Mid-Morning Art Thread

Chrysanthemums
Charles Sheeler

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 a
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Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (QBMHV)

4 4th grade water colors.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Nicely done, Sponge.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (QBMHV)

6 What happened?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Boring.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

8 Nicely done, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2025 09:30 AM (QBMHV)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Whitney Museum of American Art

Date
1912

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/8 × 20 1/8in. (61.3 × 51.1 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

10 The leaning vase of flowers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

11 It's no Georgia O'Keefe

Posted by: Winston, trying to think up a new nic at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (uoytw)

12 Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in collaboration with Paul Strand. Sheeler is recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

13 Not a fan of the background colors. Probably wouldn't hang.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (QBMHV)

14 I know! Lets have a spelling contest!

Posted by: Doc Holiday at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (i0F8b)

15 I certainly hope he had a day job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Flowers look a little dry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

17 I usually take the flowers out of the wrapping before I stick 'em in a vase.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

18 It's no Georgia O'Keefe

Posted by: Winston, trying to think up a new nic at May 05, 2025 09:32 AM (uoytw)

It's like Michelle Owebama. No vagina.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

19

My underwear after a weekend at Fire Island!

Posted by: Progtard Fuckwit at May 05, 2025 09:34 AM (Xv+t7)

20 Um….

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:34 AM (PCK5/)

21 Those mums look like zinnias.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 05, 2025 09:34 AM (DIweC)

22 shArt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Looks like an interesting tone choice for this one. Kind of dreary look for a colorful flower. Screams depression.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 09:35 AM (tKZgo)

24 Kris, can you put lipstick on this pig???

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:35 AM (PCK5/)

25 The mums look like marigolds.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

26 The Japanese Emperor should declare war on this artist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2025 09:36 AM (ExV1e)

27 Reds and yellows of the flowers are a nice color contrast with the blues and greens of the vase and surroundings . Other than that, I'm not keen about it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 09:36 AM (lRvfO)

28 His painting confirmed his parent's suspicion that he'd never amount to anything......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

29 Georgia O'Keefe wannabe.

Posted by: Most horny guys at May 05, 2025 09:36 AM (dg+HA)

30 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 09:36 AM (lRvfO)

31 Would hang.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:37 AM (CQE5S)

32 mid 16th century (originally denoting the corn marigold): from Latin, from Greek khrusanthemon, from khrusos ‘gold’ + anthemon ‘flower’.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:37 AM (CQE5S)

33 When the Japanese guy comes along, he gonna hurl those flowers against the wall.

And then we'll have chrysanthemums thrown.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

34 Nice art. Would hang in my 1890s epoch Early American Whore House.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 05, 2025 09:38 AM (MsrgL)

35 mid 16th century (originally denoting the corn marigold): from Latin, from Greek khrusanthemon, from khrusos ‘gold’ + anthemon ‘flower’.
Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:37 AM (CQE5S)

NO MATH!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

36 The artist was influenced by his stay in a Motel 6…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:39 AM (PCK5/)

37 corn marigold | kôrn ˈmerəˌɡōld |
noun
a daisy-like yellow-flowered Eurasian plant.
Chrysanthemum segetum, family Compositae

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

38 The artist was influenced by his stay in a Motel 6…
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:39 AM (PCK5/)

Tom should'a turned the light off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

39 What's this about Trump wanting to protect the Hollywood film industry with crippling tariffs?
https://tinyurl.com/4yk3e36c

I can't imagine anyone who voted for what he campaigned on wants him to keep film production in the US with tariffs on films produced in foreign countries. California is too damned expensive, and why build sets for what already exists in other countries? I don't get it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (36PRH)

40 It’s odd.

Mums are typically large, brightly colored flowers. Somehow, this artist makes them small and dull and cold.

I prefer Van Gough’s sunflowers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (cnePD)

41 Ignore the H8Rs, CBD. It's a nice piece and very hangable.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (vf0Y9)

42
Ooooo! Look at all the vaginas!!!

Posted by: Georgia O'Keefe at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

43 Where's the chrysanthedads?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (vs3rY)

44 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

45 35 mid 16th century (originally denoting the corn marigold): from Latin, from Greek khrusanthemon, from khrusos ‘gold’ + anthemon ‘flower’.
Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:37 AM (CQE5S)

NO MATH!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

When's the mid 16th century, Sponge?

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (CQE5S)

46 41 Ignore the H8Rs, CBD. It's a nice piece and very hangable.
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (vf0Y9)

Not comment of the week material, Doof…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (PCK5/)

47 My wife has a paint by the numbers thing that her grandpa did that looks better than this.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (Lo97M)

48 Regarding the art, it looks like someone painted a bouquet of flowers over rhe middle of an unfinished Picasso from his blue period. At least tbe lighting is consistent.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 05, 2025 09:43 AM (36PRH)

49 It's always a good idea to remove the cellophane wrap around the flowers before putting them in a vase.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2025 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

50 Pleasing color and composition...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 09:43 AM (VE6XX)

51 44 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

Possibly Bourbon-related??

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:43 AM (PCK5/)

52 Ignore the H8Rs, CBD. It's a nice piece and very hangable.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (vf0Y9)

Heh.

Looks like somebody let Sponge off his leash.

Next week he might even get to cross the street on his own!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:44 AM (mWSu4)

53 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

Possibly Bourbon-related??
Posted by: tubal

Looks more tequila like.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 09:44 AM (vs3rY)

54 50 Pleasing color and composition...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 09:43 AM (VE6XX)

You are a kind person, aren’t you?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:44 AM (PCK5/)

55 Maybe they are miniature chrysanthemums.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (CQE5S)

56 Post 44

Yes, it was CBD. Thanks .I don't particularly care for his pictures of buildings in modern settings, although they are certainly very "precise". I do like this Vermont landscape, however:

https://tinyurl.com/42hye2kz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (lRvfO)

57 Green Monday.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

58 Kind of electric and dark for a bunch of flowers. Somebody was eating mushrooms.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (pZ64F)

59 Mini-mums.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (CQE5S)

60 A week, after the prom, the bouquet still sits in the foyer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)

61
I saw this painting live when the museum sent it on tour to my refrigerator door.

Where everybody could see it!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2025 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

62 53 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

Possibly Bourbon-related??
Posted by: tubal

Looks more tequila like.
Posted by: rickb223

I'm definitely getting absinthe vibes from this piece.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (VPwba)

63 Still life is the cellar dweller of art forms. Ottoman art is the sub-basement.

Posted by: Not Down With it at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (G5+As)

64 In Italy Chrysanthemums are typically for the dead, often seen at cemeteries and funerals. Not usual in an arrangement for the living. Obviously started as a common and available flower.

