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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - February 15, 2026 [Doof]

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Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Cupid has returned to wherever it is he dwells. Presidents' Day is tomorrow. It's still winter for a lot of us. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Let's just get into tonight's content.

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Food Thread Reject

Daring cook makes frozen iguana tacos after falling from trees in Florida

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TikTok creator Gray Davis has gone viral with a series of videos documenting the “raining iguanas” phenomenon in Florida — and then eating them.

When the Sunshine State experiences unusually cold weather, the cold-blooded reptiles can wind down their systems to conserve energy, and almost literally freeze up in the process. As they stiffen, the iguana popsciles will topple from their perch onto the ground.

While they may look dead, the iguanas are technically alive and will literally thaw back to normal once the weather warms.

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Davis showed off the iguana he chose to use to make tacos, but he chose not to show the process of humanely dispatching and cleaning the iguana for its meat.

He shared that he found 20 eggs inside the iguana, “so by removing this one iguana, we actually saved the environment from over 20 iguanas come spring.”

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He started the process of making the tacos, simmering the iguana meat in a pot with onion, garlic, a bay leaf and some salt.

He then soft boiled the iguana eggs to blend with avocado, garlic cloves, olive oil, salt and lime juice to make a sauce.

Putting the cooked meat into a frying pan with his favorite seasonings, Davis let the meat get crispy before adding it to the taco shell.

“Now that right there is a Florida man taco,” he quipped. “If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em.”

More at the link. Also a link to TikTok for those of you who are so inclined.

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Mind status = blown

Did you know about this feature? I sure didn't!

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A peek inside the world of professional protesting

Not at all surprised by this.

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I gave you a break from this sort of content for a while, but the algorithm wins tonight.

Up first, another example of "Why?!?!?"

Man Hospitalized with WWI Artillery Shell In His Butt Triggers Evacuation at French Hospital

A hospital in southern France had to be evacuated after a bizarre and dangerous incident involving an artillery shell.

Late one Saturday night, a 24-year-old man showed up at the Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse complaining of intense abdominal pain. Medical staff soon discovered the shocking reason: he had inserted a World War I artillery shell into his rectum.

Doctors quickly moved to perform emergency surgery. During the operation, they identified the object as a live, 8-inch-long artillery shell from 1918. Due to the risk of detonation, the bomb squad and fire department were immediately called, and the hospital was evacuated as a precaution.

Authorities secured the area around the hospital while experts assessed the situation. Fortunately, the explosive—though old—was not considered an immediate threat and was safely removed by the disposal team.

The French man, who remained hospitalized to recover from the operation, will reportedly be questioned by police. He may face legal consequences for possessing and mishandling a Category A munition, which includes devices like the artillery shell found inside him.

Officials believe this may have been a reckless act, possibly tied to some sort of party stunt. Though unusual, this isn’t the first time a French hospital has faced such a situation. In 2022, a separate hospital in Toulon was partly evacuated when an 88-year-old man arrived with another World War I artillery shell in his body.

Did you read that last line? Previously an 88 year old dude did something similar? WTF, France?!?

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Up next, as a resident of MD, how was I not aware of this research going on here in the Old Line State?

Smart Underwear Reveals We Fart Twice As Much As Previously Thought

Turns out, we fart way more than we thought. And thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Maryland, we now have some high-tech underwear confirming it.

Previously, scientists estimated the average person let out about 14 farts a day. But with the help of a newly developed device — informally dubbed “Smart Underwear” — that number has been updated to about 32 times a day. That’s more than double the earlier guess.

The device, which clips onto regular underwear, uses electrochemical sensors to track gas levels and hydrogen in real time — though it interestingly can’t capture data while the person is on the toilet.

Why does this matter? Because flatulence can actually offer clues about gut health, digestion, and even mental wellness. Some studies suggest that certain gases may play a role in conditions like Alzheimer’s and postpartum depression. But still — we fart a lot, and maybe more than we’re comfortable admitting.

The team launched this project in part because past data was often inaccurate. Self-reporting can be unreliable, and older testing methods weren’t very effective. Back in 2000, a gastroenterologist known as the “King of Farts,” Dr. Michael Levitt, admitted there was no objective way to track excessive gas. That’s changed.

King of Farts. Is there a queen? Prince or princess? Duke or duchess? As a MD taxpayer, I demand to know these things!

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How about some boozy content?

CBD has some questionable taste in music, but his taste in bourbon has proven to be stellar. He and I talk bourbon frequently, and we have given each other many recommendations of stuff to buy and also stuff to avoid. A few years ago, he had me hunting for a particular bourbon that I had never heard of. I was able to find a bottle for him, and he was nice enough to let me try some. It was very good, and apparently he is still a fan.

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So what was he talking about last night?

What Happens When Bourbon Is Made With a Nearly Extinct Corn

One of the first things you learn when you start drinking American whiskey is that bourbon is, of course, made from corn. The grain gives the liquor its signature sweetness that drinkers around the world have come to recognize and love.

Roughly 99 percent of corn grown in the United States is the high-yielding yellow dent variety, which almost all distillers use to make bourbon. If you drive through the midwest in the summer you’ll see acre after acre after acre of yellow dent stalks shimmering in the wind.

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Some pioneering American distillers are working with historians, agriculturalists and farmers to identify and grow heirloom varieties of corn suitable for whiskey.

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To help High Wire figure out what corn to grow, Roberts baked more than three dozen breads each made from a different variety of the grain. “We went through many of them, and then we got to a Jimmy Red Corn bread and he said, ‘this is the one that was famous for moonshine: James Island Red Corn” said Marshall.

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The accolades for their 100-percent Jimmy Red bourbon started pouring in before it even went into the barrel. After meeting Julian Van Winkle III, president of the legendary Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, they shipped him a flask of their unaged spirit.

“A few days later, I walk over to my desk and my phone has two missed calls and a text message from Julian,” Blackwell says. “He goes, ‘This is the best white dog I’ve ever had.’”

After aging in new American oak barrels, the whiskey emerged brimming with notes that Blackwell says ranged from peanut brittle and baking spice to blueberries. “I think of the difference between Jimmy Red and traditional yellow corn like white sugar versus Demerara sugar,” Blackwell says. “The sweetness you get from a number of yellow corn bourbons is kind of a one-note, but the sweetness you get from Jimmy Red has a richness and complexity that really stretches your brain to pinpoint it.”

So yeah, I have to give The Dildo credit for finding this damn fine bourbon.

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Speaking of Julian Van Winkle...

How Pappy Van Winkle Became the Ultimate Cult Bourbon

Julian Van Winkle III is grandson of Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle Sr. Check out the link for a bit of history and some explanation of how the Van Winkle line of bourbon has become so sought after.

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A bit more on the subject of bourbon. Two articles about Harry Truman and his favorite bourbon and his favorite recipe for an old fashioned.

Harry Truman's Favorite Bourbon Brand Is Still Popular Today


Why President Truman's Old Fashioned Would Put Modern Cocktails To Shame

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Frosty Couture: The Chicest Olympic Kits at Milano Cortina 2026

From February 6 to 22, the opening ceremony at San Siro turned into a full-on runway moment, with countries serving cultural heritage, tech-savvy performance gear, and major style points. Milan being the host? Of course the vibes were elevated. Brands like Ralph Lauren, Emporio Armani, and Moncler went all out.

Starting with the stars of the show: Team USA (because we're biased but also they nailed it). For the 10th time, Ralph Lauren delivered timeless Americana perfection. Think winter-white wool duffel coats with wooden toggles, cozy flag intarsia sweaters, and red-white-blue accents that offer patriotic without trying too hard. The closing ceremony vibes? Graphic color-blocked puffers and vintage ski energy—pure nostalgia with a modern twist.

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You can snag your own pieces on the Ralph Lauren site (the toggle coat at $1998 is already sold out in women's).

Italy, as the hosts, went full poetic tribute to the late Giorgio Armani's legacy with EA7 Emporio Armani. All-white everything evoking those snow-capped peaks, oversized bomber jackets with heat-printed "Italia," tricolor knit collars (red-green-white, obvi), and even national anthem lyrics hidden inside. Classy, emotional, and chic.

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France brought the artistry via Le Coq Sportif collab with Stéphane Ashpool. Ethereal topographic map inspo meets Olympic Truce vibes—soft gradients fading blue to pink/white, textured fabrics, and fluid lines that basically say "elegance in motion."

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Great Britain kept it playful with Ben Sherman on ceremonial duties (Adidas handled performance). 1960s mod energy all the way: structured outerwear, zip-up sweaters, patterned coats, and oversized scarves rocking Union Jack elements. Formal? Yes. Fun? Absolutely.

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Now, Team Canada with Lululemon... listen, they went bold. Deep reds, giant maple leaf motifs, quilted puffers that look like wearable art (or, let's be real, a very cozy Tim Hortons cup). Interesting is the polite word—we're here for the drama of it.

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Brazil made a splash with Moncler (teaming up with Oskar Metsavaht) for their big return to Olympic uniforms after decades. Puffer-heavy everything—jackets, skirts, capes—in voluminous white with green-yellow-blue flag linings. Luxury winter maximalism at its finest.

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And because we can't talk Olympics without a VIP moment: Usha Vance showed up supporting Team USA (and looking effortlessly put-together while pregnant—queen behavior). Her style during the trip leaned toward practical, elegant winter dressing—prioritizing warmth and sophistication while accommodating her pregnancy—with a focus on neutral tones, classic layers, and subtle patriotic touches.


Polo Ralph Lauren Team USA Wool Turtleneck Sweater in Cream Combo


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The 2026 Games proved once again: Olympics fashion is where national pride gets a couture upgrade. I'm dying to know if you're team USA toggle coat or full Moncler puff!

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Thanks, Piper!


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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Medium-difficult on the easy/moderate/difficult scale.


What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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Comments

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1 Yay, Half Price Chocolate Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok)

2 It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.
—Harry Hill

Posted by: mindful webworker in a distant galaxy far far awayy at February 15, 2026 10:02 PM (6hyzx)

3 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx)

4 Called the gun gang.

Posted by: mindful webworker done did the #2 duty at February 15, 2026 10:03 PM (6hyzx)

5 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko en Piper

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

6 Galileo, Happy birthday!

1633, Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church tribunals, forced him to recant his observations.
“E pur si muove” he said while leaving the court room.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:04 PM (gAc7u)

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

Posted by: Mao at February 15, 2026 10:04 PM (hJH5n)

8 Did you know about this feature? I sure didn't!
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It's my superpower.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

9 ***It's still winter for a lot of us.
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The plants think it's spring, I think that's false.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:05 PM (gAc7u)

10 >>> While they may look dead, the iguanas are technically alive and will literally thaw back to normal once the weather warms.

OMG! He is literally killing them and they are not even dead yet.
/sum dumb-ass somewhere.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:06 PM (/lPRQ)

11 Mind status = blown
=
Types,

Posted by: Methos at February 15, 2026 10:06 PM (vSvIl)

12 a separate hospital in Toulon was partly evacuated when an 88-year-old man arrived with another World War I artillery shell in his body.

"partial evacuated"

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

I can't be the first with the 'explosive diarrhea' comment, can I?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 15, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

13 Just tried the delete trick in the comment box. It Works!

Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)

14 I have (somewhere) a Team USA polo shirt. When I traveled wearing it, at least three people would ask if I was in the Olympics.

I learned to greet this with "in my wildest nightmares I am the first U.S. marathoner to win the gold medal since Frank Shorter in 1972."

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (hJH5n)

15 The freeze would have been an excellent time to hunt pythons. Wouldn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (gAc7u)

16 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (bss/y)

17 I guess it was too much to hope for pencil skirts to carry over from the gun thread while the winter Olympics are going on...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

18 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)

19 I can't be the first with the 'explosive diarrhea' comment, can I?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 15, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)


Seems as though you are!

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

20 They have 12 dollar flowers at K roger priced at 99 now half off

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (gbOdA)

21 Ted Levine got bullied into denouncing his Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill role).

Sack up, ya fucking pussy.

C. Thomas Howell and Fisher Stevens are next, I reckon.

I fucking hate this shit.
Good night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

22 I remember seeing The Jam on Uncle Floyd.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

23 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (J+Psw)

24
Congrats Blanco



Posted by: fourseasons at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

25
I am not looking it up. Why does Canada have a dude in a wheelchair on the olympic team? Does he finger the stone before release?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (QVmho)

26 The freeze would have been an excellent time to hunt pythons. Wouldn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard

The Paolo, how you say, He thinks you are not his type.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

27 Sorry I'm late, my dirigible got snagged on a radio tower.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (jOhYg)

28
Better out than in, I always say.
- Shrek

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (QVmho)

29 I remember seeing The Jam on Uncle Floyd.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)


Fun band. I feel like they didn't get enough credit or attention.

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

30 Jacque cooking san quinton Chili

NO carrots

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 15, 2026 10:10 PM (gbOdA)

31 he had to swim to get the recipe

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 15, 2026 10:10 PM (gbOdA)

32
Better out than in, I always say.
- Shrek

If it feels good, do it.
- Dr. Ruth

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho)

33 From their costumes it looks like the Brazilians really struggle with cold weather.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

34 Valentine's Day in Mao's China. (Whole lotta crazy going on.)

https://is.gd/Ci2Zmj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:11 PM (J+Psw)

35 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)



Congratulations, Blanco!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:11 PM (8zz6B)

36 Hi everyone!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:11 PM (OoFl2)

37 @TheThe1776 . Feb 14

Sergeant Jonathan Turner, a 17-year US military veteran with tours in Iraq and Iran, died in California from combat-related issues. His Georgia family couldn't afford the funeral, so cremains were to ship.

