Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of Jacopo Strada
Tiziano Vecellio

I don't know what's going on there, but even Joe Biden is a little creeped out.

Just kidding...he asked for her babysitter's number.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Why is that guy playing with his sisters dolly?

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 27, 2024 09:30 AM (89Sog)

2 Don't cross the Strada!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:30 AM (CEzQx)

3 So, what is the female version of a putto called?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (v6JzV)

4 "This little woman. She is mine."

Posted by: Pre-Internet Weirdo Portraiture at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (zUe/H)

5 He was just looking for the artist's signature. Seriously, guys.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (fzDUI)

6 what the ever-lovin' eff am I looking at

Posted by: Don Black at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (/7KEl)

7 what the heck?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

8 An unusual combination. He has the fruity, frilly old-timey clothes that make dudes look like sissies, but he also looks like he wouldn't hesitate to slash your throat for any reason or no reason at all. A difficult needle to thread.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (HnUIn)

9 What ever happened to, "Look with your eyes, not with your hands!"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)

10 $20 same as in town!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

11 no hang
don't even bring it in the house

Posted by: Don Black at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

12 Now that, my friends, is a real beard.

I think the figurine is a sculpture of some kind. The puzzle to me is why there is money on the table. Strada is holding an auction to move this sculpture of a nude?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

13 Jacob Strada
Citizen of Rome
Antiquarian and...

I can't make out the last line; guessing "Pawnbroker".

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (CEzQx)

14 Guy plays with Barbie Dolls. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (c711F)

15 What ever happened to, "Look with your eyes, not with your hands!"?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)
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It's the 16th century, and he's nobility. That concept didn't really exist, except within his own class...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (HnUIn)

16 My thinking it's a present, nicely done btw

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (xretu)

17 The guy is not bad-looking.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

18 Would not hang.
Not sure I even want that in my browser history.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (tA1/w)

19
No dog. No boobs. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (BkEzK)

20 "This little woman. She is mine."
Posted by: Pre-Internet Weirdo Portraiture at September 27, 2024

***
You got it!

Posted by: Gary U.S. Bonds, w/ help from Springsteen at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

21 He seems upset

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (QfvaV)

22
Alternate title:

"Snatch or Nyatch?"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (eDfFs)

23 I think the figurine is a sculpture of some kind. The puzzle to me is why there is money on the table. Strada is holding an auction to move this sculpture of a nude?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)
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Maybe there are two other figurines out of frame and he's playing an exotic version of 3-card monte.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (7fElN)

24 He truly believes his farts smell like roses.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (1U0OF)

25 He's raiding her piggy bank!

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 09:33 AM (vFG9F)

26 19
No dog. No boobs. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Trifecta: No sniper either.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 27, 2024 09:34 AM (hOUT3)

27 Who is he looking at??

Posted by: dantesed at September 27, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

28 He's a little too excited about his latest purchase.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2024 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

29 No, sir! My fur cape is NOT for sale. Could I interest you in this nudie statue?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 27, 2024 09:34 AM (fzDUI)

30 Jacob Strada
Citizen of Rome
Antiquarian and...

I can't make out the last line; guessing "Pawnbroker".
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:32 AM (CEzQx)
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"pervert weirdo?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

31 Step 1: make a creepy statue
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2024 09:35 AM (oZhjI)

32 Portrait of Jacopo Strada
1567-68
Oil on canvas, 125 x 95 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

In the final period, which saw Titian focussing his attention on religious themes, he still found the energy to paint portraits. Between 1567 and 1568 he produced two of his greatest masterpieces in this field: the Prado Self-Portrait and the Portrait of Jacopo Strada in Vienna.

The portrait of the well-known antiquarian Jacopo Strada, one of the most famous of Titian's late portraits, represents Jacopo Strada, an expert of antiquities as presenting a small Venus statue. On the table there are some objects, among them a letter addressed to Titian. The decorative frame with the inscription is a later addition from the workshop of Titian.

The painting is of the very highest quality. It is painted in energetic dabs of brown and ochre yellow, offset by the black velvet jerkin with a silver fox fur flung around the shoulders. The careful depiction of the details which allude to the profession of the sitter (the statuette, the coins, the cartouche and the books) do not distract from the characterization of Strada, who is looking enquiringly at someone outside the painting.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:35 AM (CEzQx)

33 Is that Eric Estrada's ancestor?

Wait, that's Strada, not Estrada.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 27, 2024 09:37 AM (p9rFX)

34 He used Tiziano because the other kids made too much fun of him when he used Titian.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:37 AM (CEzQx)

35 Alternate title:

"Jacopo Strada, Professional Pimp, Tries Selling "The Barbie Experience" Unsuccessfully"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 09:37 AM (eDfFs)

36 He likes to play with Barbie dolls.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

37 In the final period, which saw Titian focussing his attention on religious themes, he still found the energy to paint portraits. Between 1567 and 1568 he produced two of his greatest masterpieces in this field: the Prado Self-Portrait and the Portrait of Jacopo Strada in Vienna. . . .
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024

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So this is the Titian whose predilection for painting redheads gave rise to the phrase "Titian-haired"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

38 Alternate title:

"Jacopo Strada, Professional Pimp, Tries Selling "The Barbie Experience" Unsuccessfully"
Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 09:37 AM (eDfFs)
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Slap some AI on it and make it out of rubber. *Then* the dough will roll it.

Posted by: Japanese 'Love' Doll Manufacturer at September 27, 2024 09:38 AM (HnUIn)

39 Joe Mannix, cutthroat dudes in fancy silk and fur were common in Renaissance Italy.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 27, 2024 09:38 AM (p9rFX)

40 He looks like someone. Darn. Cant quite come up with a name.

Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024 09:39 AM (oaGWv)

41 Well done but odd. I'd pass hanging.

Jacopo Strada
Jacopo Strada (1515–158

was an architect, goldsmith, sought after art expert and above all an internationally active antique dealer. The heavy gold chain distinguishes him as a member of court, the sword and the fur sliding from his right shoulder are evidence of his solid wealth. Strada’s posture is unique in Titian’s portraiture: the counter-movement of arms and head lend him dynamism and distance the observer. Whether Titian meant here subtly to criticise Strada’s occasionally aggressive business dealings remains a matter of debate.

Location:
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Thanks

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 27, 2024 09:39 AM (NFX2v)

42 I notice he has pink sleeves.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2024 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

43 Joe Mannix, cutthroat dudes in fancy silk and fur were common in Renaissance Italy.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 27, 2024

***
Winter nights could be chilly in Italy, especially in the damp areas like Venice. Probably still are.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

44 Is this cropped badly, or did the artist not plan the painting properly, and ran out of room on the left?

Posted by: spindrift at September 27, 2024 09:40 AM (OguvZ)

45 Mel Gibson. That's who. He looks a bit like Mel Gibson.

Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024 09:40 AM (oaGWv)

46 Titian's rival Boobian is virtually unknown today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:40 AM (v6JzV)

47 I'm going with ruthless lord who treats women like toys then tosses them aside.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 27, 2024 09:40 AM (tT6L1)

48 5 He was just looking for the artist's signature. Seriously, guys.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 27, 2024 09:31 AM (fzDUI)

Well, he's looking in the wrong place. It's behind him on the wall in the upper left. Titian was just writing on other people's walls like a rampaging 2-year-old with a Sharpie. Kinda rude.