Posted by: Ciampino - who knows today? at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (sPQoU)

65 62 I'm definitely getting absinthe vibes from this piece.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (VPwba)

Very much so!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (CQE5S)

66
Uh,, nope...

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at May 05, 2025 09:47 AM (5hfjS)

67 64 In Italy Chrysanthemums are typically for the dead, often seen at cemeteries and funerals. Not usual in an arrangement for the living. Obviously started as a common and available flower.
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Ice was in short supply.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:47 AM (pZ64F)

68 Aren't mums a fall flower?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

69 The paper or foil or whatever that's used to wrap the flowers is kinda growing on me.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:48 AM (CQE5S)

70 69 The paper or foil or whatever that's used to wrap the flowers is kinda growing on me.
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Its wrapped in blotter.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:49 AM (pZ64F)

71 What a waste! Oil on linen, when he could have used my Giza Sheets!

Posted by: Mike Lindell at May 05, 2025 09:49 AM (G5+As)

72 I prefer Zoltan.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:49 AM (pZ64F)

73 70 69 The paper or foil or whatever that's used to wrap the flowers is kinda growing on me.
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Its wrapped in blotter.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:49 AM (pZ64F)

Blotter!??! I didn't even KNOW 'er!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:49 AM (CQE5S)

74
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2025 09:50 AM (QnmlO)

75 4 In Italy Chrysanthemums are typically for the dead, often seen at cemeteries and funerals. Not usual in an arrangement for the living. Obviously started as a common and available flower.
Posted by: Ciampino - who knows today? at May 05, 2025 09:46 AM (sPQoU)
*******
Mexico too.
Today is not the Day of the Dead.
It's Cinco de Mayo!

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2025 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

76 shades of Cezanne

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2025 09:51 AM (g47mK)

77 76 shades of Cezanne
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Cezanne was asshoe.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:51 AM (pZ64F)

78 It's upside down.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (CQE5S)

79 44 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

He seems to be channeling Cezanne here.

Posted by: Kris at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (EwaUh)

80 I'm used to seeing Sheeler paint precise pictures of factory smokestacks or hydroelectric dams. A painting of flowers in a vase where you can actually see the brushstrokes? Must be an early work.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (BHrzb)

81 These mums are kinda small.

I like big mums, and I cannot lie.
You other flowers can't deny
When a vase walks in with an itty bitty base
And some big blooms in your face
You get Spring.

Or maybe Fall... aren't mums more of an Autumn flower?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (gYURy)

82
Floral Arraignment - a limerick

The potted posy put on a popular pose
While the daisy discussed 'dem', 'deze' and 'doze'
The mums mattered in May
But at the end of the day
A rose is a rose is a rose!

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (uCfKO)

83 its pretty dark hues for a modernist painting. I don't like dark paintings.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (VofaG)

84 It's always a good idea to remove the cellophane wrap around the flowers before putting them in a vase.
Posted by: redridinghood

The miniature sniper needs it to hide in.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

85 76 shades of Cezanne
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2025 09:51 AM (g47mK)

79 He seems to be channeling Cezanne here.
Posted by: Kris at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (EwaUh)

Horde!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:53 AM (CQE5S)

86 Floral Arraignment

I should go to jail for that one

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 09:53 AM (uCfKO)

87 She Hobbit!

That made me laugh! It hurts my chest, but, I needed that!

Have a lovely day, lovely lady!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 09:53 AM (mT+6a)

88 Or maybe Fall... aren't mums more of an Autumn flower?
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Autumnal.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:53 AM (pZ64F)

89 Mum's the word!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:55 AM (CQE5S)

90 68 Aren't mums a fall flower?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)
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Yes hence their presence at Fall funerals and November (All Souls).

Posted by: Ciampino - who died? at May 05, 2025 09:55 AM (sPQoU)

91 overall, a pleasant enough piece

but the lack of high value tones in the bouquet creates kind of a dead zone right in the middle of the painting

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 09:55 AM (dCxaZ)

92 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (mWSu4)

Im guessing Charles Sheeler is one of JJ's favorite artists.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 09:56 AM (VofaG)

93 I really like the way he uses all the colors around the flowers themselves though. It seems like he got carried away with the background, vase, paper collar, etc. and just delivered a rote rendition of chrysanthemums

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 09:57 AM (dCxaZ)

94 Going cheap never turns out well. If you can't afford a 2'X2' hunka canvas, you should get out of the art game.

Posted by: Cheepnis at May 05, 2025 09:57 AM (G5+As)

95 I like the use of color in his still life paintings but not the style. This one looks dry and doesn't reflect the vibrancy of fresh flowers. And I'm not a fan of the simplified, harsh lines in a lot of modern (post-WW I) art. It's a matter of taste, of course, but I think the paper or cloth surrounding the flowers should look softer, more graceful otherwise it's a distraction.

I wonder if this would look better viewed from a distance where the inexact flowers would be reduced to spots of color. Something more abstract and less just inexact.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2025 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

96 In a way it reminds me of Klimt. Particularly the blossoms.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (pZ64F)

97 91 but the lack of high value tones in the bouquet creates kind of a dead zone right in the middle of the painting
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 09:55 AM (dCxaZ)

"I meant to do that."
--Charles Sheeler

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (CQE5S)

98 These mums are kinda small.

I like big mums, and I cannot lie.
You other flowers can't deny
When a vase walks in with an itty bitty base
And some big blooms in your face
You get Spring.

Or maybe Fall... aren't mums more of an Autumn flower?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (gYURy)

Fistbump, high-five, AND golf clap!!!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (vf0Y9)

99 shades of Cezanne

*********

I always liked his paintings of the different seasons, particularly Cezanne Summers.

Hubba hubba!

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (uCfKO)

100 Have a lovely day, lovely lady!
Posted by: nurse ratched

And you! {big hugs}

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (gYURy)

101 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.

His River Rouge Plant painting is...chef's kiss

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (dCxaZ)

102 I like big mums, and I cannot lie.
You other flowers can't deny
When a vase walks in with an itty bitty base
And some big blooms in your face
You get Spring.

