Good Friday Cafe

Your Easter parade displays need work, guys.

"Angels" singing prayers in Italy (IG). A little awkward, but cute-ish.

Cows are excited to be allowed outdoors for the first time since winter.

You had my interest, now you have my attention.
Katy Perry is going to claim this stunt in the name of the Divine Feminine. (IG)

Seajackers. (IG)

The staircase to the top of Yellowstone Falls (IG).

Blind cat finally finds the toy he's hunting.

One of the rarest creatures on Earth -- a Star Wars fan who's under 50.

Five year old girl leads her dog through an agility course. I don't think the dog listens to her much.

Dog is so happy her human has landed.

When you're not home, your cat is doing crimes.

Out of control.

Good to know: The Easter Bunny is not a pagan invention. It traces back to German customs in the 17th century. Well after Germany was Christianized, of course.

Bunny.. 🐰 pic.twitter.com/6fBA6yUNiK
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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 18, 2025 07:13 PM (vKNmo)

2 Things be slow in Sweden.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 18, 2025 07:16 PM (n4GiU)

3 Called the corgis, sea otters, bats, and (shrug) penguins.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:16 PM (VNX3d)

4 Concerning the Florentine fireworks, please don't show this to the "leaders" of the Episcopal Church. They'll get ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if they went with an Easter Monster Truck show.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 18, 2025 07:17 PM (s8j++)

5 234 Did everyone see Trump’s beautiful Holy Week message he posted on the White House website?

Unapologetically CHRISTIAN

Reposted due to The Willowing

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 07:17 PM (0aihy)

6 That bunny looks like a….muppet!

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM (pZEOD)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM (ypFCm)

8 I could go for some easter bunny in a nice mustard sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM (yp8Vj)

9 4 Concerning the Florentine fireworks, please don't show this to the "leaders" of the Episcopal Church. They'll get ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if they went with an Easter Monster Truck show.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 18, 2025 07:17 PM (s8j++)

Nah. Way too much toxic masculinity.

Posted by: The lesbian priestess wouldn't approve at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM (TbWk/)

10 Good to know: The Easter Bunny is not a pagan invention. It traces back to German

Yeah there is a lot of disinformation about our current Easter customs, but claiming pagan origins makes good sound bites.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM (0aihy)

11 Ace, it was willowed but if you didn't see Trump's masterful tweet regarding the senator hanging out with the sex trafficker:

_

Found it.

https://tinyurl.com/5t42esw6

Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2025 07:09 PM (viF8m)

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:20 PM (weQLb)

12 I...I don't...*voice cracks* look like a *sniffle* muppet!

Posted by: Narrator: She did in fact look like a muppet at April 18, 2025 07:20 PM (TbWk/)

13 eh, great hiking weather; hiked until ready to drop ... but I'm'a finish this beer first ...

g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 18, 2025 07:21 PM (/Ghsb)

14 I like the video of the awesome service in Florence but it makes me sad that even in church everyone has their phones out instead of being present in the moment.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 18, 2025 07:22 PM (TCLft)

15 This is a beautiful Chemin de Croix (Stations of the Cross) held at the Coliseum in Rome a few hours ago.
ace if you are here, check it out. It’s the 2 languages you like: French and Italian

Also visually beautiful.

https://tinyurl.com/5hy9y5ap

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 07:24 PM (0aihy)

16 I have a professor friend and we talked about the hot student thing. He said he would bang a bunch of them walking around their tight yoga pants and short tops, half showing camel tow and nips but even being accused of that would mean loss of tenure and fired with most likely the end of any academic career.

At least that is what he told me, him not me.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 18, 2025 07:24 PM (Vh9CX)

17 3 Called the corgis, sea otters, bats, and (shrug) penguins.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:16 PM (VNX3d)
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You forgot the llamas, again!

Posted by: Carl Wheezer - Llama lover at April 18, 2025 07:27 PM (sPQoU)

18 With Love, Megyn:" Megyn Kelly launches lifestyle show to compete with fellow Megan Meghan Marklel

====

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

who knew Kelly had such great comedic talent !

Posted by: runner at April 18, 2025 07:27 PM (g47mK)

19 The Caribbean is chock full of interesting airports. Virgin Gorda on a windy day is an adventure.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2025 07:27 PM (viF8m)

20 Aww… blind kitteh

It’s amazing how once his tail accidentally flicked the toy, he instantly calculated exactly how to move in order to catch it.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 07:27 PM (0aihy)

21 5 year old kid doing agility with her dog

That definitely brought a smile to this 29 year-old mug. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 18, 2025 07:28 PM (mH6SG)

22 Chose : El Salvadoran Man
Did Not Choose : American Woman

Democrats suck. End of story. Cut them out of your life. Fuck them.

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:29 PM (UJ+K5)

23 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM (yp8Vj)

24 The blind cat is like Eli in the Book of Eli.

Once he starts playing with the toy he seems to follow it with his eyes.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (VofaG)

25 17 3 Called the corgis, sea otters, bats, and (shrug) penguins.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:16 PM (VNX3d)
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You forgot the llamas, again!
Posted by: Carl Wheezer - Llama lover at April 18, 2025 07:27 PM (sPQoU)

Ben Had's probably disappointed that I didn't include the yaks, either.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (VNX3d)

26 "Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer! Look at the bones!"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

27 The Paolo takes pride in lighting, how you say, the fuse just right.

It's who he is.

Posted by: Paolo at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

28 Kittah counting money is funny

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (ypFCm)

29 23 ......colored Easter eggs

Racist......

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

30 Called the corgis, sea otters, bats, and (shrug) penguins.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:16 PM

The smell ... the smell ...

Why'dja have to invite the penguins??

Posted by: zombie Colonel Kurtz at April 18, 2025 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

31 23 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM (yp8Vj)

Last year. I will do them tomorrow even if I have to do them all by myself! 😀

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 07:33 PM (pZEOD)

32 Remember the color tablets, vinegar, the wire holder and all the separate cups of color?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:33 PM (yp8Vj)

33 "Products you can't get anywhere! Like jam !"

hahahah!!