Posted by: Kris at September 27, 2024 09:41 AM (EwaUh)

49 Strada was not only an official book keeper, but also had many other qualities, and this portrait portrays him in his study surrounded by objects displaying his knowledge. He is shown wearing a gold chain, probably awarded him the previous year 1566 when he was appointed Antiquarius Caesareus by his employer Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor.

The inscription upper right reads JACOBVUS DE STRADA CIVIS ROMANVS CAESS. ANTIQVARIVS ET COM. BELIC. AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI (Jacopo de Strada, citizen of Rome, imperial Antiquary and Minister, aged 51 in the year 1566). The painting is signed top left: "TITIANVS F (ECIT)". The letter on the table additionally contains the words Titian Vecellio Venezia.
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Fecit = he made it

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:41 AM (CEzQx)

50 Joe Mannix, cutthroat dudes in fancy silk and fur were common in Renaissance Italy.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 27, 2024 09:38 AM (p9rFX)
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It had to be. Powerful men in a violent era are *not* going to be gentle. Even powerful men in peaceful eras are not gentle, they just tend farm out the violence to subordinates.

But in art, that rarely comes across. They just wind up looking like poofters to my modern eyes. I know that in reality, almost none of them would hesitate to put a sword between my ribs. They just don't look it when on canvas.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:41 AM (HnUIn)

51 He looks like someone. Darn. Cant quite come up with a name.
Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024

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He's familiar to me too, but I'm drawing a blank. Maybe the area above the beard is familiar and if he were clean-shaven, we'd see who he resembles right away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

52 I hear Joe Biden bought this one years ago.

Posted by: Gref at September 27, 2024 09:42 AM (aBgBM)

53 He has the face of a Left Guard for the Broncos.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 27, 2024 09:42 AM (YIxO9)

54 Send nudes, swords, and money, the shit has hit the fan.

Posted by: Excitable Boy at September 27, 2024 09:43 AM (VQFK/)

55 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This art is weird. Would not hang. In fact would not stop to look if it was on the wall in a museum.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 27, 2024 09:43 AM (W/lyH)

56 What does that say in Latin in the upper right corner?

Posted by: dantesed at September 27, 2024 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

57 I wish I knew what printing on what looks like a mirror in the upper right says.

I'd ask the Horde to translate but suspect the translation might be about as useful as Horde dating and medical advice.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 27, 2024 09:43 AM (tT6L1)

58 What does that say in Latin in the upper right corner?
Posted by: dantesed

See Comment #49.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (v6JzV)

59 Boobian was a pimp! He never could have taken Juggliani!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (CEzQx)

60 No, sire, I did not see you playing with your dolls. Especially that naked one.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (Aqu9a)

61 I'm going with ruthless lord who treats women like toys then tosses them aside.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 27, 2024 09:40 AM (tT6L1)
********
I'm going with a gay man that likes to play with dolls.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

62 Well, I did say "Show me where the bad man touched you. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (WXNFJ)

63 All, the erudite Andycanuck has provided a translation of the Latin at Comment #49.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

64
JACOBVUS DE STRADA CIVIS ROMANVS CAESS. ANTIQVARIVS ET COM. BELIC. AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI

Translation: Mets Lose, 4-2, Fall From Playoff Contention

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 09:45 AM (BkEzK)

65 Joe Mannix, cutthroat dudes in fancy silk and fur were common in Renaissance Italy.
Posted by: Pete in Texas
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Calling every man in past fashions a fag is an HQ tradition even when the guy probably spent 2 hours a day with a fencing master and woulda cut a bitch if you looked at him funny.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:45 AM (CEzQx)

66 I'm going with a gay man that likes to play with dolls.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)
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Let's not project current society on yesteryear!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 27, 2024 09:45 AM (tT6L1)

67 Babe, I'd like to cover you in furs and automobiles. The finest furs-mink, skunk, porcupine...

Posted by: Moe Howard On The Make at September 27, 2024 09:46 AM (CV8a5)

68 I'd ask the Horde to translate but suspect the translation might be about as useful as Horde dating and medical advice.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

What do you mean. I'll have you know we all have internet degrees in medicine and our advice is of the highest quality.

Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024 09:47 AM (oaGWv)

69 The inscription upper right reads JACOBVUS DE STRADA CIVIS ROMANVS CAESS. ANTIQVARIVS ET COM. BELIC. AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI (Jacopo de Strada, citizen of Rome, imperial Antiquary and Minister, aged 51 in the year 1566). The painting is signed top left: "TITIANVS F (ECIT)". The letter on the table additionally contains the words Titian Vecellio Venezia.
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Fecit = he made it
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024

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I think that date comes out as "1466." To check, I found a Roman numeral converter, and it gives the same answer. ((100 from 1000) + 500 +50 + 16) = 1466.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:47 AM (J2vNu)

70 That Venus seems to have arms. Some people have all the luck!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 27, 2024 09:47 AM (CV8a5)

71 A Long Fur Piece - a limerick

Jacopo is not what you think
He's a liar, a thief and a fink
A scandal, as it were
He took my favorite fur
The dirty double crosser stole my mink!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (uCfKO)

72 Riposte - annother limerick

Jacobo had a brother named Herman
Half Italian, half french and half German
He said, "You littlle twink,
That fur is not a mink.
Not a weaseel nor a stoat. It's an ermine!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (uCfKO)

73 The letter says

"Dear Tit Ian, I recently received an exquisite statuette of some tits, so I thought of you... Given your repeated purchases of my tit-related antiquities, I'm offering you right of first refusal on these rockin' casabas, at ten ducats."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (awTae)

74 Maggie Smith would love this, but she is dead at 89

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (q59x6)

75 It's no Venus of Willendorf.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (Aqu9a)

76 Strada was apparently a something of a renaissance man in Rome, winning awards (the medal around his neck) and other things. The books, coins, expensive clothing all point to his stature. I assume the nude figure is something he created or studied and may have been understood at the time but it seems odd now. (Especially with Biden in our lives.)

Not much to say about the art. It is the usual brilliant use of realism, light, color and detail that was Titian's trademark. It's easy to understand why Titian portraits were so popular in his day.

Posted by: JTB at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

77 The first Barbie concept model was curvy.

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:49 AM (0Id0S)

78 Translation: Mets Lose, 4-2, Fall From Playoff Contention
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TITIANVS F (ECIT)
Translation: 12th g (ame of season)

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 09:49 AM (CEzQx)

79 Ermine's 'ermits

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 09:49 AM (uCfKO)

80 Maggie Smith would love this, but she is dead at 89
Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2024 09:48 AM

Just saw that in my news feed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2024 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

81 might be about as useful as Horde dating and medical advice.
Posted by: blake

What do you mean. I'll have you know we all have internet degrees in medicine and our advice is of the highest quality.
Posted by: Tuna

Right! For example, suggestions on what type of roofie to employ covers both subjects expertly!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 09:49 AM (WXNFJ)

82 @74 Would be hanging in Lady Violet's boudoir, between the Velvet Elvis and the Robert Mapplethorpe.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (YIxO9)

83 "I'm not playing with dolls! I just couldn't find my GI Joe!"

