Mid-Morning Art Thread

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat
Vincent van Gogh

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 09:30 AM (kgE5c)

2 Well, the boobs couldn't last forever, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

3 First!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (W/lyH)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

5 Yup, that's him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (Q4IgG)

6 Famous of course - interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (vKNmo)

7 Looks like some city-slicker pretending to be a farmer. Van Gogh away.

Posted by: American Gothic at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

8 Of all his Self portraits of which there are a lot, that may be the least favorite.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (VofaG)

9 Big fan of Van Gogh....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2025 09:32 AM (VE6XX)

10 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That hat reminds me. It's another Geezer Golf Tuesday! Woohoo! Be sure to grab your favorite golfing geezer and give that fuzzy belly a good rub.
Oh wait. My bad. That's for Nurse's pets. Never mind.
Goes looking for coffee.
Nice hat though.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2025 09:32 AM (W/lyH)

11 Did Bob Ross have one too many shots of tequila for this one.

Stays in the closet.

Posted by: Kwak! at April 22, 2025 09:32 AM (89Sog)

12 Is this before or after he cuts off the ear?

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

13 The chicks all go for a sharp-dressed man in a jaunty chapeau.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (Aqu9a)

14 Cue the ear punz.

Posted by: Here we go... at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (dg+HA)

15

I am curious, yellow.

Posted by: Just Sayin... at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (ouxxP)

16 Alternate title:

"When Attacking Space Worms Covered Every Single Bit of Human Existence"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

17 My favorite Van Gogh is The Fishing Boats on the Beach of Saints-Maries.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:34 AM (VofaG)

18 He looks jaundiced.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2025 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

19 VG's hat should be depicted as dropping down on his right side.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:34 AM (vKNmo)

20 Yellow.

The eyes are interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 09:35 AM (bss/y)

21 Poor guy must have rushed of of bed without washing up...still has some schmutz in the corner of his left eye.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 22, 2025 09:35 AM (JCZqz)

22 His eyes have always caught my attention in self portraits

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2025 09:35 AM (fA9NW)

23 I think this was painted a long time a-Gogh.

Posted by: Groan at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (dg+HA)

24 Usually, those kinds of swirly dots accompany a night of LSD.

Or, so I'm told.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (tT6L1)

25 Sunny

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (GcdCE)

26 Vince should have worn glasses while painting himself.
Come to think.of it, while doing any painting he did.

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (r22Jx)

27 Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?

[looks at Vinnie van Gogh, who's wearing the same hat]

Oh, it looks good on you though.

Posted by: Al Czervik at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (Aqu9a)

28 The 4K video Tour of the Van Gogh Museum is really good.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (VofaG)

29 I do love van Gogh, but would have maybe expected Cafe Terrace at Night.

Starry Night is of course my favorite, and the LEGO build of it was extremely fun.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (9VvLj)

30 Ear puns are the lobest form of humor.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

31 You asked for it. . .

https://tinyurl.com/mry76j3u

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 09:37 AM (Dg2sF)

32 No Yellow!

Posted by: First Son Emeritus at April 22, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)

33 Olde tyme selfie.
Would it hurt to smile?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 09:37 AM (GcdCE)

34 I like the hat

Posted by: Luffy at April 22, 2025 09:37 AM (t0Rmr)

35 I can't hear it, Elaine!

Posted by: Oblique Seinfeld reference at April 22, 2025 09:37 AM (dg+HA)

36 I am curious, yellow.
Posted by: Just Sayin...

🎶 I'm yellow do ba dee ba da boo, da ba da dee...🎶

Doesn't sound QUITE right. Maybe a different primary color?

Posted by: Eiffel 65 at April 22, 2025 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

37

I'd hit it

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 22, 2025 09:38 AM (5hfjS)

38 One of his Sunflowers series paintings used 14 different yellow hues.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:38 AM (VofaG)

39 Starry Night is of course my favorite, and the LEGO build of it was extremely fun.
Posted by: She Hobbit

They have LEGO sets for artworks now? Cool!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

40 In the early days, VG used to paint by sound but was only half as good as he used to be.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (W/lyH)

41 Ear puns are the lobest form of humor.

I find their appeal waxes and wanes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Dg2sF)

42 Well, the boobs couldn't last forever, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

Now, now. Stay positive.

After all, the portrait ends above the boobs on this...uh...er...Van Gogh lady.

Xer's could be magnificent!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

43 That's me on the tractor.

Except for the hat. And the face. And the shirt.

Ok, it's not me. But I will be on the tractor. For erf day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Q4IgG)

44 Hey! Where did everybody Gogh?!

Posted by: Jason's Furniture at April 22, 2025 09:40 AM (xzvc+)

45 In the early days, VG used to paint by sound but was only half as good as he used to be.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2025 09:39 AM (W/lyH)

He painted in stereo sound?

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2025 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

46 Now this is a terrific self-portrait. The brush strokes elegantly focus your attention on the face.

But I would not hang. Too much bright yellow for my taste.

Posted by: Gref pretending to be Kris at April 22, 2025 09:40 AM (aBgBM)

47 His eyes are chartreuse.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

48 Morning again, Art Folken,

I keep getting told I look like Van Gogh! There's a reddish tinge to my hair and beard, I guess. Though my eyes are brown and not green. Strange, but I never got such comments when I was younger. Maybe I look aged by stress like VVG.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)

49 yellow man bad.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2025 09:41 AM (snZF9)

50 Now, now. Stay positive.

After all, the portrait ends above the boobs on this...uh...er...Van Gogh lady.

Xer's could be magnificent!
Posted by: naturalfake

Trans women have always existed! Even if society was so repressive in the past that trans-persyns didn't realize it!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at April 22, 2025 09:41 AM (JCZqz)

51 Brigitte Bardot looked better in a straw hat.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

52 Cue the ear punz.
Posted by: Here we go... at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (dg+HA)

More like HEAR we go, amirite?!?!?

Posted by: Doof at April 22, 2025 09:41 AM (vf0Y9)

53 Always liked Van Gogh . Would hang , then sell for millions.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2025 09:42 AM (6TePA)

54 Van Gogh does have a self portrait he did very soon after he cut of his ear. He's wearing the hat cousin Eddie wore and his ear is bandaged.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:42 AM (VofaG)

55
lol @ pretentious idiots who say Van Gock!