Or maybe Fall... aren't mums more of an Autumn flower?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 09:52 AM (gYURy)

Dayum.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 09:59 AM (3nqLb)

103 Flowers at Night

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 09:59 AM (RIvkX)

104
When's the mid 16th century, Sponge?
Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (CQE5S)

Half way between the 15th and 17th centuries, if I were to hazard a guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

105 I can see where Sheeler would have difficulty with organic forms since he seems most at home with angular lines and industrial type themes

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 10:01 AM (dCxaZ)

106 This painting foreshadows tie dye T-shirts.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 10:01 AM (pZ64F)

107 101 Sheeler was a Precisionist, and I thought this piece was an interesting departure from his more famous work.

His River Rouge Plant painting is...chef's kiss
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 09:58 AM (dCxaZ)

Stunning.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:01 AM (CQE5S)

108 A quick skim of his bio shows that during the 1910s (this work is from 1912), he was experimenting with photography, Picasso, and Cezanne. The style he's most known for, Precisionism, developed in the '20s.

www.theartstory.org/artist/sheeler-charles/

Posted by: Kris at May 05, 2025 10:01 AM (EwaUh)

109 When's the mid 16th century, Sponge?
Posted by: m

Half way between the 15th and 17th centuries, if I were to hazard a guess.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

More like three quarters of the way, I'd say.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (gYURy)

110 Happy Cinco Deporto, everyone!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (u73oe)

111 Ignore the H8Rs, CBD. It's a nice piece and very hangable.
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM (vf0Y9)

Not comment of the week material, Doof…
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 09:42 AM (PCK5/)

I've been informed by the other 2 Ds on numerous occasions that I am ineligible for COW honors. Even as a sock. Between you and me - those guys are jerks.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

112 can see where Sheeler would have difficulty with organic forms since he seems most at home with angular lines and industrial type themes
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 10:01 AM (dCxaZ)

He definitely liked to use rulers and protractors.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (VofaG)

113 Nice enough I guess

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (TYaP5)

114 Happy Cinco Deporto, everyone!
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Raise a taco to newly absent fiends.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (gYURy)

115 Between you and me - those guys are jerks.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

Better than being fags!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

116 To me it resembles a Picasso in his blue period.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (VofaG)

117 Sheeler was a Precisionist

The branch of the Methodists who were very exacting in their jello salad recipes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

118 Sheeler at The Whitney

https://whitney.org/artists/1209

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:04 AM (CQE5S)

119 Between you and me - those guys are jerks.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

Better than being fags!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Righteous!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:05 AM (vf0Y9)

120 ChrysantheMUMs the word pal, I won’t tell anyone it was YOU who painted this piece of “art”.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 05, 2025 10:05 AM (5SvjB)

121 No water wheel. Not art.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkaid, Painter of Light at May 05, 2025 10:07 AM (JkO4W)

122 Sheeler at The Whitney

https://whitney.org/artists/1209
Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:04 AM (CQE5S)

You almost asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/WOd9AjF2o_E

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

123 golly

Date of birth
July 16, 1883

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:08 AM (CQE5S)

124 I wonder if PDT keeps a little notebook of wild ideas? e.g. Alcatraz. Or if he just keeps one spare idea rattling around incubated by the Golden Scalp Weasel til he needs a herring.

Posted by: DaveA at May 05, 2025 10:08 AM (FhXTo)

125 Or if he just keeps one spare idea rattling around incubated by the Golden Scalp Weasel til he needs a herring.
Posted by: DaveA

And he says "This idea's a kipper!"

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

126 Iridescent vase.

And paper. And table and walls.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:10 AM (UBKzV)

127 Date of birth
July 16, 1883
Posted by: m

Wow. I'm gettin' off your lawn.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

128 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. Good for a hallway or perhaps and entry way.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2025 10:11 AM (W/lyH)

129 Who's worse in this instance:

The painter

The vase maker

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

130 In 1920, Sheeler invited photographer Paul Strand to collaborate on a "portrait" of Manhattan in film. The resulting 35mm nine-minute series of vignettes, called Manhatta after Walt Whitman's poem, Mannahatta, was the first avant-garde film created in America. (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:12 AM (CQE5S)

131 I have two things to say:
1) Well done to the COBs. I know Ace appreciated the break, and you did a great job.
2) Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:12 AM (s8j++)

132 I wish the prison system would change to incarceration facilities by crime committed.

it seems insane to me and more than counter productive to mix in car thieves with murderers for example..

and for repeat offenders you would go to the facility based on the worst crime you committed even if its not your current charge.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:12 AM (VofaG)

133 OT

"You're Just a Flightless Bird!"

Big Bird has been oft criticized
And at times he was even despised
His career's moribund
The poor guy's been shunned
You might even say he was ostrich-sized

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (uCfKO)

134 2) Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?
Posted by: Archimedes

Depends on what he brought us.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

135 15 I certainly hope he had a day job.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

heh:

Sheeler felt that he would not be able to make a living as a modernist painter, so he took up commercial photography, focusing on architectural subjects. (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (CQE5S)

136 it seems insane to me and more than counter productive to mix in car thieves with murderers for example..

Even more insane is putting most of them up for the rest of their natural lives. Are there no volcanoes?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (s8j++)

137 My ex husband and I always used to go out for Chinese food on the 5th of May since everyone else was out getting shitfaced at the Mexican joints.

Hence, Cinco de Chinko.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (Jcd9M)

138 Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?
Posted by: Archimedes

Depends on what he brought us.

Sure, sure. I hope he knows my t-shirt size.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (s8j++)

139 Cezanne Pleschette >>> Cezanne Summers

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

140 Hence, Cinco de Chinko.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (Jcd9M)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Nothing to do with art but with humor. Midsouth Shooters Supply is running a sale on ammo called "Plinko de Mayo". I enjoy clever word play.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2025 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

142 Sheeler felt that he would not be able to make a living as a modernist painter, so he took up commercial photography, focusing on architectural subjects. (wikipedia)
Posted by: m at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (CQE5S)

You know who else was an architectural painter and couldn't make a living at it?

Shee-ler. Hit-Ler

Coincidence?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:17 AM (VofaG)

143 I don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

I instead celebrate the follow up of the Star Wars May the Fourth Be With You with Revenge of the Fifth.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:17 AM (13bqY)

144 I have two things to say:
1) Well done to the COBs. I know Ace appreciated the break, and you did a great job.
2) Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:12 AM (s8j++)

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

The lamentations of his newly-conquered wife sex slaves?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:17 AM (Cbi4s)

145 Quartro de Cinco for people who are super smart , not dumb like people say --Fredo Obama

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:19 AM (VofaG)

146 San Francisco is celebrating "Pinko de Mayo" today.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:19 AM (Cbi4s)

147 2) Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:12 AM (s8j++)

--

Bring us the beaten and humiliated Jake Tapper!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:19 AM (13bqY)

148 Here's a nice little pick-me-up.
What the Hell Is Going on in Iran This Time?

Bandar Abbas “handles approximately 85–90% of Iran’s container traffic and over half of its total trade volume,” and the damage is estimated at around $3 billion — with additional, unquantified but presumably significant losses to Iran’s trade. Seventy people were reported killed and more than 1,200 injured in the big badda boom.

https://is.gd/ueDwCu

https://is.gd/4gwMzS

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:19 AM (s8j++)

149 Bring us the beaten and humiliated Jake Tapper!
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:19 AM (13bqY)

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Ask for a cart.

