Mid-Morning Art Thread

Flop House
Edward Millman

Posted by: CBD at 09:33 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 21, 2025 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

2 better than a fop house

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

3 Stink foot

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (NwnyJ)

4 John Steinbeck would have approved of this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

5 Top Ten?

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (/Q9/a)

6 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (kgE5c)

7 "Doom, despair and agony on me"

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

8 I would have expected more debris strewn about a flop house.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

9 WPA style. Would not hang.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

10 Sitting on the dock of the bay.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

11 MET

Title: Flop House
Artist: Edward Millman (American, Chicago, Illinois 1907–1964 Woodstock, New York)
Date: ca. 1937
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/8 × 13 in. (22.5 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 12 in. × 14 15/16 in. (30.5 × 38 cm)
Classification: Prints
Notes: Scratch n Sniff

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

12 The background - or lack thereof - makes me expect Rod Serling to show up.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (s0JqF)

13 bromadrosis

Posted by: cmeat at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (R11M+)

14 Flop House

Bob Dole can help with that.

Posted by: Bob Dole at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (kgE5c)

15 I feel that way many fridays.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM (CF1xw)

16 I pulled in to Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need someplace where I can lay my head
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

17
Emerson big ass feet.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (HfJnQ)

18 A wannabe Thomas Hart Benton. ( my favorite 20th century artist)

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (KDPiq)

19 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

20 Flop house > Flop sweat

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Jeebus, this sucks.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (Wg6v7)

22 The background - or lack thereof - makes me expect Rod Serling to show up.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM

Meet John Smith. A man who has hit rock bottom...

Posted by: Rod Serling at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (kgE5c)

23 good night
sleep tight

Posted by: cmeat at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (R11M+)

24 Even the bums were better dressed back then.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (XvL8K)

25 Wolfus, please don't give us an evaluation of this guy's feet, OK?

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

26 Posted by: Pete Bog at November 21, 2025 09:35 AM

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (2sfNr)

27 Well, at least this one can't get me in trouble at work.

Posted by: XTC at November 21, 2025 09:37 AM (UnA8+)

28 I don't see any bottles of beer or cigarettes lying around.

Posted by: dantesed at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

29 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

30 Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

Heavy...man.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (n9ltV)

31 The background - or lack thereof - makes me expect Rod Serling to show up.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 21, 2025

***
They're on a dock, and the background is the ocean or a bay or a lake. Though I wonder what that flat whitish thing is in the water to the right of the sitting figure. A washed-away sign, upside down, so we can't read what it says?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

32 The background - or lack thereof - makes me expect Rod Serling to show up.
Posted by: Eeyore

There's a bit of missing plaster behind the seated guy. I'm expecting a trans-dimensional menace to pop through there any time.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (ftFVW)

33 Looks like the same sort of style as the painter from yesterday .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (2sfNr)

34 Nap time!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (GbwPZ)

35 Would not hang.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

36 "we ate sand."

Posted by: cmeat at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM (R11M+)

37 The thing behind them is a wall.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

38 Wolfus, please don't give us an evaluation of this guy's feet, OK?
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025

***
That's above, or far far beneath, my pay grade.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

39 Everyone is equal in that lovely painting! It perfectly captures a wonderful time in America.

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM (UdbGC)

40 There's a bit of missing plaster behind the seated guy. I'm expecting a trans-dimensional menace to pop through there any time.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM

Great. Steal my thunder. Fine!

Posted by: Cthulhu at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

41 Ace would like this one. Hoboes: They’re what’s for dinner.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at November 21, 2025 09:40 AM (opCUg)

42 would not hang

the imagined smells of those feet, socks, and shoes, plus the hat, would gag me every time i look at it

Posted by: Gref at November 21, 2025 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

43 The thing behind them is a wall.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025

***
Actually that makes more sense than my body of water idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

44 Mattress Girl approved art

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 21, 2025 09:40 AM (NwnyJ)

45 So, how's that New Deal workin' out for ya?

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

46 "we ate sand."
Posted by: cmeat at November 21, 2025 09:39 AM

You had sand?! Luxury!

Posted by: Yorkshireman #1 at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

47 Only one mattress? I guess they have to take turns, then...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (IBQGV)

48 Like the colors but don't think I'd hang. I can flop like that, don't need to see others doing it.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (bfwj/)

49 FDR, WPA, Commie Art from the 1930s?
Edward should have stayed delivering milk.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (MKZ9A)

50 Mr. Sid Fields ran a fine rooming house. Great neighbors, Mike the Cop, the lovely Hillary Brooke, Mr. Bacciagalupe. Pay phone conveniently located in the hallway, it was Paradise!

A couple of the neighbors were problematic, though. Mrs. Crumbcake was a bitch and Stinky Davis was a little shit.

Posted by: Bud and Lou at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (oftw2)

51 This qualifies as art. Nothing in particular about it appeals to me, though.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 21, 2025 09:42 AM (6qf1m)

52 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 21, 2025 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

53 We go from gratuitous nudity to THIS?

I'll never get that smell out of my nose.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

54 Not a fan of the style.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (bss/y)

55 Just watched This Property is Condemned a couple of nights ago. Natalie Wood at her finest.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

56 Say, mac. Will you stake a fellow American to a meal?

Posted by: Dobbs at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

57 The thing behind them is a wall.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025

***
They could still be a on a dock, with the body of water out here where the viewer is. The planks and the block of wood the sitting guy is perched on suggest a pier of some kind.

At least he has a fedora, without which no man was considered properly dressed in 1937. The other guy is clearly depressed that he has only a cap. And no job, but mostly a cap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

58 This isn't the first painting featured here where the artist put the feet in the foreground. Always off-putting, and makes the feet look the size of an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: Agony of De Feet at November 21, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)

59 Just watched This Property is Condemned a couple of nights ago. Natalie Wood at her finest.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

Don't float.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

60
Needs and ol' hound dog for completeness. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 09:44 AM (tgvbd)

61 Natalie Wood at her finest.
Posted by: the way I see it

Yeah, peak Natalie was a thing of wonder to behold.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

62 It's the abbatoir for Ace's Alley-to-Table Hobo Steakhouse. Just out of frame, an ewok walks in with his trusty bolt-gun.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 09:45 AM (BI5O2)

63 They're waiting to join Mac and the boys on Cannery Row.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

64 Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (bfwj/)

You are very welcome!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:45 AM (n9ltV)

65
Ace's recipe for hobo foot is delicious.

Posted by: Auspex at November 21, 2025 09:45 AM (Y8DZL)

66 The alternate title of this was "Skip's Co-workers".

Posted by: Layabouts! at November 21, 2025 09:46 AM (oftw2)

67 Travis AFB transit billeting, circa 1969. Get plenty of rest, it's a long flight to Danang.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 21, 2025 09:46 AM (gm9Sb)

68 I would have expected more discarded needles in a flop house.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 09:48 AM (3rB+M)

69 53 We go from gratuitous nudity to THIS?

