 . . . and the rest they just wasted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

I love that line.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more crankiness at August 09, 2024 10:31 AM (WvGbX)

286 263 There are many cross tabs in the compositions of Turlough O'Carolan and the Italian composer Corelli. Both of them could boogie down and go for baroque.
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Very good. I'll look up the other gentleman too. Thanks.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (i0CiB)

287 Ohio is going big for Trump/Vance but just passed an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting limits on abortion right up to full term and Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown is going to be re-elected

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:28 AM

Yet the democrat senator is staying well away from anything to do with kamala harris in the State of Ohio, going so far as to claim "scheduling conflicts" when asked if he will make campaign appearances with harris.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (QNSds)

288 268 I don't often speak kindly of drunken sailors but . . .

Federal Govt Borrowed $5 Billion a Day in Fiscal Year 2024

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

So spent on booze, hookers, and blow?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2024 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

All new highway caution signs - Bridge May ICE In Cold Weather. All over Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida, Southern California, Nevada, and Hawaii. It's for the Greater Good!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (Aqu9a)

289 Was the follow-up to this painting-"Roly-Poly Man"?

Posted by: Donovan Leitch at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (CV8a5)

290 Got to start to begin to commence to get ready for my staff meeting in less than half an hour. It's via Chinese spyware; so I gotta brush my hair and make sure my teeth don't have any bits of spinach in 'em.

Oh, and be able to report on stuff I'm doing. But how, I ask, can that even compare to removing spinach from one's teeth???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

291 Cannibal Bob! Long time no see. What's cooking?

Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

292 /leaky roof sock off

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

293 287 Yet the democrat senator is staying well away from anything to do with kamala harris in the State of Ohio, going so far as to claim "scheduling conflicts" when asked if he will make campaign appearances with harris.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2024 10:32 AM (QNSds)

=======

He's probably finally going to lose.

Which will be nice, mostly for Brown. He can start making millions of dollars over the table instead of under it by hiring to be a former insider at an NGO or law firm.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

294 Oh, and be able to report on stuff I'm doing. But how, I ask, can that even compare to removing spinach from one's teeth???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You had spinach for breakfast? Hope it was in an omelet, at least.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:34 AM (v6JzV)

295 Cannibal Bob! Long time no see. ~~What's~~ Who's cooking?
Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

FIFY

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024 10:34 AM (Aqu9a)

296 Cannibal Bob! Long time no see. What's cooking?
Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler

Um, considering his nic, shouldn't that be "who's cooking?"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (v6JzV)

297 https://tinyurl.com/5acpukw7
3:16 minutes
Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB)

Notice how far away the rifle is from the body. I didn't go to sniper school or medical school either but when you are head shot like that, you pretty much drop every thing right. there.

I don't think the officers kicked it away from the shooter although we'd need ALL the bodycam footage to determine that.

HA! As if.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (WXNFJ)

298 I saw this guy open for Jethro Tull at Cobo Arena.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (FmapG)

299 All new highway caution signs - Bridge May ICE In Cold Weather. All over Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida, Southern California, Nevada, and Hawaii. It's for the Greater Good!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2024

***
I see that sign all over on bridges here in S. Lousy-ana. It actually can happen that a bridge ices; once a decade, maybe, but it can. And there are high-elevation parts of TX, NM, and AZ that can see that too.

FL and HI? Somehow I doubt it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

300 Cannibal Bob! Long time no see. What's cooking?

Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

You too! Been in and out. Here and there. Life is hectic. The world is burning. You?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more crankiness at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (WvGbX)

301 300 Cannibal Bob! Long time no see. What's cooking?

