Mid-Morning Art Thread

Thanksgiving
John Currin

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1
ESPONJA!!11!11

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 28, 2024 09:31 AM (tljrc)

2 Very pointy elbow there.

Posted by: 496 at November 28, 2024 09:32 AM (5utji)

3 That bird is way undercooked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 09:32 AM (Q4IgG)

4 What the hell is going on here?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

5 T-Day
May it be a happy one for all of you!

Posted by: Hrothgar at November 28, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

6 Hmmmm, buncha blonds. Hitler supporters, no doubt.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (xCA6C)

7 Still frozen.

Posted by: fd at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (vFG9F)

8 I assume the ladies are sisters. Realistic looking turkey. Love the pretty flowers.

Posted by: Tuna at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (oaGWv)

9 Gooseneck women?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (omVj0)

10 I knew he was going to pick this Currin painting for Thanksgiving Day. Why do you hate us, CBD?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (BHrzb)

11 "What the hell is going on here?
Posted by: Bulg"

Screaming at Lake Michigan?

Posted by: fd at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (vFG9F)

12 ‘What does this taste like?’

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (jgmnb)

13 If that turkey has already been cooked, I think all of them can look forward to a nice bout of salmonella.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (xCA6C)

14 There's blood on the platter.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

15 Fattening her up for the Christmas feast!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (kpS4V)

16 Toil and trouble

Posted by: spindrift at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (OguvZ)

17 the necks WTF

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

18 We can't all look like the Swedish bikini team. Get over it.

Posted by: The blonds at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (xCA6C)

19 If that turkey has already been cooked, I think all of them can look forward to a nice bout of salmonella.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024

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Like the sister's boyfriend at T-giving dinner in The Accidental Tourist. Nobody else wanted to eat what she'd cooked, but he went ahead bravely and had two helpings. (And was fine, I think.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (omVj0)

20 Best all week
Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (fwDg9)

21 Why do you hate us, CBD?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 28, 2024 09:33 AM (BHrzb)

I am simply your guide through the world of art.

You all are kicking and screaming and throwing tantrums, which is why I need the rod occasionally!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (d9fT1)

22 That turkey looks to be 30 lbs.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

23 Boy, those are some scrawny women.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (v6JzV)

24 Looks like a 20 lb turkey. That is one big bird.

Posted by: dantesed at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Very early on Thanksgiving.

Posted by: huerfano at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (DKIGo)

26 Love the pretty flowers.

Agree. The flowers and the glass vase they're in are the best part of any still life.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (xCA6C)

27 Those sisters seem to have some giraffe genes going on.

Posted by: Wanna Neck? at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (nS6qG)

28 The TATE

Artist John Currin born 1962
Medium Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions support: 1729 × 1323 mm
Collection Tate

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

29 Martini Farmer that's what I am thinking, like them more browned

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 09:36 AM (fwDg9)

30 Thank you CBD, for bringing us the Art Thread each weekday. I enjoy your picks. Usually. Often. Sometimes.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

31 Turkey hasn't been skipping leg day.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

32 No way that turkey’s cooked by suppertime. Everybody’ll be drunk by then anyway.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (jgmnb)

33 The blonde with the long neck is the prettiest . . . but my gosh, she'd better not ever wear brown and yellow or the local zoo will come and put her in the giraffe enclosure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (omVj0)

34 Did they boil the turkey? What is going on here?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)

35 Karen, her sister Karen, and her other sister Karen.

Posted by: davidt at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (i0F8b)

36 Looks like a bunch of grumpy protesters trying to make Thanksgiving dinner. Wouldn't hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (FxDm7)

37 There's more breast on the bird than anywhere else.

Posted by: Guy who is always looking for breasts at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (vFG9F)

38 Between the homely women, the dead flowers, and the bleeding turkey, I'm beginning to think this is a deliberate counterpoint to the Rockwell painting, as in THIS is a more accurate depiction of TG for many people.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (xCA6C)

39 All seriousness aside, this is a finely detailed painting with good textures and interesting "movement" caught in freeze-frame.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:39 AM (omVj0)

40 Someone's belt is missing an onion.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (PiwSw)

41 All seriousness aside, this is a finely detailed painting with good textures and interesting "movement" caught in freeze-frame.

Agree. The artist clearly has talent.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (xCA6C)

42 Thanksgiving at Ichabod Crane's house.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (u1uWe)

43 Hey, at least it’s not by that socialist stooge Rockwell.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (v6JzV)

44 Someone's belt is missing an onion.

Perhaps it is no longer the fashion at the time depicted.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (xCA6C)

45 I enjoy your picks. Usually. Often. Sometimes.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (SfhV1)

Thank you! I hope that the unappealing ones are at least interesting. And thank you for introducing me to Carl Larsson!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (d9fT1)

46 Explore the very best of British art
Tate Britain is free to visit. Our new collection displays explore 500 years of British art and its many stories and voices. Discover much-loved favourites alongside new contemporary artworks, from the Pre-Raphaelites to David Hockney, Bridget Riley and Lubaina Himid. Tate Britain is also home to the world’s largest collection of works by JMW Turner.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 28, 2024 09:41 AM (gbOdA)

47 I've heard of the Butt sisters...these must be the Neck sisters.

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 09:41 AM (Yj6Os)

48 And thank you for introducing me to Carl Larsson!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (d9fT1)

Oh, you are most welcome!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 28, 2024 09:41 AM (SfhV1)

49 They all need an extra helping of stuffing!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 09:42 AM (u1uWe)

50 And thank you for introducing me to Carl Larsson!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:40 AM (d9fT1)

Oh, you are most welcome!

Get a room!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:42 AM (xCA6C)

51 13 If that turkey has already been cooked, I think all of them can look forward to a nice bout of salmonella.
Posted by: Archimedes

Sal Monella was an underrated utility player for the Padres, Reds, and Royals. Kinda like Phil Linz, or Art Shamsky.

