Fri-Yay Cafe

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

I think this is what JackStraw sees when he smokes his marijuana cigarettes.

Tucking in your baby elephant for a nap.

These geese are employed by DHS to disappear progressives.

Dog demonstrates proper form in the hurdles. (The fourth dog. They're all good boys but the fourth dog is the best boy at hurdles.)

This dog DOMINATES the stairs.

A horse's buddy lends him a hoof.

You wanted to get close to nature but nature decided to get close to you.

Stray cat is very happy to see the human who feeds her.

We need to limit cats' screen time.

Baby bear practices going out of control.

That's a lot of coke.

I've linked this before, but it's good: a parachute fails to properly deploy and the diver gets "shrouded" by the parachute's cloth, which wraps around him and blocks him from deploying his safety chute. He only has 10-15 seconds to free himself and get that second chute opened.

Is it Friday yet?

Steve Inman:

A FAFO collection, mostly showing bestial left-wing women who have drank the Feminist and Transgender Kool-Aid and really believe they can beat up men if they just ignore "Society's Patriarchal Programming" and believe in shemselves.

A truck thief gets asphalt justice.

Dog is so shocked that a cat slapped him he just doesn't know what to do.

Aggressive panhandler meets aggressive manhandler.

If you're having a bad day, watch this pic.twitter.com/fZaepMDLA8
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) July 9, 2025

This is the best thing I've seen all day!! pic.twitter.com/Gvn02p60ln
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) July 5, 2025

10. What if he hit the rock 😭 pic.twitter.com/w8I9PQNcb1
— Crazy Moments (@Crazymoments01) June 28, 2025

20. Drung Waterfalls, Kashmir, India pic.twitter.com/2IXd2xseqN
— The Adventurous Soul (@TAdventurousoul) June 17, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 07:32 PM (+qU29)

2 The mobula ray migration? Is that Biden's doing, too?

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:34 PM (mADJX)

3 Re: top Pic

I bet winter there fucking sucks.

On the other hand, just snowshoes or skis. Sauna. Hot coffee and alcohol...

Blondes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

4 I knew the day would come when we would see, er, goose-stepping in our streets.

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:35 PM (mADJX)

5 Stray cat looks like a nice kittah

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 07:36 PM (+qU29)

6 Fuck Switzerland.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 07:36 PM (fV+MH)

7 The Whale Video? What would I do?

First off, not be out there...

Second? Be calling QueeQuag!

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 25, 2025 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)

8 Is Switzerland simply the first AI country? The locations in the photos always have an otherworldly perfection about them.

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:37 PM (mADJX)

9 The sidekick on the one chick is pretty epic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 07:37 PM (zZu0s)

10 Damn right Vamanos.

Anything that big surfaces near me and getting out of dodge as quickly as possible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 25, 2025 07:38 PM (XV/Pl)

11 The manta ray . The Wildebeest of the ocean.

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (VofaG)

12 Haw! That baby bear ain't taking no chances with that glove!

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (mADJX)

13 Not much of a crew seizing that cocaine. Whoever it belonged to could probably afford a small army to come and get it back.

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (i0F8b)

14 Most of the people in that video just do not seem to understand physics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (zZu0s)

15 Watched the Inman clip. I'm buying everybody in the house a drink. Damn that is great!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (HFcKg)

16
It's considered kind of last century, but I'd really like to go to that Swiss village and have some awesome fondue.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (lCaJd)

17 >>What will you do in this situation?

Smile.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:40 PM (viF8m)

18 That's a lot of coke

But where's the baking soda?

Posted by: totally not Hunter at July 25, 2025 07:40 PM (gKWVE)

19 All those dogs were doing one ground touch to jump over the hurdles. It’s just that you see it easier in slomo for the 4th dog.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 07:41 PM (aeiyZ)

20 I miss a good bar fight.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:41 PM (HFcKg)

21 The hurdle dog is the Spud Webb of hurdle dogs.

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 07:41 PM (VofaG)

22 It's considered kind of last century, but I'd really like to go to that Swiss village and have some awesome fondue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (lCaJd)

Big fondue craze growing up in Ohio. We had it a decent number of times

Posted by: Oldcat at July 25, 2025 07:42 PM (8avO+)

23 These geese are employed by DHS to disappear progressives.
_________
Just this morning at the dentist I saw geese parading across the parking lot. WTH?

Posted by: Eeyore at July 25, 2025 07:42 PM (od0dV)

24 >>It's considered kind of last century, but I'd really like to go to that Swiss village and have some awesome fondue.

Then go. Switzerland is gorgeous. The photos you've seen are real.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (viF8m)

25 cu monday morans

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (fV+MH)

26
Drug bust policia is gonna need a bigger van.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (lCaJd)

27 Is Switzerland simply the first AI country? The locations in the photos always have an otherworldly perfection about them.
Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:37 PM (mADJX)

Especially funny that they got their rep as the most crazed madmen mercenaries in all of Europe.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (8avO+)

28 Ludacris Cam in that FAFO video is awesome.

Posted by: garrett at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (oSEaw)

29 That town is going to get devastated by a troll attack sooner or later.

Probably sooner.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (dGB1t)

30 Per the last thread because I'm literally always one comment behind the nood... when I was a kid, I once spent a few days in the home of a Druze IDF officer. A colonel or general; I can't remember which.

It was the first time I understood the difference between "rich" and "wealthy." The guy was clearly loaded. But I'm from America, so I've seen people who have a lot more money than that guy - even in the outskirts of Golden, CO.

It was the way he and his children lived, and their attitudes, and their bearing. Aristocratic. One of the things I noticed the most was that he had a staff - drivers, bodyguards, etc. But no household staff. The generations of his family's women cooked (amazingly well) and cleaned. And they ate after the males - even us young boys.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (BI5O2)

31 Today’s list of “American” companies you should punch in the throat.

- Band Aid brand. All Made in China and Brazil
- Major companies that produce canned corn. Almost all add sugar to sweeten the corn artificially because the real product sucks. Many don’t say they are grown or produced in America.