Posted by: runner at April 18, 2025 07:33 PM (g47mK)

34 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM (yp8Vj)

I loved doing that when I was a kid. The best was when they had the oily colored dye that you could get a psychedelic design when you dipped the egg in it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:33 PM (VofaG)

35 Tales of the Easter Penguin were concocted by the Nazis in an attempt to remove all religion and tradition from Easter. This "Oster-Pinguin" was a vile creature, mephitic and menacing, that left rotten eggs in a basket of green sauerkraut. Children were frightened into submission with stories of abduction and slavery in the wicked creature's secret factories under Antarctica.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at April 18, 2025 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

36 I like the video of the awesome service in Florence but it makes me sad that even in church everyone has their phones out instead of being present in the moment.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 18, 2025 07:22 PM (TCLft)
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When the relics of St. Jude were at our parish, the path to them was filled with admonishments that cell phones were forbidden. This was not an 'influencer' moment, but a sacred space.

It was quite profound.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)

37 The two bears were cool.

"Yo, Ace, sup?"

Posted by: Paco at April 18, 2025 07:34 PM (mADJX)

38 29 23 ......colored Easter eggs

Racist......
Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

Eggroes.

I was just leaving.

Posted by: Eromero at April 18, 2025 07:34 PM (LHPAg)

39 David Hogg was on CBS News tonight saying that democracy is the problem that the Democrats need to stop. Might be the most honest thing a Democrat's said in 100 years.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 18, 2025 07:34 PM (Aqf1y)

40 I could go for some easter bunny in a nice mustard sauce.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:19 PM

* sends a nice rosé to Ben Had's table to split the difference. *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 18, 2025 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

41 And drawing on them with a crayon so the dye didn’t stick in that spot? Or trying to do a tye dye one and in the last color the egg plops in and suddenly it’s all one muddy color?

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 07:35 PM (pZEOD)

42 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM (yp8Vj)
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Last year. We thought there would be a break, but we seamlessly transitioned from parent into grandparent.

It has its compensations.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

43 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?

It's been a while. They were dinosaur eggs.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 18, 2025 07:36 PM (mH6SG)

44 When is the last time you colored Easter eggs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM

When you have 'Easter eggers' in your flock, almost every day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 18, 2025 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

45 My parents have a tradition of hiding eggs with each grandkids and now great grandkids name on it and there was $5 inside each one.

My father passed in 2019 and Mom upped it to $10 due to inflation.

She's up to $160 this year.

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:36 PM (UJ+K5)

46 Piper, Good for you. Growing up shouldn't mean abandoning childhood.

The kite flying weather has been exceptional.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:37 PM (yp8Vj)

47 David Hogg was on CBS News tonight saying that democracy is the problem that the Democrats need to stop. Might be the most honest thing a Democrat's said in 100 years.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 18, 2025 07:34 PM (Aqf1y)
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The rising generation of Democrats says the quiet part out loud. Very loud.

Part of this is because they have hitherto operated in a permissive environment.

That has now changed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)

48 Power over someone else is a helluva drug. A lot of the ones doing it are married, some with kids.

That’s from the last thread.

Yeah this one I saw recently is legit beautiful, not faux pretty, and married to a loving husband.
It has to be the power, the forbidden fruit allure, the easy access. Maybe due to the kid’s youth there’s some extra benefits as well.

Not worth the price.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 07:37 PM (0aihy)

49 I like the video of the awesome service in Florence but it makes me sad that even in church everyone has their phones out instead of being present in the moment.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 18, 2025 07:22 PM (TCLft)

Concur. Put the damn phone down. Sad is the right word.

Posted by: Pope John Paul II, I would be cracking skulls at April 18, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)

50 I am not doing Easter eggs but will make deviled eggs for Sunday. Two different kinds. It's one of the only things I can cook.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

51 The Florence video should be side by side with the Notre Dame Cathedral. One has a light show and pyrotechnics. The other has a Muslim teenager tossing a Molotov Cocktail.

Symbiosis!!!!!!

Posted by: Orson at April 18, 2025 07:38 PM (dIske)

52 Duncanthrax, salute!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:39 PM (yp8Vj)

53 I got an Easter basket every year until I moved out of the house to go to college. The older I got the more sports equipment in the basket .

I never told my mom to stop because I realized how much she enjoyed doing it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:39 PM (VofaG)

54 I just realized penguins have tails.

wtf

Evil little bastards.

Posted by: eleven at April 18, 2025 07:40 PM (0HaGk)

55 am not doing Easter eggs but will make deviled eggs for Sunday. Two different kinds. It's one of the only things I can cook.
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

I am a devils egg connoisseur.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (VofaG)

56 I know I ate a few when I was younger, but Peeps are about the worst thing ever invented now that I'm 29

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (UJ+K5)

57 I like the video of the awesome service in Florence but it makes me sad that even in church everyone has their phones out instead of being present in the moment.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Concur. Put the damn phone down. Sad is the right word.

During this afternoon's service, towards the end, someone's phone when off but it was not too loud and the owner killed it right away. Not a few minutes later, someone else's loudly rang and rang and rang.

How ******* rude and clueless do you have to be to not check your device after a warning ring of someone else's?

I wanted to walk over there and thump 'em.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (vKNmo)

58 Duncanthrax, those hens do lay a lovely shade of blue, don't they?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (yp8Vj)

59 Looks like the trolls are here: (vJYB+)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (VNX3d)

60 I think I could compete with Cool Hand Luke if it were devils eggs. They’re like potato chips to me.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (VofaG)

61 Piper, Good for you. Growing up shouldn't mean abandoning childhood.

The kite flying weather has been exceptional.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:37 PM (yp8Vj)
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I think one of the best things about having grandkids is that you really get to see the world through the eyes of a child again. It's hard to do as a parent, with so much stress, the job, bills, etc. going on.

But once you're settled, they just amaze and crack me up constantly. My other kids also enjoy their pronouncements and of course the way they imitate their mother.

Last week Palm Sunday was a bit of a chore, but also adorable. Today I had to explain that we have to cut back on treats because Our Lord sacrificed himself on this day. They looked very solemn and sad but then cheered up because Easter is almost here and He Is Risen!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (ZOv7s)

62 I read somewhere that a group of Muslims was suing Spain (in an EU court, no doubt) to force the country to ban its traditional Christian processions. You see, they're "an offense to Muslims", and to their draggle-ass prophet.