I'll never get that smell out of my nose.

From fap to flop

Posted by: Oh noes ! at November 21, 2025 09:48 AM (HcoTw)

70 The New York City voter hard at work.

Posted by: Zombie Pablo Picasso at November 21, 2025 09:49 AM (R/m4+)

71 What is that grayish snake-like thing right by the sleeping guy's sock? It looks like a coat hook, or some kind of shoehorn. Would a 1930s hobo travel with his own shoehorn?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

72 FDR, WPA, Commie Art from the 1930s?
Edward should have stayed delivering milk.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 21, 2025 09:41 AM (MKZ9A)

Yes, that he was, or at least a naive leftist. But he was also a Navy combat artist, so I will cut him a bit of slack.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:49 AM (n9ltV)

73 Another good depression era movie I just watched is Hard Times with Charles Bronson. Just a coincidence that Bronson was in This Property is Condemned too.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:49 AM (KDPiq)

74 Looks luxurious compared to what's happening on the streets of Philly, Seattle, Portland, Oakland, LA...

Posted by: red speck at November 21, 2025 09:50 AM (Ve/HL)

75 I would have expected more discarded needles in a flop house.
Posted by: tankdemon

Or at least a bunch of cheap hooch bottles.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

76 Say, mac. Will you stake a fellow American to a meal?
Posted by: Dobbs at November 21, 2025

***
*That's* who he reminds me of!

If you look at a still pic from that movie, you'll see Fred C. carries some matches in his hat ribbon -- just in case he can bum a cigarette.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

77 Call that a flop? Pffft!

Posted by: European Soccer Players at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (Dc1Hd)

78 They had "late-stage capitalism" back in the 1930s too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (A0sqA)

79 I would have expected more discarded needles in a flop house.
Posted by: tankdemon

Or at least a bunch of cheap hooch bottles.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

"We run a respectable flop house here!!! We allow NO SUCH SHENANIGANS!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

80 Magazine illustration level artwork, not gallery grade.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 09:52 AM (3rB+M)

81 After a hard night of drinking, bum ass sex and plotting their next adventure...they rest.

Posted by: Dirty Mike and The Boys at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (R/m4+)

82 I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger sandwich today!

Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (oftw2)

83 Can you flip a flophouse?

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

84 What is that grayish snake-like thing right by the sleeping guy's sock? It looks like a coat hook, or some kind of shoehorn. Would a 1930s hobo travel with his own shoehorn?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Worm creeping out of his sock?

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (ftFVW)

85 Just watched This Property is Condemned a couple of nights ago. Natalie Wood at her finest.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/Natalie Wood25.jpg

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

86 Is this picture about NYC, or Baltimore, or St Louis, or Nashville, or ??

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (PCK5/)

87 I just looked at the prices of a Thomas Hart Benton painting and they range from 1.5 million to 5 million. So much for buying an original.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:54 AM (KDPiq)

88 Can you flip a flophouse?
Posted by: Bulg

The next big cable home show: Flip This Flop!

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:55 AM (ftFVW)

89 80 >>Magazine illustration level artwork, not gallery grade.

"Gimme a break, Mac. All I had at my disposal for painting supplies were a couple cigarette butts, an old cardboard box, and the contents of our makeshift bedpan."

Posted by: red speck at November 21, 2025 09:55 AM (Ve/HL)

90 78 They had "late-stage capitalism" back in the 1930s too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 09:51 AM (A0sqA)

It is my firm belief that we are still in early-stage capitalism.

Zygote stage early.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 09:55 AM (3rB+M)

91 Nice hardwood flooring!

Posted by: 1 (800)588-2300 Empire at November 21, 2025 09:55 AM (oftw2)

92 Could have been great advertising. You got your Dewars man, you got the guy that only drinks Dos Equis. Here we have Stammerin' Willy, a man that knows a thing or two about the word (Thunderbird) and the price (30 twice).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 21, 2025 09:56 AM (gm9Sb)

93 Can almost smell that painting. TBWNH.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 21, 2025 09:56 AM (7gFOv)

94 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Even back then the hats had style.
Goes looking for coffee

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 09:57 AM (y3bZw)

95
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/Natalie Wood25.jpg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

"Fake boobs. Wondering eye. Would not bang."

- - - - - TheJamesMadison

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

96 84 What is that grayish snake-like thing right by the sleeping guy's sock? It looks like a coat hook, or some kind of shoehorn. Would a 1930s hobo travel with his own shoehorn?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Worm creeping out of his sock?
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (ftFVW)

That is the shriveled remnants of the toe of his sock. Can't afford a replacement and nobody to darn it for him.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 09:58 AM (3rB+M)

97 95
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/Natalie Wood25.jpg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

"Fake boobs. Wondering eye. Would not bang."

- - - - - TheJamesMadison
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

Well SOMEBODY had to say it, right?

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 09:58 AM (PCK5/)

98 Is it possible the thing next to the dirty sock is a tobacco pipe?

Posted by: Corn Cob Cal and Meerschaum Mike at November 21, 2025 09:59 AM (oftw2)

99 A strong Steinbeck vibe.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 09:59 AM (y3bZw)

100 The bums were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 21, 2025 09:59 AM (XQo4F)

101 8 Is it possible the thing next to the dirty sock is a tobacco pipe?
Posted by: Corn Cob Cal and Meerschaum Mike at November 21, 2025

***
Doesn't look like it. There's no bowl visible, at least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

102 Do they teach Steinbeck in Lit classes now, I wonder?

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:00 AM (PCK5/)

103 EBT cards. The early days.

Posted by: SNAP! at November 21, 2025 10:01 AM (XQo4F)

104 Must have been very stressful working a blue collar job knowing that layoffs could come at any second.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:01 AM (KDPiq)

105 OT: Just over-toasted some woven wheat crackers. They taste stale if you don't toast them. But I didn't hear the cooking alarm go off. Instead of a toasted color, they are now about the shade of a milk chocolate bar.

Strangely, they taste fine with some cheese on 'em. No need to throw them out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

106 Alternate title: Waiting on the tariff stimmy

Posted by: Oh noes ! at November 21, 2025 10:02 AM (HcoTw)

107 Quit pointing your dirty foot at me.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 21, 2025 10:02 AM (8mulE)

108 Paper Moon another very good Depression era movie.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:02 AM (KDPiq)

109 Solid wooden cubes for seating purposes are a thing of the past.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (dyewR)

110 104 Must have been very stressful working a blue collar job knowing that layoffs could come at any second.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025

***
No unemployment insurance in those days. "Relief," something like welfare, was around, but most people hated the idea of the government helping them out like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

111 105 OT: Just over-toasted some woven wheat crackers. They taste stale if you don't toast them. But I didn't hear the cooking alarm go off. Instead of a toasted color, they are now about the shade of a milk chocolate bar.