You’re welcome.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (t64lJ)

32 Just this morning at the dentist I saw geese parading across the parking lot. WTH?
Posted by: Eeyore

I thought that was a criminal offense.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

33 What if he hit the rock?

It's splat, like a bug on a windshield

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)

34
Oh how cute, it turns out there's a fondue chain called The Melting Pot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:47 PM (lCaJd)

35 ? the Melting Pot has been a fixture in Houston for decades

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

36
Is Switzerland simply the first AI country? The locations in the photos always have an otherworldly perfection about them.
Posted by: Paco

=============

The Italian Alps. Like Hunter Biden saying about George Clooney, him and his fuckign villa on fuckign Lake Como (the place looks fabulous and Hunter wants one).

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:49 PM (lCaJd)

37 Off topic Yay, I didn't know. Bongino started tweeting again on the 23rd.

Dan Bongino@FBIDDBongino . 8h

As promised, I want to provide an update on our efforts out of @FBI to defend the homeland and protect Americans from threats here at home and around the world....
...
We have so much more to do. The work will continue. God bless America, and all those who defend her.
-------

I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 07:49 PM (LWopF)

38 >>The manta ray . The Wildebeest of the ocean.

Was snorkeling off Maui long ago and saw an enormous Manta. Dove down to try and catch a ride and he must have sensed I was there. A couple flaps of his wings and he was gone.

Spectacular creatures.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:49 PM (viF8m)

39
Read a Substack on Murder Valley, a collection of counties on or near the Mississippi south of Memphis. It has among the highest homicide rates in the world.

The author took pains to point out that homicidal violence isn't just an urban phenomenon. I looked at the demographics for a number of the counties named. This detail was not mentioned by the author.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 07:50 PM (HZi96)

40 Good heavens, Lauterbrunnen. This was our gateway drug to Switzerland (it used to be so lovely and quaint)...but too many people advertised it and the influencers arrived, and last year when we returned we found it overrun with buses and tourists and just too darn many people...So we found a new spot, but Switzerland is just the most lovely country for a vacation.

Posted by: The Grateful at July 25, 2025 07:50 PM (cCn4/)

41 Today’s list of “American” companies you should punch in the throat.

- Band Aid brand. All Made in China and Brazil

You’re welcome.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2025 07:43 PM (t64lJ)
---
I invested in an American-made hot iron decades ago and haven't needed a single Band-Aid since.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 25, 2025 07:51 PM (IBQGV)

42 Remember Ryan Routh? the idjit who ran up on Trump at the golf course with a bunch of weapons?
His son just got sentenced for CP. Seven years.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

43
Best of Breed (only Borzoi entered) and a nice fat Hound Group 3 for big Varus at today's Longview KC show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 07:52 PM (HZi96)

44 Was snorkeling off Maui long ago and saw an enormous Manta. Dove down to try and catch a ride and he must have sensed I was there. A couple flaps of his wings and he was gone.
----

Were you high at the time?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 25, 2025 07:52 PM (kpS4V)

45 "You want to speak to the manager, Sharon?"

LOL!!!

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:53 PM (mADJX)

46 It’d be awesome to be close to whales like that. I would def do it.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 07:53 PM (aeiyZ)

47 I miss a good bar fight.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:41 PM

As an observer or participant?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

48 Oh, and the Druze guy definitely had the coolest bathrooms I've ever seen in any house. Limestone marble tile in huge quantities. And giant showers with multiple heads, but no doors, just cavernous alcoves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 07:54 PM (BI5O2)

49
the Melting Pot has been a fixture in Houston for decades
Posted by: gKWVE

=============

No doubt. This is the first I've looked for a fondue restaurant ever and that's what I found.

How is it, anyway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:55 PM (lCaJd)

50 Duncanthrax, you know me well enough to know that I am not an observer

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:56 PM (HFcKg)

51 I think I only went once and didn't really like that style of foodery.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:56 PM (gKWVE)

52 Howdy!

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 25, 2025 07:56 PM (uGaBv)

53 I don't care what Duncanthrax says, there is no Geese-Penguin axis.

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 07:56 PM (mADJX)

54 >> I invested in an American-made hot iron decades ago and haven't needed a single Band-Aid since.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 25, 2025 07:51 PM (IBQGV)

There is so much Quick Clot around d here I could build a table with it. American Made.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2025 07:57 PM (t64lJ)

55 I never got fondue restaurants. I can cook my own food at home without paying for the labor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 07:57 PM (BI5O2)

56 Because I am a giver and know that some of the Horde do not care for Stevie Nicks voice, here she is in Fritz in 1968, pictures but no video to go with the song

https://tinyurl.com/ycycnn2s

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 07:57 PM (TEi+a)

57 YD: yeah, fondue is a ritual for home.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:59 PM (gKWVE)

58 >>Were you high at the time?

At that moment? No. But it was early.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:59 PM (viF8m)

59 I like Stevie Nick's voice. Just wish she hadn't broken up the Mac

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 07:59 PM (gKWVE)

60 I fought the cat and the cat won.
-little brown and white dog

Posted by: Eromero at July 25, 2025 08:00 PM (LHPAg)

61 Those sheep could be considered yak-adjacent.

I mean, you have to get your yak where you can around here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

62 For a nice scar from getting stabbed with a broken bottle in a bar fight. In New Jersey of all places…

Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2025 08:01 PM (t64lJ)

63 Triggered dog...lol

What a goofball.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 25, 2025 08:01 PM (ufFY8)

64 The last canned sweet corn I bought was Azure Standard's brand. Contains sweet corn, water and salt. I don't use it often but it's one of the things I keep on hand.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 08:02 PM (TEi+a)

65
Just saw a live segment of Prince Fielder hitting BP bombs. Love that guy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:02 PM (HZi96)

66 It's interesting to find these little websites for people in bands with soon-to-be-famous people. I used to read one by one of the guys in Big Brother & the Holding Company. It turns out there is one for Fritz. There's a video of her doing Wild Thing with that band.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 08:05 PM (TEi+a)

67 It's considered kind of last century, but I'd really like to go to that Swiss village and have some awesome fondue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 25, 2025 07:39 PM (lCaJd)

Big fondue craze growing up in Ohio. We had it a decent number of times
Posted by: Oldcat at July 25, 2025 07:42 PM (8avO+)

Yes, I remember my parents doing the fondue for their parties. I remember the forks having little colored plastic ends. I suppose so you knew whose fork was whose in case someone slobbered on theirs.

