Mid-Morning Art Thread

Crow with Peaches
Henry Lee McFee

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 caw caw

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 For some reason I'm thinking of Edgar Allen Poe.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 09:30 AM (Oq5OE)

3 It's okay but not wall quality. I'll give this one to the second hand store.

Posted by: Kwak! at May 01, 2025 09:31 AM (89Sog)

4 Nevermore peaches!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 01, 2025 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

5 Birds. Yech. Like to watch 'em outside, but would never let one into the house, let alone around food.

Dirty, disgustin', lice-ridden buids.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 *Looks at painting*

Title checks out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2025 09:31 AM (Q4IgG)

7 Whitney Museum of American Art

Date
1928

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 30 3/8 × 24 3/16in. (77.2 × 61.4 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

8 Poe's poem was "The Raven," not "The Crow."

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

9 Quoth the Raven, nevermore.

Quoth the Crow, where the fuck are the bananas?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM (Oq5OE)

10 Crow with Peaches and Herb

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

11 one

Posted by: Counting Crows at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM (Y1sOo)

12 Sometimes you have to eat a little crow.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2025 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

13 Ravens are larger than crows, with wedge-shaped tails and deeper croaking sounds, while crows have fan-shaped tails and make a cawing noise. Additionally, ravens are more solitary, often seen in pairs, whereas crows are more social and gather in larger groups.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

14 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This art is just the pits.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2025 09:33 AM (W/lyH)

15 Dirty birds.

Posted by: From Ballamore at May 01, 2025 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

16 It's nice. Colors are a bit muted for my taste, and the light seems a bit even, a bit bland.

Also I don't think anyone should eat that bread now.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 01, 2025 09:34 AM (WPL6O)

17 Ravens are larger than crows, with wedge-shaped tails and deeper croaking sounds, while crows have fan-shaped tails and make a cawing noise. Additionally, ravens are more solitary, often seen in pairs, whereas crows are more social and gather in larger groups.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Missed opportunity to sock Wesley Crusher.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

18 Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn’t that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting house,
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM (Oq5OE)

19 If any of his friends show up there's gonna be a murder.

Posted by: Punz? Already? at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM (dg+HA)

20 The term eat crow is uniquely American in origin. Its first known use dates back to the 19th century when eating a crow required intense boiling to make it palatable. But, even then, it was like eating garbage because they’re carrion-eating birds, so their meat is disgusting.

But there are tons of theories and stories about how this saying came to be. Some claim it came about during the early 19th century with hunting parties. They’d make bets on who’d get the most kills, and the loser had to shoot and eat a crow.

There’s also a running joke from the 1800s where a man said he could literally eat anything, and to settle a bet, he agreed to eat crow meat. He had a hard time swallowing his words as well as the meat but suffered through it just to prove his point.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

21 Hmm. Has possibilities.

Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM (Aqu9a)

22 It's only a matter of a pinion.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 01, 2025 09:36 AM (dg+HA)

23 Heckle and Jeckle

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

24 The combination would make an interesting cobbler.

Posted by: Czeck Chick at May 01, 2025 09:36 AM (vK/Ja)

25 For authenticity it needs a splotch of bird shit on the peaches.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2025 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

26 A cockatiel would have been cuter.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2025 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

27 So. No love for those pears?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2025 09:37 AM (W/lyH)

28 I demand equal time!

Posted by: Tweety Bird at May 01, 2025 09:37 AM (Aqu9a)

29 Was this a true still life, i.e. the crow was stuffed and mounted?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 01, 2025 09:37 AM (Z4B3V)

30 Wow! "That's So Raven" was 23 years ago.

Posted by: And a Hundred Pounds at May 01, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)

31 10 Crow with Peaches and Herb
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:32 AM

Reunited. And it feels so good!

Posted by: From back in the day at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (dg+HA)

32 Where's Tom Servo?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

33 I’m impressed by the crow cutting straight slices.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (WYfiA)

34 Peaches and Pears. Nice.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (pZ64F)

35 Those pitted things on the table don't look like any peaches I've seen before.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (LPS7w)

36 If any of his friends show up there's gonna be a murder.
Posted by: Punz? Already? at May 01, 2025 09:35 AM

At this point it's still only attempted murder.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

37 I prefer the artist's earlier "Penguin with Cumquats."

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

38 28 I demand equal time!
Posted by: Tweety Bird at May 01, 2025 09:37 AM

Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Rockin' Robin at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (dg+HA)

39

Avian Influenza for dessert!

It's the new covid.

Briefing, yesterday, we now have to screen everyone for it. And have six foot distancing and ppe mask gown glove cart available... absolutely the plan is to wreck the recovering economy...

Posted by: Elderly Git at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (HRQvT)

40 Gives me PTSD

Posted by: Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)

41 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Needs persimmons.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

42 For Pete's sake, who let the crow in and why did you let him stand on the bread?

Posted by: bluebell at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (79pEw)

43

70 cases and 1 death... REEEEEEEEEEE!

Posted by: Elderly Git at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (HRQvT)

44 15 Dirty birds.
Posted by: From Ballamore at May 01, 2025 09:34 AM (dg+HA)
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Would you rather it had been a pigeon?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (LPS7w)

45 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (pZ64F)

Heavy syrup, Lite syrup, Natural Juices, or No Sugar Added?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (Aqu9a)

46 I'm movin' to the country
Im gonna eat a lot of peaches

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (BHrzb)

47 Who let this crow in the house?

I want to talk to the manager.

Posted by: Karen at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (Oq5OE)

48 40 Gives me PTSD
Posted by: Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM

Good even-ing...

Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (dg+HA)

49 Those peaches are going to end up with bird poop stuck to them.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

50 46 I'm movin' to the country
Im gonna eat a lot of peaches
Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (BHrzb)
----
That's the ear worm playing through the crow's head.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (LPS7w)

51 41 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Needs persimmons.
--------------
No one needs persimmons. An occasional pomegranate is nice, too.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (pZ64F)

52 This is one of those ones where the more you look, the less you're impressed. Feels wooden and as if rendered from a concept the artist had in mind rather than actual still life. He's got the palette down and the general shapes, but the more you look, the stiffer the subjects get -- like they've been rendered from individual scenes and then composited. There's no detail in the open peach, the draping on that leading edge of the table clings too much to the surface and looks fake, the shape of the peach serving platter is weirdly oblong...

Sorry to be complain-y. For some reason, stuff like this annoys me.

Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (0Id0S)

53 Crow speculates on life turning pear shape.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:43 AM (pZ64F)

54 Sorry to be complain-y.
Posted by: red speck

What's your opinion of Pam Bondi?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

55 Gives me PTSD
Posted by: Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)

***

Pfffffffttt

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at May 01, 2025 09:43 AM (1FWWQ)

56 45 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:38 AM (pZ64F)

Heavy syrup, Lite syrup, Natural Juices, or No Sugar Added?
-----------------
Heavy syrup for the win.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (pZ64F)

57 The Drama Dept. at my former school used a lifelike looking stuffed crow in a play, then tossed it in dumpster when done. I took him out and tied him to the shrubberies near the dumpster. Next time I walked by, 5 or 6 real crows were in the trees vocalizing their dismay at the interloper.

Posted by: Ice Cream For Crow at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (G5+As)

58 "Everything's coming up peaches!"

