Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of don Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce
Anonymous (Copy after: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos))

From The Prado:

Considered a copy of a portrait by El Greco, the more detailed technique deployed here lacks the loose boldness of his brushstroke but the composition and some of the elements within it remain close to his approach. El Greco would have known the sitter (1529-1600), a celebrated jurist and a member of the Councils of Castile and of Finance.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Can't see the first for the trees

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 04, 2025 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Looking a little ruff this morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 04, 2025 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

3 Just back from the vet, because he kept licking his paw.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 04, 2025 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

4 Cone of shame?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2025 09:33 AM (uHx+y)

5 That's a fella who spends a considerable amount of time stroking his beard like he's deep in thought.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

6 Great. Another lice-ridden portrait.

Posted by: Nit-picker at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (oftw2)

7 That dude could poke your eye out with his beard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (IBQGV)

8 Deformed left eye socket
I would toss this on a bonfire

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

9 Why this guy ?

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (g47mK)

10 This fellow looks rather . . . gaunt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

11 El Greco would have known the sitter...

Man, I misread that at first and had to do a double take.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

12 "He looks good!"

Turns away, bites thumb knuckle.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 04, 2025 09:35 AM (GPa4z)

13
He looks like a barrel of laughs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2025 09:35 AM (tgvbd)

14 This fellow looks rather . . . gaunt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

Spends a lot of time in bathhouses.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (ExV1e)

15 This guy looks like a lawyer or a wealthy merchant.

Posted by: dantesed at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

16 I generally am not an El Greco fan because so much of his art is very dark, and even sometimes hard to see the details, but I get the effort to augment the lighter parts, and I appreciate the use of Dutch technique to create a vivid subject.

I rate this OK plus. Pretty good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (yA3yr)

17 He looks like an older version of the Comandante in Zorro!

A stern sort of person. I imagine his children walked in terror of him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

18 He looks like the kinda guy to bring civilization to the savages of the New World.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

19 Hey get a load of this ruffled collar...it looks good on you though...

Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at November 04, 2025 09:36 AM (NgqoH)

20 "And you'll like it!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (xFnGl)

21 Looks like most of his blood was drained. Vampire victim? Wait.......leeches!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (g8Ew8)

22 Can you imagine the lice and nits and fleas nestled in all those ruffles?

And the smell must have been ghastly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (+WEa1)

23 "Ganted": to make thin or lean by insufficient feeding.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

24 Just back from the vet, because he kept licking his paw.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

Vet wanted $50 for the cone of shame.
Bought a straw cowboy hat at Tractor Supply for $19.99 and cut out the top.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (/awz+)

25 Rodrigo Vázquez apparently died from complications due to hemorrhoids.

Guess they bit him in the Arce.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 04, 2025 09:37 AM (w9Wax)

26 It's Paul Krugman.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

27 Needs some cats.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

28 The toilet seat look was the style at the time.

Posted by: The Onion Belt Guild at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (vlGKf)

29 He knows you just let out a SBD fart

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (Q4IgG)

30 El Greco would have known the sitter...

-
Sit, Ubu, sit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (xFnGl)

31 You know what?
You can actually see what he looked like
Because someone put in the time to paint his portrait correctly

Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (UeE45)

32 El Greco needs to have his eyes checked.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (jFCkp)

33 >26 It's Paul Krugman.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

Nah, doesn't appear as constipated.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2025 09:39 AM (NgqoH)

34 This fellow looks rather . . . gaunt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

Spends a lot of time in bathhouses.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

He's got the slims.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 09:39 AM (/awz+)

35 That collar is so hawt!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 04, 2025 09:39 AM (AKL43)

36 People spent much time picking nits and scratching in olden times. It took us Germans to eliminate fleas and ticks on an industrial scale. Admit it! The Delousing Station was a boon to mankind.

Posted by: General Burkhalter. at November 04, 2025 09:40 AM (oftw2)

37 Haven’t we had the original El Greco of this here before?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

38 Yes, when I saw the name "Vazquez" my first thought was "vampire." Maybe one who is not getting enough blood, or his hair and beard would be dark.

All seriousness aside, the hair and beard are well done, and the expression on his face allows for various interpretations. Which can make a piece of art intriguing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

39 Definitely not a $99 Earl Scheib job.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2025 09:40 AM (iAvQ/)

40 I would not expect mercy from this man.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (jc0TO)

41 36 People spent much time picking nits and scratching in olden times. It took us Germans to eliminate fleas and ticks on an industrial scale. Admit it! The Delousing Station was a boon to mankind.
------------------
Zyclon B was an American invention.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (jFCkp)

42 I would like El Greco to paint my portrait- I would look so much skinnier and taller

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (c4dHp)

43 What purpose did those frills serve? Had to be something to do with the notoriously poor personal hygiene of the times.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (1Nv0l)

44 Thought that was spelled Zyklon B?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (iAvQ/)

45 Nah, doesn't appear as constipated.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2025 09:39 AM (NgqoH)
*****
He's got that smug look on his face.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

46 I would not expect mercy from this man.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Served as a member of the Council of the Inquisition

*unexpectantly*

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (w9Wax)

47 Would hang but it looks like a painting in a horror movie where the eyes follow you all the time. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (Sm0sq)

48 44 Thought that was spelled Zyklon B?
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Most likely. I can pronounce the drugs I take either.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (jFCkp)

49 His name is arse. Not unlike Tron: Arse...

Need coffee

Posted by: bearski at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (Bhsk7)

50 Just back from the vet, because he kept licking his paw.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
*
Vet wanted $50 for the cone of shame.
Bought a straw cowboy hat at Tractor Supply for $19.99 and cut out the top.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025

***
We tried putting a cone on the little Dagny cat to keep her from gnawing on her stitches after her spay. She went absolutely ballistic, panicking and dashing around to try and get this *thing* to stop following her. We grabbed her and got it off -- and she calmed and showed no interest in her stitches at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2025 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