The monarchs of Spain were, for centuries, referred to as "their most Catholic majesties" - a title awarded by the Pope. The title is no longer used officially, but neither has it been renounced. So, this is just another attempt by a pushy group of Musselmen at cultural conquest, using the west's own legal system against it. Sadly, I would not be surprised to see it succeed.

Posted by: Paco at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (mADJX)

63 I know I ate a few when I was younger, but Peeps are about the worst thing ever invented now that I'm 29
Posted by: jsg

Nurse thinks Almond Joys are.

I'll say this - she is one unique woman.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (vKNmo)

64 never told my mom to stop because I realized how much she enjoyed doing it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

My mother used to hide Easter eggs for me even when I was home from college.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (8jaXB)

65 55 I just realized penguins have tails.

wtf

Those little shapeshifter demons....

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:43 PM (UJ+K5)

66 Yosemite Falls, not Yellowstone.

Although Yellowstone also does have a dramatic waterfall

Posted by: Otto Pen at April 18, 2025 07:43 PM (sJHOI)

67 60 Looks like the trolls are here: (vJYB+)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (VNX3d)

Think that's a bot not a troll. Too bad there aren't actually any hot women nearby looking to hook up with me.

Posted by: The Internet, it lies! at April 18, 2025 07:43 PM (TbWk/)

68 61 I think I could compete with Cool Hand Luke if it were devils eggs. They’re like potato chips to me.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:42 PM (VofaG)
How about 2 dozen raw eggs? Any Navy here recall this?

Posted by: Eromero at April 18, 2025 07:44 PM (LHPAg)

69 I grew up right outside a Strategic Air Command Base, where they did B-52 training...

Touch and goes (where a plane lands then takes off again) were pretty constant...

So.... we'd sit outside the base at the end of the runway, and brink beer when I was in High School... and there was a dead end 2 mile road right outside the fence, that they kept in really good condition for security reasons... that was the Local drag strip.

50 years later, base closed, and that local drag strip now ends in a Federal Prison.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 18, 2025 07:44 PM (QAkQ3)

70 Just an idea. If you need a rest on Easter Sunday, tell the children you hit a couple extra eggs than you actually did. You might get time for a quick nap.

It will likely only work once, though....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:44 PM (VNX3d)

71 Easter was my Mom's favorite. She was a devout woman but was able to separate the secular pageantry from the true meaning. Heh, she went all-in with the baskets and candy an stuff. Ironically, she passed away on Easter Sunday. Miss ya bigly, Ma.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 18, 2025 07:44 PM (mH6SG)

72 31
' I will do them tomorrow even if I have to do them all by myself!'

I hope you have help.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 18, 2025 07:45 PM (3wi/L)

73 If you're going to just dismiss the power of cats with the wave of a hand somehow. I mean I guess ok. But that would be wierd.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:45 PM (1MVbl)

74 For various reasons, the Good Friday service was beyond my grasp, so instead I prayed a Rosary in the Pettit Shrine at 3 (or thereabouts, things move slowly here).

At first the grandkids were taking, moving around, so I paused my prayers and told them very sternly that they can go somewhere else or be quiet and sit still. They drifted away but came back a few minutes later and for the most part, quietly watched and listened to Grandpa pray. I think they found it calming.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:45 PM (ZOv7s)

75 Katy Perry is going to claim this stunt in the name of the Divine Feminine. (IG)

(starts new ice age)

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 18, 2025 07:45 PM (/HDaX)

76 Why is this feature of AOS called the "Cafe" ? With this crowd it seems like "bar" or "saloon" would be a more appropriate name. Maybe class it up a bit and call it the "pub" or the "club".

Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 07:46 PM (Yt3ED)

77 Notorious BFD, what a lovely memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:46 PM (yp8Vj)

78 Whatever happened to that Cadbury Egg rabbit what thought it was a chicken ?

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:46 PM (UJ+K5)

79 39
'David Hogg was on CBS News tonight saying that democracy is the problem that the Democrats need to stop. Might be the most honest thing a Democrat's said in 100 years.'

I despise that little fairy but he is useful for putting up trial balloons and seeing how the 'Rats react.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 18, 2025 07:47 PM (3wi/L)

80 Boss Hogg is a Marxist

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:47 PM (ypFCm)

81
Stanley Cup playoffs start tomorrow

STL @ WPG
COL @ DAL

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (AOsQT)

82 29 23 ......colored Easter eggs

Racist......

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

How 'bout "Easter eggs of color" ?

Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (Yt3ED)

83 Whatever happened to that Cadbury Egg rabbit what thought it was a chicken ?
Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:46 PM (UJ+K5)

They cut off its ears, grafted on a beak, attached feathers and amputated its forelegs. Species affirming care.

Posted by: only lived three minutes post-op at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (TbWk/)

84 Katy Perry is going to claim this stunt in the name of the Divine Feminine. (IG)

(starts new ice age)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 18, 2025 07:45 PM (/HDaX)
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In an interesting contrast, Gwen Stefani has been all about the prayer of late, first during Advent and now during Lent. I guess she was raised Catholic and has reverted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (ZOv7s)

85 57 I know I ate a few when I was younger, but Peeps are about the worst thing ever invented now that I'm 29
Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (UJ+K5)

I've never liked those. Same with candy corn.

I tell my mom every year the kids put the candy corn in the ehh pile and they're holding out for snickers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (IFJVl)

86 Hogg resembles Goebbels to me. Who was also a Marxist.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:49 PM (VofaG)

87 Ah.... Easter service... I've got old slide pictures of our family... Mom, Dad, 4 kids (ages 5 - 10)...

Girls in matching dresses, boys in shirts made of the same material... clothes that Mom had sewn.

60's were a way different time.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 18, 2025 07:49 PM (QAkQ3)

88 Yeah this one I saw recently is legit beautiful, not faux pretty, and married to a loving husband.
It has to be the power, the forbidden fruit allure, the easy access. Maybe due to the kid’s youth there’s some extra benefits as well
-

I suspect if we could honestly examine and discuss it we'd learn there's a developmental halt at the time they are most attractive, and it's a pursuit to prove to themselves that they still have that same demographic appeal.