I have fond (ha!) memories of it, so I got a fondue set for myself a few years ago.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 25, 2025 08:05 PM (144I4)

68 Those peeps in the flying squirrel suits have a serious death wish.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 25, 2025 08:05 PM (ufFY8)

69 How can we re-brand climate alarmism so people won't be so turned off?

I know! Giant trolls! Everyone loves trolls, so giant climate-change trolls will totally work. Nobody can say we're out of touch now!

***

AP News yesterday:
https://apnews.com/article/giant-troll-sculptures-filoli-
thomas-dambo-15a070f5eba15e3a74721a7c2d23eb6e

Posted by: Bombadil at July 25, 2025 08:06 PM (MX0bI)

70 I grew up in South Louisiana. I can't remember a night where there wasn't a fight at the bar . I avoided them if at all possible but some of my friends didn't so .... crap last thing I wanted to do. Though luckily most didn't need help.

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 08:08 PM (VofaG)

71 How long do you have to deploy your reserve chute in the event if a main chute failure? The rest of your life.

When I went skydiving in the mid-80s, a lot of time was devoted to practicing how to evaluate the chute and cut it away if it didn’t deploy properly. The main thrust was if the chute ‘streamered’ instead of inflating. We didn’t even talk about getting wrapped in it. The problem lies in having the pieces of the main chute still overhead where it can foul the reserve.

Posted by: Advo at July 25, 2025 08:08 PM (jO4mz)

72 LOL OK this is like Christmas in July

"Media Matters, the leftist nonprofit notorious for its scorched-earth campaigns against conservative media, is reportedly in a state of crisis, reeling from a series of lawsuits, federal investigations, mass layoffs, infighting, and donor panic. The New York Times now confirms what many on the right have suspected for months: the group’s legal and financial foundation is cracking, and its future is in jeopardy."

https://tinyurl.com/bdf5vr69

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:10 PM (dfIr7)

73 Not so much these days, but ask a parachutist experienced with classic 'canopy' 'chutes about a Mae West.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

74 How can we re-brand climate alarmism so people won't be so turned off?

I know! Giant trolls! Everyone loves trolls, so giant climate-change trolls will totally work. Nobody can say we're out of touch now!

***

AP News yesterday:
https://apnews.com/article/giant-troll-sculptures-filoli-
thomas-dambo-15a070f5eba15e3a74721a7c2d23eb6e
Posted by: Bombadil at July 25, 2025 08:06 PM (MX0bI)
——

The problem with trolls is they’re stupid looking. Modern fantasy had to reinvent them to make them scary and fearsome. But the classic Nordic troll is too funny-looking to be scary.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 08:10 PM (aeiyZ)

75
How long do you have to deploy your reserve chute in the event if a main chute failure? The rest of your life.

________

Now that I'm 29, I seek to avoid situations where gravity may have an adverse effect.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:11 PM (HZi96)

76
"the group’s legal and financial foundation is cracking, and its future is in jeopardy."

________

That's tragic. Hey, the Astros are on!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:12 PM (HZi96)

77 Stevie Nicks had a tolerable voice in the 70s but that style does not age well. She was super cute too, but nutty as a rabid squirrel

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:12 PM (dfIr7)

78 Fondue is dipping stuff in melted cheese or chocolate, right?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 08:13 PM (TdYBy)

79 That's tragic. Hey, the Astros are on!

Who's pitching?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:14 PM (dfIr7)

80 Fondue is dipping stuff in melted cheese or chocolate, right?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 08:13 PM (TdYBy)

Or oil. And you're cooking it in there, really. Makes no sense in a restaurant setting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:15 PM (BI5O2)

81 All these pictures of Switzerland look like miniatures to run HO trains through.

Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (jc0TO)

82 Don't go to a fondue restaurant if you're hungry. Last time I went to the chain The Melting Pot I felt the restaurant should tip me for having to cook my own food .

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (VofaG)

83 78 Fondue is dipping stuff in melted cheese or chocolate, right?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 08:13 PM (TdYBy)
——

Well, not your balls ….

Fondue in Europe is different than in USA. Here, it’s basically melted cheese like hot velveeta or cheez whiz. There, it’s made with wine and thus is much less cheesy. Of course there’s some overlap. But I think my generalization is correct.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (aeiyZ)

84 I was in a club in Portoroz, Yugoslavia in the summer of 1990. Around 0500 bottles started whizzng around. Seems the Scots had lost to the Yugoslavian team in the prelims of the metric football World Cup.

Miusic stopped, lights came up, everyone bolted. Buddy and I (Army medics) saw a guy running headlong across the street and slams into a chest-high barricade. Turns out he was the brunt of the Scottish hooligan's wrath. We ran over to render aid. Rolled him over and found out he had been shanked before running into the barricade.

Right then, our sergeant hauled us up by our collars and told us to get the fuck out right now. We could hear the police sirens approaching.

We washed the blood off our hands in a fountain and went wading in the Adriatic as the sun rose.

The Army was a very interesting part of my life.

Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

85 >>Or oil. And you're cooking it in there, really. Makes no sense in a restaurant setting.

In the right restaurant it makes sense. Switzerland is one of the few places in Europe I have any interest in seeing again.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:17 PM (viF8m)

86 Fondue is dipping stuff in melted cheese or chocolate, right?

They would experiment with other stuff but yeah, pretty much. It was great but a HUGE pain in the ass to set up and clean up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:17 PM (dfIr7)

87
Who's pitching?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:14 PM (dfIr7)

_________

Ryan Gusto. The Astros have had so many injuries this season that their lineup every night looks like all the starters missed the bus to the stadium. In first place by 5 games, though.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:17 PM (HZi96)

88 How long do you have to deploy your reserve chute in the event if a main chute failure? The rest of your life.

________

Now that I'm 29, I seek to avoid situations where gravity may have an adverse effect.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:11 PM (HZi96)

A friend of mine was 82nd airborne. Some of his stories cured me from ever thinking about sky diving.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 25, 2025 08:17 PM (snZF9)

89 Ace, thank you for putting this together for us. It feels good to laugh.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 25, 2025 08:18 PM (0Htd1)

90 Don't go to a fondue restaurant if you're hungry. Last time I went to the chain The Melting Pot I felt the restaurant should tip me for having to cook my own food .
Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (VofaG)
——

I like it. And contrary to some comments here, the only time I eat it is in a restaurant. I’ve made it at home, but it’s messy and hard to clean up after, and stinks up the house.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 08:18 PM (aeiyZ)

91 I was at a bar one night. Three of us. We got to telling Polack jokes. Just goofing.
Bartender comes over. Big guy.
Says" I don't like Pollack jokes. Stop it!"
I tell him, Look, loosen up. We're just funnin'. One of my buddies there IS a Pollack.
A few minutes later, I had to go use the head.
The bartender walks in. He had a razor in his hand.
My life passed before my eyes.
Then I realized he had no place to plug it in...