51 He's got that smug look on his face.

As opposed to a Smaug look?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2025 09:43 AM (iAvQ/)

52 We tried putting a cone on the little Dagny cat to keep her from gnawing on her stitches after her spay. She went absolutely ballistic, panicking and dashing around to try and get this *thing* to stop following her. We grabbed her and got it off -- and she calmed and showed no interest in her stitches at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Poor kitty. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 09:44 AM (/awz+)

53 >47 Would hang but it looks like a painting in a horror movie where the eyes follow you all the time. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2025 09:42 AM (Sm0sq)

Has a Vincent Price / Fall of the House of Usher vibe.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2025 09:44 AM (NgqoH)

54 This is the guy who invented the rack and the comfy chair.

Posted by: Did Not Expect That at November 04, 2025 09:45 AM (oftw2)

55 The comfy rack?

That is not how things work.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2025 09:45 AM (iAvQ/)

56 Zyclon B was an American invention.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 04, 2025 09:41 AM (jFCkp)

No, it wasn't. Zyklon B was invented by the Germans in the 1920s.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 04, 2025 09:45 AM (FNnr1)

57 El Greco would have known the sitter...

Some of my colleagues in the Senate "knew" the sitter, but I was always more interested in the "baby", if you know what I mean...

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 04, 2025 09:45 AM (JCZqz)

58 Has this man got a finger growing out of the side of his eye socket?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 09:46 AM (ufSfZ)

59 This is the guy who invented the rack and the comfy chair.
Posted by: Did Not Expect That at November 04, 2025 09:45 AM (oftw2)

Not the comfy chair!!!! -- Cardinal Fang

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:46 AM (ExV1e)

60 Bro actually looks relatively healthy by the standards of Spanish nobility of the time.

Granted, those standards were pretty low.

Maybe he was just the offspring of double first cousins rather than uncle and niece.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 09:46 AM (IG3/x)

61 This is the guy who invented the rack and the comfy chair.
Posted by: Did Not Expect That

But of course. Once he invented the rack, he needed a comfy chair to sit and watch from.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 09:47 AM (/awz+)

62 Very good portrait art. Takes some skill. I like.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 04, 2025 09:47 AM (6qf1m)

63 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

64 Tara Yazdi has a comfy rack.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

65 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Fabio on romance novel covers has entered Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM (iAvQ/)

66 Nice neck doily.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (9FEtL)

67 Mmmpphhh....mmmppphhh!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith...who puts the anal in anal sex at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (FQukp)

68 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

CBD has posted a few over the years.

I'm waiting for the Maja Desnuda, myself.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (ufSfZ)

69 Portrait of don Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce

So this is one of those White Hispanic people?

Posted by: Not Sean Hannity at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (sKqQm)

70 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

That's because they are difficult to find!

Suggest one and I will use it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (FNnr1)

71 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Oh yes I knew this was coming.

Reggie, can you help me review my shirt?

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 04, 2025 09:50 AM (sKqQm)

72 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

*cough*

Posted by: Naked fat guy on an ottoman at November 04, 2025 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

73 Tara Yazdi has a comfy rack.

It's quite a sight to see, I will admit.

She does give off the "If you run around with another whore, I'll slice your balls off and serve them on your rggs benedict!" vibe, though.

Like Lupe Velez, only crazier.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (ufSfZ)

74 It's the texture that makes you think of El Greco.

And oddly enough, some of the paintings of the 20s and 30s. That kind of... not sure of the word, like falsetto skin tone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

75 From what I heard, Fabio did the photo shoots for most of his early covers while he was still living in Italy. It was just another gig to him.

He had no idea that he was a phenom until he visited the US as a tourist and started getting mobbed by women (and doubtless a few alleged men) everywhere he went.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (IG3/x)

76
Roberta Vasquez >>> Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (tgvbd)

77 I presume he speaks with a lisp.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (A2ajU)

78 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Hot man for ya...

https://tinyurl.com/577x4pd2

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

79 63: How could a portrait of a guy be sexy? But some of the paintings depicting Greek heroes have had some sexy leg and arm muscles.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (JEcs7)

80 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Lucy the Fink just got some good belly rubs. And she’s still sitting next to me! Purring loudly!!

Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies! Scratches and bits just mean “more please!”

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:53 AM (yycSj)

81 That's because they are difficult to find!

Suggest one and I will use it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (FNnr1)
****
Ok.
Maybe, Sec. Pete Hegseth has one.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:53 AM (NpAcC)

82 How could a portrait of a guy be sexy? But some of the paintings depicting Greek heroes have had some sexy leg and arm muscles.

Ahem. The term of art here is Greek Homos

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:53 AM (sKqQm)

83 hurry up guys, get to 100, there is good news from the UK

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 09:54 AM (g47mK)

84
Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies! Scratches and bits just mean “more please!”

Do not scratch Mountain Lion bellies if you are allergic to Mountain Lion bellies

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:54 AM (sKqQm)

85 hurry up guys, get to 100, there is good news from the UK

Doggerland is back?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:54 AM (sKqQm)

86 Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:53 AM (yycSj)

Nurse, I got your Christmas text. Did you get my reply?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 09:54 AM (ufSfZ)

87 And I bet the guy in the portrait is a hoot after 7-8 drinks. I bet he has an awesome smile and a great laugh.

And that dry sense of humor that takes one by surprise.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:55 AM (yycSj)

88 I can't imagine it would have been much fun to dress like that in a Spanish Summer.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:55 AM (sKqQm)

89 Hot man for ya...

https://tinyurl.com/577x4pd2
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (ExV1e)
******
That's REALLY hot!

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:55 AM (NpAcC)

90
Dr. Benton C. Quest invented 1 800 WHO DADY

Posted by: Auspex at November 04, 2025 09:55 AM (vWgxe)

91 I thought that was the guy on the tobacco cans.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (QCKtw)

92 Didja see this?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney Dies at 84

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (xFnGl)

93 Dick Cheney died

Posted by: MAxIE at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (p0Y4o)

94 Mr Poppins!

I did. But I cannot locate as I don’t keep cds in their jackets.