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (0Id0S)

84 JACOBVUS DE STRADA CIVIS ROMANVS CAESS. ANTIQVARIVS ET COM. BELIC. AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI (Jacopo de Strada, citizen of Rome, imperial Antiquary and Minister, aged 51 in the year 1566)

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Latin abbreviations always confuzzle me. What are "COM." and "BELIC." short for? I guess "CAESS." is short for "of the Caesars," thus the term "imperial"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (J2vNu)

85 Maggie Smith would love this, but she is dead at 89
Posted by: SMOD

That's too bad. She always seemed ageless to me.

Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (oaGWv)

86 I think that date comes out as "1466." To check, I found a Roman numeral converter, and it gives the same answer. ((100 from 1000) + 500 +50 + 16) = 1466.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

For being such great engineers, the Romans certainly had a
crappy system of numeric notation.

One thing I'll give the Muslims credit for is spreading the Indian numerals to the West.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (v6JzV)

87 Jacopo looks like a badass.

Probably an evil pervert, but still a badass.

Posted by: XTC at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (UnA8+)

88 Unusual for Titian, I would imagine (though like Sgt. Schultz, I know nothing). So my guess is he painted this to rack up some credit points with the powers that be.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (VfE50)

89 I need to head over to the mailroom to pick up a personal shipment -- a goodly walk. The weather is actually behaving, thanks to a certain hurricane. Back in a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

90 "I'm not playing with dolls! I just couldn't find my GI Joe!"
Posted by: red speck

It's not a doll it's an action figure!!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 09:51 AM (WXNFJ)

91 That ~~doll~~ posable action figure has a Kung Fu grip on its left breast!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 09:51 AM (uCfKO)

92
One thing I'll give the Muslims credit for is spreading the Indian numerals to the West.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (v6JzV)

Before falling into 1400 years of intellectual torpor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 09:51 AM (BkEzK)

93 Maggie Smith would love this, but she is dead at 89
Posted by: SMOD

That's too bad. She always seemed ageless to me.
Posted by: Tuna

Maggie Smith changed Vic's diapers.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 09:51 AM (Qnwun)

94 "I'm not playing with dolls! I just couldn't find my GI Joe!"
Posted by: red speck

"It's not a doll, it's an action figure."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:52 AM (v6JzV)

95 "I geev you seex coins and my bus pass for zees here dolly."

–Jacopo Strada at local garage sale

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:52 AM (0Id0S)

96 For being such great engineers, the Romans certainly had a
crappy system of numeric notation. ...
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (v6JzV)
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You nailed it there. It was *notation.* Nothing more. You don't use Roman numerals for arithmetic. You can't, and neither could the Romans. The numerals were for writing down the answer, not arriving at the answer.

They used calculators for arithmetic (the abacus).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:52 AM (HnUIn)

97 Probably an evil pervert, but still a badass.
Posted by: XTC at September 27, 2024 09:50 AM (UnA8+)

Yeah, he does look like he'd stab you with a sword-cane if you messed with him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2024 09:52 AM (awTae)

98 No way this dudes a pedo. I simply won't believe it.

ahem

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:52 AM (0Id0S)

99 He's buying illegal antiquities.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (64Zez)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (64Zez)

101 Oops, I see Wolfus beat me to the Jimmy Neutron line.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (v6JzV)

102 w00t

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (64Zez)

103 Sign on the wall: "You break it, you bought it."

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (0Id0S)

104 Sign on the wall: "You break it, you bought it."
Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (0Id0S)
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It's why I hate going into stores with sculptures or valuable antiques. One clumsy moment can ruin months or years of earnings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:54 AM (HnUIn)

105 I was gone for three days. Did anyone mention the East & Gulf Coast longshoremen's impending strike?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 09:54 AM (Qnwun)

106 What's the male equivalent of "resting bitchface?"

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (5MU6/)

107 What's the male equivalent of "resting bitchface?"
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (5MU6/)

Chuck Schumer

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (awTae)

108 What's the male equivalent of "resting bitchface?"
Posted by: nurse ratched

Normal.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM (IG4Id)

109
Would you believe this statue of Venus
Is exactly the size of my penis?
Said lonely Jacopo Strada
But his lady lovers were nada
So, he made love to the Gallus genus!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM (eDfFs)

110 What's the male equivalent of "resting bitchface?"
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (5MU6/)

Chuck Schumer
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM (oaGWv)

111 Hollywood Reporter re: Maggie Smith

In a career that flourished well into her 80s, Smith played the stern yet compassionate Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series and the irascible Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey.

I would watch Downton Abbey just for her alone. Such a great part she played; the wit and comments, and such wonderful acting. She was perfect.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM (NFX2v)

112 107 What's the male equivalent of "resting bitchface?"
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (5MU6/)

Chuck Schumer
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2024 09:55 AM (awTae)

Sick burn!

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM (QfvaV)

113 You nailed it there. It was *notation.* Nothing more. You don't use Roman numerals for arithmetic. You can't, and neither could the Romans. The numerals were for writing down the answer, not arriving at the answer.

They used calculators for arithmetic (the abacus).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Actually, I once found an online article that showed how you could do arithmetic with Roman numerals. But the author noted that the method he/she illustrates is not necessarily the method that the Romans used. I'll have to see if I can find that article again.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:57 AM (v6JzV)

114 Morning.

Weird. Most guys get over the "molesting your sister's Barbie dolls" phase quite quickly.

Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2024 09:57 AM (4J5tw)

115
It's why I hate going into stores with sculptures or valuable antiques. One clumsy moment can ruin months or years of earnings.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:54 AM (HnUIn)

Did that at a booth at a dog show. Picked up a statue and brushed by another, which fell. I think, in my mind's eye, it took 20 minutes for it to fall to the ground and shatter. The owner let me off by paying half the price.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 09:58 AM (BkEzK)

116 Nathan Wade has such strong RBF if you turned him upside down he'd be smiling.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 27, 2024 09:58 AM (KAi1n)

117 Whenever I think of Maggie Smith, I think of the Prime of Miss Jean Brody, which in turn makes me think of Pamela Franklin's nude scene...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:58 AM (v6JzV)

118 The figurine looks like Botticelli's Venus

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (4XwPj)

119 Actually, I once found an online article that showed how you could do arithmetic with Roman numerals. But the author noted that the method he/she illustrates is not necessarily the method that the Romans used. I'll have to see if I can find that article again.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:57 AM (v6JzV)
++++
What a monumental PITA that would be. If it were common, they would have used a different numeral system. Someone would have done something different within engineering circles, and that would have leaked out.

I subscribe to the argument that the Romans didn't use their numerals for intermediate math, and it was a downstream consequence of mechanized arithmetic. The argument that without a powerful underlying tool (the abacus), there is no way the numeral system is viable.

But I wasn't there. Maybe they did some witchcraft to make it work. Chinese Arithmetic is a thing, too, even though I can't grok it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (HnUIn)

120 Nice pinky ring.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (NpAcC)

121 ou nailed it there. It was *notation.* Nothing more. You don't use Roman numerals for arithmetic. You can't, and neither could the Romans. The numerals were for writing down the answer, not arriving at the answer.

