Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Flower Window
Carl Larsson

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 1st!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:30 AM (Q9Vcs)

4 Damn it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

5 Too pastely. Would not hang.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (Q9Vcs)

7 Why does the kid look about 8 month pregnant?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (Q9Vcs)

8 Royal arms of Denmark on the chair back. Subtle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (WvZaB)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Them's some long ass DPNs, bro...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (VoAdT)

11 Flowers on the windowsill
Carl Larsson
Date: 1894; Sweden
Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
Genre: interior
Media: watercolor, paper
Location: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

12 Best I can say is I immediately recognize the work as Larsson’s .

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (EYmYM)

13 Reminds me of that horrible Sunday Funnies cartoon Cathy for some reason.

It was never funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

14 I guess Norwegians and Swedes like things tidy and clean. I wonder why?

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 09:32 AM (AdHga)

15 From what I read he painted this same subject at least 3 times.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

16 I guess the King of Sweden sits in the center chair.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (8E/Tq)

17 Why does the kid look about 8 month pregnant?
Posted by: rickb223

When a man and woman love each other very much.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

18 Gary Larson > Carl Larsson

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Must be nice to live someplace that doesn't have bugs where you can keep a window open.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Q9Vcs)

20 Royal arms of Denmark on the chair back. Subtle.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (WvZaB)

I thought Sweden was the 3 crowns?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Are those knitting needles or voodoo dolls sticks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

22
Looks like an illustration for a kid's book,

"Emily and the Magic Tomato Plant"

or some such thing.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

23 Reminds me of that horrible Sunday Funnies cartoon Cathy for some reason.

It was never funny.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (Q9Vcs)

24 I prefer Larsson to Kincaide

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (8E/Tq)

25 I thought Sweden was the 3 crowns?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)
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You're right. Damned icebacks all look alike.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (WvZaB)

26 Looks like the kid is growing some weed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

27 Are those knitting needles or voodoo dolls sticks.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (Q9Vcs)

28 Nice colors. Would hang , right next to the shelf which has the Complete Farside. For the heck of it. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2025 09:35 AM (A2I8b)

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You're right. Damned icebacks all look alike.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (WvZaB)

Your point is valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

30 My window faces the south.

Posted by: Commander Cody And Phil Harris at September 29, 2025 09:35 AM (oftw2)

31 I thought Sweden was the 3 crowns?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

The three crowns are Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, which were all held by the same dude for a while, and are part of the old Swedish flag (blue field with three gold crowns) before it became the St. Olaf (?) cross. St. Somebody, whosever it is. At least I think that's right.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:35 AM (VoAdT)

32 13 maybe once.

Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:36 AM (LgQ89)

33 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

34 Alternate title:

"Gertrude Was Sad That She Never Got to Sit in the Special Chair Where You Received Three Shots of Crown Royal At Every Meal"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2025 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

35 Points to #16

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 09:36 AM (8E/Tq)

36 beautiful. Would hang.

Posted by: vivi at September 29, 2025 09:36 AM (75KJF)

37
Needs a dog to be digging through all those flowers. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2025 09:37 AM (tgvbd)

38 Countin' flowers on the sill,
Doesn't at all make me ill.
-- Rejected Statler Brothers' lyrics

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

39 I like Gary Larson's work better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2025 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

40 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:37 AM (VoAdT)

41 Needs a dog to be digging through all those flowers. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2025 09:37 AM (tgvbd)

A cat will soon piss in them and bury their crap.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

42 This makes me think of grammie winger - I imagine her kitchen with a window full of plants growing bountifully! Praying for you and the Reverend, dear lady!

Love this CBD - we needed something gentle on a rough Monday morning!

Posted by: moki at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (wLjpr)

43 This has a lot of charm to it.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

44 I thought Sweden was the 3 crowns?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

The three crowns are Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, which were all held by the same dude for a while, and are part of the old Swedish flag (blue field with three gold crowns) before it became the St. Olaf (?) cross. St. Somebody, whosever it is. At least I think that's right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:35 AM (VoAdT)

Thanks for the clarification and edification. Here it was I was thinking the three crowns meant a fancy pawn shop,

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

45 Don't love the execution, too cartoony for my taste. However, really like the subject/setting. I would like to spend some time in that room in real life.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (0kjbz)

46 My window faces the south.
Posted by: Commander Cody And Phil Harris

I had no idea the Bob Wills and Willie Nelson covered that song.

Writers - Jerry Livingston, Abner Silver & Mitchell Parish.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (Q9Vcs)

47 Thanks for the clarification and edification. Here it was I was thinking the three crowns meant a fancy pawn shop,
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

Thank you for your support.

Posted by: Rick Harrison at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

48 I see the Scandis were using those woven runners on the floor even in 1894. They still do.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors! at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (oftw2)

49 Don't love the execution, too cartoony for my taste. However, really like the subject/setting. I would like to spend some time in that room in real life.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (0kjbz)
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Needs a comfy reading chair next to the window.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (WvZaB)

50 This can't be Larson. There's no cows. Or cavemen.

Posted by: Far Side at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

51 31 great resaurant on foster near northpark called tre kroner.

Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (LgQ89)

52 Posted by: moki at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (wLjpr)

That is who it is for...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (n9ltV)

53 Yes, it’s simplistic, but charming.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (oAWcY)

54 Needs a kitty cat on the sill.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (oAWcY)

55 50 This can't be Larson. There's no cows. Or cavemen.
Posted by: Far Side at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

Midvale School for the Botanically Gifted?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (VoAdT)

56 I see the Scandis were using those woven runners on the floor even in 1894. They still do.
Posted by: Nordic Interiors! at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (oftw2)

Trip hazard with the corners folded over like that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

57
That is who it is for...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (n9ltV)

You are a good and noble man. God bless you!!!!

Posted by: moki at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (wLjpr)

58 This can't be Larson. There's no cows. Or cavemen.
Posted by: Far Side

*sheds a tear for the late Thag Simmons*

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

59 His daughter Suzanne is the young model and she is tending to a window-full of flowering plants. I also appreciate the unfinished knitting project on the table with four needles no less, and the pretty hooked pillow on the divan. The painting is homey and calming and denotes what I imagine is an outside spring thaw, due to the open casement window on the right. If it were summer, perhaps the plants would be outside on a stone terrace or patio.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (gbOdA)

60 great resaurant on foster near northpark called tre kroner.
Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:39 AM (LgQ89)
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Nelson had to deal with the Trekroner Battery during the Battle of.Copenhagen.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (WvZaB)

61 The last flowerpot on the left seems to be the source of the vine that's taking over the corner and ceiling. It's gonna leave marks all over the paint.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

62 Hey everybody! So here’s what happened. I’ve been dealing with Crohn’s for 15 years As it turns out, Crohn’s may have been masking something far more nefarious. Either it was scarring or cancer that blocked the colon, causing a rupture and sepsis. Apparently that almost ended me, but massive IV antibiotics got it in time. One more procedure and home tomorrow hopefully.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

63 --------
Nelson had to deal with the Trekroner Battery during the Battle of.Copenhagen.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (WvZaB)

The world's oldest amusement park is in downtown Copenhagen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Edvard Munch might have had a different take on this scene.

Posted by: Mental Hygiene? Phooey!! at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (oftw2)

65 This can't be Larson. There's no cows. Or cavemen.
Posted by: Far Side

*sheds a tear for the late Thag Simmons*
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

*sheds a tear for the late Tor Johnson*

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

66 One more procedure and home tomorrow hopefully.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Wow, good for you! Hang in there!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

68 I see no cat litter box.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (ekM0A)

69 Dammit Sponge, you got me yelled at by the teacher!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (VoAdT)

70 Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Prayers for you and grammie

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (EYmYM)

71 koobinhaben had lots o aquavit.
the painting seems like an industrial arts project in perspective.

Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (LgQ89)

72 That's hot!

Thanks CBD!

*SNNNIIIIFFFFFFFFFFF*

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Nice painting. Enjoyable to look at. Bright and colorful. I like it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (zZhnw)

74 I see no cat litter box.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (ekM0A)
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It's in the laundry room.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (WvZaB)

75 CBD. You old softy. That softness is in the right place when posting this for grammie's sake.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (2NHgQ)

76 Duke, I'm so very glad docs found it and are able to treat it and keep you with us a good while longer. Praying for continued healing and strength for you after all this. I hope you have a window looking out on a sunny sky this morning!

Posted by: moki at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (wLjpr)

77 Dammit Sponge, you got me yelled at by the teacher!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (VoAdT)

I accept full responsibility.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

78 Makes me smile, so :thumbsup:

Posted by: Bad Andrew at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (6qf1m)

79 Why does the kid look about 8 month pregnant?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (Q9Vcs)

Kringle?
Skolebrod?
Krumkake?

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (7pXVq)

80 Not bad. Just needs a lady with a beehive hairdo and cat eye glasses.

Posted by: Gary L at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (XQo4F)

81 Dammit Sponge, you got me yelled at by the teacher!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Is the teacher hawt?

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

82 This can't be Larson. There's no cows. Or cavemen.
Posted by: Far Side

*sheds a tear for the late Thag Simmons*
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

*sheds a tear for the late Tor Johnson*
Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

*a moment's pause and reflection for Inspector Clay*

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

83 Larsson was a very skilled illustrator .

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (EYmYM)

84 You are a wonderful person CBD. Thank you very much!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (DCWfW)

85 needs a moomin troll.

Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (LgQ89)

86 Legit love the black outlines on everything.

Gives it the whole "Cel Shading" feel, except not with flat colors.

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (UnA8+)

87 81 Dammit Sponge, you got me yelled at by the teacher!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Is the teacher hawt?
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

Hawt and bawthered, maybe....

uhhhh.... unlike the person in the painting featured in the post...! Yeah! Still on topic, baby. Safe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (VoAdT)

88 Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Bourbon will fix you right up!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (n9ltV)

89 Yippee, a Carl Larrson painting! They are always so pleasant and comfortable to look at. The straight lines of the furniture and architecture are softened by the slightly rumpled rug and coverlet as well as the girl's dress. The colors are soft and the shading is subtle as the natural light of morning varies throughout the room. Even the foliage is soft, not hard and realistic. It is idealized without being 'perfect'. Even if it doesn't reflect someone's family life it makes them wish it did.

I hope grammie sees this.

Posted by: JTB at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

90 Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

We are glad you were not "ended". It sounds like quite an ordeal. Will continue to keep you in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (Nx5jP)

91
No dog = not art.

To be fair, there is an out-of-focus tree in the background so this is art-adjacent.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (FoIOl)

92 grammie! Good morning and so happy to see you here to spend time with the Horde.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (2NHgQ)

93 Larsson’s wife was also hot. Swedish bikini team hot.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (EYmYM)

94 Thank you very much!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (DCWfW)

My pleasure! Looking for his work is fun, although I can't get the comparison between him and Rockwell out of my head, and I blame you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (n9ltV)

95 Very pleasant painting!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (Nx5jP)

96 Glad they figured it out Duke.

Take care.

Sending you and grammie love and strength and peace.

Be not afraid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (GUnoj)

97 One more procedure and home tomorrow hopefully.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Wishing you good pain drugs, pretty & caring nurses, competent surgeons, full healing, and uninterrupted comfortable sleep once you get home,

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

98 Why does the kid look about 8 month pregnant?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (Q9Vcs)

Beats me.

Posted by: Muhammed at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (9w8am)

99

Is that a voodoo doll on the table?

Posted by: Ped Xing at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (KrNsD)

100 {{{grammie}}} you and the Rev are in my prayers.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 29, 2025 09:50 AM (0nHVk)

101 Good Morning, Grammie, my favorite person from Kankakee!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

102 and I blame you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:49 AM (n9ltV)

Glad to be of service!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:50 AM (DCWfW)

103 It's nice. Looks like an illustration. Clear and good use of color. I feel like she's neglecting her knitting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (WPL6O)

104 Needs a kitty cat on the sill.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:40 AM (oAWcY)
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My cat would not like all those plants on the sill.
She'd probably find a way to knock them off.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (NpAcC)

105 Larsson also pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series...the first and only one in the post season!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (n9ltV)

106 "...Wishing you good pain drugs..."
"may cause drowsiness. alcohol may intensify this effect."

Posted by: cmeat at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (LgQ89)

107 Double points are how you knit things in the round, before the days of circular needles. I have a few long dpns, useful for knitting sleeves.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (kUxzU)

108 uhhhh.... unlike the person in the painting featured in the post...! Yeah! Still on topic, baby. Safe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (VoAdT)

Safety Third!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

109 my favorite person from Kankakee!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

You know more than one?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (DCWfW)

110 84 You are a wonderful person CBD. Thank you very much!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Jeepers. You’ll ruin his reputation saying things like that!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (GUnoj)

111 I like the art. Would definitely hang.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 09:52 AM (g8Ew8)

112 I remember a lady like that who lived not far from my parents' house, except it was colored glass bottles instead of flower pots. Easy to see from the street and wonder how kooky she was.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 09:52 AM (36PRH)

113
Jeepers. You’ll ruin his reputation saying things like that!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (GUnoj)

Not to mention his ego.......sheesh.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

114 Gary Larson > Carl Larsson
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Bummer of a birthmark, Hal!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (wkXwO)

115 107 Double points are how you knit things in the round, before the days of circular needles. I have a few long dpns, useful for knitting sleeves.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (kUxzU)

I use DPNs for sleeves, and socks and hats too. Short circulars are a nuisance, and the magic of "magic loop" makes sense on paper but eludes me in practice.

KnitPicks sells longer dpns that I really like. Not as long as these, but longer than the standard little guys.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (VoAdT)

116 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:47 AM (DCWfW)

Good morning!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (wVcYX)

117 So glad grammie saw this. She remains in our prayers.

CBD, thanks for any time you use a Carl Larrson painting in the thread.

A suggestion for the Horde. If you are feeling down or just too much with the world, look through some Larrson paintings. They will cheer you up.

Posted by: JTB at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (yTvNw)

118 Good morning Count

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:54 AM (DCWfW)

119 112 I remember a lady like that who lived not far from my parents' house, except it was colored glass bottles instead of flower pots. Easy to see from the street and wonder how kooky she was.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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The lady with colored glass bottles was obviously not in a HOA.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 09:55 AM (WDjG6)

120 Good morning Count
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:54 AM (DCWfW)

Still laughing at the sister kissin' for the cheeseheads against the hapless Cowboys last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

121 A suggestion for the Horde. If you are feeling down or just too much with the world, look through some Larrson paintings. They will cheer you up.
Posted by: JTB at September 29, 2025 09:53 AM (yTvNw)

Which is ironic see he suffered from depression.

And if you’re too happy take a look at any number of Russian artist's paintings.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 09:55 AM (EYmYM)

122 A suggestion for the Horde. If you are feeling down or just too much with the world, look through some Larrson paintings. They will cheer you up.
Posted by: JTB
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Unless of course you are autocorrected in a websearch to Gary Larson (Far Side comic strip).