Fail.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (yycSj)

95 I can't imagine it would have been much fun to dress like that in a Spanish Summer.
Posted by: 18-1

I can't imagine it would have been fun from the 1500's until about 1960.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (/awz+)

96 I can't imagine it would have been much fun to dress like that in a Spanish Summer.

That's why they wore radiators around their necks; it wicked the sweat away and evaporated it.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

97 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.
Posted by: redridinghood

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If we're talking antiquity, they're all painted/sculpted by gay dudes. Might not press the straight female buttons.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (1Nv0l)

98
I can't imagine it would have been fun from the 1500's until about 1960.

So...nothing between the Reconquista and Go Go boots?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

99 I can't imagine it would have been much fun to dress like that in a Spanish Summer.
Posted by: 18-1

They wore shorts and crocs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (ExV1e)

100 Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (yycSj)

Can you at least tell me the year I first sent one? That will help me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (ufSfZ)

101 Portrait of don Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce
Anonymous (Copy after: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Lost 1587-1597, it is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

Interesting look from the "model" to the artist.

Anyway -
don Rodrigo Vazquez de Arce - Born in Ávila, he was the son of a law professor and advisor to Charles I of Spain. He studied in the Colegio Mayor Santa Cruz of the University of Valladolid and became a judge in the Royal Chancellery of Granada, a member of the Council of Castile and a member of the Council of the Inquisition. (Wikipedia)

A member of the Council of the Inquisition was a person on a governing body, such as the Grand Inquisitor who headed the council, or the other members who sat on it. For example, the Spanish Inquisition's Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition had a Grand Inquisitor and six members. These members had various roles, including theologians who acted as 'calificadores' and weighed cases, as well as prosecutors, notaries, and bailiffs who carried out the council's decisions. (AI Overview)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

102 > So this is one of those White Hispanic people?
Posted by: Not Sean Hannity at November 04, 2025 09:49 AM (sKqQm)

It's called "limpieza de sangre", cabron.

Posted by: Hernando Fernando Jose Mamacita Apestoso y Fucktardez at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (IG3/x)

103
If we're talking antiquity, they're all painted/sculpted by gay dudes. Might not press the straight female buttons.

Hat tip: Do not press your local straight female's buttons

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

104 Dude in the portrait is smirking.

I bet he’s hysterical.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 09:58 AM (yycSj)

105 92 I did not. But then I didn't know he was still alive, either.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 04, 2025 09:58 AM (1Nv0l)

106 El Greco is a favorite. I have a giclee print of View of Toledo that used to hang in my bathroom.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 04, 2025 09:58 AM (QdGJh)

107 Hilarious 'interview'... video is only 2 minutes.

youtube.com/watch?v=NvLNPy6aUUE

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:58 AM (ExV1e)

108 They wore shorts and crocs.

Well, I never!

Posted by: Ann Althouse at November 04, 2025 09:58 AM (sKqQm)

109 Most memorable picture I remember of Fabio was when he got goosed on the roller coaster.

Posted by: Dancin' Beak To Beak at November 04, 2025 09:59 AM (oftw2)

110 What's the news from the UK?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

111 2021. I think. But then you sent one or two from years prior.

No worries about repeats! I play your cds when I’m hosting dinner on Christmas Eve and it’s always a hit!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (yycSj)

112 That's a fella who spends a considerable amount of time stroking his beard like he's deep in thought.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 09:33 AM

Well, when you don't own a white cat to stroke while you're hatching your evil plots...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (kgE5c)

113 So...nothing between the Reconquista and Go Go boots?
Posted by: 18-1

Heavy wool in summer? Sans air conditioning?

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (/awz+)

114 >110 What's the news from the UK?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

The UK is closed. Jihadi out front shoulda toldja.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (NgqoH)

115 Dude in the portrait is smirking.

I bet he’s hysterical.
Posted by: nurse ratched

He invented the pull my finger joke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:01 AM (xFnGl)

116 What's the news from the UK?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM

Still fucked.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at November 04, 2025 10:01 AM (Wnv9h)

117 Ok, "Tommy Robinson has been found not guilty of a terror offense after refusing to give police access to his phone during a stop at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024. The court ruled that the police's actions were discriminatory and based on his political beliefs." Tommy Robinson who held that little march of millions of people not long ago, defying the deep state, and who the deep state and British islamonazis really want gone. The one who got support from Musk, to fight this horseshit.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 10:01 AM (g47mK)

118 The were trying to find something, anything, to put him behind bars, and to shut him up.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 10:02 AM (g47mK)

119 How could a portrait of a guy be sexy? But some of the paintings depicting Greek heroes have had some sexy leg and arm muscles.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (JEcs7)

But they always had itty bitty tiny peens. Not a great look for the Greeks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 10:03 AM (g8Ew8)

120 > Roberta Vasquez >>> Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2025 09:52 AM (tgvbd)

Young Rodrigo approved of her very much.

My roommate at the time and I had her prominently displayed on our refrigerator door.

I remember being a little concerned when the landlord showed up to fix something, as he'd given off the "devout Christian" vibe.

However, he was most appreciative. Heterosexuality trumps a lot of things.

Besides, that was well after Jimmy Carter made it legal to lust in your heart.

Must've been what, '80? '81? Somewhere in there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 10:04 AM (IG3/x)

121 2021. I think. But then you sent one or two from years prior.

No worries about repeats! I play your cds when I’m hosting dinner on Christmas Eve and it’s always a hit!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2025 10:00 AM (yycSj)

All right, then, I'll do my best. I've got 3 songs lined up right now; I'll do my best to get a CD out to you by the beginning of next month.

And thank you for the compliment.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 10:04 AM (ufSfZ)

122 >But they always had itty bitty tiny peens. Not a great look for the Greeks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 10:03 AM (g8Ew

I was in the pool!!