They used calculators for arithmetic (the abacus).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Actually, I once found an online article that showed how you could do arithmetic with Roman numerals. But the author noted that the method he/she illustrates is not necessarily the method that the Romans used. I'll have to see if I can find that article again.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 09:57 AM (v6JzV)

Considering all the things the Romans built I imagine they figured out how to use their numerals in math.

Also, I bet your average Roman citizen probably hated math way more than the rest of us.

Posted by: Robert at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (4J5tw)

122 Yeah baby!

Posted by: Weekend is Here at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (yo1J3)

123 There's a little bronze Herakles on the shelf behind him.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 09:59 AM (64Zez)

124 Since we are past 100 comments I went looking to order a new pair of New Balance 623v3 and I see they discontinued them. Anyone have a suggestion for a similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)? I tried their 608 model and it is just not nearly as comfortable.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2024 10:00 AM (oZhjI)

125 Weird. Most guys get over the "molesting your sister's Barbie dolls" phase quite quickly.
Posted by: Robert

*quietly puts dollies back in their box. . . *

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 10:00 AM (WXNFJ)

126 @nypost
·
1h
Gross video shows ‘poo-cano’ blowing 33 feet in air, covering pedestrians and cars: ‘I’m drenched in poo’ https://trib.al/wFHmUvL

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2024 10:01 AM (IG4Id)

127 dialog accompanying the painting:

"You MUST pay the rent!"
"But I CAN'T pay the rent!"

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 10:01 AM (64Zez)

128
Had to order a second magnetic sweeper so Her Majesty and I can pick up all the nails and screws that have fallen in the yard from the roof.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 10:02 AM (BkEzK)

129
… Venus, if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl who wants my kisses and my arms
A girl with all the charms of you

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 10:02 AM (64Zez)

130 Did anyone mention the East & Gulf Coast longshoremen's impending strike?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Hey, those guys are really not important to the US infrastructure...

But did you hear about Diddy???

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 27, 2024 10:02 AM (hOUT3)

131
Nathan Wade has such strong RBF if you turned him upside down he'd be smiling.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 27, 2024 09:58 AM (KAi1n)

Have they found him? Are they really looking for him?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (BkEzK)

132 Maggie Smith was also in the two Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies, along with Judi Dench.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (PiwSw)

133 Fox "News" Radio just said that Camela is headed for the border for the first time since she has been running for President.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (vFG9F)

134 "Math is hard!!!

Posted by: Renaissance Florentine Barbie at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (uCfKO)

135 Here comes another band of rain.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (FfOMr)

136 "Had to order a second magnetic sweeper so Her Majesty and I can pick up all the nails and screws that have fallen in the yard from the roof.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

The crew is supposed to do that. I wouldn't make the final payment until that's done.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (vFG9F)

137 Strada was also an accomplished ocarina virtuoso. Here he is fingering one of his collection....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (PiwSw)

138 AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI
----
The C. is one of the letters of the short-forms to go with his age LI although I don't know what.

AN: AETAT: LI: et C.
Year: Aged: 51 and ??C.??

Just found this:
aetatis
Phrase Meaning:
of age / aged
Comment
Often abbreviated to "aetat.", or more frequently further to "aet."; meaning "of age _ [years]" or "aged _ [years]". E. g., "aetatis 36" denotes being "36 years old"

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (CEzQx)

139 133 Fox "News" Radio just said that Camela is headed for the border for the first time since she has been running for President.
Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (vFG9F)

Arizona.. Where "supposedly " The repub mayor is gonna endorse her....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (IyPmt)

140 Sign on the wall: "You break it, you bought it."
Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2024 09:53 AM (0Id0S)
++++
It's why I hate going into stores with sculptures or valuable antiques. One clumsy moment can ruin months or years of earnings.

Of course since it's just store policy and not an actual law, there's no way they can enforce it involuntarily. Mostly it's a slightly a-holish way of saying "be careful."

Posted by: Oddbob at September 27, 2024 10:05 AM (/y8xj)

141 Fox "News" Radio just said that Camela is headed for the border for the first time since she has been running for President.
Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 10:03 AM (vFG9F)

The Harris campaign later clarified that she is just going to a Taco Bell.

Posted by: spindrift at September 27, 2024 10:05 AM (OguvZ)

142 Just looked at the rain gauge - 5" since yesterday. And the storm is project to go north a bit, turn around and get us agin'.

No worries - we need the rain.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 10:05 AM (WXNFJ)

143 >> DoJ Notified of Suspected Faulty Welds on Subs, Aircraft Carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding

“ Shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., informed the Department of Justice of faulty welds that may have been made intentionally on non-critical components on in-service Navy submarines and aircraft carriers, USNI News has learned.”

Deliberate sabotage. Not being reported by the media.

https://tinyurl.com/44n3zu9u

Posted by: Vengeance at September 27, 2024 10:05 AM (fR05s)

144 "What's the male equivalent of resting bitch face?"

My wife jokes that I have resting bastard face.

Posted by: PabloD at September 27, 2024 10:06 AM (3hKsl)

145 Arizona.. Where "supposedly " The repub mayor is gonna endorse her....
Posted by: It's me donna

...Or the fib will release the videotape

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 27, 2024 10:06 AM (hOUT3)

146 My wife just got back from Sam’s Club. She picked up a few pounds of 88/12 ground beef “on sale”. $4.50/pound, down from over $5/pound.

Best
Economy
Ever
Jack

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at September 27, 2024 10:06 AM (kqvk9)

147 He's a marriage broker.
It's a sales figurine of an importable princess.

Posted by: DaveA at September 27, 2024 10:06 AM (FhXTo)

148 Since we are past 100 comments I went looking to order a new pair of New Balance 623v3 and I see they discontinued them. Anyone have a suggestion for a similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)? I tried their 608 model and it is just not nearly as comfortable.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2024 10:00 AM (oZhjI)
++++
I am hard to fit when it comes to shoes. My feet are not an unusual size, but they are at the outer edges of normality in terms of structure. Finding comfortable shoes is a chore. I have had extremely good luck with New Balance, and have run into this exact problem: the product lines expire and then you're back at square one.

Go to a NB store if there's one near you. In my experience, they work hard and *will* fit you. It just sucks to have to keep doing it. And it sucks that NB doesn't do boots anymore. Also, don't be afraid of - or even ask explicitly about - insoles. In my case, I have stopped being hard to fit thanks to some of their very good specialty insoles. I bought several pairs - at great expense - and they make probably 70% of shoes fit me well. I can buy shoes anywhere now, so long as I have the extra equipment. All feet are different, of course.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:07 AM (HnUIn)

149 Since we are past 100 comments I went looking to order a new pair of New Balance 623v3 and I see they discontinued them. Anyone have a suggestion for a similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)? I tried their 608 model and it is just not nearly as comfortable.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2024 10:00 AM (oZhjI)

Try Brooks "The Beast".

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 10:08 AM (eDfFs)

150 #138 Crap, I cut out...

M.D.L. XVI is the year 1566

...pasting in the Latin Is Simple definition!