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

59 Cling peaches?

https://youtu.be/ltNBZx7t3XY

Posted by: Edith Bunker at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (dg+HA)

60 Why is there a book with a rock on top of it in the scene? Does the artist have a problem with crows reading his books?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (LPS7w)

61 Boring painting.

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2025 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)

62

"Walking Down the Beaches, Looking at the Peaches"

- - The Stranglers

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 01, 2025 09:45 AM (x0n13)

63 Crow with autumnal fruit.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:45 AM (pZ64F)

64 “ You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

1 Kings 17:4

Posted by: Marcus T at May 01, 2025 09:45 AM (82U+n)

65
I really love your peaches,
wanna shake your tree.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2025 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

66 41 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Needs persimmons.
--------------
No one needs persimmons. An occasional pomegranate is nice, too.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (pZ64F)

Eric 'Otter' Stratton: Fruits can be really sensuous, don't you think?

Marion Wormer: No, fruits are sensual. People are sensuous.

Eric 'Otter' Stratton: Right. Sensual. That's what I meant.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2025 09:46 AM (Aqu9a)

67 Everybody forgets about the peach variety I invented.
-- Maxwell Klinger

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

68 I think the rock on top of the book is some sort of dark bread. Pumpernickel?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:46 AM (pZ64F)

69 I love this one. Corvids are so clever.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (kpS4V)

70 This painting is really nothing to crow about.

Posted by: The Man who knows Ottomans at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (0sNs1)

71 Crow With Peaches, aka "That's What Happens When You Leave Your Window Open"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (omVj0)

72 *but the more you look, the stiffer the subjects get*

The Farah Fawcett poster?

Posted by: Myv15 year old self at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (dg+HA)

73 Damn Now I want peaches.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

74 Didn't know you could get a bird to hold still like that. Impressive.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (McYvC)

75 Eric 'Otter' Stratton: Fruits can be really sensuous, don't you think?

Marion Wormer: No, fruits are sensual. People are sensuous.

Eric 'Otter' Stratton: Right. Sensual. That's what I meant.
---------------
Wasn't Otter played by Mozart?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (pZ64F)

76 this is lovely! will have to look the artist up, he's new to me

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2025 09:48 AM (Pv3Rg)

77 I'm movin' to the country
Im gonna eat a lot of peaches
Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 01, 2025 09:40 AM (BHrzb)

Obligatory. Well done nonetheless.

I offer this one as an alternative. Underrated song from a highly underrated band.
https://youtu.be/b5IIgxfX9cQ

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 09:48 AM (vf0Y9)

78 May 1, 1915 – The luxury liner Lusitania left New York Harbor for a voyage to Europe. There were warnings by the German government in NYC newspapers that it regarded the refurbished liner a battle target. She was sunk by a German U-boat six days later. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2025 09:48 AM (oiNtH)

79 @68
I refused to accepr that it was bread, now that a crow has perched on it. Doesn't explain the book being there.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 01, 2025 09:48 AM (LPS7w)

80 That's a loaf of bread atop the books and under the crow.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 09:49 AM (kpS4V)

81 May 1, 1915 – The luxury liner Lusitania left New York Harbor for a voyage to Europe. There were warnings by the German government in NYC newspapers that it regarded the refurbished liner a battle target. She was sunk by a German U-boat six days later. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans.
Posted by: Cheri

Carrying ammo to Britain.

Wilson was asshoe.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

82 79 @68
I refused to accepr that it was bread, now that a crow has perched on it. Doesn't explain the book being there.
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Its a cook book. How to Serve Crow.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:49 AM (pZ64F)

83 Wasn't Otter played by Mozart?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (pZ64F)

That was Pinto, the pledge.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (Aqu9a)

84 Henry Lee McFee is a great name.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (kpS4V)

85 Peaches come from a can.
They were put there by a man
in a factory downtooooowwwwwn

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (PTy0w)

86 The towel or window treatment hanging behind the crow looks like stuff they used to sell at Bed Bath and Beyond. And what is the crow standing on? A partially-eaten cake?

All seriousness aside, this is well-rendered. The crow is given a rather evil, sneering posture, as if he were saying, "Silly humans, refusing to put screens on their windows! Ha!"

Oh, and what is the curled red-and-white strip at the edge of the table?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (omVj0)

87 Oh, and what is the curled red-and-white strip at the edge of the table?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Peach peel.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

88 Hey, Wolfus, how's it going? You retired yet?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

89 Just above the crow and slightly to the left. There's a dot in the curtain that creates the look of a toucan or macaw withing the pattern.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 09:51 AM (vf0Y9)

90 Wasn't Otter played by Mozart?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (pZ64F)

Pinto and Wolfgang same actor

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:52 AM (gbOdA)

91 I'm in the mood for some Peach Melba.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2025 09:52 AM (NpAcC)

92 Really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

93 There is an Ancient Alien in the tapestry that frames the picture. He seems annoyed.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:53 AM (pZ64F)

94 For Pete's sake, who let the crow in and why did you let him stand on the bread?
Posted by: bluebell at May 01, 2025

***
"Who let them crows in?
Caw, caw, caw, caw!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:53 AM (omVj0)

95 Thanks for the positive birthday vibes, morons.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 01, 2025 09:53 AM (DIweC)

96 True story: This is the same crow that mocks Ray Bolger in The Wizard of Oz.

Actually, that's a lie. I made it up.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 01, 2025 09:53 AM (BHrzb)

97 Toucan play at that game!

Posted by: Bird punz? at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (dg+HA)

98 > That's a loaf of bread atop the books and under the crow.
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Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (Q4IgG)

99 Wasn't Otter played by Mozart?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025
*
Pinto and Wolfgang same actor
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025

***
Tom Hulce, I believe was his name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)

100 90 Wasn't Otter played by Mozart?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:47 AM (pZ64F)

Pinto and Wolfgang same actor
---------------
Who knew Mozart had that kind of range?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (pZ64F)

101 Just above the crow and slightly to the left. There's a dot in the curtain that creates the look of a toucan or macaw withing the pattern.
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025

***
I see it, but it looks more like Snoopy to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:55 AM (omVj0)

102 41 Peaches and Pears. Nice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Needs persimmons.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)
***

they were in the earlier sketches but someone was robin them.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2025 09:55 AM (W/lyH)

103 Disinformation painting.
Pears are here too.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (Ce7ou)

104 Tom Hulce, I believe was his name.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)

Sounds right

Also voice of Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (gbOdA)

105 Oh, and what is the curled red-and-white strip at the edge of the table?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Peach peel.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025

***
I knew crows were clever, but they can handle a knife? Wow. Don't get them mad at you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)

106 "Who let them crows in?
Caw, caw, caw, caw!"

+++
Caws for concern.

Posted by: Bird punz... at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (dg+HA)

107 Painting would be more fun with Crow T Robot, but I can't get Grok to do it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (DIweC)

108 I see it, but it looks more like Snoopy to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

He was seeing if the crow would be right for the part of Woodstock.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

109 It's time for Animal House II - The Alumni.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2025 09:57 AM (W/lyH)

110 What? No oatmeal cookies...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 09:57 AM (Oq5OE)

111 Tom Hulce, I believe was his name.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)

Sounds right

Also voice of Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Posted by: rhennigantx

Also in Parenthood. An underrated movie.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

112 Coming in to work on Monday mornings I see the carnage left around my building from the weekend. Big ass crows that have ripped apart the pigeons that roost around our parking structure. I never knew that crows would eat pigeons but yes they do and it is pretty ugly as they leave a lot of "bloody parts" for the rest of us to see.

