Fri-Yay! Cafe

Scottish highlands
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Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.

Mini-doodle is jealous.

A baby platypus, also called a puggle.

Man adopts a shelter dog. The shelter tells him the dog loves water, so the man brings him to a pond.

Dog's owner is a big fan of the Three Stooges. Unfortunately for the dog.

Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI.

For Duncanthrax. And more.

Making his own fun.

Wild child.

"Lathering the marmot's belly," as they say in the Navy.

Sliding into the weekend...

You made it through another week! High five!

Puppy found a new friend in the mirror..🐶🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/BXP7o2Im2h
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 15, 2026

That's her bed now..🐶🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/wzWCV1m2wS
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 15, 2026

Friends come in all shapes and sizes..🐕🐾🦌😊❤️ pic.twitter.com/qjxQlCvoGK
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 16, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:10 PM

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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

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You can all go home now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

3
Really, there's nothing further to be said.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (tgvbd)

4 Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

You’re the only thing helping me recover!

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (tWkg3)

5 I could have been first but was scanning for penguins.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

6 CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.
https://tinyurl.com/3dep3rmh

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

7 and then I saw the sidebar....

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)

8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.

I am sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF)

9
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)

10 Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.
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Pfft! Life with TWO cats? Please....

Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

11 Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)
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Congrats!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:23 PM (ESVrU)

12 >> an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there

The only extraordinary escalation is on Walz and Frey's part, openly calling to defy federal law. That's been settled since the Civil War.

Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb)

13 Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb)

Yeah, this. Focus is down to just these two assholes instead of declaring war on the state of Minnesota- which probably has no idea what it's leaders are actually doing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (zZu0s)

14 Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR)

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Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd)

I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

16 Cafe has remained consistently Yak free.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI)

17 Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR)
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I have a ball with a bell in it attached to the door to my sunroom. Hexie has learned to "ring the bell" as a signal for me to let her out there.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (ESVrU)

18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

>>You’re the only thing helping me recover!

How's recovery going?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

19 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

20
I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

_____________

There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd)

21 The Golden chasing the deer in the bottom video looks like our Shelby. He probably would have been afraid of the deer, however.

He had social issues and would foam at the mouth like he had rabies with other dogs on walks. Bless his sweet heart.

His best friend was a squirrel who hung out on the roof of the pool screen. They had their games. When Shelby died the squirrel missed him.

Sweetest doggie ever and can't be replaced. We have grand-dogs now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (WONhk)

22 turambar, have you seen Biden's Dog 's boing site?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI)

23 Penguins rarely "stick" the landing. Being clumsy and wingless, they can neither fly nor land gracefully.

A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop. As it's primary diet consists of rotting regurgitated fish, a 100' radius "exclusion zone" is recommended for all observers.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

24 Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar

so, like how Tyler Robinson and his furry roommate's neighbors felt

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (gKWVE)

25 Another week without a sea otter. I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Here ya go lovely, don't be sad

https://tinyurl.com/3ru699ek

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (ciYHQ)

26 > CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
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Weak sauce.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (U2OZr)

27 Grateful for three day weekends!

Apparently my kid had a Martin Luther King assembly today at school. They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.

Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (gWBY1)

28 WTF is up with Facebook? Today it declared that I had violated some community standard. I never put anything on Facebook that isn't positively vanilla with occasional unicorn farts. Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that. Then they declared that I was still not meeting their standards and there is no recourse whatsoever. Fuckers. No way to find out why, or who decided to blacklist me, or whatever.

So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.

What in hell?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)

29 22 I have not!

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (Q0yOR)

30 There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd)

If I wanted a Borzoi one of his pups would be at the top of the list.

His reputation precedes him, and I don't necessarily need a smart dog.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt)

31 "Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."

I don't do FB, but that would be the end. Isn't possible that you may be better of without it?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

32 If penguins weren't bad enough, stuffing them with fish, - you know that penguin's ass is going to explode.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (BSdIE)

33 I have brother and sister kittehs . They are almost eight years old now . They used to play and sleep together up until they were five or so and then went their separate ways. Occasionally they will clean each other or the brother kitteh will push his weight around and playfully bully her.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (KDPiq)

34
The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd)

35 yo

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (ZcsJV)

36 34 I love reading about your dogs and all the work involved. It's very cool to hear about their winning. I cannot imagine all the work involved.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (Q0yOR)

37 Cats are not evil their owners deserved it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (RIvkX)

38 "They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.
Posted by: LizLem"

You know who else did group chants?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

39 What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)

Huh. I do not check Facebook all that often. I got community noted once for linking a Joe Rogan podcast that had that one anti-Vaxx lady, but that is about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s)

40 For Duncanthrax. And more.

The 'more' video is good instruction for The Horde.

Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (OWvU+)

41 You know who else did group chants?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

It is pretty creepy. Keep the praying to church and God related.

'Chanting or non-Chanting?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

42 SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI)

43 What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa)
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I'm no expert but that sounds funny, like spoofing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX)

44 CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
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Great. Because the courts can be trusted to fix things.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (vSvIl)

45 Leftys love their chants. It affirms that one is of the body.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

46 For Duncanthrax. And more.

===

😂😂😂 👏👏👏

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (g47mK)

47 tcn, just wanted to say Hello to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (0KSrI)

48 In cat mythology, a good cat is reincarnated as a panda. A bad cat as a dog.

Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (KQ27X)

49 SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI)
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I am so emotionally overwrought about it and just don't know. I feel like I'm pregnant. How are you managing?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

50 The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents

Translation: DEI hires Patel and Bondi aren't going to do anything but by declaring an "investigation" they can duck questions and responsibility by saying "I can't comment on an active investigation"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (a4flb)

51 I will never understand how a bird decided to go live in ice cold water.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

52 "to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."

To make you jump through hoops. Sounds like you're a victim of Profile Mining. Some leftist scrolled through your history and reported offense over something you posted ages ago without incident. And if you've identified as anything to the right of Hillary Clinton, the mods decided you're a subhuman who can be discarded without any sense of fairness.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ciYHQ)

53 So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.
Posted by: tcn in AK

A brand new spanking account?

Please forward subscription details at once if you please!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/)

54 SanFranpsycho, very well. The people are going to get it done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI)

55 Please forward subscription details at once if you please!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM

Are you interested in being the spanker or the spankee?

Asking for The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:46 PM (OWvU+)

56 "Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI."
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Wasn't long before they became real.

Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 07:47 PM (eOBvG)

57 Scottish highlands
via wandertravel
==

Read last night that when the electrons were shut down in Iran all the chatter in Scotland about Independent Scotland stopped.
🍒funny thing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:48 PM (3UR/I)

58 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 07:49 PM (SRRAx)

59 Lunga, her sky gray

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ciYHQ)

60 The people are going to get it done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI)
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This is my prayer

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX)

61 Teresa, darlin
Big hug to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (0KSrI)

62 Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. - Duncanthrax

Rolls eyes and shakes head

For God's sake, Ace, throw the man a bat or something.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 07:54 PM (2L+MU)

63 Its like people are furries, but more lame.

And gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

64 If I were a cassowary,
In the plains of Timbuctoo,
I would eat a missionary,
Hat and coat and hymn-book, too.

https://shorturl.at/BN5sc

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl)

65 Aetius, scritches for Reef

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI)

66 I live the dog podcast

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

67 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

68 Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI)

Hell enjoy. Its been a bit too chilly and me working too much to get him out to the dog park to run. Might have to go Sunday no matter what temp. He has too much energy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

69 Leftys love their chants. It affirms that one is of the body.

Yes. Now think about bumper stickers. Yard flags.

They are all Virtue Signals by definition. By definition.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (REOC8)

70 The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.
Just use a text message?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ)

71 23 A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop.

Not unlike the body weight of the individuals who comprise the General Secretariat of the Union of Soviet Socialist Spheniscidaphobes.

Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (2L+MU)

72 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9)

73 spanking new comes before
tanning hide

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:01 PM (3UR/I)

74 That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9)
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*** Shelob has entered the chat. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU)

75 18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.

>>You’re the only thing helping me recover!

How's recovery going?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m

It’s going well except I’m getting stir crazy. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I was on oxy for a week and now it’s sore, but not excruciating. You aren’t supposed to take NSAIDs due to their retarding bone growth—I have a graft for eventual fusion L4-5.

Not even think of asking for an Oxy refill for fear they note my chart as a User and Abuser. I have used opioids for about 6 procedures in my life, never abused them. But regulators have the doc’s in a tizzy.

Can’t drive or work for three weeks, but over next three months, should be close to normal.

If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3)

76 How is everyone this Friday?

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

77 Waterfalls
Babbling Brooks in a birch forest
Terrace windows overlooking a small oceanside town

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0KSrI)

78 Lathering the youngest marmot's belly is still a time honored tradition when a ship crosses the International Date Line.