MDLXVI

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:08 AM (CEzQx)

151 Here in the DC area, we have the Good Feet Store for those with weird feet.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

152 (In the Hitler book), Evans addresses Hannah Arendt’s idea of the “banality of evil” and the related obedience experiment by Stanley Milgram
----------

Does he address it as the hoax that it is? Why would a book published in 2024 still treat the Milgram subject with anything other than obnoxious contempt?

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:09 AM (LCr8f)

153 Here in the DC area, we have the Good Feet Store for those with weird feet.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)
++++
That's a national chain and I've heard goon things. Thankfully, my feet are not *that* weird and I'm not way out at the edge of the bell curve. A good, proper shoe store with people who know the products they're selling (which NB is, in my experience) can get the job done for me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (HnUIn)

154 >> DoJ Notified of Suspected Faulty Welds on Subs, Aircraft Carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding

“ Shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., informed the Department of Justice of faulty welds that may have been made intentionally on non-critical components on in-service Navy submarines and aircraft carriers, USNI News has learned.”

Deliberate sabotage. Not being reported by the media.

https://tinyurl.com/44n3zu9u

Posted by: Vengeance at September 27, 2024 10:05 AM

Dear Commander,

A recall notice has been issued for your make and model of submarine/carrier.

Parts are currently unavailable, but we will advise you when they are in stock.

Sincerely,

The Navy

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (Wnv9h)

155 #150 And forgot to add "Wiki transcription error?" too; it's hard to tell without a really clear image. [NOT a shot at CBD's image choice.]

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (CEzQx)

156 My wife just got back from Sam’s Club. She picked up a few pounds of 88/12 ground beef “on sale”. $4.50/pound, down from over $5/pound.

Best
Economy
Ever
Jack
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

I picked up 80/20 for $4.28/lb and 90/10 for $4.48/lb and mixed it for an 85/15 blend.
20 lbs vac packed and put in the freezer.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (Qnwun)

157 Good things. Oy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (HnUIn)

158 Well, both boys were supposed to have dentist appointments this morning. They were both supposed to go to school.

Guess what didn't happen at all?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

159 Either he's really big or she's really small. Weird painting, would not hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (BVwxa)

160 Best
Economy
Ever
Jack
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at September 27, 2024 10:06 AM (kqvk9)
---
Hmmm...The "BEEJ Economy" takes on a whole different meaning when Kamala is in charge...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (7fElN)

161 Guess what didn't happen at all?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

A flood in Fulton County that shut down the voting in seven states in 2020?

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (LCr8f)

162 158 Well, both boys were supposed to have dentist appointments this morning. They were both supposed to go to school.

Guess what didn't happen at all?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)
++++
I'm going to guess that a pallet of gold bars didn't tumble out of an airplane and strike the hood of your car while it was stopped at a deserted intersection, destroying your car but making you, on balance, pretty happy about the flow of events.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (HnUIn)

163 153 Here in the DC area, we have the Good Feet Store for those with weird feet.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)
++++
That's a national chain and I've heard goon things. Thankfully, my feet are not *that* weird and I'm not way out at the edge of the bell curve. A good, proper shoe store with people who know the products they're selling (which NB is, in my experience) can get the job done for me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:10 AM (HnUIn)

========

I hear their commercials frequently.

Usually a sob story about how a woman was in constant pain just standing up (usually a dance instructor) and one visit to the Good Feet Store relieved all her pain, helped her win the lottery, and achieved her first orgasm in decades.

I dunno. It might not go that far. I kind of zone out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (GBKbO)

164 Usually a sob story about how a woman was in constant pain just standing up (usually a dance instructor) and one visit to the Good Feet Store relieved all her pain, helped her win the lottery, and achieved her first orgasm in decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (GBKbO)
++++
Yeah. Those commercials are absurd. Everyone knows the female orgasm doesn't exist.

/me runs away

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:12 AM (HnUIn)

165 Since we are past 100 comments I went looking to order a new pair of New Balance 623v3 and I see they discontinued them. Anyone have a suggestion for a similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)? I tried their 608 model and it is just not nearly as comfortable.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2024 10:00 AM

There's a NB outlet store in Lawrence (spit) if you want to chance it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2024 10:12 AM (Wnv9h)

166 162 I'm going to guess that a pallet of gold bars didn't tumble out of an airplane and strike the hood of your car while it was stopped at a deserted intersection, destroying your car but making you, on balance, pretty happy about the flow of events.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (HnUIn)

========

Confirmed:

Joe Mannix has cameras on me.

This is the only way he could know that this didn't happen to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

167 The figurine looks like Botticelli's Venus
Posted by: Madamemayhem

************

Untitled - a limerick

The figure looks like Botticelli's Venus
(Perhaps, but can we keep it just between us?)
It's the talk of the planet
12 inches, hard as granite
It's a bit more like Donatello's penis!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (uCfKO)

168 Int he one of the experts on the Antiques Roadshow?

Love those outfits from the wayback centuries, before central heating.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (OOvTI)

169 Hmmm...The "BEEJ Economy" takes on a whole different meaning when Kamala is in charge...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 10:11 AM (7fElN)

HA! I noticed that when I typed it out. Unfortunately, we are the givers in this economy, and the receivers. :-/

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (kqvk9)

170 The painting. The man is a giant, she is a snack.

Or.
He is the really OG rapper prototype.
Gots the gold chains, the shawty (really short), gots the money splayed out on the table.
All the essentials.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (FCbAQ)

171 164 Yeah. Those commercials are absurd. Everyone knows the female orgasm doesn't exist.

/me runs away
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:12 AM (HnUIn)

========

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ooYpF6_tK4

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

172 Everyone knows Donatello is a turtle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 27, 2024 10:15 AM (FfOMr)

173 It's very windy and rainy and a bit cooler today in southern Indiana. Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024 10:16 AM (4XwPj)

174 Everyone knows Donatello is a turtle.
---
A souper hero!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:17 AM (CEzQx)

175 173 It's very windy and rainy and a bit cooler today in southern Indiana. Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.
---------------
How about baking and cleaning?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 10:17 AM (c711F)

176 It's very windy and rainy and a bit cooler today in southern Indiana. Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024 10:16 AM (4XwPj)
++++
Start with the book or movie. The nap will interrupt it organically.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2024 10:17 AM (HnUIn)

177 Would you believe this statue of Venus
Is exactly the size of my penis?
Said lonely Jacopo Strada
But his lady lovers were nada
So, he made love to the Gallus genus!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2024 09:56 AM

But the clucking jerk never calls.

Posted by: The Chicken at September 27, 2024 10:18 AM (kgE5c)

178
Jake Street!

You don't know Jake!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:21 AM (xG4kz)

179 How about baking and cleaning?
Posted by: Pudinhead

You're adorable.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024 10:21 AM (4XwPj)

180 I just noticed the carved naked male torso in the lower left. Maybe he's thinking about simulating intercourse between the two sculptures.

You know, like you all did with Ken and Barbie BITD.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:22 AM (uCfKO)

181 Blinken is one nasty, traitorous, vile son of a bitch.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 27, 2024 10:22 AM (W/lyH)

182 138 AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI
----
The C. is one of the letters of the short-forms to go with his age LI although I don't know what.

AN: AETAT: LI: et C.
Year: Aged: 51 and ??C.??

