Saturday Night Club ONT - February 14, 2026 [2 D's]

Welcome to the Valentine's Day 2026 edition of Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. No "Double" theme for us tonight. Don't want to send the wrong message on this particular day.

The Club hopes your day has been filled with love. Or maybe you came here tonight looking for love? We did our best to decorate and make it feel like a high school mixer. Just please don't do anything that would make the tables any more wobbly than usual.

*****

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Dad Jokes and Smooth Pickup Lines

Do you have a date for Valentine's Day?
Answer: Yes, it's February 14.
Is your name Google?
Answer: Because you have everything I'm searching for.
What does a vampire call his Valentine?
Answer: His ghoul-friend.
What's Cupid's favorite band?
Answer: KISS.
Do you like science?
Answer: Because I've got my ion you.
Are you a loan?
Answer: Because you definitely have my interest.
What do you call two birds in love?
Answer: Tweet-hearts.
What did the puzzle say on Valentine's Day?
Answer: You complete me.
Do you have a map?
Answer: Because I keep getting lost in your eyes.
What's the best Valentine's Day dinner?
Answer: A hearty one.

---------

What's the difference between a lobster with big boobs and a Greyhound terminal?

One's a busty crustacean, the other's a crusty bus station.

*****

Drink of the Night

It's Valentine's Day. Just order whatever you think will get the job done!

-----

*****

Club ONT Optometry Department

Beer commercials before cancel culture pic.twitter.com/i2D03i1YZo
— Cigarette Nostalgia (@CigsMake) February 7, 2026

*****

Club ONT Department of Diagnostic Medicine

Have you heard of magnetic attraction between two people? Perhaps, but this seems like the least romantic way to spend quality time with your loved one.

Sex inside an MRI: the experiment that changed how medicine understands the human body

Prof. Ida Sabelis and her partner Joep were a young Dutch couple who never imagined they would find themselves having sex inside an MRI machine as part of a groundbreaking scientific study. They happened to know the right people at the right time. Their close friend, Dutch scientist Menno Victor "Pek" van Andel, wanted to answer a basic question that had barely been studied: what the anatomy of sexual intercourse actually looks like from the inside.
Inside the narrow, noisy MRI scanner, the couple were instructed to maintain a fixed position while the system captured a series of relatively slow scans lasting several seconds each. The conditions were far from comfortable, but the results were clear.
For the first time, medicine could observe in real time how sexual organs align and function during intercourse, documentation that had never previously existed.
Following the initial experiment, researchers conducted a structured study that systematically examined the anatomy of sex using MRI technology. Volunteers aged 18 and older took part in 13 scans involving eight couples and three women, imaged both during intercourse and during sexual arousal without penetration.
All scans were conducted in the missionary position, and participants were free to stop at any point. None did. Source.

Here is the resulting paper: Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal

*****

Club ONT Poetry Corner

I Can't Help Falling in Love with You
Every Breath You Take feels brand new
I Wanna Dance with Somebody all night long
Your Body Is a Wonderland, where I belong
Baby One More Time and I'm completely gone
Ain't No Mountain High Enough to keep me from
(You're) Still the One after all these years
Let's Get It On and banish all my fears
I Will Always Love You, it's tragically true
Oops!...I Did It Again-fell harder for you

*****

The Club ONT Jukebox

Some tunes for various stages of love.

When you're smitten but the reasons are unclear

When you're in love but kinda wish you weren't

When you're all alone but looking for love

*****

Top 10ish Comments of the Week

*****

Club ONT Valentine's Day brought to you by Geddy

*****

Club ONT's insurance coverage explicitly excludes dispensing relationship advice. We apologize for any inconvenience. A girl named Lucy van Pelt says she is a psychiatrist and has set up a booth next door. She charges a flat fee of five cents. No refunds.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Heart shaped pizza is too expensive.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 14, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 14, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

3 Absolutely!

Posted by: Case at February 14, 2026 10:01 PM (j6kTf)

4 Club ONT!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:01 PM (xDN0i)

5 "Til death do us part"?

My wife warns that if I keep it up, she guarantees it.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

6 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:04 PM (S/Y4j)

7 Evenin'

Very good music pick above! Tesla is a damn good rock band. Always liked them.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 14, 2026 10:05 PM (AdHga)

8 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Correct.

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

9 I Got You Babe... again

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

10 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Well, a new one for the bucket list - for a special Valentine's Day dinner for my sweetie, I went to Central Market and bought a couple of Wagyu steaks for both of us. I was kind of hesitant to prepare them, but I mustered my courage, consulted the Internet, and followed the instructions as written for a Reverse Sear preparation.

Gotta admit, I wasn't quite sure I was doing it right when the steaks were still pretty raw looking after reaching the "probe" temperature as listed, but after searing the steaks on all sides as directed, the steaks turned out perfectly!

Even Mr. TiFW - who doesn't usually like his steaks too pink/red - said his was delicious 🥳🎊🥳🎊🥳

Our Chambers stove got fixed this week, so I was able to use both ovens to make everything - steaks, scalloped/au gratin potatoes, roasted asparagus, and shrimp/lobster sauce - so that they all came out at the same time. It was great 😊♥️

Rebecca really enjoyed dinner, too - normally she just wants pizza or chicken nuggies, but she decided that eating "fancy" is good, too.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of this luscious feast - we wanted to get down to business...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 10:05 PM (SRRAx)

11 Yay ONT

Posted by: PaleRider at February 14, 2026 10:06 PM (CFj4+)

12 Hatchet faced dentist drill voice singer for you, sir.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

13 That MTI study was about me, wasn’t it?

Posted by: Blake McPhee at February 14, 2026 10:06 PM (ZTJjv)

14 How soon is now

Posted by: A Smiths Valentine's Day at February 14, 2026 10:07 PM (TbWk/)

15 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:04 PM (S/Y4j)

Well, the longer the thread goes on, the higher you'll get in the comments. But, you won't be "First!"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 14, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)

16 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

First.
Last.
I'm the guy with the gun.

Posted by: Ash in Army of Darkness at February 14, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

17 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

First.
Last.
I'm the guy with the gun.

Posted by: Ash in Army of Darkness at February 14, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

Awesome movie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 10:08 PM (snZF9)

18 Have you heard of magnetic attraction between two people? Perhaps, but this seems like the least romantic way to spend quality time with your loved one.
Sex inside an MRI

Hey, no kink-shaming, man.

Posted by: a guy who really likes superconductors at February 14, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

19 You know, doing it in an original sounds difficult. Makes me thinkbof that thing the Mormon kids call 'soaking.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

20 First?
Last?
Somewhere in the middle?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Obligatory link

https://tinyurl.com/h6jemvs4

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:09 PM (xDN0i)

21 Hmmm. That top pic. Is some boning implied there?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 14, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)

22 Happy Valentine’s Day! I celebrated with a Mardi Gras parade.

Posted by: Piper at February 14, 2026 10:09 PM (Wmg4n)

23 Meh.

Pass the bourbon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:09 PM (IhIKR)

24 Hey, no kink-shaming, man.
Posted by: a guy who really likes superconductors at February 14, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

I just had a joke about ferromagnetism and a Man named Iron Dick run across my brain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)

25 Thanks for the special Valentine's Day ONT, Disco and Dino!

Nicely done.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 14, 2026 10:10 PM (kB9dk)

26 Original? MRI.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)

27 We don't need another hero. Particularly not this one.

https://is.gd/KIHBV3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 14, 2026 10:11 PM (J+Psw)

28 All I recall of Army of Darkness is Ash's boomstick. Maybe that is all that mattered.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:11 PM (xDN0i)

29 The Smiths peaked with
And if a ten ton truck... killed the both of us . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

30 Oh, and here is the TiFW's origin story (started around Valentine's Day):

https://tinyurl.com/WhereItAllBegan1979

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

31 Dammit.

I hate Rush.

Now I have Limelight in my head and I hate it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

32 All I recall of Army of Darkness is Ash's boomstick. Maybe that is all that mattered.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:11 PM (xDN0i)

One of my favorite lines in that movie -

Deadite chick- You used to think I was beautiful

Ash- Honey, you got real ugly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 10:13 PM (snZF9)

33 Evening, Doof and Dino, and ONT Horde! My nose is still running like a toilet with a bad flapper valve.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:14 PM (8zz6B)

34

Take Valentines Day like you mean it!

Posted by: Purple Headed Warrior at February 14, 2026 10:15 PM (SR7SO)

35 COTW is a nice win in what has been a thoroughly awful couple of weeks. Thanks to Piper for teeing that one up for me...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 10:15 PM (nbLIj)

36 Just had some Jimmy Red Single Barrel.

Delicious!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2026 10:15 PM (n9ltV)

37 Have some whiskey, AOP. It will help your nasal congestion. Or it will help you not care about your nasal congestion.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (xDN0i)

38 Dammit.

I hate Rush.

Now I have Limelight in my head and I hate it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

May I recommend my 100% foolproof ear worm eraser?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cWi41XGCM

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)

39 This chorus seems appropriate, for many reasons.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)

40 Hey look. I'm the straight man for the No. 1 Comment of the Week.

Bud Abbott made an entire career out of this, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (nWPIJ)

41 All I recall of Army of Darkness is Ash's boomstick. Maybe that is all that mattered.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

That's the line that gets the most use from me. Way too many primitive screwheads in the world.

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

42 I might have to retire this nic. Thanks, Joe!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (YlWIZ)

43 One of my favorite lines in that movie -

Deadite chick- You used to think I was beautiful

Ash- Honey, you got real ugly.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 10:13 PM (snZF9)

'Its a trick. Get an axe.'

'You're the king of Jack and shit- and Jack left town.'

