Mid-Morning Art Thread

Homme en armure
Camille Corot

No noble knight he! He has to take a piss, and that spot just below his shoulder blade has been itchy since five seconds after he put on his armor!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 I like

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 09:31 AM (+qU29)

2 Can smell that guy from here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2025 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

3
For heaven's sake, comb your hair!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:32 AM (kkTda)

4 Painter got in before the impressionists figured out how to make a painting before all that work was needed

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 09:33 AM (+qU29)

5 One Lonely Knight

Posted by: REO Speedwagon at September 01, 2025 09:33 AM (hY4dx)

6 No cod piece?

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2025 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

7
No chain-mail Dachshund. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:33 AM (kkTda)

8 > For heaven's sake, comb your hair!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:32 AM (kkTda)

That just disturbs the lice and makes them start crawling around.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2025 09:34 AM (qpyNK)

9 The Knights Who Say Nee were angry that day, my friends...

Posted by: George Costanza at September 01, 2025 09:34 AM (XQo4F)

10 Getting dressed to go to work used to be a real chore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Once a knight is enough.

Posted by: Just the punchline at September 01, 2025 09:35 AM (XQo4F)

12 The Hollywood Knights is one of my favorite movies!

Posted by: Newbomb Turk at September 01, 2025 09:35 AM (G5+As)

13 That is the look of a man who is going to bring great harm to any enemy that interrupts his rest.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2025 09:35 AM (7xrfc)

14 Probably needs some WD-40.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

15 "He tried to sneak in but I recognized his clank."

Posted by: Mrs. Knight at September 01, 2025 09:36 AM (hY4dx)

16 That haircut is NOT regulation

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 09:36 AM (AOsQT)

17 Man in armor because he forgot to wear his codpiece?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:37 AM (IqZMy)

18 No cod piece?
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2025 09:33 AM

Cod for armor? Ridiculous! We use steelhead!

Posted by: Medieval Armorers at September 01, 2025 09:37 AM (Wnv9h)

19 A lot to go through just to avoid tick bites.

Posted by: Lyme-a-way at September 01, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)

20 I thought this would have been titled Don Quixote in a Pensive Moment!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)

21
When I Grow Up... - a limerick

Armored children just can't wait to be men
It's the same as it always has been
But they average three foot seven
And their bedtime is eleven
So you can see them. Wee knights at 10.

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2025 09:38 AM (/iMjX)

22 Oh what a knight
Late December back in 1563

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2025 09:38 AM (dxWFK)

23 Bugs Bunny looking at painting, "look at the metal lobster."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:39 AM (IqZMy)

24 I like it.

His right shoulder guard looks a little flat and that maybe he skipped arm day, but other than that it's good.

He looks like he's contemplating which motherfucker is going to taste his steel next, because it looks like he's got some serious things on his mind. Like revenge.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2025 09:39 AM (144I4)

25
But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man

That he didn't, didn't already have

Posted by: America at September 01, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

26 Oh what a knight!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2025 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

27 This knight was well-known in the kingdom as a raconteur, in other words, a bullshit artist.

Posted by: Riveting Conversationalist at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (G5+As)

28 Mrs. Knight is still deciding what she's going to wear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (hY4dx)

29 Great perspective and lighting. Would hang.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (hDyg2)

30 He's no Sir Lancelot.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

31 It's got nice shadowing, rather a film noir style. Imagine Don Quixote in an adaptation filmed in the fashion of Out of the Past or Double Indemnity.

The song "Conquistador" by Procul Harum applies here.

And no doubt our soldier is wondering why this battle is necessary, and if he will survive to see his next leave.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)

32 Why do we say "body armor" instead of just, you know, "armor?"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 01, 2025 09:41 AM (jBpje)

33
"Let's not bicker and argue over 'oo killed 'oo."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:41 AM (kkTda)

34 Nice greaves.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (hY4dx)

35 About the only thing halfway detailed in that painting is the quillon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (IqZMy)

36 I was surprised by the antique suits of armor when I was in Europe. They're so small. Couldn't fit a healthy 12 year old.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (g8Ew8)

37
Mrs. Knight is still deciding what she's going to wear.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (hY4dx)

"Does this plate armor make my ass look fat?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (kkTda)

38 30 comments and no "flesh wound"references.

Posted by: Wouldn't Send A Knight Out On A Dog Like This at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (G5+As)

39 That thick head of hair will help to cushion his skull under its helmet when some Saracen delivers a hammer blow. Good to think ahead.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (omVj0)

40 30 He's no Sir Lancelot.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

--------

He doesn't sing and dance a lot?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (hY4dx)

41 When a man's an empty kettle
He should be on his mettle,
And yet I'm torn apart.

Posted by: Where's my oil can? at September 01, 2025 09:43 AM (XQo4F)

42 Alternate title:

"Ow! I Stabbed My Knee!"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2025 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

43 Or this could be De Soto in the North American Southwest, wondering, "Where the f*ck is the city of gold those savages told me about?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:43 AM (omVj0)

44 Olde Aof♤ commenter after latest derogatory Boomer comments about to beat Sonny's ass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2025 09:43 AM (Q4IgG)

45 It was a dark and stormy knight!

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

46 39 That thick head of hair will help to cushion his skull under its helmet when some Saracen delivers a hammer blow. Good to think ahead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (omVj0

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Oh, to live in those heady times when you could talk about killing Saracens and not get thrown out of the best parties.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:44 AM (hY4dx)

47 Nice greaves.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025

***
He's grieving for the fjords.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:44 AM (omVj0)

48 Gambeson oui?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:44 AM (IqZMy)

49 Mornin’, All.

We aren’t gonna start talking about codpieces again, are we?