Posted by: Fountain of Misinformation at November 28, 2024 09:42 AM (nS6qG)

52 If anyone is curious, the artist has some far more disturbing works. This piece is positively tame in comparison.

He is a typical modern artist...more interested in shock than anything else, but he also has talent, so that helps.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:43 AM (d9fT1)

53 This family is all neck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2024 09:43 AM (bss/y)

54 I've heard of the Butt sisters...these must be the Neck sisters.
Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024

***
Nancy Neck, Naomi Neck, and Nicole Neck!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:44 AM (omVj0)

55 Babbette's busy in the kitchen making the turtle soup. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 09:44 AM (u1uWe)

56 Is this the morning? That would make sense in terms of the brightness of the light. The sun is up and they're doing turkey prep, working on the flowers and someone decides to play with paint.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

57 The theme this week: Thanksgiving!

Posted by: redridinghood at November 28, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

58 That lady looks like she's about to perform a medical procedure on the turkey.

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Grandma Earp was an Obstetrician - a limerick

A Thanksgiving scene at the Earp's
Little Suzy gets a dose of cough syrup
Now for Granny to deliver
The heart, gizzard and liver
She needs to get that turkey in the stirrups

Posted by: muldoon at November 28, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)

59 They all need an extra helping of stuffing!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024

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And maybe one vertebra removed from each of their necks. Or at least they should wear high collars or scarves.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:45 AM (omVj0)

60 Mutant Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 09:45 AM (Aqu9a)

61 Audrey Hepburn had a nice neck.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 28, 2024 09:45 AM (SfhV1)

62 I don't think CBD has regaled us with any Balthus paintings yet, for which we should be very thankful.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at November 28, 2024 09:45 AM (nS6qG)

63 You don’t want to neck with those gals. They’d wrap their necks around yours and suffocate you.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

64 This looks like Norman Rockwell from an evil parallel universe.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 28, 2024 09:46 AM (8Qghd)

65 Even the flowers on the table, and the blackberries (?), are well rendered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:46 AM (omVj0)

66 He is a typical modern artist...more interested in shock than anything else, but he also has talent, so that helps.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:43 AM (d9fT1)
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There is that.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

67 Turkey hasn't been skipping leg day.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 28, 2024 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

You beat me to it. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (Aqu9a)

68 Here 'sis... taste this. It's rancid turkey piss.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (Q4IgG)

69 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Most peculiar. Looks like they each need a second helping.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (W/lyH)

70 You don’t want to neck with those gals. They’d wrap their necks around yours and suffocate you.
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)
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They can scratch their own backs with their teeth.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

71 Makes me think of that tribe in Thailand?...where they place rings around the women's necks to stretch 'em.

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (Yj6Os)

72 Paint a dick on it and make it gay!

Posted by: Lari Pittman at November 28, 2024 09:47 AM (u1uWe)

73 Currin is one of those artists who has wonderful technical skills. Look at the detail and color choices in the painting. It is very realistic. However, he chooses a mocking, smarmy approach to the subject which detracts from the work. The girls are silly (and what the hell is the taller girl doing) and exaggerated and the older woman looks mind dead. It's what I think of as New York/Parisian modern art with a steady backdrop of disdain which is unattractive.

I hope everyone has a pleasant Thanksgiving: family, food and a few prayers.

Posted by: JTB at November 28, 2024 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

74 Caption:

"Here dear, taste this and see if the flower's water has gone slimy or not."

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 09:48 AM (eDfFs)

75 There's more breast on the bird than anywhere else.
Posted by: Guy who is always looking for breasts at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (vFG9F)

The Milena Velba / Nadine Jansen of turkeys.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (Aqu9a)

76 71 That’s somewhere in Africa, I think. The Watusis?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (v6JzV)

77 Makes me think of that tribe in Thailand?...where they place rings around the women's necks to stretch 'em.
Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024

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I thought that was in Africa someplace. Of course I haven't looked at a National Geographic in decades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (omVj0)

78 This is the moment when The Thing emerges, stretching the neck of the middle one before the insect legs sprout out of her ears.

The one on her left is also infected, but doesn't know it. Granny is in denial.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

79 Why are the candles on the light fixture so close to the wood ceiling?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (W/lyH)

80 Interesting discussion of the work, here:

https://tinyurl.com/3c7nrrjb

Pretty funny, as the critics seem to say different things. One thinks the onion is a lemon. Artist talks about it as well.

Why have art critics "explain" a painting when the artist is still alive and active?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 09:50 AM (0eaVi)

81
Allegedly, this giraffe-necked girl, raw turkey travesty is no more dark and disturbing than a Norman Rockwell painting. Allegedly..

Why do you hate this nation?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 28, 2024 09:50 AM (qsezt)

82
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!

May your turkey not wind up in the sink nor be assaulted by a random pink space penis!*

*I think this will now become my standard Thanksgiving greeting!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 09:51 AM (eDfFs)

83 Why are the candles on the light fixture so close to the wood ceiling?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024

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This guy is a modern artist and might be depicting modern electric candles placed in the chandelier for holiday decoration.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:51 AM (omVj0)

84 Marfan syndrome.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:51 AM (ohkPt)

85
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (dxSpM)

86 Is that blood on the platter?
Ick.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (W/lyH)

87 Marfan syndrome.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:51 AM (ohkPt)
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No. Not the turkey.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (ohkPt)

88 Marfan syndrome.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:51 AM (ohkPt)
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No. Not the turkey.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (ohkPt)

He's right. That turkey has no neck.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (0eaVi)

89
The Pilgrims Meet Modigliani

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (dxSpM)

90 Heh, from wikipedia about the artist:

In 1994 Currin met artist Rachel Feinstein at a gallery in which she was living in a self-made gingerbread house as a performance piece. However, Feinstein specializes in sculptural work. They were engaged two weeks later at Currin's show in Paris, and married three years later on Valentine's Day. . .

Aaaaand it all makes sense now: https://tinyurl.com/36enfcab

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (u1uWe)

91 Not sure the turkeys done.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (Y6IkP)

92 86 Is that blood on the platter?
Ick.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (W/lyH)

Well, it's a raw turkey, so maybe they just killed (by wringing it's neck) and plucked it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (bss/y)

93 Is that blood on the platter?
Ick.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024

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Might be the Neck Sisters' idea of sauce.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (omVj0)

94 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (dxSpM)
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What do you think the Turkey's stuffed with?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (ohkPt)

95 This looks like Norman Rockwell from an evil parallel universe.

See my #38.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (xCA6C)

96 A very happy Thanksgiving to all you Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (W/lyH)

97 He's right. That turkey has no neck.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (0eaVi)
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The turkey has no neck, but the women have turkey necks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)

98 That turkey looks steroidal

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (FCPbW)

99 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 09:52 AM (dxSpM)

Well, to be fair, the dog probably ran away from these people.