When in reality men of all ages work off of the "half a chance and an open hole" principle, so any "success" an attractive (or unattractive) woman has in securing sex is mostly meaningless.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:49 PM (weQLb)

89 Too bad there aren't actually any hot women nearby looking to hook up with me.
Posted by: The Internet

Maybe they are like the 'hot' T-Bone waitress in the film "Hell or High Water".

Posted by: Tonypete at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (vKNmo)

90 I guess in 900 years they haven't burned the city down so it must be safe

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (ypFCm)

91 Boss Hogg is a Marxist
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:47 PM (ypFCm)
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He was a gentleman, sir, and patriot.

Boss Hogg was 10x more effective than the mincing fairy of the same name.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

92 A.H. Lloyd, that they came back is an incredibly beautiful.lesson they will long remember.

A Blessed Easter to you and your family.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (yp8Vj)

93 83 29 23 ......colored Easter eggs

Racist......

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

How 'bout "Easter eggs of color" ?
Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 07:48 PM (Yt3ED)

Yeah... thought about coloring some eggs.... but coloring with Purple dye... and Blue dye... and Green dye... and the blood of my enemies...

Probably not a good idea.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (QAkQ3)

94 76 Katy Perry is going to claim this stunt in the name of the Divine Feminine. (IG)

(starts new ice age)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

Who'd have thought that her ex-husband, Russell Brand, would be the normal one here.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (MmTZZ)

95 77 Why is this feature of AOS called the "Cafe" ? With this crowd it seems like "bar" or "saloon" would be a more appropriate name. Maybe class it up a bit and call it the "pub" or the "club". - BillyD

Meh, I think it's more like a cantina with a cock-fighting arena out back.

Posted by: Paco at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (mADJX)

96 57 I know I ate a few when I was younger, but Peeps are about the worst thing ever invented now that I'm 29

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:41 PM (UJ+K5)

Nasty little bastards. Only thing they're good for is blowing up in the microwave.

Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (Yt3ED)

97 A drive-by wish for a most blessed Easter and answer to all prayers (from an extremely enjoyable family gathering) to each and every one here, from our family.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (hKoQL)

98 Katy Perry stopped being culturally relevant with her last pop hits I think it was about ten years ago if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (1MVbl)

99 We used to do a little lsd and lie on the end of Miami International runways trying to pick out plane headlights from the stars, and watching them land over us.
Got run off by security/ cops more than once. 1969-70, times were different.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 18, 2025 07:53 PM (n4GiU)

100 97
'Nasty little bastards. Only thing they're good for is blowing up in the microwave.'

You mean Peeps and not penguins, right?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 18, 2025 07:53 PM (3wi/L)

101 Yosemite Falls, not Yellowstone.

Although Yellowstone also does have a dramatic waterfall
Posted by: Otto Pen
+++
I was wondering about that. I've been to Yellowstone numerous times and hiked all over. I knew I had never seen or heard about that trail.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (Lo97M)

102 Katy Perry is going to claim this stunt in the name of the Divine Feminine. (IG)

(starts new ice age)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

Who'd have thought that her ex-husband, Russell Brand, would be the normal one here.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 18, 2025 07:51 PM (MmTZZ)

I think rehabbing changed him a LOT. He's also a professing Christian now. Interesting progression.

Posted by: And he's not 'tarded unlike KP at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (TbWk/)

103 Katy Perry stopped being culturally relevant with her last pop hits I think it was about ten years ago if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (1MVbl)
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Back when soft-core lipstick lesbianism was still a thing, she had some traction. But now the reality of crew-cut potato-shaped women beating each other has taken a lot of the thrill away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

104 Steve Perry > Katy Perry

Bloody hell....

Perry the Platypus > Katy Perry

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (UJ+K5)

105 Katy Perry stopped being culturally relevant with her last pop hits I think it was about ten years ago if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (1MVbl)

pop hits -- > tit pops

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (VNX3d)

106 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:49 PM

Yeah, I see that

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (ypFCm)

107 Think.I'll buy up the after Easter peeps and save them to use on the 500 yard range at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (yp8Vj)

108 99 Katy Perry stopped being culturally relevant with her last pop hits I think it was about ten years ago if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (1MVbl)

Gotta hand it to her though... the Voice is a good gig for aging singers. Don't ever have to sing and strain yer voice... don't have to tour... and its a paycheck.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 18, 2025 07:55 PM (QAkQ3)

109 IG.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:55 PM (1MVbl)

110 I think rehabbing changed him a LOT. He's also a professing Christian now. Interesting progression.
Posted by: And he's not 'tarded unlike KP at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (TbWk/)
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He's still a babbling lunatic, though. Oddly, he's more right than wrong.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)

111 Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 07:52 PM (1MVbl)

Over ten years ago . I think her last semi hit was 2013 or 14.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:55 PM (VofaG)

112 There was a conversation about it here recently, and I've decided the world got noticeably worse when matchbooks were no longer given away in restaurants and bars and such.

There are probably other indicators, too, but the matchbook die off seems to be the one that I can definitely identity.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (weQLb)

113 Yeah, I still have original photos of us kids all dressed up and mugging for the camera before going to church. One year, we were standing in three inches of snow. Ugh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (mH6SG)

114 104 ...crew-cut potato-shaped women beating each other...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

Now there's an MTV show....

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (UJ+K5)

115 98
'wish for a most blessed Easter and answer to all prayers'

Thank you.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 18, 2025 07:57 PM (3wi/L)

116 104 ...crew-cut potato-shaped women beating each other...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

Now there's an MTV show....
Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (UJ+K5)

Potluck gone wrong at a Unitarian "church."

Posted by: And that's just the priestesses at April 18, 2025 07:57 PM (TbWk/)

117 Think.I'll buy up the after Easter peeps and save them to use on the 500 yard range at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:54 PM

Perfect!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 18, 2025 07:57 PM (mH6SG)

118 Back when soft-core lipstick lesbianism was still a thing, she had some traction. But now the reality of crew-cut potato-shaped women beating each other has taken a lot of the thrill away.