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

50 He doesn't sing and dance a lot?

'tis a silly place.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (IqZMy)

51 30 He's no Sir Lancelot.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:40 AM

+++
Best I can do is the Tropic of Sir Galahad.

Posted by: Tin Man, by America at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (XQo4F)

52 Once a knight is enough.
Posted by: Just the punchline

Oh to be young again!

Posted by: Sometimes it was twice - I don't know how I did it at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (cYBz/)

53 It was a dark and stormy knight!
Posted by: muldoon

*********

Final line. The rest of the limerick almost writes itself.

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (/iMjX)

54 You beat me, Ben Had!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (0nHVk)

55 He doesn't sing and dance a lot?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:42 AM (hY4dx)
******
That was Sir GALAhad.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

56 We aren’t gonna start talking about codpieces again, are we?
Posted by: Bulg

No plaice for that on the Art Thread!

Posted by: Fish-eyed Fool! at September 01, 2025 09:46 AM (G5+As)

57 >He's no Sir Lancelot.
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maybe he lances some

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 09:46 AM (AOsQT)

58 People I take in around 1800, men were generally average 5 foot 6, so.200 hundred years maybe even smaller?

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (+qU29)

59 Debby, we were definitely on the same page.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (dxWFK)

60 43 Or this could be De Soto in the North American Southwest, wondering, "Where the f*ck is the city of gold those savages told me about?"

###

Where's all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: The perennial question at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (XQo4F)

61 Doc says he has to keep the lancing to a minimum.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (hY4dx)

62 That was Sir GALAhad.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

Who also jousts with Lord Festivus.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

63 He's no Sir Lancelot.
---

maybe he lances some
Posted by: Don Black

Sir Lancebit?

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2025 09:48 AM (ftFVW)

64 Beehive, Bah!

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

65 No plaice in Thrace even

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2025 09:48 AM (IqZMy)

66 Sir Thahurtz was disappointed when his "calf sheath" never really caught on....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at September 01, 2025 09:48 AM (i49OE)

67
People I take in around 1800, men were generally average 5 foot 6, so.200 hundred years maybe even smaller?
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 09:47 AM (+qU29)

Wheaties didn't get invented until 1924.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 09:48 AM (kkTda)

68 Think of how hard these people had to be to dress up like that and go bludgeon or slice someone up close n personal. No wonder there was brutal conquest and slavery that ruled the day. “A world governed by the aggressive use of force “.

Posted by: JROD at September 01, 2025 09:49 AM (IlL6s)

69 Or this could be De Soto in the North American Southwest, wondering, "Where the f*ck is the city of gold those savages told me about?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:43 AM (omVj0)

Snipe hunt.

Posted by: The Savages at September 01, 2025 09:49 AM (NxC7L)

70 These armor rigs were apparently a PITA to put on and take off, so a knight would have a helper

related: these people did not bathe every day- too much hassle

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 09:49 AM (AOsQT)

71 We need a ban on assault lances.

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

72 This is such an effective painting. The colors are subdued, as if they faded over time. This isn't some young warrior in shining armor ready to fight the enemy or a dragon. He's older, tired and seen a lot in his years and the tools of his trade, armor and sword, show their use. I would expect his horse, if shown, would be not fiery bu older and dependable. His posture is weary as is his expression; tired but not defeated. You can almost hear him thinking with a sigh "once more unto the breach".

I enjoy Corot's landscapes, especially the trees, but this portrait is amazing.

Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2025 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

73 I'd like to see this fella get an MRI in that getup.

Posted by: Magnetic Personality at September 01, 2025 09:50 AM (G5+As)

74 One lance a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Your local neighborhood Karen at September 01, 2025 09:50 AM (XQo4F)

75 70 These armor rigs were apparently a PITA to put on and take off, so a knight would have a helper

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"Helper"?

HELPER???

Posted by: A Squire, Sir at September 01, 2025 09:51 AM (hY4dx)

76 Like so:

I woke up and turned n the light
When Sir Lancelot gave me a fright
It seemed somehow to be fittin'
In the style of Bulwer-Lyttton
To say, "It was a dark and stormy knight!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2025 09:51 AM (/iMjX)

77 Does his lance have the thing that goes up?

Posted by: The clueless local media at September 01, 2025 09:52 AM (XQo4F)

78 You can bet that this weary, world-wise warrior never owned a red toaster!

Posted by: A Man's Man at September 01, 2025 09:53 AM (G5+As)

79 wasn't sure if the word was squire or page

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 09:54 AM (AOsQT)

80 > related: these people did not bathe every day- too much hassle
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Doubt it was every week. Or month.