Posted by: Jugurtha at May 05, 2025 10:20 AM (dDmld)

150 What I am thinking about vis a vis Iran.

We destroy their stuff.

Will their people blame the regime, or will they blame us for the resulting troubles?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:21 AM (13bqY)

151 133 OT

"You're Just a Flightless Bird!"

Big Bird has been oft criticized
And at times he was even despised
His career's moribund
The poor guy's been shunned
You might even say he was ostrich-size
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (uCfKO)
'What a chame mange.'
-Speedy Gonzalez might have said

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2025 10:21 AM (LHPAg)

152 A guy riding behind Ace on the Vespa, reminding him that he is mortal?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

153 My ex husband and I always used to go out for Chinese food on the 5th of May since everyone else was out getting shitfaced at the Mexican joints.

Hence, Cinco de Chinko.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:15 AM (Jcd9M)

You stay four hour??

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:21 AM (vf0Y9)

154 A lackey throwing Kaboom! to the crowds.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:22 AM (3nqLb)

155 Mojito Monday.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (xQ7b2)

156 We must be cautious though that Ace doesn't ban himself from the Triumph though.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (3nqLb)

157 Topless dancing girls like in Cleopatra's entry into Rome.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

158 The Royal Navy celebrates Cinco de Bismarck

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (uCfKO)

159 Slabs of drywall with shelves upon them.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (3nqLb)

160 Of course, Sponge will have to be first in the parade.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

161 I hate Cinco de Mayo on my sandwiches.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:25 AM (VofaG)

162 The Royal Navy celebrates Cinco de Bismarck
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (uCfKO)

LOL

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:25 AM (vf0Y9)

163 We need that newsreader from Rome on HBO. With the hand gestures.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (UBKzV)

164 Even I figured out Big Bird was an annoying jerk by the time I was four.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (wUHrO)

165 158 The Royal Navy celebrates Cinco de Bismarck
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (uCfKO)
Just a little less bigly than Cinco de Belgrano.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2025 10:27 AM (LHPAg)

166 I think a print of this was hanging in my gramma's bathroom.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2025 10:27 AM (g8Ew8)

167 We need that newsreader from Rome on HBO. With the hand gestures.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (UBKzV)

--

Good Moron Val-u-Rite, for Good Morons!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 05, 2025 10:27 AM (cIOlQ)

168 Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Mountains are out.

It’s going to be a good day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:28 AM (DGlaL)

169 Are there any plans for a triumphal entry for Ace. You know, laurel leaves, chariots, defeated generals and the like?
Posted by: Archimedes

Depends on what he brought us.

Sure, sure. I hope he knows my t-shirt size.
Posted by: Archimedes

You are getting an "I ❤️ NY" shirt, just like the rest of us.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:28 AM (vs3rY)

170 People who pretend to be dumb are so much worse than people who actually are dumb. And this brings us back to Big Bird.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:29 AM (wUHrO)

171 > Oil on linen

Describe Barack Obama's bed after Reggie Love performs his duties.

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at May 05, 2025 10:29 AM (W5ArC)

172
Mountains are out.

It’s going to be a good day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:28 AM (DGlaL)

You going topless today, are ya?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Nice to see you WitchDoktor,

I hope you are doing ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:30 AM (DGlaL)

174 We need that newsreader from Rome on HBO. With the hand gestures.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

**********

Right index finger in left palm, tap, tap, tap. Hook 'em Horns. "OK" sign, index finger of other hand through the hole, open palm vertical squiggle, twice. Dolphin leaps right to left then left to right. Two fingers up bunny hop, hands in armpits flap elbows, flap, flap. Thumb and finger "L" to forehead, tap, tap, tap, squiggle, mark of Zorro in the air, hesitate, catch breath.

Thumbs in ears waggle fingers, thumb and pinkie "Hang Loose" waggle,

Posted by: /Mandela funeral fake sign language guy at May 05, 2025 10:30 AM (uCfKO)

175 > 165 158 The Royal Navy celebrates Cinco de Bismarck
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:23 AM (uCfKO)

I never quite figured out what they had against North Dakota. Or was it jelly donuts they didn't like?

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at May 05, 2025 10:30 AM (W5ArC)

176 Forget about Cinco -- honor the birthday boy!

Happy 66th birthday to Ian McCulloch - vocalist for Echo and the Bunnymen.

https://youtu.be/z-Ztaw9Zc2Y

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:31 AM (vf0Y9)

177 ❤️ sponge!

How is our First! Lady?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:31 AM (DGlaL)

178 How is our First! Lady?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:31 AM (DGlaL)

She's doing much better. Laying low and not getting out too much, just in case.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

179 First I thought you meant that Magneto guy or the Pogues guy with the weird teeth.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:33 AM (wUHrO)

180 > Or was it jelly donuts they didn't like?

Wikipedia sez that Bismarcks/Berliners are also called "krapfen" in Germany.

For some reason the first two names are more popular in the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:33 AM (W5ArC)

181 Emperor Magnus Stultus Lamontus

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:33 AM (UBKzV)

182 Mrs. F. is about to take MiL for a few days in Glen Ellen and Boy F. and I are trying not to act happy to have some peace and quiet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

183 May the farce be with you!

https://shorturl.at/Y8gO7

And all the time, Jabba the Hutt is just waiting there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 05, 2025 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

184 I know I am late the thread (post 100), but I still want to comment on the painting: the colors looked dark in the original image. When I looked at the enlargement it seemed a little brighter. I always worry about brightness in computer reproductions of paintings. The flowers depicted are naturally rather dark, and provide a strong contrast with the mild blues and greens of the vase, paper, table, and walls. It’s an interesting color composition. Yes, the vase is not symmetric. I don’t think the potter’s hand slipped: I think the artist didn’t care about that aspect of realism. It doesn’t bother me, since I have that understanding. The longer I look at it the more I like it! If you disagree, well, chacun à son gout. It pleases me.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 05, 2025 10:34 AM (7q0v1)