Posted by: Cheri at May 01, 2025 09:58 AM (oiNtH)

113 Henry Lee McFee is a great name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (kpS4V)

Excellent name for a folk singer.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 09:58 AM (g8Ew8)

114 Sorry to be complain-y. For some reason, stuff like this annoys me.

Posted by: red speck at May 01, 2025 09:42 AM (0Id0S)

Nope. That wasn't a complaint.

I appreciate the commentary, even if you didn't like the art!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 09:58 AM (mWSu4)

115 *He was seeing if the crow would be right for the part of Woodstock.*

Can crows play ice hockey?

Posted by: Charles Schulz at May 01, 2025 09:58 AM (dg+HA)

116 Hey, Wolfus, how's it going? You retired yet?
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025

***
Hello, B,

Yes! Today is the beginning of Month Two. I used to post more on Ace *before* I retired, huh? I'm usually out running errands in the morning and miss the Art Thread, and in the afternoon I'm dealing with emails and trying to construct a new story for one of Raconteur's anthologies. Once my finances are all secured (I should have begun the process a month before I retired), I'll take my trip to Indiana and Kentucky.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 09:59 AM (omVj0)

117

Peaches, but where's Herb?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 01, 2025 09:59 AM (x0n13)

118
For the worst economy in 100,000years (per msm) you’d never know it. Microsoft and Meta both had blowout quarters. Stocks have been up for 8 straight trading days. YTD s&p500 is down a whopping 4%.

The latest freakout is unemployment claims were 241k last week. See, we’re in a recession man!!! Oh really? 241k was the exact number in the second week of October 2024.when I was assured by every economist that the economy had never been better.

Every fucking thing the media says is a lie.

You don’t hate them enough and never will.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 09:59 AM (S4ZTs)

119 100 Who knew Mozart had that kind of range?

the kind with a microwave mounted above the stove, right?

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2025 09:59 AM (sGtp+)

120 So, how much cash did Red Speck slip to CBD?

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

121 "Henry Lee McFee" sounds like it belongs in a limerick.

Posted by: Hint, hint at May 01, 2025 10:00 AM (dg+HA)

122 Also in Parenthood. An underrated movie.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025

***
Doesn't that have Lauren Graham in it? Or am I thinking of a TV series with a similar name?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:00 AM (omVj0)

123 Would paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: toby928 at May 01, 2025 10:01 AM (jc0TO)

124 121 "Henry Lee McFee" sounds like it belongs in a limerick.
Posted by: Hint, hint at May 01, 2025 10:00 AM (dg+HA)

That or from Spoon River Anthology.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 01, 2025 10:01 AM (x0n13)

125 Well...yesterday was...fun.

Dolley got it in her craw that we all need to get Global Entry in preparation for our Italy trip.

She's had it for about a year. Now, it's time for me an the boys.

I've done the online portion. The Charlotte airport has a Global Entry office for the interview (essentially just verifying your identity to a DHS officer, including fingerprinting), so I set out the second Junior got back from school to hit our appointments, three in a row, 10 minutes each, starting at 3:40.

Get in the car, GPS says we should get there at 3:42, ten minutes longer than expected. Well, crap. Oh well, gotta try to shave off minutes.

Holy shit...this is the first time I've dealt with Charlotte rush hour traffic since I've moved here. It...sucks...It's Atlanta bad.

3:42 climbed up to 3:45 for no reason. I had to take a backroad just to get to the Interstate. Suddenly, 3:45 is climbing up to 3:50. I see a lot of red ahead of my on the route. It's getting worse. Ask for alternate routes. Get off half a mile later to shave off 8 minutes. Instant savings.

Instant regret.

I'm not the only one with the idea. 8 minute savings becomes 8 minute delay. (cont)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

126 Finally get to the airport parking deck. I've prepaid. This should be easy. I've followed the right signs.

System says I'm at the wrong parking lot.

Shit.

I don't have time for this. Pay for parking right there. Eventually find a spot. Pick up Second Junior and carry him so we can go faster. Go down a set of stairs only to realize...I had to go up to get to the bridge.

I've memorized where the global entry office should be...but will it be good enough? Directions can suck.

Well, that's when it finally began to work in my favor because the directions were spot on.

And, surprise of all surprises, the DHS officer was cool with us showing up late, pronounced our last name correctly on the first try, and just went through the whole thing for all three of us in 10 minutes.

Then...all that was left was the 80 minute drive home?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

127 120 So, how much cash did Red Speck slip to CBD?

+++
Twenty bucks, same as...

Posted by: Do I have to do EVERYTHING for you people? at May 01, 2025 10:01 AM (dg+HA)

128 Any mention of a crow immediately invokes thoughts of the Crowe clan - especially Dewey Crowe - from Justified. I'm overdue for a rewatch of Justified.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

129 The latest freakout is unemployment claims were 241k last week. See, we’re in a recession man!!! Oh really? 241k was the exact number in the second week of October 2024.when I was assured by every economist that the economy had never been better.

Every fucking thing the media says is a lie.

You don’t hate them enough and never will.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

--

Here's the thing.

Unemployment going up needs to be put in the context of it counting only people who are ACTIVELY looking for work. There could very well be a situation where people dropped out of the labor market due to not finding job opportunities, but when they perceive the economy turning around will reenter the labor market.

Not saying that's the case here, necessarily, but it is a factor that needs to be considered. I always looked at MoM Unemployment changes against the total jobs in the market to kind of gauge who is dropping out.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Oq5OE)

130 The S&P 500 rallied over +150 points off of its low today in a matter of hours.

Between 3:30 PM ET and 4:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures rallied +75 points without ANY major news.

5 minutes later, Meta, $META, and Microsoft, $MSFT, posted massive earnings beats.…

Looks like the SEC should do some investigatin'.

https://tinyurl.com/57tucuv2+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

131 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (vKNmo)

132 129 Unemployment going up needs to be put in the context of it counting only people who are ACTIVELY looking for work. There could very well be a situation where people dropped out of the labor market due to not finding job opportunities, but when they perceive the economy turning around will reenter the labor market.

Not saying that's the case here, necessarily, but it is a factor that needs to be considered. I always looked at MoM Unemployment changes against the total jobs in the market to kind of gauge who is dropping out.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Oq5OE)

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Unemployment is also going to be affected by illegals choosing to go home or getting deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

133 93 There is an Ancient Alien in the tapestry that frames the picture. He seems annoyed.

now i can't unsee it

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2025 10:03 AM (sGtp+)

134 Then...all that was left was the 80 minute drive home?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025

***
*Shudders at the thought of a trip that should take thirty minutes taking over an hour*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

135 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 01, 2025 09:56 AM (DIweC)

Grok is pretty terrible at art. Has been quite useful for the written stuff I've done with it though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2025 10:04 AM (lFFaq)

136 134 Then...all that was left was the 80 minute drive home?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025

***
*Shudders at the thought of a trip that should take thirty minutes taking over an hour*
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

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It should take 45 minutes. But yeah...at least I wasn't trying to beat the clock on the way back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:04 AM (GBKbO)

137 I've done the online portion. The Charlotte airport has a Global Entry office for the interview (essentially just verifying your identity to a DHS officer, including fingerprinting), so I set out the second Junior got back from school to hit our appointments, three in a row, 10 minutes each, starting at 3:40.