Patriot Guard Riders relayed them 2,100 miles across seven states with honoring ceremonies, ensuring dignified delivery.

Thank you for your service Sgt Jonathan Turner and may you RIP. Thank you to the Patriot Guard Riders and everyone who participated in honoring the sergeant.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (gAc7u)

38 I can't pull off all-white, I disappear into it if I do. I envy those who can wear white, pink, and/or orange.

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks she looks best in blue or green at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (Wt5PA)

39 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (J+Psw)


How fucking ridiculous

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

40 I am not looking it up. Why does Canada have a dude in a wheelchair on the olympic team? Does he finger the stone before release?
Posted by: BifBewalski

Probably a member of Canada's para-Olympic team.

Posted by: Tuna at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (lJ0H4)

41 23 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (J+Psw)

I knew it would happen sooner or later

Cowards

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (xcxpd)

42 Did you know about this feature? I sure didn't!

ctrl-backspace.

In the before times. But after punch cards and patch panels, before the mouse, there were keyboards...

And in the later times...

With touch screens MicroSux has been hiding shortcut keys from the menus.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

43 Galileo, Happy birthday!
1633, Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church tribunals, forced him to recant his observations.
“E pur si muove” he said while leaving the court room.
Posted by: Braenyard


You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/HsDYsnzjIN0

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

44 25
I am not looking it up. Why does Canada have a dude in a wheelchair on the olympic team? Does he finger the stone before release?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10

Because paraolympics are running at the same time and using the same kits.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2)

45 King of Farts. Is there a queen? Prince or princess? Duke or duchess? As a MD taxpayer, I demand to know these things!

Doubtful, but I'm sure there's a Groom of the Stool.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

46 Happy-ish Sunday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adrian the Bad Poetry Critic . . . and . . . writer, thereof . . . at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (3ZUWJ)

47 If Michael Bay made a turtle movie.

https://is.gd/B74I20

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (J+Psw)

48 Good body, every evening!

Posted by: Benny Hill, 1973 at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

49 >Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

It's been Hosed?

Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)

50 Itinerant Alley Butcher - naw, the yutes would probably say, "He's figuratively killing them!" because they literally don't know what literally means.

Also, wow, fashion that is wearable by sane humans of both sexes!

Posted by: RandomDave at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)

51 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)
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May you enjoy massive capital gains

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

52 Thanks for the ONT, Disco and the couture, Piper.

Posted by: scampydog at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (41CYW)

53 ***CBD has some questionable taste in music
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You all do. I don't understand how intelligent, literate, educated people listen to such... but I do go on sometime.....

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (gAc7u)

54 > Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.
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better do Psycho then

Posted by: Don Black at February 15, 2026 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

55 33 From their costumes it looks like the Brazilians really struggle with cold weather.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026

I am sure they do!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:15 PM (OoFl2)

56
Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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How fucking ridiculous
Posted by: Doof

Was just thinking about that movie today when we saw the doggo in the original "The Burbs" movie with Forest Gump, Princes Leia, and General Sanford Smithers.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:15 PM (QVmho)

57 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (bss/y)


You're welcome. For the ONT, AND for the lack of Rush.

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

58 They have 12 dollar flowers at K roger priced at 99 now half off

Hah. I went into the grocery today for bread and came out with bread and a dozen roses.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (Fs0KI)

59 29 I remember seeing The Jam on Uncle Floyd.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The Ramones guested 22 times on Uncle Floyd.

Posted by: Bones Boy at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)

60 Thanks for the ONT, Disco and the couture, Piper.
Posted by: scampydog at February 15, 2026 10:14 PM (41CYW)


*pats Doggo on the head*

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

61
Because paraolympics are running at the same time and using the same kits.
Posted by: Piper

Thank you. I thought it was some messed up woke crap.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (QVmho)

62 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Congratulations!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:17 PM (OoFl2)

63 ***with countries serving cultural heritage, tech-savvy performance gear,
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acid injections to enhance the glidepath?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (gAc7u)

64 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Grats!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (bss/y)

65 Congrats, Blanco!

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

66 I can't pull off all-white, I disappear into it if I do. I envy those who can wear white, pink, and/or orange.
Posted by: pookysgirl thinks she looks best in blue or green

This fashion stuff is difficult. But, in a perfect world, I'd love to wear suits like this.

Who'd tell me it wasn't for me?

(via YooToob)
https://t.ly/yW_i1

Posted by: Tonypete at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (cYBz/)

67 “E pur si muove” he said while leaving the court room.

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Dude, everyone knows the world revolves around Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (J+Psw)

68 You're welcome. For the ONT, AND for the lack of Rush.
Posted by: Doof


Owwww. Doof is living in the limelight ...

Posted by: Adrian the Bad Poetry Critic . . . and . . . writer, thereof . . . at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (3ZUWJ)

69 It actually gets cold in the south of Brazil near Uruguay and Argentina. They get snow occasionally, especially in the mountains.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (6ydKt)

70 Who the hell farts 32 a day? Also, who sticks a WWI artillery shell up their pooper?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)

71 So the land whale don't date MAGA. Thats like saying you can't fie me, I quit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)

72 >>and fluid lines that basically say "elegance in motion."

The sensual squirming of a lifer in prison buying a pack of Newports.

Strange. Disgusting.

Posted by: ZOD at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (E6cid)

73 63 ***with countries serving cultural heritage, tech-savvy performance gear,
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acid injections to enhance the glidepath?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (gAc7u

Hyaluronic acid is in just about every single moisturizer - it is also in fillers. Your body makes it. It’s not battery acid. It is the injection part that feels like it would not be pleasant.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (OoFl2)

74 Dude, everyone knows the world revolves around Michelle Obama.

According to Michelle, the world has a special hard-on for her and holds her down at every opportunity.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 15, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

75 23 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (J+Psw)

Too late. I will always put my Lotion in the motherf***ing basket.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 10:20 PM (xDN0i)

76 Because paraolympics are running at the same time and using the same kits.
Posted by: Piper

And the Special Olympics in D.C.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:20 PM (J+Psw)

77 Owwww. Doof is living in the limelight ...

Posted by: Adrian the Bad Poetry Critic . . . and . . . writer, thereof . . . at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (3ZUWJ)

Living in the limelight the universal dream for those who wish to see...those who wish to be must put aside the alienation, get on with the fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme...

- Prof. Neil E. Peart, Canadian poet and percussionist

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (hJH5n)

78 This fashion stuff is difficult. But, in a perfect world, I'd love to wear suits like this.

Who'd tell me it wasn't for me?

(via YooToob)
https://t.ly/yW_i1
Posted by: Tonypete at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (cYBz/)


Only if you wear it in fall or winter just to piss off the fashion snobs

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

79 The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (+HNx/)

80 Olympics fashion - Piper gets the prize for theme creativity.

Yes, I did know about delete-by-word. Learned about it just recently on a smart military blog.

What we need, apparently, is Smart Underwear that detects explosive suppositories.

Posted by: mindful webworker dates MAGA exclusively - my wife at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (6hyzx)

81 For those following the saga, I got the house. Moving day is Mar 7th.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310


Wait 10 days & ask the leprechauns for help...

Posted by: Adrian the Bad Poetry Critic . . . and . . . writer, thereof . . . at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (3ZUWJ)

82 70 Who the hell farts 32 a day? Also, who sticks a WWI artillery shell up their pooper?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)

The more you eat, the more you shit.

Posted by: Mao at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (hJH5n)

83 Legend has it the Black Tom Island ammo explosion in NY Harbor in 1916 by German saboteurs, 2 million pounds worth, was detonated from an ass-borne shell.

Posted by: Ram On at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)

84 The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked.

We were in the WINTER Olympics!

Posted by: Male Olympians at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)

85 This fashion stuff is difficult. But, in a perfect world, I'd love to wear suits like this.

Who'd tell me it wasn't for me?

(via YooToob)
https://t.ly/yW_i1
Posted by: Tonypete at February 15, 2026 10:18 PM (cYBz/)

Doesn’t work, sorry. But I would help with suits!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (OoFl2)

86 So the land whale don't date MAGA. Thats like saying you can't fie me, I quit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)


Hold up a sign next to her - "Your terms are acceptable"

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

87 I am not looking it up. Why does Canada have a dude in a wheelchair on the olympic team? Does he finger the stone before release?
Posted by: BifBewalski

For the Skeleton.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

88 a gastroenterologist known as the “King of Farts,” Dr. Michael Levitt

*hands Dr. Michael Levitt a Bic utility lighter*

Posted by: teenage Miklos double dog dares at February 15, 2026 10:23 PM (AP7fj)

89 >>The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked.

Wasn't very snowy in Greece.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

90 The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked
——
It would certainly make the moguls interesting!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:23 PM (OoFl2)

91 Living in the limelight the universal dream for those who wish to see...those who wish to be must put aside the alienation, get on with the fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme...

- Prof. Neil E. Peart, Canadian poet and percussionist

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (hJH5n)

And introvert.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)

92 79 The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 15, 2026 10:21 PM (+HNx/)

That would be mighty cold in the Winter Games.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:24 PM (hJH5n)

93 better do Psycho then
Posted by: Don Black at February 15, 2026 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)
====
Are we doing phrasing?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

94 Use the iguana eggs for bait. A nice salsa verde and margaritas are in order.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (gVUi7)

95 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.
===

You'd think it would have been for targeting fat chicks.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

96 Hold up a sign next to her - "Your terms are acceptable"

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)


I'm thinking "There IS a god".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (snZF9)

97 That would be mighty cold in the Winter Games.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:24 PM (hJH5n)

Wimmenz curling would be outstanding!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (8zz6B)

98 better do Psycho then
Posted by: Don Black

Just don't use your real name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (J+Psw)

99 With touch screens MicroSux has been hiding shortcut keys from the menus.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

I don't even know half of the keyboard shortcuts Lil Pooky uses. To be fair, I'm not sure he does either. But he *does* know what the space bar does for YouTube. I can't even pause his symphonies for a second without him banging on the space bar. He's even started repeating parts he likes by hitting the arrow keys.

But next month I'm going to get lectured because he might be "developmentally behind" since he doesn't actually talk. He just yells a certain way to get Pookette's attention, says "dadadada" when he wants Pooky, and "mamamamama" when he's melting down because I'm not there.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows her kids are smart at February 15, 2026 10:26 PM (Wt5PA)

100 Thanks, everyone.

Wait 10 days & ask the leprechauns for help...

Those little shits? Nah, not after the last time.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (lUFok)

101 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (v23vE)

102 That would be mighty cold in the Winter Games.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:24 PM (hJH5n)


But we'd get phrases like: 'She won that race by a nipple.'

And maybe a swinging dick crosses a line first, too.

Posted by: RickZ at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (gKDq2)

103 Another outstanding Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Thanks to Piper for the Olympics style guide. Great outfits worn by our team and by Usha Vance!

Great photo up top. Very appropriate for a week in which we are forecasted to receive up to ten inches of snow.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (kB9dk)

104 Wimmenz curling would be outstanding!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:25 PM (8zz6B)

Cheryl Bernard, the skip of the Canadian women's team back in 2010, was HOT. From Grand Prairie, AB.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (hJH5n)

105 Because paraolympics are running at the same time and using the same kits.
Posted by: Piper

Thank you. I thought it was some messed up woke crap.
Posted by: BifBewalski

But he can still do the Skeleton, right?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

106 34 Valentine's Day in Mao's China. (Whole lotta crazy going on.)

https://is.gd/Ci2Zmj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn
--=-

Lily Tang Williams, she's got a good CV but not getting much press.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:28 PM (gAc7u)

107 dagnabit - anyway, good evening, 'ettes and 'rons, and thanks Doof and Piper for the girthy content, which I'm now off to read.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 15, 2026 10:28 PM (v23vE)

108 And introvert.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Navels are really quite interesting, if one gazes enough

Posted by: Federally Funded Researcher Prof. Miklos at February 15, 2026 10:28 PM (AP7fj)

109 I could imagine several scenarios where the artillery shell impaction could have been accidental.

Posted by: The Grand Poof at February 15, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

110 14 I have (somewhere) a Team USA polo shirt. When I traveled wearing it, at least three people would ask if I was in the Olympics.

I learned to greet this with "in my wildest nightmares I am the first U.S. marathoner to win the gold medal since Frank Shorter in 1972."
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 10:07 PM (hJH5n)


I have one as well. But I don't wear it anymore. I'm no longer a Large.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 15, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

111
Why is there so much white in the Olympics clothing?

Don't they know white is evil??

Posted by: fourseasons at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

112 103 Another outstanding Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Thanks to Piper for the Olympics style guide. Great outfits worn by our team and by Usha Vance!