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 09:56 AM (WDjG6)

123 You know more than one?
Posted by: grammie winger

Well, there you've got me. No, I do not. But if I did, I can't imagine that I'd like them more than I like you.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

124 Schoolhouse Press used to sell the long dpns. They also carried knitting belts. Haven't checked to see if they still do. I use the Addi flex tips for socks now, but still have dpns.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (kUxzU)

125 whig. Blast you, let's not start the hoa debate again. Go find additional Larson paintings. Posting hoa is like saying beetlejuice repeatedly, crazy people appear.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (2NHgQ)

126 Would make a lovely child's book illustration.

Posted by: red speck at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (0Id0S)

127 You're sweet, Bulg.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (DCWfW)

128 A suggestion for the Horde. If you are feeling down or just too much with the world, look through some Larrson paintings. They will cheer you up.
Posted by: JTB

I just use boob pics for that.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

129 Very pretty. Perfect for a bright, sunny Monday morning.

Posted by: Tuna at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

130 110 84 You are a wonderful person CBD. Thank you very much!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Jeepers. You’ll ruin his reputation saying things like that!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Too late, we shall take full note that CBD is actually a softie at heart.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (WDjG6)

131 I see all those plants in the window, “Bugs are going to be all over the place.”

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (jbnUc)

132 It's nice. Looks like an illustration. Clear and good use of color. I feel like she's neglecting her knitting.

That's because that's what it is. There's nothing wrong with an illustration, but I wouldn't call it high art, whatever that is.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

133 Drizzling and still dark in Seattle.

Have a good week, morons.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (Q+DUH)

134 There are supposedly some Larsson paintings in Lindsborg KS. Still haven't found the museum that has them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (kUxzU)

135 This is portrait of Larsson's wife and one of their children:

https://tinyurl.com/254a6m5n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (Nx5jP)

136 Too late, we shall take full note that CBD is actually a softie at heart.
Posted by: whig

As long as you don't bring up maple syrup or carrots in chili.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

137 whig. Blast you, let's not start the hoa debate again. Go find additional Larson paintings. Posting hoa is like saying beetlejuice repeatedly, crazy people appear.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (2NHgQ)

HOA?! Slooowly I turned........

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (g8Ew8)

138 How to clean a dipstick.

https://is.gd/nIOZQU

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (L/fGl)

139 my favorite person from Kankakee!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

You know more than one?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 29, 2025 09:51 AM (DCWfW)

Hi grammie winger, wishing you peace and good thoughts.

Holy cow, two other people know about Kankakee!

Fun fact, when I was a kid and somebody went to Kankakee they would leave a note and abbreviate it KKK.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (7pXVq)

140
HOA?! Slooowly I turned........

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM

Hoors on Adderall.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

141 A suggestion for the Horde. If you are feeling down or just too much with the world, look through some Larrson paintings. They will cheer you up.
Posted by: JTB

I just use boob pics for that.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

Then you'll love Larson's painting-

"The Boobs Window"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

142 his is portrait of Larsson's wife and one of their children:
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

She looks like she knows what I did.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

143 125 whig. Blast you, let's not start the hoa debate again. Go find additional Larson paintings. Posting hoa is like saying beetlejuice repeatedly, crazy people appear.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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Heh. "You ain't the boss of me" versus "Your yard trash is affecting MY home values."

Ignoring of course that one can avoid HOAs by not buying a property in one. Sort of like how one does not have to go to a church that offends them.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (WDjG6)

144 Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

Watercolor almost always looks more like an illustration to me since it’s drawn first.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (EYmYM)

145 137
HOA?! Slooowly I turned........
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (g8Ew

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inch by inch...

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 10:01 AM (36PRH)

146 Looks Swedish. One can almost smell the Cream of Lutefisk Soup simmering for lunch.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, who represents the at September 29, 2025 10:01 AM (0sNs1)

147 She's over there calmly watering the plants. Meanwhile, there's a voodoo teddy bear on the table that she's been sticking knitting needles into. Creepy, maybe.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 10:01 AM (Dvcu+)

148 As long as you don't bring up maple syrup or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Bulg
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Why not maple syrup and carrots in chili? All we are saying is give liberty a chance......

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:01 AM (WDjG6)

149 She looks rather young to be doing such a complicated project, but I guess that's why she got distracted by the window. FTR, it looks like she's using the five-needle method to knit in the round, and her project appears to be a sweater with a contrasting color design.

Posted by: pookysgirl's semi-expert analysis at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (Wt5PA)

150 Why does the kid look about 8 month pregnant?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 09:31 AM (Q9Vcs)

Hmmmm, that might explain the voodoo teddy bear.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (Dvcu+)

151
Ignoring of course that one can avoid HOAs by not buying a property in one. Sort of like how one does not have to go to a church that offends them.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (WDjG6)

HOA's should not exist in a country that claims itself a free country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

152 maple syrup in chili?

Yikes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

153 Holy cow, two other people know about Kankakee!
Posted by: haffhowershower

All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

154 Too late, we shall take full note that CBD is actually a softie at heart.
Posted by: whig

As long as you don't bring up maple syrup or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM

And speak kindly of 9mm.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, who represents the at September 29, 2025 10:03 AM (0sNs1)

155 Too late, we shall take full note that CBD is actually a softie at heart.
Posted by: whig

CBD is the one that cut the softie and cleared the room.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

156 @155 10mm > 9mm

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 10:04 AM (36PRH)

157 maple syrup in chili?

Yikes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

That gives me an idea......

Posted by: Skyline Chili at September 29, 2025 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Lacis still has 16" double points. They call them shetland knitting needles. Lacis.com

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2025 10:04 AM (kUxzU)

159 maple syrup in chili?

Yikes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

Sweet and spicy! Artistically drizzled over scrapple and now you've really got something!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

160 maple syrup in chili?

Yikes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

Damn. That would be like Canadian bacon.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew8)

161 Don't love the execution, too cartoony for my taste.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (0kjbz)

I think that effect is a watercolor thing.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 10:05 AM (Dvcu+)

162 157 maple syrup in chili?

Yikes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

That gives me an idea......
Posted by: Skyline Chili at September 29, 2025 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)
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Country style baked beans chili?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 10:05 AM (36PRH)

163 I just realized that the fifth DPN is on the floor. Definitely rolled off the table as she took a break to water the plants.

Carl must have been a knitter.

Posted by: Stitches get Bitches, yo at September 29, 2025 10:05 AM (VoAdT)

164 As long as you don't bring up maple syrup or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Who puts maple syrup in chili? What's wrong with you people?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2025 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

165 Karin Larrson, Carls' wife, was a fox as noted above. She was also a wonderful artist and designer of textiles and furniture.

I have a book about them: "Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style". Used copies are available for about 10 bucks. If you like the style it is worth it. Great examples of both of their paintings and other designs.

Posted by: JTB at September 29, 2025 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

166 HOA's should not exist in a country that claims itself a free country.
Posted by: Sponge
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The flaw in that argument is simply the right to contract which is actually enshrined in the US Constitution. Agree to the contract as a fully functioning adult, then bound by the terms.

FWIW, I find the major problem though with both contracts and the closely related HOA issue is due process. And that is where the state (not feds) through its power should define how contract disputes are handled.

No HOA or corporation can be the judge of who is right in contract disputes--only neutral disinterested third parties and any contract trying to circumvent that should be null and void in any state. In a way, HOA officers can and have been sued as they lack qualified immunity which local and state government officials have, so as far as rectification of outlandish behavior, better an HOA via contracts than a horrible local government.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:07 AM (WDjG6)

167 Who puts maple syrup in chili?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2025 10:06 AM

Gingerites. Catapultians. Crossbowoids.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at September 29, 2025 10:08 AM (0sNs1)

168 When we moved, I told my wife "you pick the house, I can live about anywhere, it's you the place needs to please. As long as there aren't owls roosting in the ceilings, I'm good. Or an HOA. I will flatly refuse any HOA property - deal breaker."