'Maybe, just maybe my boys can stop them. ... And maybe im a Chinese jet pilot.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

44 >>>Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal

Read it. It wasn't as useful as you might expect.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

45 Morrissey is still touring
youtu.be/GN6a0F7fUFk

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (gKWVE)

46 Georgy Peorgy, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made ‘em cry;
When the girls came out to play,
Georgy Peorgy ran away.

youtu.be/eFOpf96S_dI?t=56

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (y79kU)

47 Valentines Day is gay and retarded and just a way for Big Candy and Big Flower to make men spend money.

Posted by: Sorry, Not Sorry at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (ItM8b)

48 I hate Rush.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

Most normal humans do...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (n9ltV)

49 47 Valentines Day is gay and retarded and just a way for Big Candy and Big Flower to make men spend money.
Posted by: Sorry, Not Sorry at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (ItM8b)

---------

Big Condom never got the payoff it expected.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:20 PM (nWPIJ)

50 That sex in an MRI paper won an IgNobel award in Chemistry

I read the entire paper, and kept a copy until a “college” stole it off my desk.

The experimental write up was the funniest I had ever read. The women were all gymnasts. The real secret is hinted at in the title,
None of the men could perform sexually. Erection, insertion, deflation. No explanation was given on male failure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2026 10:20 PM (u82oZ)

51 Most normal humans do...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (n9ltV)

Their fans are like Atheists, Cross filters and Vegans though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

52
Gee, all the times I've heard "'Til Death Do Us Part" I never envisioned a couple of skeletons until now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 14, 2026 10:21 PM (n7rxJ)

53 Have some whiskey, AOP. It will help your nasal congestion. Or it will help you not care about your nasal congestion.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (xDN0i)

I don't have any whiskey. But I am drinking a rum and cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)

54 Love stinks - great pull. But not the best cut on the album.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 14, 2026 10:22 PM (GTqXr)

55 Rush is awful

Cat being strangled>>>rush

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:24 PM (IhIKR)

56 I don't have any whiskey. But I am drinking a rum and cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)

That will get the job done. Feel better, sir.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:24 PM (xDN0i)

57 Evening, Doof and Dino, and ONT Horde! My nose is still running like a toilet with a bad flapper valve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:14 PM (8zz6B)

A nasal wash can help, I like the NeilMed type best. It has a squirt bottle you can use to douche out your sinuses but it does tend to knock down the sinus issues.
It has the buffer packets that make waterboarding yourself less unpleasant.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)

58 https://youtu.be/1avX1lX7gSs

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

59 42 I might have to retire this nic. Thanks, Joe!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 14, 2026 10:17 PM (YlWIZ)

Now I am become Death. Destroyer of nics...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj)

60 @50."No explanation was given on male failure."

Timing is everything.

Posted by: Case at February 14, 2026 10:26 PM (j6kTf)

61 47 Valentines Day is gay and retarded and just a way for Big Candy and Big Flower to make men spend money.
Posted by: Sorry, Not Sorry at February 14, 2026 10:18 PM (ItM8b)

This lady is quite happy to receive candy and flowers - even if I am the one who has to order it (hey, that way I get what I want, right?) 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 10:27 PM (SRRAx)

62 A nasal wash can help, I like the NeilMed type best. It has a squirt bottle you can use to douche out your sinuses but it does tend to knock down the sinus issues.
It has the buffer packets that make waterboarding yourself less unpleasant.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)

I bought a squirt bottle of steroid-based nasal allergy spray at WalMart. It could be water for the effect it has.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:27 PM (8zz6B)

63 Axl Rose on Don't You Cry>cat being strangled

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

64 Now I want to buy cinnamon imperials.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 14, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)

65 Valentines Day is stupid.

Waste of money. Too many men spend too much money on women who do t deserve it.

If you really love her, if she really knows it, she doesn’t need a card and flowers and stupid shit on Valentine’s Day.

I got divorce papers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:30 PM (IhIKR)

66 Geronimo is on Grit.

Perhaps that will lift my mood.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:31 PM (IhIKR)

67 I got a wok for Valentine's. Hubby asked me what I wanted. I said "I Wanna Wok!" We laughed a bunch. He gets me.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:32 PM (xDN0i)

68 What a horrible V day, nurse. Your ex reaaallllly went out of his way to be a dick to you. I'm so very sorry!

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

69 Shop smart. Shop S-Mart!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 14, 2026 10:32 PM (/HDaX)

70 JQ, Tina was awesome

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (gKWVE)

71 >I got divorce papers.

Posted by: nurse ratched
-----
and I thought my story was unique
Feb 14, 19XX, I open the mailbox and there it is
final divorce decree

Love stinks

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

72 JQ,
He paid extra.

Now it’s funny as hell.

But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IhIKR)

73 How sad that a lovely little ritual of romance like V-Day has devolved into an extortion racket for women looking to expand their collection of Asian-themed kitchen appliances.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (nWPIJ)

74 My friend's ex served divorce papers on their anniversary. That was a major dick move. She went on to a better husband and great kids.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (xDN0i)

75 I gave my wife a chocolate bar for VD. She loves this certain bar. She didn't get me anything. No need to. She's a saint and my life is infinitely better because of her.

Happy VD to you all.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

76 Hey look. I'm the straight man for the No. 1 Comment of the Week.
Bud Abbott made an entire career out of this, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:17

WTG Cicero! Hey that rhymes. Do you say sis-er-o or kick
er-o? I read the k sound is the original.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (55Qr6)

77 >But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IhIKR)

I loathe Hallmark holidays.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (GTqXr)

78 62 A nasal wash can help, I like the NeilMed type best. It has a squirt bottle you can use to douche out your sinuses but it does tend to knock down the sinus issues.
It has the buffer packets that make waterboarding yourself less unpleasant.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)
This flushes a lot of nasty stuff from your sinuses. Imagine how clean your sinuses feel after a few days at the beach.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2026 10:36 PM (LHPAg)

79 Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 14, 2026 10:35 PM (55Qr6)

-------

Using the Ciceronian convention, kick-er-oh would be correct.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:36 PM (nWPIJ)

80 Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you get in a jam,
I'll call artillery for you!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 14, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

81 Oh, and here is the TiFW's origin story (started around Valentine's Day):

https://tinyurl.com/WhereItAllBegan1979
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)
-------------
Great story, and especially for today.
*Raising a glass to the Kochs!*

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0yg/c)

82 General virus killers is about all I can recommend for the nose running like a faucet stage of a cold. Maybe antihistamines help a bit to prevent the post nasal drip throat irritation but I've never had them stop the waterworks phase of my colds. Other than going through a box of kleenex I don't mind the runny nose so much except when I get the PND which hasn't happened my last couple of colds, maybe the Ivermectin, or quecetin prevented that. Constantly swilling hot tea and cola or diet coke helped with the throat irritation for me.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 14, 2026 10:38 PM (CFj4+)

83 But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IhIKR)

My wife bought us a cooked crab, and I made noodles and asked that she eat the whole crab herself, and she adores crab.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)

84 What? What about “Ghost of a Chance” by Rush?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 14, 2026 10:40 PM (O3dBq)

85 But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IhIKR)

Hubby buys me cookware as a gift. I cook him a damn fine meal. That is equality. And a win -win. But I get your point.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:40 PM (xDN0i)

86 Using the Ciceronian convention, kick-er-oh would be correct.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 10:36 PM (nWPIJ)

I'm just a Kick-er-oh
And everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playin...

Posted by: Louie Pryima at February 14, 2026 10:40 PM (nbLIj)

87 He paid extra.
(Glad it cost him more!)

Now it’s funny as hell.
(And huge relief, I'm sure!)

But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?
Posted by: nurse ratched
-----------

I gave hubby a Ru$$el $tover dark chocolate heart with raspberry creme filling. He ate it right up! Wished him a happy Valentine's Day... *whoosh* right over his head.

He calls me by his XW's name all the time.(But I can't really complain; they were married for 25years.) Just grateful he still knows I'm his wife.

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rdVOm)

88 Don Black,
May I buy you a drink?

Kindred souls and all that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:42 PM (IhIKR)

89 equality is over-rated. I am not going to judge my wife if she spends the same as i do on gifts. I do ask that she give me the total that I spend on her credit card so I can pay her back, but that is squaring accounts and has nothing to do with equality.

love and caring is not metered out with an eye-dropper, it is a river that is reciprocal

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

90 There's a way to see a thing and say it but there's always another way to look at it and to say it.
_ _ _

in part; address to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union

Giorgia Meloni@GiorgiaMeloni . 16h

...To guarantee the men and women of the African continent a freedom often denied: that of choosing to remain in their own nation to contribute to its growth, without being forced to leave it, often paying unscrupulous traffickers and risking their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 14, 2026 10:43 PM (y79kU)

91 JQ,
You are an amazing woman. Thank you for giving your heart to your husband. You certainly honored the “for better or worse. In sickness and in health” part.

Good on you, lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:43 PM (IhIKR)

92 The Club ONT Jukebox
Some tunes for various stages of love

Two can play at this game!

When he's trading you in on a newer model:
https://youtu.be/cUu4UHNTTrY

When you're the bait to capture your bandit lover:
https://youtu.be/YGFo0xn4JeY

When you need to go on a bloody revenge mission because they killed your man:
https://youtu.be/3oB2x5-44Zo&t=30

"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back to you, they're yours. If not, they were never meant to be."
https://youtu.be/ja5wA4s8tQU

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

93 55 Rush is awful

Cat being strangled>>>rush
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:24 PM (IhIKR)

Blasphemy!

“I don’t believe in destiny
Or the guiding hand of fate
I don’t believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state
I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above
But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance
That we can find someone to love
And make it last”

“Ghost of a Chance” by Prof. Neil E. Peart, Canadian poet and percussionist

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 14, 2026 10:44 PM (O3dBq)

94 He calls me by his XW's name all the time.(But I can't really complain; they were married for 25years.) Just grateful he still knows I'm his wife.

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rdVOm)

{JQ} God Bless you and Hubby.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:45 PM (xDN0i)

95 And since it is VD, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the painting - An Allegory with Venus and Cupid by Il Bronzino.

The depiction is of Venus and Cupid in an erotic embrace. Venus is his mother for Zeus's sake!!! Cupid fondles his mother's bewb while she slips him the her tongue. AHHHHH!!

There is also a representation of syphilis too so it all works out.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:46 PM (cYBz/)

96 Well, I am feeling sleepy. I did take an Ivermectin tablet; perhaps that will help. A good night's sleep may do me good, too. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)

97 Kindltot,
That’s not the point I was trying to make.

Too many times, men are publicly
Brow beaten to cater to women, to buy them stuff, honor them, spend money and resources and time and effort.