Posted by: The Arkansas Traveler at August 09, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

You too! Been in and out. Here and there. Life is hectic. The world is burning. You?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more crankiness at August 09, 2024 10:35 AM (WvGbX)

Some see the world burning.
Others see the largest BBQ.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2024 10:36 AM (ynpvh)

302 Oh, and be able to report on stuff I'm doing. But how, I ask, can that even compare to removing spinach from one's teeth???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
You had spinach for breakfast? Hope it was in an omelet, at least.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024

***
A local coffee shop near my office has spinach & feta croissants, and they are good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

303 Why The Boy Scouts Vanished

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Yeah, that's a head-scratcher alright.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

304 Ohio is going big for Trump/Vance but just passed an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting limits on abortion right up to full term and Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown is going to be re-elected
Posted by: Oglebay

Even if your crystal ball is clear, it's much more important to be right with God, than with the matters of this world.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (WXNFJ)

305 Heoatic cirrhosis with sophageal varices perhaps.

There's a code for that!
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An Irish breakfast??

[It's okay; you're allowed to hit your own group as George Carlin observed.]

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (i0CiB)

306 A local coffee shop near my office has spinach & feta croissants, and they are good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mm, that does sound good.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (v6JzV)

307 AP, U.S. News, today

Ferguson marks 10 years since Michael Brown’s death. While there’s some progress, challenges persist

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 09, 2024 10:38 AM (NFX2v)

308
Even if your crystal ball is clear, it's much more important to be right with God, than with the matters of this world.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2024 10:37 AM (WXNFJ)

+++++

I couldn't agree with you more.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:38 AM (ogTiX)

309 You too! Been in and out. Here and there. Life is hectic. The world is burning. You?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

*********

Yep. All of the above. Plus sick of trolls, Mobies and Eeyores

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (uCfKO)

310 A local coffee shop near my office has spinach & feta croissants, and they are good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Mm, that does sound good.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024

***
The shop is a few minutes' walk, so I tell them not to heat the thing. I zap it in the microwave in our breakroom.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

311 Kamala wanted ABC so it'd be a Stephanopolous Shitshow.

Trump said OK, and raised her with Fox and NBC.

Well played, sir.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 09, 2024 09:04 AM

Isn't Stephenopolis the one who blew up the "women in binders" thing with MIttens and some other faux outrage later? Apparently he is the designated attack chihuahua on the "Kamala isn't black slur" now.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (D7oie)

312 Brown knows it’s smart to start away from Kamala. He - like other Dem senators in red states - con the rubes into voting for him by pretending to be moderate. I’m guessing he has many TV ads running in which he wears a flannel shirt.

Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (ln0hW)

313 Smoooooke on the WA-terrrrr.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 09, 2024 10:40 AM (fv27Y)

314 312 Brown knows it’s smart to start away from Kamala. He - like other Dem senators in red states - con the rubes into voting for him by pretending to be moderate. I’m guessing he has many TV ads running in which he wears a flannel shirt.
Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (ln0hW)

=======

Probably even a rifle slung over his shoulder.

I wonder if he'll demand that we build the damn fence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

315 Ferguson marks 10 years since Michael Brown’s death. While there’s some progress, challenges persist

*******

Swisher's Sweets sales have never recovered.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:41 AM (uCfKO)

316 311 Kamala wanted ABC so it'd be a Stephanopolous Shitshow.

Trump said OK, and raised her with Fox and NBC.

Well played, sir.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 09, 2024 09:04 AM

Isn't Stephenopolis the one who blew up the "women in binders" thing with MIttens and some other faux outrage later? Apparently he is the designated attack chihuahua on the "Kamala isn't black slur" now.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (D7oie)

The sub-plot is that Trump is suing ABC and Stephie for defamation. I would guess that's why Kamala is pushing so hard for ABC. They figured Trump would have to say no out of a conflict of interest.

He, uh, subverted their expectations.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2024 10:41 AM (OIg9i)

317 312 Brown knows it’s smart to start away from Kamala. He - like other Dem senators in red states - con the rubes into voting for him by pretending to be moderate. I’m guessing he has many TV ads running in which he wears a flannel shirt.
Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:39 AM (ln0hW)

+++++

That's 100% accurate, including the flannel shirts. His voice is even a blue collar croak.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:41 AM (ogTiX)

318 I believe Stephy -no-polous started the Romney wants to ban birth control stuff. Women in Binders was a CNN thing. IIRC.

Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:42 AM (ln0hW)

319 Ferguson marks 10 years since Michael Brown’s death. While there’s some progress, challenges persist

======

Have the people who live there risen up and demanded better education systems and results that prioritize merit and metrics over anything else?

Have the people demanded from their elected officials that they improve the city by cracking down on criminals?

Has there been any material change in the city's leadership at all?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

320 Here's your daily pick me up.

Youngkin Goes After Illegal Immigrants Trying to Vote
https://tinyurl.com/3uzvs2rv

Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order Wednesday implementing additional voter integrity measures ahead of the 2024 presidential election, including stronger protections to keep illegal immigrants from registering to vote and eventually casting ballots...
“We use 100% paper ballots with a strict chain of custody. We use counting machines, not voting machines, that are tested prior to every election and never connected to the internet. We do not mass mail ballots. We monitor our drop boxes 24/7. We verify the legal presence and identity of voters using DMV data and other trusted data sources to update our voter rolls daily, not only adding new voters, but scrubbing the lists to remove those that should not be on it, like the deceased, individuals that have moved, and non-citizens that have accidentally or maliciously attempted to register,” he continued.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2024 10:43 AM (xCA6C)

321 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 09, 2024 10:29 AM (b9BwZ)

Hello there PTE....

Posted by: ... at August 09, 2024 10:43 AM (KtiPw)

322 Breaking911 @Breaking911 19h
REPORTER: "You have not had a public campaign event for nearly a week now…Some of your allies have expressed concern that you're not taking this race seriously..."

TRUMP: "What a stupid question — because I'm leading by a lot & I'm letting their convention go through..."

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:44 AM (i0CiB)

323 I believe Stephy -no-polous started the Romney wants to ban birth control stuff. Women in Binders was a CNN thing. IIRC.
Posted by: Que at August 09, 2024 10:42 AM (ln0hW)

apparently that is his "thing" now, completely out of the blue attacks carried through to exclude all other discussion.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:45 AM (D7oie)

324 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

-
Sounds like a syfy movie. WWIII erupts and they're the last people on over Earth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

325 >While there’s some progress, challenges persist
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of course they do

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (/7KEl)

326 Jeff Healey > Hurdy Gurdy Guy (with hat)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 09, 2024 10:20 AM (mupln)

I met Jeff, and had some beers with him. Cool dude, and a hell of a player. RIP.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (9rS+W)

327 Coming soon to a somewhat united kingdom near you...

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
NEW - Maduro blocks X in Venezuela as election dispute pressure mounts

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (i0CiB)

328 There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity...

Sounds like a syfy movie. WWIII erupts and they're the last people on over Earth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

Posted by: Oglebay at August 09, 2024 10:47 AM (ogTiX)

329 J just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

330 Love is love.

Iraq’s Parliament Set to Legalize Marriage for Nine-year-old Girls

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:48 AM (L/fGl)

331 329 J just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

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Jimmy Carter socking Piper?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

332 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

-
Sounds like a syfy movie. WWIII erupts and they're the last people on over Earth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

When an 8 day mission turns into a year, thank DEI.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:48 AM (1LRsz)

333 332 When an 8 day mission turns into a year, thank DEI.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:48 AM (1LRsz)

========

It was just a three-hour tour.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

334 324 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

-
Sounds like a syfy movie.

sounds like gilligan's island: the next generation

Posted by: anachronda at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (oY6Yp)

335 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

"But we're parked in short-term parking!"

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (SRRAx)

336 SpaceX last gasp

New T-Zero: 12:13 a.m. EDT, 1613 UTC, 18:13 CEST.

That 12:13 is the last minute of the window for today. Pretty sure this is going to be scrubbed due to inclement weather.
Check it for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/live/NRcBhGopk-0

Posted by: Ciampino - The Big Bang 15 at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (qfLjt)

337 412 Kamala wanted ABC so it'd be a Stephanopolous Shitshow.

Trump said OK, and raised her with Fox and NBC.