-

I heard someone make a similar point in regards to something Norm McDonald said on a late night show just to see if he could say it. They beeped it out, the host scolded him before cutting to commercial, he wasn't invited back, etc

Back then it was shocking. Now it's just Tuesday.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:58 PM (weQLb)

119 CNN : Misinformation !

https://tinyurl.com/45by78ns

Posted by: jsg at April 18, 2025 07:59 PM (UJ+K5)

120 Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (weQLb)

I think they still do matchbooks where smoking is allowed. Or maybe I’m misremembering.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 07:59 PM (VofaG)

121 "Good to know: The Easter Bunny is not a pagan invention. It traces back to German customs in the 17th century. Well after Germany was Christianized, of course."

Well, the Easter Bunny is "pagan" in that it has nothing to do with Christianity. "Easter" is only in the KJV once and it is wrongly interpreted from the word pascha which means passover.

And yes, the spring time symbolism of rabbits (for reproduction) does mean Easter Bunny relates those two "mythologies", and this guy is trying too hard to deny that the Easter Bunny is non-Christian, regardless of when bunnies were introduced.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:00 PM (Cus5s)

122 Aww… blind kitteh

It’s amazing how once his tail accidentally flicked the toy, he instantly calculated exactly how to move in order to catch it.
Posted by: kallisto

Cat wins internet.

Again.

Posted by: eleven at April 18, 2025 08:01 PM (0HaGk)

123 Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:00 PM (Cus5s)

Germania mixed a lot of pagan tradition with the new Christianity. Isn’t the Christmas tree also connected to non Christian tradition?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025 08:04 PM (VofaG)

124 113 There was a conversation about it here recently, and I've decided the world got noticeably worse when matchbooks were no longer given away in restaurants and bars and such.

There are probably other indicators, too, but the matchbook die off seems to be the one that I can definitely identity.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 07:56 PM (weQLb)
Phone booths near the entrance.

Posted by: Eromero at April 18, 2025 08:04 PM (LHPAg)

125 alright then

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2025 08:04 PM (AOsQT)

126
I think they still do matchbooks where smoking is allowed. Or maybe I’m misremembering.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 18, 2025

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The two pipe/cigar places in town that I know of give their own branded boxes of wooden matches away. Short matches, not like the longer Red (?) Diamond kitchen matches, about twenty to the box.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2025 08:07 PM (omVj0)

127 I was out by the airport/air guard base. They were giving the F35s a good workout so I stopped and watched for about 10 minutes. The unit was hosting Polish Air Force trainees, and if they are the ones still here, they're sierra hotel. Saw one guy give the tower a good ol' fashioned beat down, coming in low and fast.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2025 08:07 PM (gm9Sb)

128 Gotta hand it to her though... the Voice is a good gig for aging singers. Don't ever have to sing and strain yer voice... don't have to tour... and its a paycheck.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 18, 2025 07:55 PM (QAkQ3)

The Voice has overtaken American Idol in pop culture. Even though mega-stars like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood got their start in these formats.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 08:09 PM (1MVbl)

129 Evenin’, All.

Somebody please remind me, what is the e-mail for the Saturday-morning prayer list?

Posted by: Bulg at April 18, 2025 08:09 PM (77rzZ)

130 "Germania mixed a lot of pagan tradition with the new Christianity. Isn’t the Christmas tree also connected to non Christian tradition?" Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

yeah, the Christmas Tree is another "pagan" tradition related to .. whatever. It was about the shortest day of the year, around December 22. Celebrating the solar (Sun God?) cycles was a pagan tradition.

It is known Jesus was born in the fall (studies of the stars I saw say 9/11 3BC, but have lost touch with those studies) ... certainly not at Dec 22. Most old tradition that defies Christianity is hence "pagan". Some of the roots are more directly tied to "paganism" than others.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:10 PM (Cus5s)

131 Why is this feature of AOS called the "Cafe" ? With this crowd it seems like "bar" or "saloon" would be a more appropriate name. Maybe class it up a bit and call it the "pub" or the "club". - BillyD

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I think Ace introduced it about 4.5 to 5 years ago, when we were all going stir-crazy during the Sniffle Scare. A nice evening break it was from that endless thundering drumbeat in the "news" about "Stay home and stay safe!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2025 08:10 PM (omVj0)

132 113 If it wasn't for picking up that one matchbook, I never would have had a law degree.

Joe Biden, Esq.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2025 08:11 PM (gm9Sb)

133 "There are probably other indicators, too, but the matchbook die off seems to be the one that I can definitely identity.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid"

Minty toothpicks.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

134 "There are probably other indicators, too, but the matchbook die off seems to be the one that I can definitely identity.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid"

Minty toothpicks.
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

Cigarette machines.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 08:13 PM (VNX3d)

135 Why is this feature of AOS called the "Cafe" ? With this crowd it seems like "bar" or "saloon" would be a more appropriate name. Maybe class it up a bit and call it the "pub" or the "club". - BillyD

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I think Ace introduced it about 4.5 to 5 years ago, when we were all going stir-crazy during the Sniffle Scare. A nice evening break it was from that endless thundering drumbeat in the "news" about "Stay home and stay safe!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2025 08:10 PM (omVj0)

One of Ace's better ideas. Sanity is not overrated.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 08:14 PM (VNX3d)

136 135 Beer machines on the base golf course until the dependent brats from housing fucked that up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2025 08:15 PM (gm9Sb)

137 The actor who played BOSS Hogg was a WWII veteran with a great service record

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 08:16 PM (ypFCm)

138 My late kitten Tatiana the Wonder Siberian (RIP, 2006-2010 ) was born on Easter Sunday. Since Easter moves every year, it's hard for me to remember the exact date.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2025 08:16 PM (omVj0)

139 fd, you survived Atlanta?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 08:17 PM (yp8Vj)

140 You may be an artist!
Draw this puppy dog.

/O\

Posted by: Matchbook Memories at April 18, 2025 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

141
Whatever happened to that Cadbury Egg rabbit what thought it was a chicken ?
Posted by: jsg

https://youtu.be/t6MxXx0ExOk

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 18, 2025 08:19 PM (63Dwl)