When are women ever shamed to take care of their men? To honor them? To treat them like royalty? To make them feel
Special?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:47 PM (IhIKR)

98 He calls me by his XW's name all the time.(But I can't really complain; they were married for 25years.)

I wish Mrs B...err...Mrs C....dang it...Mrs D (yeah, that's the one) was that understanding.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 14, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)

99 When are women ever shamed to take care of their men? To honor them? To treat them like royalty? To make them feel
Special?

---------

Yoo-hoooo

*waves*

Posted by: Steak & BJ Day at February 14, 2026 10:48 PM (nWPIJ)

100 Is it too late? Is the night over? I dug around and found this behind the couch cushions, next to some crumbs:

Wait a minuet! - a lamerickish

The coppers have started a dragnet
Looking for an electromagnet
What authorities dread
Is they'll run out of bread
Before they get to the beignet.

😒

Posted by: mindful webworker - filmed in 16mm at 24fps at February 14, 2026 10:48 PM (6hyzx)

101 I got divorce papers.
Posted by: nurse ratched

and I thought my story was unique
Feb 14, 19XX, I open the mailbox and there it is
final divorce decree
Love stinks
Posted by: Don Black

Roses are red
Violets are blue
It don't always be like that
But sometimes it do

Posted by: probably not Ernest Hemingway at February 14, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

102 When are women ever shamed to take care of their men? To honor them? To treat them like royalty? To make them feel
Special?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Even Father's Day is often turned into a joke.

And I bet most biddies don't honor Steak and BJ Day at all.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (ftFVW)

103 Panic Room got some Kate Bush vibes

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (gKWVE)

104 It sounds like a few people might need a pick-me-up. Here's Betty White, playing fill in the blanks with Steve Harvey.

https://youtu.be/lA4paHF4J6I

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)

105 Too many times, men are publicly
Brow beaten to cater to women, to buy them stuff, honor them, spend money and resources and time and effort.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I automatically flinch when I see a pic of a guy on bended knee asking for his girl's hand in marriage. It just looks like begging to me.

I'm probably reading it way wrong - oh well.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (cYBz/)

106 When are women ever shamed to take care of their men? To honor them? To treat them like royalty? To make them feel
Special?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:47 PM (IhIKR)

I do recall Dr. Laura Schlessinger doing her level best in that regard...

Posted by: Louie Pryima at February 14, 2026 10:51 PM (nbLIj)

107 >Kindred souls and all that.

Posted by: nurse ratched
===

You're very kind, thank you.

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)

108 When are women ever shamed to take care of their men? To honor them? To treat them like royalty? To make them feel
Special?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:47 PM (IhIKR)

There are women like us out there, nurse. We put husband and family above our careers. We are quiet caretakers made to feel like second-class citizens by the AWFLs.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:51 PM (xDN0i)

109 Sex inside an MRI?

Pervs. Sheesh! Why can't they just go to PornHub like everyone else?

I presume the "and three women" has already been commented upon.

Posted by: mindful webworker had an MRI last week... all by myself... at February 14, 2026 10:51 PM (6hyzx)

110 I read tcn in AK's appeal to St. Monica, and with our own disturbed and estranged son I join in most heartily.

Posted by: mindful webworker believes, Lord help me in my unbelief at February 14, 2026 10:53 PM (6hyzx)

111 There are women like us out there, nurse. We put husband and family above our careers. We are quiet caretakers made to feel like second-class citizens by the AWFLs.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
***********
Amen, sister.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 14, 2026 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

112 Pryma sock off...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 10:54 PM (nbLIj)

113 I've been offline most of the day. Any updates from tcn?

Is Whig back in his whigwam?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:55 PM (S/Y4j)

114

Double amen Barely Scary Mary!!!

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

115
Valentine for the 'ettes, thay all hot.

youtube.com/watch?v=VOFrvgfOhxA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 14, 2026 10:57 PM (y79kU)

116 Hey look. I'm the straight man for the No. 1 Comment of the Week.

Bud Abbott made an entire career out of this, right?

Straight man always gets top billing. Abbott and Costello, Burns and Alllen, Martin and Lewis, etc.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2026 10:58 PM (Fs0KI)

117 Have had magnetic attraction twice in college. One powerful eye contact for 7 seconds in a crowded room. Crazy about him altho he was destined to die in months but felt fine at that moment.

Second time less of an earthquake but memorable and I am still with him.

Never in my bingo card for today or any day did I consider comparing Di Vinci's confusion, and some stuff partially correct, to a MRI of random people who volunteered. Then reading the medical notes. I am NOT going to admit this to my husband, currently watching basketball as our MRI machine is not working.

Di Vinci's little squiggle on the woman to her boob confuses me. Did his women lactate with sex? Was he ghey and imagined this I wonder? Lots of squiggles.

Then I look up Di Vinci and he never married and lived with a boy from age 10 as his "assistant." So Di Vinci was a pedo, apparently. One of those confirmed bachelors. No evidence of any romantic relationship with women. Hmmm. Brilliant but ghey.

I now need to think about other things. Or listen to music. Or look for a MRI machine on Craig's List.

Prayers for whig (and I was glad to see him post today) and for tcn and her baby grandson, and all who need them.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)

118 I wonder if the new ISS crew took up,a wok, in case they need to do a spacewok for station maintenance.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 10:58 PM (S/Y4j)

119 I enjoy Rush and even really like Geddy's voice. Saw them at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ around 1975. His voice was peak wonderful then. He done pretty good for a high school dropout.

Posted by: Unique Is Good at February 14, 2026 10:58 PM (oftw2)

120 Happy VD to you all.

I’m from a generation that used VD for what is now abbreviated as STD, so that just doesn’t sound right!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 14, 2026 10:58 PM (qGDNl)

121 If you absolutely cannot find what you're looking for, then maybe you are actually too picky. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: try lowering your standards! No, further -- further -- a little more -- right to the bottom -- ah, there we go. You are nearly guaranteed to find love or something now!

Saint Motel - My Type (Official Video)
youtube.com/watch?v=IyVPyKrx0Xo

Posted by: SciVo at February 14, 2026 10:59 PM (Sy6m/)

122 Is Whig back in his whigwam?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He was posting today from home.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:59 PM (xDN0i)

123

Daughter-in-law's 40th birthday is tomorrow.

She keeps saying "I'm going to be 29", lol.

I texted her and said for some reason the number 40 keeps popping up in my mind.

I'm glad she loves me, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

124 Whig is back in his whigwam and was posting earlier today, in good spirits.

Not heard from tcn.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 11:00 PM (IhIKR)

125 Mrs B gets roses and a few cards. She never asks for anything, but she likes roses, so its a tradition. There's also a pretty funny story behind it. When I first met her she smoked. We pulled into a 7/11 so I could get smokes. She was driving the 1970 chevelle she had. Anyway, I ran into the store to get smokes. I'm standing at the counter and she comes and says I need smokes too. They were selling single roses at the register, and her eyes go right to and says "pretty" or some girly shit, and right then I'm telling the dude what I needed. I yanked one of the roses and said this too, and handed it to mrs B. I'm thinking no biggie, it was spur of the moment. She says she's going back out to the car, and off she goes with the rose in her hand. I get outside, I get in the car, I look over to her and she's just staring out the driver side window but was looking up and not saying anything. Then I see it, the long stem from the rose hanging in space. She caught it in top of the door while getting in and closing the door, and guillotined the bud off of it. All that was left was this stem. Then I hear her say "my first rose". I ran back in and got another. So every year, its roses. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

126 Straight man always gets top billing. Abbott and Costello, Burns and Alllen, Martin and Lewis, etc.
Posted by: Oddbob

And if not, where would the Marx brothers be without Margaret Dumont

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

127 Is Whig back in his whigwam?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He was posting today from home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 10:59 PM (xDN0i)

Great news. Hospitals suck.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j)

128 Is your DiL an 'ette, four seasons? She'd fit in here, as we are all 29.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:01 PM (xDN0i)

129 Just got back from an ECHL hockey game at Scope Arena in Norfolk. Greensboro Gargoyles beat the Norfolk Admirals 7-4. Entertaining and fun.

Posted by: Geezer One at February 14, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2)

130 Two fatties can't screw in an MRI tube, so that's good.

Posted by: Open MRI's Exist, Though at February 14, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)

131

Silence of the Lambs is 35 years old.

Well, the trans community is OUTRAGED That Ted Levine's character doesn't meet today's social standards.

Levine and producer Edward Saxon issued a groveling apology.

What the everloving hell???

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)

132 Silence of the Lambs is 35 years old.

Well, the trans community is OUTRAGED That Ted Levine's character doesn't meet today's social standards.

Levine and producer Edward Saxon issued a groveling apology.

What the everloving hell???

Posted by: four seasons
************
Seriously? I have no words....except that was a good movie.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 14, 2026 11:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

133 Straight man usually got paid more, too. 60/40 wasn't unusual.

Posted by: Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit at February 14, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

134 Two fatties can't screw in an MRI tube, so that's good.

Posted by: Open MRI's Exist, Though at February 14, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)

I can't imagine having sex in an MRI tube. I have brain MRIs on the regular. I love hubby, but don't want him up in my business on that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:06 PM (xDN0i)

135 yeah, trannies don't do serial killings.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)

136

Grateful,

It's unbelievable.

Story is at the Daily Mail.

Some days I think we are so boned.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

137 Straight man usually got paid more, too. 60/40 wasn't unusual.

It's probably the harder job to do well.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2026 11:07 PM (Fs0KI)

138 When politicians want to change the subject, what do they talk about?

That's right, aliens.

Former President Barack Obama said that aliens are real but he has no idea where they are during a podcast appearance released Saturday.

“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama told YouTuber Brian Tyler Cowen after he asked him about extraterrestrials.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2026 11:07 PM (BNHnQ)

139 Then I hear her say "my first rose". I ran back in and got another. So every year, its roses. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

I cried at this. What a beautiful story!

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:08 PM (wLjpr)

140 I automatically flinch when I see a pic of a guy on bended knee asking for his girl's hand in marriage. It just looks like begging to me.