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

81 Think of how hard these people had to be to dress up like that and go bludgeon or slice someone up close n personal. No wonder there was brutal conquest and slavery that ruled the day. “A world governed by the aggressive use of force “.
Posted by: JROD at September 01, 2025 09:49 AM (IlL6s)

True. But modern wartime appliances make it as brutal or even more so. Just not as up close.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 09:55 AM (g8Ew8)

82 De Soto was mostly in the Southeast. Coronado was in the Southwest.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

83 79 wasn't sure if the word was squire or page
+++
He's not even a paragraph.

Posted by: Dusty old Mark Twain joke at September 01, 2025 09:55 AM (XQo4F)

84 You can almost hear him thinking with a sigh "once more unto the breach".
Posted by: JTB

***********

As Gawain said in one of his speeches
If there's one thing that history teaches,
It's so hard to be a knight
Getting dressed is such a fight
As you grumble, "Once more, into the breeches. "

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2025 09:57 AM (/iMjX)

85 I owned a Country Squire back in the day.

Posted by: Ford-The Wagon Master at September 01, 2025 09:57 AM (G5+As)

86 "I see your armor plated breast
Has long since lost its sheen,
And in your death masked face
There are no signs which can be seen.

"Conquistador,
A vulture sits upon your silver sheath
And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed. . . .

"And though you came with sword held high
You did not conquer, only died."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)

87 De Soto was mostly in the Southeast. Coronado was in the Southwest.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025

***
I get those two mixed up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)

88 De Soto was mostly in the Southeast. Coronado was in the Southwest.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

I learned to drive in a DeSoto.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 10:00 AM (g8Ew8)

89 Eh. It's no Rembrandt but would hang.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Mptn1)

90 Beautifully done. Would certainly hang.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2025 10:02 AM (Z/soJ)

91 76 and 84 ... Muldoon,
I always enjoy your poetry but today's are especially funny and clever.

Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

92 Hmm. Family had a DeSoto Coronado back in the day...

Posted by: man at September 01, 2025 10:03 AM (tubbA)

93 DeSoto. Coronado. Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Mr. Mom at September 01, 2025 10:03 AM (XQo4F)

94 pondering his life choices, no doubt

Posted by: Otto Pen at September 01, 2025 10:03 AM (sJHOI)

95 Would think he's thinking
' I'm exhausted just putting on all this kit"

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:03 AM (+qU29)

96 Gee, our old LaSalle ran great!

Posted by: Edith and Archie at September 01, 2025 10:04 AM (XQo4F)

97 Oh great, now I have to rewatch El Cid.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2025 10:05 AM (dxWFK)

98 86 ... Wolfus,

Where's that poem from? It has the feel of Robert Howard in one of his darker moments.

Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2025 10:06 AM (yTvNw)

99 De Soto was mostly in the Southeast. Coronado was in the Southwest.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

De Soto Beach, FL
Coronado, California

This tracks.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2025 10:06 AM (144I4)

100 The Chrysler Coronado has fine Corinthian leather!

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at September 01, 2025 10:06 AM (XQo4F)

101 HAH

I had a souped-up Pizarro

it has a competition clutch
4 on the floor
and it purrs like a kitten
til the Lake Pipes roar

blow the doors off a Coronado

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 10:07 AM (AOsQT)

102 Spain sent out great conquerors and seamen to the New World in olden times.
Now they send out Greta and the Hamasshole Flotilla that turn around because there was a chop on the water.

Posted by: Be Better, Spain at September 01, 2025 10:07 AM (G5+As)

103 "Poem" is from Procol Harum's "Conquistador" (late 60s).

Also, since willowed:
So...
It's the oneth of September, and I'm still waiting for the $6/gal gas, empty shelves, and unpicked agriculture that I was promised!

Posted by: man at September 01, 2025 10:08 AM (tubbA)

104 150 Media Outlets to Stage Anti-Israel Campaign Coordinated by NGOs, Leaked Docs Show

A leaked strategic document has exposed a coordinated international media campaign designed to pressure news outlets into publishing synchronized anti-Israel content on September 1st, meant to inaccurately portray Israel as systematically targeting journalists in Gaza and barring press freedom.

The campaign, orchestrated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and advocacy group Avaaz, involves approximately 150 media outlets across 50 countries in what organizers describe as a "world-first" coordinated newsroom action. According to the Hamas-tied Palestinian Information Center, outlets that signed on include: “Al Jazeera, The Independent, +972, Local Call, The Intercept, Mediapart, L’Humanité, Forbidden Stories, il Fatto Quotidiano, El País, RTVE, Daraj, Mada Masr, Le Desk, and L’Orient-Le Jour (Lebanon), along with numerous outlets across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.”
======

Second look at wiping out "journalism?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2025 10:08 AM (RIvkX)

105 The Chrysler Coronado has fine Corinthian leather!
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at September 01, 2025 10:06 AM (XQo4F)

Do not recommend the Ed Geinthian leather option.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2025 10:08 AM (144I4)

106 "Homme en armure" translates to "Man in armor" or "Armored man" in English.

Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who likes to check out the title at September 01, 2025 10:09 AM (XQo4F)

107 Greta and the Hamasshole Flotilla "

Heh. So exactly what are a 1/2 dozen 30 foot pleasure sailors supposed to carry?