Just found this:
aetatis
Phrase Meaning:
of age / aged
Comment
Often abbreviated to "aetat.", or more frequently further to "aet."; meaning "of age _ [years]" or "aged _ [years]". E. g., "aetatis 36" denotes being "36 years old"
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (CEzQx)

aetatis Christianae?
AN: AETAT: LI: et C.M.D.L. XVI
annum aetatis suae 51 et annum Christianae 1566

Posted by: m at September 27, 2024 10:22 AM (64Zez)

183 You know, like you all did with Ken and Barbie BITD.
-------------
Pro Tip - Barbie's knees don't work.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 10:23 AM (c711F)

184 173 It's very windy and rainy and a bit cooler today in southern Indiana. Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

A nice cup of tea and gazing out the window would be my choice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2024 10:23 AM (Fepgn)

185 I guess someone stole their ... spirit

@EpochTimes 12m
Southwest Airlines Announces Operational Overhaul, Including End to Open Seating

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2024 10:23 AM (IG4Id)

186 I went to my local GOP Meeting this week. Figured I’d see if I can do some volunteer work. I left depressed. It’s amateur hour. Their main focus is stuck in the 90s with mailers road signs. Social media is an afterthought. The election is already underway with absentee ballots already starting to get mailed out. And yet they were still figuring out budgets for advertising!!
Isn’t this what you do in June and July? Not in late September.

If this is representative of the GOP nationally, a lot of things start to make sense.

Posted by: No Bueno at September 27, 2024 10:23 AM (yo1J3)

187 Joe buys in is supposedly here in Scranton for a funeral. Rhetoric will be lit!

Posted by: hutch1200 at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (SZ7hm)

188 et annum Christianae
-----
Very good, 1000!

Er, I mean "m".

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (CEzQx)

189 In a career that flourished well into her 80s, Smith played the stern yet compassionate Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series and the irascible Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey.

I would watch Downton Abbey just for her alone. Such a great part she played; the wit and comments, and such wonderful acting. She was perfect.
Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 27, 2024

***
And she was something of a cutie in her young days. Recently I watched the 1965 film The VIPs, with Maggie and Rod Taylor. They had quite the chemistry on screen.

Yeah, I know, the *stars* of the film were Burton and Liz Taylor, but I found them much duller than Maggie and Rod.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (J2vNu)

190 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!

Posted by: Naan at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (lexfv)

191
The "BEEJ Economy" takes on a whole different meaning when Kamala is in charge

And thus, Red Kammie supporters are BEEJers.

Hmmm ... Red Kammie gives beejers.

It's the cirrrrrrcle of liiiife!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (xG4kz)

192 Maggie Smith has died.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 27, 2024 10:24 AM (I1GXe)

193 181 Blinken is one nasty, traitorous, vile son of a bitch.
---------------
I'm just a singer in a rock n roll band...

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 10:25 AM (c711F)

194 You're forgetting her best film, The Pride of Miss Jean Brody.

And it's her best film because it's got a naked Pamela Franklin in it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

195 Blinken is one nasty, traitorous, vile son of a bitch.
Posted by: Diogenes

He has a demonic demeanor.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2024 10:26 AM (IG4Id)

196 It's very windy and rainy and a bit cooler today in southern Indiana. Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024

***
Sounds perfect to me!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

197 similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)?
Posted by: 18-1

wideshoes.com for lots of choices.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 27, 2024 10:27 AM (QPrDN)

198 Good day to stay in, read, watch old movies, or nap. Still debating which will win.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024

Embrace the power of "and."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:27 AM (v6JzV)

199 Get this. Yesterday my friend is looking at his non-techy father in law's phone. It rings.

He says hello and recognizes the voice on the other end of the phone as his own nephew (no relation to the father in law). Nephew had received one of those nonsense spam texts with a spoofed number and because he's a kid decided to call it back. Just happened to be that his uncle (my friend) answered.

Neither of these people had each other's number nor would they have any reason to, and the father in law's phone did not have the offending text as an outgoing text.

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:27 AM (LCr8f)

200 Riposte (definition): "Curses! Foiled again."

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:28 AM (uCfKO)

201 Decision made! Gonna flop on the sofa and watch goofy YouTube videos until the nap interrupts. Later taters!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 27, 2024 10:29 AM (4XwPj)

202 Waiting to make croissants again but it's still too warm out.

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:29 AM (LCr8f)

203 Neither of these people had each other's number nor would they have any reason to, and the father in law's phone did not have the offending text as an outgoing text.
Posted by: ...

Hmmm. Seems like Bob at NSA may have some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:29 AM (v6JzV)

204 I just noticed the carved naked male torso in the lower left. Maybe he's thinking about simulating intercourse between the two sculptures.

You know, like you all did with Ken and Barbie BITD.

Yeah, thanks for reminding me of THAT bit of trauma. I mean, what did you expect? It's smooth down there.

Posted by: Ken at September 27, 2024 10:29 AM (xCA6C)

205 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

She offed him!
Can't run if you're 6 feet under.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 27, 2024 10:30 AM (QPrDN)

206 Would definitely hang - for a Halloween party.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at September 27, 2024 10:31 AM (HabA/)

207 Nephew had received one of those nonsense spam texts with a spoofed number and because he's a kid decided to call it back. Just happened to be that his uncle (my friend) answered.

Neither of these people had each other's number nor would they have any reason to, and the father in law's phone did not have the offending text as an outgoing text.
Posted by: ...

Wait until you receive a call and realize it's your number calling you.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:32 AM (Qnwun)

208 AN: AETAT: LI: et C.
Year: Aged: 51 and ??C.??

***
"Et c." is short for "et cetera," "and others," which might suggest that Jacopo is some months *over* 51 -- though that seems like a strange way of putting it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

209 Maggie Smith has died.

***********

Does this mean we don't have to work on her farm no more?

Posted by: Downton Abbey field hands at September 27, 2024 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

210 209 Maggie Smith has died.
***********
Does this mean we don't have to work on her farm no more
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 10:34 AM (c711F)

211 Wait until you receive a call and realize it's your number calling you.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:32 AM (Qnwun)

Had a chick call me and insist I had just called her.

She only bought what I was saying when I told her my phone had been sitting on my desk face down and I had just been staring blankly at it, not using it.

People are very persuaded by visual imagery. I hadn't called her. She sounded like a lib or I might have tried something.

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:34 AM (LCr8f)

212
You're forgetting her best film, The Pride of Miss Jean Brody.

In the first draft of the script, "11" was cited as her favorite prime.

Over time, and several rewrites, "79" became her most beloved number, and that is what appeared in the final film.

The More You Know ...!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:34 AM (xG4kz)

213 190 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

Ace will be pleased when he awakens from his unnatural slumber.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 27, 2024 10:34 AM (JCZqz)

214 Whelp, we've had our first causality of Helene. One of the porch topiaries (fake) took a dive when the wind gusted out there. The little decorative stones are "everywhere."

No clue where the topiary is.