185 Trump admin is going to give illegal aliens a plane ticket plus $1000 to self deport. Good move, I think.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 05, 2025 10:35 AM (u73oe)

186 Do you like huey lewis and the news?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:35 AM (wUHrO)

187 Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:30 AM (DGlaL)

How are you?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (ixsxL)

188 Happy 66th birthday to Ian McCulloch - vocalist for Echo and the Bunnymen.

https://youtu.be/z-Ztaw9Zc2Y
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:31 AM (vf0Y9)
====

"Killing Moon"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

189 Mountains are out.

It’s going to be a good day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2025 10:28 AM (DGlaL)

You going topless today, are ya?
Posted by: Sponge

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (vs3rY)

190
Happy 66th birthday to Ian McCulloch - vocalist for Echo and the Bunnymen.

https://youtu.be/z-Ztaw9Zc2Y
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 10:31 AM (vf0Y9)

It's also the 50th birthday of Casey Hess, formerly of Doosu, a Dallas based guitar player and Deep Ellum alum.......

https://youtu.be/7otOdvadoxo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

191
Good morning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (U7Gpi)

192
ISWYDT.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (vs3rY)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

193 182 Mrs. F. is about to take MiL for a few days in Glen Ellen and Boy F. and I are trying not to act happy to have some peace and quiet.

those days will seem like nirvana

I'm caregiver for a relative, and even a few hours respite feels like heaven

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (dCxaZ)

194 Big Bird has been oft criticized
And at times he was even despised
His career's moribund
The poor guy's been shunned
You might even say he was ostrich-sized
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:14 AM (uCfKO)

Keep his agent's number handy though. As a backup, BB will do in a finch.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (W/lyH)

195 169 You are getting an "I ❤️ NY" shirt, just like the rest of us.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:28 AM (vs3rY)

=======

I've seen the shipment.

It's a load of 2021 Ohio State National Champion t-shirts.

He got them cheap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

196 Trump admin is going to give illegal aliens a plane ticket plus $1000 to self deport. Good move, I think.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 05, 2025 10:35 AM (u73oe)

Probably cost over $25K to process an involuntary deportation per illegal.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (VofaG)

197 Mrs. F. is about to take MiL for a few days in Glen Ellen and Boy F. and I are trying not to act happy to have some peace and quiet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

The vuvuzela/accordion ensemble that I belong to needs a place to practice...

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

198 Shouldn't mums have bigger blossoms?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 10:38 AM (zPjZn)

199 I hope they give them 1k in fake bills...because you know they will sneak back in through the underground tunnels.

They should also garner Binden's and his cronies' Govt pensions and wages to fund it.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2025 10:38 AM (g47mK)

200 Im guessing Charles Sheeler is one of JJ's favorite artists.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 09:56 AM (VofaG)

Yup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2025 10:38 AM (mWSu4)

201 > 186 Do you like huey lewis and the news?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:35 AM (wUHrO)

I always preferred Weather Report, but both are better than The Athletic Sports Band.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:38 AM (W5ArC)

202 > Probably cost over $25K to process an involuntary deportation per illegal.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (VofaG)

No doubt, and that would be before the Hawaiian judges enter the chat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (W5ArC)

203 I'm caregiver for a relative, and even a few hours respite feels like heaven
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 10:36 AM (dCxaZ)
====

Boy F. is at his day program 9 to 2 so I will actually have a few hours alone. This never happens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

204 *or is it garnish wages ? but that does not sound right !

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (g47mK)

205 It's a load of 2021 Ohio State National Champion t-shirts.

He got them cheap.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, because they were defective. They forgot the THE.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

206 >>Trump admin is going to give illegal aliens a plane ticket plus $1000 to self deport. Good move, I think.

As long as they are cancelling their scheduled asylum hearing however many years from now it is set to happen, when applicable.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (ke82b)

207
Happy Cinco de Cuatro!

Sisa pway-day.

--Barack Obama Translato-matic

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2025 10:40 AM (U7Gpi)

208 The vuvuzela/accordion ensemble that I belong to needs a place to practice...
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)
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You'll have to compete with my neighbor, the oboe player.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

209 I've seen the shipment.

It's a load of 2021 Ohio State National Champion t-shirts.

He got them cheap.

I suppose that's better than a President Harris 2024 shirt.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:40 AM (s8j++)

210 /sock

Posted by: /muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:41 AM (uCfKO)

211 I have seen the Tetons… they were Grand….

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:41 AM (PCK5/)

212 re-do sock

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:41 AM (uCfKO)

213 Trump admin is going to give illegal aliens a plane ticket plus $1000 to self deport. Good move, I think.

Excellent move. He should take all the money and put it towards completing the damn wall, coast to coast. Then we can start on Canada.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:41 AM (s8j++)

214 I've seen the shipment.

It's a load of 2021 Ohio State National Champion t-shirts.

He got them cheap.

I suppose that's better than a President Harris 2024 shirt.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:40 AM (s8j++)

I love the documentaries on African countries. You see all kind of surplus tee shirts worn by the villagers.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (VofaG)

215 Q. Do they have Cinco de Mayo in Canada?
A. Of course they do. It's just not a holiday.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (W5ArC)

216 Well, I'd like to say I like it but I don't.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (OrSPY)

217 197 Mrs. F. is about to take MiL for a few days in Glen Ellen and Boy F. and I are trying not to act happy to have some peace and quiet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

The vuvuzela/accordion ensemble that I belong to needs a place to practice...
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

Polka Polka Polka!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (PCK5/)

218 It's nice. Pretty colors, appropriate within many different types of decor. Don't know if I'd hang it, though.

The artist, Sheeler, has a large, very interesting body of work, i.e., moma org/artists/5383-charles-sheeler

MoMA, Charles Sheeler
American, 1883–1965
About 47 works online

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

219 >>Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

220 Q. Do they have Cinco de Mayo in Canada?
A. Of course they do. It's just not a holiday.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Same as the 4th of July in England.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:43 AM (vs3rY)

221 I have seen the Tetons… they were Grand….
Posted by: tubal

What does Dolly Parton's husband do after work?

Grab a bush and head for the mountains.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

222 We need that newsreader from Rome on HBO. With the hand gestures.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (UBKzV)

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

That actor should have gotten an Emmy.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (Aug9c)

223 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
In the past 48 hours, NPR’s Katherine Maher and PBS’ David Brooks have both claimed their respective organizations report
“Straight down the line."
Repeating this absurd lie is a prime example of why these entities are propaganda outlets and deserve zero taxpayer dollars.