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:18 PM (cPGH3)

92 Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

You did the American thing though and tried to render aid. Proud of you for that.

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 08:19 PM (VofaG)

93 Now that I'm 29, I seek to avoid situations where gravity may have an adverse effect.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:11 PM

Any tits, er, tips?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Nancy P. at July 25, 2025 08:20 PM (0sNs1)

94 Then I realized he had no place to plug it in...

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:18 PM (cPGH3)

Heh, hook, line, and sinker.

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 08:20 PM (i0F8b)

95 Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 08:18 PM (aeiyZ)

It's not that I didn't like it. It's just not where you want to go if you're really hungry.

Posted by: polynikes at July 25, 2025 08:20 PM (VofaG)

96 75 Now that I'm 29, I seek to avoid situations where gravity may have an adverse effect. - Hadrian the Seventh

Now that I am 70, I, too, avoid such situations, especially since there is now much more of me for gravity to get a purchase on.

Posted by: Paco at July 25, 2025 08:21 PM (mADJX)

97 Saw "Fantastic Four" today. Surprisingly uncrapulent, pro-family, with a terrific color palette and retro-futuristic vibe. I even liked Pedro. Hollywood has to stop letting their stars go on press tours; they only antagonize and turn off potential viewers with their mush-brained idiocy.

The preview for "Predator: Badlands" looks epic. The chirpy fembot is flat out a Weyland-Yutani android so yes, Alien and Predator officially belong to the same cinematic universe.

The theater was also showing "Bambi: Retribution". 🦌

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 25, 2025 08:21 PM (kpS4V)

98 You wanna speak to the manager
Here's the manager
You wanna speak to him now bitch
hahahaha Best Steve Inman evah!!!!!

Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (VPPG8)

99 Both Nicks and Buckingham lost the upper part of their range. That first album has some amazing harmonies.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (TEi+a)

100 >>>I think this is what JackStraw sees when he smokes his marijuana cigarettes.

Looks like a bad trip to me.

Posted by: zombie Steve Irwin at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (p4nXC)

101 Baby brother was 82nd. I can't remember what he said if you found yourself over another canopy. Top pulls right on the cords, bottom, left. Or vice versa. Anyway, it was drilled into them.

And yes, he once got hung up in a tree.

Funny, he was in Iraq in 2003, but does not have the mustard stain on his jump wings. He did piss out aa kidney stone on the wall of one of Saddam's palaces. His favorite war story.

Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (0aYVJ)

102 A friend of mine was 82nd airborne. Some of his stories cured me from ever thinking about sky diving.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Oh yeah. My BIL drove Blackhawks for the 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers) with them. He will tell you that all Paratroopers land. Most times they live to jump again - but not always.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (cYBz/)

103 I like to cook, so my criteria for restaurants is pretty simple: it has to be something I don't know how/can't get ingredients to cook well, or something that is just too much of a pain in the ass to bother with, like fried chicken.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM (BI5O2)

104 >>I like it. And contrary to some comments here, the only time I eat it is in a restaurant. I’ve made it at home, but it’s messy and hard to clean up after, and stinks up the house.

You must mean meat fondue. I make cheese fondue every New Years. Family thing. It's simple and easy to clean up with no smell.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:23 PM (viF8m)

105
With my inner ear burned out on one side, my balance is affected. I have to have Her Majesty spot me when I'm on a ladder.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 08:23 PM (HZi96)

106 That wrapped up parachutist:

"Bring me my brown coveralls."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:24 PM (u82oZ)

107 like fried chicken.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Fried chicken is a breeze. I can't keep enough in the house to do a Chinese buffet, though.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:25 PM (cPGH3)

108 >>> The New York Times now confirms what many on the right have suspected for months: the group’s legal and financial foundation is cracking, and its future is in jeopardy."

https://tinyurl.com/bdf5vr69
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
--------------

How, how can you be that way to us? We've been loyal clients for fifteen years.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 08:26 PM (LWopF)

109 Saw "Fantastic Four" today. Surprisingly uncrapulent, pro-family, with a terrific color palette and retro-futuristic vibe.

I have heard a lot of good things about it, not that its great but not bad and doesn't have any of the really bad, annoying Marvel stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:27 PM (dfIr7)

110 Like fire, gravity is a useful servant and a harsh master.

Posted by: Advo at July 25, 2025 08:28 PM (jO4mz)

111 Fried chicken is a breeze. I can't keep enough in the house to do a Chinese buffet, though.
Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:25 PM (cPGH3)

Gotta have a deep frier. And clean that deep fryer. And everything around that motherfucker, out to approximately a quarter mile radius.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:28 PM (BI5O2)

112 I ran across a thread where someone had posted a video that was joking about how expensive groceries are. In the video one of the characters says that's just the way it is in 2024.

And the responses? A bunch of leftists saying "that's due to TACO Trump's tariffs"

Now the layers of...stupidity...

The video says its from 2024. When Trump was not president. And if Trump Always Caves then...he didn't get his tariffs right?

And...how would tariffs raise the price of bread? Are we importing grain suddenly?

So much stupidity.

Posted by: 18-1 (who lives in the northern tundra) at July 25, 2025 08:30 PM (t0Rmr)

113 Those Devils in Baggy Pants

Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:32 PM (0aYVJ)

114 I've never done fondue then unless hot pot is just considered Chinese fondue.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 08:32 PM (TdYBy)

115 Christopher R Taylor

Ya don't have to sell me past the close. Wahoo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

116 Gotta have a deep frier. And clean that deep fryer. And everything around that motherfucker, out to approximately a quarter mile radius.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
-------------------

First thing, after the chicken, while the grease is still hot, fry a cut up potato or two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 08:34 PM (LWopF)

117 Gotta have a deep frier. And clean that deep fryer. And everything around that motherfucker, out to approximately a quarter mile radius.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I don't think you're doing it right...
Have you considered the pan fried method?
We bought an enormous electric skillet, specifically for fried chicken.
Recovery heat was way slow.
We went back to the 10" cast iron, and will do 2 or 3 oil changes if a big shindig, but will never do deep fried anything (that I can think of right now) again.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:34 PM (cPGH3)

118 I can't remember what he said if you found yourself over another canopy.
Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM

You hit a canopy below you, you're both dead. Given a choice, the inexperienced jumpers go first, to lessen the chance of one of them doing that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 08:35 PM (0sNs1)

119 After what I've seen on the internet today, I hope they ramp up building new mental facilities. Too many crazy people out there.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 08:35 PM (TEi+a)

120 @ 31 -
- adhesive bandages; buy 'em in generic bulk from an Amish grocery, I'll have to inquire where they're made some time ...