Posted by: dantesed at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

100 I like this. It’s a nice painting, very bright, and appropriate for the day.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (Nb7PT)

101 Not sure the turkeys done.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2024 09:53 AM (Y6IkP)
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Microwaved to perfection.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (ohkPt)

102 Aaaaand it all makes sense now: https://tinyurl.com/36enfcab
Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024

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Rachel looks like she could be the model of the woman on the left in our painting today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (omVj0)

103 What the hell is going on here?
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

First test of the Christmas baechu kimchi. It is extra hot this year.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (D7oie)

104 >>Rachel looks like she could be the model of the woman on the left in our painting today.

YUP

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 09:55 AM (u1uWe)

105 Alternate Japanese title:

"The Birth of the Rokurikubi"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 09:56 AM (eDfFs)

106 Dog Show Day! Classic.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 09:56 AM (5LAwZ)

107 > "pink space penis!"
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Jeff Bezos has entered the chat

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)

108 Rachel looks like she could be the model of the woman on the left in our painting today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (omVj0)
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That explains a lot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

109 If that turkey has already been cooked, I think all of them can look forward to a nice bout of salmonella.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:34 AM (xCA6C)

Its morning, they ladies are still in their shifts and haven't done their hair. Chances are the men are doing chores and getting the house ready for the meal, and the ladies are starting the turkey and prepping the stuffing.
The satisfying part of Thanksgiving is getting the final cooking and prep together to come out on the right order. I miss that part.

That is one fat turkey. He is going to cook up just fine.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2024 09:58 AM (D7oie)

110 Turkey tartare!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 09:58 AM (Aqu9a)

111 "Show me your war face!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

112 That birb on its own cost more than $58 in today's money!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 28, 2024 09:58 AM (hovnC)

113 *ahem*

That's..,

"The Birth of the Rokurokubi"

Carry on.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 09:59 AM (eDfFs)

114 Makes me think of that tribe in Thailand?...where they place rings around the women's necks to stretch 'em.

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024

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I thought that was in Africa someplace. Of course I haven't looked at a National Geographic in decades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:49 AM (omVj0)

Africa and Asia....per wiki.

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 09:59 AM (Yj6Os)

115 A spoonful of giblets helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 28, 2024 10:00 AM (hovnC)

116 WTF?

Posted by: DaveA at November 28, 2024 10:00 AM (FhXTo)

117 A spoonful of giblets helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 28, 2024 10:00 AM (hovnC)
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"Does this iodine taste funny to you?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)

118 I would offer up a prayer of Thanksgiving if some cob would add Vic's name to Absent Friends.

Posted by: creeper at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (M6moH)

119
The Rapture finally caught up with Hal Lindsey at 95. RIP.

Posted by: Auspex at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (j4U/Z)

120 He didn't find the prettiest family but the details are very good

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (fwDg9)

121 They seem to need to eat more...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (ynpvh)

122 And Rachel Feinstein in the pic linked? Defines Resting Bitch Face.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (omVj0)

123 I am simply your guide through the world of art.

You all are kicking and screaming and throwing tantrums, which is why I need the rod occasionally!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 09:35 AM (d9fT1)

It really looks like Maxfield Parrish either with higher resolution, or focused on the English school instead of the Italian renaissance.
I like it

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2024 10:02 AM (D7oie)

124 Girl with spoon has mom's nose.

Posted by: DAN at November 28, 2024 10:02 AM (wDLi3)

125 Aaaaand it all makes sense now: https://tinyurl.com/36enfcab
Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024

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Rachel looks like she could be the model of the woman on the left in our painting today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 09:54 AM (omVj0)

It seems Currin took some artistic liberties in the painting with the pointiness of "Rachel's" shirtfront.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 10:02 AM (Aqu9a)

126 >>He didn't find the prettiest family but the details are very good

They look like his wife

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:02 AM (u1uWe)

127 122 And Rachel Feinstein in the pic linked? Defines Resting Bitch Face.

It's amazing how a completely new expression like that can become universal in a very short time.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (xCA6C)

128 118 I would offer up a prayer of Thanksgiving if some cob would add Vic's name to Absent Friends.
Posted by: creeper at November 28, 2024 10:01 AM (M6moH)

Indeed. Maybe they can't remember how to do it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (ynpvh)

129 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

130 Alternate title: "Feminist Celebrations"?

Posted by: TC at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (cHOHf)

131 You all are kicking and screaming and throwing tantrums, which is why I need the rod occasionally!
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You must cane a Moron occasionally were you to make him more able.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (hovnC)

132 The central girl (I hereby dub her "Nicole" Neck) has pretty noticeable ears. Of course she can conceal those by her hairstyle. Not much can save the phizzes on the other two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (omVj0)

133 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

You could make your own at Tensor Art.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (0eaVi)

134 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)
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A busty nekkid Turkey ain't good enough for ya?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (BpYfr)

135
Happy Thanksgiving, Horde. May you family be pleasant with no BS or arguments.

Junior-ette is home from college for the weekend and is being her natural easy going pleasant self. Smash is cooking while watching the parade on NBC. I'm in the garage doing preventative maintenance on the motorcycles.

"Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!"
- William "Bill" S. Preston, Esq.
- Theodore "Ted" Logan

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (MsrgL)

136 OH, FFS!?!

Really?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (sJHOI)

137 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…

Do we know for sure that the turkey isn't female? It looks pretty busty. Apparently the female is more commonly eaten at TG.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (xCA6C)

138 With those necks, those ladies probably lack human speech, gobbling like turkeys to communicate. H.P. Lovecraft does Thanksgiving.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (xzkgE)

139 It seems Currin took some artistic liberties in the painting with the pointiness of "Rachel's" shirtfront.
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Pointillism.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 28, 2024 10:05 AM (hovnC)

140 129 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

The turkey seems quite naked

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ynpvh)

141 >>I am simply your guide through the world of art.