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 22, 2025 09:43 AM (oDzB/)

56 Can't see his right ear.
It's missing.
Been a long time since he's heard from it.

Posted by: Stopit! at April 22, 2025 09:43 AM (dg+HA)

57
"And I call this portrait, "I Am Curious Yellow"

Posted by: What If Van Gogh Were Swedish at April 22, 2025 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

58 Look at that S-Van Gogh!

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 09:44 AM (fY84s)

59 Look at that S-Van Gogh!
Posted by: Rev Wishbone

Wow, that's a callback.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

60 My favorite Van Gogh is- Branches with Almond Blossom.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2025 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

61 This is a good image. It allows for mega-embiggening. I thought this was a pastel at first. Zooming in reveals the paint strokes.

Posted by: Kris at April 22, 2025 09:45 AM (EwaUh)

62 VINNY!

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 22, 2025 09:45 AM (VJc7E)

63 Can't see his right ear.
It's missing.
Been a long time since he's heard from it.
Posted by: Stopit!

Maybe it's in the canal? The Earie Canal?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

64 When the going gets tough, the tough gets van Gogh.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2025 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

65 I think Van Gogh only did a couple of nude paintings.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:47 AM (VofaG)

66 I like the mood of the painting, it's very ear-y

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 09:47 AM (Dv3i1)

67 This would make for an awesome jigsaw puzzle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 22, 2025 09:47 AM (DE/Ic)

68 65 I think Van Gogh only did a couple of nude paintings.
____

What was his model wearing?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 09:48 AM (Dv3i1)

69 If you're going to feature mentally ill artists, why not go for the Scandis? They are much better at it. Norwegian, Swedes, I'm not picky.

Well, Bathus was Polish-French, so there goes my theory. Guarantee huge amount of comments, were CBD to feature a Balthus.

Posted by: Not Wrapped Too Tight at April 22, 2025 09:48 AM (G5+As)

70 A man in a yellow hat. Probably some curious little monkey nearby.

Posted by: Doof at April 22, 2025 09:48 AM (vf0Y9)

71 Brigitte Bardot looked better in anything, or nothing at all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2025 09:48 AM (bIzDl)

72 My favorite Van Gogh is- Branches with Almond Blossom.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2025 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

One of my favorites too. He painted it for his just born nephew named after him.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (VofaG)

73 And, as Diogenes already mentioned….

It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday! Rub rub rub those fuzzy, furry bellies! You know they want it!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (DE/Ic)

74 I prefer his self portrait of him and his wife on the farm, holding the pitchfork.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (6TlG5)

75
Van Gogh wanted to pinna this painting on his refrigerator.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

76 Food! Good to see you ain't been deported yet, Maryland Man!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

77 They have LEGO sets for artworks now? Cool!
Posted by: Bulg

Indeed they do! (Can't get url shortener working on my phone right now, gah.)

I think they relatively recently added Sunflowers, and I've almost convinced myself to get their (not van Gogh) Milky Way Galaxy.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (9VvLj)

78 Growing up we always had a lithograph of Sunflowers on the wall in our upstairs hallway, outside of my bedroom. It's now a part of my household, and I also built the Lego version too.

Posted by: Jason's Furniture at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (xzvc+)

79
Gilligan: What if I see Bridgette Bardot in a towel?
Skipper: Call me!!

Posted by: Back in the day at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

80 A man in a yellow hat. Probably some curious little monkey nearby.
Posted by: Doof

For me, the worst series of children's stories ever. That little shit monkey f***ed up every situation he was in and never paid any consequence for it. The Man in the Yellow hat would pull his little monkey ass out of the fire so to speak and everyone would say "Oh, you little scamp! What a cute monkey!"

It's what is wrong with the yut of America today.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (vKNmo)

81 Somehow I see this as a shag-rug pattern.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (w9Wax)

82 Sean Harris looks very much like Van Gogh.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (yp8Vj)

83 Van Gogh's Hard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (bss/y)

84 I really like Don McLean's "Starry, Starry Night."

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

85 81 Somehow I see this as a shag-rug pattern.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (w9Wax)

Actually, this would be an interesting shag floor rug.

The eyes would follow you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

86 Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue...

Posted by: Don McLean, Wife Beater at April 22, 2025 09:52 AM (+8MS3)

87 Hey Whitey, where's your hat?

Posted by: bearski at April 22, 2025 09:52 AM (Bhsk7)

88 I can hear his work. His orange has a ring to it but the yellow is chunky.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (uCjpX)

89 Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (vKNmo)

Wow. That's quite the take, Tonypete.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

90 I hope that's not a Susquehanna Hat Company hat!

Posted by: Lou Costello at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (Aqu9a)

91 Somehow I see this as a shag-rug pattern.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2025 09:51 AM (w9Wax)

Actually, this would be an interesting shag floor rug.

The eyes would follow you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

And look up your dress!

Part of the Perverted Floor Coverings Collection now at your location Target!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

92 Don McLean was a wife-beater? I did not know that.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

93 It's what is wrong with the yut of America today.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (vKNmo)

Struck a nerve?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 09:54 AM (bss/y)

94 There is a Van Gogh at the IMA in Indy, 'Sunrise at St. Remy', and it is spectacular. His works must be seen in real-life to be fully appreciated. In my view, the only painter who comes close to Van Gogh when it comes to color is Turner.

Posted by: troyriser at April 22, 2025 09:54 AM (DPeYO)

95 Wow. That's quite the take, Tonypete.
Posted by: Bulg

Don't even get me going on Tele-tubbies.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:54 AM (vKNmo)

96 Willem Dafoe played van Gogh in a movie. Pretty good film, but I can't remember the name of the movie.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)

97 Don't even get me going on Tele-tubbies.
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, they were gay, so have at it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

98 >>>They have LEGO sets for artworks now? Cool!
Posted by: Bulg

>Recently, I saw the damnedest thing; using lego sheets for ballistic penetration comparisons. Needless to say, the .50 caliber sliced thru the entire brick and reached the target.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (fY84s)

99 This is an absolutely amazing work of art.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

100 Food! Good to see you ain't been deported yet, Maryland Man!
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

El Doofo abides!

Posted by: Doof at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (vf0Y9)

101 Willem Dafoe played van Gogh in a movie. Pretty good film, but I can't remember the name of the movie.
Posted by: dantesed

Kirk Douglas, too, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

102 CG was a dope addict too! He sucked down that ether like he'd done before plenty of times.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (vKNmo)

103 I never know what to think about Van Gogh paintings. There are always points that get my attention but the overall effect is confused. But this is still interesting. Everything swirls in bright, somewhat discordant colors. Except the eyes. (As others here have noted.) They are comparatively sharp and real against the swirl of the rest. They show him focused as they make the viewer focus on them. It's a bit hard to look away.

