Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Prodigal Daughter
John Collier

Not a particularly good example of Collier's work (his execution of the female form is often superb), but there are a few interesting things going on, and the idea is amusing...

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

2 Looks like she is wearing carpets.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)

4 Her parents were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

5 Lemme guess.... she's preggers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)

6 The prodigal 'daughter' is awfully tall and has kind of a mannish face.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ExV1e)

7 Her expression is awfully haughty. I'm assuming this is the prodigal just as she's saying "you're not the boss of me" prior to flouncing out and departing to a far country.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

8 The ho came home.

Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ZN5Ar)

9 So take the Prodigal Son and do a gender swap like a Netflix show.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (NR6c1)

10 So who's the child's father?

Posted by: Mom would like to know at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

11 Walk of shame.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

12 The Prodigal Daughter

Aka, town bicycle.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:34 AM (iHruz)

13 "Mom, dad... you're not racists are you?"

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (vdl4Z)

14 ...and take that stupid hat off! Now where do you think YOU'RE going!?

-Mom

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)

15 Her brother is sulking just out of frame.

Posted by: According to the story at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

16 I like it

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (y8+t/)

17
The return of their young daughter, Rose
While striking a prodigal pose
But why come home today?
Neither Mom nor Dad can say
But maybe The Shadow knows!

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (qgHp7)

18 Ginger. So she’s presenting souls to her parents.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

19 But seriously... pretty darn good painting.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)

20 She's back. Don't ask.

Posted by: huerfano at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)

21 Jezebel!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (Suwql)

22 Why is she prodigal. Long dress... even the bust line isn't particularly low. Parents do look agitated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (xT8gx)

23 The prodigal 'daughter' is awfully tall and has kind of a mannish face.

Just sayin'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Well, he's a guy.

Posted by: State Farm at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (iHruz)

24 Headed out to get her 3rd DUI. I saw the bodycam footage.

Posted by: Embarrassing! at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

25 Could well have been called "A Study In Lighting." Love the translucency of the old man's beard and halo effect of his figure. Technically brilliant painting.

Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

26 Mom's shadow looks like it's giving the daughter a right proper scolding. A tongue lashing if you will.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

27 Looks very Russian to me.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

28 Her body, her self. Forget all those civil society rules.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (xEtsj)

29 Mom casts a big shadow and daughter casts a small one.
A message there, no doubt.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

30 Lincoln museum.com
"The Prodigal Daughter depicts a young woman returning home to her parents, dressed flamboyantly, which contrasts sharply with their modest attire. The painting explores themes of family dynamics, societal expectations of women, and the emotional complexities of returning home after a period of independence or rebellion."

Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

31 Time for the obligatory "It's a Man, Baby" post.

Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (wa/yD)

32 Could well have been called "A Study In Lighting." Love the translucency of the old man's beard and halo effect of his figure. Technically brilliant painting.
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM

That is very well done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)

33 The piece was originally titled The Slut Returneth, but the censors weren't having it.

Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)

34 Look up Collier's "Lilith With A Snake" to see his skill with the female form.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (n9ltV)

35 That's a really good lamp.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (bss/y)

36 Alternate Title:

"Rebel Without a Clue"

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)

37 31 Time for the obligatory "It's a Man, Baby" post.
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (wa/yD)

You're 25 posts late.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

38 Right to Left...

"I'm going to marry Steve and there's nothing you can do about!

"How dare you defy us!

"Who are you again?"

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (dmDsy)

39 This time tomorrow she'll be nekkid.
And sitting on an ottoman.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

40 Lincoln museum.com
"The Prodigal Daughter depicts a young woman returning home to her parents, dressed flamboyantly, which contrasts sharply with their modest attire. The painting explores themes of family dynamics, societal expectations of women, and the emotional complexities of returning home after a period of independence or rebellion."

Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM

So...completely upending the point of the original parable. Got it. Great job, Collier.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)

41 Yes, I wrecked the carriage again, so what!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (+nEug)

42 34 Look up Collier's "Lilith With A Snake" to see his skill with the female form.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (n9ltV)

Classic. Boobies.