Posted by: The Greeks at November 04, 2025 10:05 AM (NgqoH)

123 I don't recall us ever getting any "hot" portraits of men.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2025 09:48 AM

Sadly, the Paolo has no paintings of the Paolo. The artists, they always say something about not being able to fit all of the Paolo in the picture.

Posted by: Paolo at November 04, 2025 10:05 AM (Wnv9h)

124 "What's the news from the UK?"

El-UK is f'd.
El-NYC is not far behind.

Posted by: El-fd at November 04, 2025 10:05 AM (vFG9F)

125 The Paolo approves of women who like "El Greco".

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2025 10:05 AM (t59Wi)

126 So guess what they did, he did not want to give police his phone for some random thing, and they slammed terrorism charges on him ! Can you believe this crap. They have jihadi stabbings every other day, rapes and murders, and let us not forget the jihad against the Jews who cannot walk on the street in a yarmulke becuase it is a guarantee they will be assaulted by a gang of "youths" and the "youths" will not be punished. And who is guilty of terror ?? Tommy Robinson! For what? For nothing, just because !

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 10:06 AM (g47mK)

127 Well, I voted this morning. Winsomely.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

128 Hope Cheney's not buried in Wyoming. Too far to go to piss on his grave.

Posted by: Drippy Dan at November 04, 2025 10:08 AM (oftw2)

129 If I were Tommy Robinson, I'd get the hell out of Old Blighty.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

130 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 10:04 AM

MP4, mornin'.

Please be advised I greeted nurse on your behalf at the TXMoMe, in the appropriate manner.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:09 AM (Wnv9h)

131 Tommy is not going anywhere. But Starmer needs to be dethroned. He needs to resign.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 10:10 AM (g47mK)

132 Anyone see those Fan Duel Thrillionaire ads with the creepy chant and infinite person bicycle?

I can't help but think they are riding into a purple disintegrator machine a la Star Trek.

Extremely unsettling.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (ufFY8)

133 " I vunt to bite your neck!

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (89Sog)

134 125 The Paolo approves of women who like "El Greco".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

I approve of women who LOOK like El Greco.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

135 129 If I were Tommy Robinson, I'd get the hell out of Old Blighty.
Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ
He strikes me as maybe a minor league Braveheart.

Posted by: Eromero at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (1dLn0)

136 127 Well, I voted this morning. Winsomely.
Posted by: Bulg

Good man! I take back most of what I've said about you.

Posted by: Bygones? at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (oftw2)

137 giclee print of View of Toledo"

Oh. Hi O....

Posted by: man at November 04, 2025 10:11 AM (tubbA)

138 Ms Vasquez in her prime: (NSFW, obviously)

https://tinyurl.com/bdejecd7

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

139 Tommy is not going anywhere. But Starmer needs to be dethroned. He needs to resign.
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2025 10:10 AM (g47mK)

At this point, he'd be replaced by someone with mohamed in their name.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM (g8Ew8)

140 Ms Vasquez in her prime: (NSFW, obviously)

https://tinyurl.com/bdejecd7
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Yowza. Another comfy rack.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

141 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM (snZF9)

142 Don't know why, but I can always tell El Greco.

And it's nice that modern shit week is over.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at November 04, 2025 10:14 AM (s0JqF)

143 Ms Vasquez in her prime: (NSFW, obviously)

https://tinyurl.com/bdejecd7
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

I'm not clicking on that.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 10:15 AM (g8Ew8)

144 I've met guys like this before … they generally wear green eyeshades in a dimly lit office where they tell customers "Dollah down, dollah-three-eighty a week, brah".

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2025 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

145 Ms Vasquez in her prime: (NSFW, obviously)

The face reminds me of Linda Ronstadt.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 10:15 AM (ufSfZ)

146 Great great great granddaddy Bad Bunny.

Posted by: Bad Bunny, homosexual at November 04, 2025 10:16 AM (GcPNx)

147 141 i have to flip button down collars down or cut them off- they drive me nuts. i'd lose it from a frilly ribbon like that.

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 10:17 AM (R11M+)

148 The face reminds me of Linda Ronstadt.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Obligatory: She has a face?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

149
MP4, mornin'.

Please be advised I greeted nurse on your behalf at the TXMoMe, in the appropriate manner.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:09 AM (Wnv9h)

When's the court date for the appeal of the restraining order?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2025 10:18 AM (y9nCu)

150
The Prado!!!!!

Best You'reapeein" Art Museum IMHO!!!!

A must see in all it's glory before the muslims set fire to all the West's depictive art.

BONUS! Take in the bullfights while in Madrid and eat all the great food!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

151 24 can't wear straw after labor day. is it felt?

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 10:20 AM (R11M+)

152 Ms Vasquez in her prime: (NSFW, obviously)

https://tinyurl.com/bdejecd7
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2025 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

You're a great American.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:20 AM (snZF9)

153 141 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

1- Vampires were a big concern at the time. For the wealthy, best to make it difficult for vampires so they'll target peasants instead.

2- Muslims. There was still a lot of fighting between the Christian West and Ottoman/Muslim East, and even today, we see where Muslims with blades like to launch sneak attacks

3- Food cost. Food was expensive consuming a large percentage of most households' income. A crumb-catching 360 degree collar maximized food consumption.

Posted by: Confused Moron at November 04, 2025 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

154 El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos))

I can see why the Spaniards just called him El Greco.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2025 10:21 AM (uWKK8)

155 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM

People who wanted to look like a bird swallowing a plate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:21 AM (kgE5c)

156 41 what about pyrenate 100?

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 10:22 AM (R11M+)

157 Speaking of the UK, the Just Stop Oil trio cleared over Stonehenge protest

The judge ruled that because they vandalize Stonehenge in regards to enviro-nuttery they won't be punished.

The UK has fallen.