Oddly, perhaps, this makes me think of a Green Man image. That is where a human face starts to appear from the depths of a tree or foliage, a spirit emerging from the wood. It's an ancient image. No matter how much else is obscured, the eyes are always sharp and definitive, staring out. (Shades of Treebeard.) The effect of the two images seems related.

Posted by: JTB at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (yTvNw)

104
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (vKNmo)

Wow. That's quite the take, Tonypete.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

Don't get him started on Winnie the Pooh.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

105 For me, the worst series of children's stories ever. That little shit monkey f***ed up every situation he was in and never paid any consequence for it. The Man in the Yellow hat would pull his little monkey ass out of the fire so to speak and everyone would say "Oh, you little scamp! What a cute monkey!"

It's what is wrong with the yut of America today.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:50 AM (vKNmo)

Can't disagree with you. Now, if you badmouth Clifford the Big Red Dog, we're gonna have to tussle!

Posted by: Doof at April 22, 2025 09:57 AM (vf0Y9)

106 Recently, I saw the damnedest thing; using lego sheets for ballistic penetration comparisons.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone

I saw Ballistic Penetration open yesterday's art thread subject.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (vKNmo)

107 Not the Van Gogh I thought we'd get.

Posted by: bluebell at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (79pEw)

108 In a new case report published April 8 in the journal BMJ Case Reports, U.K. doctors describe three patients who were found to have necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva. The vulva includes the external female genitalia, such as the labia majora and labia minora, for example.

“Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, can arise when certain bacteria enter the skin through a wound — a cut, abrasion, burn, surgical wound, or even an insect bite,” Bill Sullivan, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Indiana University, who was not involved in the case report, told Live Science in an email. “NF can occur anywhere skin or tissue is breached, including genitalia.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

109 Van Gogh never appealed to me but I do recognize it as art.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (xcxpd)

110 Mrs. JTB has seen some Van Gogh paintings in person. She says they are far more vibrant and impressive than any print or computer image can capture.

Posted by: JTB at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

111 Don't get him started on Winnie the Pooh.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

He and Donald Duck are not allowed on a book thread.

Posted by: Doof at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (vf0Y9)

112 I don't think Van Gogh shot himself. Who shoots themself in the stomach trying to commit suicide. I think it was one of the kids that always harassed him and Van Gogh didn't want to turn him in. Van Gogh wanted to die anyway so he probably thought it was a good thing.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (VofaG)

113 Don't even get me going on Tele-tubbies.
Posted by: Tonypete
=====
Berenstein Bears. How to teach kids that all fathers are fucking idiots.
I hated that series with a passion.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (n4GiU)

114 There he Goghs again ...

Posted by: Dr_No at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (ayRl+)

115 Can't disagree with you. Now, if you badmouth Clifford the Big Red Dog, we're gonna have to tussle!
Posted by: Doof

Or Handy Manny.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

116 Don't get him started on Winnie the Pooh.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

... the Banana Splits

... H.R. Pufnstuf

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (Aqu9a)

117 I saw Ballistic Penetration open yesterday's art thread subject.
Posted by: Tonypete
-----

Stop it. You're giving me the vapors

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (5hfjS)

118 Van Gogh, unlike Picasso, is not overrated, in fact, he may be a tad underrated.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 22, 2025 10:00 AM (XV/Pl)

119 116 Don't get him started on Winnie the Pooh.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

... the Banana Splits

... H.R. Pufnstuf
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (Aqu9a)

Dora the Explorer

Barney

Blues Clues

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2025 10:00 AM (VE6XX)

120 >>>Don't get him started on Winnie the Pooh.

Posted by: naturalfake

>Has it ever been determined whether Winnie was a boy or girl bear, of if they were subliminal trannies?

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (fY84s)

121 If anyone gets a chance, go see the Van Gogh's in person at the Met. Quite an experience to see them in person, as opposed to on a computer screen or on the printed page. They are remarkable.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (MZ+PY)

122 A ginger. Explains it all. Looks like seed art.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (ewjUl)

123 He and Donald Duck are not allowed on a book thread.
Posted by: Doof

Yogi Bear either. What the hell? You wear a hat and a collar and a tie and nothing else and all is forgiven? Sheesh.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (vKNmo)

124 112 I don't think Van Gogh shot himself. Who shoots themself in the stomach trying to commit suicide. I think it was one of the kids that always harassed him and Van Gogh didn't want to turn him in. Van Gogh wanted to die anyway so he probably thought it was a good thing.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (VofaG)

Eilert Løvborg

Posted by: night lifted at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (FZn/N)

125 Can't disagree with you. Now, if you badmouth Clifford the Big Red Dog, we're gonna have to tussle!
Posted by: Doof

And anyone talking smack about Richard Scarry will learn how to eat through a straw.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2025 10:02 AM (NR6c1)

126 Has it ever been determined whether Winnie was a boy or girl bear, of if they were subliminal trannies?
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM

The creepy fucking Teletubbies have entered the chat. How high was that guy when he wrote it. Dayum.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 22, 2025 10:02 AM (ewjUl)

127 110 Mrs. JTB has seen some Van Gogh paintings in person. She says they are far more vibrant and impressive than any print or computer image can capture.
Posted by: JTB at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

Van Gogh really needs to be experienced in person. You need to get up real close to see the texture of the paint especially.

Posted by: Kris at April 22, 2025 10:04 AM (EwaUh)

128 "Lust For Life" starring Kirk Douglass

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (VJc7E)

129 There he Goghs again ...
Posted by: Dr_No at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM

There she Goghs...there she Goghs again.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (Wnv9h)

130 Berenstein Bears. How to teach kids that all fathers are fucking idiots.
I hated that series with a passion.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 22, 2025 09:59 AM (n4GiU)

Berenstain Bears. They were goyim.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (Dg2sF)

131 No trees, no dogs. Even the snipers and kittehs are missing. Not art.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (FoIOl)

132 112 I don't think Van Gogh shot himself. Who shoots themself in the stomach trying to commit suicide. I think it was one of the kids that always harassed him and Van Gogh didn't want to turn him in. Van Gogh wanted to die anyway so he probably thought it was a good thing.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (VofaG)

Eilert Løvborg
Posted by: night lifted at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (FZn/N)

Claudine Longet's great grandmother. It was accidental.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (Aqu9a)

133 Willem Dafoe played van Gogh in a movie. Pretty good film, but I can't remember the name of the movie.
Posted by: dantesed

Kirk Douglas, too, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

Weird name for a movie about Van Gogh.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2025 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

134 If you ever get a chance to go to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, do it. You’ll be glad you did.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 22, 2025 10:06 AM (vm8sq)

135 There she Goghs...there she Goghs again.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:05 AM (Wnv9h)

Evil bastard.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yzw75

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:06 AM (bss/y)

136 Nice boater.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (hY4dx)

137 133 Willem Dafoe played van Gogh in a movie. Pretty good film, but I can't remember the name of the movie.
Posted by: dantesed

At Eternity's Gate

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (VE6XX)

138
Food Question about SALT & Ribs:

Do you add Salt before going in the oven, or do you wait until later?