Why choose this one and then immediately tell us about his other work? You chose THIS one for a reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

43
"I sallied forth to Oxford to find a man, but it seems every last one is a jack-rolling dandy. So I have returned. It was not a fruitless expedition, father. I have learned all about the exciting ideas of a smelly German named Marx. Now give me all your money. Every last tuppence, exploiter."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2)

44 Could well have been called "A Study In Lighting." Love the translucency of the old man's beard and halo effect of his figure. Technically brilliant painting.
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM

Crap. It's crap I tell you. -- Thomas Kinkade

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)

45 He's definitely doing a study of light and shadow.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (V4IXI)

46 Mom casts a big shadow and daughter casts a small one.
A message there, no doubt.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Mom brought her into this world. Mom can take her out.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (iHruz)

47 That’s gypsy-ish clothing so presumably the daughter has been gypsy, tramp, and thieving across Europe.

Collier did a Lady Godiva that’s … well, let’s just say the technique is excellent and the naked female form perfectly rendered. But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

48 The lighting thru papa's beard and throughout the room is pretty awesome. Nice piece.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (Wnd0C)

49 My favorite image brought to mind by the story of the Prodigal Son is that of the old father running down the path to embrace his wayward son. The fact that the father is THE Father brings me to tears every time.

Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

50 So...completely upending the point of the original parable. Got it. Great job, Collier.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)

Yeah, the fundamental humility is lacking. The Prodigal son learned something. This bitch didn't.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (bss/y)

51 The comment from the museum at #30 is the kind of stuff an art major says to justify their college debt.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (NR6c1)

52 6 The prodigal 'daughter' is awfully tall and has kind of a mannish face.

Just sayin'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ExV1e)
_______
Personally, I'm rarely attracted to the women in pre-Raphaelite paintings. They loved one model with Bob Hope's nose.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (AlhUl)

53 I don't think she's going to let them look at her cell phone.

Posted by: windbag at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (nKMHt)

54 50 So...completely upending the point of the original parable. Got it. Great job, Collier.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)

Yeah, the fundamental humility is lacking. The Prodigal son learned something. This bitch didn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (bss/y)
________
She learned she's a strong independent woman who don't need no man.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (AlhUl)

55 What's the daughter holding in her right hand. Looks like a dead snake held near the head.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

56 Hope this young lady doesn't put herself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Posted by: Illinois Dems at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

57 The Daughter looks To Wong Fooish.... Trans ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (/+IBE)

58 She was a naughty girl, but, since it's a Victorian painting, she done with it.

Still, she was naughty by implication - that red dress!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (p9rFX)

59 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (bss/y)

60 Collier did a Lady Godiva that’s … well, let’s just say the technique is excellent and the naked female form perfectly rendered. But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

She was 16, we checked.

Posted by: Gene Simmons at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (dmDsy)

61 The look on the daughter's face.... my initial thought is a backhand is necessary. To set the mood.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (AkEZC)

62 But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

I thought that was Don Henley.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)

63 The model for the Lilith painting looks to be the same one as for this painting.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

64 Still, she was naughty by implication - that red dress!
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM

That was one of the names we was thinkin' about, but we went wit somethin' mo' in yo' face.

Posted by: Naughty by Nature at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (bFu5X)

65 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (dmDsy)

66 It wasn't the Prodigal Son in the parable that was the lesson but rather the son who felt slighted.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (V4IXI)

67 But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

I thought that was Don Henley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)
——

‘Wasn’t me’

— Kip Winger

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (L858P)

68 It wasn't the Prodigal Son in the parable that was the lesson but rather the son who felt slighted.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM

Both, really.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (bFu5X)

69 She's a fancy gal. Look at those red bows. It practically screams "harlot!" for certain places and times.

Other times and places it says, "Geez, mom, I just went to the curb for the paper. Ease up!"

Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (vGkD9)

70 Ringo Starr

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (V4IXI)

71 And we think our problems are unique to our time......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)

72 Every family has the drama queen.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (diia5)

73 47 That’s gypsy-ish clothing so presumably the daughter has been gypsy, tramp, and thieving across Europe.

Collier did a Lady Godiva that’s … well, let’s just say the technique is excellent and the naked female form perfectly rendered. But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
----
Her parents look like Quakers, so a prodigal daughter indeed!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)

74 Looks like she is blocking the door or won't let anyone get in the room.

Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

75 Looks like she is blocking the door or won't let anyone get in the room.
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

Her son, Jamal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)

76 One of the few John Collier paintings without gorgeous nudes. (Sigh!)

Actually, I really like this painting. His use of shadows and low light is wonderful and sets the atmosphere. Not exactly the Biblical story of regret and redemption. The daughter's pose and expression is comfortably defiant towards her parents and society. That is further emphasized by her flamboyant dress. Her parents' poses demonstrate their surprise and their dark, conservative clothing shows the chasm between their lives and their daughter's behavior. It is very effective.

Maybe it's just me but this looks like it could be an illustration for a story in The Strand magazine circa 1890 but done with better talent.

Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

77 So … this is kinda like something inspired by a Hitchcock movie, then … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)

78 And today I was kind of hoping for one of the many depictions of the Annunciation. *sigh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X)

79 Looking more closely at the parents, maybe it should be called 'The Prodigal Grand-daughter.' Or she prematurely aged them.

Also, the daughter has the neck of Rachel Maddow.

15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

I'm sure they would have found a way to power through.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (Sco7b)

80 A hussy, obviously.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

81 She's telling them 'no, you're not moving to Florida...she's found a very nice place for them right here where they'll be close enough to babysit on demand.....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (QGaXH)

82 72 And we think our problems are unique to our time......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)

'I have my OWN ideas, father!' was probably uttered by some austrolipithicus in a cave, right before he ran out and got eaten by a sabertooth tiger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (bss/y)

83 Most here seem to believe the young chick has just dramatically entered; I feel like she is about to flounce defiantly out...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)

84 She's showing way too much neck and practically bares her breasts.

This is an outrage and if she has nowhere to stay, she can stay with me.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (Wnd0C)

85 Maybe it's just me but this looks like it could be an illustration for a story in The Strand magazine circa 1890 but done with better talent.
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Zombie Sidney Paget at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bFu5X)

86 What's the daughter holding in her right hand. Looks like a dead snake held near the head.

*********

Ancillary question: Do snakes have necks?

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

87 80 A hussy, obviously.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

To merge the threads, my guess is she has seen a few 'Love Guns'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

88 86 What's the daughter holding in her right hand. Looks like a dead snake held near the head.

*********

Ancillary question: Do snakes have necks?
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

They are ALL neck- like Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

89 Is she some kinda progitute?

Posted by: From Somewhere Towards The Back Of The Audience at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (4zqrS)

90 Daughter has a Janice Soprano look

Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (pXC9O)

91 Both, really.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (bFu5X)

One is secondary though imo. I base that on similar parables.

In particular the one about the land owner hiring workers at the beginning of the work day for $20 and then hiring more people near the end of the workday for the same $20.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (V4IXI)

92 ' I am with child! The father is Juan!'

Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (LHPAg)

93 So I see it's going to be THAT sort of Art Thread.

Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (PVV5z)

94 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X)

I am not conversant in Christian holidays, other than the obvious ones!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

95 83 Most here seem to believe the young chick has just dramatically entered; I feel like she is about to flounce defiantly out...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)

Well 'Prodigal' would imply that she just came in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)

96 Ancillary question: Do snakes have necks?
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

https://youtu.be/PovCPDqeDjE

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (ExV1e)

97 69 >>It wasn't the Prodigal Son in the parable that was the lesson but rather the son who felt slighted.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM

Both, really.
- - - -
Well, both, and the unfathomable love the Father has for his children. That the Creator of the universe would not just forgive a self-centered and indulgent son (as well as a self-righteous, performative son,) but dare to shame himself by *running* down the path to embrace and celebrate the return of wayward as having returned from death to life. Incredible. Deep. Moving.

Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (Ve/HL)

98 CBD, have you posted a Collier before? I feel like I've seen Collier paintings somewhere.

Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)

99 Art geniuses have no idea what's in her right hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (PHjsi)

100 I am not conversant in Christian holidays, other than the obvious ones!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM

I'll let it slide.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (bFu5X)

101 some austrolipithicus in a cave, right before he ran out and got eaten by a sabertooth tiger.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Australopithecus - as the name suggests - was a southern ape. Sabertooth cats' range was in north Eurasia and north America. The 'pithecenes tended to be leopard chow (there's a famous child skull with their tooth marks).
Although the "super archaic" lineage in Neander/Denisovan DNA is intriguing. Someone took it from a Homo Erectus. There's your prodigal daughter right there. Wonder if she'd messed with an Asian orangutan yeti or two before finding a genetic compatible...

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (vdl4Z)

102 CBD, have you posted a Collier before? I feel like I've seen Collier paintings somewhere.

Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)

Probably 10 of them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)

103 Unlike the Prodigal Son she doesn't look like she's being welcomed home...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (/+IBE)

104 So I see it's going to be THAT sort of Art Thread.
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM

So...a day ending in "y", then?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (bFu5X)

105 95 83 Most here seem to believe the young chick has just dramatically entered; I feel like she is about to flounce defiantly out...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)

Well 'Prodigal' would imply that she just came in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)

Oh, yeah, that makes sense, should have read the title... LOL

Although, maybe this is "Pre-Prodical"?

Best defense I could come up with.....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (dmDsy)

106 She's just come home to do a load of laundry and then she'll be back to her wanton ways.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

107 Something related to the destruction of the One Ring might have been appropriate. Perhaps she's declaring that she's destroyed her diaphragm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)

108 Unlike the Prodigal Son she doesn't look like she's being welcomed home...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM

See 7 and 83.

I think this is pre-departure prodigal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (bFu5X)

109 How do we know this isn't the prodigal tranny? Her neck seems a little thick.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (Wnd0C)

110 >>Art geniuses have no idea what's in her right hand.

A green dildo would be nice.

Posted by: Green Dildos R Us at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (Y1sOo)

111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

112 I can hear the parents saying "you're a whoo-a"
Would hang though
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (mHVWR)

113 111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

A Geriatric homecoming !

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (/+IBE)

114 They are ALL neck- like Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

**********

Heh!

Actually I kind of imagine a snake has a single somatic vertebra, about halfway down. Everything above that is neck and everything below is tail.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

115 DDG AI, verbatim:

In John Collier's painting "The Prodigal Daughter"In John Collier's painting "The Prodigal Daughter" (1894), the woman holds aIn John Collier’s whip in her right hand. painting "The Prodigal Daughter," she holds a goblet (wine glass) in her right hand. (1894

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (PHjsi)

116 Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

It's the new "The Band", or "The Breeders" or "Electronic". Rattle your walkers for... The Doddering Fools

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (vdl4Z)

117 What's the daughter holding in her right hand. Looks like a dead snake held near the head.

Looks like her hand is defiantly on her hip and that's just the color of material.

Because if it were a snek, it'd be coming out between her first and bird fingers.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)

118 79 Looking more closely at the parents, maybe it should be called 'The Prodigal Grand-daughter.' Or she prematurely aged them.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

Or another subtext - the difference between having children late in life as opposed to early in life.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:01 AM (QGaXH)

119 Looking more closely at the parents, maybe it should be called 'The Prodigal Grand-daughter.' Or she prematurely aged them.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)

Prodigal children will do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

120 111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.

Sponsored by Depends?