Posted by: The UK Navy at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (IHr58)

79 How is everyone this Friday?

Honestly ? Watching it all fall to shit as I thought it would.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (REOC8)

80 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

Pretty good.

'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

81 72 Well, aren’t you the cheerful one.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

82 Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

We watched a friend's house while they were away 2 weeks.

They had a rat infestation. And every night around 8pm the rats from the west side of the house would meet the east side for playful skirmish. Yes, we videotaped it all and set it to the musical score. Funniest bit was a rat my wife named "Spider". He would inch up the door jam about a foot off the ground and hang there, waiting for an unsuspecting rodent to wander underneath

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (ciYHQ)

83 They wrote Eddie Murphy as the Marine Biologist in
The Voyage Home

I guess they could not afford the $$$$

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA)

84 74 I did NOT need to read that. Nope.

Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (Q0yOR)

85 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

86 Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

87 79 How is everyone this Friday?

Honestly ? Watching it all fall to shit as I thought it would.
Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (REOC

I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (OoFl2)

88 If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3)

Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.

Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)

89 85 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07

I am well, thank you! I woke up today, that is always a great place to start!

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (OoFl2)

90 I guess they could not afford the $$$$
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA)

That would have changed the complexion (heh) of the movie a lot. Taken it more to overt comedy.

I don't think it would have worked as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

91 One of them nested in a window sill sash that looked on to DC and "sang" about finding a better life. We named him Feifel haha

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (ciYHQ)

92 About to call it a night, no reason need to be up early but probably will
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0)

93 Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM

I'm interested in that, as well.

Posted by: Kyrsten S. at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OWvU+)

94 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper

Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (mlg/3)

95 89 Amen, dear lady.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

96 >>If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.

I skipped 1 and went right to 2.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

97 80 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2)

Pretty good.

'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16

I go back and forth on that song. Sometimes I think the lyrics are amazingly soul crushing, and then I think it’s a little over the top. Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2)

98 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

99 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd

Pon Farr

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (mlg/3)

100 I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.

Thats a thing.

But if that really is "just the thing" ? I don't feel any better that my ant farm might get shook.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (REOC8)

101 94 Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January

Yay! That is good.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (Wmg4n)

102 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd

Live long and swelter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (sn5xH)

103 Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM

Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (OWvU+)

104 Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2)

I think the video is the problem. The song by itself, you can have sympathy for both. Hell you can think it is about one dude and another lady (different relationship.)

The thing is, the video just makes the woman a straight up whore. Directed and starred(?) In by Ricky Schroeder, btw. And the video is so over the top I was thinking it was like Saw: Country Song edition.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (zZu0s)

105 Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Shut up, Weasley.

Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 16, 2026 08:17 PM (mlg/3)

106 Farr experiencing Pon

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ)

107 Vulcan are a bit ridiculous when you think about it. All that commitment to logic and they're pretty much just a repressed species that went full Romulan anyway.

At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ)

108 Things I have never seen
Star Trek
Seinfeld
The View

Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (0KSrI)

109 Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)

I needed a multilevel cervical fusion but the doc said not to do it, I was so bad, he had nothing to anchor the fused areas to!

Luckily, the pain subsided after about a year which I thought was strange. Apparently, if you can stop moving the neck and irritating the nerves, it can calm down. I got lucky. I was miserable for a year.

If anyone wants to know more about my experience, and there were some unpleasant surprises, that won’t be a problem longer term, feel free to email me in my nic.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (tWkg3)

110 Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG)
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Is it better or worse than the "cone of shame"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU)

111 > How is everyone this Friday?
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Dry. Mostly warm. Playing "whack a cat" as they go in and out, in and out, in and out. It's cold and rainy, so they keep this up thinking it'll change on one of the "outs."

Spoiler:
It won't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (U2OZr)

112 Spock’s greatest line about Love, and Loss, and about Having being not nearly as good as Desiring:
“It is not Logical. But it is very often True.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (hxusQ)

113 I skipped 1 and went right to 2.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

I didn’t mean to imply multiple level fusion was bad, by the way. It’s just I only experienced a one level lumbar fusion.

How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking.

Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (tWkg3)

114 Spock, give me a readout!

We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.

Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)

115 Whoot!

Just got home. Took myself to Happy Hour on the waterfront. My boat ride home was gorgeous. Walked to the beach to see the sunset.

Tomorrow my oldest is taking me to the Seahawks game!!!!