I axe because Some Say salt will pull all the juice out of the meat.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (oDzB/)

139 If anyone gets a chance, go see the Van Gogh's in person at the Met. Quite an experience to see them in person, as opposed to on a computer screen or on the printed page. They are remarkable.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit if you're in the area.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (Wnv9h)

140 Has it ever been determined whether Winnie was a boy or girl bear, of if they were subliminal trannies?

A.A. Milne says 'he.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (Dg2sF)

141 134 If you ever get a chance to go to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, do it. You’ll be glad you did.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 22, 2025 10:06 AM (vm8sq)

Given current demographic trends in Amsterdam you don’t have long until it is closed and turned into a mosque.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 22, 2025 10:08 AM (DKKgv)

142 That fellow yesterday, Guillaume Seignac, had good taste in women.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:08 AM (gcOgI)

143 Van Gogh other still lifes of flowers other than the Sunflowers are great. Better than the Sunflowers but they don't have the story to go with them.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 10:08 AM (VofaG)

144 An eary self portrait.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 22, 2025 10:08 AM (mZtdJ)

145
Here I Gogh again on my own

Posted by: White Snake at April 22, 2025 10:09 AM (5hfjS)

146 Nice hat.

Posted by: toby928 at April 22, 2025 10:09 AM (jc0TO)

147 Yogi Bear either. What the hell? You wear a hat and a collar and a tie and nothing else and all is forgiven? Sheesh.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM (vKNmo)

**Huckleberry Hound and Wally Gator have entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:09 AM (Dg2sF)

148 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Pippi Longstocking at April 22, 2025 10:10 AM (dg+HA)

149 The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit if you're in the area.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:07 AM (Wnv9h)

not the same of course but you can do a visual tour of the museum. They play great music to go with it though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 10:10 AM (VofaG)

150 Yogi Bear either. What the hell? You wear a hat and a collar and a tie and nothing else and all is forgiven? Sheesh.
---------
And no pants just like the Book Thread readers!

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 22, 2025 10:10 AM (mZtdJ)

151 Winnie the Pooh wears no trousers and has no package that I am able to discern.

It is a conflicting situation.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 10:10 AM (fY84s)

152 While Van Gogh was painting pictures of his own sorry mug, his buddy Gauguin was painting pictures of nekkid wimmenz in the South Seas.

Advantage: Gauguin

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2025 10:11 AM (hY4dx)

153 Just a general question since we’re past the 100th comment: why do we have get all the juicy news about the US from the Mail or the Globe in the UK?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2025 10:11 AM (bIzDl)

154 Not the Van Gogh I thought we'd get.
Posted by: bluebell
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Look who wants to cut an ear!

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (mZtdJ)

155 Virtual = Vision

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (VofaG)

156 Bear hair is very thick.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (mZtdJ)

157 Van Gogh, Kirk Douglas, pantless cartoon characters and necrotic vajayjays - all in one thread.

Is this a great time to be alive or what?!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (vKNmo)

158 For me, the worst series of children's stories ever. That little shit monkey f***ed up every situation he was in and never paid any consequence for it. The Man in the Yellow hat would pull his little monkey ass out of the fire so to speak and everyone would say "Oh, you little scamp! What a cute monkey!"

The monkey was Scrappy-Doo the whole time. They just never pulled his mask off.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (2ocoG)

159 It occurs to me that Trump needs a "hanging judge" a Roy Bean.

One willing to play twice as dirty as the left, right up and maybe just past the limit of the law, to burn down all their precious "rules" that only seem to benefit them.

Issuing mass orders; sealing all evidence; gagging all parties; setting hearing on the left's motions, only to cancel and re-set to the next day; sanctioning their lawyers; granting relief far in excess of what Trump seeks; assigning himself jurisdiction no matter where the parties reside; midnight orders; oral orders; more sanctions; impossible deadlines for the left to respond; laughing, joking and chatting with Trump lawyers while barely letting the left's speak; etc.

An endless machine gun of orders and violations--make them fucking choke on their rules that they've been flaunting for the last 10 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2025 10:13 AM (+3+7z)

160 Evil bastard.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yzw75
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:06 AM

My work here is done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:13 AM (kgE5c)

161 Berenstein Bears. How to teach kids that all fathers are fucking idiots.
I hated that series with a passion.

Inspector Gadget, in which women and dogs are smarter than men.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:14 AM (2ocoG)

162 139 If anyone gets a chance, go see the Van Gogh's in person at the Met. Quite an experience to see them in person, as opposed to on a computer screen or on the printed page. They are remarkable.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2025 10:01 AM

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit if you're in the area.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Have been told viewing his work in person is an outstanding experience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM (gcOgI)

163 @108, yikes! Second thoughts on shag carpet vs. hardwood?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Dv3i1)

164 'There she goes...' is from 1988. I was thinking mid 90s.

I always think of So I Married an Axe Murderer when I hear that song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM (bss/y)

165 156 Bear hair is very thick.
Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 22, 2025 10:12 AM (mZtdJ)

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Duck feathers can also suffice in lieu of pants.

Posted by: Donald Duck at April 22, 2025 10:16 AM (hY4dx)

166 "...in which women and dogs are smarter than men."

Pretty much every sitcom and commercial for the last 25 years.

Posted by: Everyone loves a dweeb dad at April 22, 2025 10:16 AM (dg+HA)

167 163 @108, yikes! Second thoughts on shag carpet vs. hardwood?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Dv3i1)

Go easy on the Beaver.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)

168 I always think of So I Married an Axe Murderer when I hear that song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM

Ditto. That's why I threw the line out there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:17 AM (Wnv9h)

169 The Marxist leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia all offered statements honoring the legacy of the late Pope Francis on Monday, embracing him as a friend to their cause.