Posted by: man at September 01, 2025 10:10 AM (tubbA)

108 Happy 86th anniversary of the start of World War II.

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

109 86 ... Wolfus,

Where's that poem from? It has the feel of Robert Howard in one of his darker moments.
Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2025

***
Those are excerpts from the lyrics to the song "Conquistador" by Procol Harum, ca. 1972.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:11 AM (omVj0)

110 She's the terror of Coronado Boulevard.

Posted by: The Beach Boys at September 01, 2025 10:11 AM (XQo4F)

111 In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a historic $97.5 billion budget surplus, later revealed to be a $165 billion deficit due to faulty projections.

This really took place.

In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared that the state had achieved the largest budget surplus in U.S. history.

Newsom stated, "No other state in American history has ever experienced a surplus as large as this."

He suggested returning some of that money to the citizens, and given the high cost of living in California, many were pleased to receive a small refund from the state.

However, there was a significant issue—it was entirely untrue.

The supposed $97.5 billion surplus was actually a four-year estimate based on incorrect revenue assumptions made by Newsom's staff.

In 2024, his team quietly released a revised assessment, indicating that the 2022 $97.5 billion surplus was actually short by $165 billion.

What was touted as the largest surplus in American history turned out to be a huge deficit. This aligns perfectly with Gavin Newsom's track record.

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:12 AM (cr7L+)

112 Spanish semen?

Posted by: Ewwww at September 01, 2025 10:12 AM (XQo4F)

113 Spain was a world power that sent fleets to many lands, but it took Magellan, a Portugee, to circumcise the earth.

Posted by: Foreskin In The Game at September 01, 2025 10:13 AM (G5+As)

114 Heh. So exactly what are a 1/2 dozen 30 foot pleasure sailors supposed to carry?
Posted by: man

Cabin boys?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:13 AM (cr7L+)

115 I can name one other Procul Harum song

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 10:14 AM (AOsQT)

116 Magellan was a Mohel?

Posted by: That's a big bris at September 01, 2025 10:14 AM (XQo4F)

117 > Heh. So exactly what are a 1/2 dozen 30 foot pleasure sailors supposed to carry?
---------
Aids

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2025 10:14 AM (Q4IgG)

118 rickb223, email kicked me out again. I'll try around noon.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2025 10:14 AM (dxWFK)

119 So..is this what they mean by Sir Walter Raleigh in a can?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (snZF9)

120 rickb223, email kicked me out again. I'll try around noon.
Posted by: Ben

No rush. Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (cr7L+)

121 The Indian ladies of the American Southwest were thrilled by the nine-banded armordildo.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

122 Everything important or interesting is closed today. Well, maybe not the local chain coffee shop; I'll go out to look in a bit. I sat down and wrote out a check for my estimated quarterly tax payment and will mail it tomorrow. I may be overpaying; I'll talk to a tax guy to see. But my own *extremely* rough estimate, even taking into account the increase in standard deduction Trump has brought us, suggests that I need to send the Feds a little money this year so I won't have a big payment next April.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (omVj0)

123 You'd better let him out!

Posted by: Just the punchline at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (XQo4F)

124 103 and 109 ...

Thanks for the info about the poem. Procol Harum came along after I stopped following rock and roll so I didn't recognize it. (Makes note to self to listen to the song.)

Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2025 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

125 "And though you came with sword held high
You did not conquer, only died."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)
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Did Procol Harem get that judgement right? 'Cause it sure seems like they conquered...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2025 10:17 AM (iJ2Uh)

126
Happy 86th anniversary of the start of World War II.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

________

Springtime for Hitler and Germany.
Winter for Poland and France.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 10:17 AM (kkTda)

127 I can name one other Procul Harum song
Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025

***
Thou 'rt not alone, sirrah

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:17 AM (omVj0)

128 Greta and the Hamasshole Flotilla "

Heh. So exactly what are a 1/2 dozen 30 foot pleasure sailors supposed to carry?

Posted by: man at September 01, 2025 10:10 AM (tubbA)

In a perfect world? Tribute for davy jones locker.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2025 10:18 AM (snZF9)

129 Willowed:

I'm still irritated by the fact that neither Saudi Arabia nor the Emirates aren't now huge shiny and smooth plains of glass after their roles in 9/11.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

130 107 Greta and the Hamasshole Flotilla "

Heh. So exactly what are a 1/2 dozen 30 foot pleasure sailors supposed to carry?
Posted by: man

THE MESSAGE

Wonder how much Greta's parents have made off her?

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2025 10:20 AM (Y8DZL)

131 On this Labor Day holiday, a nap or two would not be out of the question.

Posted by: Count de Monet, from an undisclosed location at September 01, 2025 10:21 AM (5ZbmH)

132 Houston area. When even God calls you a dumbass.

Man who tried to break into Aldine-area home cuts arm on glass and bleeds out, police say

At first, investigators treated it as a possible homicide, but later determined the man bled out after severely cutting his arm on the broken glass.
Responding officers said they found him unconscious, not breathing, and surrounded by blood. His death has since been ruled accidental.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:21 AM (cr7L+)

133 Missed commenting on the last thread about the rise in church targeted violence. My church had a bomb threat yesterday during the first service. There have been a few others too. Seems like a disgruntled LGBTQWERTY!!! person based off some comments on social media directed toward the church and pastor.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at September 01, 2025 10:21 AM (qgPFD)