Well played, sir.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 09, 2024 09:04 AM
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She's not going to do three.

Think about the outcomes:

1. She holds her own or better. No reason to risk another debate.

2. She has a bad night. No reason to risk another debate.

I'm sure Harris/ABC have pre-arranged the topics. It not going to be like CNN which actually was pretty fair. ABC is going to fact check Trump right on the spot.

Posted by: WisRich at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (G0vdT)

338 Jimmy Carter socking Piper?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at August

Ha! No, it’s true. I have pictures and everything. But we don’t have Ace O’Vision.

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (pZEOD)

339 332 When an 8 day mission turns into a year, thank DEI.

me? i blame agile.

not that i'm bitter or anything.

Posted by: anachronda at August 09, 2024 10:50 AM (oY6Yp)

340 Just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle.

*********

I can't keep up. Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 09, 2024 10:50 AM (uCfKO)

341 There was a movie about stranded astronauts. Had Gregory Peck and Gene Hackman in it. It was an episode of MST.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:50 AM (v6JzV)

342 324 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home
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Hopefully they have a lot of Tang on the ISS.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:50 AM (FmapG)

343 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cool painting. Would be perfect over my bar. If I had a bar.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2024 10:50 AM (W/lyH)

344 Space Edsel still a Space Edsel.

The autonomous return code, did Boeing get phished so its now being held ransom?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:51 AM (7rldP)

345 Looks like a dem voter

Posted by: Eli Cash at August 09, 2024 10:51 AM (ZQUaf)

346 Eli

It looks like Joey

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (7rldP)

347 Remarkably the guy in the Hurdy Gurdy painting is known. Aveugle Guillaume McDire was an influential voice in the country chanson genre that erupted out the Lorraine region of France around 1620 and became the rage in Paris for the next 30 years which came to define the counter culture movement known as the Le Smellies.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (EoAZ1)

348 If I were ever to encounter this gentleman, I would promptly advise him to get his hurdy off of my gurdy. Tout de suite!

Posted by: kallisto at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (dCxaZ)

349 Would be perfect over my bar. If I had a bar.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

If you had a bar, you would know where to find your coffee.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (v6JzV)

350 324 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

-
Sounds like a syfy movie.

sounds like gilligan's island: the next generation
Posted by: anachronda at August 09, 2024 10:49 AM (oY6Yp)

No Ginger. No Mary Ann. No coconut cream pies. Just one "hut" full of Professor types. I got gypped!!

Posted by: Stranded Astronaut at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (Aqu9a)

351 J just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

for you, Piper

https://tinyurl.com/pasw2ydv

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:52 AM (D7oie)

352 I knew something was missing from the Olympics but I didn't know what.

Video: Olympic Pole Vaulter Twerks In Celebration For Winning Bronze Medal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 09, 2024 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

353 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 6h
ALERT - Japan PM cancelled a trip to Central Asia after earthquake scientists warned the country should prepare for a possible “megaquake”
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Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper Aug 8
BREAKING - Two powerful earthquakes hit off Japan:

Two powerful earthquakes hit off Japan: USGS
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 shook southern Japan on Thursday but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves lashed the coast.

The quake hit at 4:42 pm (0742 GMT) off the southern island of Kyushu at a depth of 25 kilometres (16 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.

The USGS had initially reported two strong quakes, with magnitudes of 6.9 and 7.1, but later said there had only been one tremor.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) also said there was one quake with a magnitude of 7.1.

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:53 AM (i0CiB)

354
"Starliner- undock please."
"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." 🔴

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:53 AM (/7KEl)

355 > Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home
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Bet they wish they'd packed an extra pair of underwear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2024 10:53 AM (Q4IgG)

356 Stranded Astronauts on International Space Station May Have to Wait Until Next Year to Come Home

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I hope they sprang for the drink package.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (WBQfF)

357 pi]Coming soon to a somewhat united kingdom near you...

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
NEW - Maduro blocks X in Venezuela as election dispute pressure mounts
Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 10:46 AM (i0CiB)

Turkey is blocking Facebook and the UK is looking at blocking X due to the riots.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (D7oie)

358 Late to the thread. This painting makes me sad. The subject looks like he is blind and singing and playing for a living.

Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (oaGWv)

359 The movie was 'Marooned' written by Martin Caiden.

"Stoney, Houston. Can you thin your oxygen supply?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (7rldP)

360 344 Space Edsel still a Space Edsel.

The autonomous return code, did Boeing get phished so its now being held ransom?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:51 AM (7rldP)

Uh did you try unplugging the space ship and rebooting the router?

Posted by: Ge helpline at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (uBBbP)

361 Ferguson marks 10 years since Michael Brown’s death. While there’s some progress, challenges persist

*******

the progress was made the moment that thug POS assumed room temperature.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

362 > just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!
-----

You're gonna need a bigger jar of mayonnaise...

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (/7KEl)

363 Turkey is blocking Facebook and the UK is looking at blocking X due to the riots.
------------------
Unified Goose Stepping of the Empire of Ghettoes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (FmapG)

364 If God hadn't said otherwise sometimes I would think we are on Earth as some kind of sentence or punishment.

Posted by: ... at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (KtiPw)

365 358 Late to the thread. This painting makes me sad. The subject looks like he is blind and singing and playing for a living.

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Meh. It worked for Ray Charles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (WBQfF)

366 Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (oaGWv)

I thought you just got caught by Piper and had your tail fed to an eagle.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (v6JzV)

367 Tuna get as big as 600 pounds? How much of that is mercury? (asking for RFK, Jr.)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (9rS+W)

368 363 Turkey is blocking Facebook and the UK is looking at blocking X due to the riots.
------------------
Unified Goose Stepping of the Empire of Ghettoes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (FmapG)

Social media is one of the most destructive things ever to be introduced to our modern society.

But look how fast governments move when it threatens their fun time.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (OIg9i)

369
Turkey is blocking Facebook and the UK is looking at blocking X due to the riots.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 10:54 AM (D7oie)

The riots are OK, you just aren't supposed to talk about them.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (uBBbP)

370 Some think leaving the trees was a bad idea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (7rldP)

371 If you think the past three and a half years have been bad, consider four or eight more of Harris/Walz. People who have retired may need to get back in the workforce.

Nobody will hire anyone of retirement age for any real job. Walmart will take you as a part time greeter at minimum wage and no benefits. I know, I've looked. Companies want people who will work for them for 10 years, and they figure anyone as old as I am isn't going to live that long.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (Da7Vv)

372 351 J just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

What will you do with all that sushi?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (FfSAJ)

373 > just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!
-----

You're gonna need a bigger jar of mayonnaise...
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 10:55 AM (/7KEl)

Gotcha covered, chief.

Posted by: Costco & Sam's Club 55gal drums of Mayo or Ranch Dressing at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (Aqu9a)

374 367 Tuna get as big as 600 pounds? How much of that is mercury? (asking for RFK, Jr.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (9rS+W)

How much was Bill Parcels

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 09, 2024 10:57 AM (x0n13)

375 Nobody will hire anyone of retirement age for any real job.
---------------
The Pentagon was happy to have me.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:57 AM (FmapG)

376 Some sashimi and some clean sheets, oh kimono.

What movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:57 AM (7rldP)

377 Nobody will hire anyone of retirement age for any real job. Walmart will take you as a part time greeter at minimum wage and no benefits. I know, I've looked. Companies want people who will work for them for 10 years, and they figure anyone as old as I am isn't going to live that long.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president

I'm not even 50 yet, and I'm having a hard time finding a job, even part-time. Age discrimination is a thing.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:58 AM (v6JzV)

378 Companies want people who will work for them for 10 years, and they figure anyone as old as I am isn't going to live that long.
Posted by: An Observation

And yet, an 82 yr old can be president.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:58 AM (1LRsz)

379 I knew something was missing from the Olympics but I didn't know what.

Video: Olympic Pole Vaulter Twerks In Celebration For Winning Bronze Medal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one

I can proudly say I haven't been tempted to watch even one minute of the Olympics this year although I am curious as to what the closing ceremonies will have in store for us.

Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2024 10:58 AM (oaGWv)

380 And yet, an 82 yr old can be president.
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Or former Speaker of the House.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 10:58 AM (FmapG)

381 376 Some sashimi and some clean sheets, oh kimono.

What movie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 10:57 AM (7rldP)

MASH. Loudon Wainwright III

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (x0n13)

382 The Norwegian pole-vaulter chick is very pretty.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (v6JzV)

383 Have to get a new disposal today. Discovered the current one has been leaking for a spell.

LOADY the smell.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

384 And yet, an 82 yr old can be president.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 10:58 AM (1LRsz)

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So what you're saying is, you're all in the wrong industry.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (WBQfF)

385 Dang JJ hammered that one right out the park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (7rldP)

386 I knew something was missing from the Olympics but I didn't know what.

Video: Olympic Pole Vaulter Twerks In Celebration For Winning Bronze Medal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

She has an OnlyFans page. Shakes that moneymaker quite regularly.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (1LRsz)

387 Nood!!

Posted by: Yosh and Stan Schmenge at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (PiwSw)

388
She has an OnlyFans page. Shakes that moneymaker quite regularly.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (1LRsz)

The best America has to offer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

389 Have to get a new disposal today. Discovered the current one has been leaking for a spell.

LOADY the smell.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

=====

What's a "disposal"?

Posted by: AOC at August 09, 2024 11:00 AM (16NmB)

390 382 The Norwegian pole-vaulter chick is very pretty.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (v6JzV)

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Did you check for an Adam's Apple?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2024 11:01 AM (WBQfF)

391 383

make sure the bottom of your sink cabinet isn't water damaged

I had to replace mine for similar reason

Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2024 11:01 AM (/7KEl)

392 Looks like the guy Rittenhouse shot.

Posted by: Bidens Brain Cell at August 09, 2024 11:01 AM (njAFV)

393 What will you do with all that sushi?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering

He is in Maine so I won’t even get some of it. He took his mom for a week. Somehow ended up on a fishing charter…

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2024 11:01 AM (pZEOD)

394 371 If you think the past three and a half years have been bad, consider four or eight more of Harris/Walz. People who have retired may need to get back in the workforce.
Posted by: An Observation sez China

Home Care Services - for the average retired
A "good job" for someone else

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 09, 2024 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

395 When an 8 day mission turns into a year, thank DEI.

Women made that foot bridge fall down. I swear it!
And I'm going to keep on saying it until it turns true!

Some y'all boys ought to spend more time discussing
your sex problems with your all-male Sunday school class.
Get your head patted and your hand held, poor things.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 09, 2024 11:02 AM (zdLoL)

396 What's a "disposal"?
----------------
A car with a lot of trunk space.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 09, 2024 11:02 AM (FmapG)

397 nood war

Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 09, 2024 11:02 AM (i0CiB)

398 Have to get a new disposal today. Discovered the current one has been leaking for a spell.

LOADY the smell.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2024 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

I use a disposal and an old sink in the back yard to grind up apples to make cider. the bottleneck now is processing the jars of juice and chopping the apples into quarters so they don't bog down the grinder and cause it to trip its breaker. It takes about ten to twenty minutes to run a bucket of apples through it

buy the biggest Horse power rating possible is all I say.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2024 11:04 AM (D7oie)

399 Tuna get as big as 600 pounds? How much of that is mercury? (asking for RFK, Jr.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2024 10:56 AM (9rS+W)
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I won't say if there was mercury in the fish, but the water temperature was 54 degrees.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 09, 2024 11:05 AM (3Fz6p)

400 >>just caught a 600 pound tuna and fed the tail to a bald eagle. God bless the USA!

Its nodda tooona!

Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2024 11:33 AM (K+UlC)

401 And nowa a round of Tenesee Birdwalk

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 10, 2024 01:19 AM (FLiOE)

402 GpWbaMxIJqQ

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