142 In my junk drawer I have a book of matches from the Terehan Hilton.
Don't know how I got it having never been to Iran. Doubt the hotel is still there, think I git it before '79.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 18, 2025 08:19 PM (n4GiU)

143
Thanks, Easter Bunny

https://youtu.be/gBZoTxUMPZI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 18, 2025 08:20 PM (63Dwl)

144 The actor who played BOSS Hogg was a WWII veteran with a great service record
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025

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His name was Sorrell Booke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2025 08:21 PM (omVj0)

145 'fd, you survived Atlanta?
Posted by: Ben Had'

I did! Made it home about 5:00. I still have a headache. Bad vibes.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

146 Whatever happened to that Cadbury Egg rabbit what thought it was a chicken ?
Posted by: jsg

https://youtu.be/t6MxXx0ExOk
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 18, 2025 08:19 PM (63Dwl)

Thank You! I needed that today.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 08:21 PM (VNX3d)

147 The actor who played BOSS Hogg was a WWII veteran with a great service record
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 08:16 PM (ypFCm)

This is one of those who cares if it is true or not things.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 08:22 PM (1MVbl)

148 >>I think Ace introduced it about 4.5 to 5 years ago, when we were all going stir-crazy during the Sniffle Scare. A nice evening break it was from that endless thundering drumbeat in the "news" about "Stay home and stay safe!"

It's morbidly amusing that so much is going on now the virus and the crazy stuff that went on has been in many ways forgotten.

It seems many haven't even noticed that the White House launched a new section on the White House website all about the truth behind the China virus. You'll never guess what really happened.

https://tinyurl.com/2cpbzwcf

Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2025 08:23 PM (viF8m)

149 In my junk drawer

Bra.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 18, 2025 08:25 PM (mlg/3)

150 We all knew the truth about the China virus. Some just before others.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 08:26 PM (1MVbl)

151 One of Ace's better ideas. Sanity is not overrated.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 08:14 PM (VNX3d)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 18, 2025 08:26 PM (cweKM)

152 the prayer list email is apaslo@hotmail.com

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 18, 2025 08:28 PM (cvWHI)

153 "You'll never guess what really happened.

https://tinyurl.com/2cpbzwcf
Posted by: JackStraw "

It was those damn penguins, wasn't it?

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

154 Saying the new version of some "fertility goddess" is not pagan, just because it is now a bunny ... is like saying all the new leftist concepts are not leftist, because they have taken on a new form (trannies, or whatever).

Evil keeps changing its form, but is still the same root of evil.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:30 PM (Cus5s)

155 JackStraw saving that for tomorrow reading

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2025 08:30 PM (ypFCm)

156 Is there some problem with the Easter Bunny?

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

157 Evil keeps changing its form, but is still the same root of evil.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:30 PM (Cus5s)

The modern humanist left in a nutshell. Hitler to Stalin to Mao.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 08:35 PM (1MVbl)

158 One of Ace's better ideas. Sanity is not overrated.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 18, 2025 08:14 PM (VNX3d)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 18, 2025 08:26 PM (cweKM)

REEEEEE!!!

[saving throw!]

Posted by: Every D&D Dork, ever at April 18, 2025 08:37 PM (/HDaX)

159 >>JackStraw saving that for tomorrow reading

I think it's just the start Skip. There's a spot at the bottom of the page where you can enter your email address for updates.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2025 08:37 PM (viF8m)

160 “Easter” was the name of a pagan goddess, an IE cognate of “Aurora,” the Greek goddess of the dawn.

Just pointing this out, nothing else. But it’s interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at April 18, 2025 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

161 *** Nyarlathotep has entered the chat...***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 18, 2025 08:26 PM (cweKM)

REEEEEE!!!

[saving throw!]
Posted by: Every D&D Dork, ever at April 18, 2025 08:37 PM (/HDaX)
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Wrong game...roll for SAN!

Posted by: Call of Cthulhu RPG at April 18, 2025 08:39 PM (cweKM)

162 Is there some problem with the Easter Bunny?
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

Apparently a satanic construct for drawing the faithful away from the one true God. In its way it is worse than applause at weddings, or felt banners, or other such schismatic notions.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 18, 2025 08:44 PM (D7oie)

163 "“Easter” was the name of a pagan goddess, an IE cognate of “Aurora,” the Greek goddess of the dawn.

Just pointing this out, nothing else. But it’s interesting."

and interesting the Jesus was raised after 3 days and 3 nights (like Jonah in the whale) ... legally dead. And he was thence raised Saturday (the Sabbath) at sunset. Not Sunday morning, when they found he was already gone from the tomb.

Jews can confirm that their Sabbath is "Saturday", which begins at sunset Friday, and ends at sunset Saturday.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:46 PM (Cus5s)

164
Our Veep attends Vatican services for Good Friday

https://tinyurl.com/bhzacvz9

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 08:48 PM (0aihy)

165 colored Easter eggs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 18, 2025 07:30 PM (yp8V

Isn’t that, like, Biden raciss?

Posted by: RI Red at April 18, 2025 08:50 PM (+vDwr)

166 "Apparently a satanic construct for drawing the faithful away from the one true God. "

There's a lot of that going around. I'd say the Easter Bunny is a rather benign threat in comparison.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

167 149 In my junk drawer

Bra.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at

An Easter egg hunt, but different?

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 08:53 PM (pZEOD)

168

Ēostre ([ˈeːostre])[1][2][3] is an Anglo-Saxon goddess mentioned by Bede in his 8th century work The Reckoning of Time. He wrote that pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in her honour during the month named after her: Ēosturmōnaþ (April), and that this became the English name for the Paschal season: Easter.
This is why the feast of Our Lord’s resurrection is only called Easter in the Anglosphere.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 08:54 PM (0aihy)

169 I had a Japanese Kit Kat today and wow was it better than American ones.

How have to we let ourselves fall behind on critical Kit Kat technologies like this!?!