Posted by: Oh noes!! at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (HcoTw)

121 DDG AI, verbatim:

Are you guessing? It doesn't look like a wine glass.

You're right to question it — it's not definitively a modern wine glass. In John Collier's 1894 painting "The Prodigal Daughter" the object in her right hand appears to be a small stemmed goblet or chalice (likely a wine or liquor glass) — a shallow, rounded bowl on a short stem. Different viewers describe it as a goblet, cup, or chalice rather than a contemporary tall wineglass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (PHjsi)

122 113 111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

A Geriatric homecoming !
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (/+IBE)

I am going to start a Metamucil food cart that day.

It's a GOLD MINE Jerry!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (dmDsy)

123 120 111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.

Seriously.. Are they back to No Kings ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (/+IBE)

124 she's entering a trance.

Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)

125 How do we know this isn't the prodigal tranny? Her neck seems a little thick.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Very pronounced Adams apple

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (iHruz)

126 Or another subtext - the difference between having children late in life as opposed to early in life.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

127 I don't get it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (4NO2D)

128 Don't think I've ever seen "somatic vertebra" in a limerick before...

Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

129 Fonda might actually remember when America had a king

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:04 AM (vdl4Z)

130 My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

My wife and I had our children later in life. When people made that mistake we'd say that we were 15 years younger than we were but children...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

131 I zoomed in and didn't notice anything in her hand.

Neither did grok!

Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—ready to leave again quickly if the confrontation turns sour. This detail adds tension to the "problem picture" composition, emphasizing her independence and the uncertain reunion.

No other object (like a bag, fan, gloves, or accessory) appears to be in her right hand based on detailed descriptions and analyses of the work. The left hand isn't prominently described as holding anything either; the focus is on her overall stance and expression.

The painting is a classic Victorian-era "problem picture" that sparked debate about family, class, and the "fallen woman" trope. High-resolution images are available on sites like WikiArt, Art UK, or the Usher Gallery's collections if you'd like to see it for yourself

Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (Sco7b)

132 Wow.

https://tinyurl.com/45hbcxj9

Go full screen. You can see everything.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (iHruz)

133 Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.

I had no idea that old Commie Joan Baez was still alive

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (/+IBE)

134 111 Get your tickets now!

Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.

Please welcome, Bruce and the E scooter band

Posted by: Oh noes!! at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (HcoTw)

135 OK, just looked at a few of Collier's paintings. Yeah, I've seen a few of these here .

Thanks, CDB

Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Oy/m2)

136 she's entering a trance.
Posted by: cmeat

Brown acid flashback.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (iHruz)

137 I cannot say that any of our daughters - or sons - are particularly pro or anti digital.

What?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (1o8D5)

138 Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM

The "Time For Your Medicine" tour.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

139 82 72 And we think our problems are unique to our time......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)

'I have my OWN ideas, father!' was probably uttered by some austrolipithicus in a cave, right before he ran out and got eaten by a sabertooth tiger.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (bss/y)

"austrolipithicus"

AoS - come for the art (and boobs), learn a little bit about early man......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:07 AM (QGaXH)

140 @78 And today I was kind of hoping for one of the many depictions of the Annunciation.

Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (zdLoL)

141 It's a pimp cup

Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (5aZAZ)

142 Seriously.. Are they back to No Kings ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (/+IBE)

March 28th from what I've seen. Minnesota has the main focus apparently.

No word on who is paying for this natural grassroots campaign of anger. They always seem to leave that out.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (Sco7b)

143 140 @78 And today I was kind of hoping for one of the many depictions of the Annunciation.