Great photo up top. Very appropriate for a week in which we are forecasted to receive up to ten inches of snow.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February

Thank you! Doof always has cool pictures.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (Wmg4n)

113 The noble Florida savage uses every part of the iguana because of his close association to Mother Gaia. Nothing goes to waste.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (gVUi7)

114 The accolades for their 100-percent Jimmy Red bourbon started pouring in before it even went into the barrel.

I might have to track that down.

I have had a "blue corn" bourbon. It didn't seem like anything special. Maybe one from a stronger distiller would stand out..... it looks like Balcones makes one.

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

115 What looks like puffer coats with the Canadian uniform is a little unusual. They have no backs. Man in the video bought one and explained how it doesn't work.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Pe-L1IyzOM

Posted by: Lirio100 at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (ky7/T)

116 Yeah, I’m sorry but the Canadian coat(?) looks like an over-sized Klingon ceremonial lifejacket.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:30 PM (6ydKt)

117 Piper, thanks for the Olympic fashion report. My favorite was the American teams' white duffel coats for the opening ceremonies. And Usha Vance looked suitably American. I think it's the jeans.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:30 PM (0Htd1)

118 The Ramones guested 22 times on Uncle Floyd.
Posted by: Bones Boy at February 15, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)
====

Wow that many? was never a big fan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

119 It wasn't just iguanas that had a rough time in Florida recently. They have a problem with invasive fish species from more tropical places. The colder water temps killed/stunned many last week.

Posted by: Peacock Bass Fan at February 15, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)

120 The Olympics shouldn't even have couture. The ancient Greeks competed naked.
Posted by: Cicero


Sounds great, except there were no female competitors back then.

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

121 The Ramones guested 22 times on Uncle Floyd.


Count Floyd>>>>Uncle Floyd>>>Floyd the barber

Posted by: Sacarry keeds, very scary at February 15, 2026 10:32 PM (AP7fj)

122 Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anyone wanting to eat an iguana.

Then again, I am a lifelong Texan, and we have beef to spare....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 10:32 PM (SRRAx)

123 I might have to track that down.

I have had a "blue corn" bourbon. It didn't seem like anything special. Maybe one from a stronger distiller would stand out..... it looks like Balcones makes one.
Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)


Definitely try the Jimmy Red.

As for the Balcones blue corn -- I found it to be whelming. Their Texas Single Malt Whisky was MUCH better.

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

124 1 Yay, Half Price Chocolate Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura


Oh, bummer. I forgot to go to Walgreen's for marked down Valentine's Day candy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

125 It wasn't just iguanas that had a rough time in Florida recently. They have a problem with invasive fish species from more tropical places. The colder water temps killed/stunned many last week.
Posted by: Peacock Bass Fan at February 15, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)

Probably did not kill off any of the Quebec tourists, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:34 PM (8zz6B)

126 101 100!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy


[5.5]

Posted by: the French judge at February 15, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

127 If Michael Bay made a turtle movie.
https://is.gd/B74I20
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


The top pic is that meme of the evil-grinning little girl in front of a house-fire, except she's a turtle.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I blame Shredder at February 15, 2026 10:34 PM (6hyzx)

128 117 Piper, thanks for the Olympic fashion report. My favorite was the American teams' white duffel coats for the opening ceremonies. And Usha Vance looked suitably American. I think it's the jeans.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026

She didn’t wear anything particularly amazing this trip, but the poor thing is pregnant and probably exhausted, traveling everywhere, wrangling kids, just waiting for the press to pounce on her if she looks even a tiny bit green around the gills. I feel bad for her.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

129 There were 6,399 episodes of the Uncle Floyd show from 1974-2000. An average of 250 a year. Almost never a repeat. Chapman and Palin from MP appeared on the show to promote a movie and wondered at how fast they filmed and moved. When told they made 250 episodes a year, they said, "We make ten".

Posted by: Jersey Lore at February 15, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)

130 Used to be a bar near MacDill AFB called the Green Iguana. Might still be there. Haven't been in Tampa since '98

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 15, 2026 10:36 PM (sAmhv)

131 Probably did not kill off any of the Quebec tourists, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:34 PM (8zz6B)

I thought all the Snowbirds were on boycott?
(present company excluded)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:36 PM (6ydKt)

132 Speaking of Olympic fashion, on our cruise to Norway one of the excursions offered was to tour the Dale (pronounced dah-lay) factory where they still make gorgeous sweaters for their Olympians.

We went on a different excursion, but the people who took that tour really enjoyed it!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 10:37 PM (SRRAx)

133 Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anyone wanting to eat an iguana.

Then again, I am a lifelong Texan, and we have beef to spare....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

Have you been to a rattlesnake roundup? Tastes like chicken. Or catfish, maybe.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 10:37 PM (xDN0i)

134
We've been to a rattlesnake roundup in Georgia.
We politically declined tasting the goods.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 15, 2026 10:38 PM (3ek7K)

135 My favorite keyboard hack on Mac is "Sticky Keys" under accessibility settings. Once you set "sticky keys", you don't have to hold down two keys at once. You just tap them consecutively.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

136 >>>But next month I'm going to get lectured because he might be "developmentally behind" since he doesn't actually talk.
---

Teach him to sing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:38 PM (gAc7u)

137 I am not looking it up. Why does Canada have a dude in a wheelchair on the olympic team? Does he finger the stone before release?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 15, 2026 10:09 PM (QVmho)

Because their leaders are a bunch of pansy-assed, pervert loving, commie bastards? The guy's probably on their disabled oly team, so there's nothing wrong with him being there, but he's only there for show to score some kind of points. The rulers will swallow any crap and call it caviar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (uQesX)

138 Good evening, Zod. Nice to see you here!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (kB9dk)

139 Teresa, I have a Dale merino sweater - the Geila style, it’s really cute.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (Wmg4n)

140 133 Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anyone wanting to eat an iguana.

Then again, I am a lifelong Texan, and we have beef to spare....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
----

Making bet hubs is not a hunter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (gAc7u)

141 I thought all the Snowbirds were on boycott?
(present company excluded)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:36 PM (6ydKt)

A lot of bloviating, very little action. The low value of the Loonie compared to the Greenback may account for most of any dropoff in tourism.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

142 There were 6,399 episodes of the Uncle Floyd show from 1974-2000. An average of 250 a year. Almost never a repeat. Chapman and Palin from MP appeared on the show to promote a movie and wondered at how fast they filmed and moved. When told they made 250 episodes a year, they said, "We make ten".
Posted by: Jersey Lore at February 15, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)
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The show was barely produced!

I saw my last episode probably 1981.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

143 I not only knew that Ctrl+Backspace deletes the previous word -- I knew that Ctrl+Del deletes the next word (specifically, the word the cursor is on).

Also, I get seriously peeved at applications (looking at you, Excel and Smartsheet) that don't support those particular keychords.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 15, 2026 10:42 PM (v23vE)

144 How is your head cold, AOP? Are you feeling better?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 10:42 PM (xDN0i)

145 ZOD

Comment more

DO IT NOW

Posted by: Lord Master Miklos at February 15, 2026 10:42 PM (AP7fj)

146 Since there is mention of Bourbon here, any suggestions for a variation of an Old Fashioned? My son-in-law is thinking of having a variation for his signature cocktail at their reception.

Back to content!

Posted by: Iris at February 15, 2026 10:43 PM (bOJ2I)

147 She didn’t wear anything particularly amazing this trip, but the poor thing is pregnant and probably exhausted, traveling everywhere, wrangling kids, just waiting for the press to pounce on her if she looks even a tiny bit green around the gills. I feel bad for her.
Posted by: Piper
--

No way, she's a protagonist, a hero the tip of the spear and doing it well. No sorrows.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:43 PM (gAc7u)

148 Because their leaders are a bunch of pansy-assed, pervert loving, commie bastards? The guy's probably on their disabled oly team, so there's nothing wrong with him being there, but he's only there for show to score some kind of points. The rulers will swallow any crap and call it caviar.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February

OR, the para Olympic games are running at the same time and they have the same kits. And as actual people who work hard for their sport also deserve to be seen.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)

149 The flavor and texture of rattlesnake is pretty good. Too many bones.

I've never tried to fillet a rattlesnake.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 10:44 PM (gVUi7)

150 So the land whale don't date MAGA. Thats like saying you can't fie me, I quit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)

Was it just a random picture, or did it post it on it's social media accounts?

Wonder if someone replied, "MAGA ain't interested in tub of lards like you, fatass.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 10:44 PM (uQesX)

151 How is your head cold, AOP? Are you feeling better?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 10:42 PM (xDN0i)

Much better, Mary, thank you for asking. Had a basically normal day today, and got stuff accomplished.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:44 PM (8zz6B)

152 Was that guy with the iguana tacos listening to a Mexican radio?

Posted by: tankdemon at February 15, 2026 10:44 PM (jOhYg)

153 >>A lot of bloviating, very little action. The low value of the Loonie compared to the Greenback may account for most of any dropoff in tourism.

What's the story with the Alberta separatist movement, is it getting any traction?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

154 A lot of bloviating, very little action. The low value of the Loonie compared to the Greenback may account for most of any dropoff in tourism.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

Florida and the southern U.S. will still be there when they feel like thawing out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (6ydKt)

155 [5.5]
Posted by: the French judge at February 15, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)


types something about trees growing in Paris so the Germans could march in the shade

deletes

Bite me, frog boy.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (v23vE)

156 With all the fu**ed up stuff in Silence of the Lambs, the villain supposedly being trans is what the woke crowd gets their panties in a bunch over. That's just sad.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

157 Have you been to a rattlesnake roundup? Tastes like chicken. Or catfish, maybe.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 10:37 PM (xDN0i)


Nope. The crazy person who lives next door to my MIL has rattlesnakes for "pets". Brings them outside from time to time and "plays" with them.

We have to keep a very close eye on the grandkids when we visit.

Dude is certifiably nuts. And his front yard looks like the town dump. But nobody bothers him because....crazy. I think everyone is just waiting for him to die.

His brother was nuts, too - offed himself a few years ago in his postal delivery truck.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (SRRAx)

158 Was that guy with the iguana tacos listening to a Mexican radio?
Posted by: tankdemon
----------
While leaning on a Wall of Voodoo.

Posted by: scampydog at February 15, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)

159 While leaning on a Wall of Voodoo.
Posted by: scampydog

meh

Posted by: Miklos, tzompantli fancier at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (AP7fj)

160 Italy, Japan, Germany; all women, getting the axis back together again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (gAc7u)

161 I had given my parents a movie theater gift certificate and suggested they go see "Memphis Belle" which was a nice WWII movie about a military plane. My dad had worked on planes during the war. Instead they saw "Silence of the Lambs". Needless to say, they were disgusted with the movie.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

162 Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anyone wanting to eat an iguana.
Then again, I am a lifelong Texan, and we have beef to spare....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth


And rattlers. For variety.

Posted by: mindful webworker - eat mor snek at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (6hyzx)

163 160 Italy, Japan, Germany; all women, getting the axis back together again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (gAc7u)

I just had a vision of all three women on a poster with their arms crossed.

'You know what you did.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 10:49 PM (bss/y)

164 Oh, bummer. I forgot to go to Walgreen's for marked down Valentine's Day candy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

You still have time. It's two weeks yet until Orthodox Valentine's Day....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 10:49 PM (uQesX)

165 Miklos, tzompantli
--------
Had to look that one up. Thanks for the incidental learning session - that was a good one.

Posted by: scampydog at February 15, 2026 10:50 PM (41CYW)

166 What's the story with the Alberta separatist movement, is it getting any traction?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

Seems to be doing well. There is a petition circulating now to put a secession question on the Provincial ballot this Fall. Needs 175,000 signatures, and will likely exceed that by a huge margin. I will try to sign when I go home in late March. It is now a mainstream movement, and supporters are taken seriously by most people, even if they don't agree.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:50 PM (8zz6B)

167 Since there is mention of Bourbon here, any suggestions for a variation of an Old Fashioned? My son-in-law is thinking of having a variation for his signature cocktail at their reception.

Back to content!
Posted by: Iris at February 15, 2026 10:43 PM (bOJ2I)


I have several variations I can share. Contact me directly. Email is at the end of all of my posts.

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)

168 Italy, Japan, Germany; all women, getting the axis back together again.

It's the mirror image axis, where they're the good guys. Well, not Germany...yet!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 15, 2026 10:50 PM (Riz8t)

169 I had a buddy who used to voluntarily inject himself regularly with rattlesnake venom to develop a tolerance. He liked to go into the dens and wrangle them for profit.

I used to just dynamite the den.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 10:51 PM (gVUi7)

170 >>>And rattlers. For variety.
Posted by: mindful webworker - eat mor snek
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Leather back turtles and Javelina back strap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:51 PM (gAc7u)

171 The iquana taco thing proves my point that 90% or more of what we eat was established based on stupidity, boredom or a dare.

"Hey Lumpum, I dare you to swim into that crododile infested brackwater swamp, grab some sap from that ground plant with the purple flowers. Then *snicker* eat it."

Ladies and Gentlemen....the origin of the marshmallow.

Posted by: Orson at February 15, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

172 OR, the para Olympic games are running at the same time and they have the same kits. And as actual people who work hard for their sport also deserve to be seen.
Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)

Yes, I said that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (uQesX)

173 Italy, Japan, Germany; all women, getting the axis back together again.

Posted by: Braenyard

At one time, there was a Hungarian in New York (Pataki), and Austrian in California (Schwarzenegger) and some old school Poles and Czechs in Chicago.