GO HAWKS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:25 PM (IhIKR)

116 Things I have involuntarily memorized most of:
Star Trek (TOS)
Seinfeld
The Princess Bride

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)

117 We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)
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Heh. That reminds me of the Bloom County comic strips where Cutter John and his crew would cruise around in his "Star Chair" the USS Enterpoop, looking for the naughty sorority girls of planet Playtex or whatever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (ESVrU)

118 100 I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.

Thats a thing.

But if that really is "just the thing" ? I don't feel any better that my ant farm might get shook.
Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026

Oh it could for sure, but God isn’t going to give us anything he can’t handle. We just have to do our part, to the best of our abilities.

Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (Wmg4n)

119 The thing is, the video just makes the woman a straight up whore. Directed and starred(?) In by Ricky Schroeder, btw. And the video is so over the top I was thinking it was like Saw: Country Song edition.

I see you have never listened to any Country Music from ? Well - since you or your Daddy was born.

My God. Some of you.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (REOC8)

120 "I think the video is the problem"

The worst is that feminist anthem:

All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid
Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant
Just an appendage, live to attend him
So that he never lifts a finger
24/7 baby machine
So he can live out his picket-fence dreams
It's not an act of love if you make her
You make me do too much labour

It's just going to create yet another generation of bitter angry fat disgusting women. Men account for 90% of workplace deaths but you were expected to give emotional support, you poor dear. So oppressed. Vomit

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (ciYHQ)

121 >>How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking.

Yea, all good. Definitely do the PT. Stretching and walking make a big difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)

122 At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ)

Even the Klingons are busy overthinking and being audacious by being calculating. And then chewing the scenery when they should have been shooting everyone in the face.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

123 Like Peterson says - they live in the wealthiest nation in the history of mankind, at a time when women enjoy more rights and privileges than they have ever known. And they bask in bitterness

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:32 PM (ciYHQ)

124 >>> pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764
Posted by: MikeN
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Because Tucker's tie is longer than the presidents?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:33 PM (3UR/I)

125 Ace absolutely losing her shit! Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764
Posted by: MikeN at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (PsdqP)

The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

126 Spock is half Vulcan and half Man and hung like a tuna can.

Stonn is 100% Vulcan all the way and hung like a donkey.

Posted by: T'Pring, Needing A Big One at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (R/m4+)

127 Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:35 PM (3UR/I)

128 guess we know MikeN's X handle

Taco Breath @troubadour210
Loomer absolutely losing her shit rn. Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. Turning on notifications, this will be rich 🤣
Jan 16, 2026 · 9:36 PM UTC

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:37 PM (gKWVE)

129 My idea of the eternally aggressive aliens are the Kzin as imaged by Dean Ing and Jerry Pournelle.
Much more fun than those constipated Klingons.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

130 The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I)

131 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)

Yeah 'princess bride' was terrible and I'm sorry I watched as much of it as I did when I was a kid.
At least the headspace I've reserved for Mel Brooks and Python wasn't wasted.

Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

132 When my older girl was little, I got sick of Frozen music.

With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2)

133 >>>Making his own fun.

That wasn't fun at all. It was 100% serious business.

--The Dog

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:40 PM (syz1S)

134 >>>A baby platypus, also called a puggle.

That was almost as cute as a penguin trilling.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S)

135 There's a very good explanation for why we have AWFLs.

Short version: displacement of maternal instinct

https://tinyurl.com/yrr6a5jd

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:43 PM (ciYHQ)

136 Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.

They really are freaks, aren't they?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)

137 Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I)

I don't think Trump likes banks, and he has said his intention is that money is to be used to rebuild Venezuela. Mostly with US contractors and suppliers, but not at NGO or USAID pricing.
If the courts seize the money for debt then the road to renewal for Venezuela is impossibly long. And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR)

138 Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.

They really are freaks, aren't they?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S)
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Absolute proof that God has a sense of humor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:47 PM (ESVrU)

139 With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2)

In the West coast they are called "K-Soda Demon Hunters"

(In the deep south they get called K-Coke Demon Hunters)

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

140 8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.
I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF)

Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 08:49 PM (nYv2H)

141 Doubling down on penguin content is always in style and is the hallmark of sophistication and good taste.

Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at January 16, 2026 08:50 PM (oftw2)

142 And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.
Posted by: Kindltot
--

Banks like raping and pillaging they just do it in a different way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:51 PM (3UR/I)

143 I’m not much for Country music, but if I was gonna pick one that I absolutely adore, it’s Robert Earl Keen, jr and “The Road goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends.”
That’s like an entire Miami Vice episode in 5 minutes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (hxusQ)

144 My parents were going to rent me out for stud purposes, but I decided to go out on my own and do it for free.

Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2)

145 There's a very good explanation for why we have AWFLs. Short version: displacement of maternal instinct

Bullshit. We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:55 PM (REOC8)

146 Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8
Posted by: tankdemon

Thank you!