Strangely, they taste fine with some cheese on 'em. No need to throw them out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

Waste not, want not. Or, eat that, there’s children starving in ( fill in the blank)

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (PCK5/)

112 Do they teach Steinbeck in Lit classes now, I wonder?
Posted by: tubal

I got the original 1818 version of Frankenstein as a gift from my wife today. (I had requested it.) I showed it to our son, and he said he had read it in high school. We were impressed.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

113 The other 18 prisoners were formally arrested and charged with “illegally using information networks” on Tuesday. Christian non-governmental organization (NGO) ChinaAid denounced the charges as “politically motivated.”

“These pastors and co-workers are being treated as criminals simply because they faithfully shepherded a large, legally unregistered church that refused to submit to CCP control and surveillance,” ChinaAid said in a statement.

ChinaAid founder Dr. Bob Fu said the Zion Church crackdown marked a “chilling milestone in the Chinese Communist Party’s all-out war on Christianity in China.”

“Their only ‘crime’ is preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shepherding God’s flock, and refusing to turn Christ’s church into a propaganda tool of the Communist Party,” said Fu.

“By turning pastors into political prisoners, the CCP is not only persecuting these individuals and their families — it is sending a warning to every independent church in China: submit to Party control or face destruction,” he said.
-Brietbart
====

Who will protect Christians persecuted by the CCP?

Narrator: "No one will utter even a word."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (A0sqA)

114 Just watched This Property is Condemned a couple of nights ago. Natalie Wood at her finest.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/Natalie Wood25.jpg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (n9ltV)
===================
The most appropriate "Hey, my eyes are up here" photo I can imagine. Wow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (YL/9k)

115 Do they teach Steinbeck in Lit classes now, I wonder?
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:00 AM (PCK5/)

I read him a lot in high school. Then he wrote about a USO visit he made to troops in Vietnam and wrote about the helicopter pilots. Powerful stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:04 AM (y3bZw)

116 Do they teach Steinbeck in Lit classes now, I wonder?
Posted by: tubal

And we read The Grapes of Wrath in HS.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

117 s it possible the thing next to the dirty sock is a tobacco pipe?
Posted by: Corn Cob Cal and Meerschaum Mike at November 21, 2025

***
Doesn't look like it. There's no bowl visible, at least.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:00 AM

Could be frayed and trailing sock trim.

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

118 Paper Moon another very good Depression era movie.
Posted by: the way I see it

"She must have a bladder the size of a peanut!"

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

119 112 Do they teach Steinbeck in Lit classes now, I wonder?
Posted by: tubal

I got the original 1818 version of Frankenstein as a gift from my wife today. (I had requested it.) I showed it to our son, and he said he had read it in high school. We were impressed.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

I had no idea that Steinbeck wrote that one.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (8mulE)

120 Of Mice and Men was a very good book to this pre-teen .

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (KDPiq)

121 I love Steinbeck's short stories about Monterey.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (YL/9k)

122 Hopefully, this guy gets free healthcare.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (Wg6v7)

123 Flophouse construction is of good solid lath and plaster. Kudos to the flop architect.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (dyewR)

124 The art...
That guy is definitely flopped. So the title checks out!

This is Depression era and has that look. Drab colors, a scene of
quiet desperation, and a general air of decay. These two men have nothing but their clothing and nowhere else to go. The flop house is very rundown and ugly but it's marginally safer than an alley.
The Great Depression was a time of despair and desperation, unchecked decay and ugliness, an entire generation lost, hopeless and starving. It was, IMO, one of the greatest stains in our country history. And the people responsible for causing it, those who prolonged it, and those who profited from it never suffered any consequences. FDR was hailed as a savior, when he should have been vilified as a scourge that made everything worse for far longer than it should have been.
I don't care for this piece, CBD, but I thank you for posting it. It reminds me to count my blessings. "There, but for the grace of God..."

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (2J/Lj)

125 121 I love Steinbeck's short stories about Monterey.
-------------
Yep. Cannery Row was enjoyable.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:07 AM (Wg6v7)

126 Then he wrote about a USO visit he made to troops in Vietnam and wrote about the helicopter pilots.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:04 AM (y3bZw)

Hmmm....

I enjoy Steinbeck, but I always found him to be just a bit disingenuous, and the research into "Travels With Charley" bear me out. It was mostly fake.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:07 AM (n9ltV)

127 I got the original 1818 version of Frankenstein as a gift from my wife today. (I had requested it.) I showed it to our son, and he said he had read it in high school. We were impressed.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

I finally watched Bride of Frankenstein recently, after having only ever seen clips here and there. It wasn't exactly what I expected, and frankly (heh) I think the praise for the film is overstated.

It starts with a short conversation between Mary Shelley, her husband, and Lord Byron. Such droll, 30s style attire and acting. Totally pointless.

As for the rest of the film, meh. Best part was the scene with the blind man, because I couldn't stop thinking about Mel Brooks' parody version of the scene.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:08 AM (P03I9)

128 Well John Steinbeck was no Stephen King.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:08 AM (PCK5/)

129 The Sting is the most overrated depression movie imo.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:08 AM (KDPiq)

130 So it's a book thread?

Posted by: Or is it boobs? at November 21, 2025 10:08 AM (XQo4F)

131 Of Mice and Men was a very good book to this pre-teen .
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025

***
I read it in my thirties, and still admire it tremendously. His Cannery Row (more serious in places) and Sweet Thursday (comedy with a romance), and The Wayward Bus and East of Eden, are his best works beyond that novelette.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:08 AM (wzUl9)

132 I enjoy Steinbeck, but I always found him to be just a bit disingenuous, and the research into "Travels With Charley" bear me out. It was mostly fake.
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I couldn't get past the first chapter of The Grapes of Wrath. It was that off putting.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (Wg6v7)

133 21 I love Steinbeck's short stories about Monterey.
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Yep. Cannery Row was enjoyable.
Posted by: Pudinhead

I wonder if the bar Doc Rickett's Lab is still in business. Loved the leggy Asian chicks playing pool there.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

134 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (cYBz/)

135 Put this art on a "Get your Hobo Hunting Permit today" poster.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (O7YUW)

136 I don't care for this piece, CBD, but I thank you for posting it. It reminds me to count my blessings. "There, but for the grace of God..."

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:06 AM (2J/Lj)

Right here folks is the way to say, "CBD, you suck."

Seriously, thank you. I know I can't (and won't try to) please everyone, but my goal is to post interesting art that expands my knowledge of the art world.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (n9ltV)

137 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (PCK5/)

138 Posted by: Bulg

Happy birthday!
Sorry. Swamped with work today.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (QtIaX)

139 If they teach Steinbeck in school these days, it's not to show how far America has come but to demonstrate how we're fundamentally, deeply, irrevocably flawed, and that the only way out is Mamdani and Marxism.