I'm probably reading it way wrong - oh well.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (cYBz/)
............................................
We had a very non-traditional college romance, as he was a retard. I sure as heck did not get the bended knee. I laughed when he first mentioned marriage, and told him he'd had too many beers and to ask me again. He did. I told his highness he had to not break up with me (never a reason) for one year.8 months later I said yes. Paid cash for the ring.

To arrange to have a photographer film this event would have been hilarous.

Eldest son, and married almost 2yrs called me today after fishing in FL (no fish due to cold weather). He described a bridezilla friend of his wife's that has my attention for an anthropology paper. It is wild what she's demanding. We were both cracking up. A bridal shower, one of the big ones, people have to come in "period costumes" from a Jane Austen novel. He wants his wife to be a peasant or maid, but as matron of honor (he's calling her slave of honor) I am thinking not!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:09 PM (WONhk)

141 By "aliens", Obama means "demons".

Posted by: the zutt got carlson too at February 14, 2026 11:09 PM (gKWVE)

142 I saw a BBC program on heterosexual sex back around 1980. It was very detailed. They sometimes used infrared shots to show effects of the body, during arousal and intercourse, as a fig leaf (figuratively) to escape the already loose censors.

One thing I recall was a video of the female's uterus during an orgasm. During orgasm, the opening to the cervix dilates and, combined with uterine contractions, can move help move sperm toward an egg.

So...

Posted by: Javems at February 14, 2026 11:09 PM (zFsEm)

143 Some days I think we are so boned.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

Hollywood is boned. They will be replaced by AI. Too bad about Levine. I liked him in Monk.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:10 PM (xDN0i)

144 Hello everyone!

Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2026 11:11 PM (PjSTM)

145 Gracie Allen never told a joke without getting paid. She was a nice lady who liked have parties at home, but was a normal wife/Mom. Her ditzy motormouth act was just that, an act. She was a vaudevillian since she was a little girl. A very good dancer, too.

Posted by: Gracie, How's Your Brother? at February 14, 2026 11:12 PM (oftw2)

146 >But it’s still a stupid expectation of women. Why don’t women spend money and time and effort on their men? Where’s the equality?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IhIKR

It would be impossible for me to match J dollar for dollar. I don’t have it. Our relationship is quirky in a lot of ways, but at the same time we have pretty traditional roles. I make dinner 90% of the time, I keep things picked up daily, I do the grocery shopping. I find all the things he can’t, which is just about everything. 😄

Posted by: Piper at February 14, 2026 11:12 PM (Wmg4n)

147 Straight man usually got paid more, too. 60/40 wasn't unusual.
Posted by: Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit at February 14, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

Even during Pride Month???

Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2026 11:13 PM (PjSTM)

148 Doof, did you get to see the Police cover band concert? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:14 PM (xDN0i)

149 Straight man usually got paid more, too. 60/40 wasn't unusual.
Posted by: Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit at February 14, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

Even during Pride Month???
Posted by: Doof

There are no straight men during Pride Month, silly.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 14, 2026 11:15 PM (ftFVW)

150 So apparently the left has rabidly turned on Taylor Swift because he’s has not said fuck ice. Oh heavens.

And now the rumor is she and the football player are having second thoughts about getting married. Sad news on V-Day. Poor Taylor. 🤣

Posted by: Sorry, Not Sorry at February 14, 2026 11:15 PM (ItM8b)

151 Hi everyone. Has anyone heard from whig or tcn? Haven't scrolled through the comments so forgive me if I'm repeating the question.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 14, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

152 Doof, did you get to see the Police cover band concert? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:14 PM (xDN0i)

Good memory! But we're out of town for the weekend so no.

Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2026 11:16 PM (PjSTM)

153 What blew my mind was when I learnt that the fallopians are NOT a direct passage to the ovaries. "Fimbriae" from the fallopians flail around the ovaries to catch the egg. Like the arms of the facehuggers in Alien.
HR Giger, man.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 11:17 PM (gKWVE)

154 Man, Tyler Perry lost the plot. I knew him as cheesy family entertainment for black people, and then I turned on the TV tonight and it was some movie of his, and it was all "n***a, n***a, n***a," and then some pornographic stuff, and I had to shut it off and try to distract my daughter from it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)

155 Beckoning, Whig was posting from home earlier today. He seems ok. We haven't heard from tcn about Grandboy. I pray they are ok.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:18 PM (xDN0i)

156 There are no straight men during Pride Month, silly.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 14, 2026 11:15 PM (ftFVW)

Yuh huh - we just stay in the closet

Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2026 11:18 PM (PjSTM)

157 Great story, and especially for today.
*Raising a glass to the Kochs!*
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2026 10:38

Seconded, great tale Teresa. Ours is a bit similar, we met in college 1975.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (55Qr6)

158 Then I hear her say "my first rose". I ran back in and got another. So every year, its roses. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)
..................................
Sweet! I don't remember when he first bought me flowers, but he knows I prefer pink or peach unless it is Christmas. Today I got a card that was sweet, but I expected nothing at this point in 49yrs of knowing him.

We grow massive David Austin roses,30 of them, a labor of love & thorns for a decade in this house. Large & wild fluffy roses, not florist types and the size of trees. I love them.

It will be interesting to see my spring bulbs since we've had very little snow this year. A yellow crocus is blooming now, and usually through snow. Daffodils and tulips to follow, and we have a lot.

The first thing this nitwit I love bought me was a coral and silver ring in the mall. I still have it as, short of saving the first six pack of Coors we shared, that's all I have. Our one son and DIL were HS sweethearts and she has a collection of tickt stubs, prom photos,etc framed. I have memories and some photos.

He was a po' white boy playing the field when I messed up his game.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)

159 Even during Pride Month???
Posted by: Doof at February 14, 2026 11:13 PM (PjSTM)

---------

Imagine how much you'd need to be paid to be the straight man in an all-gay cabaret.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (nWPIJ)

160
Beckoning Chasm,

Whig is home and he has been commenting today.

I haven't seen an update from tcn. I imagine she has a long row to hoe with that very sad situation.

tcn is awesome and she will get that situation straightened out.

Lots of prayers are needed.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

161 Heart shaped pizza is too expensive.

I made heart-shaped rice krispy candy this year. Its main flaw is that, like heart-shaped pizza it requires cutting pieces out.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 14, 2026 11:20 PM (EXyHK)

162 150 So apparently the left has rabidly turned on Taylor Swift because he’s has not said fuck ice. Oh heavens.
+++

Who? Who won't wear the ribbon?

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at February 14, 2026 11:21 PM (2Ez/1)

163 Then I hear her say "my first rose". I ran back in and got another. So every year, its roses. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

I cried at this. What a beautiful story!

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:08 PM (wLjpr)

Yeah she was bummed, like it was an omen. I said yeah it is, and everything is going to be fine, because every women I ever got roses for was a frigging dumpster fire, and the gods have a sense of humor. My true soulmate will destroy her rose and end the cycle of dumpster fires. I was right. We laugh about it all the time when she gets roses. I see her arranging them in her vase with this smirk on her face. I say you're thinking about that rose aren't you? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

164 Some time after breakfast Mrs. Javems said "Oh, happy Valentines Day". I replied, "And you". We then proceeded to help one another through another day.

Posted by: Javems at February 14, 2026 11:22 PM (zFsEm)

165 She was a nice lady who liked have parties at home, but was a normal wife/Mom.

“Even our home wasn’t always private. Unlike most motion picture stars, whose fans seemed feel were unapproachable, everyone believed that Gracie was their friend. Quite often someone would ring our doorbell and explain that they were just visiting and couldn’t go home without saying hello to Gracie or getting her autograph… I suppose they felt since they let us into their homes, we should let them into our home. Neither Gracie nor I liked this, but we both understood that people meant it as a compliment.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 14, 2026 11:23 PM (EXyHK)

166 I'd like to imagine nurse ratched's ex and Don Black's ex ended up together, making each other thoroughly miserable.

MiladyJo and I rarely dine out anymore, but we decided today we would, going to our favorite Mexican restaurant which this week re-opened after a remodel. Went crazy wild and had a beer. Slipped in during the mid-afternoon, and got out just as the place filled up with Saturday night and Valentine's Day diners. That was nice. Then we came home and had vanilla ice cream with strawberries and cookie crumbs.

Fifty+ years together and more in love than ever.

Posted by: mindful webworker - But, then, what's love got to do got to do with it? at February 14, 2026 11:23 PM (6hyzx)

167 I'm probably reading it way wrong - oh well.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2026 10:50 PM (cYBz/)

Girl I knew... I tried to explain once that what she called 'Chasing' was really her wanting to be belle of the ball. Also that it felt like begging, but also almost like what she wanted was to be forced to love. Not my kink.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:24 PM (bss/y)

168 I haven't seen an update from tcn. I imagine she has a long row to hoe with that very sad situation.

tcn is awesome and she will get that situation straightened out.

Lots of prayers are needed.
Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

Perhaps she needs to get an Insomniac brand tire iron to help.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:24 PM (S/Y4j)

169 I made heart-shaped rice krispy candy this year. Its main flaw is that, like heart-shaped pizza it requires cutting pieces out.

And then you have to "dispose" of all the little bits from between the cutouts. Yep, quite the hardship.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2026 11:24 PM (Fs0KI)

170

Javems,

That's exactly what we said this morning, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:24 PM (3ek7K)

171 Fifty+ years together and more in love than ever.
Posted by: mindful webworker - But, then, what's love got to do got to do with it? at February 14, 2026 11:23 PM (6hyzx)

Awww. *heartwarming*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:25 PM (bss/y)

172 I'm in trouble for dipping the pie in the cool whip again

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 14, 2026 11:25 PM (jrgJz)

173 “ There was never any professional jealousy between me and Gracie. Acts would run into trouble when they began competing for laughs. We never did; Gracie got the laughs, and at the end of the night, I got to bring Gracie home.”

—Gracie: A Love Story

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 14, 2026 11:25 PM (EXyHK)

174 And then you have to "dispose" of all the little bits from between the cutouts. Yep, quite the hardship.

--------

This is why everything should be square.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:25 PM (nWPIJ)

175 She remarried and got divorced again. I never remarried.

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2026 11:25 PM (ZxPkt)

176 71 >I got divorce papers.