WE NEED ANSWERS...and more Japanese Kit Kats

Posted by: 18-1 at April 18, 2025 08:55 PM (t0Rmr)

170 The Easter Bunny is satanic now?

Imma have to think on that one.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 08:56 PM (0aihy)

171 "There's a lot of that going around. I'd say the Easter Bunny is a rather benign threat in comparison."
Posted by: fd

idk, imo all "pagan" influences distract from the true Christian (marriage/family) message, especially when it pertains to sex Sex, SEX. Is All Sex good? For Gaia believers, yes, all free sex (love) is good.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:57 PM (Cus5s)

172 Relax people, try not to get out of control with this stuff. I’m afraid you’re gonna end up like those Utah murder mommies who tortured and or killed their own children because they were certain the kids were possessed.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 08:57 PM (0aihy)

173 The Easter Bunny is satanic now?

Look fat, I've known this for a while. You see that bunny in person and you'll lose control of your bowels right then and there - my word as a Biden

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 18, 2025 08:57 PM (t0Rmr)

174 you sound concerned illiniwek. I commend you.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 18, 2025 08:58 PM (D7oie)

175 Wrong game...roll for SAN!
Posted by: Call of Cthulhu RPG at April 18, 2025 08:39 PM (cweKM)

Whaddaya taling about? I have one of those Call of Cthulu Arkham Horror games, still in the box, never played...

Oh.

Posted by: Every D&D Dork, ever at April 18, 2025 09:00 PM (/HDaX)

176 Think.I'll buy up the after Easter peeps and save them to use on the 500 yard range at the MoMe.

Please do.

My nephew wanted peeps today, I said, no no no you are not going to eat that trash food.
I could see Peeps being a Product of Satan though.
I won’t need too much convincing on that point.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 09:00 PM (0aihy)

177 The last thirty years of great actresses have been pretty much bereft. There haven't any great ones. Can you even name any one?

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 09:01 PM (1MVbl)

178 "Is All Sex good? For Gaia believers, yes, all free sex (love) is good.
Posted by: illiniwek "

No. There are definitely things that should not have sex.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 09:02 PM (vFG9F)

179 156 Is there some problem with the Easter Bunny?

Well, for starters, he has 2 ears that stick straight up from his head. You know who else has 2 pointy things sticking out of his head??

Posted by: kallisto, channeling SNL church lady at April 18, 2025 09:04 PM (0aihy)

180 176 My nephew wanted peeps today, I said, no no no you are not going to eat that trash food.
I could see Peeps being a Product of Satan though.
I won’t need too much convincing on that point.
Posted by: kallisto at April

We tried to toast one - my horse likes stale ones, they were in the pantry aging for him- it doesn’t work. Burnt sugar, smell, mess. 0/5 stars.

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 09:04 PM (p4NUW)

181 Christ was born Oct. 1 or 2, 7 BC by our calendar.

Posted by: It's Been Proved! at April 18, 2025 09:05 PM (G5+As)

182 How have to we let ourselves fall behind on critical Kit Kat technologies like this!?!

WE NEED ANSWERS...and more Japanese Kit Kats
Posted by: 18-1

We can't fall behind any further in the Kit Kat gap!!
-- Zombie GEN Buck Turgidson

Posted by: Tonypete at April 18, 2025 09:05 PM (vKNmo)

183 How have to we let ourselves fall behind on critical Kit Kat technologies like this!?!

The Japanese apple pie flavor Kit Kats are stunningly good. I'm kind of glad they're hard to find here.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 18, 2025 09:07 PM (0A/JS)

184 Decades ago, on the CompuServe Religion Forum, there was a fellow who insisted that Jesus was not crucified upon a cross, but rather on a "T." This was an important must-believe for some reason.

I was surprised to read in last night's ONT comments that the upright was not a post but rather a tree, indeed that all three, Jesus and the two thieves, were all nailed to the same fig tree. That was a new one to me.

I haven't had enough reason to believe other than that the Romans used an upright post. That plank that Pilate wrote on was nailed up above the cross-post. When the Romans got down to it, crosses littered the landscape, and the condemned were exposed to the sun, not the shade of some tree.
____

Ann Barnhardt had a good post describing just how excruciating Crucifixion was. I knew most of these details, but learned a few ways in which it was even worse than I knew.
https://bit.ly/3Gd77ms
___

Since the day He rose, there have been those who claimed Jesus didn't really die on the cross. But,
The Romans Were Good at Dead
(A mindful webwork text from 2014)
https://bit.ly/Romans-were-good-at-death

Posted by: mindful webworker - randomly at April 18, 2025 09:07 PM (dlb43)

185
This is Easter is one of those somewhat rare occasions where the Western and Orthodox dates coincide, and also modern Jewish Passover aligned as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 18, 2025 09:07 PM (w6EFb)

186 Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 09:04 PM (p4NUW)

I used to like Peeps when I was a kid. But kids enjoy eating all kinds of heinous stuff, like circus peanuts and ranch style doritos.

Posted by: kallisto at April 18, 2025 09:07 PM (0aihy)

187
You know who else has 2 pointy things sticking out of his head??
Posted by: kallisto

George Armstrong Custer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 18, 2025 09:08 PM (63Dwl)

188
His name was actually Hans Olo, but Georgie got cold feet at having him be Germanic.

Pussy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 18, 2025 09:08 PM (Tv15w)

189 "You know who else has 2 pointy things sticking out of his head??
Posted by: kallisto, channeling SNL church lady"

Steve Martin? No! Uh, Trotsky!

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2025 09:08 PM (vFG9F)

190 Peeps - Jr. and I froze some and used them as .22 pistol targets. Good times.
They did taste a little bit off after that, though.

Posted by: RI Red at April 18, 2025 09:09 PM (+vDwr)

191 Traveling around the British Isles for a college Geology class field trip encountered something similar (if not worse) re: airports - on the Isle of Mann. Our van stopped at the beginning of a long stretch of roadway at a red light with no visible intersection or reason for it. Just a fence to the left of the road. Minute later saw a sizable airliner skim over the road and the fence on its way to land.

No sh@t it was a traffic light to enforce giving low flying airliners the Right of Way.

Posted by: BobM at April 18, 2025 09:09 PM (YW/Op)

192
Got our boat ready for the maintenance nan. Tomorrow will be given over to a perfunctory yard cleanup -- downed branches and pine cones. Might rake the pine straw if time petmits.