134 Isn’t Procol Harim an African Islamist terror group?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

135 Armadildos and Magellan circumcising the earth……it must be 7:30 in the a.m. at AoS on a Labor Day

Posted by: JROD at September 01, 2025 10:21 AM (IlL6s)

136 Did see Leftifornia decided to spend some tax money protecting Harris picking up her tab for security protection

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:22 AM (+qU29)

137 I want to find the person that thought bringing Tony Blair out of obscurity to be part of Gaza reconstruction is a good idea. Then, I want to kick that person right square in the nuts.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2025 10:22 AM (dxWFK)

138 Willowed:

I'm still irritated by the fact that neither Saudi Arabia nor the Emirates aren't now huge shiny and smooth plains of glass after their roles in 9/11.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

I'm pretty sure if I was running things I would have burned half the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2025 10:23 AM (snZF9)

139 You have to wonder where the DeSoto fit into the Chrysler scheme. Yes, Ford and Chrysler were envious of the GM "Sloan Ladder" where budget-minded Chevy buyers could move up to Buick, Olds, Pontiac, and ultimately, Cadillac. Chrysler had Plymouth and Dodge on the lower end, and Chrysler and Imperial at the top. Turns out there was no room for DeSoto.

Similarly, Ford tried to create a new brand with Edsel, even though they already had Mercury and Lincoln for those with more $$$. The 1,100+ Edsel dealers lost their shirts, of course.

Posted by: Auto Autist at September 01, 2025 10:23 AM (G5+As)

140 Willowed:

I'm still irritated by the fact that neither Saudi Arabia nor the Emirates aren't now huge shiny and smooth plains of glass after their roles in 9/11.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

I'm pretty sure if I was running things I would have burned half the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The only mention of muslims would be in history books.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:24 AM (cr7L+)

141 The United Nations said Yemen’s Houthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, which came after rebel authorities had made numerous arrests following Israel’s killing of their prime minister.

There has been no comment from Houthi authorities on the reported raids, but the Iran-backed group has previously arrested international aid workers.

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said in a statement: “I strongly condemn the new wave of arbitrary detentions of UN personnel today in Sanaa and Hodeida… as well as the forced entry into UN premises and seizure of UN property.”
===

I'll await the international approbation that always attaches to attacks on UN personnel.

(And waits...)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2025 10:24 AM (RIvkX)

142 *Responding officers said they found him unconscious, not breathing, and surrounded by blood. His death has since been ruled accidental.*

Or, as Dennis Miller used to say: Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Just the punchline at September 01, 2025 10:24 AM (XQo4F)

143 The Indian ladies of the American Southwest were thrilled by the nine-banded armordildo.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

Ribbed for their pleasure.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 10:24 AM (g8Ew8)

144
I'm pretty sure if I was running things I would have burned half the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2025 10:23 AM (snZF9)

_________

Our Betters want population reduction, don't they?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 10:25 AM (kkTda)

145 Everything important or interesting is closed today. Well, maybe not the local chain coffee shop; I'll go out to look in a bit. I sat down and wrote out a check for my estimated quarterly tax payment and will mail it tomorrow. I may be overpaying; I'll talk to a tax guy to see. But my own *extremely* rough estimate, even taking into account the increase in standard deduction Trump has brought us, suggests that I need to send the Feds a little money this year so I won't have a big payment next April.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (omVj0)

But are you ~~for Imprint~~ Gavin Newsome certain?

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2025 10:25 AM (144I4)

146 OT but I'm curious, was there a rumor floating around that Trump had died?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 01, 2025 10:26 AM (kTd/k)

147
His death has since been ruled ~~accidental~~ ridiculous.

Better

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2025 10:26 AM (kkTda)

148 You have to wonder where the DeSoto fit into the Chrysler scheme. Yes, Ford and Chrysler were envious of the GM "Sloan Ladder" where budget-minded Chevy buyers could move up to Buick, Olds, Pontiac, and ultimately, Cadillac. . . .
Posted by: Auto Autist at September 01, 2025

***
I always imagined GM was trying for a brand for every decade of your working life. Chevy in your 20s, Pontiac in your 30s, Olds in your 40s, Buick in your 50s, and Cadillac in your 60s and onward, once you'd "made it." Though I'm sure there were twenty-somethings who jumped into Pontiacs and thirty-somethings who drove Oldsmobiles and Buicks, and forty- and fifty-ish people who could move up to Cadillac.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:27 AM (omVj0)

149 OT but I'm curious, was there a rumor floating around that Trump had died?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Yes. The left tried pushing it on DU.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:28 AM (cr7L+)

150 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. Would hang. But remember, once a king always a king. But once a knight is enough.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2025 10:28 AM (2WIwB)

151 . But my own *extremely* rough estimate, even taking into account the increase in standard deduction Trump has brought us, suggests that I need to send the Feds a little money this year so I won't have a big payment next April.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025
*
But are you ~~for Imprint~~ Gavin Newsome certain?
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2025

***
No. Though I'm glad I don't live in CA.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:28 AM (omVj0)

152 If I had to wear a codpiece in that armored getup, I'd be sitting down, contemplating my devotion to the cause.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 10:29 AM (hDyg2)