How about some John Fielder as a palate cleanser?
Photography can be posted, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (u1uWe)

142 It's amazing how a completely new expression like that can become universal in a very short time.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (xCA6C)
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It's part of the shift of sensibilities. The assumption that people should be naturally smiling at rest is very new. For most of history it people smiled only to friends or for specific reasons, and a "stern countenance" was admired, not condemned.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

143 129 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

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To be fair, there does look to be some good sized breasts on the table there...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (F4bAW)

144 140 129 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

The turkey seems quite naked
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ynpvh)

And did you see the breasts on that turkey?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (ynpvh)

145 Happy Thanksgiving, most excellent Horde.

I'm working the 8 am to 11 pm shift at the group home today, so no family or friends for me. One of the fellas who lives here has a sister who brings us a huge Thanksgiving spread from Cracker Barrel each year, so imma be cooking and serving all that all day.

Have a blessed day, everyone.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (/RHNq)

146 We coulda had a Thanksgiving scene with busty nekkid ladies. But noooooo…
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

Just call me.

Posted by: Peter Paul Reubens at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (Aqu9a)

147 Is the one in black trying to shank the other who's using a pot lid for a shield?

Posted by: TC at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (cHOHf)

148 It's part of the shift of sensibilities. The assumption that people should be naturally smiling at rest is very new. For most of history it people smiled only to friends or for specific reasons, and a "stern countenance" was admired, not condemned.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.

Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (OguvZ)

149 141 John Fiedler? The guy who was the voice of Piglet?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

150
I saw Living in a Self Made Gingerbread House Open For Yoko Ono at Prince Charles' Birthday Party in '67.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 10:08 AM (eDfFs)

151 Yeah, that turkey looks quite undercooked. Note the bloody juices on the plate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (ynpvh)

152 Well, good. It's nice to see an intact turkey for The Day ... Happy Thanksgiving to all of the Hordelers gathered around the table.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (ayRl+)

153 That sister looks like a nestling squawking. Would not hang.

I put the turkey in the oven over an hour ago. Unfortunately, the founder of the feast didn't realize that a bigger turkey this year meant it should have been thawed earlier. I picked bloody ice chunks out of it, stuffed it, and hope it's thoroughly cooked before everyone else arrives.

My father is going to do PT duty. He first got the gig when Mom was making potatoes for 25+. Those were the days!

I hope everyone has a good time and all the food is tasty (and safe!)

Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (6XjE4)

154 Say, would those be rich Corinthian?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (hY4dx)

155 I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (OguvZ)
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I have what my kids call a "resting grumpy face." At the same time, in inherited my grandfather's "Confident American Businessman Smile," and I found that the default setting of the former enhances the effect of the latter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

156 138 With those necks, those ladies probably lack human speech, gobbling like turkeys to communicate. H.P. Lovecraft does Thanksgiving.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 28, 2024 10:04 AM (xzkgE)

Accomplished throat singers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (bss/y)

157 You can always smile with your mouth closed.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (v6JzV)

158 Try again:

Say, would those columns be rich Corinthian?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (hY4dx)

159 Ackshewallee, smiling in the chimp/monkey world is a sign of aggression.

That's why it's recommended to never smile at wild monkeys or Chimps.

You may get your face ripped off.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (eDfFs)

160 I put the turkey in the oven over an hour ago. Unfortunately, the founder of the feast didn't realize that a bigger turkey this year meant it should have been thawed earlier. I picked bloody ice chunks out of it, stuffed it, and hope it's thoroughly cooked before everyone else arrives.

I used to have to do that because my wife refused to believe a couple of days of thawing weren't enough. Now, we buy the turkey a week ahead of time, and leave it in the very cold downstairs frig. It's completely thawed, but still very cold.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (xCA6C)

161 I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (OguvZ)

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I never show my teeth, even when I smile. It's just not a good look for me.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 28, 2024 10:11 AM (F4bAW)

162 You can always smile with your mouth closed.

I find it very difficult to toothily smile for photos, preferring the closed-mouth smile instead. This drives photographers to distraction.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:12 AM (xCA6C)

163 How about some John Fielder as a palate cleanser?
Photography can be posted, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:06 AM (u1uWe)

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Only if it's a meme.

Rules are rules.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 10:12 AM (hY4dx)

164 I'd not heard of John Currin, so I looked him up. He's contemporary, born in 1962. He draws on popular art for his themes, but his technique draws on the Flemish masters of the 15th century (though he paints in oil rather than egg tempra). His exaggerated figures remind me of the work of Peter Blume, whose painting "The Rock" hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago. FWIW, Currin says that all of his female figures are aspects of his own character; take that for what it's worth.

Posted by: Nemo at November 28, 2024 10:12 AM (S6ArX)

165 155 I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (OguvZ)
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I have what my kids call a "resting grumpy face." At the same time, in inherited my grandfather's "Confident American Businessman Smile," and I found that the default setting of the former enhances the effect of the latter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November
I try to achieve an Outlaw Josey Wales face. Cheerful, outgoing, friendly, you know. What?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 10:12 AM (jgmnb)

166 I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 28, 2024 10:07 AM (OguvZ)

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I never show my teeth, even when I smile. It's just not a good look for me.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 28, 2024 10:11 AM (F4bAW)

Rubbish! Just smile away and show the wogs who's boss.

Posted by: Zombie Terry-Thomas at November 28, 2024 10:13 AM (Aqu9a)

167 I try to achieve an Outlaw Josey Wales face. Cheerful, outgoing, friendly, you know.

Do your words of life convey iron?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:13 AM (xCA6C)

168 I never show my teeth, even when I smile. It's just not a good look for me.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 28, 2024 10:11 AM (F4bAW)

Me either.

Posted by: Gabby Hayes at November 28, 2024 10:13 AM (0eaVi)

169 160 I put the turkey in the oven over an hour ago. Unfortunately, the founder of the feast didn't realize that a bigger turkey this year meant it should have been thawed earlier. I picked bloody ice chunks out of it, stuffed it, and hope it's thoroughly cooked before everyone else arrives.

I used to have to do that because my wife refused to believe a couple of days of thawing weren't enough. Now, we buy the turkey a week ahead of time, and leave it in the very cold downstairs frig. It's completely thawed, but still very cold.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (xCA6C)

Yeah, but I was told it was a bad idea to cook a turkey with stuffing in it. Something about the insulating effects of stuffing, it being a bacteria sponge in that environment, and not getting sufficiently cooked...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:14 AM (ynpvh)

170 This is actually a painting of the night before the wedding of the woman standing. She is practicing her, uh, singing skills. My word as a Clinton.