Posted by: red speck at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (Ve/HL)

140 I enjoy Steinbeck, but I always found him to be just a bit disingenuous, and the research into "Travels With Charley" bear me out. It was mostly fake.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:07 AM (n9ltV)

The Pearl has stayed with me over the years. Seen it played out too many times.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (y3bZw)

141 CBD, you suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

142 I finally watched Bride of Frankenstein recently, after having only ever seen clips here and there. It wasn't exactly what I expected, and frankly (heh) I think the praise for the film is overstated.

It starts with a short conversation between Mary Shelley, her husband, and Lord Byron. Such droll, 30s style attire and acting. Totally pointless.

As for the rest of the film, meh. Best part was the scene with the blind man, because I couldn't stop thinking about Mel Brooks' parody version of the scene.
Posted by: BurtTC

It's better than the original in my opinion. And Elsa Lanchester is cute as a button in the opening scene. Too bad she was married to that poofter Laughton.

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

143 I couldn't get past the first chapter of The Grapes of Wrath. It was that off putting.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025

***
Unlike most people, it seems, I don't consider GoW his best work at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (wzUl9)

144 The market really is not happy with the Fed.

I got a haircut this morning and my barber told me Bristol Meyers Squibb, J&J, and Merck, all big local employers, have quietly done sizeable layoffs at the managerial level lately. People are blaming AI, but he says his business is down.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (YL/9k)

145 And we read The Grapes of Wrath in HS.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

We drank them in high school.

Fermented.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (P03I9)

146 Not unexpected but the Left banned Of Mice and Men in a number of schools prior to them advocating and approving How to Suck a Homo Dick into school libraries.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (KDPiq)

147 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (PCK5/)

Ugh. I read it in high school, and I still recoil whenever I see the title.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (n9ltV)

148 Happy birthday!
Sorry. Swamped with work today.
Posted by: rickb223

Thanks, Rick!

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

149 137 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.
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But then there is Kolyma Tales!

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (Wg6v7)

150 Sorry. Swamped with work today.
Posted by: rickb223

WORK?!
-- Maynard G. Krebs

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (cYBz/)

151 147 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (PCK5/)

Ugh. I read it in high school, and I still recoil whenever I see the title.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (n9ltV)

VERY ugly story.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (PCK5/)

152
We drank them in high school.

Fermented.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (P03I9)

Boone's Farm!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

153 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025

***
Read it recently. A good portrait of the craziness of Hollywood even in the late Thirties . . . but I doubt I'm any better for having read it.

(There is an important character in it named, wait for it, "Homer Simpson.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

154 CBD, you suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

You swallow!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

155 We drank them in high school.

Fermented.
Posted by: BurtTC

Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill FTW!
IYKYK.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (QtIaX)

156
You swallow!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

Touché.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

157 Oh, the Book Midnight Cowboy is really a depressing read.

Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (PCK5/)

158 Read Of Mice and Men in HS.
Painting has more details than would have expected

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (XsX3C)

159 Seriously, thank you. I know I can't (and won't try to) please everyone, but my goal is to post interesting art that expands my knowledge of the art world.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (n9ltV)
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Which is exactly why I love this daily thread so much; I see new art and I learn something. Thank you indeed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (YL/9k)

160 >>And we read The Grapes of Wrath in HS.

Same. Didn't enjoy it.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (GbwPZ)

161 The only thing I really remembers about Grapes of Wrath is the ending (which was awful), and the whole chapter taken up with a box turtle crossing a road and getting flattened by a car. The best chapter in the book, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

162
Ugh. I read it in high school, and I still recoil whenever I see the title.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025
*
VERY ugly story.
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025

***
I gave up on Miss Lonelyhearts when we're told the lead character, the title guy, killed two animals, once as a child and once while drunk as an adult. That was enough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:14 AM (wzUl9)

163 Oh, the Book Midnight Cowboy is really a depressing read.
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:13 AM (PCK5/)

Well then the movie did the book justice.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:14 AM (KDPiq)

164 whole chapter taken up with a box turtle crossing a road and getting flattened by a car.
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I stopped reading there.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:14 AM (Wg6v7)

165 Happy birthday Bulg!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:14 AM (y3bZw)

166 It's better than the original in my opinion. And Elsa Lanchester is cute as a button in the opening scene. Too bad she was married to that poofter Laughton.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

She's kind of a proto-Shelley Duvall.

You can't quite tell if she's stunningly beautiful or ugly as a duck.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:15 AM (P03I9)

167 Just watched This Property is Condemned a couple of nights ago. Natalie Wood at her finest.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/Natalie Wood25.jpg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 09:53 AM (n9ltV)
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The most appropriate "Hey, my eyes are up here" photo I can imagine. Wow.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:03 AM (YL/9k)

Watch out boys, she's packing hemis under the hood!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 21, 2025 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

168 Oy vey. Movie version of Day of the Locust is a shitshow.

But it did have Lovey Howell in it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

169 >>Oh, the Book Midnight Cowboy is really a depressing read.

"Shutter Island," or I'm guessing, most Dennis Lehane books.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 21, 2025 10:15 AM (GbwPZ)

170 Thanks, Diogenes!

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

171 We drank them in high school.

Fermented.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (P03I9)

Boone's Farm!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Annie Green Springs for the win....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 21, 2025 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

172 Seriously, thank you. I know I can't (and won't try to) please everyone, but my goal is to post interesting art that expands my knowledge of the art world.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I'm glad you do this. It has expanded my knowledge of art. You've posted artists I've never heard of and sometimes I even go looking for more info and more of their work.
and just so you know... You only sucked the day you posted Bob Ross. I like his work and wasn't around the blog for a few days and BAM! You give us Bob! When I wasn't here! How dare you.

BTW... A bunch of Bob Ross paintings are being auctioned off to help support PBS. All proceeds going to them.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:16 AM (2J/Lj)

173 171 We drank them in high school.

Fermented.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (P03I9)

Boone's Farm!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Annie Green Springs for the win....
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Orange Driver was unique. It likely had vitamins!

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (Wg6v7)

174 Boone's Farm!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill.

It ruined my appreciation of real wine.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (KDPiq)

175 Want a depressing book? Try The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West.

Posted by: tubal

Hey!! I'm right here you know!!

Posted by: Homer Simpson (No, not THAT Homer) at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (cYBz/)

176 VERY ugly story.
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (PCK5/)

A Separate Peace.

Gay.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (P03I9)

177 We drank them in high school.

Fermented.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:11 AM (P03I9)

Boone's Farm!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Annie Green Springs for the win....
Posted by: It's me donna

Seven empty bottles of Thunderbird wine lined up on the dashboard of a 1978 F-250.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:18 AM (QtIaX)

178 But seriously.

As previously mentioned by our esteemed COB, if you have complaints about the AoS Daily Art Thread, you're MORE than welcome to go register with and enjoy the astounding art thread over there at Hot Air.