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So, how many hours would you say you've spent getting a number that will save you 20 minutes in the TSA lines?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (JkO4W)

138 And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful peaches.

And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful crow.

Posted by: David Byrne at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (7lLhn)

139 Unemployment is also going to be affected by illegals choosing to go home or getting deported.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

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Not to a measurable extent, really. They are leaving the job market totally. Will the jobs generally continue to exist when they leave, or were they only there because the labor was so cheap that it made a particular job worth filling...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (Oq5OE)

140 133 93 There is an Ancient Alien in the tapestry that frames the picture. He seems annoyed.

now i can't unsee it
Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2025 10:03 AM

I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (dg+HA)

141 Any mention of a crow immediately invokes thoughts of the Crowe clan - especially Dewey Crowe - from Justified. I'm overdue for a rewatch of Justified.
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

Good idea. It's been a couple of years or so since I've watched it.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew8)

142 Texas authorities were spotted on video shoveling and individually picking up $800,000 worth of dimes that spilled across a highway early Tuesday.

Alvord Fire Department officials confirmed to FOX 4 Dallas that eight million loose dimes were being carried by a tractor-trailer when it overturned on U.S. Highway 287 in Wise County, Texas.

Guess we do not need to ride back to town.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (gbOdA)

143 Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks around America today and sees a whirlwind of change driven by Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House. She told supporters Wednesday night she doesn’t like it. No, not one bit.

In a 15-minute speech to an elite audience of Democrats in a gold-trimmed ballroom at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the former vice-president was making her first major speech since consuming cases of gin after losing November’s election.

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

144 137 So, how many hours would you say you've spent getting a number that will save you 20 minutes in the TSA lines?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (JkO4W)

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Too much.

But, it'll make the airport process smoother with all of us having it, and Dolley is happy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

145 Like the staging of the featured painting, the coloring & the lighting but ambivalent about hanging.

There's also a following for Crow with Peaches...clothing, signs, etc. 🤷‍♀️

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (NFX2v)

146 The crows be pickin' at your flesh and you got no control of the sitchy-ation.

-- Theodosius Atrocius

Posted by: Terminus Eldorado at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (W5ArC)

147 143 Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks around America today and sees a whirlwind of change driven by Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House. She told supporters Wednesday night she doesn’t like it. No, not one bit.

In a 15-minute speech to an elite audience of Democrats in a gold-trimmed ballroom at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the former vice-president was making her first major speech since consuming cases of gin after losing November’s election.
Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

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I remember when change was good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

148 $800,000 worth of dimes

Simple math: 8,000,000 dimes

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

149 Then...all that was left was the 80 minute drive home?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This is why I live way, way, way out in the country. I've grown to loathe big city traffic.

Two cars in front of me at a stop light? Damn - rush hour was horrible!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (vKNmo)

150 148 $800,000 worth of dimes

Simple math: 8,000,000 dimes
Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

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Finally, we can reach Rock Ridge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (GBKbO)

151 TJM, when I was a kid in Concord we had to go to Charlotte to enjoy the only Chinese Restaurant in Western NC. Old school Chinese Restaurant, too. They had private eating compartments for the guests. Good times.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (pZ64F)

152 > 142 Texas authorities were spotted on video shoveling and individually picking up $800,000 worth of dimes that spilled across a highway early Tuesday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (gbOdA)

Think of how many go-rounds that would purchase with Kamala Harris.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:07 AM (W5ArC)

153 I mentioned earlier that last night we went to our local library for a free big-screen viewing of There's Always Tomorrow, a 1956 B & W drama with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Nice flick, and the library intern or employee had a little talk beforehand about Stanwyck's life and how elements of it are echoed in the film.

Later this month they will have Hitchcock's Rope, which I haven't seen in decades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (omVj0)

154 Any mention of a crow immediately invokes thoughts of the Crowe clan - especially Dewey Crowe - from Justified. I'm overdue for a rewatch of Justified.
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (vf0Y9)

Good idea. It's been a couple of years or so since I've watched it.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew

5 times all the way through for me. Gets better every time. Especially Season 4. The Drew Thompson storyline is so good.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (vf0Y9)

155 Crows aren't real.

Posted by: There's even a website at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (dg+HA)

156 $800,000 worth of dimes

Simple math: 8,000,000 dimes / 200 dimes/lb = 20 tons

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (RHGPo)

157 129 Unemployment going up needs to be put in the context of it counting only people who are ACTIVELY looking for work. There could very well be a situation where people dropped out of the labor market due to not finding job opportunities, but when they perceive the economy turning around will reenter the labor market.

Not saying that's the case here, necessarily, but it is a factor that needs to be considered. I always looked at MoM Unemployment changes against the total jobs in the market to kind of gauge who is dropping out.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Oq5OE)

Taking eco in biz school around 1981 6% was considered a good number for both employees and employers. It would go to about 8 or 9% in 84 or 85.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (gbOdA)

158 122 Also in Parenthood. An underrated movie.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025

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Doesn't that have Lauren Graham in it? Or am I thinking of a TV series with a similar name?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:00 AM (omVj0)

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She's in the TV show by the same name. The movie has a bunch of well-known actors - Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Keanu Reeves, Diane Wiest, to name a few.

And since you brought her up, let me just say that Lauren Graham has aged like fine wine. Always loved her eyes.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2025 10:09 AM (OGOaV)

159 140 133 93 There is an Ancient Alien in the tapestry that frames the picture. He seems annoyed.

now i can't unsee it
Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2025 10:03 AM

I can't see it, Elaine!

flower at top is on the top of his head. leaves below that flower are his eyes. he also has flowers on his shoulders.

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2025 10:09 AM (sGtp+)

160 Silver dimes?

Posted by: Pon Raul at May 01, 2025 10:09 AM (jc0TO)

161 Here's the thing.

Unemployment going up needs to be put in the context of it counting only people who are ACTIVELY looking for work. There could very well be a situation where people dropped out of the labor market due to not finding job opportunities, but when they perceive the economy turning around will reenter the labor market.

Not saying that's the case here, necessarily, but it is a factor that needs to be considered. I always looked at MoM Unemployment changes against the total jobs in the market to kind of gauge who is dropping out.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Oq5OE)

This is unemployment claims. The number of people laid off. Doesn’t really apply to what you said. That’s a different discussion and relevant as well to the broader economy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:09 AM (S4ZTs)

162 Jim Crow? That's Jim EAGLE, man...

Posted by: Creepy Joe Biden at May 01, 2025 10:10 AM (dg+HA)

163 I am old enough to remember when 5% UE was considered to be Full Employment.

Posted by: toby928 at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (jc0TO)

164 Taking eco in biz school around 1981 6% was considered a good number for both employees and employers. It would go to about 8 or 9% in 84 or 85.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:08 AM (gbOdA)

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Yep - there's always a floor for unemployment called Structural Unemployment. This is based on the regular and expected ebb and flow of an economy.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (Oq5OE)

165 *Shudders at the thought of a trip that should take thirty minutes taking over an hour*
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 10:04 AM

It is a known fact that every point in Boston is an hour from Boston.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (kgE5c)

166 But, it'll make the airport process smoother with all of us having it, and Dolley is happy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

Global Entry is absolutely fantastic.