And ... SOMEASSHOLESTOLEOURGARBAGECAN

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 18, 2025 09:11 PM (Tv15w)

193 The left obviously has been surrounded somehow by Trump. Even by some way even in things somehow or something.

Posted by: dudley at April 18, 2025 09:12 PM (1MVbl)

194 169 I had a Japanese Kit Kat today and wow was it better than American ones.

How have to we let ourselves fall behind on critical Kit Kat technologies like this!?!

WE NEED ANSWERS...and more Japanese Kit Kats

Posted by: 18-1 at April 18, 2025 08:55 PM (t0Rmr)

Was it one of the squid flavored ones?

Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 09:12 PM (Yt3ED)

195 You know who else has 2 pointy things sticking out of his head??
Posted by: kallisto

Caterpillars?

Posted by: Piper at April 18, 2025 09:13 PM (pZEOD)

196
Steve Martin? No! Uh, Trotsky!
Posted by: fd

Picky, picky!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 18, 2025 09:13 PM (Tv15w)

197 You know who else has 2 pointy things sticking out of his head??
Posted by: kallisto

George Armstrong Custer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Also invented the Arrow Shirt.

Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate at April 18, 2025 09:14 PM (G5+As)

198 Jews can confirm that their Sabbath is "Saturday", which begins at sunset Friday, and ends at sunset Saturday.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 08:46 PM (Cus5s)
I know that we are not supposed to have math but Friday plus three days is beyond Saturday

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 18, 2025 09:14 PM (P4Pk9)

199 It's beyond Sunday, too.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 18, 2025 09:20 PM (63Dwl)

200 And ... SOMEASSHOLESTOLEOURGARBAGECAN
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 18, 2025 09:11 PM (Tv15w)
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Everyone by me paints their house number on garbage cans because the summer renters/invaders steal them.

Posted by: IrishEi at April 18, 2025 09:21 PM (3ImbR)

201
There were more phones than eyes on that Florentine ritual.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 18, 2025 09:22 PM (1LbhO)

202 "I know that we are not supposed to have math but Friday plus three days is beyond Saturday"
Posted by: MAC V SOG

Right, JC was crucified Wednesday (at sunset) (there was a special high day involved) and raised three days and three nights later ... Saturday night at sunset (which was the beginning of Sunday)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 09:22 PM (Cus5s)

203 The airplane landing, no, just no. I'll walk, or canoe, or something.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 18, 2025 09:25 PM (XeU6L)

204 And ... SOMEASSHOLESTOLEOURGARBAGECAN
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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In my neighborhood, it's usually a bear.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 18, 2025 09:27 PM (XeU6L)

205 I didn't mind Peeps...they were fun to microvave. I really liked candy corn but haven't seen them in years. And chocolate malt balls too.

One of my friends' kids had a birthday today. Cousins were down. All younger.

I brought them the remaining catnip I had and an unused cat leash.

My friend sent me a video of Snowflake on the leash. She's an outdoor cat that comes in everyday for about 6 hours. The leash did not go over well.

Not at all.

Posted by: Stateless.. 12% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 18, 2025 09:29 PM (jvJvP)

206 Re: the idea that the cross may have been a “t”; that is known as the “Tau” cross and is a very old idea in Christian thought. Sometimes called St. Anthony’s Cross, St Francis took it as a personal emblem of his ministry and wore one throughout his life.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 18, 2025 09:53 PM (ZEzFB)

207 just saw something really interesting on X

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2025 09:53 PM (AOsQT)

208 "I know that we are not supposed to have math but Friday plus three days is beyond Saturday"
Posted by: MAC V SOG
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Right, JC was crucified Wednesday (at sunset) (there was a special high day involved) and raised three days and three nights later ... Saturday night at sunset (which was the beginning of Sunday)
Posted by: illiniwek at April 18, 2025 09:22 PM (Cus5s)
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Not three days later. "On the third day He rose again according to the scriptures..."

1st Day - Friday
2nd Day - Saturday
3rd Day - Sunday

Posted by: IrishEi at April 18, 2025 09:56 PM (3ImbR)

209 Allllmost...

Posted by: mindful webworker - almostly at April 18, 2025 09:57 PM (dlb43)

210 207 just saw something really interesting on X

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2025 09:53 PM (AOsQT)

Well? We're waiting ! ! !

Posted by: BillyD at April 18, 2025 09:57 PM (Yt3ED)

211 Oh wait...

hahaha

Posted by: IrishEi at April 18, 2025 09:57 PM (3ImbR)

212 Lindor bomb. Nice.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2025 09:59 PM (viF8m)

213 I think the most fascinating one is where church goers are actively taught that the nails didn't go through Jesus' hands

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 18, 2025 09:59 PM (weQLb)

214 This is an interesting video. It's called cross writing. People used it to save on postage or paper. I've never seen it.

https://tinyurl.com/ycx6ezfn

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 18, 2025 10:00 PM (cvWHI)

215
no, it'll probably get covered later
it's pretty good

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2025 10:00 PM (AOsQT)

216 Hello everybody. I'm thinking of changing my nic. This is what I was actually nic'd in the goth scene here (S.F.) years ago by one of the DJs. I'm actually kind of fond of it. Today's a sad anniversary on a personal, pet loss level. It inspires me on a particular mission to make a difference. Well, enough crypticism. It's supposed to be a good Friday and it is the weekend.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 18, 2025 10:02 PM (KAi1n)

217 Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 18, 2025 10:02 PM (KAi1n)

Condolences on the loss of your pet buddy

Posted by: kallisto at April 19, 2025 12:32 AM (0aihy)

218 Peak Katy Perry Circa 2010.
Chefs Kiss

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 19, 2025 12:41 AM (DKKgv)

219 Most probably remember getting a Easter basket when you 5 years old or so. All the fake green grass and a hollow chocolate bunny, and some rather colorful little candy eggs. I probably was happy to get all that chocolate, but a not solid chocolate bunny, what a disappointment. But I grew up a poor child, as many did back then.

Posted by: Colin at April 19, 2025 04:40 AM (wlQdF)

220 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2025 06:08 AM (a1415)

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