Posted by: nurse ratched
-----
and I thought my story was unique
Feb 14, 19XX, I open the mailbox and there it is
final divorce decree

Love stinks
Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

I am sorry for all who go through this hell...but you are better off without them on the other side. They are the losers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (WONhk)

177 Saw on the interwebs that Taylor Swift started a contest to play at a high school. Supposedly, the winner (or current #1) is a school for the deaf.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (S/Y4j)

178 SAVE Act now has 50 votes in the Senate. Vance will break the tie if they manage to get it to a vote.

Now to see if they either scrap the filibuster or (more likely) force the Dems to do an actual, old-fashioned talking filibuster where they have to defend vote fraud on camera.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (IG3/x)

179
Hour of the Wolf,

I have thought about suggesting we need a posse of 'ettes to go up there and help tcn, lol.

'Ettes can be scary, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)

180 That is sweet, mww.

Mr Scary and I are doing Valentines lunch on Monday, after his physical therapy. The Mexican place we like has $8 enchilada plates on Monday.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (xDN0i)

181 177 Saw on the interwebs that Taylor Swift started a contest to play at a high school. Supposedly, the winner (or current #1) is a school for the deaf.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (S/Y4j)

Enthusiastic sign language guy!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

182 180 That is sweet, mww.

Mr Scary and I are doing Valentines lunch on Monday, after his physical therapy. The Mexican place we like has $8 enchilada plates on Monday.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (xDN0i)

Awwww. *heartwarming and frugal*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:28 PM (bss/y)

183 Mmm. $8 enchiladas.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:28 PM (nWPIJ)

184 Mine got remarried. Still with her.

But it’s not the woman he left me for.

I never remarried.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14, 2026 11:28 PM (IhIKR)

185 Saw on the interwebs that Taylor Swift started a contest to play at a high school. Supposedly, the winner (or current #1) is a school for the deaf.

And she should do it. They'll love it. With loud speakers so they can feel the vibrations and an over-to-top ASL interpreter. Just because they're deaf doesn't mean they're not kids.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2026 11:28 PM (Fs0KI)

186 183 Mmm. $8 enchiladas.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:28 PM (nWPIJ)

Because nothing says 'I love ya' like cheap, good TexMex.

'Murica.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:29 PM (bss/y)

187 I am sorry for all who go through this hell...but you are better off without them on the other side. They are the losers.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

They should have known better than to cheat a friend.
To waste the chance that they'd been given.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 14, 2026 11:29 PM (gKWVE)

188 That Atlanta Rhythm Section song is about AI, isn't it?

Posted by: GWB at February 14, 2026 11:30 PM (XoEtr)

189 Thanks folks. I always learn a lot whenever whig posts, as he seems to have access to an infinitely indexed memory bank, though he has not sent his saucers to destroy Washing ton. (Not sure why he's waiting, but whatever.)

I don't know tcn but I hope she is doing well and coping. I care about all the Morons. It's part of my being, I always make sure that everyone has what they want or need and typically neglect myself. I've been doing it for years and won't stop soon.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 14, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)

190 @184 - I cannot imagine any male who does not find you desirable.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 14, 2026 11:31 PM (CHHv1)

191 Because nothing says 'I love ya' like cheap, good TexMex.

'Murica.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:29 PM (bss/y)

He wanted to take me out today. But the enchilada plates were $18. No way, Jose. He got Buffalo wings homemade.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:32 PM (xDN0i)

192 184 Mine got remarried. Still with her.

But it’s not the woman he left me for.

I never remarried.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 14

Mine got remarried- to my best friend. Well, she used to be my best friend.

Thus far, I have refused actually getting remarried. It’s probably dumb on my part, but I was really traumatized by the entire experience. It was a huge step for me to say okay to the ring on my finger. The famous fell down the bathroom sink ring.

Posted by: Piper at February 14, 2026 11:32 PM (Wmg4n)

193 Some time after breakfast Mrs. Javems said "Oh, happy Valentines Day". I replied, "And you". We then proceeded to help one another through another day.
Posted by: Javems at February 14, 2026 11:22 PM (zFsEm)

Clearly, you're both in a rut. Next year, wish each other a happy Mandatory Affection Day, and watch the sparks fly...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 11:33 PM (nbLIj)

194 > 177 Saw on the interwebs that Taylor Swift started a contest to play at a high school. Supposedly, the winner (or current #1) is a school for the deaf.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:26 PM (S/Y4j)

Bitch. That gig was obviously tailor-made for me.

Posted by: Yoko Ono at February 14, 2026 11:33 PM (IG3/x)

195 This is (not) good. I now want some fudge. Peanut better, chocolate, with walnuts.

And I don't have any, and can't make it safely. (Sobs)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 14, 2026 11:34 PM (S/Y4j)

196 I never thought Tyler Perry would go to the gutter for humor. He was bland, dull kid stuff. It's like watching Mr. Bean go blue.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:34 PM (BI5O2)

197 So every year, its roses. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:00

Very cool story Bers.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 14, 2026 11:35 PM (55Qr6)

198 The Club ONT Jukebox
Some tunes for various stages of love

When your seafaring man has drowned:
https://youtu.be/zN2Yex9bgzk

When your man's gone, and your daughter is trying to cheer you up:
https://youtu.be/tfZysKKdcpE

When you're trying to say goodbye, but you're already gone:
https://youtu.be/JbQFMkTINTY

OK, enough dark ones.

When she's really the one:
https://youtu.be/53eKWJ4RMvg

When he's really the one:
https://youtu.be/HU05dhTSFq0

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)

199 I was reading an article on some treasure hunter who found the sailing ship Central America (aka the Gold Ship), and, of course, the IRS gets about 39% of every treasure find. But, that got me thinking and I did some research.

Were you aware that the same laws allowing the IRS to tax treasure finds, also require you to report change you find on the sidewalk as Income for the year? (IRS Code, Section 61) . You round to the nearest dollar and are legally required to list it on your 1040 as other income. Granted, the IRS generally follows the legal doctrine of de minimis non curat lex ("the law does not concern itself with trifles"). BUT, it's at their discretion.

My point is that chances are everyone in the comments section is a tax cheat. In fact, I'd wager just about everyone in the country is a tax cheat as a result of the above.

Posted by: Orson at February 14, 2026 11:36 PM (dIske)

200 Yeah, was married once. Wouldn't try it again, unless it was a Moronette.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 14, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)

201 >Saw on the interwebs that Taylor Swift started a contest to play at a high school. Supposedly, the winner (or current #1) is a school for the deaf.
-----

that story is 13 years old
the concert did not happen, but she made a generous cash gift to the school

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)

202

Husband and I are almost at the 50 year mark.

I tease him and say I think he's scared of me, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:38 PM (3ek7K)

203 One of my current anthropology studies is when a guy buys The Ring. Then the instagram proposal like Tay Tay & that loser NFL guy. It is all instagram worthy.

My husband paid $300 for my rings & they were perfect. Small center diamond with a sapphire on each white gold band, & a chip of a diamond on the wedding band. At the time the lady was impressed he paid cash (197

from his income tax return. I felt bad he got nothing so I bought him a guitar that he still has. My ring has a bigger diamond now but the same setting (10th anniversary and his idea). I did not want a huge diamond to offset the setting.

I was excited, and without the wedding band it did look a bit odd. It was perfect because I have worn, since age 16, a ring my parents gave me instead of a class ring (mother's idea), a diamond with small sapphires on my right hand in white gold.

At work my co-workers tell me my engagement ring was pretty. The house supervisor of 3-11 shift, a snobby woman, asked if it was a "promise ring" because the diamond was small. Instead of getting mean I simply said I think it is pretty.

Told my boys to buy what they can afford like their father & they listened (rare) vs Tay Tay.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)

204 I made pie for Mr Scary. Didn't eat any. Sweets don't interest me. Wish I didn't like other food too much #fatass

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:38 PM (xDN0i)

205 And then you have to "dispose" of all the little bits from between the cutouts. Yep, quite the hardship.

This is why everything should be square.
Posted by: Cicero

Hexagons work, too!

Posted by: mikeski, geometrically at February 14, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

206 I just celebrated the 8th Anniversary with the 2nd wife. I only made it 7 years with the first one, so I'm calling it a win.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:39 PM (BI5O2)

207 I haven't seen an update from tcn. I imagine she has a long row to hoe with that very sad situation.

tcn is awesome and she will get that situation straightened out.

Lots of prayers are needed.
Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

I must have missed something - what is going on with tcn?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 11:39 PM (SRRAx)

208 206 I just celebrated the 8th Anniversary with the 2nd wife. I only made it 7 years with the first one, so I'm calling it a win.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:39 PM (BI5O2)
___________________________

What's important is, "What's SHE calling it?"

Posted by: Orson at February 14, 2026 11:40 PM (dIske)

209 I say you're thinking about that rose aren't you? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

Yes she is!!!

The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray. He's gotten better since then!!

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:40 PM (wLjpr)

210 Mine got remarried- to my best friend. Well, she used to be my best friend.

Thus far, I have refused actually getting remarried. It’s probably dumb on my part, but I was really traumatized by the entire experience. It was a huge step for me to say okay to the ring on my finger. The famous fell down the bathroom sink ring.
Posted by: Piper at February 14, 2026 11:32 PM (Wmg4n)
.......................................
And look at you thriving, loving life, and not in prison like I would be! His loss, honey.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:41 PM (WONhk)

211
Teresa,

I don't remember which night tcn told us what is going on. Hopefully someone here will remember which night.

I'm thinking maybe Wednesday or Thursday overnight.

You need to read it as it's a long story and tcn and her family need prayers.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (3ek7K)

212 The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray

----------

Wow. Did he get you an urn for your birthday?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (nWPIJ)

213 Mr Scary was my biology lab partner in 10th grade, circa 1987. We are still a weird lab experiment in progress. It's been a trip.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (xDN0i)

214
lol Mary,

Yep every day here is an experiment.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:45 PM (3ek7K)

215
Wow. Did he get you an urn for your birthday?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (nWPIJ)

It was post war kuwait. The only flower arrangement the one florist open was making was funeral arrangements!!