Posted by: BJ Clintoon at November 28, 2024 10:14 AM (iODuv)

171 I used to have to do that because my wife refused to believe a couple of days of thawing weren't enough. Now, we buy the turkey a week ahead of time, and leave it in the very cold downstairs frig. It's completely thawed, but still very cold.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:10 AM (xCA6C)
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This year we are experimenting with a catered meal - all pre-cooked and ready to roll after 25 minutes in the oven. It's from a local restaurant and we'll see how it goes.

This was partly by choice and partly by necessity. We've had multiple changes in the guests, which made prep really difficult to do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)

172 Neil deGrasse Tyson on kissing yourself in the mirror.

https://is.gd/IlasNS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)

173 >>Only if it's a meme.

Rules are rules.

Huh

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:15 AM (u1uWe)

174 The cost of crime from 662,000 criminal illegal migrants sought for deportation has been pegged at three times the much-hyped price of President-elect Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” plan.

In an analysis from the Crime Prevention Research Center, the costs of crime from the top targets of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations was set at $166.5 billion. That number is based on the cost to victims, a price list developed by the National Institute of Justice.

Double that!
PS Deportation estimated at less than $30B.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 28, 2024 10:16 AM (gbOdA)

175 The one in the middle has clearly noticed that Lorenzo de Medici is coming up the front walk to attend the dinner, and she is readying herself to properly accommodate The Magnificent.

Posted by: Vinny's Pie Finishing and Garnish While U Wait at November 28, 2024 10:16 AM (BQ/xt)

176 Neil deGrasse Tyson on kissing yourself in the mirror.

https://is.gd/IlasNS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)

I'd kiss me.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at November 28, 2024 10:17 AM (Aqu9a)

177 172 Neil deGrasse Tyson on kissing yourself in the mirror.

https://is.gd/IlasNS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)

Autohomoerotic. Like that character in Austin Powers II.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:17 AM (ynpvh)

178 Retired admiral asks THE question.

Admiral Mike Franken@FrankenforIowa
Hey, Trumpers.
Buyer's remorse, yet?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

179 Yeah, but I was told it was a bad idea to cook a turkey with stuffing in it. Something about the insulating effects of stuffing, it being a bacteria sponge in that environment, and not getting sufficiently cooked...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:14 AM (ynpvh)
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Stuffing the bird does add to cook time but the flavor makes up for it. If worried, test the stuffing with a thermometer to make sure it is cooked through.

My mom's side always stuffed the bird, my father's never did. Last year we did both - cooked some inside, some outside.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)

180 Would not hang. Too much white privilege.

Nice turkey, would cook.

I give thanks to The Lord that no ottoman was involved in today's art thread.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 28, 2024 10:19 AM (tA1/w)

181 Almost everything I despise about contemporary art. At least the painter employs great technical skill. But he employs it to show his contempt for the tradional holiday, and mock the people who cherish that tradition. Yeah. We get it. Thanksgiving is for ugly unhip rubes who totally lack your very high level of sophistication. No doubt you made a point of getting drunk and eating fast food alone, just to show 'em.

JWM

Posted by: jwm at November 28, 2024 10:19 AM (IMKow)

182 I have what my kids call a "resting grumpy face." At the same time, in inherited my grandfather's "Confident American Businessman Smile," and I found that the default setting of the former enhances the effect of the latter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

I am eating dinner with an old friend, he made his living selling hearing aids over the Western states, and managing his own salesmen. He said the most important thing is to smile, and get others to smile. He spent a lot of time waiting in airports, and he tasked his sales people to see what percentage of people they could get to smile back at them while waiting in airports, the most stressful place you pay to get into. He said it was the best sales tool they had.

You don't really need to smile big, just draw your ears back and up a bit, smile just a little with closed lips, open your eyes a tad, and raise your brows just a touch, and people will smile back spontaneously. It is amazing.

Posture is important too, don't slouch like a question mark if you can avoid it.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2024 10:20 AM (D7oie)

183 Admiral Mike Franken@FrankenforIowa
Hey, Trumpers.
Buyer's remorse, yet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)
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Our ships are covered in rust and he dares to act like this is okay?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

184 178 Retired admiral asks THE question.

Admiral Mike Franken@FrankenforIowa
Hey, Trumpers.
Buyer's remorse, yet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

Sounds like he's the kind of Admiral that'll get the boot when Trump gets in, if he weren't retired. Frightened, Adm. Frankenweeny?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:21 AM (ynpvh)

185 Man, were those women in some sort of camp?

Anyways, a very happy Thanksgiving everyone.

We're celebrating Christmas here in my part of Canada. Our friend's from across the street are coming over because the kids like to decorate the tree. So it evolved into a low key Christmas in October or November affair. Just 3 quick pleasant hours.

And from GatewayPundit.

Trump posted the statement to Truth Social on Thanksgiving Eve.

Trump wrote:

Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad that the great people of our Nation just gave a landslide victory to those who want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Trump added, “Don’t worry, our Country will soon be respected, productive, fair, and strong, and you will be, more than ever before, proud to be an American!”

Posted by: Stateless at November 28, 2024 10:22 AM (jvJvP)

186
I'm Gonna Look Up Some Old Friends - a limerick

An old gynecologist named Purvis
Had cold hands, which made the girls nervous
On Veteran's Day
I once heard him say
"Thank you ladies. Thank you for your cervix!"

Posted by: muldoon at November 28, 2024 10:22 AM (991eG)

187 Salmonella; it's what's for dinner.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 28, 2024 10:22 AM (3Rpkk)

188 An old gynecologist named Purvis

**********

(...he was my grandpap...)

Posted by: muldoon at November 28, 2024 10:23 AM (991eG)

189 180 Would not hang. Too much white privilege.

Nice turkey, would cook.

I give thanks to The Lord that no ottoman was involved in today's art thread.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 28, 2024 10:19 AM (tA1/w)

Naked turkey on table >>> naked man on ottoman

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:23 AM (ynpvh)

190 Israel Asks Hezbollah To Please Wait By Pagers For Message Announcing Start Of Ceasefire

Posted by: SMOD at November 28, 2024 10:24 AM (UUeit)

191 (...he was my grandpap...)
Posted by: muldoon at November 28, 2024 10:23 AM (991eG)
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I for one appreciate your visceral humor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)

192 I try to achieve an Outlaw Josey Wales face. Cheerful, outgoing, friendly, you know. What?

Posted by: Eromero

*points*
You're the Outlaw Josey Wales!
- the Carpet Bagger Woodrow Parfey

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 28, 2024 10:24 AM (MsrgL)

193 Yeah, but I was told it was a bad idea to cook a turkey with stuffing in it. Something about the insulating effects of stuffing, it being a bacteria sponge in that environment, and not getting sufficiently cooked...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:14 AM (ynpvh)

The stuffing goes in right before popping it in the oven.