153 Everything important or interesting is closed today. Well, maybe not the local chain coffee shop; I'll go out to look in a bit. I sat down and wrote out a check for my estimated quarterly tax payment and will mail it tomorrow. I may be overpaying; I'll talk to a tax guy to see. But my own *extremely* rough estimate, even taking into account the increase in standard deduction Trump has brought us, suggests that I need to send the Feds a little money this year so I won't have a big payment next April.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:15 AM (omVj0)

Glad I don't have to deal with that horseshit anymore.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 10:31 AM (g8Ew8)

154 hey at least I read the content

Posted by: DanMan at September 01, 2025 10:32 AM (8uzBS)

155 Similarly, Ford tried to create a new brand with Edsel, even though they already had Mercury and Lincoln for those with more $$$. The 1,100+ Edsel dealers lost their shirts, of course.
Posted by: Auto Autist at September 01, 2025

***
The Edsel had a bunch of strikes against it right at the start. There was a recession as they introduced the new marque, for one thing; the name was not attractive (compare Mercury Comet and Ford Fairlane, for instance); and there was the infamous "horse collar" grill styling that the public disliked.

Ford also tried offering new (for them) tech on the Edsel like a push-button automatic transmission, which in those pre-electronic days was asking for trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 10:32 AM (omVj0)

156 >>>On this Labor Day holiday, a nap or two would not be out of the question.

Posted by: Count de Monet, from an undisclosed location

>I'm with you. Still, the grill is beckoning me for a little action.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 10:32 AM (hDyg2)

157 I saw an Adam-12 episode last night and winced when Malloy shoved his arm and gun through a kitchen window to get the drop on a criminal. That would be very dumb in real life.

Posted by: Bleeding Out Is Less Than Ideal at September 01, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

158 Interesting. Trump is going off this morning about the China virus vaccines and claiming the drug companies are hiding the data about how effective they really were. He seems to be indicating that is the reason for the recent high level departures from the CDC.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2025 10:34 AM (viF8m)

159 >OT but I'm curious, was there a rumor floating around that Trump had died?

Posted by: Northernlurker
----

yes, a few days ago, started by a Biden-era asshole named Harry Sisson

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 10:35 AM (AOsQT)

160 Who names their kid “Edsel,” anyway?

Ford was an odd douchebag.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

161 The FBI Story 1955 remade in 2025
An agent with worried mistress stays 25 years fighting Fascists and Nazi Republicans

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:36 AM (+qU29)

162 158 Trump’s never gonna admit the truth about the vaxx, is he?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

163 >>Trump’s never gonna admit the truth about the vaxx, is he?

That appears to be exactly what he's doing.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2025 10:38 AM (viF8m)

164 >Who names their kid “Edsel,” anyway?
----

Edsel's dad

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 10:38 AM (AOsQT)

165 GM "Sloan Ladder" where budget-minded Chevy buyers could move up to Buick, Olds, Pontiac, and ultimately, Cadillac. Chrysler had Plymouth and Dodge on the lower end, and Chrysler and Imperial at the top. Turns out there was no room for DeSoto.

You got my father rolling over in his grave. Proper GM order, bottom to top, is Chevy, Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2025 10:39 AM (n4GiU)

166 A lot of names have fallen out of use

I bet there are no babies out there named Ralph or Thelma

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2025 10:39 AM (AOsQT)

167 So, Trump is claiming they weren’t effective?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

168 Sadly President Trump isn't infallible, no one is.

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:40 AM (+qU29)

169 I had a car with a push button transmission. We were living in the desert snd sand clogged the controls. Bypassed the controls and put vice grips on the cable to shift. There were a few issues with those

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 01, 2025 10:41 AM (kUxzU)

170 A lot of names have fallen out of use

I bet there are no babies out there named Ralph or Thelma
Posted by: Don Black

Beulah, Edna

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:42 AM (cr7L+)

171 >>So, Trump is claiming they weren’t effective?

No. What he's saying, and it is the first time I've heard him say this, is that he was told the vaccines were effective but he's now hearing that maybe they weren't and the drug companies and perhaps some in government were lying about their effectiveness.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2025 10:42 AM (viF8m)

172 171 Thanks for the clarification, JackStraw.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

173 "that maybe they weren't and the drug companies and perhaps some in government were lying about their effectiveness."
Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2025 10:42 AM (viF8m)

No way. Lying and raking in billions of dollars? Never.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2025 10:46 AM (Mptn1)

174 >>>Who names their kid “Edsel,” anyway?

Ford was an odd douchebag.

Posted by: Bulg

>Bring back the Edsel! It's more appropriate for EVs than besmirching the Tesla name.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 10:46 AM (hDyg2)

175 Stay Safe! Wear a Dust Mask! Live In Your Basement. Microwave All Incoming Mail. Wipe Down Groceries With Pine-Sol.

We’re All In This Together

Posted by: Totally Not Neurotic at September 01, 2025 10:46 AM (TwIK5)

176 Plate armor was put on and taken off with screws and screwdrivers. Your squire wielded a flathead screwdriver to get you in and out of armor.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 10:47 AM (Ptkiu)