But if he had gotten me a pretty urn, I would have used it for the vase!!!

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:45 PM (wLjpr)

216 Thursday night, I think? God Bless them.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:45 PM (xDN0i)

217 I made pie for Mr Scary. Didn't eat any. Sweets don't interest me. Wish I didn't like other food too much #fatass

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:38 PM (xDN0i)

Fatass? I saw you in texas, there isn't enough meat on your ass to make a poor man a bowl of soup wtf are you talking about? Fatass...ay. You ettes are a special breed. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

218 What's important is, "What's SHE calling it?"
Posted by: Orson at February 14, 2026 11:40 PM (dIske)

Eh, she did ok by it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:46 PM (BI5O2)

219 212 The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray

----------

I saw this and thought of you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

220 The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray. He's gotten better since then!!
Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:40 PM (wLjpr)

I heard a story about a young man overseas who took a shine to a local lady, and he went and bought her what he thought were greeting cards from the local pharmacy for love letters, but turned out, because he couldn't read the language, to be funeral condolence cards which caused some dismay and confusion for everyone.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

221 Bers, how much ass is enough for a man to make a bowl of soup?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

222
lol Kindltot

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:48 PM (3ek7K)

223
Levine and producer Edward Saxon issued a groveling apology.

==============

To whom? Ed Gein?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 14, 2026 11:48 PM (n7rxJ)

224 The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray.

It was post war kuwait. The only flower arrangement the one florist open was making was funeral arrangements!!
Posted by: moki

That's sweet, in an Addams Family sort of way. Did you call him Gomez for it?

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)

225 Happy Valentine's Day to all those who celebrate!

Possibly I screwed myself, I dunno. I'm so rusty at this dating thing that I honestly have no idea.... I'm, like, 35 years out of practice.

I met a woman here at the senior housing complex (actually I've met several, but she's the one I like best). Thought about making her a good meal for Valentine's Day, but then I thought again... it's not like she's my formal girlfriend (yet, but I have hopes in that respect), so maybe Valentine's Day is rushing things. I made the dinner last night instead. She wasn't home, so I left a note on her door, casually inviting her over for dinner. No word. I know she's been there because the note is gone.

Now I'm wondering if maybe she WAS expecting me to ask for today. Shit, I dunno.

She's been over here several times for coffee, etc., so it's not like she's afraid to come over to my place.

Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

226 Wow. Did he get you an urn for your birthday?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (nWPIJ)

You could always use it for an ash tray, I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)

227 216 Thursday night, I think? God Bless them.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:45 PM (xDN0i)

Thanks - I'll go look for it. We were out with friends that night.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (SRRAx)

228
Blonde,

To the TRANS COMMUNITY.

It's unbelievable.

Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (3ek7K)

229
I saw this and thought of you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

I know, right?

That's sweet, in an Addams Family sort of way. Did you call him Gomez for it?
Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)

No, I'm not that clever, but dang if I won't do it now!!

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:50 PM (wLjpr)

230 Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

Call her up tomorrow, tell her you got busy today, and ask if she wants you to make her a dinner.

Easy peasy.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

231 I always get my wife the gangly, young bouquets, so they last longer, and get prettier after a week or so.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:51 PM (BI5O2)

232 Kinky! MRI porn. Any excuse for porn. Ida tapped that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 14, 2026 11:51 PM (gVUi7)

233 I don't remember which night tcn told us what is going on. Hopefully someone here will remember which night.

You need to read it as it's a long story and tcn and her family need prayers.
Posted by: four seasons at February 14, 2026 11:43 PM (3ek7K)

In a nutshell, visit to meet her new grandbaby revealed her son had turned the condo TCN was underwriting into a pig sty and had another young couple and their dog staying in the second bedroom. I believe there was evidence of recent pot smoking, something she previously told idjit son was verboten in the condo.

So, TCN was faced with the dilemma of calling CPS and taking custody of grandbaby or turning on her heel and pretending she saw nothing. I believe her absence from here suggests she's chosen the former course, so prayers for wisdom and straight paths are in order.

People are shit...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 11:52 PM (nbLIj)

234 She's been over here several times for coffee, etc., so it's not like she's afraid to come over to my place.

Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

She's too old to play high school games. She could have asked you over. Don't fall for it, RB, shop around some more.

Posted by: moki at February 14, 2026 11:52 PM (wLjpr)

235 230 Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

Call her up tomorrow, tell her you got busy today, and ask if she wants you to make her a dinner.

Easy peasy.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2026 11

I second this approach.

Posted by: Piper at February 14, 2026 11:52 PM (OoFl2)

236 Fatass? I saw you in texas, there isn't enough meat on your ass to make a poor man a bowl of soup wtf are you talking about? Fatass...ay. You ettes are a special breed. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

Thanks Bers. I've had houseguests almost constantly from before MOME til last week. I've cooked so much and feel like a bloated toad, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:53 PM (xDN0i)

237 I always grow roses for the gal.

They seem to like it. Kind of reminds you to give them something out of the blue and not because you forgot something or because you fucked up.

Plus, I just enjoy growing them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

238 Well, crud - can't get to Thursday night's comments....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 11:54 PM (SRRAx)

239 I always get my wife the gangly, young bouquets, so they last longer, and get prettier after a week or so.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:51 PM (BI5O2)

I do that with roses. I look for the nice tighter wound buds that haven't opened up and are sliding towards death. It works out great, by day 2 they are opened and look great and last a while.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 14, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)

240 Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

Listen to me, it will work out if it is meant to. If she is petty over this holiday then she ain't worth it. Maybe she has a cold.

I would have never guessed I'd end up with the guy I married and we are now grandparents. He was a nitwit our first year in college, but he never saw me cry or whine or act like his nitwittery bothered me. I was never one to call him or beg as I would have rather run out nekkid in traffic. Ok, the second time he broke up for no reason I got very mad and told him to leave my apt, so he saw anger but no tears.

It will work out one way or the other, don't you worry. Or there is someone else you haven't met.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)

241 Teresa, Joe Kidds summary at 233 is pretty good. Pray for tcn and Grandboy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:57 PM (xDN0i)

242 They seem to like it. Kind of reminds you to give them something out of the blue and not because you forgot something or because you fucked up.

Plus, I just enjoy growing them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

Yeah, random flowers buy you some leeway, too.

This is an easy way to rack up points. Fellas, take note. Aetius gets it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 14, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

243 Crap, I feel like I'm 15 years old. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 14, 2026 11:49 PM (IG3/x)

So I went to Chic-Fil-A on the way to work. While waiting for my chicken strips, I witnessed this:

So the kids are swarming around the cars like hormonal hornets. All Late high school (You all remember.) I watched this bubbly pretty young blonde near run up to 'Cool Guy' and say 'I met your sister. We're friends now!' Cool guy says forced nonchalance: Yeah she said you all had met. You're not friends. BB: Yes we are. And to complete the John Hughes of it all a dorky curly headed kid gave the Bubbly blonde a look of longing.

And I thought 'This is like college and high school romance boiled and distilled down to 10 seconds.'

ANYone with a couple decades behind them know exactly what these kids were about and what they were feeling/motivations.

People are like books as long as you are not emotionally invested.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:58 PM (bss/y)

244
To the TRANS COMMUNITY.

It's unbelievable.

Posted by: four seasons

===============

I kinda figured, but FVK. Who are they going to apologize to for Hannibal Lecter? Is there a marginalized cannibal community?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 14, 2026 11:58 PM (n7rxJ)

245 I believe her absence from here suggests she's chosen the former course, so prayers for wisdom and straight paths are in order.

People are shit...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 14, 2026 11:52 PM (nbLIj)

From what I read she was getting a lawyer. I've been praying for her and that baby every night. He's about 12days old.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 14, 2026 11:59 PM (WONhk)

246 I am off to bed, I need to get up early and walk the doge (J left for Germany this morning, he normally is the first thing in the morning dog walker), plus finish my fashion contribution and get it to Doof, all before Church. Sleep well.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 12:00 AM (Wmg4n)

247 Thanks, Joe Kidd - that is so sad for tcn (and the grandbaby).

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 12:01 AM (SRRAx)

248 Night Piper.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

249 The first flowers my husband got me was a gimongous, ugly funeral spray
-----
The first birthday present I got Jules was an ironing boad. In my defense I also bought a over and liner. They needed it, the household of 5 girls were ironing their clothes o towels on the floor. I thought it was thoughtful, J did not.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 15, 2026 12:04 AM (55Qr6)

250 Speaking of flowers- Joe Mannix called me from our mom's house today. He caught some lady stealing flowers from her garden and tried to apprehend this bandit, but she escaped in her car before he could get to her.

Who becomes a flower pirate? I've been wracking my brain for a reason.

There's a million ways to get flowers in the larcenous heart of the naked city, I suppose.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:06 AM (BI5O2)

251 My former wife didn't waste any time getting down to business.

We had a heart shaped wedding cake.

When it came time to cut it, she insisted on going first and stabbed it right in the center...laughing.

Posted by: pawn at February 15, 2026 12:06 AM (uvB+6)

252

lol pawn

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 12:07 AM (3ek7K)

253 When it came time to cut it, she insisted on going first and stabbed it right in the center...laughing.
Posted by: pawn at February 15, 2026 12:06 AM (uvB+6)

Bit on the nose, bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)

254 I must have missed something - what is going on with tcn?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2026 11:39 PM (SRRAx)

Grandbaby is not in a good situation. Got condo for son and babymama, tcn shows up, there's another couple with a toddler and animals in the room intended for baby, pot smell and paraphernalia everywhere, booze empties as well. Had to command everyone in cleaning everything up. (Son needs discipline but couldn't go right into military, needed a year off ADHD meds.) Tried to get them to marriage license, son was stoned off gourd at appointed time. Babymama already not breastfeeding less than two weeks in. Not to mention, again, the strangers in the condo with their pets. Needless to say, Morons have offered various recommendations, and IIRC a lawyer is being consulted. I think that's the gist.