-
“Straight down the line"? No, no. You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

224 219 >>Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

Pretty thick around my AO…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (PCK5/)

225 222 We need that newsreader from Rome on HBO. With the hand gestures.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (UBKzV)

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

That actor should have gotten an Emmy.
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (Aug9c)

======

Yeah, for playing the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-fi Channel versions of Dune and Children of Dune.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

226 Because I care. They are getting REALLY good at this. Marginally NSFW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPI-thvr--k

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:45 AM (s8j++)

227 > I love the documentaries on African countries. You see all kind of surplus tee shirts worn by the villagers.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (VofaG)

My grandfather had a story about one of the Pacific Islands he was on during WWII. This was one of the ones where the women normally went topless.

Locals were hired to perform various chores around the base, and a busybody Puritan officer decreed that the women had to wear shirts, so they gave them Army t-shirts.

This was not a popular decision with most of the soldiers.

On the other hand, the women were delighted with their new finery, but found the shirts a bit...confining.

So... they started cutting two big holes in the breasticular area.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:45 AM (W5ArC)

228 >>Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

Pretty thick around my AO…
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (PCK5/)

one roosts in a dead cypress right next to hole 9 on my community golf course. I haven't seen a partner though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)

229 That actor should have gotten an Emmy.
Posted by: ShainS
________

Youtube, 28 sec:

https://tinyurl.com/yfs5naua

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (UBKzV)

230 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

231 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
In the past 48 hours, NPR’s Katherine Maher and PBS’ David Brooks have both claimed their respective organizations report
“Straight down the line."
Repeating this absurd lie is a prime example of why these entities are propaganda outlets and deserve zero taxpayer dollars.

If they had any brains at all they'd know that such obviously absurd denials simply strengthen the case for defunding them. If you're so far in the tank that you actually believe this, you belong in a home, not spending taxpayer dollars. They don't believe it, of course, they're just willing to lie for the cause.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:47 AM (s8j++)

232 28

one roosts in a dead cypress right next to hole 9 on my community golf course. I haven't seen a partner though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)

Hmmm…. maybe Incel??

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:47 AM (PCK5/)

233 >>Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

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Stopped in Juneau last year during an Alaskan cruise -- and there were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.

Pretty cool, although The Locals probably get tired of them ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:47 AM (GWALS)

234 230 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

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1. Squirrel!
2. Optics.
3. Squirrel!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 05, 2025 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

235
1. Squirrel!
2. Optics.
3. Squirrel!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 05, 2025 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

I assume as much... I hope...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (VE6XX)

236 On the other hand, the women were delighted with their new finery, but found the shirts a bit...confining.

So... they started cutting two big holes in the breasticular area.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Ah, the ancient Cretan option.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

237 Boy F. is at his day program 9 to 2 so I will actually have a few hours alone. This never happens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2025 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

I feel ya, SanFran!

will def send prayers your family's way

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (dCxaZ)

238 230 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

Sometimes I think he just… says shit… rather endearing.. mostly.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (PCK5/)

239 >> Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

Pretty thick around my AO…
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (PCK5/)

one roosts in a dead cypress right next to hole 9 on my community golf course. I haven't seen a partner though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)
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We've seen a couple around here too. Huge birds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (Q4IgG)

240
Sometimes I think he just… says shit… rather endearing.. mostly.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:48 AM (PCK5/)

I know.. Add this to his Trump as Pope picture and you've got heads exploding everywhere...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:49 AM (VE6XX)

241 Remember the first time I saw a Golden Eagle… the B52 of raptors…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:49 AM (PCK5/)

242 Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Sweet!
Magnificent birds.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)

Pretty thick around my AO…
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:44 AM (PCK5/)

one roosts in a dead cypress right next to hole 9 on my community golf course. I haven't seen a partner though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)
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We've seen a couple around here too. Huge birds.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Many moons ago, before I even got to help rehab the bobcat, I got to hold a golden eagle and a bald eagle during rehab.

Magnificent birds. And huge is an understatement.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (vs3rY)

243 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

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

They can relocate San Quentin across The Bay.

Better yet, get Bukele to build a CECOT Norte ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (GWALS)

244 >>Pretty thick around my AO…

Lucky you!

There are two that frequent a nearby park in the winter. If it's snowing heavily, there's a good possibility I'll spot one. Seeing their wingspan up close is a revelation -- they are huge!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (ke82b)

245 Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2025 10:45 AM (s8j++)

So they photoshop Asian girl into photos and she does acting routine of looking
sexy or sleepy or slightly orgasmic about sites she's not actually seeing? LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (gs6JJ)

246 164 Even I figured out Big Bird was an annoying jerk by the time I was four.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2025 10:26 AM (wUHrO)

All the characters were modeled after inner city druggies.
I was about 5 when, after never missing a show, when I said to myself. What is this? Where is this and how do I avoid it? These people are nothing like those I've met so far.
I wanted nothing to do with cities after that. Hated trips to Detroit. I did like San Francisco in the 70's and early 80's but it went to shit too.

Sesame Street was a lesson in who and where to avoid.

Posted by: Reforger at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (xcIvR)

247 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

Trump likes to chum the waters and also likes to remind everyone what side he is on. He's against criminals. His opponents aren't.

Although knowing Trump he'd probably love a big beautiful prison.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (ixsxL)

248 I give the faux outrage over the Pope picture the consideration that it deserves, given that these are largely the same people who defend the artistic merit of "Piss Christ": zero.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (W5ArC)

249 Woke up to find 2" of snow on the ground this a.m.

Ah well. Springtime in the Rockies!

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (uCfKO)

250 Stopped in Juneau last year during an Alaskan cruise -- and there were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.

Pretty cool, although The Locals probably get tired of them ...
Posted by: ShainS

Yeah. Bird turd the size of an ostrich egg hitting your windshield...

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (vs3rY)

251 There was a small crowd hovering around the dead body when Officer Riley showed up on the scene. He did his due diligence and got people to step back and started investigating. He pulled out his notebook and pen and started asking questions.

"Did anybody see what happened?"
No response.
"Well, does, anybody recognize this man?"
"I think he is just a drifter passing through town," came a reply.
"Okay, then, let's start with the basics; the body of a middle aged male was found on...uh, what street is this?"
"Chrysanthemum Avenue."
"What, how do you spell that?" asked Officer Riley.
"C-R-I-S"
"No, it's K-R-Y-S-T"
"Uh-uh, you spell it C-H-R-I"
"That's not right, either-"
"Hold on a second," Officer Riley said again. "Here's what we're gonna do before this gets out of hand-- I need a few of you men to help my drag this body a block over to Oak Street."