She wanted an HOA, but now she's happy we didn't do it. We just picked a neighborhood with tidy lawns, and whaddya know, the property values are rising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2025 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

169 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I thought it said Gary Larson but it was unlike him. Not a particularly funny cartoon.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (2WIwB)

170 And speak kindly of 9mm.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I shall attack the 9mm x 17mm on the beaches, in the hills, I shall never surrender.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (WDjG6)

171 No HOA or corporation can be the judge of who is right in contract disputes--only neutral disinterested third parties and any contract trying to circumvent that should be null and void in any state. In a way, HOA officers can and have been sued as they lack qualified immunity which local and state government officials have, so as far as rectification of outlandish behavior, better an HOA via contracts than a horrible local government.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:07 AM (WDjG6)

Entering a contract with someone who doesn't own the land you're buying is, in my opinion, incredibly stupid.

HOA's are the public unions of home ownership.

Posted by: Skyline Chili at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

172 and, crap......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

173 that is a really big and low coffee table she is standing on

Danish Modern, eh?

I like the colors though. Lots of light in that room

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

174 164 As long as you don't bring up maple syrup or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Who puts maple syrup in chili? What's wrong with you people?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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If you don't put maple syrup in chili, how else are you going to serve that on French Toast.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:10 AM (WDjG6)

175 No Cat?

Hard to believe.

That yarn is just sitting there.

Posted by: pawn at September 29, 2025 10:10 AM (PmITa)

176 Might I make a suggestion? I might. The year the painting was made, and maybe the dimensions to a lesser extent, would add valuable context. Very often when I see these I wonder when it was painted.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2025 10:10 AM (jlSKy)

177 I shall attack the 9mm x 17mm on the beaches, in the hills, I shall never surrender.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (WDjG6)

para bellum

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:11 AM (gbOdA)

178 All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
Posted by: Bulg

Oh right, that little obscure ditty.

Willie pronounces it can-KA-kee.

We said KANK-ah-kee. KANK as in canker. As in canker sore. Not comparing the two, just pronouncing it.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:11 AM (7pXVq)

179 Where's the cat … ? This picture needs a cat …

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2025 10:11 AM (ayRl+)

180 Posted by: Skyline Chili at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

Good thing people have the freedom not to buy property with an HOA contract.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (EYmYM)

181 A property is part of an HOA. That means that if you buy it all your new neighbors will also be part of the HOA, voluntarily, because that's what they want.

So why would you voluntarily move there knowing that's not what you want, and then be a thorn in everyone else's ass over it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (VoAdT)

182 The shutdown narrative fight right now is funny.

From Democrats: Republicans will look bad!

From Republicans: What the fuck ever. We're going to nuke everything you hold dear if you shut down.

Narrative vs. policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a world of gods and monsters with James Whale at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

183 144 Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

Watercolor almost always looks more like an illustration to me since it’s drawn first.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:00 AM (EYmYM)
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If you look at this photo of Carl and Karin Larsson's dining room, you can literally see his illustrative style come to life. https://tinyurl.com/ye2486d9

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (36PRH)

184 best of Larson

Lipizzaner Cows
School for the Gifted
Only part of buffalo the Indians did not use

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (gbOdA)

185 I shall attack the 9mm x 17mm on the beaches, in the hills, I shall never surrender.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:09 AM

To my shame, I don't know CBD's level of affection for either the 9x17mm or 9x18mm. I suspect not much for the latter, but who knows?

His level of affection for the 9x19mm is well documented both here and at MoMes, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

186 Entering a contract with someone who doesn't own the land you're buying is, in my opinion, incredibly stupid.

HOA's are the public unions of home ownership.
Posted by: Skyline Chili
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Ever taken a look at the click through software contracts? They make HOAs look nice and homey.

Some employment contracts and all insurance contracts are like that. Basically if most people actually read contracts in their entirety, like contract lawyers are supposed to, most people would end up being insane over the devilish details in those contracts.

Yet, as I said, the right for functioning adults to make contracts is key if you are discussing individuals having the liberty to make stupid mistakes and be punished for doing so.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (WDjG6)

187
Good thing people have the freedom not to buy property with an HOA contract.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (EYmYM)

Not a valid argument as to why they shouldn't exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

188 YOW! Too hot!

Posted by: Assata Shakur at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (tL5sl)

189 62 One more procedure and home tomorrow hopefully.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

Glad they found it and hope you are home tomorrow.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (y171U)

190 To my shame, I don't know CBD's level of affection for either the 9x17mm or 9x18mm. I suspect not much for the latter, but who knows?

His level of affection for the 9x19mm is well documented both here and at MoMes, however.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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You left out the poor 9mm Largo. 9x21.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (WDjG6)

191 HOAs are good for snow plowing, trash collection, and playgrounds.

And ours actually does a decent job with landscaping.

That's it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

192 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (L/fGl)

193 12 pt peace plan for Gaza

haha

At phase 6 the Terrorist will be cutting up the playground swingsets to make pipe bombs and rockets.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

194 192 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh
----------------
And all the criminals are white.

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:14 AM (AdHga)

195 I might hang this in a girl's bedroom, but not in the sitting room or den.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (GfoLK)

196 You left out the poor 9mm Largo. 9x21.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (WDjG6)

A silly millimeter longer
101

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (gbOdA)

197 As someone who had a big hand in the initiation of the HOA controversy last night, I'd like to suggest that it now be included in the pantheon of irreconcilable, sure-to-cause-a-fight topics like long bows v cross bows, Ginger v Maryanne, and is Garrett really gay.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (Riz8t)

198 HOAs are good for snow plowing, trash collection, and playgrounds.
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Snowplowing?

I don't see it as a benefit. If your local government dies a good job plowing, you don't need it. If it does a bad job plowing, having a nicely plowed neighborhood you can't leave doesn't help much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

199 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (L/fGl)

Stopped watching that shit show years ago. They trans'd a child. They are evil.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

200 whig. I was an hoa board members for 3 months and couldn't take it. I resigned. Our hoa is governed by the state and our board is covered by liability insurance, a requirement, you can sue but you're not going to get much from it. Possibly satisfaction, who knows.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (2NHgQ)

201 best of Larson

Lipizzaner Cows
School for the Gifted
Only part of buffalo the Indians did not use
Posted by: rhennigantx

Custer's Last Group Photo

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

202 There is absolutely no Ikea Allen Wrenches visible.

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:16 AM (AdHga)

203 I've yet to see a HOA that doesn't have some sort of quasi-political or cultural agenda.

You fly those flags, but not this one.

You can park this car, but not that one.

You can plant these tree, but not those.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2025 10:16 AM (Q4IgG)

204 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh
----------------
And all the criminals are white.
Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:14 AM (AdHga)

*sings*

..Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the criminals white!

Posted by: Mick Jagger rewrites his old songs to stay up to date at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (iJfKG)

205 The world's oldest amusement park is in downtown Copenhagen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

It satisfies! (TM)

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (7pXVq)

206 You left out the poor 9mm Largo. 9x21.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM

True, and I apologize.