Those Habsburgs slow, but almost.....

Posted by: Imperial Austro-Hungarian Miklos at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)

174 The iquana taco thing proves my point that 90% or more of what we eat was established based on stupidity, boredom or a dare.

Hey Og, I betcha won't eat that snail.

Posted by: Grop at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (Riz8t)

175 >>It is now a mainstream movement, and supporters are taken seriously by most people, even if they don't agree.

Amazing thing happening right on our border and it gets almost zero media coverage. I hope you guys pull it off.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

176 Making bet hubs is not a hunter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:40 PM (gAc7u)


Nope. Father raised "some" cattle on their property outside of town. BIL goes deer hunting several times a year.

Hubby is a born chatterbox; can't stand it when things are too quiet. NOBODY wants him accompanying them on a hunt 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (SRRAx)

177 Doubtful, but I'm sure there's a Groom of the Stool.
Posted by: Archimedes


a good title for Governor Wes Moore

Posted by: gKWVE at February 15, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)

178 Who the hell farts 32 a day?

Microfarts. Like microagressions, they’re undetectable except by experts in the field.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 15, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)

179 I’d like to know where all of the serial killers went?

For about five decades there were serial killers in the news all the time.In the past few decades we’ve seen very few.

I wonder what happened?
DNA and other new forensic techniques scare them off?
Was it all a fad among the criminally insane?
Did they all become mass shooters instead?

It’s good they’re gone but I think it’s strange how it just went away as a problem in the western world.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 10:56 PM (6ydKt)

180 166 What's the story with the Alberta separatist movement, is it getting any traction?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)
__________________________

Liberal MP's screwed up royally. PM Carney had given a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Alberta relative to pipelines and further developmment of their natural resources (oil, Nat Gas...etc). Essentially, an MOU is a "Ok, we hear you, and we're working on it".

Then, the idiot MP Liberals hold a vote that ends up confirming that they won't relax regulations, and the cap on natural resource development remains in place. So, Carney's stall technique was sabotaged ideological idiots within the Federal government. It will add momentum to the Alberta movement, which is the opposite of what Carney tried to do with the MOU.

Posted by: Orson at February 15, 2026 10:56 PM (dIske)

181 Had to look that one up. Thanks for the incidental learning session - that was a good one.
Posted by: scampydog

Only had a problem with the HOA once.

Asked if they would like become part of the project.

Not a word since

Posted by: Miklos would have Best Tzompantli Award, if they had those at February 15, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

182 I'm the farthest thing from a fashionista (no really), but I thought the American olympic team looked pretty sharp in that white getup they were wearing in the opening ceremony. The jackets looked pretty cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

183

Ctrl Bsp, Ctrl Bsp
Heh. Works.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 15, 2026 10:58 PM (XeU6L)

184 Hey Og, I betcha won't eat that snail.
Posted by: Grop at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (Riz8t)

____________________

Yes!!! Exactly. Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.

Posted by: Orson at February 15, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)

185 Since there is mention of Bourbon here, any suggestions for a variation of an Old Fashioned? My son-in-law is thinking of having a variation for his signature cocktail at their reception.

Back to content!
Posted by: Iris


There was discussion of the Sazerac in the Food Thread, which is a spin on the old-fashioned. The old-old-fashioned, without the fruit salad. Not the new-old-fashioned with orange slices and fancy cherries.

Just making them with different liquors can be interesting. Rum old-fashioneds (fruit salad version) are good. I use Bacardi Ocho or Bacardi 10, stealing the idea from some cruise-ship bars.

Rye and chocolate bitters (fruit salad or not) can also be good.

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

186 Used to be a bar near MacDill AFB called the Green Iguana. Might still be there. Haven't been in Tampa since '98
Posted by: Puddleglum

I think they have more than one location now.
I think I have been there and was disappoinred that iguana was not on the menu.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

187 Doof always has cool pictures.
Posted by: Piper

Doh!

I thought those stayed at the Mome!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (lpVer)

188 I see I was 'way late with my rattlers comment. It's that time of the ONT when my comments get hordeminded.

I have always wondered why the USA doesn't get fifty seats at the UN. Now, I'm thinking, while we may not be able to field fifty teams to the Olympics, we could try. It's only fair. Most states are bigger than European & other countries. Even Rhode Island is almost eight times bigger than Grenada.

Posted by: mindful webworker - relatively irrelevant at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (6hyzx)

189 162 Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anyone wanting to eat an iguana.
Then again, I am a lifelong Texan, and we have beef to spare....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

And rattlers. For variety.
Posted by: mindful webworker - eat mor snek at February 15, 2026 10:48 PM (6hyzx)


Never seen a rattler in the wild.

Then again, I am a bona fide City Girl whose idea of "roughing it" is a Holiday Inn with no room service.

Our late daughter was the lizard queen - we were never sure what stray gene she picked up, because she didn't get that from either one of us 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (SRRAx)

190 Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.
Posted by: Orson

I claim unbroken ancestral lineage

Posted by: Miklos likes oysters and okra, so more for me of both at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (AP7fj)

191 Seems to be doing well. There is a petition circulating now to put a secession question on the Provincial ballot this Fall. Needs 175,000 signatures, and will likely exceed that by a huge margin. I will try to sign when I go home in late March. It is now a mainstream movement, and supporters are taken seriously by most people, even if they don't agree.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 10:50 PM (8zz6B)

====

*softly plays Gen du pays in the background*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)

192 Yes, I said that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (uQesX)

No, you didn’t. You said he was there to score points because of a pansy government. The US team also included some of our para olympians, I just chose another picture to highlight the duffle coats. People who have disabilities shouldn’t be hidden or made to feel less than. Not that guy, and not the ones who post here with us.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)

193 Doof always has cool pictures.
Posted by: Piper

Doh!

I thought those stayed at the Mome!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (lpVer)


The REALLY good ones do!

Posted by: Doof at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (QMAsf)

194
>>>Hubby is a born chatterbox; can't stand it when things are too quiet. NOBODY wants him accompanying them on a hunt 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,
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I relate to that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (gAc7u)

195 Silence of the Lambs has been canceled. It's transphobic.

https://is.gd/yjY3T4
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 10:08 PM (J+Psw)

They must be hoping for a Based on Real Events movie of Jeffrey Dahmer's life, updated for modern audiences.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j)

196 The iquana taco thing proves my point that 90% or more of what we eat was established based on stupidity, boredom or a dare.
Posted by: Orson


"Gourmet" is French for "Watch what I can make this poncy Brit eat."

Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

197 Yes!!! Exactly. Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.

Posted by: Orson at February 15, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)

That idiot is probably a fossil by now and died long before spoken language. I know this, because if they could speak somebody would have yelled "spit it out, are you fucking nuts??"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

198 Teresa, I have seen more rattlers in my yard than in the wild. Almost stepped on one near the backyard bird feeder. But have never seen one while hiking around Texas and the southwest.
Guess I spend more time around the yard. But still surprising.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:03 PM (xDN0i)

199 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

200 Ctrl Bsp, Ctrl Bsp
Heh. Works.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


BSP is an airport in Papua New Guinea

Hmmmm

Posted by: Miklos claims to know nothing further at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (AP7fj)

201 >>>Who the hell farts 32 a day?

>I surpass that number before my first cup of coffee in the morning.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (gVUi7)

202 Thanks, Doof and Piper! Good stuff tonight.

Did not know about the word-delete shortcut.

Iguana tacos sound nasty, but FL... whaddaya do?

Love the first fashion pic, especially those long coats! Good thing they've sold out of women's... saves me $2k!

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

203 198 Teresa, I have seen more rattlers in my yard than in the wild. Almost stepped on one near the backyard bird feeder. But have never seen one while hiking around Texas and the southwest.
Guess I spend more time around the yard. But still surprising.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:03

I lived in the hill country and they hung from the trees in July and August. That was no bueno.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (OoFl2)

204 She didn’t wear anything particularly amazing this trip,
Posted by: Piper


I liked her look. That's how a normal person attends sporting events. And she looks good, young and healthy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)

205 Yes, Silence of the Lambs is transphobic, because there is no way that a real-life trans would ever go on any sort of killing spree. (Please forget about the perpetrators of the last ten school mass shootings.)

Posted by: tankdemon at February 15, 2026 11:05 PM (jOhYg)

206 She didn’t wear anything particularly amazing this trip, but the poor thing is pregnant and probably exhausted, traveling everywhere, wrangling kids, just waiting for the press to pounce on her if she looks even a tiny bit green around the gills. I feel bad for her.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

At least JD's on hand some of the time to help with the wrangling. And feeding his wife gingersnaps (they really work!).

Posted by: pookysgirl has been there, done that, and has the stretch marks at February 15, 2026 11:05 PM (Wt5PA)

207 I thought those stayed at the Mome!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (lpVer)

The REALLY good ones do!
Posted by: Doof

The most "interesting" are in Doof's "Retirement Portfolio"

Posted by: Miklos has seen....things at February 15, 2026 11:06 PM (AP7fj)

208 Missed the food thread, darn it. Didn’t get CBD’s take on Triscuits.

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)

209 I liked her look. That's how a normal person attends sporting events. And she looks good, young and healthy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)


She looks like she is having a fun day.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)

210 Yikes Piper. I haven't seen that. But can believe it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:07 PM (xDN0i)

211 My young tom is now on a 9-o'clock-crazies spree. He is galloping all over the house, and up and over all the furniture.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

212 186 Used to be a bar near MacDill AFB called the Green Iguana. Might still be there. Haven't been in Tampa since '98
Posted by: Puddleglum

Word was, when I lived in FL and hung out with ladies who were in the know of the GOP...Charlie Crist hung out there and was known as Sweet Charolotte. Honest. That was what was said. I don't know for sure, but it was rumored bigly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)

213 I love that Ralph Lauren still designs for the US Team.

Too bad many of them lack the class needed to wear it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 11:08 PM (IhIKR)

214 Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)

I wrote:
The guy's probably on their disabled oly team, so there's nothing wrong with him being there

I'm not negating his presence. I was insulting the Canadian leftist administration, not the athlete.

Good night.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 15, 2026 11:08 PM (uQesX)

215 "Gourmet" is French for "Watch what I can make this poncy Brit eat."
Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)
____________________________

I believe the concept of cheese was initially a practical joke that worked out unexpectedly. But, there is an Italian cheese still holding up the tradition. Casu martzu...don't worry about the crunchy things. Those are just maggots.

Posted by: Orson at February 15, 2026 11:09 PM (dIske)

216 209 I liked her look. That's how a normal person attends sporting events. And she looks good, young and healthy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)

She looks like she is having a fun day.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2026 11

She looks fine, she just didn’t wear anything that was a huge wow moment. But again, when I was at that point in my pregnancies, I wouldn’t have wanted to fly to Armenia and then Italy with cameras in my face.

What I love is they dress little Mirabel in Hanna Anderson. It’s just so normal and refreshing.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:10 PM (OoFl2)

217 >>Yes!!! Exactly. Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.

Got a neighbor who made a great living as a lobsterman, another thing people looked at like eating an iguana, and then he and his son got a permit start an oyster farm. Making bank.

We have cows here. But there aren't that many places you can harvest lobsters and oysters. The ocean stands unmatched with weird shit that people will pay a lot to eat.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)

218 Usha looks great in that photo.

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (77rzZ)

219 Thank you for your service Sgt Jonathan Turner and may you RIP. Thank you to the Patriot Guard Riders and everyone who participated in honoring the sergeant.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (gAc7u)

My motorcycle brother is a Patriot Guard. They honor WWII and MIA veterans returning home. Families appreciate that their loved one is honored.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)

220
I thought Usha's clothes were very appropriate for the event.

Everything doesn't have to be fucking amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

221 ""I'm dying to know if you're team USA toggle coat or full Moncler puff!""


Definitely toggle coat, and serious NO to the silly Michelin man puffer crap. Especially the silly fire hat looking thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (snZF9)

222 Missed the food thread, darn it. Didn’t get CBD’s take on Triscuits.
Posted by: Bulg

Far inferior to Les Triscuites d'Argent that CBD gets from that one bakery down a side street in Paris that you would never find nor appreciate

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, les Poseurs m'on merde at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (AP7fj)

223 I claim unbroken ancestral lineage
Posted by: Miklos likes oysters and okra, so more for me of both at February 15, 2026 11:00 PM (AP7fj)


Leave the okra. Take the oysters.

Posted by: Peter Clemenza at February 15, 2026 11:13 PM (gKDq2)

224 The actor and director were also making the point that Buffalo Bill wasn’t trans.

Apparently he was cray-cray to the point he wanted to make a skin suit to be his perfect embodiment of a woman, the mother he never met, like a mix between Ed Gein and Norman Bates.

It’s supposedly explained in the book, but I never read it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (6ydKt)

225 Usha is a pretty lady. She looked good and appropriate for the event. She looked amazing for a pregnant lady herding kids and jetting about Europe in a stressful time.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (xDN0i)

226 198 Teresa, I have seen more rattlers in my yard than in the wild. Almost stepped on one near the backyard bird feeder. But have never seen one while hiking around Texas and the southwest.
Guess I spend more time around the yard. But still surprising.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:03 PM (xDN0i)


Your backyard and mine are NOTHING like each other 😂😂😂

We live in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Fort Worth - the rattlesnakes were driven out LONG ago (thank goodness!).