The most vocal praise came from Cuba, where dictator Raúl Castro – who once joked he would return to the Catholic Church if Pope Francis “kept it up” – called him a “dear friend” and credited him with making the Church more palatable to the Communist Party leadership. Figurehead President Miguel Díaz-Canel similarly lauded Pope Francis as “unforgettable” and credited him with making Cuba a priority in his service as head of the church.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2025 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

170 >>>An endless machine gun of orders and violations--make them fucking choke on their rules that they've been flaunting for the last 10 years.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Your on to something. The most befuddling thing to them is to play their game back on them and Trump can do that well.
He's got to do something with Powell first.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:18 AM (gcOgI)

171 Mrs. JTB has seen some Van Gogh paintings in person. She says they are far more vibrant and impressive than any print or computer image can capture.
Posted by: JTB at April 22, 2025 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

Van Gogh really needs to be experienced in person. You need to get up real close to see the texture of the paint especially.
Posted by: Kris at April 22, 2025 10:04 AM (EwaUh)

When the lovely and globe-trotting Mrs naturalfake and I visited the Prado Museum in Madrid,

one of the exhibits that interested me the most was an exhibit for an upcoming Exhibition Tour of the Prado's Art and how they made extremely accurate fake versions of the real painting to send instead of the originals.

And I wondered...if you go to these great museums just loaded with priceless paintings out in the open,

how many are actually the originals and how many are expertly painted fakes?

Have we ever actually seen a Van Gogh painted by Van Gogh in person? Or was it "Starry, Starry Night" by Myron Schwartz?

BONUS!: If you ever get a chance, give yourself plenty of time and go see the Prado Museum in Madrid. I'd put it easily on par with the Louvre and various Brit Art Museums.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2025 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

172 I've always found this painting EARie.

Get it? EARie!

Hahahahahahahahaha! I crack myself up!

Posted by: Weasel at April 22, 2025 10:20 AM (nI4xo)

173 Trying to do this by phone sucks

Posted by: Rhennigantx at April 22, 2025 10:20 AM (oFU8g)

174 @159 ....
An endless machine gun of orders and violations--make them fucking choke on their rules that they've been flaunting for the last 10 years.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2025 10:13 AM (+3+7z)
____

Pam Bondi doesn't seem to have near enough of the drive necessary to flood the zone like this.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 10:20 AM (Dv3i1)

175 Ditto. That's why I threw the line out there.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:17 AM (Wnv9h)

https://tinyurl.com/2jzeh6b3

https://tinyurl.com/mrymyp68

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:21 AM (bss/y)

176 I hope he does a selfie with MAGA cap

Posted by: Rhennigantx at April 22, 2025 10:21 AM (oFU8g)

177 167 163 @108, yikes! Second thoughts on shag carpet vs. hardwood?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Dv3i1)

Go easy on the Beaver.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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What are the odds a muhammadan was involved with this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:22 AM (gcOgI)

178 https://tinyurl.com/2jzeh6b3

https://tinyurl.com/mrymyp68
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:21 AM

I don't know why, but I love that movie.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:22 AM (kgE5c)

179 >:>Some Say salt will pull all the juice out of the meat.

Big, if true

Posted by: vaginal muscles at April 22, 2025 10:23 AM (Y1sOo)

180 Hey, MP4, you teased a story about Mae West on the Morning Report Thread. Care to tell it now?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

181 ____

Pam Bondi doesn't seem to have near enough of the drive necessary to flood the zone like this.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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$3 to $30 Billion dollar, Stacy Abrams scam, perp walks.
They are coming. Hold your breath.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:24 AM (gcOgI)

182 Well it's no Caravaggio but it's ok.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2025 10:25 AM (OrSPY)

183 180 Hey, MP4, you teased a story about Mae West on the Morning Report Thread. Care to tell it now?
Posted by: Bulg
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She liked wrestlers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:25 AM (gcOgI)

184 I don't know why, but I love that movie.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2025 10:22 AM (kgE5c)

It's a great one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:25 AM (bss/y)

185 The best shows my son watched when he was little were "Phineas and Ferb" and the various iterations of Ben 10.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

186 Well it's no Caravaggio but it's ok.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2025 10:25 AM (OrSPY)

Too busy.

Posted by: Rothko at April 22, 2025 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

187 Is it pronounced "Go" or "Goff"?

Posted by: Darth_Randall at April 22, 2025 10:26 AM (orz7z)

188 *They are coming. Hold your breath.*

Is this like Sidney Powell's kraken?

Posted by: Because that didn't work out very well at April 22, 2025 10:26 AM (dg+HA)

189 Dogs smarter than men?

Inspector Gadget has entered chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 10:27 AM (HTwBY)

190 Is it pronounced "Go" or "Goff"?
Posted by: Darth_Randall

"Throatwarbler mangrove," I think.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

191 It's pronounced Azz-we-pay.

Posted by: toby928 at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (jc0TO)

192 187 Is it pronounced "Go" or "Goff"?
Posted by: Darth_Randall at April 22, 2025 10:26 AM (orz7z)

Just go with Go. Anything else is pretentious asshole speak.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (bss/y)

193 Hey, MP4, you teased a story about Mae West on the Morning Report Thread. Care to tell it now?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

Sure.

Mae was sparring with Charlie McCarthy on the Chase & Sanborn Hour radio show in 1937. During their repartee, Mae said, "You weren't so nervous and backward when you came up to see me at my apartment. In fact, you didn't need any encouragement to kiss me."

"Did I do that?" McCarthy asked.

"Why, you certainly did," West purred. "I got marks to prove it. And splinters, too!"

And that joke got West banned from radio for ten years.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (Dg2sF)

194 Van Gogh was definitely tripping on acid.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (/U5Yz)

195 Sidney was sincerely working on it but was foiled by worms as was the first Administration. Bondi is a bureaucrat bound in that mentality.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:30 AM (gcOgI)

196 Interesting study. They found improvement in autistic adults when replacing the gut bacteria.

https://tinyurl.com/4fcjbxrh

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2025 10:30 AM (cvWHI)

197 And that joke got West banned from radio for ten years.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Wow.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

198 194 Van Gogh was definitely tripping on acid.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (/U5Yz)

Don't think he needed the acid. Probably schizophrenia.

There was an interesting video I watched on ewetub where someone tried to simulate an acid trip as they walked around town.