Furthermore, I can't say I've ever even heard him mention the 9x23 Winchester or (surprisingly) the 9x25 Dillon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (0sNs1)

207 Not a valid argument as to why they shouldn't exist.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

You are the one who is not making a valid argument. If you don’t like the ability to form HOAs change the Constitution.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (EYmYM)

208 25 You're right. Damned icebacks all look alike.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 09:34 AM (WvZaB)

"Icebacks" had me laughing.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (GfoLK)

209 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (L/fGl)

I feel like "Law and Order: SVU depicts (blank) as rapists" is the entire series. What I catch of that show is both outlandish and depressing.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes USA wouldn't show it 24/7 at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (Wt5PA)

210 Don't love the execution, too cartoony for my taste.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 29, 2025 09:38 AM (0kjbz)

I think that effect is a watercolor thing.

There are some categories which really show watercolors off to good effect. These include flowers and desert scenes. This just isn't one of the good categories, IMHO.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

211 Wife killer avoids prison.

KHOU 11 News Houston@KHOU
BREAKING: James Paul Anderson, who was accused of killing his wife at their Kingwood home in 2023, died in court this morning before he accepted a plea deal that would have landed him in prison for 35 years.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

212 Not a valid argument as to why they shouldn't exist.
Posted by: Sponge
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Unfortunately, they are explicitly constitutional under the federal Constitution and most state constitutions. Same as other contracts and forbidding the binding nature of private contracts means that all interactions with others is controlled only by government action or purely voluntary performance of agreements.

That is far more scary to me as an individualist--the first is tyranny, the second is anarchy. And no, I don't live in an HOA nor plan to do so. But it is interesting to me as a matter of law and legal theory as how private disputes are regulated.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (WDjG6)

213 I REALLY like this painting.

Nice colours, nice subject matter. Reminds me of my friends' across the street.

Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (Sco7b)

214 Wasn't the weekly gun thread yesterday?????

Posted by: Syd at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (9it1c)

215 Did you know General Butt Naked has written a book and is now a Christian?

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (AdHga)

216 YD. Our roads are privately owned, we have to hire snowplowing.
Love that hoas may become part of the Horde lexicon.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (2NHgQ)

217
The Double Entendre

I come to the kitchen a lot
Where the cookstove is glowing and hot
And there above the dishes
Quite against all my wishes
I discover my daughter's growing pot.

Posted by: muldoon at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (/iMjX)

218 BREAKING: James Paul Anderson, who was accused of killing his wife at their Kingwood home in 2023, died in court this morning

Welcome home.

Posted by: Assata Shakur at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (tL5sl)

219 You've come a long way, baby!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

220 202 There is absolutely no Ikea Allen Wrenches visible.
Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:16 AM (AdHga)

Question
I have a 40 dollar set of allen wrenches for quarter inch hex.
My wife bought six Dining chairs and not 1 of my 16 english and 16 metric fit the allen bolts.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

221 Lots of recipes and stews and casseroles benefit from a small amount of sugar or sweetener. I’ll put a dollop of grape jelly in beef stew. Not so much that it is detectable as grape flavor, that isn’t the point.

Maple syrup is very sweet, it would be good in Chili. Again, not so much that it tastes like breakfast pancakes. I like a small amount of syrup when making pizza sauce. Try it!

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (jlSKy)

222 Happy Anniversary!!

Posted by: muldoon at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (/iMjX)

223
You are the one who is not making a valid argument. If you don’t like the ability to form HOAs change the Constitution.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (EYmYM)j

My arguments are incredibly valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

224 I discover my daughter's growing pot.
Posted by: muldoon at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (/iMjX)

mul
youre harshing on my buzz

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

225 My wife bought six Dining chairs and not 1 of my 16 english and 16 metric fit the allen bolts.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (gbOdA)

Trick question, they're actually torx?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:20 AM (VoAdT)

226 218 BREAKING: James Paul Anderson, who was accused of killing his wife at their Kingwood home in 2023, died in court this morning

Welcome home.
Posted by: Assata Shakur at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (tL5sl)

fucking clown

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:20 AM (gbOdA)

227 209 I feel like "Law and Order: SVU depicts (blank) as rapists" is the entire series. What I catch of that show is both outlandish and depressing.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes USA wouldn't show it 24/7 at September 29, 2025 10:17 AM (Wt5PA)

I think there was one where they had a black kid beat a troon to (eventual) death (the troon spends most of the episode in the hospital, then dies at the end, I believe), and that might have been the only one without any rape.

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2025 10:20 AM (UnA8+)

228 Trick question, they're actually torx?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:20 AM (VoAdT)

nope they were hex allen
torx has points not flat

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (gbOdA)

229 Anyway, off to get a drain installed to deal with an abscess. Later gators.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (Uah4U)

230 Snowplowing?

I don't see it as a benefit. If your local government dies a good job plowing, you don't need it. If it does a bad job plowing, having a nicely plowed neighborhood you can't leave doesn't help much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Actually, I don't know who is responsible for plowing our little cul-de-sac. Since it's such an insignificant, out-of-the way street, I've always assumed it's an HOA responsibility. But maybe it's the county. I don't know.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

231 Question
I have a 40 dollar set of allen wrenches for quarter inch hex.
My wife bought six Dining chairs and not 1 of my 16 english and 16 metric fit the allen bolts.
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The Viking is clever and a cleaver.

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (AdHga)

232 Very pretty.
I have plants in a window but only greenery and the window is really dirty.
Sigh. Need some blooms and need to clean the window.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM (t/2Uw)

233 SVU is like that stupid 3 Billboards movie, which depicts military men as rapists and murderers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

234 Antifa has gone Uboat!

https://is.gd/MrhMfl

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM (L/fGl)

235 229 Anyway, off to get a drain installed to deal with an abscess. Later gators.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (Uah4U)

who had draining a boil on their bingo card?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM (gbOdA)

236 YD. Our roads are privately owned, we have to hire snowplowing.
Love that hoas may become part of the Horde lexicon.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (2NHgQ)

I lived in such a place. Luckily that county did great on plowing - they had to or people would die in the winter.

If they'd been bad at it, though, I'd have still been trapped in the private roads and unable to access the county roads out.

And we didn't have an HOA - just a few dudes had plowblades, and everyone just paid them in beer and cookies and things. Easy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM (BI5O2)

237 If you look at this photo of Carl and Karin Larsson's dining room, you can literally see his illustrative style come to life. https://tinyurl.com/ye2486d9

Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Wow, that really is nice. Thanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

238 200 whig. I was an hoa board members for 3 months and couldn't take it. I resigned. Our hoa is governed by the state and our board is covered by liability insurance, a requirement, you can sue but you're not going to get much from it. Possibly satisfaction, who knows.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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Try suing a government official personally for damages. They get qualified immunity AND a backstop of spending taxpayer money to cover illegal actions.

Subsidiarity means governing contracts at the lowest level possible. So teh question is regulation of neighborly relations via HOA or via local government. You often get superior due process rights if you can afford them against 'government blob' but not rectification of tyrannical local government types that have had people arrested for impertinent questions to petty officials.

Individual board members of HOAs do not have qualified immunity and thus easier to sue but inferior due process protections depending on the states for resolution of disputes. Essentially, they are much like local improvement districts where buying into such a property under that improvement district means you follow its rules.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:23 AM (WDjG6)

239 62 Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2025 09:43 AM (Uah4U)

That sounds like a nightmare to have lived through. Good to hear you are in the way home, best wishes and a prayer for your continued recovery.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 29, 2025 10:23 AM (GfoLK)

240 Tracee was a hoa!

Posted by: Ralph Cifaretto at September 29, 2025 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

241 https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/
1972356078223638938/video/2

Ice
well that sucks

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:24 AM (gbOdA)

242 Love that hoas may become part of the Horde lexicon.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 29, 2025 10:19 AM (2NHgQ)

Everything I know about hoas I learned from watching Goodfellas. She’s a HOA!