Posted by: Ann Althouse at November 04, 2025 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

158 Gah Althouse sock!

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

159 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM

The King said, "This looks good," and executed the first five people who showed up to court not wearing it. The others got the message.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

160 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM

People who wanted to look like a bird swallowing a plate.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:21 AM (kgE5c)

People wanting to indicate the best cut line should they be beheaded-

in order to leave a delightful looking head when displayed on the castle's battlements.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

161 When's the court date for the appeal of the restraining order?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2025 10:18 AM

MP4, being a gentleman of the old school, would never ask me to greet nurse in an inappropriate manner.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:25 AM (kgE5c)

162 >>> The judge ruled that because they vandalize Stonehenge in regards to enviro-nuttery they won't be punished.

So the next enviro wacko group just needs to blow it up. Got it.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:25 AM (gWBY1)

163 El Greco painted Jennifer Welch?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (iFTx/)

164 1- Vampires were a big concern at the time. For the wealthy, best to make it difficult for vampires so they'll target peasants instead.

2- Muslims. There was still a lot of fighting between the Christian West and Ottoman/Muslim East, and even today, we see where Muslims with blades like to launch sneak attacks

3- Food cost. Food was expensive consuming a large percentage of most households' income. A crumb-catching 360 degree collar maximized food consumption.

Posted by: Confused Moron at November 04, 2025 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

Sooo...not a fancy O-ring seal for the fart chambers they constructed with all those clothes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (snZF9)

165 Speaking of the UK, the Just Stop Oil trio cleared over Stonehenge protest

The judge ruled that because they vandalize Stonehenge in regards to enviro-nuttery they won't be punished.

The UK has fallen.
Posted by: Ann Althouse at November 04, 2025 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

So, arguably, if you were to beat them to death on the basis that their breathing was contributing to global CO2 emissions, you'd be good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (ExV1e)

166 History's greatest monster.

BREAKING: In an disgusting move, Nancy Pelosi, 85, says President Trump is WORSE than r*pists, m*rderers and terrorists
"He's a vile creature, the worst THING on the face of the earth."
CNN: You think he's the worst on the face of the earth?
"I DO. Yeah."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (L/fGl)

167 I'll never understand those collars, and who the hell thought they were a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:13 AM

The King said, "This looks good," and executed the first five people who showed up to court not wearing it. The others got the message.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:24 AM (ExV1e)
----
I can't stand to wear turtlenecks. I would *hate* to wear a collar like that every day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (IBQGV)

168 For the record...vampires suck.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2025 10:27 AM (sKqQm)

169 74 "that'sa nice, my sister- she gotta falsetta teeth!"

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 10:27 AM (R11M+)

170 BREAKING: In an disgusting move, Nancy Pelosi, 85, says President Trump is WORSE than r*pists, m*rderers and terrorists
"He's a vile creature, the worst THING on the face of the earth."
CNN: You think he's the worst on the face of the earth?
"I DO. Yeah."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (L/fGl)

Had he been elected as a Democrat and appointed judges who required abortion, they'd be renaming schools in his honor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:28 AM (ExV1e)

171 Dictionary.com posted their word of the year for 2025, according to algorithms and word usage stuff.

The word of the year is 6-7.

Yes, the brain rot meme. That's meme that's not even a word. It's two numbers and two words.

Are we in purgatory and no one told us?

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:28 AM (gWBY1)

172
Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

It is another dope catchphrase?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:30 AM (iJfKG)

173 BREAKING: In an disgusting move, Nancy Pelosi, 85, says President Trump is WORSE than r*pists, m*rderers and terrorists
"He's a vile creature, the worst THING on the face of the earth."
CNN: You think he's the worst on the face of the earth?
"I DO. Yeah."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:26 AM (L/fGl)

I hate to break up the friendly card game between dementia and the reaper, but one of you fucks need to do your job.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 10:30 AM (snZF9)

174 Got the new cat neutered yesterday, glad they don't make cats wear one of those collars.

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 04, 2025 10:31 AM (Hfe48)

175 Dictionary.com posted their word of the year for 2025, according to algorithms and word usage stuff.

The word of the year is 6-7.

Yes, the brain rot meme. That's meme that's not even a word. It's two numbers and two words.

Are we in purgatory and no one told us?

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:28 AM (gWBY1)

It has no fixed meaning. It's stupid and pointless. No one will remember it in 3 years. It's fetch, but successful because kids are stupid and parents are easy to reel in.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

176 Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

-
It doesn't mean anything. You know, like a Kamala speech.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

177 > BREAKING: In an disgusting move, Nancy Pelosi, 85, says President Trump is WORSE than r*pists, m*rderers and terrorists
"He's a vile creature, the worst THING on the face of the earth."
---------
Her role in J6 cannot be overlooked. The administration is nibbling around the edges with Comey and Bolton, arguably justified, but Pelosi belongs in a box.

Yesterday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2025 10:33 AM (Q4IgG)

178 Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

-
It doesn't mean anything. You know, like a Kamala speech.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

Ah...okay.

It's a cool kid/in-crowd signifier. Those in the know know and all that.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

179 hey guys

so, fuckery at the polls here in Chester County. not good

went to vote and they somehow - for the whole county! - printed "voter books" with only D/R and our most important race right now is for judges! which is not party-based.

so like half the people there were unaffiliated, which is normal, but they ALL had to do provisional ballots bc of this. it was a hot mess.

they are saying "well they will count them all but it will probably take a week or two" so it's building in confusion, making people leave without voting, and worse yet, and excuse to take longer to "count."

very very VERY hinky stuff out here. never even heard of this before, we always have tons of third party or unaffiliated and they get ballots with like nothing on them but they are always LISTED if they're registered!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 04, 2025 10:34 AM (emBoF)

180 Her role in J6 cannot be overlooked. The administration is nibbling around the edges with Comey and Bolton, arguably justified, but Pelosi belongs in a box.