I hear it's muy caliente.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

179 BTW... A bunch of Bob Ross paintings are being auctioned off to help support PBS. All proceeds going to them.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:16 AM (2J/Lj)

The AI videos of him and Mr. Rogers getting into fistfights are better art.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:19 AM (P03I9)

180 VERY ugly story.
Posted by: tubal at November 21, 2025 10:12 AM (PCK5/)

A Separate Peace.

Gay.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025

***
The Inheritors by William Golding. A perfect example of a literary author trying on a science-fiction idea for size, and ruining it. Dull book.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:19 AM (wzUl9)

181 When the Democrats put us in camps I hope my SIL is nearby. He can make decent alcohol of many varieties, from beer to wine to spirits.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (YL/9k)

182 BTW... A bunch of Bob Ross paintings are being auctioned off to help support PBS. All proceeds going to them.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:16 AM (2J/Lj)

I’ve got the Bob Ross Channel on Roku. If you watch enough of his episodes back to back you start not liking him. He was a nice but kind of weird guy.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (KDPiq)

183 It ruined my appreciation of real wine.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (KDPiq)

You had an appreciation for real wine in high school?

Ahoy polloi.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

184 You can't quite tell if she's stunningly beautiful or ugly as a duck.
Posted by: BurtTC

I would never consider her stunningly beautiful, but she was always cute, even when older.

In Bell, Book, and Candle, for instance.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

185 There's a photo of Zero Mostel leeringly side-eyeing Shirley Temple's ample cleavage at some Hollywood event. Yes, Shirley had a lovely figure as an adult.

Posted by: Down blouse Danny at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (oftw2)

186 Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

187 The Inheritors by William Golding. A perfect example of a literary author trying on a science-fiction idea for size, and ruining it. Dull book.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:19 AM (wzUl9)
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"The Lord Of The Flies" gave me nightmares as a teen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025 10:21 AM (YL/9k)

188 Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West
Posted by: Count de Monet

Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West > Shelly West

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (QtIaX)

189 Bulg, have you been orientated, Postal Service style, yet?

Posted by: Common Tater at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (V9VN1)

190 I didn't like it much either.

Posted by: The box turtle at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (XQo4F)

191 There's a photo of Zero Mostel leeringly side-eyeing Shirley Temple's ample cleavage at some Hollywood event. Yes, Shirley had a lovely figure as an adult.
Posted by: Down blouse Danny at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (oftw2)
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And she made lovely figures as a child!

Posted by: Warner Brothers Accounting Department at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (EfDnu)

192 It ruined my appreciation of real wine.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (KDPiq)

You had an appreciation for real wine in high school?

Ahoy polloi.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

Hah no. As an adult. I like only Rieslings or Moscato type sweet wines now .

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (KDPiq)

193 I would never consider her stunningly beautiful, but she was always cute, even when older.

In Bell, Book, and Candle, for instance.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

A different kind of beauty.

Now that I think about it, if you wanted to make a movie about Elsa Lanchester's life, you could star Ana-Taylor Joy in the role.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (P03I9)

194 It ruined my appreciation of real wine.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:17 AM (KDPiq)

Red red wine?

Posted by: UB40 at November 21, 2025 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

195 Hah no. As an adult. I like only Rieslings or Moscato type sweet wines now .
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This sounds gay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:23 AM (Wg6v7)

196 Bulg, have you been orientated, Postal Service style, yet?
Posted by: Common Tater

Folded, spindled or mutilated?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:23 AM (QtIaX)

197 Artemus Gordon > Jim West > Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West > Shelly West

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

198 A Separate Peace.

Gay.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025

Had to read in high school. Can confirm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (kgE5c)

199 There's a photo of Zero Mostel leeringly side-eyeing Shirley Temple's ample cleavage at some Hollywood event. Yes, Shirley had a lovely figure as an adult.
Posted by: Down blouse Danny at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (oftw2)
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And she made lovely figures as a child!
Posted by: Warner Brothers Accounting Department at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (EfDnu)
***

Sure knew how to screw up a football game!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (y3bZw)

200 The worst time of the year is everyone everywhere advertising pre-Black Friday sales.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (P03I9)

201 Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West> Cornel West
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West> Cornel West

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (XeU6L)

202 "The Lord Of The Flies" gave me nightmares as a teen.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 21, 2025

***
Depressing, but at least it's readable.

Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky takes the same idea and is much more inspiring a story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (wzUl9)

203
Jim West:
https://youtu.be/xuCuf5tvTqE

Posted by: Artemis Gordon at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (XQo4F)

204 Now that I think about it, if you wanted to make a movie about Elsa Lanchester's life, you could star Ana-Taylor Joy in the role.
Posted by: BurtTC

Yeah, I could see that.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

205 …. you start not liking him. He was a nice but kind of weird guy

Really? Define “weird”. What was it about him you didn’t like?

Posted by: Common Tater at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (V9VN1)

206 Hah no. As an adult. I like only Rieslings or Moscato type sweet wines now .
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This sounds gay.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:23 AM (Wg6v7)

Hey you like what you like.

I’m sure you like warm Guinness because that’s manly.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (KDPiq)

207 Bulg, have you been orientated, Postal Service style, yet?
Posted by: Common Tater

No. Long story.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

208 The worst time of the year is everyone everywhere advertising pre-Black Friday sales.
Posted by: BurtTC
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And, it is amalgamated with the Medicare renewal date.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2025 10:26 AM (XeU6L)

209 I’m sure you like warm Guinness because that’s manly.
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Not at all. Its like drinking a vegemite sandwich.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:26 AM (Wg6v7)

210 Seriously, thank you. I know I can't (and won't try to) please everyone, but my goal is to post interesting art that expands my knowledge of the art world.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2025 10:09 AM (n9ltV)
=====================
Which is exactly why I love this daily thread so much; I see new art and I learn something. Thank you indeed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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One of my favorite threads - even though I'm an uncultured simpleton. Love the pics and the comments. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (2bFN5)

211 Mom loved wines. She was more of a red drinker, Bordeaux.....Cabernet.

Dad brought home a bottle of "fussy pussy" as he called it. I liked it as a kid and it's one of the few wines the First Lady will drink.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

212 you start not liking him. He was a nice but kind of weird guy

Really? Define “weird”. What was it about him you didn’t like?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (V9VN1)

He repeats the same things over and over and over and over.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (KDPiq)

213 MAMDANI UNVEILS HIS PLANS TO GET FREE BUSES IN NYC, AND IT'S TO PUNISH THE REST OF THE STATE UNTIL HE GETS THEIR MONEY

The Zohran is meeting with President Donald Trump today. It's not until 3:00 this afternoon, and I'll be well into the bourbon by then, but I'm sure the content that comes from the meeting will be delightful if you ignore the fact that the incoming mayor of the most important city on the planet is a commie theater kid. My gut says he gets Zelenskyy'd as he attempts to lecture Trump on international law and how there will be no more deportations under The Zohran's eye.