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:24 AM (7pXVq)

243 who had draining a boil on their bingo card?
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I do enjoy Dr. Pimple Popper. The amazing bubbles of puss is something I find entertaining. Gives new meaning to the name Lumpy.

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:24 AM (AdHga)

244 Essentially, they are much like local improvement districts where buying into such a property under that improvement district means you follow its rules.

But...but...but I don't wanna!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:25 AM (Riz8t)

245 68 I see no cat litter box.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at September 29, 2025 09:44 AM (ekM0A)

Who needs a litter box whey you got flower pots?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 29, 2025 10:25 AM (GfoLK)

246 True, and I apologize.

Furthermore, I can't say I've ever even heard him mention the 9x23 Winchester or (surprisingly) the 9x25 Dillon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Not enough time to play in IPSC games I reckon. Making major with 9x19 is simply not possible without dangerously overloading the cartridge.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:25 AM (WDjG6)

247 Try buying a condo in Florida.

Makes an HOA look like some kind of anarcho-capitalist shangri-la.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:26 AM (VoAdT)

248 Ikea has many worlds to explore beyond just frozen Swedish meatballs.

Ikea also merchandises the incredible Fixa drill and screwdriver, used and endorsed by the renown shelving designer and builder Ace of the Smart Military blog Ace of Spades HQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2025 10:26 AM (0sNs1)

249 243 I do enjoy Dr. Pimple Popper. The amazing bubbles of puss is something I find entertaining. Gives new meaning to the name Lumpy.
Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:24 AM (AdHga)

I had to stop watching after that one where she's got the dude that's leaking spinal fluid and it made a gigantic hump on the back of his neck...

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2025 10:26 AM (UnA8+)

250 I had to stop watching after that one where she's got the dude that's leaking spinal fluid and it made a gigantic hump on the back of his neck...

But enough about John Fettermann.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:27 AM (Riz8t)

251 196 You left out the poor 9mm Largo. 9x21.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM (WDjG6)

A silly millimeter longer
101
Posted by: rhennigantx

The Paolo, he starts largo with the ladies, but there is no concern about millimeters.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 29, 2025 10:27 AM (hMgYm)

252 231 Question
I have a 40 dollar set of allen wrenches for quarter inch hex.
My wife bought six Dining chairs and not 1 of my 16 english and 16 metric fit the allen bolts.
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The Viking is clever and a cleaver.
Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:21 AM (AdHga)

Are you sure it’s hex? Could it be square or Torx?

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:28 AM (7pXVq)

253 KHOU 11 News Houston@KHOU
BREAKING: James Paul Anderson, who was accused of killing his wife at their Kingwood home in 2023, died in court this morning before he accepted a plea deal that would have landed him in prison for 35 years.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

That's a shame. I really liked Magnolia.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 29, 2025 10:28 AM (rHujN)

254 250 But enough about John Fettermann.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2025 10:27 AM (Riz8t)

Yeah, no.

This thing was about 60 times larger than whatever he had.

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2025 10:28 AM (UnA8+)

255 Are you sure it’s hex? Could it be square or Torx?
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Remember the GM star driver? Fuck those guys.

Posted by: pudinhead at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (AdHga)

256 The Paolo, he starts largo with the ladies, but there is no concern about millimeters.
Posted by: The Paolo at September 29, 2025 10:27 AM (hMgYm)

Parsecs.

Because it's never sub-parsecs with the Paolo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (VoAdT)

257 93 Larsson’s wife was also hot. Swedish bikini team hot.
Posted by: The way I see it

Well, not Clara Barton hot.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (XQo4F)

258 NFL choses crossdressing leftwing activist from Puerto Rico [Bad Bunny] to play Super Bowl LX Halftime Show

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Never heard of ~~him~~ ~~her~~ it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (L/fGl)

259 I stopped watching Dr Pimple Popper when it became Dr Remove Tumor .

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (EYmYM)

260 What did the wife-murderer die of?

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

261 But...but...but I don't wanna!!!
Posted by: Archimedes
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I was watching a historical documentary of the making of the Dixie Highway (US 41) and the state/county ran out of money to finish about an 8 mile segment around Monteagle, TN. So the fine citizens of Monteagle had days where citizens went to work without pay to haul gravel, move dirt, blast, etc. to finish the roadbed for pavement.

Roadbuilding back in the day often required people living on those roads to actually work without pay on them periodically for the benefit of the community. Something similar back in the days of private levees before the Corp of Engineers became king.

Lesson is that you can only do some tasks with strong communities or you turn them over to strong government. People's choice generally.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (WDjG6)

262 Are you sure it’s hex? Could it be square or Torx?

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:28 AM (7pXVq)

yes 5 or 6 sided

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:30 AM (gbOdA)

263 -
Never heard of him her it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (L/fGl)

Same reaction I had.

Not that I care as the NFL is mostly dead to me. Although I do find it funny they attempted to get Taylor Swift to do it, but pissed her off in some way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

264 I watch a Danish tv show called "Seaside Hotel". The set design looks like it was deeply inspired by Karin Larsson. Every room is beautiful and has huge windows like this painting. I just love the style.

Great to see you here, grammie winger!

Posted by: Moonbeam at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (rbKZ6)

265 260 What did the wife-murderer die of?
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

I think he ate about 2 oz of meth or black tar H

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (gbOdA)

266 There's all kinds of goofball "security" bits out there, but I doubt anyone would use them to put legs on a table.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (VoAdT)

267
Roadbuilding back in the day often required people living on those roads to actually work without pay on them periodically for the benefit of the community. Something similar back in the days of private levees before the Corp of Engineers became king.

Lesson is that you can only do some tasks with strong communities or you turn them over to strong government. People's choice generally.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (WDjG6)

But, they didn't build that. Someone ELSE made that happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

268 Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

Drug overdose. Fentanyl?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2025 10:32 AM (lQ+/f)

269 Although I do find it funny they attempted to get Taylor Swift to do it, but pissed her off in some way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

"Well, husband, *I'm* going to the Super Bowl either way."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:32 AM (VoAdT)

270 The Paolo, he starts largo with the ladies, but there is no concern about millimeters.
Posted by: The Paolo at September 29, 2025 10:27 AM

So, when you go ribbed, are you Key Largo?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2025 10:32 AM (0sNs1)

271 Flowers on the windowsill, 1894

Almost too perfect at first glance but then it becomes more real - lived in and not so symmetrical - the more it's studied.

It's sweet. Calm. Pretty. Very nice, CBD.

Artera ea/artwork. (You can read or listen to a conversation between and Editor and Curator regarding this piece.)

It begins, "Editor: So, this is Carl Larsson’s “Flowers on the windowsill”, painted in 1894. It's a watercolour currently housed in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. It strikes me as a remarkably well-balanced composition. The interior domestic setting creates a serene atmosphere, but how do you see it?

Curator: The composition, indeed, demonstrates a careful arrangement of forms. Note how the verticality of the window panes and the plants in their terracotta pots creates a grid-like structure, against which the curved lines of the child's form and the trailing vines provide a gentle contrast. How do these contrasting forms influence the image's affective qualities?"

(Of course, more followed.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 10:32 AM (NFX2v)

272 Antifa has gone Uboat!

https://is.gd/MrhMfl
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:22 AM

She will be awarded the Order of Lenin for this.

Posted by: toby928 at September 29, 2025 10:33 AM (jc0TO)

273 247 Try buying a condo in Florida.

Makes an HOA look like some kind of anarcho-capitalist shangri-la.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Florida state government is actually one of the innovators (for better or worse) in regulating residential contracts.