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (zPjZn)

252 Watched a pelican this morning at the park. They will stop by as they pass through each Spring. They are huge as well, if not as streamlined as eagles and egrets

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (ke82b)

253 249 Woke up to find 2" of snow on the ground this a.m.

Ah well. Springtime in the Rockies!
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (uCfKO)

Could be worse I guess Moose Jaw comes to mind..

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (PCK5/)

254 I've never seen an eagle in the wild, but I have seen great horned owls.

They are also magnificent birds.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

255 Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:51 AM (vs3rY)

You could take the fun out of a wet dream.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ixsxL)

256 252 Watched a pelican this morning at the park. They will stop by as they pass through each Spring. They are huge as well, if not as streamlined as eagles and egrets .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (ke82b)

Love to watch them land… Comedy Gold…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (PCK5/)

257 one roosts in a dead cypress right next to hole 9 on my community golf course. I haven't seen a partner though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VofaG)

There is a nest in an old douglas fir on #12 at the local.course here.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (W/lyH)

258 Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:49 AM (VE6XX)

Trump really enjoys trolling people, doesn't he?
It's interesting that it gets some leftists to defend the RCC.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (gs6JJ)

259 Alcatraz ? Seriously ? Not gonna happen.. I've been there and it's a complete rusted run down mess.. You'd have to start over and tear it down.. I don't get it...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2025 10:46 AM (VE6XX)

if the country needs a new federal prison then that is a pretty good location. Ain t going to happen though because "California'. I know no prison is perfect but California's prison system is one of the worst. If you weren't a very bad person when you went in, you probably are when you come out.

Their recidivism rate is about 45%.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (VofaG)

260 An owl flew by my head once. Absolutely dead silent. The eeriest shit.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ixsxL)

261 So they photoshop Asian girl into photos and she does acting routine of looking
sexy or sleepy or slightly orgasmic about sites she's not actually seeing? LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (gs6JJ)

She's AI generated.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

262 259 if the country needs a new federal prison then that is a pretty good location. Ain t going to happen though because "California'. I know no prison is perfect but California's prison system is one of the worst. If you weren't a very bad person when you went in, you probably are when you come out.

Their recidivism rate is about 45%.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (VofaG)

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I'm fairly certain the island is federal property.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

263 > Sesame Street was a lesson in who and where to avoid.
Posted by: Reforger at May 05, 2025 10:50 AM (xcIvR)

Oh... the junkie is a person in your neighborhood
In your neighborhood
In your neigh-bor-hood...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (W5ArC)

264 All the characters were modeled after inner city druggies.
I was about 5 when, after never missing a show, when I said to myself. What is this? Where is this and how do I avoid it? These people are nothing like those I've met so far.
I wanted nothing to do with cities after that. Hated trips to Detroit. I did like San Francisco in the 70's and early 80's but it went to shit too.

Sesame Street was a lesson in who and where to avoid.
Posted by: Reforger

Oscar the Grouch was s homeless dude living in a trash can.
Bert & Ernie. '. Nuff said.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2025 10:54 AM (vs3rY)

265 I heard the Owl Call My Name…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:54 AM (PCK5/)

266 >>Stopped in Juneau last year during an Alaskan cruise -- and there were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.

This photographer visits Alaska and always gets amazing footage of them:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGfoJrgxeL6/

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:54 AM (ke82b)

267 Heron landings are fun to watch too. They drop their long little legs like landing gear but you can easily observe the process in real time.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:54 AM (ixsxL)

268 >>Love to watch them land… Comedy Gold…

Heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:55 AM (ke82b)

269 There's a reason that Kermit was the only Muppet from Sesame Street on The Muppet Show.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

270 Favorite Sesame Street characters?? For Me it’s Statler and Waldorf…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:55 AM (PCK5/)

271 An owl flew by my head once. Absolutely dead silent. The eeriest shit.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ixsxL)

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Good thing you weren't wearing your coon-skin cap!

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:55 AM (qIN8E)

272 252 Watched a pelican this morning at the park. They will stop by as they pass through each Spring. They are huge as well, if not as streamlined as eagles and egrets .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:52 AM (ke82b)

Seeing a pelican in flight makes me think of pterodactyls.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (zPjZn)

273 Bald eagle just flew over the boat.

Fifi!!!
Fifi!!???
Has anyone seen Fifi?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (W/lyH)

274 271 An owl flew by my head once. Absolutely dead silent. The eeriest shit.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ixsxL)

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Good thing you weren't wearing your coon-skin cap!
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 10:55 AM (qIN8E)

Or a Yorkie…

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (PCK5/)

275 I was a little surprised when we went to the Bald Eagle preserve in Alaska. I expected admission to be free. I didn't think we would have toupee.

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (uCfKO)

276 > 250 Stopped in Juneau last year during an Alaskan cruise -- and there were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.

Pretty cool, although The Locals probably get tired of them ...
Posted by: ShainS

The odds are pretty good that if I went outside right now and scanned the sky, I'd see at least one eagle.

Haven't gotten tired of them yet. :-)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (W5ArC)

277 The circle of life explained.

https://x.com/aggierican/status/
1916825790441803890

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 05, 2025 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

278 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2025 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

I'm glad AI is used for such breathtakingly important things, or maybe I'm happier that they just stick to sexy models and not Trump saying fake things

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 10:57 AM (gs6JJ)

279 >>Heron landings are fun to watch too. They drop their long little legs like landing gear but you can easily observe the process in real time.

Yes!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:57 AM (ke82b)

280 Misandrist painting. Where are the Chrysanthpops?

Posted by: red speck at May 05, 2025 10:58 AM (0Id0S)

281 "Hold on a second," Officer Riley said again. "Here's what we're gonna do before this gets out of hand-- I need a few of you men to help my drag this body a block over to Oak Street."

Posted by: tankdemon

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I think that's one of those jokes that gets tuned by region.

In Detroit, it usually involved the person talking to 911, the operator asking for the location, the caller struggling with the pronunciation of some of the french street names, and ending with "hold on. Let me drag this stiff over to John R"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 05, 2025 10:58 AM (u+80A)

282 >>Seeing a pelican in flight makes me think of pterodactyls.