The difference at Newark airport is shocking. I barely slow down while walking through the checkpoint, and that is compared to a few hundred people on line to go through three or four stations for those without Global Entry.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (mWSu4)

167 Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

Is that 15 minute speech the one she was charging people a couple hundred bucks to watch online?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (lFFaq)

168 166 Global Entry is absolutely fantastic.

The difference at Newark airport is shocking. I barely slow down while walking through the checkpoint, and that is compared to a few hundred people on line to go through three or four stations for those without Global Entry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:11 AM (mWSu4)

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My boys are gonna have them fancy cards.

They're gonna make all the others in the airports jealous.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

169 Excellent name for a folk singer.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 09:58 AM (g8Ew

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' fer a train

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 01, 2025 10:13 AM (144I4)

170 Fruit of the Room

At the farmhouse of Old Farmer Kitts
On the table a big black crow sits
He muses, "What's the buzz about all of this fuzz?
These peaches are really the pits!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:13 AM (uCfKO)

171 I leaned 4% was FE. Which is where we are now. But somehow we’re also in a recession.

The 241k number the left is freaking out over is a 1 week data point t. It’s the number of people who filed for UE benefits. It’s jumped a little from last week. But the week to week number bounced around all the time. The more valid number is a 4 week moving average which has consistently been in the 220k range for the last few months. And that number is a historically low number.

Even 250k would be considered a healthy number. It’s when you start getting close to 300k that it gets into “oh shit” territory.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:14 AM (S4ZTs)

172 My boys are gonna have them fancy cards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

It's facial recognition at Newark. No passport, no card.

Just a slight pause as the system works. It actually recognizes me as I walk up to the camera.

It is amazing and terrifying at the same time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (mWSu4)

173 After nibbling on some peaches he's gonna meet some friends for drinks...
at the crowbar.

Posted by: Make it stop at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (dg+HA)

174 Format fail

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (uCfKO)

175 Left: Were already at full employment even if manufacturing came back there are no workers for it.

Also left: Trump is putting everyone out of work

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:16 AM (S4ZTs)

176 It is amazing and terrifying at the same time.
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Wait until they integrate the Taser.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:16 AM (pZ64F)

177 Crows are cool. Any painting with a crow in it is de facto cool. I love good still life paintings, the way they capture moments.

Posted by: troyriser at May 01, 2025 10:16 AM (DPeYO)

178 Some them peaches is pears, even the crow he know.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2025 10:16 AM (LHPAg)

179 172 It's facial recognition at Newark. No passport, no card.

Just a slight pause as the system works. It actually recognizes me as I walk up to the camera.

It is amazing and terrifying at the same time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (mWSu4)

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Customs at the Port Canaveral terminal coming off a cruise boat is facial recognition, so I've seen the system outside the context of airport lines.

It is neat and fast.

Couldn't recognize Second Junior, though, because his passport photo...probably shouldn't have been accepted. He was 1.5. He didn't want to stand in front of the white wall. There are extended arms and anguish in his eyes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

180 Speaking of things that save time, I commend the locker service at Lowe's.

You pick out what you want on the website and pay for it. They pull your items and put them in a locker just inside the store entrance. When you get there, you scan the bar code from their email on your phone. The correct locker pops open automatically, you grab your shizzle and walk right out the door.

Nifty.

Obviously this isn't going to work if you're buying two-bys or sheets of plywood or something, but it's a serious time saver if you have several smaller purchases.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (W5ArC)

181 Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' fer a train
Posted by: haffhowershower

How'd she afford the train ticket?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (vKNmo)

182 Today's dimes, they could pick up with a magnet, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (aeW5W)

183 Paintings aren't meant to be looked at from six inches away or imbiggened.

To me the neatest thing to me about the loose style technique I like is making combined single brush strokes come together to give you the impression of a subject when viewed from 4 or 5 feet away.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (VofaG)

184 The crow was out of his mind, in fact he was stark raven mad!

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 01, 2025 10:18 AM (144I4)

185 180 Speaking of things that save time, I commend the locker service at Lowe's.

You pick out what you want on the website and pay for it. They pull your items and put them in a locker just inside the store entrance. When you get there, you scan the bar code from their email on your phone. The correct locker pops open automatically, you grab your shizzle and walk right out the door.

Nifty.

Obviously this isn't going to work if you're buying two-bys or sheets of plywood or something, but it's a serious time saver if you have several smaller purchases.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (W5ArC)

I never once has the gas tank exchange lockers work at the HD.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

186 Yep - there's always a floor for unemployment called Structural Unemployment.

I've heard "churn". Same thing ? About 5% ?

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:19 AM (McYvC)

187 Al the billions and billions spent on REAL ID and facial recognition and everything else. Meanwhile Biden was flying illegals all through the country with no TSA checks.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:20 AM (S4ZTs)

188 Still Lifes are the refuge of marginal painters who can't master faces, feet, or boobs.

Posted by: Art Maven at May 01, 2025 10:20 AM (G5+As)

189 185
I never once has the gas tank exchange lockers work at the HD.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

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A kid at Publix tried to give me an empty propane tank the last time I exchanged one.

He just didn't know what he was doing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

190 Format fail

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (uCfKO)

Fixed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:20 AM (mWSu4)

191 Didja see this?

Red Letter Day at Bluebonnet Detention Facility as Tren de Aragua Spells Out SOS for Reuters’ Drone

https://shorturl.at/nHumb

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I guess they're the June Taylor Dancers wing of Tren de Aragua.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:21 AM (L/fGl)

192 Hooray Hooray it's the first of May, outdoor f@cking starts today!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 01, 2025 10:21 AM (AAyv9)

193 173 After nibbling on some peaches he's gonna meet some friends for drinks...
at the crowbar.
Posted by: Make it stop at May 01, 2025 10:15 AM (dg+HA)

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I suspect he's on the phone right now, planning a murder.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2025 10:21 AM (OGOaV)

194 This is unemployment claims. The number of people laid off. Doesn’t really apply to what you said. That’s a different discussion and relevant as well to the broader economy.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

The reason I always hated the "all else equal" assumption is that all else is, in fact, not equal. Everything is connected to everything else.

Jobless claims remaining static and unemployment rates changing provides context for other metrics.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:21 AM (Oq5OE)

195 Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks around America today and sees a whirlwind of change driven by Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House. She told supporters Wednesday night she doesn’t like it. No, not one bit.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) argued that President Donald Trump “continued to close the border,” after President Joe Biden “used his extraordinary powers, emergency powers to close down the border and the drop in border crossings started with President Biden, dramatically.”

... if only Kamala had been able to communicate this unseen phantom turnaround in immigration to voters, but ...

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

196 > 182 Today's dimes, they could pick up with a magnet, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (aeW5W)

Not US ones, only Canadian ones. Same with quarters and nickels. Canadian dimes are either pure nickel (older ones) or nickel-plated steel, both of which are ferrormagnetic.

US dimes are only about 8% nickel.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:22 AM (W5ArC)

197 How'd she afford the train ticket?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:17 AM (vKNmo)

Joplin was a bit of a ho'bo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2025 10:22 AM (mWSu4)

198 Sponge - you around?

FYI - some asshoe visited the hospital with a case of measles the other day. As a result, all the babies in the NICU have been isolated and their parental units and grandparental units have to go through an Andromeda Strain style decontamination routine. The littles also have been given some injection of magic juice (but not the measles vaccination). THAT was fun. We gotta get C. out of that place.