Surprisingly, the hanging ferns, while sometimes nearly horizontal are mostly unaffected. At least we won't have to water them...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2024 10:35 AM (Q4IgG)

215 Waiting to make croissants again...

************

Deep Flake!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:35 AM (uCfKO)

216 He looks like the ex quarterback now doing Thursday night football commentary, Fitzpatrick or something. Name escapes me at the moment.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 27, 2024 10:36 AM (4780s)

217 Yes, I have a summons for a Darius Sweetdick, Esquire.

Posted by: US Marshall at September 27, 2024 10:36 AM (2UnvF)

218 Waiting to make croissants again...
************
Deep Flake!
===
A salt and buttery!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:37 AM (CEzQx)

219
"The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

"There's millions of ladies out there who pine for a Sweetdick, and I'm just the man to deliver! I'm a regular Johnny Appleseed!"

-- Nathan "Sweetdick" Wade

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:37 AM (xG4kz)

220 U.N. General Assembly (UNGA)

-
I first saw "UNGA" used this way yesterday but I like it. It sounds like a bunch of cannibal savages grunting as they wait for the people in cauldrons to finish cooking.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 27, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

221 207 Nephew had received one of those nonsense spam texts with a spoofed number and because he's a kid decided to call it back. Just happened to be that his uncle (my friend) answered.

Neither of these people had each other's number nor would they have any reason to, and the father in law's phone did not have the offending text as an outgoing text.
Posted by: ...

Wait until you receive a call and realize it's your number calling you.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:32 AM (Qnwun)

I once had an angry caller scream at me for spam-calling them.

I had to explain to him what phone spoofing was.

Surprisingly, he accepted that explanation and apologized.

Posted by: XTC at September 27, 2024 10:38 AM (UnA8+)

222 213 190 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan
----------------------

Was as on the run but he's settled on Mystery Island from where he will never be seen again. Democrat operatives mere pawns in the life of Acronyms. _Mongo Adams

Posted by: Braenyard at September 27, 2024 10:39 AM (gdH0L)

223 Jacopo looks like a professional rassler who's all 'roided up and smoked too much grass.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at September 27, 2024 10:40 AM (nDTFN)

224 Helene now seems to be down to tropical storm strength. On the other hand, it's covering almost all of S. Carolina, half of NC, and a portion of GA.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 10:40 AM (J2vNu)

225 Was as on the run but he's settled on Mystery Island from where he will never be seen again.
Posted by: Braenyard

Oak Island? They'll never find him there. They never find anything important there.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:40 AM (v6JzV)

226
"The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

Whoever had money on "Fanni's daughter's Baby Daddy was Darius Sweetdick" has got to be feeling pretty confident about a big payout right about now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:41 AM (xG4kz)

227 Deep Flake!
Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:35 AM (uCfKO)

HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NICKNAME

Posted by: ... at September 27, 2024 10:41 AM (LCr8f)

228 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

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

Never fear, we're on the case!

Posted by: Oak Island Boys at September 27, 2024 10:41 AM (2UnvF)

229 Oak Island? They'll never find him there. They never find anything important there.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:40 AM (v6JzV)

Wait until the season finale!

Posted by: The Lagina Brothers at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (PiwSw)

230 Oak Island? They'll never find him there. They never find anything important there.
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Dude! Templars and Vikings. What are you saying!

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (c711F)

231 >‘I’m drenched in poo’

A fan of Macbeth I see.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (cf/0E)

232
A naked lady piggybank?

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (+oR7L)

233 Sigh. Happy bushes aren't going to change the ambience of this one.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (a3Q+t)

234 209 Maggie Smith has died.

For those, like me, always wonder who these celebrities are that others seek to know, she was Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies. In her youth, she was quite the looker:

https://tinyurl.com/6rafh8ve

She had quite long film career, but being only 29 myself, I'm not really familiar with her earlier work.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (JCZqz)

235 I should've known someone would beat me to the Oak Island joke.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2024 10:42 AM (2UnvF)

236
"The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

Maybe he sank while tied to the dock ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 27, 2024 10:43 AM (xG4kz)

237 UNGAWA!

Posted by: Don Black at September 27, 2024 10:43 AM (/7KEl)

238 Now you can understand how Trump gets shot at twice, and how transexuals can shoot up Christian schools and how pregnancy crisis centers can be firebombed. When one is dealing with what is called evil, then there is no measure short of eradicating that evil that can be acceptable.

-
Hate Has No Home Here (Except For Woke Hate Which Is Mandatory)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 27, 2024 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

239 Nathan Wade did not Epstein himself.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:43 AM (v6JzV)

240 "There's millions of ladies out there who pine for a Sweetdick, and I'm just the man to deliver! I'm a regular Johnny Appleseed!"

-- Nathan "Sweetdick" Wade
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

NO! There is...another.

Posted by: Yoda, thinking of Paolo at September 27, 2024 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

241 Jacopo Strada has
Bradley Cooper eyes.

Posted by: Kathy at September 27, 2024 10:44 AM (qpw89)

242 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

No doubt he is right next to the missing video of 1/6 or the real report of what went down at the Las Vegas shooting or the multiple assassination attempts.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 27, 2024 10:44 AM (WXNFJ)

243 190 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

Ace will be pleased when he awakens from his unnatural slumber.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 27, 2024 10:34 AM (JCZqz)
---
Maybe Nathan is hiding out in the Ewok Village...Wouldn't THAT be a surprise for Ace?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 10:45 AM (7fElN)

244 She had quite long film career, but being only 29 myself, I'm not really familiar with her earlier work.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
--------------------------------

She wasn't just a looker she was a bona fide actress

Posted by: Braenyard at September 27, 2024 10:45 AM (gdH0L)

245 So, we got Italian art and all the pizza talk from the MR thread mysteriously disappeared.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (v6JzV)

246
No doubt he is right next to the missing video of 1/6 or the real report of what went down at the Las Vegas shooting or the multiple assassination attempts.
Posted by: Tonypete
---------------------------

Yep, he's been filed away.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (gdH0L)

247 "The U.S. Marshals have initiated a manhunt for Nathan Wade, reportedly the partner of Fani Willis, who is now missing." Lover Boy is on the run!
Posted by: Naan

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

We found this spoon, sir!

Posted by: FBI at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (2UnvF)

248 “Listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, courthouse and whore house in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Nathan "Sweetdick" Wade. Go get him.”

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (uCfKO)

249 NY Post reported last evening that according to a source, Sweetdick was served yesterday after he called the US Marshals and arranged to meet.

A source, though...

Posted by: one hour sober at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (Y1sOo)

250 He's about to throw that statue at someone, and then we spend the next 120 minutes of the movie solving the murder.

Or the movie is like a Columbo ep, and we see him kill them with the statue in the opening scene, and spend 120 minutes watching him trying to outwit the king's royal detective called to solve the murder.

"Venus de Murder"

Posted by: LizLem at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (NNAU1)

251 Wait until you receive a call and realize it's your number calling you.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

From inside the house

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 27, 2024 10:46 AM (FxH7T)

252 Hate Has No Home Here (Except For Woke Hate Which Is Mandatory)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's okay, because they're hating the intolerant haters.

Posted by: Rabid Leftist at September 27, 2024 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

253 Now you can understand how Trump gets shot at twice, and how transexuals can shoot up Christian schools and how pregnancy crisis centers can be firebombed. When one is dealing with what is called evil, then there is no measure short of eradicating that evil that can be acceptable.