I've heard tales of a thing called "hiking" - never had any interest in participating in it, though. I like my creature comforts (and access to electricity and indoor plumbing).

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (SRRAx)

227 Common music theme- ya got me this time, Doof. One American band, two Brits, on trio, two quarters, I Can't Hardly Wait had a guest guitarist (Alex Chilton of Big Star) and Paul Weller of the Jam was guest guitarist on Oasis' Champaigne Supernova. Town Called Malice was a big hit in the UK, a minor hit in the US, but Shooting Star wasn't even released as a single, and Can't Hardly Wait didn't make a blip.

What am I missing here? No seeming common theme in the lyrics. Let's think about bit more...

Posted by: tankdemon at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (jOhYg)

228 Everything doesn't have to be fucking amazing.

Posted by: four seasons

Thank you

Posted by: a Mere Miklos at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (AP7fj)

229 We had the occasional rattler at work-- they'd come out of the brush to warm themselves on the blacktop parking lot on chilly nights.

Luckily, we had a security guard that would catch and skin them. Don't know if he kept the meat. (Likely enough, though.)

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

230 My theory why people started eating various weird things is that they saw some animal eat it first. If the critter didn’t immediately keel over, the person decided to give it a try.

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (77rzZ)

231 >>>The ocean stands unmatched with weird shit that people will pay a lot to eat.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Keep the Chinese trawls away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:15 PM (gAc7u)

232 224 The actor and director were also making the point that Buffalo Bill wasn’t trans.

Apparently he was cray-cray to the point he wanted to make a skin suit to be his perfect embodiment of a woman, the mother he never met, like a mix between Ed Gein and Norman Bates.

It’s supposedly explained in the book, but I never read it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 11:14 PM (6ydKt)

IIRC, doesn't Lecter say that Bill WANTS to be trans but is something 'much darker'? Am I remembering that right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 11:15 PM (bss/y)

233

Miklos,

YOU are amazing. I miss you when you aren't here.

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 11:15 PM (3ek7K)

234 We have cows here. But there aren't that many places you can harvest lobsters and oysters. The ocean stands unmatched with weird shit that people will pay a lot to eat.
Posted by: JackStraw

My Dad's cousin in Norway has a salmon farm in a netted in cove in the Lyngdalsfjord. Thousands of salmon 10 pounds or so. When we approached his place by boat, he was out with a .22 shooting at a mink raiding his fish. It's a cool operation.

Posted by: Norse Saga at February 15, 2026 11:15 PM (oftw2)

235 Thank you for your service Sgt Jonathan Turner and may you RIP. Thank you to the Patriot Guard Riders and everyone who participated in honoring the sergeant.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 10:12 PM (gAc7u)

My motorcycle brother is a Patriot Guard. They honor WWII and MIA veterans returning home. Families appreciate that their loved one is honored.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)

I worked on a few of their bikes. One is a vietnam vet, and has a silver star airbrushed on his back fender with a shit of of other artwork across the bike. It screams 'merica. We don't charge him labor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

236 225 Usha is a pretty lady. She looked good and appropriate for the event. She looked amazing for a pregnant lady herding kids and jetting about Europe in a stressful time.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15

Exactly, and she is next to Melania all the time. That in and of itself is intimidating, dress wise, knowing you are going to be compared. I am guilty of doing just that, and Melania’s shoe game alone is a class to itself.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:18 PM (OoFl2)

237 Hey Og, I betcha won't eat that snail.
Posted by: Grop at February 15, 2026 10:53 PM (Riz8t)

____________________

Yes!!! Exactly. Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.
Posted by: Orson

===

Starvation.
You vill eat zee bugz.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:18 PM (/lPRQ)

238 I've heard tales of a thing called "hiking" -


"Hiking" is what one does after miscalculating use of limited financial resources regarding beer/gasoline conundrum

Posted by: Miklos sez hand me down my walkin' cane, yes lawd at February 15, 2026 11:18 PM (AP7fj)

239 Luckily, we had a security guard that would catch and skin them. Don't know if he kept the meat. (Likely enough, though.)
Posted by: JQ
---

Belts and boots for sure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:18 PM (gAc7u)

240 >>>Yes!!! Exactly. Show me the first idiot that opened up an oyster shell and thought to himself. Hmmmm...that looks like what came out of my nose last Tuesday. I'm going to eat it.

>Most likely, Zog said to Thag, 'I'm starving, if we don't find eat something soon, you're on the menu.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 11:18 PM (gVUi7)

241

My advice is people should be their selves.

Other people don't like how you dress, fuck them.

Life is more than what you are wearing.

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)

242 We don't charge him labor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Well done!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:20 PM (lpVer)

243 Belts and boots for sure.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep! And trim on his leather coat.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

244 Good night, everyone. Another early day in the salt mine!

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 11:21 PM (OoFl2)

245 They must be hoping for a Based on Real Events movie of Jeffrey Dahmer's life, updated for modern audiences.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Dahmer going to dress up his victims in animal costumes?

That's all I got.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

246 YOU are amazing. I miss you when you aren't here.

Posted by: four seasons

*first and only blush on Valentine's Day*

Posted by: Miklos been farmin' this Comment ONT since the Chirren Time at February 15, 2026 11:21 PM (AP7fj)

247 Piper's one of those people asking "Ya'll got any more of that weekend?"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:22 PM (S/Y4j)

248 Belts and boots for sure.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep! And trim on his leather coat.
Posted by: JQ

Hat bands.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:22 PM (lpVer)

249 “shoe game”

What a chick term.

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)

250 SpaceX launch later tonight.

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Monday, February 16, at 1:54:40 a.m. EST (0654:40 UTC).

m.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2DA2z-YNQ

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 15, 2026 11:22 PM (1Yqck)

251 US Homeland Security News@defense_civil25 . Feb 12

US Special Forces are authorized to enter Mexico by vote of the Mexican Senate!

With 105 votes in favor, 0 against, and 1 abstention, the full Mexican Senate approved the entry of the Navy SEALs to participate in the exercise “Improving the Capability of Special Operations Forces!”

https://tinyurl.com/4hmfme7d

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:22 PM (gAc7u)

252 Yep! And trim on his leather coat.
Posted by: JQ

Ahem

It is a silk velour Smoking Jacket

Posted by: Classy, Luxurious Miklos polishes one monocle at February 15, 2026 11:23 PM (AP7fj)

253 Missed the food thread today. Was busy making pot stickers. Double batch makes about 8 dozen!

Froze all but a dozen, which I'll cook up tomorrow and share with hubby. Got a quick & easy dipping sauce to make in the morning.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

254 I need a new editor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 11:23 PM (gVUi7)

255 IIRC, doesn't Lecter say that Bill WANTS to be trans but is something 'much darker'? Am I remembering that right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2026 11:15 PM (bss/y)

I can’t remember. I haven’t watched it in at least 20 years.

I think the point was it was beyond gender dysphoria and into psychosis, so it wasn’t a sexuality thing at the core of his pathological obsession.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 15, 2026 11:23 PM (6ydKt)

256 US Special Forces are authorized to enter Mexico by vote of the Mexican Senate!

With 105 votes in favor, 0 against, and 1 abstention, the full Mexican Senate approved the entry of the Navy SEALs to participate in the exercise “Improving the Capability of Special Operations Forces!”

https://tinyurl.com/4hmfme7d
Posted by: Braenyard

Could be rough on any cartel that gets froggy.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:24 PM (lpVer)

257 They must be hoping for a Based on Real Events movie of Jeffrey Dahmer's life, updated for modern audiences.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Dahmer going to dress up his victims in animal costumes?

That's all I got.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

Furries, he dresses his male victims as women before eating, or they turn Jeffrey into "Jefferina".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:24 PM (S/Y4j)

258 244 Good night, everyone. Another early day in the salt mine!
Posted by: Piper

Good night. Fred Rutherford referred to the office both he and Ward Cleaver worked in as "the salt mine."

Posted by: Rancho Rutherford at February 15, 2026 11:24 PM (oftw2)

259 Ahem

It is a silk velour Smoking Jacket
Posted by: Classy, Luxurious Miklos polishes one monocle
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Ah, Miklos. Always dressing so tastefully! Such a gentleman.

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

260 Life is more than what you are wearing.

Posted by: four seasons

End the sartorial tyranny!

DOWN WITH PANTS

Posted by: Miklos feels suddenly liberated at February 15, 2026 11:25 PM (AP7fj)

261 Missed the food thread today. Was busy making pot stickers.
Posted by: JQ

Yeah, we were eating elk roast at the BIL's

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:26 PM (lpVer)

262 I'll bet iguana tastes like chicken, and I will never know.

Son said records were set on the Atlantic coast of FL...25 degrees. If it was mostla tropical invasive fish (and please, let pythons die as well!) I am glad. He went fishing yesterday and said he's never not gotten a bite and didn't, figures due to the cold water. He rarely calls me unless he's driving, so I am glad he wants to talk to his mother. I stopped worrying about him years ago fishing alone in mangroves or whatever he does. He used to fish in a kayak and I am afraid of asking what he's doing since he moved back.

Thanks, Doof and Piper. I do love Ralph Lauren and think Team USA looks the best! Love Mrs. JD Vance, too. I got ticked off that they got booed. Slap a Euroweenie Day should follow the Slap a Protester or Liberal Karen Day on the calendar.

Have to get up early to babysit the baby girl who is hitting a fun age at 5mo. Haven't seen her in over two weeks and she may not remember me unless I light the gas fireplace for her highness. She stares at it after a bottle til it comes on by pure magic of her stare (and her Nana). She expects it.

Prayers for whig, tcn & her baby grandson and all who need them. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (WONhk)

263 A man tells his doctor that he accidentally ate Scrabble tiles.

The doctor says, "Your next vowel movement could spell disaster."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (S/Y4j)

264 Mmmm.... elk roast...

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)

265 >>My Dad's cousin in Norway has a salmon farm in a netted in cove in the Lyngdalsfjord. Thousands of salmon 10 pounds or so. When we approached his place by boat, he was out with a .22 shooting at a mink raiding his fish. It's a cool operation.

The absolute most bad ass fish thing I've seen is the documentary about the Australian tuna wranglers. The Japanese demand for fresh tuna is off the chart. Buyers walk the docks here for tuna and they pay a lot.

The Aussies set up huge net pens offshore to raise tuna mostly for the Japanese market. Problem is it's Australia and full of sharks. Sharks being sharks make their way into the pens and these crazy wranglers dive in the pens and wrastle the sharks out. They don't kill them if they can help it, they frigging body them out of the pen. That's some certifiable stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)

266 Always dressing so tastefully! Such a gentleman.
Posted by: JQ

On days off I try

After work my clothes smell like....well you know.

Posted by: Miklos tends bar in hazmat attire some nights at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (AP7fj)

267 Why do the government people get all the so-called holidays?
What crap is this? Seems like every few weeks they come up with some bs reason to have a day off with pay. Should be
unconstitutional. What a waste of taxpayers money. Must run into the Billions every year.

Posted by: Case at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (j6kTf)

268 The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team defeated Denmark 6-3.

By the ancient laws of combat, Greenland is now rightfully ours.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2026 11:27 PM (rbvCR)

269 We've been to a rattlesnake roundup in Georgia.
We politically declined tasting the goods.


It's not bad. Kind of like chicken with lots of extra bones.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 15, 2026 11:28 PM (lUFok)

270 114 The accolades for their 100-percent Jimmy Red bourbon started pouring in before it even went into the barrel.

I might have to track that down.

I have had a "blue corn" bourbon. It didn't seem like anything special. Maybe one from a stronger distiller would stand out..... it looks like Balcones makes one.
Posted by: mikeski at February 15, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

Don't Care ...

Posted by: Jimmy Crack Corn at February 15, 2026 11:28 PM (3sXRv)

271 IIRC, doesn't Lecter say that Bill WANTS to be trans but is something 'much darker'? Am I remembering that right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'd say that a serial killer is much darker than being trans.
But the venn diagram is approaching a circle...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:28 PM (/lPRQ)

272 That idiot is probably a fossil by now and died long before spoken language. I know this, because if they could speak somebody would have yelled "spit it out, are you fucking nuts??"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

"Spit it out, Billy! It's asshole!"

Posted by: just the punchline at February 15, 2026 11:30 PM (8zz6B)

273 When I was in eighth grade coats almost exactly like those wool duffel coats with wooden toggles were the style, except in navy blue. We called them stadium coats.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 11:30 PM (0Htd1)

274 A man tells his doctor that he accidentally ate Scrabble tiles.

The doctor says, "Your next vowel movement could spell disaster."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Honestly, the veal's not that great

But he'll be here all week

Posted by: Shecky Miklos Henny-Youngman at February 15, 2026 11:30 PM (AP7fj)

275 After work my clothes smell like....well you know.
Posted by: Miklos tends bar in hazmat attire some nights
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Understood! LOL!

When I worked in restaurants, my cat would *snnniiiiiiffff* me over real good when I got home. It was kinda scary...