Posted by: SciVo at February 15, 2026 12:08 AM (Sy6m/)

255 “Ghost of a Chance” by Prof. Neil E. Peart, Canadian poet and percussionist
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 14, 2026 10:44 PM (O3dBq)

You left out atheist and vocal anti-gun lobbiest who had a personal bodyguard.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 15, 2026 12:10 AM (JRP2U)

256 YD and Joe Mannix are brothers? I didn't get that before. Sorry someone stole your Mom's flowers.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:10 AM (xDN0i)

257 Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, I guess it will work out if it's meant to.

I'm probably going to hold off on any further movements in that regard until after my (minor) surgery this week. That's gonna put the kibosh on any activities for a while, anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 15, 2026 12:13 AM (IG3/x)

258 Teresa, Joe Kidds summary at 233 is pretty good. Pray for tcn and Grandboy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 14, 2026 11:57 PM (xDN0i)

A friend of over 20 years has an adopted daughter who married young and had her first child, divorced, got into drugs, went into rehab, found another guy, had another kid, got into drugs...

My friend raised the first granddaughter pretty much alone. Did a pretty good job, too. The second (or maybe third) granddaughter was adopted by a good family. A third (or the second?) is being raised by the father, with whom my friend is on good terms. There are two more fairly recent additions that this idiot daughter is leaving with my friend's ex while she goes to work.

Only advice I can offer TCN would involve swift and firm application of a hot iron to her idiot son's testicular area..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 15, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)

259 I think flower thieves should be lashed to a wheel that mills flowers into seed stock for a period of no less than 5 years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:15 AM (BI5O2)

260 Only advice I can offer TCN would involve swift and firm application of a hot iron to her idiot son's testicular area..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

could be worse

Posted by: Edward II at February 15, 2026 12:16 AM (gKWVE)

261 Well, crud - can't get to Thursday night's comments....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

*siiigh* Pixy likes to make it as hard as possible to read past comments. And posts.

If you go to the archives (front page, right-hand column, 'way down the page), and select the month you want, you get a list of that month's posts. COPY the URL from a post, and get just the post number. Pre-pend that number with https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post= and use the resulting URL. Lotsa work for each post.

Sample URL from the archive:
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 12, 2026 [Doof]
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/418501.php#418501

Modify the URL thusly:
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418501

tcn's comments start at #362. Also 369, and 386 et al., with the usual helpful and sympathetic Moron replies.

Posted by: mindful webworker - C'mon Pixy, join the 21st Century at February 15, 2026 12:16 AM (6hyzx)

262 The Club ONT Jukebox
Some tunes for various stages of love

The last batch was too serious. These are inappropriately odd.

When you're giving it up, but need to be all biblical about it:
https://youtu.be/LFrREPVDZGA

When you're madly in love..... with a stripper:
https://youtu.be/kBUd9xs8JaM

When she leaves you for an Elvis impersonator:
https://youtu.be/2cRHs7hNtSk

When you're David French:
https://youtu.be/ubfK5N2IUrI

When you're seduced by a lesbian vampire:
https://youtu.be/1eOIvQnkhg0

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 12:19 AM (VHUov)

263 See if their blistered, bandaged fingers wabble back into a garden after that!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:19 AM (BI5O2)

264 Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 15, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)

My dear friend has full custody of her two great-grandsons..Bio-mom was a drug-addled mess in and out of jail. One bio dad is dead and the other in the wind. I couldn't have kids of my own so do what I can to help my friend and these boys.

This is why I pray so fervently for tcn. The right thing won't be easy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (xDN0i)

265 I think flower thieves should be lashed to a wheel that mills flowers into seed stock for a period of no less than 5 years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
-------

You're too kind!

My old house had lots of flowers, was on a corner lot in a working-class neighborhood, near jr high and high schools. Flowers got picked/stolen regularly!

One time, I noticed that *somebody* had even dug out a chunk of irises!

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

266 I finally made the list.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (dK+Kv)

267 I do that with roses. I look for the nice tighter wound buds that haven't opened up and are sliding towards death. It works out great, by day 2 they are opened and look great and last a while.
Posted by: Berserker

What a brave, brave girl
Never loved before
Placed herself in reach.....
So he tried, in his own way
To find the heart
of the tight-packed rose

Posted by: Marillion at February 15, 2026 12:24 AM (VHUov)

268 People think that flower growers are an easy mark.

Not so. At least not not with this guy. I work at home. If you lay your hibiscus-pickin' fingers on this man's lawn, you'll draw back a stump.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:25 AM (BI5O2)

269 I assume the best thing about being married when you’re over 29 is you both have someone to bring you to doctor appointments.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 15, 2026 12:25 AM (cwGMH)

270 Tonight we watched Rubio's speech in Munich. It was good and seemed to have a good reception.

Unfortunately, I found his lithp dithracting as it made me keep remembering little Dondi's infamous foam dance party days. Surely there's speech therapy for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYftS2BTFwM

Posted by: mindful webworker - roo bee oh at February 15, 2026 12:25 AM (6hyzx)

271 266 I finally made the list.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (dK+Kv)

I made it under a sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:26 AM (bss/y)

272 Good evening morons and Слава двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 12:27 AM (RIvkX)

273 ANYone with a couple decades behind them know exactly what these kids were about and what they were feeling/motivations.

People are like books as long as you are not emotionally invested.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2026 11:58 PM
.....................................
I was an outlier of teen girls. Because at 15yrs and the first make out session at the drive in was not worth it. So I stayed home most of HS except for dances and a concert or two. I was not into this deal at all.

Years later I find out from one of the older football guys and Mr. HS that people thought I was stuck up.

I wasn't, I was blind without my glasses. Which possibly served me well. I can go to any HS reunion with my head held high as I was an enigma, not being ugly or wacko. I had plenty of friends but I did not date much at all.

Continued this my first year of college and at least two horrific blind dates. Dated a couple of guys and moved West. Where NO ONE would ask me out and I was ready. Finally got to the hospital as a student nurse and things worked out.

I cannot imagine throwing myself at anyone in HS. Never did in college, either. Girls can be weird and still are from what I hear.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:27 AM (WONhk)

274 I finally made the list.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (dK+Kv)

I made it under a sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:26 AM (bss/y)

Happy Valentines Day to you and your sock.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:28 AM (dK+Kv)

275 I finally made the list.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (dK+Kv)

I made it under a sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:26 AM (bss/y)

Don't let its match get lost in the dryer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 12:29 AM (S/Y4j)

276 The right thing won't be easy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (xDN0i)

It never is. Good for your friend and for you. Got church tomorrow. Prayers to all the lovers, the survivors, and especially, the guardians..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 15, 2026 12:29 AM (nbLIj)

277 Bruce and I enjoyed cold omelets with crab meat straight from the plains of Oklahoma. I had myself a beer, he declined. It was a lovely Valentine's feast.

Posted by: Liz Warren at February 15, 2026 12:30 AM (0nHVk)

278 Happy Valentines Day to you and your sock.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:28 AM (dK+Kv)

We're happy together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:32 AM (bss/y)

279 You left out atheist and vocal anti-gun lobbiest who had a personal bodyguard.
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 15, 2026 12:10 AM (JRP2U)

You mean he was a typical CANADIAN???

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 12:32 AM (O3dBq)

280 Girls can be weird and still are from what I hear.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:27 AM (WONhk)

Girls are sharks. I have a handsome older flounder, and as soon as they sense an opening, it's like springing a leg hold trap.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:34 AM (dK+Kv)

281 Well, early Mass tomorrow and I have been informed it is bedtime. I may tell him about the MRI deal of the ONT. Except then he will ask to see it and it will reveal my secret treehouse.

He's a lot of fun or I would not be with him. A natural Moron.

My brother's first meeting of him one summer was not impressive (so he told our father). My guy only wore his glasses to drive. They had broken (John Lennon type wire rims and one cracked lens) and, being poor, held together with scotch tape while driving his beater wreck of a car. Bro was part of a huge friends kegger on the 4th of July, and I think wondered how I had survived at all. We had so much fun together when he visited us.

So he'd fit in here but y'all are mine. My brother would be King of the Morons he was so insane.

Prayers for whig and tcn and all who need them.
XXXX (supermodel kisses)

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:35 AM (WONhk)

282 Happy Valentines Day to you and your sock.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:28 AM (dK+Kv)

We're happy together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 12:32 AM (bss/y)

Here's a song for you.

https://youtu.be/eEjbcOe9hsc

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:36 AM (dK+Kv)

283 50

"My boomerang won't come back!
My boomerang won't come back!
I waved the thing all over the place.
Practiced 'til I was blue in the face.
Now I'm the big disgrace of the Aborigine race.
My boomerang won't come back!"

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 15, 2026 12:37 AM (eZs9g)

284 I assume the best thing about being married when you’re over 29 is you both have someone to bring you to doctor appointments.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 15, 2026 12:25 AM (cwGMH)

Not necessarily so. Hubby has had shoulder surgery and can't drive. I have to get eye injections and can't drive (to that appointment).. We arent used to needing help. I am truly grateful for friends who will.help.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:38 AM (xDN0i)

285 My old man bought me a boomerang when I was a kid. I never got the hang the hang of it. I would throw it and it would never come back, and I'd have to go retrieve it from a marsh or a mountain. Worst toy ever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BI5O2)

286 Not necessarily so. Hubby has had shoulder surgery and can't drive. I have to get eye injections and can't drive (to that appointment).. We arent used to needing help. I am truly grateful for friends who will.help.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:38 AM (xDN0i)

I go for an eye exam once a year. I hate it. They put that shit in your eyes to dilate your pupils and its like staring at the sun for 2 hours after. Mrs B has to drive when I go.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 12:41 AM (snZF9)

287 I suspect the police or CPS in Anchorage will not allow an infant to remain in that situation, if they received a report, which calls for immediate intervention more urgent than prayer. If you could call the cops you should call the cops. tcn is likely to be involved in any case.

Make a prayer for peace in her house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 12:43 AM (RIvkX)

288 280 Girls can be weird and still are from what I hear.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:27 AM (WONhk)

Girls are sharks. I have a handsome older flounder, and as soon as they sense an opening, it's like springing a leg hold trap.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:34 AM (dK+Kv)

Was in a bar a couple weeks ago... dressed down as usual... and ran into an old Business Acquaintance... had not seen him in a few years and we got to discussing retirement...