I have never gotten the attraction of that drug.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:31 AM (bss/y)

199 Vincent painted like paint was free.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2025 10:32 AM (vKW+t)

200 > 13 The chicks all go for a sharp-dressed man in a jaunty chapeau.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2025 09:33 AM (Aqu9a)

Especially when they mail you an ear.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 10:32 AM (W5ArC)

201 Vincent's later painting:

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2025 10:33 AM (vKW+t)

202 Don't think he needed the acid. Probably schizophrenia.

There was an interesting video I watched on ewetub where someone tried to simulate an acid trip as they walked around town.

I have never gotten the attraction of that drug.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I had a Navy buddy who admitted to me that he had once done acid (in his pre-Navy days). He described the trip as your brain is a china cabinet and someone is taking the china pieces out one by one and breaking them.

Did not sound pleasant in the least.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

203 That painting makes me think, "itchy."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:34 AM (LPS7w)

204 > 192 187 Is it pronounced "Go" or "Goff"?
Posted by: Darth_Randall at April 22, 2025 10:26 AM (orz7z)

Just go with Go. Anything else is pretentious asshole speak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM (bss/y)

Both technically wrong, I think. In Dutch it's pronounced more like "Gock", with the ck to rhyme with German "Ach" or Scottish "Loch".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 10:35 AM (W5ArC)

205 We don't tell the truth. We are the truth.

- NPR

Marc Caputo@MarcACaputo
I can’t find one White House official, including some at the highest levels, who confirm the NPR report that the admin has started looking to replace Hegseth
NPR is doubling down this morning
Here’s how it’s previewed on the car display to listeners of the Miami affiliate

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 22, 2025 10:36 AM (L/fGl)

206 Just go with Go. Anything else is pretentious asshole speak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:29 AM

Like Pokestan.

Posted by: Barry Obitches at April 22, 2025 10:37 AM (ewjUl)

207 Btw, I wish there was a way to keep the Dem coaltion stuck in El Salvador.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:38 AM (LPS7w)

208 196 Interesting study. They found improvement in autistic adults when replacing the gut bacteria.

https://tinyurl.com/4fcjbxrh
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Shanahan is very much into the idea that diet can play a significant role in reversing autistic symptoms. If Kennedy's people can answer what happened they may be able to put the two concepts together and achieve some positive results.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:38 AM (gcOgI)

209 > Like Pokestan.
Posted by: Barry Obitches at April 22, 2025 10:37 AM (ewjUl)

Yes, with him it was always "Pockystahn", but somehow never "Offgonnystahn".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 10:38 AM (W5ArC)

210 Van Gough looks like the ghey ginger on Modern Family.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 22, 2025 10:38 AM (ewjUl)

211 Both technically wrong, I think. In Dutch it's pronounced more like "Gock", with the ck to rhyme with German "Ach" or Scottish "Loch".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 10:35 AM (W5ArC)

Makes sense.

But I will call Istanbul Constantinople.

I will say Ka-TAR instead of Gutter.

I will go with the boring way to say Nicaragua.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)

212 Vince was a fast driver-

'Look at that Van Gogh!'

get it? Like he's driving a van really fast? watch that 'van go!'
it's a play on words... a homonym

okay.

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2025 10:40 AM (AOsQT)

213
It's all House Of Cards, bullshit.

Fake News starts a rumor. A fake "poll" shows the people are in favor/oppose the rumor. Stupid Republicans believe it. Get nervous and panic, then make the rumour (lie, hoax) a reality.

This is NPR, the Democrats, and a few shits in the Pentagon trying to orchestrate a coup via a rumor. It's a Hoax.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 22, 2025 10:40 AM (oDzB/)

214 201 Vincent's later painting:

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!?
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2025 10:33 AM (vKW+t)
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Just the sort of crazy sh1t gingers do.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:41 AM (LPS7w)

215 In Dutch it's pronounced more like "Gock", with the ck to rhyme with German "Ach" or Scottish "Loch".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Here I gock again on my own. Hmmm, not quite the same ring to it...

Posted by: White Snake at April 22, 2025 10:41 AM (5hfjS)

216 205 We don't tell the truth. We are the truth.
- NPR
Marc Caputo@MarcACaputo
I can’t find one White House official, including some at the highest levels, who confirm the NPR report that the admin has started looking to replace Hegseth
NPR is doubling down this morning
Here’s how it’s previewed on the car display to listeners of the Miami affiliate
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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When asked that by media hecklers, Trump said; Ask the Houthis how Pete is doing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:41 AM (gcOgI)

217 But I will call Istanbul Constantinople.

I will say Ka-TAR instead of Gutter.

I will go with the boring way to say Nicaragua.

I still say "Peking." And "Bombay."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (Dg2sF)

218 Interesting study. They found improvement in autistic adults when replacing the gut bacteria.

Gut bacteria shows links to a pretty wild array of things, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It's why I'm not dismissing anything RFKJr is up to out of hand. (Moreover, a lot of these things don't happen in places like Canada and Europe where a lot of our artificial colors and whatnot are illegal).

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

219 NPR/PBS can't be defunded soon enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:43 AM (gcOgI)

220 217 But I will call Istanbul Constantinople.

I will say Ka-TAR instead of Gutter.

I will go with the boring way to say Nicaragua.

I still say "Peking." And "Bombay."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (Dg2sF)

----
And Ceylon, Siam and so forth.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (LPS7w)

221 I will go with the boring way to say Nicaragua.

I use the Beavis pronunciation. "I come from Lake Titty-caca in Nic-a-RAAAAAH-gwuh!" Putting your arms up like The Great Cornholio is optional though.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (2ocoG)

222 Vincent Van Gogh

There once was a pedant named Hoff
Who engaged in debate with a scoff
He said, "I declare!"
(with his nose in the air)
"If you're smart you'll say Vincent van 'Goff'!!"

The second debater, named Jock
Said, "Hoff's take is surely a crock.
It's properlly said that it's not 'Hoff, instead
even Vinny himself said van 'Gock'

The third was an old man named Joe
Who said, "What do these other guys know?
I'll tell you Hoff and Jock
It's neither 'Goff' nor 'Gock'
In my book it's Vincent van 'Go'

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (uCfKO)

223 Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems

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The Main Event! Extreme Hakeem v. Hogg Wild in Celebrity Deathmatch!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

224 But I will call Istanbul Constantinople.

It's nobody's business but the Turks.

Posted by: toby928 at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (jc0TO)

225 US Said to Have Killed 500 Houthi Fighters

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

226 Media delenda est

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 10:45 AM (HTwBY)

227
US Said to Have Killed 500 Houthi Fighters
Posted by: SMOD

A good start ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 22, 2025 10:45 AM (UHI6z)

228 >>NPR/PBS can't be defunded soon enough.