I am interested to see how communities founded under the 55 plus senior living stipulations end up being pressured when the original property descends on heirs that are below 55. Do they have to sell grandpa's home they are under 55 and plan to live there? What about if they have kids?.

This will become an issue in the near future as property turnover is higher for natural reasons in these senior living communities than regular ones.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:34 AM (WDjG6)

274 We LOVE HOA boards!
That's how we get our start in politics!

Posted by: Karens everywhere at September 29, 2025 10:34 AM (XQo4F)

275 She will be awarded the Order of Lenin for this.
Posted by: toby928 at September 29, 2025 10:33 AM (jc0TO)

Mammalia?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:34 AM (VoAdT)

276 Although I do find it funny they attempted to get Taylor Swift to do it, but pissed her off in some way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

They asked her why, with all the heterosexual guys on the planet, she got engaged to Kelce.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2025 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

277 I love today's art
Thanks CBD

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 29, 2025 10:35 AM (GhIJO)

278 NFL choses crossdressing leftwing activist from Puerto Rico [Bad Bunny] to play Super Bowl LX Halftime Show

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Shocking move after they introduced gay cheerleaders. lol

And still straight white conservative men will be there every Sunday cheering for “their” team like always.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at September 29, 2025 10:36 AM (wrRTB)

279 But, they didn't build that. Someone ELSE made that happen.
Posted by: Sponge
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Not sure what you mean. Basically local governments used to conscript (not voluntary), folks to work on community projects like roads, levees, etc. Same with improvement districts which simply substituted payment of taxes in lieu of labor conscription to do the same tasks.

If you mean that the HOA did not build a particular house, it gets convoluted as most of these communities start with a developer and allocation of HOA voting rights by lot of property. Thus, the developer contracts with home builders but owns the underlying property until it is sold to the individual. Only then are the developer's HOA voting rights for that plot extinguished in return to the new homeowner to gain it.

So in an sense, the developer which created the HOA and development in the first place did 'build it'.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:38 AM (WDjG6)

280 https://tinyurl.com/3r2tch5f

I think this is kind of an amusing picture by Larrson himself with some kind of doll or puppet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2025 10:39 AM (lQ+/f)

281 And still straight white conservative men will be there every Sunday cheering for “their” team like always.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

You mean "closeted".

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 10:39 AM (tL5sl)

282 NPR bids a fond farewell to Assata Shakur.

AILSA CHANG, HOST: For decades, Assata Shakur has been a towering figure in American movements for black liberation and racial justice.

. . . .
ADRIAN FLORIDO: Assata Shakur was a central figure in the Black Liberation Army formed in the early 70s by former Black Panthers who took up arms in the fight against the oppression of black people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

283 But, they didn't build that. Someone ELSE made that happen.
Posted by: Sponge
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Not sure what you mean

...we're already forgetting Obama's greatest quotes. Says volumes about the man's growing irrelevance...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at September 29, 2025 10:40 AM (OUMaO)

284 Rob Reiner Denounces ‘Name-Calling’ to Win Political Debates After Comparing Trump to Hitler, Smearing His Supporters as Fascists

Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2025 10:40 AM (yZQJj)

285 ...we're already forgetting Obama's greatest quotes. Says volumes about the man's growing irrelevance...
Posted by: Brother Tim

Don't get all wee-wee'd up about it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

286 yes 5 or 6 sided
Posted by: rhennigantx

Time to buy a set of pentagon wrenches.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:42 AM (7pXVq)

287 284 Rob Reiner Denounces ‘Name-Calling’ to Win Political Debates After Comparing Trump to Hitler, Smearing His Supporters as Fascists
Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2025 10:40 AM (yZQJj)

It's not actually "name calling" if his head is factually, objectively composed mostly of shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:43 AM (VoAdT)

288 his paintings are nice for people who want to decorate their house rustic Scandi style

Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:43 AM (dCxaZ)

289 I must've slipped over into the Twilight Zone!

Sean Penn Says “We Need” People Like Charlie Kirk in Politics to Inspire “Debate” and “Compromise”8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

290 Not sure what you mean. Basically local governments used to conscript (not voluntary), folks to work on community projects like roads, levees, etc. Same with improvement districts which simply substituted payment of taxes in lieu of labor conscription to do the same tasks.
Posted by: whig

Wouldn't that violate the 13th Amendment? Or are you talking pre-Civil War?

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

291 Time to buy a set of pentagon wrenches.
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 10:42 AM (7pXVq)

$50,000 and a weekend in Punta Cana. Take it or leave it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:44 AM (VoAdT)

292 he balances out all the cheery colors with 4 spots of dead black

the bunch of knitting on the table was overkill IMO

Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:44 AM (dCxaZ)

293 289 I must've slipped over into the Twilight Zone!

Sean Penn Says “We Need” People Like Charlie Kirk in Politics to Inspire “Debate” and “Compromise”8
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

He's got a movie out right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 10:45 AM (VoAdT)

294 284 Rob Reiner Denounces ‘Name-Calling’ to Win Political Debates After Comparing Trump to Hitler, Smearing His Supporters as Fascists
Posted by: SMOD

Biden called us garbage.

Posted by: Trump voters at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (XQo4F)

295 He's a playa!

Former NFL MVP [Shaun Alexander] Expecting 14th Child With Wife

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

296 292 he balances out all the cheery colors with 4 spots of dead black

the bunch of knitting on the table was overkill IMO
Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:44 AM (dCxaZ)
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"Spots of dead black" also know as the places where remotes and car keys disappear.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (36PRH)

297 Biden called us garbage.

Posted by: Trump voters at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (XQo4F)

anyone who wouldn't submit to the clot shot mandate was a killer

Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (dCxaZ)

298 We LOVE HOA boards!

Houston's older neighborhoods have 'civic associations' that are pretty benign with voluntary dues and few members. I was president of two such clubs when I lived there. First thing I did in both was to eliminate attorney costs. Another thing I did was blow out the participation by offering FEMA flood maps, neighborhood plats, USGS maps and getting group rates for elevation certificates.

Yeah, that was me pedalling up on my 1950 Flying Star bike to tell them to get the damn boat off the lawn.

Posted by: DanMan at September 29, 2025 10:48 AM (8uzBS)

299 281 And still straight white conservative men will be there every Sunday cheering for “their” team like always.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Eh, the only thing I care about is when those sportsball teams get into my pocketbook.

Not a fan of big collegiate sports either as it diverts a lot of money from education. And indirectly is subsidized by fed and state governments via loans and grants because students having to pay mandatory fees in most places to support teams whether they like it or not.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:48 AM (WDjG6)

300 anyone who wouldn't submit to the clot shot mandate was a killer
Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:46 AM (dCxaZ)

Anyone that didn't wear a mask was a killer.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 10:49 AM (g8Ew8)

301 Houston's older neighborhoods have 'civic associations' that are pretty benign with voluntary dues and few members. I was president of two such clubs when I lived there. First thing I did in both was to eliminate attorney costs. Another thing I did was blow out the participation by offering FEMA flood maps, neighborhood plats, USGS maps and getting group rates for elevation certificates.

Yeah, that was me pedalling up on my 1950 Flying Star bike to tell them to get the damn boat off the lawn.
Posted by: DanMan
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A few of those left around where I live. Ironically the impetus for some of that around me was to organize and resist local government catering to developers over existing landowners.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:50 AM (WDjG6)

302 NY Times' Michelle Goldberg: Stop Blaming This Left-Wing Violence on the Left

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It's both sides violence, damn it! Both sides!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

303 And just like that, Rod Rosenpenis is back in the news again. Honestly, there have been so many dirtbags, I forgot this one existed.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at September 29, 2025 10:51 AM (TdCYS)

304 Late to the Art, but a nice pic. Timely, as I was just discussing indoor plants with a colleague.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 10:51 AM (ySpAZ)

305 Law and Order: SVU depicts ICE agents as rapists.

https://is.gd/6ZUCVh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:13 AM

Change the storyline to be about UN "peacekeepers" in foreign countries and that would be accurate description.