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

199 Wake up, wake up, wake up
It's the first of the month (wake up, wake up)
So get up, get up, get up
So cash your checks and come up (get up, get up)
Wake up, wake up, wake up
It's the first of the month (wake up, wake up)
So get up, get up, get up...

Posted by: Boomers, Thugs-N-Harmony at May 01, 2025 10:22 AM (979V4)

200 Alternate title:

"Crow Plays the SEF Game: "So, I'll shit on the bread. Eat the peaches. And fuck the pears."

Posted by: naturalfake at May 01, 2025 10:23 AM (iJfKG)

201 Even in the best economy there wil be people unemployed. There are always be entrants into the labor market as kids turn into adults or graduate from college or what have you. And I digital companies always fail, irrespective of the overall economy. Their products become obsolete or they just make shit. So people from those companies will be laid off.

That’s why you will never have 0% unemployment. 3-5% depending on who you ask is the real 0%.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:23 AM (S4ZTs)

202 Yep - there's always a floor for unemployment called Structural Unemployment.

I've heard "churn". Same thing ? About 5% ?
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:19 AM (McYvC)

--

Yeah, the concept is basically the same. People leave and reenter the market all the time in ways that have nothing to do with the job market itself. Leaving work to get a degree, learn a new skill, etc etc.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:23 AM (Oq5OE)

203 ... if only Kamala had been able to communicate this unseen phantom turnaround in immigration to voters, but ...

I was gonna' explain it all ... but then I got high.

Posted by: Kamala at May 01, 2025 10:23 AM (McYvC)

204 a nice pair, forevermore.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 10:24 AM (a3K02)

205 The art....

That is extremely unsanitary. Birds are nasty and if someone strolls by and, not realizing that icky bird was hopping all over it, grabs a peach to eat.... Ewww.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 01, 2025 10:24 AM (2J/Lj)

206 > We gotta get C. out of that place.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:22 AM (vKNmo)

"No hospitals. They take away your pants. Then they hurt you and starve you and expose you to diseases.

Then they bill you for it. A lot."

Posted by: Spider Robinson at May 01, 2025 10:24 AM (W5ArC)

207 And since you brought her up, let me just say that Lauren Graham has aged like fine wine. Always loved her eyes.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

*fistbump*

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

208 US dimes are only about 8% nickel.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:22 AM (W5ArC)

Ah, OK.

Train crows to do it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2025 10:25 AM (aeW5W)

209 Ils ne passeront pas!

Canada’s Defense Department Will Not Tolerate Tampon Dispensers Being Removed From Men’s Restrooms

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

210 Cow's thought bubble:

"Do I dare..."

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (uCfKO)

211 US dimes are only about 8% nickel.

False. Dimes are 200% nickel.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (McYvC)

212 Hooray Hooray it's the first of May, outdoor f@cking starts today!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hat

The lusty month of May!

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

213 "No hospitals. They take away your pants. Then they hurt you and starve you and expose you to diseases.

Then they bill you for it. A lot."
Posted by: Spider Robinson

Four/five weeks in the NICU should run what, about $500,000? I told the kids - Don't freak when you open that bill. It will all get worked out.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (vKNmo)

214 >>a nice pair, forevermore.

I was just wondering if someone had made a Poe reference. The horde abides.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2025 10:27 AM (KHnV4)

215 That is extremely unsanitary. Birds are nasty and if someone strolls by and, not realizing that icky bird was hopping all over it, grabs a peach to eat.... Ewww.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Yeah. Birds are fun to watch outside, but they're nasty up close.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2025 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

216 The real metric of healthy workforce is labor participation rate. That’s the percent of working age adults either working or looking for work. When that number falls it means there’s no work and people have just given up. When it goes up it’s the reverse it means people are feeling good about the prospect of getting a job and are looking for work.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:27 AM (S4ZTs)

217 >
I never once has the gas tank exchange lockers work at the HD.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

I haven't tried that -- I buy my propane at one of the few remaining full-service gas stations in my town (wash windows, check oil, quadruple mechanics bay with decent mechanics on duty... all that stuff). An actual human being who knows what he's doing comes out and fills your propane tank.

Posted by: Spider Robinson at May 01, 2025 10:27 AM (W5ArC)

218 23 Heckle and Jeckle
to be pedantic, they were magpies.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 10:28 AM (a3K02)

219 Henry Lee McFee. Eh

Posted by: javems at May 01, 2025 10:28 AM (8I4hW)

220 Cow's thought bubble:

"Do I dare..."
Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (uCfKO)

For want of a consonant, a joke has failed.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 01, 2025 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

221 When it goes up it’s the reverse it means people are feeling good about the prospect of getting a job and are looking for work.

I've never felt good about the prospect of going to work. I just do it for the money.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:29 AM (McYvC)

222 Cow's thought bubble:

"Do I dairy..."

Fixed Courtesy of AOSHQ Joke Retrieval Unit

Posted by: naturalfake at May 01, 2025 10:29 AM (iJfKG)

223 >>Yeah. Birds are fun to watch outside, but they're nasty up close.

Yup.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2025 10:29 AM (KHnV4)

224 The real metric of healthy workforce is labor participation rate. That’s the percent of working age adults either working or looking for work. When that number falls it means there’s no work and people have just given up. When it goes up it’s the reverse it means people are feeling good about the prospect of getting a job and are looking for work.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 01, 2025 10:27 AM (S4ZTs)

--

Yes, as mentioned, unemployment is based on those actively looking for work.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:29 AM (Oq5OE)

225 > Four/five weeks in the NICU should run what, about $500,000? I told the kids - Don't freak when you open that bill. It will all get worked out.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2025 10:26 AM (vKNmo)

More than that, I'd think... FIL was in for some stents a few months ago. $600K for less than a week's stay. Granted, there was some actual surgery involved there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 01, 2025 10:30 AM (W5ArC)

226 >>Fixed Courtesy of AOSHQ Joke Retrieval Unit

Good save!
Been ruminating on that, have you?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM (KHnV4)

227 212 Hooray Hooray it's the first of May, outdoor f@cking starts today!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hat

The lusty month of May!
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah, come on and try it!

Posted by: Snakes and Ticks at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM (G5+As)

228 Isn't there an alcohol drink called the blow job?

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM (Ce7ou)

229 Pointy headed Starbucks employee complains of dress code and other weighty matters.

https://shorturl.at/lTwju

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)

230 Too bad it’s not a murder. Rather, it’s just one crow.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM (eNdzY)

231 All of your puny metrics tremble before me

Posted by: The Labor Participation Rate at May 01, 2025 10:32 AM (pIfcn)

232 231 All of your puny metrics tremble before me
Posted by: The Labor Participation Rate at May 01, 2025 10:32 AM (pIfcn)

========

"Puny metric."
-The Big Mac Index

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

233 Isn't there an alcohol drink called the blow job?
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM

Even five of them won't get the taste out of your mouth.

Posted by: toby928 at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (jc0TO)

234 H.S. part time and summer jobs for me were largely doing seasonal work in the peach orchards of Palisade. My skin itches just thinking of 100 degree sweaty days during peach harvest. All that fuzz...