Didn't she get a 'pardon'? Complain about them all you want, they'll hold up in court.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:35 AM (ExV1e)

181 Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

It is another dope catchphrase?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
_______

Just the latest viral stupidity bolstered by a lazy, clueless media. "6-7" doesn't mean anything. I'm not joking. It's just some dumb shit that kids are saying. Might as well be "do do da."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

182 So Richard Cheney won the death pool.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 04, 2025 10:36 AM (sVOFR)

183 Pope Bob is looking to the future.

Vatican's chief astronomer discusses how Church would baptize space aliens

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

184 29 He knows you just let out a SBD fart
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2025 09:38 AM (Q4IgG)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at November 04, 2025 10:37 AM (sVOFR)

185 but Pelosi belongs in a box.

Yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2025 10:33 AM

Soon....

Posted by: Mr. Death, here about the reaping at November 04, 2025 10:37 AM (kgE5c)

186
I just finished voting.

No peeps just propositions on the ballot.

I voted against four and voted for 13 -most of which were laws to short-circuit Democrat fuckery.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

187 Willowed:

Remember, Soros (both daddy and son) game is to crash the economy, and then sell short. The biggest country this has succeeded in was Great Britain. The U.S. is his great white whale. That is why he seeds discord here. Note they don't do that in China, or Japan because they know they'd kill them.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 04, 2025 10:38 AM (Da7Vv)

188 Oh, now there's becoming a shortage of TSA agents at airports.

Stop in local diners, particularly in South Philly, around 10 am and see the working agents leaving the diner(s) after breakfast, getting into their agency's Ford 4 by 4s with GSA license plates, driving off the parking lots, often through different exits.

Yeah, a cunning, well-fed lot.

Or maybe they're attending union meetings.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 04, 2025 10:38 AM (NFX2v)

189 Why does the Vatican need an astronomer?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

190 >>Didn't she get a 'pardon'? Complain about them all you want, they'll hold up in court.

She did not. And I wouldn't be so sure the auto pen pardons of others will hold.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2025 10:39 AM (viF8m)

191 Remember, TX voters: if you live in an area with a bond issue election, vote NO.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 04, 2025 10:40 AM (sVOFR)

192 Might as well be "do do da."
Posted by: Elric The Blade
____

Their eloquence escapes you.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 04, 2025 10:40 AM (rUrBJ)

193 Vatican's chief astronomer discusses how Church would baptize space aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

"Get in line!"
-- Block of ice

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

194 Didn't she get a 'pardon'? Complain about them all you want, they'll hold up in court.

She did not. And I wouldn't be so sure the auto pen pardons of others will hold.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2025 10:39 AM (viF8m)
______

I think they'll hold, but fuck these swine-people -- lawfare the shit outta them even if ultimately win

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:41 AM (iFTx/)

195 Might as well be "do do da."
Posted by: Elric The Blade
____

Their eloquence escapes you.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 04, 2025 10:40 AM (rUrBJ)

On the upside, their logic ties you up and rapes you.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

196 Pope Bob is looking to the future.

Vatican's chief astronomer discusses how Church would baptize space aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

It's a papal thesis entitled, What To Do With All the Tenticles.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2025 10:42 AM (g8Ew8)

197 so, fuckery at the polls here in Chester County. not good

went to vote and they somehow - for the whole county! - printed "voter books" with only D/R and our most important race right now is for judges! which is not party-based.

so like half the people there were unaffiliated, which is normal, but they ALL had to do provisional ballots bc of this. it was a hot mess.

they are saying "well they will count them all but it will probably take a week or two" so it's building in confusion, making people leave without voting, and worse yet, and excuse to take longer to "count."

very very VERY hinky stuff out here. never even heard of this before, we always have tons of third party or unaffiliated and they get ballots with like nothing on them but they are always LISTED if they're registered!
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Simple solution. All of those involved are fired and can never work in ANY kind of government job again EVER. And if it is determined that it was intentional, jail time will follow.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 04, 2025 10:42 AM (/awz+)

198 he word of the year is 6-7.

Yes, the brain rot meme. That's meme that's not even a word. It's two numbers and two words.

Are we in purgatory and no one told us?

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:28 AM (gWBY1)

Eh. If you have kids aged 10-17 ish you’d understand and laugh along. It’s harmless fun.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (3qp0C)

199 176 Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

-
It doesn't mean anything. You know, like a Kamala speech.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

"Why is everything,
Either at sixes or at sevens?"

Posted by: capercaillie4901 at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (f1WVr)

200 Might as well be "do do da."
Posted by: Elric The Blade
____

Their eloquence escapes you.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 04, 2025 10:40 AM (rUrBJ)

On the upside, their logic ties you up and rapes you.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2025 10:41 AM

Don't worry. Your innocence will see you through.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

201 Pope Bob is looking to the future.

Vatican's chief astronomer discusses how Church would baptize space aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)
______

"Well, we know how they'll circumcise them"

-- Ice Pirates

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (iFTx/)

202 >>>Alright, what does 6-7 refer to?

It's funny to kids because it means nothing. But the explanations of where it might come from are even sillier than it being from nothing.

"The "6-7" meme is used as a largely nonsensical, all-purpose interjection or inside joke. It has no fixed meaning, which is part of the point, though it is sometimes used to mean "so-so" or as a social signal of being "in the know".
Origin and Spread
Music Origin: The phrase originates from the 2024 rap song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by rapper Skrilla, where he repeatedly says "six-seven".
Basketball Connection: The song snippet gained initial traction on TikTok when users began pairing it with highlight videos of NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall.
Viral Popularization: The meme was further propelled by a viral video of a young fan (dubbed the "67 Kid") excitedly yelling the phrase at a basketball game, accompanied by a specific up-and-down hand gesture.
Mainstream Adoption: Public figures, including NBA and WNBA players, have referenced the meme in interviews and celebrations, solidifying its place in pop culture."