177 >>>Trump’s never gonna admit the truth about the vaxx, is he?
~~~~~

Sounds like he's starting to.

I really can't wait until he starts calling out Fauci by name. It's sure to be a barn burner!

Posted by: IrishEi at September 01, 2025 10:48 AM (3ImbR)

178 Thx CBD. I like this , but keep thinking of Monty Python jokes. Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2025 10:48 AM (ipRl8)

179 And the straight slotted screw heads stripped out and you got stuck until drilled out

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:49 AM (+qU29)

180
The Last Gasp of Summer

1 oz Hendrick's Gin
1 oz 7-UP
1 T each, fresh squeezed lemon and lime, slices of each for garnish
Club soda

Using a big highball glass packed with ice

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2025 10:49 AM (Y8DZL)

181 I saw an Adam-12 episode last night and winced when Malloy shoved his arm and gun through a kitchen window to get the drop on a criminal. That would be very dumb in real life.
Posted by: Bleeding Out Is Less Than Ideal at September 01, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

He should have used the sap.

Posted by: Sap and Blackjacks Oh My! at September 01, 2025 10:50 AM (R/m4+)

182 I would ask for prayers for some of my sister's friends who were involved in a 3 vehicle accident early Saturday morning, one of those being a semi.

Apparently the semi ran a red light at a 3 way intersection while they were making a right turn. Left side of the car was completely smashed. Firefighters had to use special equipment to get the driver out.

The driver had massive injuries on her left side, broke every bone on the left side above the knee, collapsed lung and punctured spleen. She was helicoptered to Harbor View. She's out of ICU but barely survived emergency surgery. Her boyfriend sitting next to her and sleeping suffered relatively minor injuries. The passenger in the back seat broke every rib in her body and sternum. She also required surgery. A child in the other car involved in the accident also died. Ugh. Freaked my sister out a bit because she's had so many friends die or get seriously sick in recent months.

Posted by: Farquad at September 01, 2025 10:50 AM (NtFTC)

183 Your squire wielded a flathead screwdriver to get you in and out of armor.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 10:47 AM (Ptkiu)

I had no idea the worst type of screws were invented in the middle ages. Figures though. Torture devices they are.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2025 10:51 AM (Mptn1)

184 182 Farquad, illegal immigrant truck driver?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

185 And the straight slotted screw heads stripped out and you got stuck until drilled out
Posted by: Skip

And the drill wasn't invented for another 400 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM (cr7L+)

186 Roman armor had no screws.
They used Zeus fasteners.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM (zdLoL)

187 Your squire wielded a flathead screwdriver to get you in and out of armor.

It's interesting to contemplate the technology needed to make a simple screw. It would have been a nightmare to produce even small numbers of them. Now, of course, they're throwaway commodities.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM (Riz8t)

188 Fauci, Birx, and a plethora of others were all lying to Trump on a daily basis. Trump’s a businessman not a doctor. He’s been burnt once, let’s see if he’s learned from the experience. And remember, he is a germophobe!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 10:54 AM (Ptkiu)

189 Cracks me up mostly about those police drama shows of the late 70s is no traffic

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:54 AM (+qU29)

190 It's Elon Musk!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2025 10:55 AM (aURVT)

191 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzus_fastener

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 01, 2025 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

192 The holiday mixologists are coming out.

Let's hope (or not) we don't get any more recipes for a fruit cocktail in cup of moonshine or a salad in a pint of vodka.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 10:56 AM (hDyg2)

193 So...
It's the oneth of September, and I'm still waiting for the $6/gal gas, empty shelves, and unpicked agriculture that I was promised!
Posted by: man at September 01, 2025 10:08 AM (tubbA)

***

Come to Washington State. The gas prices are almost there and stores are closing, and you can U-Pick apples.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2025 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

194 Far-left Cornell groups join early-year ‘Take Back Our University’ rally

https://is.gd/TZt94z

Methinks they're in for a surprise. The worm has turned, and people are tired of their nonsense. More to the point, the universities fear losing their federal dollars.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2025 10:56 AM (Riz8t)

195 I like this guys landscapes. They are mostly peopled and occasionally includes works of man.

I like his one as well. Reminds me a bit of my favorite painting, "Man With the Golden Helmet" by Rembrandt

Posted by: javems at September 01, 2025 10:56 AM (8I4hW)

196 Heh Saint Greta's ships had to turn back due to stormy weather. God is telling you something you brainless twit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2025 10:57 AM (ipRl8)

197 Cornell groups join early-year ‘Take Back Our University’ rally

Clearly, they are high
above Cayuga's waters.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 01, 2025 10:58 AM (zdLoL)

198 Homicide reported at Burning Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet, from an undisclosed location at September 01, 2025 10:58 AM (5ZbmH)

199 Let's hope (or not) we don't get any more recipes for a fruit cocktail in cup of moonshine or a salad in a pint of vodka.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 10:56 AM (hDyg2)

- Dump entire container of nutmeg in your mouth
- Inject grain alcohol directly into your eyeballs
- shove a whole pumpkin up your keister
- When someone asks if you are into the whole "Pumpkin Spice Thing", flay them and wave their skin like a Terrible Towel at Three Rivers screaming "you don't even know you have no idea" et cetera

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 01, 2025 10:59 AM (Vq1pX)

200 Might I suggest the Cornell groups go gorging.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2025 10:59 AM (ipRl8)

201 Homicide reported at Burning Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet, from an undisclosed location at September 01, 2025 10:58 AM (5ZbmH)