The problem is when people stuff it and then let it sit; e.g. overnight. Butterball used to have a warning about that.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 28, 2024 10:24 AM (6XjE4)

194 Oy, you people are way overthinking smiling.

Smile away! Toothily or not. However, you feel.

I can't be the only one who looks great however he smiles.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 10:25 AM (eDfFs)

195 >>I have what my kids call a "resting grumpy face." At the same time, in inherited my grandfather's "Confident American Businessman Smile," and I found that the default setting of the former enhances the effect of the latter.
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Sounds like a killer combination!

I had a brother-in-law with a resting scowl face. Friends at my wedding referred to him as "the smoker" because he looked like that dude from The X Files (except 6'4"). He had a grumpy attitude to back it up. However, once he had grandkids I witnessed his smile when he played with them, and it was glorious.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:25 AM (u1uWe)

196 had.

You don't really need to smile big, just draw your ears back and up a bit, smile just a little with closed lips, open your eyes a tad, and raise your brows just a touch, and people will smile back spontaneously. It is amazing.

Posture is important too, don't slouch like a question mark if you can avoid it.
Posted by: Kindltot at November
So like a quokka?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 10:27 AM (jgmnb)

197 194 Oy, you people are way overthinking smiling.

Smile away! Toothily or not. However, you feel.

I can't be the only one who looks great however he smiles.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2024 10:25 AM (eDfFs)

One of my kids couldn't figure out how to smile for photos for many years. I had to tickle him before a photo to get a realistic smile

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

198 Admiral Mike Franken@FrankenforIowa
Hey, Trumpers.
Buyer's remorse, yet?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

The Big D is just getting warmed up.

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 10:29 AM (Yj6Os)

199 So now it’s a smile thread.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:29 AM (v6JzV)

200 He had a grumpy attitude to back it up. However, once he had grandkids I witnessed his smile when he played with them, and it was glorious.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 28, 2024 10:25 AM (u1uWe)
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Both my grandfathers had a very distant, stern attitude towards their children. It was important to raise weaklings.

BUT, with the grandkids, the rules were completely different. Very affectionate, indulgent, lax discipline. My maternal grandfather repeatedly went to bat for me when I did something naughty at their house, totally perplexing my grandmother who watched this guy deploy an actual belt on his kids.

I was never that stern as a father, but I'm much more of a pushover to the grandkids.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

201 The necks look like something out of a Japanese body horror movie.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 28, 2024 10:30 AM (lXCUP)

202 199 So now it’s a smile thread.
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:29 AM (v6JzV)

There are worse things.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:31 AM (ynpvh)

203 I can smile-teeth in or teeth out-as long as I get paid.

Posted by: Zombie Walter Brennan at November 28, 2024 10:32 AM (nS6qG)

204 One of my kids couldn't figure out how to smile for photos for many years. I had to tickle him before a photo to get a realistic smile
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
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I was like that. In photos I tended to grimace rather than grin. By high school I figured it out and I did so by thinking of something funny. Now it's reflexive.

My wife has an amazing smile. Lights up her whole face. Incandescent. I'm very thankful to wake up to it each day.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

205 Willowed:
261 That does sound annoying. Can you take something or you don't know what you have?

From what I can tell this is just a basic cold. Been mainlining meds and water.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM (lXCUP)

206 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

We're having pot roast and cherry pie. I figure we can stretch Thanksgiving over 4 days.

Ran into a church friend at the supermarket who is having other friends over for burgers and other grilled fare. Just to be different.

Posted by: KT at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM (xekrU)

207 Can I get in on this discussion?

Posted by: A Crocodile at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM (hY4dx)

208 Retired admiral asks THE question.

Admiral Mike Franken@FrankenforIowa
Hey, Trumpers.
Buyer's remorse, yet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

On the basis of what? Because Cummala is showing isn't showing what a pathetic miserable sot she is? Because Old Joe isn't about to start WWIII?

What are we supposed to remorse about?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (HQso3)

209 Ran into a church friend at the supermarket who is having other friends over for burgers and other grilled fare. Just to be different.

Posted by: KT at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM

We do that here at Christmas.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (Rcnd3)

210 Jim (in Kalifornia), I trust you’re not in the hospital on this fine Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (v6JzV)

211 The Big D is just getting warmed up.
Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 10:29 AM (Yj6Os)
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It's funny to expect remorse during lame duck, especially with Biden trying to start WW III.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

212 I can smile-teeth in or teeth out-as long as I get paid.
Posted by: Zombie Walter Brennan at November 28, 2024

***
If Ol' Rivers hadn't-a showed up, you'd-a been there yet!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (omVj0)

213 I guess Admiral Fuckstain found Kamala's slipshod drunken address to her supporters very moving.

Posted by: spindrift at November 28, 2024 10:36 AM (OguvZ)

214 Anyone who asks about buyer's remorse after witnessing Kamala's drunken rant has no business in the military, much less as an admiral.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (xCA6C)

215 203 I can smile-teeth in or teeth out-as long as I get paid.
Posted by: Zombie Walter Brennan at November
He was good in every part he played.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (jgmnb)

216 I whined up some nice looking cranberry scones for brekkis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (RIvkX)

217 What are we supposed to remorse about?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:34 AM (HQso3)
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They're trying to spread a myth that Hispanic Trump voters are worried about deportation, which of course assumes that they are here illegally or have illegal relatives.

Thus: Hispanics are stupid and also inherently criminal. Also unharmed by cartels, gangs and apparently are just fine with that lifestyle.

Lots of bigotry to unwrap.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)

218 Just 3 quick pleasant hours.

Still $20 like in town.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (kWMii)

219 206 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

We're having pot roast and cherry pie. I figure we can stretch Thanksgiving over 4 days.