I hope they discuss economics, because The Zohran gave a clue on how he is going to get money for his free buses in New York City. All it will take is for them to raise taxes on everyone else in New York STATE so that he gets the cash.
REPORTER: How are you getting the $700M to make the buses free if the Governor is not for raising taxes?

THE ZOHRAN: Through the raising of the state's corporate tax.”

REPORTER: But she said no…

THE ZOHRAN: The most important fact is that we fund it, not the question of how we do it.

https://tinyurl.com/3ddswep2

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (QtIaX)

214 Jim West:
https://youtu.be/xuCuf5tvTqE
Posted by: Artemis Gordon at November 21, 2025 10:25 AM (XQo4F)

But, he's not black......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Not at all. Its like drinking a vegemite sandwich.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:26 AM (Wg6v7)

LOL

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:28 AM (KDPiq)

216 As an adult. I like only Rieslings or Moscato type sweet wines now .
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Look at them luscious little bottles, sittin' up on the shelf
Red green and yellow, Lord, they are somethin' else, hmmm
They mesmerize me, the way they sparkle and shine
Drinkin' that wine wine, wine

Posted by: The Youngbloods at November 21, 2025 10:28 AM (XeU6L)

217 He repeats the same things over and over and over and over.
Posted by: the way I see it

Well, we never!
-- Happy little trees

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

218 There's a photo of Zero Mostel leeringly side-eyeing Shirley Temple's ample cleavage at some Hollywood event. Yes, Shirley had a lovely figure as an adult.
Posted by: Down blouse Danny at November 21, 2025 10:20 AM (oftw2)
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And she made lovely figures as a child!
Posted by: Warner Brothers Accounting Department at November 21, 2025 10:22 AM (EfDnu)

Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Teenage Shirley, whose older sister is Myrna Loy, playing a judge. Cary Grant gets in some kind of legal trouble, and Loy sentences him to, I guess, baby-sit her younger sister, who has a crush on him.

Temple is I think supposed to be younger, but she's probably at least 18 when it was filmed. She is... attractive.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:29 AM (U6s5f)

219 This painting reminds me...when we starting the next official AoS Hobo hunt?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 21, 2025 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

220 The worst time of the year is everyone everywhere advertising pre-Black Friday sales.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (P03I9)

I dunno... Worse than Medicare open enrollment?

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (JCLJi)

221 Art Thread is like a big rowdy rough and tumble caption contest.

Posted by: And we like it that way at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (XQo4F)

222 My first impression was Fred MacMurray lying there.

Maybe the dude next to him is the Son of Flubber?

Damn, Imma gettin' old ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (+mTgD)

223 My girl spawn is working retail now. She got hired by Kohl's just a few days after getting back on campus. This will be her first time working a Black Friday. At Kohl's. In a large-ish college town. Probably a good thing she isn't one of those girls that start crying when they're overwhelmed. Hopefully she won't have to deal with the really shitty customers.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:31 AM (2J/Lj)

224 A pic is made by a polaroid of some guy's nude girlfriend.

A painting is art you show to her parents.

Posted by: thug dolphin at November 21, 2025 10:31 AM (EyfuW)

225 My first impression was Fred MacMurray lying there.

Maybe the dude next to him is the Son of Flubber?

Damn, Imma gettin' old ...
Posted by: ShainS

Uncle Charlie.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:31 AM (QtIaX)

226 Art Thread is like a big rowdy rough and tumble caption contest.

Posted by: And we like it that way at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (XQo4F)

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With pun and limerick competitions sprinkled throughout.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:31 AM (+mTgD)

227 Art Thread is like a big rowdy rough and tumble caption contest.

Posted by: And we like it that way at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (XQo4F)

That’s why I refer to it as the Snark Thread, pun intended.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:32 AM (KDPiq)

228 Dr. Herbert West > Dottie West > Nathaniel West> Cornel West
——

He was called “Cornhole” West, perhaps behind his back because he likes it up the poop chute. (Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That!)

Dr. Jolyn “Jolly” West, managed to kill an Elephant with an overdose of L.S.D. at an Oklahoma Zoo, a time period when the spooks were handing out $$$ for all things mind control. Something something about body weight versus brain size, and dosage. Oops.

He was intimately involved in hypnosis, and has an interesting past, from what little can be gleaned from the records, which were mostly burned on orders from Richard Helms. Dr. West visited Jack Ruby in his cell, and drugged/hypnotized him, and declared him insane. Also some connection with Sirhan, and Tim McVeigh. Also “treated” Airman Shaver prior to him raping and killing a child in a period of blackout. Enough on this guy to connect dots and make ya go “Hm.”

Posted by: Common Tater at November 21, 2025 10:32 AM (V9VN1)

229 With pun and limerick competitions sprinkled throughout.
Posted by: ShainS

My wife's birthday card to me was a fish pun.

The cover of the card has all these flatfish on it, and when you open it up, it reads, "I got you this card just for the halibut."

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

230 Uncle Charlie.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:31 AM (QtIaX)

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lol

Make Reruns -- AND Rerun from "What's Happening!!" Great Again!

/Damn, I watched way too much TV as a kid instead of reading books ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:34 AM (+mTgD)

231 THE ZOHRAN: The most important fact is that we fund it, not the question of how we do it.

https://tinyurl.com/3ddswep2
Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (QtIaX)

Zorhan's plan is the reverse Underpants Gnomes:

1. Profit!
2. ???
3. Free bus rides for everybody!

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:34 AM (PSeal)

232 Art Thread is like a big rowdy rough and tumble caption contest.
Posted by: And we like it that way

Similar to Naked Coed Twister Tournaments?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:35 AM (cYBz/)

233 Uncle Charlie.
Posted by: rickb223

I call dibs on Katie.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

234 Thinking back over the years, I'm surprised at how much I've learned on this thread. Now to determine if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
One good thing, I bought Muldoon's book of lyrics.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 10:35 AM (y3bZw)

235 Make Reruns -- AND Rerun from "What's Happening!!" Great Again!

/Damn, I watched way too much TV as a kid instead of reading books ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:34 AM (+mTgD)

I used to do that weird Rerun leg slap dance thing when I was a yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

236 The worst time of the year is everyone everywhere advertising pre-Black Friday sales.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:24 AM (P03I9)

I dunno... Worse than Medicare open enrollment?
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 21, 2025 10:30 AM (JCLJi)

As noted above, we get both!

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:35 AM (PSeal)

237 I’m just glad they don’t make Head On anymore.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:36 AM (KDPiq)

238 It is truly remarkable that Americans elect such bums to govern major cities like Chicago, LA and NYC.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 21, 2025 10:38 AM (rJ48h)

239 [Nostalgia from Wiki:]

Fred Rerun Berry (born Fred Allen Berry; March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for his role as Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!! and its sequel series What's Happening Now!!