- corn; buy from local farmers, freeze / freeze-dry

good hiking is not the only reason we live out here

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 08:36 PM (dKEEs)

121 YD, a cast iron pan, some bacon grease and pecan oil and you are good to go.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:36 PM (HFcKg)

122 No.... words.... Just saw an advertisement for spending an 'Evening with Dr. Jill Biden'... yes, you can pay here in Central Calif to see the Puppeteer in Chief...

Wow...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 25, 2025 08:37 PM (mP0Kj)

123 Ya don't have to sell me past the close. Wahoo!

Yeah that's where we are now in Marvel movies: it didn't suck as bad as the other more recent stuff. A meh movie from Phase 1-2 is considered good now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:37 PM (dfIr7)

124 Have you considered the pan fried method?
We bought an enormous electric skillet, specifically for fried chicken.
Recovery heat was way slow.
We went back to the 10" cast iron, and will do 2 or 3 oil changes if a big shindig, but will never do deep fried anything (that I can think of right now) again.
Posted by: MkY
*************
Amen. What MkY said...

Posted by: The Grateful at July 25, 2025 08:37 PM (cCn4/)

125 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Second Hay crop waiting for round bales to be lined up. We have has a lot of rain for a typical summer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:38 PM (u82oZ)

126 I'd only buy a deep fryer if the manufacturer threw in a $5000 clothing allowance, so that I'd have something to wear after gaining 50 pounds from the deep fryer.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 08:38 PM (TdYBy)

127 118 I can't remember what he said if you found yourself over another canopy.
Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:22 PM

You hit a canopy below you, you're both dead. Given a choice, the inexperienced jumpers go first, to lessen the chance of one of them doing that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 08:35 PM (0sNs1)

HIT THE CANOPY???

NOT FUNNY...

Posted by: Goose at July 25, 2025 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

128 Notsothoreau

Hey, I'm right here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:39 PM (u82oZ)

129 No.... words.... Just saw an advertisement for spending an 'Evening with Dr. Jill Biden'... yes, you can pay here in Central Calif to see the Puppeteer in Chief...

Wow...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 25, 2025 08:37 PM (mP0Kj)

Were there other words used in the ad, like bukkake maybe?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 25, 2025 08:39 PM (snZF9)

130 Can't remember the name of the depraved turd that founded MM. Loathed that PoS. Guess they ran out of USAID loot?

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 25, 2025 08:39 PM (uGaBv)

131 bear with asymmetrical balls

Ha!
Nah, you'd be hunting thrift shops for those great cast iron skillets.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:40 PM (cPGH3)

132 NaCly, dearest. Coastal hay crop has been really good. My problem is I feed alfalfa.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:40 PM (HFcKg)

133 >>I've never done fondue then unless hot pot is just considered Chinese fondue.

Got a double boiler?

Equal parts of Emantal and Gruyere Swiss cheese

Melt the cheese in white wine. Pick your poison but I think a Riesling works best

Make a paste with Kirsh and corn starch and mix it with the cheese

Add nutmeg and pressed garlic

Pour the cheese into a foundue pot

Cut up really good baguette into small squares

You've made basic cheese fondue. You have to find your own date.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:40 PM (viF8m)

134 I am trying to think of actually bad or not good marvel movies from early on.

First two thor movies. The first was a lot better than the second.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 08:41 PM (idIpT)

135 Emmental.

Sheesh

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:42 PM (viF8m)

136 Ben Had.

Got it. Sometime in September, then?

The oats harvest went well in Eastern Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:42 PM (u82oZ)

137 Have a great night, everyone. May your dreams be as thrilling at JackStraw's on weed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

138 You hit a canopy below you, you're both dead. Given a choice, the inexperienced jumpers go first, to lessen the chance of one of them doing that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 25, 2025 08:35 PM (0sNs1)

Not entirely true. That's why they trained so hard on the pull one or the other thing. There are a lot of guys plopping out them planes during a jump. It's gonna happen, and they know how to fix the scenario. Thus the one pulls left, the other right. There is a fucking shit-ton of experience training future paratroopers.

Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery at July 25, 2025 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)

139 Oh, I know how to do it with a piece of black iron, or even a Dutch oven. But it's never as good as deep fried. And deep frying sucks ass at home, but it's the stock-in-trade at many commercial kitchens in this great land of ours, who will always have my business until the certain day when their product finally kills me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:44 PM (BI5O2)

140 First two thor movies. The first was a lot better than the second.

Yeah the 2nd was pretty low tier, like worst 10. Incredible Hulk was pretty meh.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:45 PM (dfIr7)

141 The oats harvest went well in Eastern Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I thought you were Manhattan area?
Know anyone who grows buckwheat? I'm not very good at it, but need to be. It makes the best honey I've ever had.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:45 PM (cPGH3)

142 Iron Man 2 and 3 were kind of shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 08:46 PM (idIpT)

143 >>>What if he hit the rock

That's why they invented the word splat.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 25, 2025 08:46 PM (p4nXC)

144 Mickey Roarke? Wth?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 08:47 PM (idIpT)

145 Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

These train layouts just get more fascinatingly complicated all the time!