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (gWBY1)

203 93 Dick Cheney died
Posted by: MAxIE at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (p0Y4o)

He waited for an invitation to arrive
Going to a party where no one’s still alive

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (sVOFR)

204 this just burns me. the Ds know Election Day voting is heavily against them, so they undermine in person voting however they can

and NOTHING is EVER done to them for this

this is why I am registered D btw. anything else they figure out ways to screw you here.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 04, 2025 10:44 AM (emBoF)

205 I just learned about "6-7" watching the current episode of South Park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2025 10:44 AM (I8Tp0)

206 203 93 Dick Cheney died

so it begins...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 04, 2025 10:44 AM (emBoF)

207 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Art has a nice beard. But that's all I can say.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2025 10:45 AM (2WIwB)

208 Saw a couple of El Greco's works in the Prado. Magnificent, with his fever dream elongated bodies and slightly bilious colors. The complexions always look a bit sallow, like with this gentleman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 04, 2025 10:45 AM (kpS4V)

209 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2025 10:45 AM (2WIwB)

Gotta always keep a stash on hand!

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 04, 2025 10:46 AM (sVOFR)

210 >>> Eh. If you have kids aged 10-17 ish you’d understand and laugh along. It’s harmless fun.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM (3qp0C)

Oh, I do. My gen alpha kid hates it with a passion and thinks any adult trying to adopt it to look cool is a poser. He hopes it dies soon.

But I saw a few adult 6-7 costumes at Halloween (giant cardboard cutout letters for couples costumes) and they were clever.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:46 AM (gWBY1)

211 Dick Cheney died
Posted by: MAxIE at November 04, 2025 09:56 AM (p0Y4o)

He waited for an invitation to arrive
Going to a party where no one’s still alive
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 04, 2025 10:43 AM

He's got his best suit and his tie.
Shiny silver dollars on his eyes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2025 10:46 AM (kgE5c)

212 Cheney didn't even wait for McCain's funeral to end? Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

213 "Why is everything,
Either at sixes or at sevens?"

I wouldn't turn off Pinafore if a selection came on the radio, but it's not my go-to G&S opera.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2025 10:46 AM (ufSfZ)

214 6,7 started from a basketball player who is 6 ft 7. I don’t remember the whole story but that’s the origin of it.

Either way I think it’s hilarious. But according to my kids, it’s peaked and on the way out. Much like Skibbidy Toilet did.

Of all the things to get worked up over, this is NOT one of them. Not everything has to be the end of the world or a sign of impending societal collapse. It’s dumb shit kids say, it’s really nothing.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (3qp0C)

215 Dang. Art has a nice beard. But that's all I can say.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2025 10:45 AM

What are you implying?! I love her!

Posted by: Art at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (kgE5c)

216 >>I think they'll hold, but fuck these swine-people -- lawfare the shit outta them even if ultimately win

Comer's committee took depostions from pretty much everyone in Biden's inner circle. Not a single person could identify who Biden designated authority to use the auto pen or who actually used the auto pen. That's a problem. If I Republican president had done it it would be a national scandal with actual media coverage. The DOJ has the report now so we'll see where it goes.

Barry Loudermilk, congressman from Georgia, has been leading a committee investigating the J6 committee and is scheduled to release a report before the end of next year at the latest. He's probably a good pick since the J6 committee tried to take him out claiming he led recon missions with potential rioters before J6.

He did not. And he's a bit pissed off.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (viF8m)

217 The artificial isn't all that intelligent.

https://is.gd/eFsREx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

218 Astronomy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNwE1TLSzfw

Posted by: DaveA at November 04, 2025 10:49 AM (FhXTo)

219 So Libs of TikTok asked Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/3e8xbk69

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 04, 2025 10:49 AM (Y+jbb)

220 Oh, now there's becoming a shortage of TSA agents at airports.

Be a shame if someone fired them all...

Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2025 10:50 AM (60OBK)

221 I was at a HS football game this season and a player with number 67 made a big play. The whole student section was doing the 6,7 arm motion thing. And then he started doing it and then the whole team did it.

It was great.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:51 AM (3qp0C)

222 >>> Of all the things to get worked up over, this is NOT one of them. Not everything has to be the end of the world or a sign of impending societal collapse.

I'm not upset at dumb kid memes. I'm upset that an online dictionary does not know the definition of the word "word." As in one word. Not two. My grammar Nazi is coming out today for some reason.

Maybe I should just be glad the word of the year isn't Nazi. Since that's been everywhere.

I'm probably just being grumpy this morning and need some caffeine.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2025 10:51 AM (gWBY1)

223 The artificial isn't all that intelligent.

https://is.gd/eFsREx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

https://youtu.be/7Ntksk9SpPs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:51 AM (ExV1e)

224 I think they'll hold, but fuck these swine-people -- lawfare the shit outta them even if ultimately win

Comer's committee took depostions from pretty much everyone in Biden's inner circle. Not a single person could identify who Biden designated authority to use the auto pen or who actually used the auto pen. That's a problem. If I Republican president had done it it would be a national scandal with actual media coverage. The DOJ has the report now so we'll see where it goes.

Barry Loudermilk, congressman from Georgia, has been leading a committee investigating the J6 committee and is scheduled to release a report before the end of next year at the latest. He's probably a good pick since the J6 committee tried to take him out claiming he led recon missions with potential rioters before J6.

He did not. And he's a bit pissed off.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2025 10:47 AM (viF8m)
_________

Well, maybe. But all Biden has to do is testify "yea I authorized those pardons" and it's all over. Which of course he'll do. And/or whoever did turn on the autopen will testify that Biden authorized it. No jury in DC will ever convict.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:52 AM (iFTx/)

225
It’s dumb shit kids say, it’s really nothing.

Do wah diddy

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2025 10:52 AM (pkeXY)

226 Either way I think it’s hilarious. But according to my kids, it’s peaked and on the way out.

I read that '4-1' seems to be taking its place. They are so immature.

*coughing* blowjob!

Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2025 10:53 AM (60OBK)

227 Clocking in for the day.🕙 Howdy to Moron art connoosers.

Speaking of clocks, some people have trouble adjusting to the clock adjustments, but I'm really happy to be back on Standard Time. I spend a lot of the Daylight Scamming months mentally correcting the clock time to standard, for reasons. We adjust feeding time accordingly, so the pets don't notice the change. Neither does the sun. ☀️

I think that guy in the portrait may be a distant relative of mine.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It's the nose. at November 04, 2025 10:53 AM (zfvVF)

228 No jury in DC will ever convict.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Tee hee.
- James Coney

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:53 AM (3qp0C)

229 I hear the chauffeur comin' to my door
He says there's room for maybe just one more

Posted by: Crusader at November 04, 2025 10:53 AM (TN0g+)

230 I stole this blast from the past from a much better, wittier, and capable person from another forum.

"Dick Cheney has repeatedly pressed for Congressional resolutions banning torture, because it’s not as fun if it’s legal."

Posted by: Kindltot at November 04, 2025 10:54 AM (rbvCR)

231 >>Well, maybe. But all Biden has to do is testify "yea I authorized those pardons" and it's all over. Which of course he'll do. And/or whoever did turn on the autopen will testify that Biden authorized it. No jury in DC will ever convict.

Great. Then he will have to say who he gave the authority to because as I said nobody in Biden's administration claims they know or that they did it.

Obviously, someone or someones is lying. The process is the punishment isn't just for Republicans.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2025 10:54 AM (viF8m)

232 I'm not upset at dumb kid memes. I'm upset that an online dictionary does not know the definition of the word "word." As in one word. Not two. My grammar Nazi is coming out today for some reason.
Posted by: LizLem

When lexicographers speak of "words," what they really mean is "term' or "phrase." Could be one word, or a combination of words. Like, say, "piggy bank," or "onion ring." Any unfamiliar word or phrase that one might look up in a dictionary.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

233 Dick Cheney kicked it.

Yeah, RIP, I guess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 04, 2025 10:55 AM (bss/y)

234 179 hey guys

so, fuckery at the polls here in Chester County. not good.

very very VERY hinky stuff out here. never even heard of this before, we always have tons of third party or unaffiliated and they get ballots with like nothing on them but they are always LISTED if they're registered!
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Unfortunately, the politics of Montco (a state controller) and Delco (large body of dopes, in all ways) are bleeding into Chester County politics. (Unfortunately, they are but a few of the counties which excel in hinky political fuckery.)

A shame, like Lancaster County, such a beautiful place. But only in the early stages of feeling the pain of Democratic/progressive policies.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 04, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

235 Arizona judge resigns after police catch her urinating on sidewalk

Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2025 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

236 The word OK originated from a “meme” in the 1830s. It didn’t trally make any sense but it was what young people were saying and ended up sticking around.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:56 AM (3qp0C)

237 235 Arizona judge resigns after police catch her urinating on sidewalk
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2025 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

This is the thing that always fascinates me: you have to really work for it to pee in public as a woman. You have to want it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 04, 2025 10:57 AM (bss/y)

238 I'm not upset at dumb kid memes. I'm upset that an online dictionary does not know the definition of the word "word." As in one word. Not two. My grammar Nazi is coming out today for some reason.
Posted by: LizLem

Further, a collection of sounds without a meaning are not a word even if the sounds form words within them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

239 Dick Cheney kicked it.

Yeah, RIP, I guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Where will Bush get his gravitas from now?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

240 Arizona judge resigns after police catch her urinating on sidewalk
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2025 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

I assume someone was filming her for later posting. Gotta keep the engagement numbers up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:58 AM (ExV1e)

241 I'm not upset at dumb kid memes. I'm upset that an online dictionary does not know the definition of the word "word." As in one word. Not two. My grammar Nazi is coming out today for some reason.
Posted by: LizLem

Further, a collection of sounds without a meaning are not a word even if the sounds form words within them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:57 AM

Goonie goo goo!

Posted by: Ediie Murphy's Half-Bigfoot Cousins at November 04, 2025 10:58 AM (kgE5c)

242 But Starmer needs to be dethroned. He needs to resign.
------

I was thinking "hanged in the public square", but what you have suggested would at least be an improvement over the status quo.

Posted by: Crusader at November 04, 2025 10:58 AM (TN0g+)

243 No jury in DC will ever convict.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Tee hee.
- James Coney
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 10:53 AM (3qp0C)
____________

Comey is in Eastern District of Virginia. That's a pretty big swath of VA that includes more than DC. I'm not sure how it would work if someone got indicted for the autopen scandal. I assume, though, that any jury empaneled in EDV would include mostly Democraps who would never convict a fellow Democrap for any crime against Trump -- even murder.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 10:59 AM (iFTx/)

244
nood rant

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 04, 2025 10:59 AM (tljrc)

245 Elric, have you voted yet? If so, how was the turnout?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

246 If urinating in public is a career ended I hope to god nobody from my college years every talks to my employer or future potential employers

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 11:01 AM (3qp0C)

247 News says at least two polling places in New Jersey have received bomb threats.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2025 11:01 AM (pkeXY)

248 Arizona judge resigns after police catch her urinating on sidewalk
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2025 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

I assume someone was filming her for later posting. Gotta keep the engagement numbers up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 04, 2025 10:58 AM (ExV1e)
____

It's bodycam video. It's great! She's clearly drunk (this is 1 am) and her douchey husband tries to big-foot the cops. So they arrest him too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8RcKhDE3M0

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2025 11:03 AM (iFTx/)

249 🕕🕖

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 04, 2025 11:05 AM (3qp0C)

250 227 i leave all my clocks on daylight savings year round. it's worth it for when folks visit or get a ride in the van and have a brief panic.
it is the only upside to wifey passing. she wouldn't stand for it in the house.

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 11:19 AM (R11M+)

251 236 bill bryson says, in "a brief history of the english language in america" that a quote was made from the courts where they deliberately misspelled "all correct" as "ol korrect." iirc it was some farmer litigation and it was for the papers to make fun of the rubes.

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2025 11:23 AM (R11M+)

252 Why does the Vatican need an astronomer?
Posted by: Bulg[

To see if that Galileo guy needs exoneration or not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 04, 2025 11:51 AM (tPQMP)

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