Ran into a church friend at the supermarket who is having other friends over for burgers and other grilled fare. Just to be different.
Posted by: KT at November 28, 2024 10:33 AM (xekrU)

Howdy, KT, and happy T-day to you too. When my younger son stayed with my brother for a bit, my brother asked what they wanted for T-day; they said Chinese! Mexican! And a couple of others. So he bought tamales, Chinese food, and a few other ethnic dishes asked and made that their meal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (ynpvh)

220
Hispanics are stupid and also born pregnant.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 10:38 AM (kWMii)

221 The smoker has been billowing since last early evening. Turkey, brisket, deer sausage, and ribs. It smells glorious. There will be lots of leftovers - I wish I could share them with the Horde!

Have a peaceful and loving Thanksgiving, everybody!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 28, 2024 10:38 AM (CWMF2)

222 Happy Thanksgiving to all Hordlings.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2024 10:39 AM (kTd/k)

223 He was good in every part he played.
Posted by: Eromero

Three Oscars ain't nuthin' to sneeze at!

Posted by: Pepino at November 28, 2024 10:40 AM (nS6qG)

224 Yes. Because no one ever mentioned deportation before election day...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2024 10:40 AM (bss/y)

225 hen my younger son stayed with my brother for a bit, my brother asked what they wanted for T-day; they said Chinese! Mexican! And a couple of others. So he bought tamales, Chinese food, and a few other ethnic dishes asked and made that their meal.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024

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The restaurant we're going to offers some of their regular menu items you can order instead of turkey or ham. I'm thinking fried shrimp is a meal to give thanks with, and for.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 10:41 AM (omVj0)

226 I guess Admiral Fuckstain found Kamala's slipshod drunken address to her supporters very moving.
Posted by: spindrift at November 28, 2024 10:36 AM (OguvZ)
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I love the version where they insert cigarette smoke and she's got a wine glass in her hand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)

227 The smoker has been billowing since last early evening. Turkey, brisket, deer sausage, and ribs. It smells glorious. There will be lots of leftovers - I wish I could share them with the Horde!

Have a peaceful and loving Thanksgiving, everybody!
Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 28, 2024 10:38 AM (CWMF2)

A labor of love. Tasty, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 10:42 AM (Aqu9a)

228 Smiling is easy, having anyone notice my smile since I grew a big mustache is much more difficult... for the viewer!
Unless you look at my eyes of course!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 28, 2024 10:42 AM (2FXCE)

229 Why have art critics "explain" a painting when the artist is still alive and active?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 09:50 AM (0eaVi)

A valid argument can be made, that the artists don't "own" the explanation after the thing is released.

Different people see and hear and feel the work differently, and their interpretations are no less valid than the artists'.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:43 AM (Qqpbi)

230 Yes. Because no one ever mentioned deportation before election day...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 28, 2024 10:40 AM (bss/y)
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To be fair, liberals think illegals are wonderful because they get cheaper lawn care and can pay the nanny under the table without payroll taxes.

Everyone else sees wages being crushed and the crime never gets into their affluent communities.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

231 Turkey for the fire department is in a honey brine. It will be spatchcocked oven cooked and supplied to them with stuffing.
The 2nd, much larger turkey, is going to be spatchcocked seasoned and smoked for a 4 pm dinner with a lot more stuffing (family and friends).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 28, 2024 10:45 AM (2FXCE)

232 Different people see and hear and feel the work differently, and their interpretations are no less valid than the artists'.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:43 AM (Qqpbi)
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Sometimes the artist conveys a different message than intended. The "Starship Troopers" movie is a classic example.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:45 AM (ZOv7s)

233 223 He was good in every part he played.
Posted by: Eromero

Three Oscars ain't nuthin' to sneeze at!
Posted by: Pepino at November 28
That final scene in To Have And Have Not where he’s carrying suitcases and following Lauren Bacall’s little wiggle out of the door. I bet he would have done that one for free.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 10:46 AM (jgmnb)

234 Just got here, so apologies if I’m repeating, but

Those girls could use some stuffing!
IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: RI Red at November 28, 2024 10:47 AM (v6tcO)

235 230

'liberals think illegals are wonderful'

Yeah and they lost. So they can weep and lament from the sidelines while the illegals go back where they're legal.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 28, 2024 10:47 AM (3wi/L)

236 Alternate title: The Wraiths Are Feeding.

Posted by: scampydog at November 28, 2024 10:47 AM (8Yvzj)

237 They're trying to spread a myth that Hispanic Trump voters are worried about deportation, which of course assumes that they are here illegally or have illegal relatives.

Thus: Hispanics are stupid and also inherently criminal. Also unharmed by cartels, gangs and apparently are just fine with that lifestyle.

Lots of bigotry to unwrap.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)

He starts the post with "Hey Trumpers."

That doesn't sound like he's talking to, or even necessarily about hispanics.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:48 AM (Qqpbi)

238 My turned on the Macy's parade. Looks like a really bad variety show. Weather's miserable too. As are a lot of people there based on their looks. Lot's of Karen's in the crowd.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 10:49 AM (Q4IgG)

239 Yeah and they lost. So they can weep and lament from the sidelines while the illegals go back where they're legal.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 28, 2024 10:47 AM (3wi/L)
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The most corrosive thing about their policies were that they never voted for them. They were implemented by executive fiat. That the same people kept chanting "rule of law" while ignoring huge sections of it merely added insult to injury and people rightly got sick of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:49 AM (ZOv7s)

240 That's disturbing.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Posted by: Simplemind at November 28, 2024 10:50 AM (aC1kN)

241
The "admiral" doesn't measure up to Joy Ried's hate your family and cut them off message.

I'm going to a Thanksgiving dinner full of democrats and expect a friendly gathering and everybody having a good time.

Posted by: Auspex at November 28, 2024 10:50 AM (j4U/Z)

242 New York Post@nypost
Starbucks slashes holiday bonuses 40% as coffee chain suffers worst year since pandemic:

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A lot of they /thems Ph.Ds are going to have to tighten their belts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

243 Captain Winters was really British. He's very good at the American accent.

https://is.gd/jS5zd8

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:53 AM (xCA6C)

244 He starts the post with "Hey Trumpers."

That doesn't sound like he's talking to, or even necessarily about hispanics.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:48 AM (Qqpbi)
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I was merely pointing out that the left is desperately spinning Hispanics feeling betrayed because they were dumb enough to vote for Trump.

This paper admiral is doing the same thing: "Hey Rubes! Regret your stupid vote for the stupid guy yet?"