United Nations peacekeeping missions, intended to protect civilians in conflict zones, have been marred by repeated scandals involving sexual abuse and rape by peacekeepers. These incidents span decades and multiple countries, often targeting vulnerable women and children in impoverished or war-torn areas. [ . . . ] Over 2,000 allegations have been reported globally since 2004, including more than 300 involving children.

Grok: https://bit.ly/4gQdsmb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 29, 2025 10:51 AM (P5BPp)

306 Name a Democrat who hasn't called us something derogatory at some point.

Hillary did. So did Obama, *biden, probably every D in Congress and the media. "Othering" is a tried and true leftist strategy to de-humanize their perceived enemies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2025 10:51 AM (Q4IgG)

307 oh, just noticed, the girl with watering can is also in low key tones

very good play of light against dark AKA chiaroscuro

Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:51 AM (dCxaZ)

308 A charming picture.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 10:52 AM (mADJX)

309 NY Times' Michelle Goldberg: Stop Blaming This Left-Wing Violence on the Left

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It's both sides violence, damn it! Both sides!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

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"Quit stealing Jonah Goldberg's schtick, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Leftist Language is a Dehumanizing Permission Structure for Political Violence at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (fZYJQ)

310 Wouldn't that violate the 13th Amendment? Or are you talking pre-Civil War?
Posted by: Bulg
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After the 13th, they added pay the tax in cash or via labor. Thus not violating the 13th. Or local governments simply mandated you do x at your own expense (such as levees) and maintain them or face fines.

And some jurisdictions got in the habit of chain gangs to have to work on public works (sometimes contracted out to private individuals too) for their three hots and a cot.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (WDjG6)

311 Timely, as I was just discussing indoor plants with a colleague.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

If it was with another guy, you should both get a man-card suspension.

With revocation for a repeat offense.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

312 Hugs to you Grammie Winger and the Rev.
As the fall foliage appears, I hope you are able to view some of the beauty of God's Creation.

Keeping you in my prayers.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (N39Ws)

313 304 Late to the Art, but a nice pic. Timely, as I was just discussing indoor plants with a colleague.

my indoor plants have been outdoors since April, living their little green dreams to the fullest

they will need to come back in, probably next week. And then begins the six months of their suffering

Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (dCxaZ)

314 282 NPR bids a fond farewell to Assata Shakur.
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When are we going to bid a fond farewell to murder loving NPR?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (XH6Dk)

315 I like plants but don't want to live in a jungle.

Posted by: Case at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (jHd3X)

316 NY Times' Michelle Goldberg: Stop Blaming This Left-Wing Violence on the Left

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It's both sides violence, damn it! Both sides!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

If the left keeps perpetrating this shit it will be both sides.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

317 If I had a daughter, I'd name her Chiaroscuro DaVinci.

Posted by: ShainS -- Leftist Language is a Dehumanizing Permission Structure for Political Violence at September 29, 2025 10:55 AM (fZYJQ)

318 Sean Penn wasn't entirely wrong about Iraq, either.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 10:56 AM (tL5sl)

319 When are we going to bid a fond farewell to murder loving NPR?

Posted by: Braenyard
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As long as the states and donors continue to pay for it, the corpse lives.

Lot of local and state GOP politicians like NPR and PBS as it gives them patronage and publicity on occasion. A fair number of NPR stations are also hosted by universities and even local school districts.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (WDjG6)

320 If it was with another guy, you should both get a man-card suspension.

With revocation for a repeat offense.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

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Some of us are secure in our non-toxic masculinity.

Posted by: ShainS -- Leftist Language is a Dehumanizing Permission Structure for Political Violence at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (fZYJQ)

321 He's on a tariff roll this morning.

In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture in the United States. Details to follow!!!
President DJT
--- Movies too
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (XH6Dk)

322 91
No dog = not art.

To be fair, there is an out-of-focus tree in the background so this is art-adjacent.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2025 09:48 AM (FoIOl)

It's not a Happy Little Tree so not art.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (aURVT)

323 315 I like plants but don't want to live in a jungle.
Posted by: Case

Racial jungles are the worst kind, Fat!

Posted by: Joe from DE at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (oftw2)

324 .
A fair number of NPR stations are also hosted by universities and even local school districts.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 10:57 AM (WDjG6)

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Yep, in our region it's out of NAU in Flagstaff.

Posted by: ShainS -- Leftist Language is a Dehumanizing Permission Structure for Political Violence at September 29, 2025 10:58 AM (fZYJQ)

325 Those knitting needles are really poisoned tipped blow gun darts.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 29, 2025 10:58 AM (abIsI)

326 If it was with another guy, you should both get a man-card suspension.

With revocation for a repeat offense.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM

Female. Good looking Latina.

*retains man card*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 10:59 AM (ySpAZ)

327 Looks like a magazine illustration, maybe ad copy

(yawn)
Also: meh

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2025 10:59 AM (AOsQT)

328 Sean Penn wasn't entirely wrong about Iraq, either.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 10:56 AM (tL5sl)
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About the rainbows and children with gumdrop smiles?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2025 10:59 AM (WvZaB)

329 my indoor plants have been outdoors since April, living their little green dreams to the fullest

they will need to come back in, probably next week. And then begins the six months of their suffering
Posted by: kallisto at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM

*sigh*

It's that time. Some of mine will be in this week. Others, soon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 11:00 AM (ySpAZ)

330 Female. Good looking Latina.

*retains man card*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Indeed.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

331 324 .
A fair number of NPR stations are also hosted by universities and even local school districts.

Posted by: whig
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Is that enough money to keep them broadcasting nationally?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2025 11:00 AM (XH6Dk)

332 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

333 If it was with another guy, you should both get a man-card suspension.

With revocation for a repeat offense.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2025 10:53 AM

So I guess farmers just need to shut up about plants.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 29, 2025 11:01 AM (g8Ew8)

334 Noodus Throckmortoniensis.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 11:01 AM (ySpAZ)

335 Recall that South Park might have been a little slanted in its portrayal of Penn's remarks.
(Although the authors admitted that when researching the Kims' Best Korea, they actually had to tone it down.)

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 11:01 AM (tL5sl)

336 It's like she's a princess locked in a tower. Knit. Water plants. Gaze out the window.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2025 11:02 AM (aURVT)

337 "Chiaroscuro DaVinci"

Let's see THAT in tomorrow's limerick!

Posted by: Throws down gauntlet at September 29, 2025 11:02 AM (XQo4F)

338 This guy's got balls, I'll give him that.

https://is.gd/lXE6Zb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, [0] Day(s) Since Leftist Terror Attack! at September 29, 2025 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

339 Pleasant and lovely piece, CBD. Thank you .
Morning, Grammie!

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 29, 2025 11:44 AM (0lzjf)

340 And bless you, Duke Lowell! Glad to see you still among us. (Autocucumber tried to make that LOLwell. Good grief....)

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 29, 2025 11:47 AM (0lzjf)

341 I'm more annoyed than I should be that the elevated floor doesn't align with the window.

Posted by: Ben Sears at September 29, 2025 12:09 PM (WzTQR)

342 Larsson liked painting nudes, meaning he liked having naked women in his studio while he worked. If I did the same in my office we'd get sued. Something unfair about that...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2025 12:16 PM (PVITw)

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