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (uCfKO)

235 So, who wants some fresh hot bird shit on their fruit?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (kzHlT)

236 Too bad it’s not a murder. Rather, it’s just one crow.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM

Attempted murder.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (kgE5c)

237 We should ask Jim Kramer about the theoretical lower limit of unemployment. And then rule that right out.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (McYvC)

238 235 So, who wants some fresh hot bird shit on their fruit?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (kzHlT)

======

Probably considered a delicacy in some corner of the world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

239 My skin itches just thinking of 100 degree sweaty days during peach harvest. All that fuzz...
Posted by: muldoon

You been lookin' at my back?

Posted by: Rachel Zegler at May 01, 2025 10:35 AM (G5+As)

240 My skin itches just thinking of 100 degree sweaty days during peach harvest. All that fuzz...

Ah, memories ...

Posted by: 70s Porn Stars at May 01, 2025 10:35 AM (McYvC)

241 So, who wants some fresh hot bird shit on their fruit?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM (kzHlT)

======

Probably considered a delicacy in some corner of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:33 AM

No doubt enjoyed with civet coffee.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2025 10:35 AM (kgE5c)

242 Heckle and Jeckle
to be pedantic, they were magpies.
Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 10:28 AM (a3K02)

They were crows in the Heckle and Jeckle precursor, the original Dumbo movie.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)

243 Yeah, come on and try it!
Posted by: Snakes and Ticks
-------------------

Don't forget us...

Posted by: Chiggers at May 01, 2025 10:36 AM (5hfjS)

244 >>Too bad it’s not a murder. Rather, it’s just one crow.

Heh, I have a friend whose infrequent joke is: "I just saw a murder! [horrified response]. . . a murder of crows!"
Ba-dum-bum-tshhhhhh!

Given we're in Denver, it works every time.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2025 10:36 AM (KHnV4)

245 Yes; It certainly is -a crow with peaches. I don't really don't understand why a crow is inside with peaches . but it is certainly a more interesting composition than it would be without the crow which is obviously what the artist intended. Nice colors.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 10:37 AM (4AQNO)

246 Henry Lee McFee is a great name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 09:50 AM (kpS4V)

Excellent name for a folk singer.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons

There's a rocker here in Indiana named Henry Lee Summer. Got some national attention in the 80's. MTV played some of his stuff for awhile. Looked like a cheap knock off of Daryl Hall. He's still performing in Indiana. Looks like Hell on the half shell.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 01, 2025 10:37 AM (2J/Lj)

247 I'm going to have baby snakes! There was a black snake orgy in front of my shed last week and ever since, Sneaky -- the big black snake that lives in the shed -- has been especially active. I assume that means it took and she needs more nutrition to get her eggs ready to lay.

The last time she had little ones a couple managed to get on the back porch. Then my cat would bring them inside. "That's a big lizard.... wait that's not a lizard it's a snake. It's still alive! Oh my goodness!" Then I have to rescue the little guy and turn it loose in the rose bush.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at May 01, 2025 10:38 AM (wa0T/)

248 >>Probably considered a delicacy in some corner of the world.

"Nah, we just like to boil down their nests! So technically, bird spit *and* poop."
-- Asia

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2025 10:38 AM (KHnV4)

249 Snakehead Carville now supports Wild Hogg.

James Carville@JamesCarville
Just called @DavidHogg111. He reminded me of the story of, after the battle of Shiloh, Henry Halleck urged President Lincoln to fire Ulysses Grant. Lincoln said: “I can’t fire him. This man fights.” David Hogg fights. The DNC needs him.

-
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

250 138 And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful peaches.

And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful crow.
Posted by: David Byrne at May 01, 2025 10:05 AM (7lLhn)

Same as it ever was

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2025 10:38 AM (eNdzY)

251 Crow with Peaches
Henry Lee McFee

Bird identifies as a cat.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 01, 2025 10:39 AM (FCbAQ)

252 the big black snake that lives in the shed

Go on ...

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 01, 2025 10:39 AM (McYvC)

253 249 Snakehead Carville now supports Wild Hogg.

James Carville@JamesCarville
Just called @DavidHogg111. He reminded me of the story of, after the battle of Shiloh, Henry Halleck urged President Lincoln to fire Ulysses Grant. Lincoln said: “I can’t fire him. This man fights.” David Hogg fights. The DNC needs him.

-
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

======

The only reason Carville would back Hogg over the Native American woman is racism.

Oh, also sexism.

Carville should be destroyed and every Democrat should be made to prostrate themselves before the Native American woman to atone for the sin of having employed Carville for decades.

Snap snap. Get to it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 01, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

254
James Carville@JamesCarville
Just called @DavidHogg111. He reminded me of the story of, after the battle of Shiloh, Henry Halleck urged President Lincoln to fire Ulysses Grant. Lincoln said: “I can’t fire him. This man fights.” David Hogg fights. The DNC needs him.

Far cry from the showdown between them the other day.. Who got to Snakehead ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2025 10:40 AM (VE6XX)

255 Don't forget us...

Posted by: Chiggers at May 01, 2025 10:36 AM (5hfjS)

*shivers* *scratches phantom itching*

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)

256 "No hospitals. They take away your pants. Then they hurt you and starve you and expose you to diseases.

Then they bill you for it. A lot."
----------------
My heart specialist talks to the folder when consulting me on my health. I don't take my pants off, though.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:43 AM (pZ64F)

257 Sometimes I feel like paying for hospital care is like buying a car.

"OK, with all of these options the price comes out to $258,338."

"Well, I guess we can start negotiating from the top. I had to deal with Nurse Ratched and I'm not paying for it. I also didn't ask for the catheter option but you're throwing it in there anyway. $75,000."

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:46 AM (Oq5OE)

258 239 My skin itches just thinking of 100 degree sweaty days during peach harvest. All that fuzz...
Posted by: muldoon
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Try installing insulation in a house all day in Carolina in August.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:46 AM (pZ64F)

259 Carville wants you to fight in the street while he works/commands from home.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 01, 2025 10:46 AM (Ce7ou)

260 No hospitals. They take away your pants. Then they hurt you and starve you and expose you to diseases.

Then they bill you for it. A lot."

---------

And, if at all possible, will make you piss and shit yourself.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:46 AM (g8Ew8)

261 > “I can’t fire him. This man fights.” David Hogg fights."
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He's referring to having Hogg bent over a chair while he ass rapes him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2025 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

262 Carville & The Hogette vs a feather not dot Indian?

That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Banya at May 01, 2025 10:47 AM (dg+HA)

263 Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks around America today and sees a whirlwind of change driven by Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House. She told supporters Wednesday night she doesn’t like it. No, not one bit.

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 10:06 AM (RHGPo)
-

Stephen Miller responds:

https://tinyurl.com/53ecbrzy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 10:48 AM (sTuNG)

264 Crows are incredibly loud. Most bird calls sound musical but Crows sound like they are yelling at you. A couple of weeks ago there was a pair of crows on the terrace. One was eating a dead bird. Every time the other one got close, it would pick up the carrion and carry it out of reach.
I do not like crows.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 01, 2025 10:49 AM (t/2Uw)

265 Sometimes I feel like paying for hospital care is like buying a car.

Yeah ... if you were paying for your car and somebody else's car.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 01, 2025 10:49 AM (McYvC)

266 The DemoPedo Party:

https://tinyurl.com/5cut72tm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 10:49 AM (sTuNG)

267 Isn't there an alcohol drink called the blow job?
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 01, 2025 10:31 AM

https://is.gd/Todp90 - just the recipe for the drink, SFW but for the name.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

268 265 Sometimes I feel like paying for hospital care is like buying a car.