Indeed! And snowy egrets can look like dragons.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 10:58 AM (ke82b)

283 I love seeing herons- flying and looking for fish in the streams.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2025 10:59 AM (gs6JJ)

284 I remember when California Condors were about to be extinct according to the hair on fire people and maybe it was true but I think there were only about 20 left in the 80's and now there are about 400 in the wild.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 10:59 AM (VofaG)

285 Explains a lot.

https://x.com/AnnaDsays/status/
1919024487514726606/photo/1

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 05, 2025 10:59 AM (L/fGl)

286 To be fair, it's no Rothko.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at May 05, 2025 10:59 AM (0sNs1)

287 Seeing a pelican in flight makes me think of pterodactyls.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 10:56 AM (zPjZn)

Or a brooch...

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2025 11:01 AM (ixsxL)

288 Dropping off the grandkids at the school they attended about six years ago, it was not uncommon to see an eagle perched atop the flagpole.

There was one time I mentioned seeing a bald eagle during my travels, and my stepson asked how I knew it was a bald eagle.

"It was trying on toupees."

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 11:01 AM (zPjZn)

289 I remember when California Condors were about to be extinct according to the hair on fire people and maybe it was true but I think there were only about 20 left in the 80's and now there are about 400 in the wild.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

They've been reintroduced to Arizona.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

290 Ignore the H8Rs, CBD. It's a nice piece and very hangable.
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2025 09:41 AM

I read that first as bangable, looked to see who wrote it, saw Doof, went 'Whaaaaat???', and went back to reread it.

Disaster averted.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2025 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

291 >"It was trying on toupees."

Sassy grandmom!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2025 11:02 AM (ke82b)

292 I'm really not convinced that Byrd was wrong in shooting Babbit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

The only real question is "Who on the inside of the Capitol unlocked the magnetic door locks?" Because its a cinch that nobody outside the building, in the crowd, did that.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 05, 2025 11:03 AM (Da7Vv)

293 285 Explains a lot.

https://x.com/AnnaDsays/status/
1919024487514726606/photo/1
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 05, 2025 10:59 AM (L/fGl)

Maybe you should have saved this one for Ace's first post-vacation post.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2025 11:03 AM (zPjZn)

294 215 Q. Do they have Cinco de Mayo in Canada?
A. Of course they do. It's just not a holiday.

up there, they call it "backmayo".

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:04 AM (sGtp+)

295 I remember when California Condors were about to be extinct according to the hair on fire people and maybe it was true but I think there were only about 20 left in the 80's and now there are about 400 in the wild.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

They've been reintroduced to Arizona.
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 11:02 AM

Are those called Arizona Condors?

Do they hang around Winslow?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2025 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

296 289 I remember when California Condors were about to be extinct according to the hair on fire people and maybe it was true but I think there were only about 20 left in the 80's and now there are about 400 in the wild.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

They've been reintroduced to Arizona.

even the condors are moving out of california?

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:05 AM (sGtp+)

297 Do they hang around Winslow?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It's a girl, my Lord,
On a black condor,
Slowin' down to take a look at me.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

298 Cellophane was invented by a Swiss-born chemist, Jacques Brandenburger, and he had invented a machine to manufacture it in Paris by 1912, so the wrapping could _potentially_ have been cellophane. By 1917, Brandenburger, sold all his rights, processes, and patents to the French La Cellophane Cie. But it wasn’t until 1923, when La Cellophane sold the rights to manufacture cellophane to the DuPont Co. (in North and Central America) that cellophane really took off in the USA. So the wrapping is probably just plain white butcher’s block paper as you might find in a florist shop today for a plain wrapping of a take-away bouquet. The reason it appears all those colors is reflection of the colors on the walls, table, even the flowers. My maternal grandmother who was in her lifetime a regional artist of some repute in West Texas (sadly forgotten now except for collectors) once said to me that you could study what was in and around a room by just looking at the bare white ceiling. If you _really_ looked you would see all these subtle shades and colors even on a bare white ceiling. People are missing the artistry thinking the wrapper is some sort of colored cellophane. It’s butcher block.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 05, 2025 11:06 AM (7q0v1)

299 296 289 I remember when California Condors were about to be extinct according to the hair on fire people and maybe it was true but I think there were only about 20 left in the 80's and now there are about 400 in the wild.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

They've been reintroduced to Arizona.

even the condors are moving out of california?
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:05 AM (sGtp+)

Hope they don’t bring their voting habits..

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 11:07 AM (PCK5/)

300 No tears for Skype?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

301 > Do they hang around Winslow?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2025 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

My corpse was on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see.
It's a condor, my Lord.
I'm stiff as a board
He's flying by to have a look at me.

Posted by: Zombie Glen Frey at May 05, 2025 11:07 AM (W5ArC)

302 I had an owl swoop me on a full moon. It was Michigan in the snow and its shadow crossed me before the owl did. It would make a remarkable scene in a movie. Spooky and all.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 05, 2025 11:07 AM (pZ64F)

303 265 I heard the Owl Call My Name…

were you on first?

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:08 AM (sGtp+)

304 I'm really not convinced that Byrd was wrong in shooting Babbit.

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Use of deadly force against an unarmed woman?

Oh well, she was no St. George Floyd ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 11:08 AM (fQ+0J)

305 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

306 303 265 I heard the Owl Call My Name…

were you on first?
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:08 AM (sGtp+)

Oh, well done!!

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 11:08 AM (PCK5/)

307 I'm really not convinced that Byrd was wrong in shooting Babbit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Based on what?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 05, 2025 11:09 AM (VofaG)

308 Saw something Saturday morning I have never seen before: 4 egrets landing on Oak tree branches.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 05, 2025 11:09 AM (Da7Vv)

309 Years ago, we had an aggressive owl living in one of the local parks that was known for attacking hikers and grabbing their headwear, leading to a local cartoonist's observation that all animals have their ways of dealing with winter. Bears hibernate. Ducks fly south. Owls mug hikers and steal their cold-weather gear.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2025 11:10 AM (W5ArC)

310 They've been reintroduced to Arizona.

even the condors are moving out of california?
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2025 11:05 AM (sGtp+)

Hope they don’t bring their voting habits..

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2025 11:07 AM (PCK5/)

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There's a Condor And Hobbs joke in there somewhere ..

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2025 11:11 AM (fQ+0J)

311 I heard the Owl Call My Name…

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

I can be your bodyguard
and you can be my long lost pal

I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me you can call me Owl

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2025 11:12 AM (uCfKO)

312 I'm late but will comment anyway

I like the painting except the flowers. 😂

They look dark and drab and dead, like dried flowers. White daisies or something would have looked better.

Posted by: BonnieBlue at May 05, 2025 01:59 PM (h3Z1E)

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