Posted by: mindful webworker - artisanally intelligent at July 25, 2025 08:47 PM (iaVKI)

146

If Media Matters is shuttered I suggest marching the employees out to this music:

https://youtu.be/GfDqcKOh1hg

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2025 08:48 PM (63Dwl)

147 Thus the one pulls left, the other right. There is a fucking shit-ton of experience training future paratroopers.
Posted by: Mike, Living on the Periphery

I jumped once. Count 'em. Pope Valley. The US skydiving team was hitting the ground around us the whole morning, and the big thing in that era was walking on someone else's chute. But they weren't using the GI chutes, either.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:48 PM (cPGH3)

148 MkY.

No, but I can look around.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:48 PM (u82oZ)

149 130 Can't remember the name of the depraved turd that founded MM. Loathed that PoS. Guess they ran out of USAID loot?
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish
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I think Trump has a big lawsuit against them and after reviewing the recent outcomes, know they are on the short end of the stick.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 08:49 PM (LWopF)

150 No.... words.... Just saw an advertisement for spending an 'Evening with Dr. Jill Biden'... yes, you can pay here in Central Calif to see the Puppeteer in Chief...
-----

I recollect that Bill and Hill canceled their 'tour':
Oct 8.
"Bill and Hillary Clinton announced Monday a 13-stop live-event tour that is being billed as a chance for ticket holders to glean insights from the former first couple."

Didn't work out:
Nov 15, 2018 · A source tells The American Mirror that Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 13-city tour has been canceled.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2025 08:49 PM (XeU6L)

151 Pro tip, soak your chicken in buttermilk before you fry it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:50 PM (HFcKg)

152 NaCly Dog

You'd said eastern Ks, so I was hoping I was mistaken.
The Little Apple is too far to go to tend bees.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 08:50 PM (cPGH3)

153 Love this thread. Have you considered adding "target: blank" to your links, so they open in a new tab? Blessings.

Posted by: Paul B at July 25, 2025 08:53 PM (cFnv2)

154 MkY

The oat farmers I know are near Ottawa, KS. There are lavender fields close to Lawrence.

Got to go.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:54 PM (u82oZ)

155 Pro tip, soak your chicken in buttermilk before you fry it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:50 PM (HFcKg)

I've been soaking it before I slaughter it . Damn! So messy!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2025 08:54 PM (Jb4mI)

156

Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a nonprofit left-leaning watchdog journalism organization. It was founded in 2004 by journalist and political activist David Brock as a counterweight to the conservative Media Research Center.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2025 08:55 PM (63Dwl)

157 Cannibal Bob, be still my heart. I want to smother you and Heide in hugs.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:56 PM (HFcKg)

158 >>Love this thread. Have you considered adding "target: blank" to your links, so they open in a new tab? Blessings.

No. Change frightens us.

Don't change a thing about this place until something breaks.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:56 PM (viF8m)

159 MM was founded by David "Crock" Brock. The template for the political louse who gets his first break by writing for the Right, and then veers Left after making a big show of Leaving The Right.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 08:56 PM (gKWVE)

160 Iron Man 2 and 3 were kind of shit.

I liked 2 quite a bit but 3 was terrible, I agree. Bottom 5

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:57 PM (dfIr7)

161 Don't change a thing about this place until something breaks.

Don't change a thing or it WILL break

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 08:57 PM (dfIr7)

162 That said, David Brock's "The Real Anita Hill" arguably saved Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 25, 2025 08:58 PM (gKWVE)

163 Cannibal Bob, be still my heart. I want to smother you and Heide in hugs.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:56 PM (HFcKg)

I had to jump in so you know we still luv you much. XOXO...one of these days babe. First one our bucket list.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2025 08:59 PM (Jb4mI)

164 Pro tip, soak your chicken in buttermilk before you fry it.
Posted by: Ben Had
*************
Had no idea it was a pro-tip, but absolutely endorse this idea.

Posted by: The Grateful at July 25, 2025 08:59 PM (cCn4/)

165 I dunno. I fry chicken in a skillet. Lately I've just been doing my own chicken tenders. They cook up fast. I fry in coconut oil

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 09:00 PM (TEi+a)

166 You've made basic cheese fondue. You have to find your own date.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:40 PM (viF8m)

That sounds good, alright.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2025 09:01 PM (TdYBy)

167 Grateful, two things keep chicken moist, white wine and buttermilk.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:01 PM (HFcKg)

168 Evenin’, again?, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

169 Pretty sure MY hip broke from just watching the asphalt justice video.

Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2025 09:02 PM (52+rt)

170 Pro tip, soak your chicken in buttermilk before you fry it.
Posted by: Ben Had
**********
Agreed

Posted by: The Grateful at July 25, 2025 09:02 PM (cCn4/)

171 >>Don't change a thing or it WILL break

That too.

I've been hanging around this place for a long time because it's like this. And look what it has spawned. Lots of local and national meet ups and even a marriage or two not to mention countless friendships.

What ace has created here does not need fixing. It's pretty fucking special just like it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m)

172 JackStraw, Amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:05 PM (HFcKg)

173
Amen JackStraw!

Posted by: fourseasons at July 25, 2025 09:05 PM (3ek7K)

174 Then I realized he had no place to plug it in...
Posted by: MkY

A meta-Polack joke. My day is complete.

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2025 09:05 PM (DgGvY)

175 Pickle juice works too. That's what Chic Fil A uses

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 09:06 PM (TEi+a)

176 Neighbors shooting fireworks

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 09:06 PM (+qU29)

177 > Pro tip, soak your chicken in buttermilk before you fry it.
Posted by: Ben Had
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why
knowledge me

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:06 PM (AOsQT)

178 Ace, thanks for posting something about the Islamist outrages against the Druze. The silence has been deafening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:08 PM (JvZF+)

179 A meta-Polack joke. My day is complete.
Posted by: mikeski

An old neighbor of mine told me that joke. Wish I could remember his name.
It was incomprehensible, and he was nativized.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:09 PM (cPGH3)

180 why
knowledge me
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:06 PM (AOsQT

Adds moisture to the meat, and an extra layer of protein around the skin to crisp up underneath the breading that sticks to it so deliciously.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 09:09 PM (BI5O2)

181 "What ace has created here does not need fixing. It's pretty fucking special just like it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m) "

THIS x 10^7 !

long live the Horde, and Minx 0.8 beta!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 09:11 PM (dKEEs)

182 why
knowledge me
Posted by: Don Black

(Waving hand excitedly)
Anything acidic breaks down meats. Buttermilk, citrus, vinegars, wine, etc.. Why all tenderizing marinades all use some kind of an acid.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:11 PM (cPGH3)

183 so , buttermilk instead of the eggwash?

cuz I've been doing flour, egg, then bread crumbs

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:11 PM (AOsQT)

184 Is beef tallow good for frying chicken? I see wagyu tallow sold as a butter substitute.

Posted by: Accomack on the Sheepscot at July 25, 2025 09:12 PM (HaTLf)

185 Confusion to our enemies!

*clink*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 09:12 PM (dKEEs)

186 I remember the first time I ever saw wingsuits in action: in a Lara Croft movie. She and her male companion jumped off the top of a Hong Kong skyscraper, and flew down to land on a boat in the harbor.