Posted by: JQ at February 15, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

276 Mmmm.... elk roast...
Posted by: JQ

Shriners first

More marbling on 'em

Posted by: Elk Lodge #753 at February 15, 2026 11:32 PM (AP7fj)

277 Team USA outfits: I had what was called a car coat like those back in... '61... 62? Barrel buttons in gray wool, with a 6 inch tall knit collar instead of a hood. Everything comes around, I guess, but I hope we can wait 10 years or so before we're back to 6" wide ties, 'cause I should be dead by then.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 15, 2026 11:32 PM (wTg85)

278 They must be hoping for a Based on Real Events movie of Jeffrey Dahmer's life, updated for modern audiences.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Netflix version: Jeff is a stronk, sassy black woman, sticking it to the patriarchy by running a lesbian, carbon-neutral coffee shop while ICE traps and eats undocumented immigrants.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 15, 2026 11:33 PM (1Yqck)

279 Exactly, and she is next to Melania all the time. That in and of itself is intimidating, dress wise, knowing you are going to be compared.
Posted by: Piper


I always felt sorry for Pence's wife. She is frankly dowdy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2026 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

280 Furries, he dresses his male victims as women before eating, or they turn Jeffrey into "Jefferina".
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Instead of an apple in the mouth for roasting its a big fluffy foxtail butt plug... in the butt.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:35 PM (/lPRQ)

281 A man tells his doctor that he accidentally ate Scrabble tiles.

The doctor says, "Your next vowel movement could spell disaster."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Honestly, the veal's not that great

But he'll be here all week
Posted by: Shecky Miklos Henny-Youngman at February 15, 2026 11:30 PM (AP7fj)

Sometimes I have a funny joke, and other times the yolk's on me.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:35 PM (S/Y4j)

282 we can wait 10 years or so before we're back to 6" wide ties,
Posted by: buddhaha

I'm gonna be RICH

Posted by: The Secret Closet of Miklos at February 15, 2026 11:35 PM (AP7fj)

283 Piper, thank you and I appreciate you taking the time each week to pick a theme, locate photos and compose your stellar descriptions!

Team USA both opening and closing outfits are sophisticated and pleasing to the eye and so is the photography.
Team Canada, in the photo shown above look gawky and so does the actual photography.
The rest, nothing memorable.

Posted by: old chick at February 15, 2026 11:36 PM (F3Dlr)

284 >>I have seen more rattlers in my yard than in the wild.

A friend was chased across sand dunes by an angry Panamint rattler (they're always angry) - he's 6'3" and lanky with a long stride - he barely outran the hell-spawn.

In the Sierra they like to hide in shale rubble fields.

Posted by: 13times at February 15, 2026 11:37 PM (hz26i)

285 Sometimes I have a funny joke, and other times the yolk's on me.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Tough crowd

Try again!

Posted by: Miklos eggs him on at February 15, 2026 11:38 PM (AP7fj)

286 11 Mind status = blown
=
Types,

Posted by: Methos at February 15, 2026 10:06
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This made me laugh.

Thanks for the ONT Doof. I love The Jam - a lot of sound for just three guys

Posted by: 496 at February 15, 2026 11:38 PM (sfOD1)

287 We don't charge him labor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Well done!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 15, 2026 11:20 PM (lpVer)

Yeah he told us how he got the silver star, we finally asked. Holy shit. He probably should have gotten the MOH.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 15, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)

288 Loden coats. Wooden and then bone toggles.

Not much new in style.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2026 11:41 PM (viF8m)

289 My taste-testing method for a new-to-me bourbon:

1. Pour a generous measure into a highball glass.
2. Swirl and sniff, checking the bouquet.
3. Take a large sip and immediately swallow.
4. Check to see if I have gone blind. If the answer is "no" the bourbon passes.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 15, 2026 11:41 PM (1Yqck)

290 Could be rough on any cartel that gets froggy.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Could be tough on some Marinos, some of them are in on the fiddle.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:42 PM (gAc7u)

291 Sometimes I have a funny joke, and other times the yolk's on me.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Tough crowd

Try again!
Posted by: Miklos eggs him on at February 15, 2026 11:38 PM (AP7fj)

You're just hoping for George Washington to throw you a party, with at least 1000 gallons of liquor available. At that point, you won't care how the veal tastes. (Grins)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:43 PM (S/Y4j)

292 Not much new in style.
Posted by: JackStraw



I kinda miss Democrat Senators in thigh-high boots

Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at February 15, 2026 11:43 PM (AP7fj)

293 I kinda miss Democrat Senators in thigh-high boots
Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at February 15, 2026 11:43 PM (AP7fj)

That'll bring ZOD back ...

***not that he wasn't here earlier***

Posted by: browndog keeps banging away at February 15, 2026 11:45 PM (3sXRv)

294 I saw the Panamint Rattlers open for…

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:45 PM (77rzZ)

295 My taste-testing method for a new-to-me bourbon:

1. Pour a generous measure into a highball glass.
2. Swirl and sniff, checking the bouquet.
3. Take a large sip and immediately swallow.
4. Check to see if I have gone blind. If the answer is "no" the bourbon passes.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Works about the same for women at closing time

Posted by: Miklos is not all that picky at February 15, 2026 11:47 PM (AP7fj)

296 Bourbon lore is full of lore

Posted by: nckate at February 15, 2026 11:47 PM (uQzkA)

297
BSP is an airport in Papua New Guinea
Hmmmm
Posted by: Miklos claims to know nothing further at February 15, 2026 11:04 PM (AP7fj)

My Marine WWII father was in New Guinea. Said the islanders loved whatever vitamin C stuff was sent to the Marines and bleached their hair blonde with it. He said the Marines used it to get rust off their helmets vs using it for the original intent.

He said on every island his buddies (never him) would find something to ferment in a still for booze. Then describe the still to me, but he had no part of it with his chemistry major. Ok, Daddy.

My favorite photo of him is sitting on whatever the big gun was he helped others fire from an island in the Pacific, a forward observer, I think. In the photo he was reading a Life Magazine of WWII upside down with that twinkle in his eyes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:48 PM (WONhk)

298 294 I saw the Panamint Rattlers open for…

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:45 PM (77rzZ)

Whitesnake at the Forum in '89.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:48 PM (xDN0i)

299 Hey, ChristyBlinky!

Posted by: Bulg at February 15, 2026 11:49 PM (77rzZ)

300 I’ll ram a half-priced chocolate heart pop up my buttt in protest of ICE instead of old ordinance!

Posted by: Antifa Anal Enthusiast at February 15, 2026 11:49 PM (cDrfF)

301 Not watchin the Olympics... mainly because the stuff I want to see, like skiing? aint on...

and those American Uniforms? don't like them at all... look WAY to Metrosexual.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 11:52 PM (mP0Kj)

302 You're just hoping for George Washington to throw you a party, with at least 1000 gallons of liquor available. At that point, you won't care how the veal tastes. (Grins)

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Did I accidentally describe to 20th TxMoMe?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:53 PM (S/Y4j)

303 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 15, 2026 11:48 PM (WONhk)

Even into the 90's, the Navy had what we affectionately called Bug Juice... really bad acidic Kool Aid...

And yes, it was both acidic and abrasive enough that we used the powder to polish stuff with.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 11:54 PM (mP0Kj)

304 296 Bourbon lore is full of lore
Posted by: nckate at February 15, 2026 11:47 PM (uQzkA)

Hmmmm... may have to pour some more lore then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2026 11:55 PM (mP0Kj)

305 Hey

Did anybody hear that someone named Savannah (???) lost her mom in a Walmart parking lot or something?

Posted by: Miklos is not media savvy or interested at February 15, 2026 11:55 PM (AP7fj)

306 I'm not watching the Olympics. Not from any protest. Just a sense of ennui. The coverage grew tiresome long ago. The "human interest" stories. Covering only the American athletes, even if others were superior. And now, I don't want to subscribe to Peacock to see events. If others enjoy watching, that is great.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:57 PM (xDN0i)

307
Miklos,

Her mom is the most important mom to ever go missing.

It seems no one cares about missing children.

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

308
I always felt sorry for Pence's wife. She is frankly dowdy.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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I think he's a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 11:57 PM (gAc7u)

309 Did anybody hear that someone named Savannah (???) lost her mom in a Walmart parking lot or something?
Posted by: Miklos

I heard thirty cop cars and SWAT cordened off a whole neighborhood and found somebody who might have seen her.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)

310 For those who like rural stories, try this one (Me and Dammit Ray)

https://youtu.be/R1hTVtUbhWs

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:58 PM (S/Y4j)

311 Did I accidentally describe to 20th TxMoMe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

A consummation devoutly to de desired.

Posted by: Yr svt, G. Washington (Miklos, Secretary) at February 15, 2026 11:58 PM (AP7fj)

312

Yeah and some guy shot himself in the head at the house that was raided.

I don't think he was involved in the missing most important mom in history.

Posted by: four seasons at February 15, 2026 11:59 PM (3ek7K)

313 Never seen a rattler in the wild.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
back a ways

Boy, I have. Two especially big ones. Hiking up a hill in Arkansas, saw this fellah coiled up in a sunbeam in the woods. Another time out on Oklahoma prairie, again coiled up sunning himself on a big flat rock. (Him or herselfs, I didn't check.) Gave them each a big, wide berth. All warm and relaxed like that, they're not generally aggressive toward folks. Don't start none, won't be none critters. 🤠🐍

Posted by: mindful webworker - now, water moccasins... at February 16, 2026 12:01 AM (6hyzx)

314 >>And now, I don't want to subscribe to Peacock to see events. If others enjoy watching, that is great.

Hockey has been pretty good. Watching Tom Wilson get rag dolled was great.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

315 I heard thirty cop cars and SWAT cordened off a whole neighborhood and found somebody who might have seen her.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher



My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from a guy who knows a kid who's going with the girl who saw her at 31 Flavors last night. I think it's serious.

Posted by: Miklos could use the reward money, depending of tax implications at February 16, 2026 12:02 AM (AP7fj)

316 I've only known what is going on with the Guthrie woman because of the Horde. I barely know who Savannah Guthrie is. I take no pleasure in an elderly woman going missing. But there are other important things going on in thw world.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:03 AM (xDN0i)

317
lol Miklos

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K)

318 Marine I worked with said, if it will rot I can make alcohol from it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:03 AM (gAc7u)

319 Time to clock out. 🕚 Tomorrow is coming up fast and I've a few things to do before hitting the pillow. Carry on, my wayward Morons & 'Ettes.

Did I already link this one recently? Not sure.
https://youtu.be/N4RBB07S5Jo

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sticking the landing at February 16, 2026 12:04 AM (6hyzx)

320 How about Whistler's mother?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

321 >>> All warm and relaxed like that, they're not generally aggressive toward folks. Don't start none, won't be none critters. 🤠🐍
Posted by: mindful webworker - now, water moccasins..
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That's what Ben Franklin said when he suggested that the rattlesnake be our national symbol.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:07 AM (gAc7u)

322 How about Whistler's mother?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

She's probably past her best-before date for booze making.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B)

323 Yeah and some guy shot himself in the head at the house that was raided.
I don't think he was involved in the missing most important mom in history.

Posted by: four season

Randum meth dealer or some super paranoid pot head freaked because he thought he was going to prison for an old parking ticket?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:10 AM (/lPRQ)

324 How about Whistler's mother?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

She's probably past her best-before date for booze making.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You could whistle past her graveyard

Posted by: Miklos feels that would be oddly appropriate at February 16, 2026 12:11 AM (AP7fj)

325 Those pot stickers; found a recipe at AllRecipes, mmm. Made me so hungry went and grabbed a salad. Made a copy of the video too.
It's good for no cook to have a video. Puts reality to the words.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:12 AM (gAc7u)

326 I wonder if Savannah or some other family are responsible for the old doll's disappearance? Isn't that property worth some bucks, and on the list for redevelopment? Or maybe somebody fears being cut out of the will?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 12:14 AM (8zz6B)

327
AOP,

That is a possibility. I read that the area is being bought up by developers.

The daughter is worth $40 million dollars. Her mother said on a neighborhood site that she wanted recommendations for a Ring type camera because she had a package stolen off her front porch.

Seems to me the rich daughter should have installed lots of security devices to help keep her mother safe.

JMO

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2026 12:17 AM (3ek7K)

328 I've wondered why an older lady with family resources was living alone. But I recall my own family members and think it is hard to make an old lady do what she doesn't want to do.

But the whole thing seems odd.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:18 AM (xDN0i)

329 Diamondbacks are pretty common in the Arizona deserts. In central and east Texas, you’re likely to run into what I did while fossil hunting in the banks of the Trinity River one sunny morning. Saw a big fat black snake sunning itself, I moved towards it a little to try and identify it, and it raised up its head, opened its mouth and loudly hissed at me. And when you see that flash of bright white, you realize “oh so that’s why they call you a cottonmouth”.

Yeah I didn’t stick around long.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 12:19 AM (otNgF)

330 319 Time to clock out. 🕚 Tomorrow is coming up fast and I've a few things to do before hitting the pillow. Carry on, my wayward Morons & 'Ettes.

Did I already link this one recently? Not sure.
https://youtu.be/N4RBB07S5Jo

G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sticking the landing
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Joe E. Lewis used to say, 'It's post time', I say, it's pill time. Ha.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:19 AM (gAc7u)

331 320 How about Whistler's mother?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

She rocks!