Strangely, I am quite alright with that.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:47 AM (Qnwun)

254 Did he have to buy it under a you break it, you buy it? Am I the 87th person to say this?

Posted by: Piper at September 27, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

255 She wasn't just a looker she was a bona fide actress
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, we mostly just care about the "hot" part.

Posted by: Most Morons at September 27, 2024 10:48 AM (JCZqz)

256 He's about to throw that statue at someone, and then we spend the next 120 minutes of the movie solving the murder.

Where we find out that that is the director's fake to make us think it was him.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 10:48 AM (Qnwun)

257 Did he have to buy it under a you break it, you buy it? Am I the 87th person to say this?
Posted by: Piper

Nope, I think you're the first.

How is your AO faring, stormwise?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:49 AM (v6JzV)

258 He's about to throw that statue at someone, and then we spend the next 120 minutes of the movie solving the murder.

Or the movie is like a Columbo ep, and we see him kill them with the statue in the opening scene, and spend 120 minutes watching him trying to outwit the king's royal detective called to solve the murder.

"Venus de Murder"
------
Last week's Columbo here had Johnny Cash as the guest-murderer. It was really good, including Cash playing three or four times.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:50 AM (CEzQx)

259 I'm so sad about Dame Maggie Smith! She was one of the best yet most unpretentious actresses. It was a job, and she did it to perfection.

To honor her this weekend, I could watch Gosford Park, Hook, Death on the Nile, Murder by Death, Sister Act... or just rewatch all of Downton Abbey. Not feeling a Harry Potter marathon at the moment.

Posted by: LizLem at September 27, 2024 10:50 AM (NNAU1)

260 Last week's Columbo here had Johnny Cash as the guest-murderer. It was really good, including Cash playing three or four times.
Posted by: andycanuck

One thing I just learned about Cash is that he was born in Arkansas. Arkansas just put him in Statuary Hall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 10:51 AM (v6JzV)

261 254 Did he have to buy it under a you break it, you buy it? Am I the 87th person to say this?
Posted by: Piper at September 27, 2024 10:47 AM (pZEOD)

I am shocked to hear that you posted without reading the entire list of responses first!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 27, 2024 10:52 AM (hOUT3)

262 Patrick McGoohan was on Columbo four times, but never threw anyone out a window.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at September 27, 2024 10:52 AM (cf/0E)

263 Talk about non sequiturs! Following the detailing of gloom, despair, and agony on me, the Morning Report ends with "Have a good weekend."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 27, 2024 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

264 >>> I am shocked to hear that you posted without reading the entire list of responses first!

The classic blunder...

Posted by: Seasoned AOS Readers at September 27, 2024 10:53 AM (NNAU1)

265 "Had to order a second magnetic sweeper so Her Majesty and I can pick up all the nails and screws that have fallen in the yard from the roof.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

The crew is supposed to do that. I wouldn't make the final payment until that's done.
Posted by: fd at September 27, 2024 10:04 AM (vFG9F)

When we had our roof replaced two years, the crew did multiple passes with a magnetic sweeper. Actually, that procedure should be outlined in the contract.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 27, 2024 10:54 AM (iODuv)

266 264 >>> I am shocked to hear that you posted without reading the entire list of responses first!

The classic blunder...
Posted by: Seasoned AOS Readers at September 27, 2024 10:53 AM (NNAU1)

========

This is an attack directed at me because of my illiteracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at September 27, 2024 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

267 Anyone can lick Jacob Strada!
https://tinyurl.com/33zrwpwj

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 10:55 AM (CEzQx)

268 When we had our roof replaced two years, the crew did multiple passes with a magnetic sweeper. Actually, that procedure should be outlined in the contract.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 27, 2024 10:54 AM (iODuv)
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Same here, though they did manage to miss a whole roll of roofing nails that fell into some shrubbery...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 10:56 AM (7fElN)

269 Jacopo Strada has
Bradley Cooper eyes.
Posted by: Kathy at September 27, 2024

***
You know, you're right!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 10:56 AM (J2vNu)

270 "Math is hard!!!
Posted by: Renaissance Florentine Barbie

Maths. Math is the American way.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 27, 2024 10:58 AM (KAi1n)

271 Whoo baby, Bibi let the UN know his opinion of it this morning. En fuego.

NYP reports:

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the United Nations General Assembly as a “swamp of antisemitic bile” during a fiery address Friday morning — as dozens of diplomats walked out in protest ahead of the speech."

By walking out ahead of his speech, they proved his point.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 27, 2024 10:58 AM (291Vr)

272 Maggie Smith as McGonagall has one of my favorite lines "sheer dumb luck"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 27, 2024 10:59 AM (BVwxa)

273 257 How is your AO faring, stormwise?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September

It’s pretty outside, nice and cool. I feel bad for everyone around us.

Posted by: Piper at September 27, 2024 11:00 AM (p4NUW)

274 I was gone for three days. Did anyone mention the East & Gulf Coast longshoremen's impending strike?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 27, 2024 09:54 AM (Qnwun)

Curious. Happening in Canada, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 27, 2024 11:01 AM (Ufl/X)

275 Anyone have a suggestion for a similar sneaker (general purpose for wide feet)?
Posted by: 18-1

I'm 8/7.5 EE. Sucks. Apparently NB doesn't run wide anymore. I bought a shoe called Hoka bondi which runs wide. It felt weird at first - has a thick sole, almost bouncy, but once I got used to, they feel great.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 27, 2024 11:01 AM (KAi1n)

276 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2024 11:01 AM (v6JzV)

277 271 Whoo baby, Bibi let the UN know his opinion of it this morning. En fuego.

NYP reports:

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the United Nations General Assembly as a “swamp of antisemitic bile” during a fiery address Friday morning — as dozens of diplomats walked out in protest ahead of the speech."

By walking out ahead of his speech, they proved his point.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 27

I am so disgusted by our entire world right now.

Posted by: Piper at September 27, 2024 11:02 AM (p4NUW)

278 There was someone else on four times but he was the murderer only three times.
----
Researching just a bit...
Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp are in three in the original series with McGoohan just two. So McGoohan's other two must have been in the second, much-later series.

Don't know about Culp's and Cassidy's murderer-count in the original or if they had any second series' appearances.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 27, 2024 11:02 AM (CEzQx)

279 Hoka makes great shoes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 27, 2024 11:03 AM (FfOMr)

280 Same here, though they did manage to miss a whole roll of roofing nails that fell into some shrubbery...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 27, 2024 10:56 AM (7fElN)

The roofing contractor had the entire house "tented" with tarps covering all the shrubs and bushes. The tarps extended about 15 feet out from the house, attached to the edges of the roof. All the debris slid down the tarps.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 27, 2024 11:06 AM (iODuv)

281 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2024 11:06 AM (J2vNu)

282 267 Anyone can lick Jacob Strada!
https://tinyurl.com/33zrwpwj
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx)
----------------------------------

Bring me that Mannix girl and I'll lick her, I ain't lickin' no guy.
_somedude

Posted by: Braenyard at September 27, 2024 11:09 AM (gdH0L)

283 Is that a Members Only jacket?

Posted by: look whats not at September 27, 2024 12:52 PM (nakGR)

284 Ees 'vou-dou' ... leetle doll lady-thing have 'special powahs' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at September 27, 2024 03:11 PM (ayRl+)

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