I thought it was totally fake!

Posted by: Beverly at July 25, 2025 09:13 PM (Epeb0)

187 183, no, just as preliminary ... soak, then encapsulate as usual

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 09:14 PM (dKEEs)

188 Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸@mtgreenee

This Spygate poster hung in my office all during my 2020 campaign when I first ran for office.

Epoch Times did an incredible job creating it.

I hope we finally see accountability.
--------------------

This is the track sheet, a pictorial graph, the family tree of constitutional abusers; what they did and how they were connected.
A must have for the coming trials.

https://tinyurl.com/5yymh2mf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 09:14 PM (LWopF)

189 That's a lot of coke.

Stocking up before the tariffs hit.

Posted by: Hunter at July 25, 2025 09:14 PM (NdPqb)

190 We used to use Kikkoman's and brown sugar as a marinade for steaks (once cooked down, makes the best garlic toast dip), but wife can't have soy, so switched to coconut aminos. Tastes about right, but is sweet, and has no acid, so we add rice wine vinegar, or a good wine to it... no sugar.
Not needed for good aged steak, but mandatory for a fresh, cheap steak like strip.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:15 PM (cPGH3)

191 can't tell alla the conspirators without yer scorecard!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 09:17 PM (dKEEs)

192 Those Tomb Raider movies with Angelina Jolie had some pretty neat stunts. They were light on story but looked interesting

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 09:18 PM (dfIr7)

193 "What ace has created here does not need fixing. It's pretty fucking special just like it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m) "

What he said.

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 09:19 PM (i0F8b)

194 Braenyard that won't do justice on my phone

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 09:20 PM (+qU29)

195 buttermilk instead of the eggwash?

cuz I've been doing flour, egg, then bread crumbs
Posted by: Don Black
No. Soak first. Not long. 1/2 hour.
Then do the usual routine.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:20 PM (cPGH3)

196 I will try this
I want that super crispy coating when I do chicken fingers

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:22 PM (AOsQT)

197 Is beef tallow good for frying chicken? I see wagyu tallow sold as a butter substitute.
Posted by: Accomack on the Sheepscot

Sure, but expensive.
Waygu tallow? How much does that cost? If it doesn't matter, tell us how it does.
We use lard for most frying, if it's too much for the bacon grease on hand.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:23 PM (cPGH3)

198 I did home made potato chips in bear grease.
My wife wouldn't even try them
I foundered.

Posted by: MkY at July 25, 2025 09:24 PM (cPGH3)

199 Don Black, the buttermilk kind of leeches the chicken.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:25 PM (HFcKg)

200 What ace has created here does not need fixing. It's pretty fucking special just like it is.
Posted by: JackStraw
------
[emphatic fistbump]

I may have to give The Barrel a little thought though. Have you ever been in there? The Barrel is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2025 09:27 PM (XeU6L)

201 I splurged on a tub of beef tallow from some Chicago outfit

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:28 PM (AOsQT)

202 See lots of dog shows. Why no cat shows?

Posted by: Daddy yo at July 25, 2025 09:29 PM (4U+8N)

203 Don Black, the buttermilk kind of leeches the chicken.
Posted by: Ben Had
----

'Leaches', one hopes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing grammar nazi at July 25, 2025 09:29 PM (XeU6L)

204 What if he hit the rock?

That's why you wear a safety helmet.

Posted by: t-bird at July 25, 2025 09:29 PM (c3xE6)

205 194 Braenyard that won't do justice on my phone
Posted by: Skip
-----------

Justice will come, God willing, but it may be too large for a phone.
so many people
long forgotten

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 09:30 PM (LWopF)

206 I can not tell you the joy there is in having the Horde come to Texas. I welcome you to my home and you give so much in return.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:32 PM (HFcKg)

207 >>I may have to give The Barrel a little thought though. Have you ever been in there? The Barrel is a harsh mistress.

If you ever end up there again, look for my name carvered into the wall. There are a number of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:33 PM (viF8m)

208 What would I do!

I'd slap the water surface to say hello. I did that once with dolphins in the Black Sea. An absolutely special moment I will never forget.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 09:33 PM (W/lyH)

209 My in-depth research has concluded, Lara Logan's cleavage is officially deeper than the Mariana Trench.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 25, 2025 09:34 PM (/U5Yz)

210 That's the black label brand I see, something like Chicago Stockyards.
I love fried chicken (Royal Farms is really good) but I hate the splatter and left over fry oil is money dumped in the woods.
I am more into biscuits and quick breads.

Posted by: Accomack on the Sheepscot at July 25, 2025 09:34 PM (HaTLf)

211 Mike Hammer, thank you for fixing my mistake. 3 conversations at once going on.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:34 PM (HFcKg)

212 I will try this
I want that super crispy coating when I do chicken fingers
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:22 PM (AOsQT)

I've never done this, but it looks amazeballs. Japanese double fry called karaage.

Goes to youboob
https://tinyurl.com/yvut4fy3

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 25, 2025 09:37 PM (144I4)

213 Yeah the stuff is in a black can
weird consistency, like whipped lard

I don't know what leach means when it comes to chicken

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:37 PM (AOsQT)

214 I want that super crispy coating when I do chicken fingers
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:22 PM (AOsQT)
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1. Buttermilk
2. Dredge in panko
3. Spray with oil or skip
4. Air fry

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:37 PM (JvZF+)

215 g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 25, 2025 09:38 PM (dKEEs)

216 I feel so bad. My neighbour two doors down - really nice guy - lost his wife of 34 years in early July. She had a horrible 7 month battle with cancer.

I never talked too much with my neighbours but I've actually been rejoining society this week.

My Mother passed away in January. The lady across the street lost her husband about 3 months ago. And now this 2 doors down.

I'm going to keep cleaning the basement - Day 7 - until I'm tired enough to drop. It's been 2.5 weeks withput booze or edibles. And I've only taken zzzQuil twice.

Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 14.7 % at July 25, 2025 09:38 PM (jvJvP)

217 Better tracksheet, prolly eat Skip's phone but it's clear and easily legible.

https://tinyurl.com/3waawx4b

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 09:39 PM (LWopF)

218 SanFranpsycho, which choices are you enjoying? The Toma display made my mouth water.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:39 PM (HFcKg)

219 >>I'd slap the water surface to say hello. I did that once with dolphins in the Black Sea. An absolutely special moment I will never forget.

This guy gets it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:39 PM (viF8m)

220 I hope the lion didn't eat that hapless guide and the whales let the people get back to shore!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 25, 2025 09:41 PM (78kzY)

221 SanFranpsycho, which choices are you enjoying? The Toma display made my mouth water.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:39 PM (HFcKg)
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I made Boy F. a grilled cheese with the Toma and tomato and argula.

I had grilled flank steak and tomato.
/satisfied

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:41 PM (JvZF+)

222 I'm going to have to visit the fancy extended pinky grocery store for buttermilk, because my grocer only has one store brand, and customer reviews indicate it is quite disgusting

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:41 PM (AOsQT)

223 Mike Hammer, thank you for fixing my mistake. 3 conversations at once going on.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Pfft. If you ever read anything that I post, it is, like as not, an offense to the English languge.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing grammar nazi at July 25, 2025 09:41 PM (XeU6L)

224 I want that super crispy coating when I do chicken fingers
Posted by: Don Black

A quick dredging in corn starch and baking powder is what you seek.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 25, 2025 09:41 PM (/U5Yz)

225 Mike Hammer, I read everything you post when I see it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:43 PM (HFcKg)

226 If you happened to be flying near Las Vegas and had a near air collision, that's fairly rare. But how about a near miss with a Hawker Hunter?? That's a good one to ask Anna Puma.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 09:43 PM (hNDvI)

227 226 It turns out that Jimmy Dore was on that flight. The airliner, not the miljet.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 09:45 PM (hNDvI)

228 >>>a near miss with a Hawker Hunter?? That's a good one to ask Anna Puma.
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket
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Or a BUFF in Minot ND.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 09:45 PM (LWopF)

229 Chickens have fingers???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 09:48 PM (W/lyH)

230 Braenyard going over that chart on my tablet
The lot of them should be indicted for a Coup D'etat

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 09:48 PM (+qU29)

231 Mike Hammer, I read everything you post when I see it.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:43 PM (HFcKg)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

232 3/4 of the planet you live on and will die on because you aren't going to Mars is covered in water.

Would seem like a good idea to know more about this place before pretending we know about another frigging planet.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:50 PM (viF8m)

233 Aetius, same goes for you too. Scritches for Reef

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:51 PM (HFcKg)

234 Jack, fuck that earther luddite bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 09:51 PM (zZu0s)

235 >>> 121 YD, a cast iron pan, some bacon grease and pecan oil and you are good to go.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:36 PM (HFcKg)

I've been using a similar combination; peanut oil with a big glob of bacon grease and a stick of butter.

Yes, a whole stick. It's fried chicken, don't be a wuss.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2025 09:53 PM (ULPxl)

236 Evening, folks. Just back from the North Haverhill Country Fair.
Americana at its best.

Posted by: RI Red at July 25, 2025 09:53 PM (fRFTM)

237 same goes for you too. Scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:51 PM (HFcKg)

He's a good boy. Absolutely fucking bug nuts insane retarded stupid right now.

But a good boy.

By the way, the whole bones with marrow did not keep him from destroying anything he can reach while in the crate. It might have helped and he loves them, but...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 09:53 PM (zZu0s)

238 what if I were to add hot sauce to the buttermilk

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:54 PM (AOsQT)

239 Helena Handbasket, I will have some pecan oil for you in October. Ya gotta try it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:54 PM (HFcKg)

240 what if I were to add hot sauce to the buttermilk
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:54 PM (AOsQT)

I'd make sure it was a cayenne based hot sauce. I hate the after taste of most other peppers such as habenero or jalapeño.

Cayenne is clean. Franks then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 25, 2025 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

241 >>Jack, fuck that earther luddite bullshit.

It's astounding how little people know about the planet they live on while insisting we must visit other planets.

But that's just me.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 09:55 PM (viF8m)

242 Was hoping to stay up until 11pm, not sure going to make it

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 09:56 PM (+qU29)

243 In the vid of kittehs with tablet, it’s obvious who the assassin is.
The one in middle is not feeling the game
Also noted the 2 who like to murder the mice are ambidextrous

Posted by: kallisto at July 25, 2025 09:56 PM (cenm8)

244 >>> 239 Helena Handbasket, I will have some pecan oil for you in October. Ya gotta try it.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:54 PM (HFcKg)

I have! I usually pick some up there when I'm in town, and recently one of the meat markets here has started selling it. I like it for roast carrots, baked sweet potatoes, couple other things...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2025 09:57 PM (ULPxl)

245 Stateless, so very happy to read your post. Keep at that basement and making your home the way you want it. And engaging with the neighbors. We are pulling for you!

Posted by: The Grateful at July 25, 2025 09:57 PM (cCn4/)

246 What ace has created here does not need fixing. It's pretty fucking special just like it is.

I would be good with hunting down and killing whatever it is that sporadically makes the home page unusable on iOS devices. Otherwise, every fix or feature (e.g. editing, threading, etc.) would remove potential for humor.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2025 09:57 PM (/y8xj)

247 Jackstraw, that fondue recipe is very close to what we do. Folks brought it back from visiting friends in Switzerland years ago. We keep bottles of Kirsch on hand for the corn starch thickener.

Posted by: RI Red at July 25, 2025 09:58 PM (fRFTM)

248 .
NOOD

ONT is up

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 09:59 PM (O7YUW)

249 Here's the secret doorway to tonight's NOOD ONT

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=415824

Posted by: mindful webworker - behold at July 25, 2025 10:00 PM (iaVKI)

250 Helena Handbasket, try it with the bacon grease for the chicken. In that case I have something else in mind for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 10:00 PM (HFcKg)

251 Compendium of Epoch Times links to its _ 'Spygate' articles.
Must have for fans of the upcoming trials.

https://tinyurl.com/vzv8dsxk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 25, 2025 10:01 PM (LWopF)

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