"That's stupid, NPR/PBS only get, like, 2% of their funding from the government!"

But also:

"YOU WANT TO KILL BIG BIRD?!?! Because that's what will happen if you defund us."

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 10:45 AM (GcdCE)

229 @224 However, Aleppo is none of the Turk's business.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:46 AM (LPS7w)

230
Someone asked earlier "why they going after Pete Hesgeth?"

Answer: Because Democrats probably think Hesgeth is an easy get, and the most vulnerable.

Simply put: the Fake News & Democrats are desperate for a scalp -- they're trying to knock off someone in the Admin. They think they're Braveheart and Pete Hesgeth is their Lanark.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 22, 2025 10:46 AM (oDzB/)

231 Both technically wrong, I think. In Dutch it's pronounced more like "Gock", with the ck to rhyme with German "Ach" or Scottish "Loch".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 10:35 AM (W5ArC)
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Like "ch" in l'chaim!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2025 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

232 It's not a purse! It's a European Messenger Bag!

Posted by: Tinky Winky at April 22, 2025 10:47 AM (G5+As)

233 It's clearly pronounced Gog-huh. Emphasis on both, preferably shouted.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 22, 2025 10:47 AM (UGyV5)

234 I will say Ka-TAR instead of Gutter.

I will go with the boring way to say Nicaragua.

I still say "Peking." And "Bombay."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (Dg2sF)

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And Ceylon, Siam and so forth.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:44 AM (LPS7w)

I'm still hooked on Gulf of Mexico

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2025 10:47 AM (OA79/)

235 Gut bacteria shows links to a pretty wild array of things, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It's why I'm not dismissing anything RFKJr is up to out of hand. (Moreover, a lot of these things don't happen in places like Canada and Europe where a lot of our artificial colors and whatnot are illegal).
Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

I wonder, sometimes, if it's not a single thing but, rather, some combination - or overload - of otherwise relatively innocuous issues. I know there were some folks in the morning thread talking about banning them with no proof of harm but what it the tests are flawed?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2025 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

236 Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems

I see Hogg's accidentally reproduced the DOGE method: announce possible cuts to graft and see who screams loudly.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

237
Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems

Two eunuchs in a slap fight.

Pelosi has Jeffries junk.

Boss Hogg never had any junk.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 22, 2025 10:48 AM (UHI6z)

238 Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems

I'm not sure I understand why the Democrats would put a petulant, entitled brain-damaged child in a position of leadership.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 22, 2025 10:48 AM (kTd/k)

239 The Main Event! Extreme Hakeem v. Hogg Wild in Celebrity Deathmatch!

Am rooting for multiple injuries.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 10:48 AM (HTwBY)

240
"YOU WANT TO KILL BIG BIRD?!?! Because that's what will happen if you defund us."
Posted by: Lizzy
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Kill it, Pluck it, Gut it, & Roast it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 10:49 AM (gcOgI)

241 I've been a supporter of fecal implants for decades.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (G5+As)

242 238 Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems

I'm not sure I understand why the Democrats would put a petulant, entitled brain-damaged child in a position of leadership.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 22, 2025 10:48 AM (kTd/k)

They are trying to harness energy. It is exactly the same thing as AOC. They want to harness that youthful passion (insanity) and make it do what they want. So, coopt.

It is kind of like the SA or Red Guards kind of thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (bss/y)

243 I still say "Peking." And "Bombay."

And 'Myanmar Shave' is right out.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (KtPtl)

244 @235 Just as huffing sharpies in combination with paint and glue just leads to all manner of health problems.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (LPS7w)

245 I'm not sure I understand why the Democrats would put a petulant, entitled brain-damaged child in a position of leadership.
Posted by: Northernlurker

I know, right?

Posted by: Zombie Mitch McConnell at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (vKNmo)

246 >> 'There she goes...' is from 1988.

The La's

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 10:50 AM (GcdCE)

247 STARRY NIGHT BY VINCENT VAN GOGH

The stars in the sky before dawn
As nighttime is moving along.
I give you fair warning
It soon will be morning
Van Goghing, Van Goghing, Van Gone

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2025 10:51 AM (uCfKO)

248 Speaking of telling the truth . . .

MAZE@mazemoore
Kaitlan Collins, a day before the Trump/Biden debate, claimed that Biden had spent days locked in incredibly intense debate preparation.
Her "sources" told her.
CNN recently reported something a little different. This is CNN.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 22, 2025 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

249 Attended the Van Gogh Immersive Experience a few years ago & really enjoyed the 360 degree digital art projections & learning more about his life and struggle with mental health issues.

Adore his paintings of sunflowers, almond blossoms, and the Cafe Terrace at night.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2025 10:52 AM (NFX2v)

250 Starry Starry Night…. good song.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2025 10:53 AM (PCK5/)

251 The Main Event! Extreme Hakeem v. Hogg Wild in Celebrity Deathmatch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence

I'm imagining a slap fight that lasts for about three minutes.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2025 10:53 AM (NR6c1)

252 I wonder, sometimes, if it's not a single thing but, rather, some combination - or overload - of otherwise relatively innocuous issues. I know there were some folks in the morning thread talking about banning them with no proof of harm but what it the tests are flawed?

I wouldn't doubt that. My mom has real medically diagnosed allergies to various grasses, including wheat, but she can eat things made with imported European wheat without incident.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

253 A slapfight with dead fish at ten paces.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 10:54 AM (HTwBY)

254 Killing Big Bird is a little extreme. I just want to throw him out of government housing and point and laugh while he has to give handjobs to hobos beneath an underpass for hooch money.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 22, 2025 10:54 AM (UGyV5)

255 @243 Myanmar just feels like it wss an attempt at rebranding, because of all the negative press about their marches, rebels, and pythons. Seems like it failed to increase tourism.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:54 AM (LPS7w)

256 >>I'm not sure I understand why the Democrats would put a petulant, entitled brain-damaged child in a position of leadership.

IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY'VE PICKED A FEY, RADICAL WIMP IN HOPES OF WOOING YOUNG MEN BACK TO THE PARTY

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 22, 2025 10:55 AM (GcdCE)

257 Van Goghing, Van Goghing, Van Gone

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2025 10:51 AM (uCfKO)

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I can hear Muldoon's father saying: "Van More-me-son!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 22, 2025 10:56 AM (PB58D)

258
Boss Hogg is a fetal alcohol syndrome baby.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 22, 2025 10:56 AM (UHI6z)

259 256 >>I'm not sure I understand why the Democrats would put a petulant, entitled brain-damaged child in a position of leadership.

IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY'VE PICKED A FEY, RADICAL WIMP IN HOPES OF WOOING YOUNG MEN BACK TO THE PARTY
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 22, 2025 10:55 AM (GcdCE)
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WHOSE HEAD LOOKS LIKE AN ORANGE ON A TOOTHPICK, A VERITABLE PLANETOID!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:57 AM (LPS7w)

260 187 Is it pronounced "Go" or "Goff"?
Are you American or British?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2025 10:57 AM (bIzDl)

261 Did someone already link the Dr Who clip?

https://youtu.be/ubTJI_UphPk

Posted by: mindful webworker - now ear this at April 22, 2025 10:57 AM (JodDy)

262 Charlie McCarthy had a "feud" with W.C. Fields for more than a decade. It seemed very real. Radio forced you to use your brain and imagine the scene. Almost a lost art.

Posted by: Stoopnagle and Budd at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (G5+As)

263 Myanmar just feels like it wss an attempt at rebranding, because of all the negative press about their marches, rebels, and pythons. Seems like it failed to increase tourism.

It kind of worked, but I associate "Burma" with "rando Asian country" and "Myanmar" with "yet another Muslim shithole".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (2ocoG)

264 IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY'VE PICKED A FEY, RADICAL WIMP IN HOPES OF WOOING YOUNG MEN BACK TO THE PARTY

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 22, 2025 10:55 AM (GcdCE)

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Just like they picked a fey, radical, wimp in hopes of wooing young men black to The Party in 2008.

Posted by: ShainS -- Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (PB58D)

265 Petulant, entitled, and brain damaged is their "thing". It's what they do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (VoAdT)

266 >>Boss Hogg is a fetal alcohol syndrome baby.

He looks kinda like a cartoon character - from Doonesbury, maybe?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (GcdCE)

267 You should hear how the French pronounce “Freud”!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2025 10:58 AM (bIzDl)

268 No one is running out to install a Myanmarese tiger trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2025 10:59 AM (VoAdT)

269 Fear of eliminating PBS and Big Bird is a Democrat tactic that dates back to at least the 1990s.

Meanwhile the Democrats retired to fainting couches when VP Dan Quayle decided that Murphy Brown was a bad role model for having an out of wedlock child, it was all 'how dare you!!!'

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 10:59 AM (HTwBY)

270 Why go after Hegseth? Broader appeal to the left.

Vanity Fair, April 21, 2025, 'Who Is Pete Hegseth’s Wife and Signal Chat Buddy, Jennifer Rauchet?'
The U.S. Secretary of Defense reportedly included his former Fox producer (who is also his third wife) in a Signal chat (yes, another one) with classified information.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2025 10:59 AM (NFX2v)

271 They've caught a mass murderer!

Congressional committee criminally refers Andrew Cuomo to DOJ for "nursing home disaster" 👀

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 22, 2025 10:59 AM (L/fGl)

272 @261 Amy Pond is the main attraction.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2025 10:59 AM (LPS7w)

273 >>Meanwhile the Democrats retired to fainting couches when VP Dan Quayle decided that Murphy Brown was a bad role model for having an out of wedlock child, it was all 'how dare you!!!'

. . . aaaaand 20+ years later Candice Bergen admitted he was right.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 11:00 AM (GcdCE)

274 The Main Event! Extreme Hakeem v. Hogg Wild in Celebrity Deathmatch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence

I'm imagining a slap fight that lasts for about three minutes.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2025 10:53 AM (NR6c1)

You'll know it's serious when they take off their stiletto heels and start pounding each other.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2025 11:00 AM (Dg2sF)

275 >
"YOU WANT TO KILL BIG BIRD?!?! Because that's what will happen if you defund us."
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2025 10:45 AM (GcdCE)

IIRC, Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop) rakes in something like $100 million per year on merch licensing.

Not to mention that the Sesame Street of today sucks. It went stale 30 years ago or more.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2025 11:01 AM (W5ArC)

276 Did someone already link the Dr Who clip?

Honestly, I disliked that episode. It was very out of character for the Doctor and for all we know, Vincent seeing his future may have made him want to kill himself.

OK, I did not like Matt Smith as the Doctor either but that's another rant.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2025 11:02 AM (NR6c1)

277 Amy Pond is the only one to have a serious career since.

Yeah, she was a bit of a girl boss but she was relatable and had vulnerabilities.

And being dressed as a police officer when we first see her as an adult did not hurt things.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 11:03 AM (HTwBY)

278 >>>It's not a purse! It's a European Messenger Bag!

Posted by: Tinky Winky

>I was shopping around for a doctor's kit bag, with a sturdy hinge and sidewalls, and a large hold for a pirate's booty, and all of my searches came up purses.

The sky is falling! These younger generations are soft and overly gender-sensitive about the gay.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 22, 2025 11:03 AM (fY84s)

279 @275

Will no one rid me of this turbulent bird?

Posted by: King Kermit II at April 22, 2025 11:03 AM (LPS7w)

280 Nood. Monkey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 22, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)

281 Matt Smith was no Eccelston but at least he wasn't Colin Baker or Jodie what's her name.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2025 11:06 AM (HTwBY)

282 Gut bacteria shows links to a pretty wild array of things, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It's why I'm not dismissing anything RFKJr is up to out of hand. (Moreover, a lot of these things don't happen in places like Canada and Europe where a lot of our artificial colors and whatnot are illegal).
Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2025 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

I'm really tired of food nazis. Just put the info out there and let me decide whether to eat it or not. I don't want anyone (including RFKjr) mandating what I eat. That's just another government takeover of my freedom.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2025 11:06 AM (g8Ew8)

283 >>>The U.S. Secretary of Defense reportedly included his former Fox producer (who is also his third wife) in a Signal chat (yes, another one) with classified information.
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What fool thinks wives don't know what's going on?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 11:12 AM (gcOgI)

284
Hell, Jimmy Carter asked his baby daughter for answers to security questions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2025 11:13 AM (gcOgI)

285 Get yourself an attaché case like the diplomats use. I have one, inherited from my stepfather who worked for the US State Department in France. Very roomy and well set out.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2025 11:36 AM (bIzDl)

286 A Straw Hat now be carful with the Horses

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 22, 2025 04:40 PM (wGqjj)

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