Berry was born on March 19, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in the inner-city projects. He had aspirations of becoming a successful dancer and actor as a child. Early in his career, Berry was a member of the Los Angeles–based dance troupe The Lockers, with whom he appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. He additionally appeared on the dance music show Soul Train, and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step "the slo-mo".

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:38 AM (+mTgD)

240 The Zohran is meeting with President Donald Trump today. It's not until 3:00 this afternoon, and I'll be well into the bourbon by then, but I'm sure the content that comes from the meeting will be delightful if you ignore the fact that the incoming mayor of the most important city on the planet is a commie theater kid. My gut says he gets Zelenskyy'd as he attempts to lecture Trump on international law and how there will be no more deportations under The Zohran's eye.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:27 AM (QtIaX)

If I was trump I would just drop a picture of Qasem Soleimani at his feet and walk out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 21, 2025 10:39 AM (snZF9)

241 Chicago Modern
Modernism in the New City
Chicago Artists, 1920-1950

Edward Millman,b. 1907, Chicago, IL-d. 1964, Woodstock, NY

In part, "Millman was committed to social justice and identified himself as a worker—as did many left-leaning artists of the day. His work often conveyed sympathy for the middle and working classes. For the portfolio, A Gift to Birobidjan, 1937, he portrayed a Shoemaker as a skilled worker of the “old country.” The symbolism of shoes conjures the eternal wanderer (harkening back to Van Gogh’s depictions of worn-out shoes) and reinforces the overall intent of the Birobidjan project, which represented Jews’ continuous striving to find a peaceful homeland. His etching, Flop House, 1938, which he based on a 1937 painting of the same subject, is a sensitive portrait of out-of-work laborers. Millman depicted two impoverished men, their eyes averted, emphasizing their large rough hands and feet. One man lies on a thin mattress on the bare wooden floor—he is dressed as if ready for work, but sleeps with a hat over one eye and his jacket rolled up for a pillow. The sitting figure holds his head in his hands, his face hidden by his despair."

WPA & Navy artist.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 21, 2025 10:40 AM (NFX2v)

242
If I was trump I would just drop a picture of Qasem Soleimani at his feet and walk out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 21, 2025 10:39 AM (snZF9)

It would be one of the most epic mic drops in history.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

243 the most important city on the planet

NYC? Puleeeese.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

244 I'd spring for some communism death counter infographics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 21, 2025 10:40 AM (bss/y)

245 #216_ kudos for the Youngbloods ref. One of my favorite bands. Still listen to them when I have a working turntable.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (sl73Y)

246 the most important city on the planet

NYC? Puleeeese.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

Other than Wall Street and Broadway, WTF makes NYC important?

Wall Street is moving and Broadway now sucks Mulvaney's dick........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

247 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is structured as a non profit and not a political party. So they don’t have to pay taxes.

Amazing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (RPisP)

248 It is truly remarkable that Americans elect such bums to govern major cities like Chicago, LA and NYC.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 21, 2025 10:38 AM (rJ48h)

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The dirty little secret is that "Americans" aren't "electing" them.

At least 40% of inner-city residents are foreign born, and they've additionally been rigging elections for more than 60 years (at least going back to JFK).

Throw in the filthy treasonous Clintons and their ChiComm masters from the 90s, and you end up with Turd-World Shitholes everywhere ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:42 AM (+mTgD)

249 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is structured as a non profit and not a political party. So they don’t have to pay taxes.

Amazing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (RPisP)

Their name tells you they're political. The fact that they actually tend to run candidates in some places tells you they're a party.

Stupid is as IRS does, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

250 Are you not pleased?

Posted by: Duncanthrax, asking for CBD, who said "There's no pleasing The Horde." at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (0sNs1)

251 Before or after I roll them for money?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (6KcYW)

252 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is structured as a non profit and not a political party. So they don’t have to pay taxes.

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Non profit or anti profit?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

253 Other than Wall Street and Broadway, WTF makes NYC important?

Wall Street is moving and Broadway now sucks Mulvaney's dick........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

"Most important city" seems a strange concept. What makes a city "important?" If you live there, I guess that makes it important.

Otherwise, I suppose you might rate a place important, based on what you worship.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (O/gWh)

254 Are you not pleased?
Posted by: Duncanthrax, asking for CBD, who said "There's no pleasing The Horde." at November 21, 2025 10:44 AM (0sNs1)

No boobs. Not pleased.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

255 Fred Berry moved like a guy who weighed 150 pounds less.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (A0sqA)

256 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is structured as a non profit and not a political party. So they don’t have to pay taxes.

Amazing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 21, 2025 10:41 AM (RPisP)

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Trump needs to designate them and the Democrat-Communist Party as Domestic Terrorist Organizations already.

Jeebus, they've tried to assassinate him at least five times now!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (+mTgD)

257 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a nonprofit organization, specifically a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization.

This means it engages in political and activist work, but it is not a political party with its own ballot line and its donations are NOT tax-deductible.

It operates through a national organization and a network of local chapters and is supported by membership dues and contributions from donors.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (NFX2v)

258 Fred Berry moved like a guy who weighed 150 pounds less.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (A0sqA)

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A black Chris Farley before Farley was cool.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:46 AM (+mTgD)

259 If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

Posted by: Winslow, Arizona at November 21, 2025 10:46 AM (XQo4F)

260 I was born in Dowagiac, Michigan. So that makes it way more important to me than NYC.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

261 Fred Berry moved like a guy who weighed 150 pounds less.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (A0sqA)

However, the moves wouldn't have been as effective were he 150 lbs less.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

262 Fred Berry moved like a guy who weighed 150 pounds less.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM (A0sqA)

Exactly. I was amazed at how well he could get all that movin'!

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 21, 2025 10:48 AM (JCLJi)

263 Democrats@TheDemocrats
Today, we mourn the transgender Americans whose lives were lost to anti-transgender violence.
Democrats believe every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and to live their life fully and honestly.

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Catholic elementary school children not so much.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:48 AM (L/fGl)

264 At least 40% of inner-city residents are foreign born, and they've additionally been rigging elections for more than 60 years (at least going back to JFK).

Throw in the filthy treasonous Clintons and their ChiComm masters from the 90s, and you end up with Turd-World Shitholes everywhere ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:42 AM (+mTgD)

Ever see the movie, The Great McGinty?

It starts out with a bum who is trying to make some cash, and the local party officials are paying a couple bucks to anyone who votes for their candidate.

So McGinty goes and votes in several polling places.

The movie was made in 1940.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:48 AM (O/gWh)

265 "the most important city on the planet"

NYC isn't even the most important city in NY state. The only reason anyone, anywhere else in the state of NY pays attention to NYC is so they know how bigly they're gonna get fucked by that steaming shithole. Most people in the United States don't give a twisted fuck about that city, and you think it's the "most important city on the planet"? Seriously?