She was preggers and defending her territory. Smelly surfers need to back off!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (qDWYL)

147

"Purchasing Greenland is cheaper for the taxpayer than daycare in Minnesota"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)

148 >>Bullshit. We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.

That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)

149 >>>We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.

Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (syz1S)

150 Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy
Posted by: Braenyard

Witnessed it first-hand. Had a black NCO in my unit. Locked on and squared away. 4.8/4.9 pro/cons. Meritorious promotions.
Someone you would want on your 6 if you made contact with enemy. And then, in the space of 6 months, it all went to sht

I'm packing up his personal effects because he's going to Leavenworth and what do I find? All these black power magazines, angry black men on every cover, filled with poisonous propaganda about how he was oppressed by whites. Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ)

151 Now imagine that first penguin exploding thru the air with a two foot long trail of undigested fish feces.

Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 09:01 PM (BSdIE)

152 Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.

And this is why you have the current crop. Enjoy.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 09:02 PM (REOC8)

153 Writing advice: sullen and bitter are redundant?

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:04 PM (ciYHQ)

154 Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ)

There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:06 PM (hxusQ)

155 Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

What does a Reverend know about the care and feeding of penguins? Stick to your lane, Rev!

Posted by: Plus-Sized Penguins Everywhere at January 16, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2)

156 That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.
Posted by: JackStraw

And it's not just about women. It's why so many men are gentle giants - if a little soyboy is yapping and poking they're biggest fear is killing the twerp by accident. The proper use of force is part of Manhood 101. Women are being hit with disproportionate force because they've been abusing that principle, using it against good men who have had enough of that bs

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (ciYHQ)

157
152 Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.”

It oft ‘‘twas a rule more observed in the breech”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (hxusQ)

158 Who is this dipsh1t? REOC8

This is next level trolling. Shouldn't be tolerated.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR)

159 "There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late."

Ouch. That's probably on me. I didn't know what to do. Leadership is hard.

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:14 PM (ciYHQ)

160 Oh please. If a woman is womanly you should get your finger cut off for striking her. But a if a woman is manly, you should be allowed to drop her.

Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.

One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2)

161
Check out DataRepublican's X feed. She's on the case of hose the Somali's get money out of the country. It's a Muzzie non-banking banking system called "hawala".

Because the transfers are usually only one-way, it means suitcases of cash have to be transferred out of the country. They did that. COvid fucked that, and turns out some banks started helping them.

You might think some of that might run afoul of banking laws and regulations. It likely does. And guess what? Some of those MN politicians helped get Biden admin to ease up on some of those regulations....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)

162 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.

#BringBackFatner

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (kpS4V)

163 Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.

One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (sn5xH)

164 Lull?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

165 Wait, did Shat go on Ozempic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

166 162 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.

#BringBackFatner
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Eh, give the guy a break. He's 94 and still working in entertainment. Good for him!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 09:31 PM (hybOl)

167 When four and ninety years YOU reach -

Posted by: Yoda at January 16, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)

168 "Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte."

Equal rights and equal lefts.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1)

169 I love The Shat!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (kpS4V)

170 Bill Shatner is almost 95. I look worse at 60.

Wait. I mean 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

171 Wow.

So it’s ok to tee off on women now?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR)

172 Happy Friday!

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM (bOJ2I)

173 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched

you'd think some men would have better uses for their balls and shaft

Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 09:41 PM (gKWVE)

174 Happy Friday!
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM

Happy Friday, Iris!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:42 PM (Wnv9h)

175 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Guys are just venting frustration at the AWFLs. Can't say I blame them, really. Those bishes *do* deserve a pounding IMO. I'd PPV to see them get it.

Me? Never got to do the "sundresses and tea room" thang, but that doesn't mean I want street fighting either. It's a sad fact that I had to become more of a man than half the "men" I worked with. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:43 PM (rdVOm)

176 So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Always has been. But now ? If you want to be treated like a cupcake ? Stay in the kitchen and make 'em.

Treating you with chivalry has been a relatively new thing. You'll learn.

Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 09:45 PM (REOC8)

177 171 Wow.

So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR)

I'm guessing that for a sizeable number this has always been the case. Of course, the are all losers with very small penises. You are a nurse. Look around.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88)

178 Well, I'm going to do what I always do in these situations, and go watch Cobra.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2)

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