Clearly we need to review his service to ensure he is performing at the level of his current rank, which may need to be reduced.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)

245 Smile

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

Posted by: BignJames at November 28, 2024 10:54 AM (Yj6Os)

246 I know that all of you will be relieved to know that the pecan pie is in the oven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 10:55 AM (d9fT1)

247 239

'They were implemented by executive fiat. That the same people kept chanting "rule of law" while ignoring huge sections of it merely added insult to injury and people rightly got sick of it.'

The left has more layers of hypocrisy than an onion has skins.
They tell one grosse Luge and while honest people are stunned with outrage, they blithely move on to the next.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 28, 2024 10:55 AM (3wi/L)

248 I know that all of you will be relieved to know that the pecan ie is in the oven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 10:55 AM (d9fT1)
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*stirs from fainting couch*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

249 Bad news, everyone.

[Joy] Reid warned “right-wingers” they would not get a “cookie, trophy or hug” from her.
How on earth will we cope?
“Make your own sandwiches, wipe your own tears, troll amongst yourselves with Elon, and leave us alone,” Reid began.

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And Joy, the problem wasn't that we wouldn't leave you alone.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:56 AM (L/fGl)

250 Figurative painting is not my favorite but I love this painting because of the style and technique and obvious talent of the artist. It's similar to Thomas Hart Benton who is in my top five American artists.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 28, 2024 10:56 AM (c1bWo)

251 Clearly we need to review his service to ensure he is performing at the level of his current rank, which may need to be reduced.

I assumed he was retired (or a fake). Clearly we need to review his service to ensure he is performing at the level of his current rank, which may need to be reduced. Don't active duty personnel have to avoid partisanship, especially on social media?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 10:57 AM (xCA6C)

252 It's similar to Thomas Hart Benton who is in my top five American artists.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 28, 2024 10:56 AM (c1bWo)

Great comparison!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 10:57 AM (d9fT1)

253 I know that all of you will be relieved to know that the pecan pie is in the oven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28, 2024 10:55 AM (d9fT1)

I figured you for sous vide-ing everything. Enjoy it when it's ready.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 10:57 AM (Aqu9a)

254 246 I know that all of you will be relieved to know that the pecan pie is in the oven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 28
Can you Fedex one to my desk?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 10:58 AM (jgmnb)

255 Bad news, everyone.

[Joy] Reid warned “right-wingers” they would not get a “cookie, trophy or hug” from her.
How on earth will we cope?
“Make your own sandwiches, wipe your own tears, troll amongst yourselves with Elon, and leave us alone,” Reid began.

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And Joy, the problem wasn't that we wouldn't leave you alone.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 10:56 AM (L/fGl)

Darn. I guess that means a handy is out of the question now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

256 I know that all of you will be relieved to know that the pecan pie is in the oven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

***********

My Hgb A1c jumped two points just reading that.

Posted by: muldoon at November 28, 2024 10:59 AM (991eG)

257 jim (in Kalifornia) at November 28, 2024 10:37 AM

Happy Thanksgiving!

The take-outs plus tamales sounds great for Christmas, too. No reason we couldn't have some of those during our "4 days of Thanksgiving", either.

Posted by: KT at November 28, 2024 11:00 AM (xekrU)

258 Joy Reid and the rest of the American hating Leftists whose only goal is to bring America down to its knees and eliminate everything that made it exceptional , need to keep their word and move to another country and relinquish their citizenship.

They are so mentally ill they think their hate America rhetoric is righteous and don't understand why Americans reject it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 28, 2024 11:00 AM (c1bWo)

259 MONKEY FACE TIME

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 11:00 AM (fwDg9)

260 I've been setting up the kitchen so far this morning, in between reading and posting here.

Time now to prep the turkey and get it in the oven.

Don't burn down the place. Have a great Thanksgiving wherever you are.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 11:02 AM (Aqu9a)

261 File under disgusting turkey cooking technique.
My sister's MIL used to wash her turkey with Ajax *every * Thanksgiving. Sister said she had to go to the MIL's for Thanksgiving and she had to at least take a no-thank-you helping of the foul fowl.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 28, 2024 11:04 AM (2FXCE)

262 Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 10:43 AM (Qqpbi)

For many songs, the writer had a specific story behind the lyrics. Listeners thought will come up with their own interpretation to fit their situation. Many though like to know exactly what the writer was thinking of and its meaning.

I think art is the same. The true meaning of the painting is the artist's but others can look at it and interpret it personally and that's okay.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 28, 2024 11:07 AM (c1bWo)

263 Between the homely women, the dead flowers, and the bleeding turkey, I'm beginning to think this is a deliberate counterpoint to the Rockwell painting, as in THIS is a more accurate depiction of TG for many people.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2024 09:38 AM (xCA6C)

I agree; it's pretty obviously a mean-spirited parody. The artist is talented enough, but choose to paint an ugly scene.

A quick perusal of Wikipedia (so you know it's true) found that John Currin specializes in "politically themed" artwork -- so probably a Commie.

A truism: a rejection of beauty is a rejection of one of the transcendental characteristics of God.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 28, 2024 11:19 AM (pJWtt)

264 Looks like the turkey might eat them.

Posted by: stv at November 28, 2024 11:24 AM (Vicsq)

265 These are my daughters in a work I call, "The Dangers of In-Breeding".

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at November 28, 2024 11:34 AM (EiQBb)

266 The skinnies! (head wrecks)
All with unusual necks.
What a day to muse
on a sister’s mean ruse
to poison the fairer of sex!

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at November 28, 2024 12:37 PM (t/dJs)

267 A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine go Down

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 28, 2024 01:26 PM (FLiOE)

268 The women are scrawny, the roses are wilting, the chandelier is melting and the turkey is raw.
What's it all mean, Mr Natural?

Don't mean shit, kid.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 28, 2024 01:55 PM (apXry)

269 The TATE
Artist John Currin born 1962
Medium Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions support: 1729 × 1323 mm
Collection Tate
Posted by: rhennigantx
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At first, I read that as the Taint.
Which, for this painting, seems appropriate.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 28, 2024 01:58 PM (apXry)

270 The upper girls' hair mixes well with the chandelier next to her making a spiral effect.

Posted by: look whats not at November 28, 2024 02:44 PM (nakGR)

271 Matter of fact there are quite a lot of repetitions of movement throughout the whole piece.

Posted by: look whats not at November 28, 2024 02:46 PM (nakGR)

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