"thas real retarded, sir"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:48 AM (2J/Lj)

266 However, the moves wouldn't have been as effective were he 150 lbs less.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Lol. True!

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 21, 2025 10:49 AM (JCLJi)

267 Morning, Horde. My boss took the day off to go hunting, and I fully intend to be a slacker today.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:49 AM (DRSnL)

268 I was born in Dowagiac, Michigan. So that makes it way more important to me than NYC.

Posted by: Bulg

"Next stop . . Niles"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 21, 2025 10:49 AM (Q1AmB)

269 My mother told us kids about her uncles who had to stay in a low-class boarding house during the Great Depression. Guys on different shifts rented a room together. When one guy came in, he woke up the next guy and took over the bed. The landlord didn't care as long as only one showed up per meal.

One uncle, when he was in his late 50s and early 60s, worked as a cook. It included room and board. The "room" was a cot in the boiler room. He'd sleep during the slow period between breakfast and lunch, then again after the restaurant closed and the dishes were washed. He washed up in a tub.

I cannot imagine living like that.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 21, 2025 10:50 AM (fxCK2)

270 Morning, Horde. My boss took the day off to go hunting
Posted by: Jordan61

Ace can show him the best spots to bag hoboes.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

271 No boobs. Not pleased.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 21, 2025 10:45 AM

Now that CBD has been proven right, you know who's not pleased?

bluebell.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, asking for CBD, who said at November 21, 2025 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

272 Holy shit. I just placed an order at MidwayUSA around 8:30 this morning.

Just received notification that it's shipped.

Dayum.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:51 AM (QtIaX)

273 The Left judges most important cities by population size unless the cities are in Texas.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

274 Spill that wine . . .

That me, a long-haired leaping gnome, could be the star of a Hollywood movie . . .

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 21, 2025 10:52 AM (WiQPM)

275 "Next stop . . Niles"
Posted by: 2009Refugee

The Niles train station is awesome. Was shown in the movie "Midnight Run."

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

276 NYC isn't even the most important city in NY state. The only reason anyone, anywhere else in the state of NY pays attention to NYC is so they know how bigly they're gonna get fucked by that steaming shithole. Most people in the United States don't give a twisted fuck about that city, and you think it's the "most important city on the planet"? Seriously?

"thas real retarded, sir"
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 21, 2025 10:48 AM (2J/Lj)

It's certainly most important to people who go on teevee to try to tell everyone else in the country what should be important.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 21, 2025 10:52 AM (O/gWh)

277 Ace can show him the best spots to bag hoboes.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

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He hunts birds, mostly. Pheasant and grouse, that sort of thing.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:53 AM (DRSnL)

278 Morning, Horde. My boss took the day off to go hunting, and I fully intend to be a slacker today.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:49 AM

It's NOT a rest day! Calisthenics! Aerobics! Stretching!

Only 11 months to go!

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at November 21, 2025 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

279 >>He hunts birds, mostly. Pheasant and grouse, that sort of thing.

Has he ever shot a friend in the face?

Posted by: zombie Dick Cheney at November 21, 2025 10:54 AM (Y1sOo)

280 Holy shit. I just placed an order at MidwayUSA around 8:30 this morning.

Just received notification that it's shipped.

Dayum.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:51 AM

You ordered those Beanie Baby guts that Weasel advised us to get, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 21, 2025 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

281 WPA & Navy artist.
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Andy Wyeth was a WPA painter. He painted a post office mural in Lauenburg, NC. It depicted blacks harvesting watermelons. It was okay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 21, 2025 10:54 AM (Wg6v7)

282 True Fact: the original is a Scratch n Sniff

Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2025 10:54 AM (YwEeS)

283 I always find it fascinating that so many of the cities grew up when they were the center and nexus for industry. Pittsburg for Steel, NY for a variety of industry like textiles and so forth.

Now, they are just festering boils of people who don't do shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (bss/y)

284 Morning, Horde. My boss took the day off to go hunting, and I fully intend to be a slacker today.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:49 AM

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"There's no slacking in Hordeball!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (+mTgD)

285 Injured British Mom Convicted Of Hate Crime For Calling Attacker “F*gg*t”

Care home worker Elizabeth Kinney, 34, was said to have sent a 'barrage' of messages to a former friend during which she described being attacked by a male mutual acquaintance.

During the messaging the single mother-of-four even sent pictures of her injuries from the assault, which resulted in her being admitted to hospital.

But Kinney, an aspiring nurse, was reported to police over the use of the word 'f****t' to describe the unnamed man and later charged with malicious communications offences.

https://is.gd/9Gwd8R

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Bitch was disparaging English cigarettes!

P.S. She's a 1.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (L/fGl)

286 I still kick myself for how many vacation days I lost over my career because of the use them or lose them policy.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (KDPiq)

287 It's NOT a rest day! Calisthenics! Aerobics! Stretching!

Only 11 months to go!
Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at November 21, 2025 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

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Already did my morning calisthenics, Coach!

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:56 AM (DRSnL)

288 You ordered those Beanie Baby guts that Weasel advised us to get, right?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

LOL.
Magpul flip up front & rear sights for the AR10.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:56 AM (QtIaX)

289 Has he ever shot a friend in the face?
Posted by: zombie Dick Cheney at November 21, 2025 10:54 AM (Y1sOo)

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I don't think he has any friends.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 21, 2025 10:56 AM (DRSnL)

290 Now, they are just festering boils of people who don't do shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (bss/y)

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It's almost as if Welfare States create welfare states ... or something.

/Human nature, incentive & disincentive, who knew?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:56 AM (+mTgD)

291 Bitch was disparaging English cigarettes!

Or pork meatballs

Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2025 10:57 AM (YwEeS)

292 Only 11 months to go!

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at November 21, 2025 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

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Am I the only one working on my singing voice?

/Paging Joe Kidd, please pick up the white privilege courtesy phone ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 21, 2025 10:58 AM (+mTgD)

293 I still kick myself for how many vacation days I lost over my career because of the use them or lose them policy.

Posted by: the way I see it

Our policy it, you can carry over x amount of hours. When you hit that, you no longer accrue.
We had one lady who took off every Friday at noon for almost the entire year because she had so much carry over.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2025 10:58 AM (QtIaX)

294 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:55 AM (L/fGl)

I’d either find away to immigrate somewhere else or set upon my John Wick revenge.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:58 AM (KDPiq)

295 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

296 Well, it sounds bad when you put it like that.

KAROLINE LEAVITT responds to President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Zohran Mamdani tomorrow

“It speaks volumes that tomorrow, we have a COMMUNIST coming to the White House — because that's who the Democrat Party elected as the mayor of the largest city in the country.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 11:03 AM (L/fGl)

297 I think Pittsburgh is charming & has wonderful art. It's tight, tough to get around with its multitude of bridges and cars and gps are necessities.

CBD would love the meat and tea selections down on The Strip.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 21, 2025 11:08 AM (NFX2v)

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