I think I saw that on Midsommer Murders.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 01, 2025 10:59 AM (kTd/k)

202 Clearly, they are high
above Cayuga's waters.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 01, 2025 10:58 AM (zdLoL)

"There's an awful smell...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko knows how the song goes at September 01, 2025 11:00 AM (Vq1pX)

203 Dzus fasteners! I have seen those, but I didn’t know what they were called! Thank you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 11:00 AM (Ptkiu)

204 Is Cornell the school with the 7 locations one tries to 'score' before graduation?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2025 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

205 And the drill wasn't invented for another 400 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM (cr7L+)

I know. I ordered the invention of the Edward head while I was shitting myself to death in this damn armor. They never did get me out. Just put me on top of my tomb.
400 years later some Phillip guy stole my idea.

Posted by: Zombie Edward the Black Prince at September 01, 2025 11:01 AM (Mptn1)

206 Homme en armure
Camille Corot

Corot's landscapes, yes, this painting, no, wouldn't be hanging because it's just sad with no story.

Corot was born to wealth and privilege and did not participate in any national service, war actions in his lifetime. The "knight" in this particular painting seems to be just a model, not an actual nobleman with a career.

Interesting. Thank you.

Posted by: No nic, another fine day at September 01, 2025 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

207 Stay Safe! Wear a Dust Mask! Live In Your Basement. Microwave All Incoming Mail. Wipe Down Groceries With Pine-Sol.

We’re All In This Together
Posted by: Totally Not Neurotic at September 01, 2025 10:46 AM (TwIK5)

So glad we're not alone.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2025 11:01 AM (g8Ew8)

208 I could go for a holiday bloody Mary but all I have is whole tomatoes, no tomato juice. Is it worth the effort? Decisions...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 11:02 AM (hDyg2)

209 Your squire wielded a flathead screwdriver to get you in and out of armor.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 10:47 AM

Flatbed Ford > flathead screwdriver

Posted by: The Eagles at September 01, 2025 11:03 AM (0sNs1)

210 You got my father rolling over in his grave. Proper GM order, bottom to top, is Chevy, Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2025

***
On the price ladder, Olds tended to be more expensive than Pontiac, I thought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 11:03 AM (omVj0)

211 136 Did see Leftifornia decided to spend some tax money protecting Harris picking up her tab for security protection
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2025 10:22 AM (+qU29)

This seems a good resolution.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2025 11:04 AM (aURVT)

212 184 182 Farquad, illegal immigrant truck driver?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

No idea, the authorities are being a little coy with the info.

On another note, nood.

Posted by: Farquad at September 01, 2025 11:04 AM (NtFTC)

213 204 Is Cornell the school with the 7 locations one tries to 'score' before graduation?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2025 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

Five of them are on IK's campus.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 01, 2025 11:04 AM (Vq1pX)

214 And the drill wasn't invented for another 400 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM

Early shelvers wept.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2025 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

215 You and a teetotaler friend go to a bar where you order all the Bloody Marys you can handle. Your friend drives you home.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2025 11:06 AM (Ptkiu)

216 You got my father rolling over in his grave. Proper GM order, bottom to top, is Chevy, Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2025

***
On the price ladder, Olds tended to be more expensive than Pontiac, I thought.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 11:03 AM (omVj0)

How did Pontiac's "Wide Track" campaign marketing the brand to younger auto enthusiasts affect the ladder? I'd put Pontiac between Chevy and Olds.

Posted by: Count de Monet, from an undisclosed location at September 01, 2025 11:07 AM (5ZbmH)

217 And the drill wasn't invented for another 400 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 10:53 AM

Early shelvers wept.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

But they DID know which way to manually turn them.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2025 11:10 AM (cr7L+)

218 >>>You and a teetotaler friend go to a bar where you order all the Bloody Marys you can handle. Your friend drives you home.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

>Sage advice, but that would mean I'd have to take off my bedroom robe and slippers and put on some pants. That means I need more coffee.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2025 11:11 AM (hDyg2)

219 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2025 11:12 AM (omVj0)

220 139 You have to wonder where the DeSoto fit into the Chrysler scheme. Yes, Ford and Chrysler were envious of the GM "Sloan Ladder" where budget-minded Chevy buyers could move up to Buick, Olds, Pontiac, and ultimately, Cadillac. Chrysler had Plymouth and Dodge on the lower end, and Chrysler and Imperial at the top. Turns out there was no room for DeSoto.

Similarly, Ford tried to create a new brand with Edsel, even though they already had Mercury and Lincoln for those with more $$$. The 1,100+ Edsel dealers lost their shirts, of course.

The price ladder thing was brilliant, but the car companies tended to kill it themselves. Divisions in the same company competed with each other and cost cutters tried to share as much as possible between car lines. Eventually it got to the point where the only real difference between a Chevy and a Buick was the grille and the emblem and no stripper level on the Buick. I really don't see how non "super luxury" cars even survive any more. Why would you pay a lot more for a Lexus when it is the same car as a Toyota? You want to silently boast about how you blew more money for no good reason?

Posted by: azjaeger at September 01, 2025 01:51 PM (3/XaG)

221 BTW the classic orders were: Chevy Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac.....Ford Mercury Lincoln....Plymouth Dodge Chrysler Imperial

Posted by: azjaeger at September 01, 2025 01:53 PM (3/XaG)

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