Posted by: tankdemon at February 16, 2026 12:20 AM (jOhYg)

332 Daring cook makes frozen iguana tacos after falling from trees in Florida
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If I fell from trees in Florida, even I might make frozen iguana tacos!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 16, 2026 12:21 AM (UzL96)

333 Tom Servo, cottonmouths are the only venomous snake species I haven't seen on our property. We don't have enough water. But the copperheads, rattlesnakes and coral snakes make up the difference. They seem to like it here.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:22 AM (xDN0i)

334 How about Whistler's mother?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

She rocks!
Posted by: tankdemon

Heh

Posted by: Miklos is well and easily amused at February 16, 2026 12:24 AM (AP7fj)

335 Scottie Scheffler shot the best round of the day today to keep his top ten streak going of 18 tournaments in a row.

If you know golf that's pretty impressive.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:24 AM (cwGMH)

336 Did anyone notice?

First we have the item about the Fwenchy with a WW1 artillery shell up his butt.

Then the next article begins with "Up next..."

Koinkadinky? I think not!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 16, 2026 12:25 AM (UzL96)

337 Braenyard, I found a pot sticker recipe online years ago & really like it:

https://youtu.be/ggdqHEZ6dfw

Simple, just a few ingredients. I figured about 2 to 2.5 cups of chopped cabbage per batch. Single batch makes about 4 dozen-- one pkg of wrappers.

I made double batch today. Whew!

I invented a shortcut dipping sauce that's pretty good. Let me know if you want that recipe.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

338 326 I wonder if Savannah or some other family are responsible for the old doll's disappearance?
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Tommaso Cioni

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:26 AM (gAc7u)

339 They must be hoping for a Based on Real Events movie of Jeffrey Dahmer's life, updated for modern audiences.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j)

I just listen to “213” by FUCKIN SLAYER!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 12:28 AM (hJH5n)

340 True story, we don't have any venomous snakes here. Zero. No frozen iguanas either.

Crazy people.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 12:28 AM (viF8m)

341
Braenyard,

Bingo. I hope law enforcement has investigated the other daughter and her husband.

It's all hinky.



Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:29 AM (3ek7K)

342 >>>if you want that recipe.
Posted by: JQ
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Yes, please.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:30 AM (gAc7u)

343 JQ, the potsticker recipe looks yummy.

I was lazy and made Mini Wonton dumplings from Dollar General tonight. Those aren't awful. At least I tell myself that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:32 AM (xDN0i)

344 Well, I am getting sleepy. As a consequence of retiring real early last night, I was up at 0630 this morning, so I have had a long, and quite productive day. Legitimately tired. Time for a nap. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)

345
Sleep well AOP

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:33 AM (3ek7K)

346 *does the Lawrence Welk closing song thing*

Posted by: Miklos has completed his accordion work for another day at February 16, 2026 12:33 AM (AP7fj)

347
Joe E. Lewis used to say, 'It's post time', I say, it's pill time. Ha.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


The Joker is wild.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:34 AM (Cqx++)

348
Dollar General here sells frozen lobster bites. I'm quite sure there is no lobster in them, lol.

They taste like deviled crab and are a great snack.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:35 AM (3ek7K)

349 The Daytona 500 was pretty good today (well, yesterday on the east coast). The guy who won, Tyler Reddick, was barely mentioned the whole race and then wound up winning it. You had the one big wreck, of course, because the rules package for restricter plate racing pretty much guarantees it, but overall, a pretty good race.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 12:36 AM (sAmhv)

350 ScaryMary, even though it’s poisonous, I’d live to see a coral snake again! I always thought those were particularly beautiful.

The thing that scared me the most when I was turning over rocks was when I disturbed a giant Texas centipede. Black with a bright red head and yellow legs, about 12 inches long and it moves WAY faster than anything that size and shape should be able to move. (Well I guess it does have 100 legs)
Plus it moves in a weird alien way that just ain’t right, one of the few things I’ve seen that made me run away screaming. It acts like it wants to run up your pants leg and it’s poisonous as hell.

People don’t believe it’s real when they look up a picture of it.
https://sl.bing.net/ft8Sk1q7zs4

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 12:36 AM (otNgF)

351 >>But the copperheads, rattlesnakes and coral snakes make up the difference. They seem to like it here.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Cats. You need a couple of cats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:37 AM (gAc7u)

352 Dollar General here sells frozen lobster bites. I'm quite sure there is no lobster in them, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons


It's not false advertising if they're made of something a lobster once bit.

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 12:39 AM (VHUov)

353 Yes, please.
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Okay... JQ's Quick Pot Sticker Dipping Sauce:

1/4 cup Yoshida's Original Sweet Teriyaki Marinade
1 teaspoon crushed ginger
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 green onion, minced very finely (OR 1/8 teaspoon onion powder)
*optional* -- a few drops of chili oil, if you like the heat.

Put all into a small jar with lid, and shake well.

Notes:

A 4oz canning jar works well. Just unscrew the lid and you're ready to dip!

For crushed ginger & garlic, I buy pre-made in jars. Christopher Ranch® is good. I use them in the pot sticker filling as well. Saves time & mess.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

354 306 I'm not watching the Olympics. Not from any protest. Just a sense of ennui. The coverage grew tiresome long ago. The "human interest" stories. Covering only the American athletes, even if others were superior. And now, I don't want to subscribe to Peacock to see events. If others enjoy watching, that is great.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 15, 2026 11:57 PM (xDN0i)

I do, because I am an ugly American who wants Team USA to stomp everyone’s guts out. And…it gives me the opportunity to see sports I do not ordinarily see.

But YMMV.

The human interest stories aspect…yeah, that’s not interesting, really.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 12:41 AM (hJH5n)

355 Tom, we do wildlife .management on our property. I've seen some wild insects, but never a Texas centipede. That is wild looking.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:42 AM (xDN0i)

356 >>The thing that scared me the most when I was turning over rocks was when I disturbed a giant Texas centipede.

Yep, none of those either.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)

357 Timber rattlers, Copperheads.That's all I got. We do have Hellbenders, but they are benign. I just wanted to say 'Hellbender'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 16, 2026 12:44 AM (XeU6L)

358
Lol mikeski

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:45 AM (3ek7K)

359 If the Senate keeps stalling on the DHS appropriations bill, perhaps the TSA should be given wide latitude to conduct full body cavity searches of Senators, including manual searches of their carry-on (carrion) and checked luggage. I wonder if unpaid TSA agents might like the opportunity to screw with the people who are preventing them from getting paid?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 16, 2026 12:47 AM (S/Y4j)

360 Yeah, they aren't generally aggressive, but sometimes it's just a wrong time, wrong place situation.
I stepped over a 10" log across a trail in the Norcal Trinity Alps Wilderness, when I felt like somebody hit the back of my boot with a hammer. I looked back to see him coiling and buzzing away. I kept walking, very briskly. I got a hundred yard or so down the trail, sat down and looked at my boot. There was a chuck of fang stuck in the heel of the vibram sole of my Pivettas. I used the tweezers from the first aid kit to remove it, then used the flame from a butane lighter on the tweezers. if I hadn't been rolling up on my toe, it probably would have got my ankle above the boot.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 16, 2026 12:48 AM (wTg85)

361 Cow Demon. The winter sports are fascinating as someone who lives in warmer climes. I always found the luge fascinating. And the cross country skiing stuff, even though it looks torturous.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 12:50 AM (xDN0i)

362 >>Dollar General here sells frozen lobster bites. I'm quite sure there is no lobster in them, lol.

Ask CBD to send you my email and send me your address. I'll send you some lobsters. Have a big pot ready.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 12:51 AM (viF8m)

363 >>>I use them in the pot sticker filling as well. Saves time & mess.
Posted by: JQ
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Got it, thanks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:53 AM (gAc7u)

364 Got it, thanks.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

365
JackStraw,

One New Year we were invited to a friend's house for dinner.

They had lobsters for dinner. I couldn't eat it after seeing them being boiled alive.

Thank you for the offer.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

366


JQ,

The sauce sounds great.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 16, 2026 12:58 AM (3ek7K)

367 The thing that scared me the most when I was turning over rocks was when I disturbed a giant Texas centipede. Black with a bright red head and yellow legs, about 12 inches long and it moves WAY faster than anything that size and shape should be able to move. (Well I guess it does have 100 legs)
Posted by: Tom Servo


Minnesota has "house centipedes." Our winters are supposed to kill off all the bugs and keep them down to the size of a nickel or so, since that's all the bigger they can get in a few months. But these things are 4" long. And even a bit faster than those Texas ones. Only a foot-and-a-half per second, but that's like breaking the sound barrier when you're that small.

They're actually mostly beneficial; not aggressive, their bites are no worse than bee stings, and they eat other bugs.

But they cause heart attacks when they come sprinting up the wall from behind your stove or couch or bath towel or whatever. So, gotta kill 'em.

And they're fragile, and legs and body sections keep moving after they get knocked off. Freaky things.

https://is.gd/CWEYbc

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

368 >>They had lobsters for dinner. I couldn't eat it after seeing them being boiled alive.

No worries. If you change your mind let me know. Big difference between lobster and crab.

They don't talk the crabs to death either.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:04 AM (viF8m)

369 And they're fragile, and legs and body sections keep moving after they get knocked off. Freaky things.

https://is.gd/CWEYbc

Posted by: mikeski at February 16, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

Fuck fire, kill it with atomics.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)

370 Ugh, centipedes!

The ones we saw in Hawaii were 4-8 inches usually. Fkers could *move* FAST! I read in the local (HI) paper, that they had been clocked at 25mph.

Yeeeeeeek!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

371 I think there’s something ancient and instinctual in all of us, that makes us hate things that have way too many legs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2026 01:08 AM (otNgF)

372 I wish I was in Tiajuana
eating barbequed iguana

Posted by: wth at February 16, 2026 01:10 AM (BT3km)

373 Scorpions are the critter I most hate. They've stung me more than a few times. Once one got into a load of laundry. It nailed me on the thum as I was putting things in the dryer. It look a few days for my thumb to feel normal.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 16, 2026 01:10 AM (xDN0i)

374 It's gotta have at least 2 legs, but no more than 4, to be my friend!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

375 Scientists had to double the number after they realized that women don't f*rt. Stupid scientists.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 16, 2026 01:11 AM (yJpvi)

376 >>Scorpions are the critter I most hate. They've stung me more than a few times. Once one got into a load of laundry. It nailed me on the thum as I was putting things in the dryer. It look a few days for my thumb to feel normal.

You guys are the anti Texas chamber of commerce.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)

377 True story. We don't have snakes here.
Jackstraw.

Oh, I believe you. The fact that RI is a small state, next door to Boston and with just Connecticut between RI and NYC, I would say it all equals out.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2026 01:16 AM (j6kTf)

378 So I'm watching Nerdrotics' Forbidden Frontier from earlier tonight, and they're reacting to a podcast interview with former President Obama where he says that aliens are real, but that he didn't think we had any bodies, unless that fact was hidden from him.

Posted by: Methos at February 16, 2026 01:19 AM (vSvIl)

379 We have teeny tiny centipedes here. Under rocks and woodpiles, same as earwigs and other little crawly things.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

380 Hey Horde, all of these venomous snakes and sprinter centipedes are freaking me right out. The potstickers on the other hand are making me hungry.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 01:23 AM (0nHVk)

381 Oooops. Braenyard-- that gyoza recipe (youtoob vid)

IS the double recipe!

So... cut it in half for 4 dozen.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

382 >>Oh, I believe you. The fact that RI is a small state, next door to Boston and with just Connecticut between RI and NYC, I would say it all equals out.

But we don't have Mexico on our border. Just Cthulhu.

And we have an agreement.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:26 AM (viF8m)

383 Hi, Debby!

Chivas?

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

384 That would be most welcome JQ, thank you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 01:33 AM (0nHVk)

385 During hurricane Irene, or should I say at the very end when the rain stopped and flood waters started to recede I saw some weird large green thing out on the grass by the curb. It looked alien, never saw one before or since. It was probably 6 to 8 inches long, was almost a florescent green color, and looked like it was made out of a string of large marbles. It might have had a few black speckles. It was the most fucked up thing I ever saw, and have no clue where they live, but the flooding ripped it out of somewhere. Our town got hit hard, I almost lost the house. It was all because the neighboring town did a reservoir dump and the gates got stuck and pulverized the surrounding towns. Whatever that life form was, I don't think it planned on being on somebody's front lawn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:34 AM (snZF9)

386 JQ, got it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:38 AM (gAc7u)

387 Whatever that life form was, I don't think it planned on being on somebody's front lawn.
Posted by: Berserker
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Perhaps a tomato hornworm?

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

388 Japanese send overt message to Chinese.

Sanae Takaichi@takaichi_sanae

[browser translation]
On February 12th, when he left, a Fisheries Agency fisheries control vessel spotted a Chinese fishing boat in our exclusive economic zone west of Yakushima and ordered it to stop to conduct an on-site inspection by fisheries inspectors, but it did not comply and fled The captain of the ship was arrested ...

[Chinese later paid the bond; Captain and crew were released.]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:41 AM (gAc7u)

389 >>During hurricane Irene, or should I say at the very end when the rain stopped and flood waters started to recede I saw some weird large green thing out on the grass by the curb. It looked alien, never saw one before or since.