Yeah ... if you were paying for your car and somebody else's car.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson

--

Ha!

"What, I don't get fleet pricing?!?!"

Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (Oq5OE)

269 Cow's thought bubble:

*******

Going blind has certain consequences..

Ah well. I shall endeavor to persevere...

When life gives you lemons, make failed internet jokes.

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (uCfKO)

270 Don't forget us...

Posted by: Chiggers at May 01, 2025 10:36 AM (5hfjS)

*shivers* *scratches phantom itching*
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 01, 2025 10:41 AM (g8Ew

Right?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (lFFaq)

271 264 Crows are incredibly loud. Most bird calls sound musical but Crows sound like they are yelling at you. A couple of weeks ago there was a pair of crows on the terrace. One was eating a dead bird. Every time the other one got close, it would pick up the carrion and carry it out of reach.
I do not like crows.
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They are scary smart and they like the company of humans. My cats don't like them. They stay under the porch or furniture when the crows are around.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (pZ64F)

272 He's referring to having Hogg bent over a chair while he ass rapes him.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2025 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

Oh, so fu...err...I mean how horrible!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at May 01, 2025 10:51 AM (979V4)

273 Unlimited L's@unlimited_ls
Neil Young attacks Elon Musk [to the tune of This Land Is Your Land]: “If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla - It’s electric, it doesn’t matter. If you’re a Democrat, taste your freedom - get whatever you want, taste your freedom.”

https://shorturl.at/XsOVb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

274 I don't want to initiate yet another redo of the Civil War/War between the States/ War of Northern Aggression fight, but David Hogg does not remind me of Ulysses S. Grant in the slightest. For one thing, I don't think he's nearly as bright as Grant.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 10:52 AM (42Vb+)

275 254 Far cry from the showdown between them the other day.. Who got to Snakehead ?

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: the epstein list at May 01, 2025 10:53 AM (sGtp+)

276 One was eating a dead bird. Every time the other one got close, it would pick up the carrion and carry it out of reach.
I do not like crows.

*********

What's that, Dad?

Carrion my wayward son!

Posted by: muldoon at May 01, 2025 10:53 AM (uCfKO)

277 When the girl spawn was about 10 yrs old.....We went out to do some maintenance on the flower beds around the porch. Spreading mulch pulling weeds. Found a big black snake had come to visit and had wound itself around the porch rail. Hubbymayhem does NOT like snakes. I just saw it, said, well then, who might you be? Snake didn't answer but looked at me while I took his picture which was nice. Girl came out and saw the snake. Says wow! And stood six inches from it playing stare eyes with a snake. Now the girl was good at stare eyes but snake was a champion! Hubbymayhem came out and managed to not freak out about his child being six inches from a huge snake but kept his distance. He muttered at me what the fuck are we gonna do about this. Girl lost stare eyes contest, I pulled snake off railing and carried him to the shed and encouraged him to go under there. Gave him the "if you're going to stay, you're going to work on mouse population control". He seemed unimpressed. My cousin said empty all chambers and burn the shed. Hubbymayhem agreed.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 01, 2025 10:53 AM (2J/Lj)

278 There was a tame crow that often followed me as I walked to and from school, hoping for some potato sticks. I was scared to death of that bird.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2025 10:53 AM (2ap+5)

279 271 They are scary smart and they like the company of humans.

more humans = more french fries

Posted by: crow liberation front at May 01, 2025 10:54 AM (sGtp+)

280 Carrion my wayward son!
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:54 AM (pZ64F)

281 279 271 They are scary smart and they like the company of humans.

more humans = more french fries
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The squirrels worship me. I have peanuts.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:55 AM (pZ64F)

282 The DemoPedo Party:

https://tinyurl.com/5cut72tm
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

He must be on the Donk Entertainment Committee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:55 AM (L/fGl)

283 They are scary smart and they like the company of humans. My cats don't like them. They stay under the porch or furniture when the crows are around.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 01, 2025 10:50 AM (pZ64F)

An old timer told me they used to shoot them with .25-250's because they were smart enough to not get close to the people. They didn't get away far enough according to that caliber I guess.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 01, 2025 10:56 AM (144I4)

284 Stephen Miller responds:

https://tinyurl.com/53ecbrzy
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 10:48 AM (sTuNG)
==============================
Stephen Miller is absolutely correct in his pride serving alongside a President whose every waking thought and action is to protect and enrich the citizens of this Republic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2025 10:57 AM (r7+k8)

285 A group of crows mobbing an owl is obnoxious.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2025 10:58 AM (dg+HA)

286 I wonder why they fired Micheal Waltz?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2025 10:59 AM (NpAcC)

287 Jasmine Crockett: "How would they feel if some other country decided that they were gonna just start throwing people randomly in our country?" 🥴

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Yeah, boy, imagine if that happened!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 10:59 AM (L/fGl)

288 285 A group of crows mobbing an owl is obnoxious.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2025 10:58 AM (dg+HA)

You will be hearing from Our Lawyers

Posted by: Crows Antidefamation League at May 01, 2025 10:59 AM (VE6XX)

289 287 Jasmine Crockett: "How would they feel if some other country decided that they were gonna just start throwing people randomly in our country?" 🥴

Seriously ? That's not from the Bee ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2025 11:00 AM (VE6XX)

290 Time to fold up my laptop and hit the road. Back in the Demented Dominion tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2025 11:01 AM (aeW5W)

291 It's Rant o'clock.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2025 11:01 AM (ExV1e)

292 290 Time to fold up my laptop and hit the road. Back in the Demented Dominion tonight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 01, 2025 11:01 AM (aeW5W)

Safe travels

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2025 11:01 AM (VE6XX)

293 285 A group of crows mobbing an owl is obnoxious.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

A group of crows is obnoxious.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 01, 2025 11:01 AM (2J/Lj)

294 I'm curious to know what Henry McFee's inspiration for this painting was. Seems unlikely he'd think, hey, how about a crow on top of a bread loaf(?) gawking at some peaches while inside someone's house. I must be bad at nuance.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2025 11:02 AM (qBdHI)

295 Seriously ? That's not from the Bee ?
Posted by: It's me donna

https://shorturl.at/R7niz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at May 01, 2025 11:03 AM (L/fGl)

296 78
read "dead wake" if you haven't.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 12:26 PM (a3K02)

297 Pinto and Wolfgang same actor
know why they called him pinto?

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 12:29 PM (a3K02)

298
They were crows in the Heckle and Jeckle precursor, the original Dumbo movie.
in the movie dumbo, the crows were named jim and dandy.

Posted by: cmeat at May 01, 2025 12:59 PM (a3K02)

299 Quoth the crow with peaches: "Nevermore."

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 01:01 PM (CQE5S)

300 300

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 01:01 PM (CQE5S)

301 Caw caw caw Corns Good Peaches Yummy Caw Caw Caw. Skreeet Skreeet Skreeee Spurwing Plover objects to Crows in his(Plovers) Territory

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at May 01, 2025 06:11 PM (FLiOE)

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