Made the mistake of saying how much is in my Stock Accounts... and no debt at all... and suddenly the Women in the place found me much more attractive.

It's like they had Sonar ears... because is was not as if I was speaking loudly... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 12:45 AM (mP0Kj)

289 Calling cops or CPS will generally make everything worse for the kid. They don't care about that kid, he's just another number to them. Better to handle it in-house, with people who actually have some skin in the game, IMO.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:47 AM (BI5O2)

290 My old man bought me a boomerang when I was a kid. I never got the hang the hang of it. I would throw it and it would never come back, and I'd have to go retrieve it from a marsh or a mountain. Worst toy ever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BI5O2)

Right? Same here, my father came home with 2 of them one day. We lived down the street from a park so he thought it would cool and go there to try them. They don't come back. They never come back. They'll do every acrobatic trick in the book and always end it by flying away from you.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (snZF9)

291 I suspect the police or CPS in Anchorage will not allow an infant to remain in that situation, if they received a report, which calls for immediate intervention more urgent than prayer. If you could call the cops you should call the cops. tcn is likely to be involved in any case.

Make a prayer for peace in her house.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

She said she didn't trust Alaska's CPS:

"But, AK CPS is a bit of a crapshoot. Babies have gone there and disappeared. Literally. Friends have had grandbabies gone missing, forever."

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)

292 Forgot this song my roommate (who had a much better voice than mine) and I used to belt out at parties. My bf/husband remembers us singing it around his highness. The lyrics are good.

He took things to a new level when he found out I was moving to the UK without him after graduation. We didn't, my crazy nurse friends and I, but it was the plan. As a group we would work in London and see Europe. He woke up and got his act together when I said I was not waiting for him. G'night.

https://tinyurl.com/w3jf6j27

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)

293 Scary, if I was nearby I would drive you, happily so. I have driven a ton of family and friends to and from doctor's appointments. I drive myself too, even after I have placed an unwarranted substance in my eye thinking that is was normal eyedrops. My neighbor almost pees her pants when we reminisce about the trip home from her oral surgery, she was a hoot and a half.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (0nHVk)

294 I go for an eye exam once a year. I hate it. They put that shit in your eyes to dilate your pupils and its like staring at the sun for 2 hours after. Mrs B has to drive when I go.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 12:41 AM (snZF9)

I go monthly for eye injections. Last month was the first month Mr Scary wasn't there ( he just had shoulder surgery).

The ophthalmologist walks into the room. Does a double take. "where is your husband? He wants to know. "I'm used to seeing the two of you." That made me smile. Mr Scary has always been there. But he can't drive right now..

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (xDN0i)

295 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:47 AM (BI5O2)
====
Agreed. But otherwise that baby is coming with me. Now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 12:49 AM (RIvkX)

296 "But, AK CPS is a bit of a crapshoot. Babies have gone there and disappeared. Literally. Friends have had grandbabies gone missing, forever."
Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)

She said she was getting a lawyer. I suggested she stop by, since she owns the condo, every day. Kick the "roommate" with a dog and cats out.

I know she's working on it and needs our prayers. She will win and rescue that sweet baby boy. I am sure of this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:50 AM (WONhk)

297 https://tinyurl.com/w3jf6j27
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)

wow, thanks...

Don't think I've heard that song since the 70's...

But yeah, know all the words.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 12:53 AM (mP0Kj)

298 It's like they had Sonar ears... because is was not as if I was speaking loudly... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 12:45 AM (mP0Kj)

Yeah, I suspect it is worse in the retirement set.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2026 12:53 AM (dK+Kv)

299 Debby, thanks. I am so grateful to have friends who will drive me into the bowels.of Austin. It sucks to feel dependent. But it is what it is.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:56 AM (xDN0i)

300 Secret to homemade messican food? Lard. Just it lard up.

Rice. Lard. Taquitos. Quesadilla. Lard. Just lard it up for the Lard above.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2026 12:56 AM (diia5)

301 Yeah, I suspect it is worse in the retirement set.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
------------

Even family! Hubby's brother tried to settle in on our property with his 5th wheel trailer last year. He's 70+ and looking for a free ride because he's got medical issues and nothing to show but the truck and trailer. Guess he figured I'd be the nursemaid??

No. Absolutely not.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

302 I just bought some Lard today. To season a wok.lol

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:59 AM (xDN0i)

303 My cousin's dad (my uncle) died, and when he did, my aunt off the rails. And then onto the rails... of cocaine.

My mom adopted her and raised her as her own alongside us boys.

This is the way. We boys weren't the best housemates for a young girl from a broken home, but it was better than the foster system. That shit is a living Hell.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2)

304 "But, AK CPS is a bit of a crapshoot. Babies have gone there and disappeared. Literally. Friends have had grandbabies gone missing, forever."
Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
====

I worked with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska when I was in the government and can confirm. Not a good history there.

But if you cannot be assured of an infant's safety there is no alternative to action.

TBH you take strangers and strangers dog out of the apartment, it is once again an internal situation that can be handled as a family matter. If you are going to introduce strangers they better have badges not bongs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 01:00 AM (RIvkX)

305 Don't think I've heard that song since the 70's...

But yeah, know all the words.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 12:53 AM (mP0Kj)

Mid '70's...it was big in 1976 when I met him. Engaged in '78, married in '79 when we both were 24yrs old and before he finished college. I was the "breadwinner!"

I did not plan to marry til age 30yrs as I had some livin' and travelin' to do. Which is why, had he asked and didn't, he'd know I was not marriage material at 22yrs and he did not need to break up with me every 3mo our first year. He was a true Moron. Or, as I told his uncle decades later, I saw a "diamond in the rough."

Had our second son a week before I turned 30, so life took a sharp turn. Love that entire album!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 01:01 AM (WONhk)

306 I think that we should have a baby shower for tcn, I have faith that she will prevail.

Um, JQ, are you here or should I just help myself. I notice that Miklos isn't here, it's Valentines Day, perhaps he is tween the Leens.

I know that I told you that hubs and I had our first ever date on February 13th. We did the whole cards and flowers and dinner and dessert thing and had a really great time. It was a Friday the 13th. The next day I was at work at my second job, which was manning the drive up window at a local bank, two windows actually, I was a busy girl. Anyway, he waited in the line and put a lovely bouquet of flowers in the canister for me. I knew he was the one for me right then. For the last 10 years of his life he had no idea what day it was at all. He gave me that memory and I am so grateful for it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 15, 2026 01:02 AM (0nHVk)

307 *Chivas for Debby*

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

308 DDS thanks for a sweet story
May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 01:05 AM (RIvkX)

309 We arent used to needing help. I am truly grateful for friends who will.help.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 12:38

You're not alone Mary. Jules needs eye injections and I'm overdue for post-po eye checkup so we can't drive each other. Hate to ask for help, we will muddle thru.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 15, 2026 01:06 AM (55Qr6)

310 > It's like they had Sonar ears... because is was not as if I was speaking loudly... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 12:45 AM (mP0Kj)

Remember the old EF Hutton commercials? This could be a variant.

"When Benjamin Franklin talks, people listen."

Good night all, and thanks again for the advice.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 15, 2026 01:06 AM (IG3/x)

311 Happy Valentine's Dey to Presdent Obama from the peeple of Brattleboro.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 15, 2026 01:07 AM (jwBFW)

312 I had steak, spinach souffle and heart-beet salad for dinner. Used the three smallest sizes of heart-shaped cookie cutters to make heart-beets, then added the usual: thinly sliced sweet onion, a little oil, apple cider vinegar, and a pinch each of salt, pepper, and sugar. Will definitely make again. Chocolate for dessert, of course. Waaaay too much chocolate.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at February 15, 2026 01:08 AM (qVvDt)

313 {Debby} what a sweet memory..

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 01:09 AM (xDN0i)

314 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 15, 2026 01:02 AM (0nHVk

And this is why flower thieves must be punished without pity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 01:11 AM (BI5O2)

315 Aww... that's such a neat story, Debby! How sweet.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

316
One time, I noticed that *somebody* had even dug out a chunk of irises!
Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

Well at least they have good taste!

Posted by: Iris at February 15, 2026 01:12 AM (bOJ2I)

317 LOL, Iris! Yes, those were from roots my grandmother had given me.

Dwarf variety that multiplied quickly-- yellow with purple 'falls'-- they could've taken more and I wouldn't have noticed except they didn't quite cover the severed rhizomes back up.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

318 YD, I have been a flower thief, never from someone's garden though, a field or anything that grew near a seashore would come home with me and be placed in a jelly jar beside our bed or on the dinner table.

Thanks JQ, I am buying a round.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 15, 2026 01:19 AM (0nHVk)

319 They sound lovely. I had small irises like that but they died out. Clay soil.

Posted by: Iris at February 15, 2026 01:22 AM (bOJ2I)

320 It starts with one bunch of irises, but then you're on to the roses, and the day lilies, and before you know it, you're lying in a garden cart covered in weeds and you don't know how you got there, but there's a pretty young bank teller with a canister full of jack shit, and the whole world is out of whack.

Flower piracy... not even once.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 15, 2026 01:23 AM (BI5O2)

321 JQ, not to pry, but has stuff resolved for BIL? Is he okay? I don't fault you a bit for saying hell no. I have a very firm red line in the sand for taking a relative into my home, it is just not ever going to happen, call it self preservation.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 15, 2026 01:25 AM (0nHVk)

322 I've taken cuttings of heirloom roses from cemeteries. I'll buy the Horde a shot for my sin.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 01:25 AM (xDN0i)

323 *raises paw* I am a flower-thief too...

Hubby and I were driving outside town one day and saw a big drift of purple irises by the roadside. Looked like they were tossed out of a car some time ago, no houses anywhere near. Hubby pulled over & asked if I wanted to get some! Ok-- I pulled up just a couple of rhizomes and planted them by our front gate. Beautiful!

There's a whole patch of them all around our deck now, 20-some years later.

The original patch was still there, last I looked. It's been maybe 5 years since I've driven past it during bloom.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

Processing 0.05, elapsed 0.0575 seconds.
14 queries taking 0.0151 seconds, 331 records returned.
Page size 184 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.