There are things that live in ocean that are far creepier than live on land and sometimes big storms wash them ashore.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:41 AM (viF8m)

390 Holy shit I just found out whet that thing was. I searched for it before my never had any luck. Its called Hickory Horned Devil Regal Moth Citheronia regalis. What a nasty looking thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citheronia_regalis

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)

391 Also, Braenyard-- approx 2 cups chopped cabbage for *single batch* -- half of the youtoob recipe.

I used 4 (heaping) cups for the full batch tonight.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

392 Being able to freeze the pot stickers is big.
Make double or triple that you want and freeze them in portions along with the dip. Oh, yeah, that sounds perfect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:46 AM (gAc7u)

393 Oh, Bers... I have seen pupae, while digging in the yard, that looked just like those in your wiki link! YUCK!

I suspect that the ones here, are for a different moth which is what tomato hornworms turn into when mature.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

394 Braenyard, the dip is simple & quick enough to make fresh each time.

Yeah, the full recipe on YT makes the 8 dozen like I did tonight. Takes about 2 hours, start to finish, if no distractions. Whew.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

395 JQ, prepare for a dumb question, after you freeze them what is the best way to heat them up? I just love that crispiness on the fried part. I am going to try this recipe, it sounds really good, the sauce too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 01:51 AM (0nHVk)

396 Debby, I thaw them overnight in fridge, or on 'low' in microwave before cooking. I've never tried cooking straight from frozen.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

397 There are things that live in ocean that are far creepier than live on land and sometimes big storms wash them ashore.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:41 AM (viF8m)

I thought of that at first, because there was a lake behind me at the old house, and all the waterways connected to it eventually go to a river that dumps into the Raritan bay 20 miles away and then out to the ocean. During that flood the lake made it into my backyard. I could have canoed from my backyard to the frigging ocean. It would have took a while, but nothing would have stopped me.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:56 AM (snZF9)

398 It was the Poles and the Hungarians now it’s the Czechs.

At what point in time will this ever end?

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka triggered Hillary Clinton’s TDS. Clinton’s unhinged interruptions can’t be stopped until Macinka calmly explains that the truth makes her "nervous," leaving Dems humiliated again.

https://tinyurl.com/38sudx66

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:58 AM (gAc7u)

399 A fresh coating of Winter Hell on everything

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 02:02 AM (Ia/+0)

400 Someone was wondering why the Olympics ran out of condoms.

Hmm... Take 3,000 young people, all in outstanding physical shape, and put them in an environment packed with exotic counterparts (and no matter where you're from, you're bound to find some of the other contestants exotic).

Yeah, I can't imagine how hanky-panky might emerge in that situation (eyes roll out of head and wind up over in the corner).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 02:02 AM (IG3/x)

401 OH, and pot *stickers* are named so for a reason!

Non-stick foil (or parchment paper) is your friend, when setting them aside after folding, and separating layers when freezing.

I like the ziplocTM plastic containers and will put 2 layers in one "large rectangle" tub, with the foil between.

When cooking (thawed product) I like to wipe pan with sesame oil, then steam them first with lid on, until the wrappers look clear-ish, then turn heat up & remove lid to brown the bottoms. Maybe brush a little extra sesame oil and toss them around a bit to cook thoroughly. It's pork, after all...

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

402 >>I could have canoed from my backyard to the frigging ocean. It would have took a while, but nothing would have stopped me.

The photos were crazy. Rising water in big ocean storms is scary. It's one thing when big winds are blowing shit around but when the water starts rising it's a good idea not to be there.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 02:07 AM (viF8m)

403 394 Braenyard, the dip is simple & quick enough to make fresh each time.
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Easy for you to say.
I’ve got a whole new shopping list.

396 Debby, I thaw them overnight in fridge, or on 'low' in microwave before cooking. I've never tried cooking straight from frozen.
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Good to know. I would have put them in the freezer cooked Expecting them ready to warm and eat.
SURPRISE.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 02:07 AM (gAc7u)

404 Good to know. I would have put them in the freezer cooked Expecting them ready to warm and eat.
SURPRISE.
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You could *try* that... and let us know how it worked. I've just never done that, because usually cooked up a panful for eating right away & froze the others for later. I just don't know from personal experience.

It might be great! *shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

405 Someone was wondering why the Olympics ran out of condoms.

Hmm... Take 3,000 young people, all in outstanding physical shape, and put them in an environment packed with exotic counterparts (and no matter where you're from, you're bound to find some of the other contestants exotic).

Yeah, I can't imagine how hanky-panky might emerge in that situation (eyes roll out of head and wind up over in the corner).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 02:02 AM (IG3/x)

I don't think the curling teams are to blame. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 02:14 AM (snZF9)

406 >>>Maybe brush a little extra sesame oil and toss them around a bit to cook thoroughly. It's pork, after all...
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This is the crock pot scenario. People say, oh, I just grab some things out of the ice box and put them in the pot. That's what they do BUT they know what goes together, the proportions that enhance the taste and all those other miscellaneous things that make it a delight and not something that is just edible. (You know, won't make you sick)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 02:15 AM (gAc7u)

407 Braenyard, if you're wanting to freeze the dip-- I suggest using onion powder instead of fresh green onion. Or skip onion altogether before freezing and add fresh onion after thawing.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

408 It might be great! *shrugs*
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Probably be really soggy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 02:17 AM (gAc7u)

409 Bers last fall one of my sons was hitting some golf balls in front of the house, he went to retrieve a ball and saw this really strange looking caterpillar, it was very large and quite colorful. I had never seen anything like it, I'll try to look it up tomorrow.

Thanks JQ, I can wait to try these.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 02:20 AM (0nHVk)

410 I read that the athletes look forward to the hanky-panky and patty-cake as much at the competition.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 02:21 AM (gAc7u)

411 Probably be really soggy.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Possible.

A dozen of them is enough for appetizers for 2 HUNGRY people... it's also enough to almost fill a pan. Easier to freeze the rest *uncooked* anyway. And you know they won't be soggy.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

412 Overtime again. But I've got a super recipe.
Thanks JQ. Yall have a good evening, on the flip side. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 02:25 AM (gAc7u)

413 372 I wish I was in Tiajuana
eating barbequed iguana
Posted by: wth
...........................
ZZ Top lyrics?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 02:26 AM (sAmhv)

414 'Night, Braenyard! Sweet dreams.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

415 Braenyard, I too was hoping for minimal cooking, just heat 'em up and eat!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 02:30 AM (0nHVk)

416 I wish I was in Tiajuana
eating barbequed iguana
Posted by: wth
...........................
ZZ Top lyrics?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 02:26 AM (sAmhv)

Wall of Voodoo.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 02:31 AM (snZF9)

417
w00t

Nick Shirley's California videos drop tomorrow!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 02:33 AM (n7rxJ)

418 416: oh, right. One of those early 80s one hit wonders. Prefer ZZ Top.

youtu.be/7DiQBAAwMZE

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 02:35 AM (sAmhv)

419 Wall of Voodoo, strange band. Their Mexican Radio video was a bit goofy. Thats where the iguana thing came from. I noticed the guitar player is playing my beloved gibson flying V, so 10 out of 10 for style. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 02:36 AM (snZF9)

420 Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka triggered Hillary Clinton’s TDS. Clinton’s unhinged interruptions can’t be stopped until Macinka calmly explains that the truth makes her "nervous," leaving Dems humiliated again.

https://tinyurl.com/38sudx66
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:58 AM (gAc7u)
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Not only is she rude to the point of sounding unhinged, she looks like a toad.

And still, the AWFL's worship her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 02:40 AM (QEKxY)

421 Hyaluronic acid is in just about every single moisturizer - it is also in fillers. Your body makes it. It’s not battery acid. It is the injection part that feels like it would not be pleasant.
Posted by: Piper

Pancreas cancer feeds on it.

Posted by: Dark L at February 16, 2026 02:44 AM (KAi1n)

422 >>...hoping for minimal cooking, just heat 'em up and eat!
Posted by: Debby
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Doesn't take very long to steam & brown them! Heat to medium & oil your pan, add the gyoza, add a few tablespoons of water & put the lid on. 5-6 minutes and the wrappers are 'clear' looking. Remove lid, turn to med/high and brown the bottoms.. another 2-4 minutes.. then brush a little extra sesame oil and turn them on their sides for a minute or 2, then do it again... DONE.

Pretty quick, really. Doesn't take much more time than, say, hash browns.

Yeah, but it doesn't meet the Weasel-approved 2 minute limit... LOL!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

423 a John Lee Hooker video showed up on the ZZ Top link. "Smoky Detroit Room", makes me want a bourbon and a Lucky Strike.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 02:47 AM (Ast+i)

424 Hi Blondie! What particular area of fraud is he exposing in California, there is so much to choose from.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)

425 Lucky Strike-- so round, so firm, so fully packed!

Ugh... what I'd give to be able to smoke...

I broke down and bought a vape device & some zero-nicotine liquid today. Hate to inhale the sh!t, but I need *something* and don't want to add to what the patch gives me.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

426
Not only is she rude to the point of sounding unhinged,

Posted by: Huck Follywood

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She fucking lost her shit!

This is what happens when a Faberge Egg like her is deprived of her usual audience of starry-eyed AWFLs and partisan hacks from the MSM and must feel her way through (tense drumming) THE REAL WORLD.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 02:51 AM (n7rxJ)

427 Launch in 8 minutes

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-103
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 16, 2026 (EST)
Launch Time: 2:59 a.m. EST (0759 UTC, 0859 CET)

https://youtu.be/Gq7VmS2S4o8

Posted by: Joyenz at February 16, 2026 02:51 AM (2F0/Y)

428
Hi Blondie! What particular area of fraud is he exposing in California, there is so much to choose from.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

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Hi, Debby! I'm aware that he went to some San Diego neighborhoods and applied his method of knocking on the doors of childcare providers. One woman yelled at him (in a thick accent, of course) that it was none of his business and he'd already done enough damage in Minnesota.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 02:54 AM (n7rxJ)

429 She fucking lost her shit!

This is what happens when a Faberge Egg like her is deprived of her usual audience of starry-eyed AWFLs and partisan hacks from the MSM and must feel her way through (tense drumming) THE REAL WORLD.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 02:51 AM (n7rxJ)
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And the condescension is unbelievable. She is so superior a being, she obviously believes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 02:56 AM (SI46C)

430 Dump advisor admits the people of Minnesota's resistance to the ice nazis shocked and frightened dump and his advisors forcing them to retreat in fear resistance would spread across the nation which it is now doing. Congratulations to the courageous people of Minnesota!

Posted by: raimondo at February 16, 2026 02:57 AM (I+/J/)

431 Well okaaaay. Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 16, 2026 03:00 AM (0nHVk)

432 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

433 I've never made them but if you make pork pot stickers wouldn't you cook the pork before wrapping the meat into the dumpling?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 03:01 AM (SI46C)

434 Hillary fading into irrelevance has a certain beauty. I mean, I'd like to see her rail spiked onto a fire ant hill, covered in honey but fading into irrelevance is ok too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 03:03 AM (sAmhv)

435 I've never made them but if you make pork pot stickers wouldn't you cook the pork before wrapping the meat into the dumpling?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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No. The wrapper needs to be cooked also... It works.

Some recipes deep fry. PITA, but delicious.

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

436 >>>Hey Horde, all of these venomous snakes and sprinter centipedes are freaking me right out.

>Wait until you see a hobo spider bum rush you on your kitchen floor. Pure aggression. They 'stand' up and charge.

You better have a shoe handy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 03:06 AM (gVUi7)

437 434 Hillary fading into irrelevance has a certain beauty. I mean, I'd like to see her rail spiked onto a fire ant hill, covered in honey but fading into irrelevance is ok too.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 16, 2026 03:03 AM (sAmhv)

I don't know that she is fading, I think she is sinking while screeching like a banshee, but sink she will.

She was always rude as hell and condescending (from below, but don't tell her that), but she was buoyed up by her AWFL army and lots of ill gotten gains.

Not anymore.

I do hope she ends up in jail.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 16, 2026 03:06 AM (I40wl)

438 I have an eggroll recipe that calls for cooked filling, and then deep frying after wrapping.

Food is fun!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 03:06 AM (rdVOm)

439 >Wait until you see a hobo spider bum rush you on your kitchen floor. Pure aggression. They 'stand' up and charge.

You better have a shoe handy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 03:06 AM (gVUi7)

Hold on, I will get the flamethrower.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 16, 2026 03:07 AM (I40wl)

440 So watching the Olympics around here is... interesting.

DH: Honey, come watch the monoboob.

Me: I have successfully avoided that for my entire adult life. Why would I want to watch it in action?

DH: No, it's an Olympic event! The women are doing it.

Me: W the actual F? Oh, Monobob. Not the same thing, dear, not at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 16, 2026 03:08 AM (I40wl)

441 I take it back. I just went and watched a video of making pot stickers and I see now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 03:09 AM (y6icW)

442 Hold on, I will get the flamethrower.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Aerosol hairspray and a bic lighter....

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

443 Huck Follywood-- there's probably as many pot sticker/ gyoza/ dumpling recipes as there are stars in the sky. All made differently, and all delicious!

Posted by: JQ at February 16, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

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