The Annunciation refers to the announcement made by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear Jesus Christ, marking the Incarnation. This event is celebrated by many Christians on March 25th, known as the Feast of the Annunciation.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Looked It Up For You All.... at March 25, 2026 10:09 AM (dmDsy)

144 No Kings, only Commissars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (bss/y)

145 Seriously.. Are they back to No Kings ?
Posted by: It's me donna

But caliphs are totes cool with them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

146 And today I was kind of hoping for one of the many depictions of the Annunciation.

Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Chick in the painting IS announcing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (iHruz)

147 145 Seriously.. Are they back to No Kings ?
Posted by: It's me donna

But caliphs are totes cool with them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

And they LOVE their queens...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Sco7b)

148 oh man, they're playing the original "Tainted Love" here

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (vdl4Z)

149
But caliphs are totes cool with them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ

The Dems do seem to be mourning the death of the Ayatollah's...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (/+IBE)

150 Because anyone can become a Commissar. That allows anyone to be in the Nomenklatura and be the one holding the Makarov and not be on the kneeling, receiving end of it.

*waits for Duran Duran*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

151 And today I was kind of hoping for one of the many depictions of the Annunciation.

Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Chick in the painting IS announcing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM

This place...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (bFu5X)

152

Nice art. short title " bitch, where you been?"

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (QVmho)

153 Barr bare heaving at the gate:

https://tinyurl.com/ymcdm6dc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (1o8D5)

154
Chick in the painting IS announcing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM

That she's transitioned ? Used to be their Son...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (/+IBE)

155 A Geriatric homecoming !
Posted by: It's me donna

**********

Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)

Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)

156 at the annual policeman's luncheon
a guard had cause to produce his truncheon
like an alien probe
in a wet chiffarobe
he said that oughta keep panties from bunchin'

Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

157 The Dems do seem to be mourning the death of the Ayatollah's...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM

I don't care for it, either.

Posted by: Sharif at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (bFu5X)

158 Stephan Green is doing that Ukrainian propaganda stuff again at Insty. Just weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

159 158 Stephan Green is doing that Ukrainian propaganda stuff again at Insty. Just weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

Ukraine ? That's so last year

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (/+IBE)

160 I gave up on Insty. Driscoll must be a siamese-twin of Treacher. The commenters can't get through to him.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (vdl4Z)

161 Stephan Green is doing that Ukrainian propaganda stuff again at Insty. Just weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

Is he fur it er agin it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)

162 There are still interesting articles linked at Insty. Mostly by Reynolds himself.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

163 This time talking about how the chances of any Russian surviving combat is approaching 0.

Why? I just do not get it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (bss/y)

164 My reaction to the painting title:
"Oh, when big brother does his walkabout he gets a feast, but when your daughter comes back from finding herself, what do I get? Nothing!"

Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (aJQbY)

165 Fonda, Baez and Springsteen could set up a permanent show bar, like in Branson. Call it "No Kings Island." Rotate protests.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (zdLoL)

166 117 What's the daughter holding in her right hand. Looks like a dead snake held near the head.

Looks like her hand is defiantly on her hip and that's just the color of material.

Because if it were a snek, it'd be coming out between her first and bird fingers.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)

I think her right hand is a clenched fist. What appears to be a snek is the inside lining of her cloak....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (QGaXH)

167 Is he fur it er agin it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)

He has been doing the 'Ukraine will take Moscow any day' for the past 4 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (bss/y)

168 Looks like she is wearing carpets.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM

The "Prodigal" could well imply hardwood below.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

169 This Commie retards hate everything about America even though it's given them everything they have. They are all like Houchul and would beg to return to the old ways if they got what they are asking for.

Saying they are retarded is given them too much credit.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (V4IXI)

170 Daughter's boobs:

[ ] Prodigious
[ X ] Not Prodigious

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (DsA2n)

171 Wantonness has been my ruin!

Posted by: Prodigal Daughter-Five Years Later at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (oftw2)

172 The "Prodigal" could well imply hardwood below.
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

At this time period? Shag. Shag from belly button to knees.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)

173
My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg
=====
My wife and I had our children later in life. When people made that mistake we'd say that we were 15 years younger than we were but children...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Us as well. we were childless for 20 years, and Junior-ette starts making Smash gain weight. do not recommend a newborn for a pair of 40 year olds. the toll being pregnant took on Smash...

at least we got a good child. some of them turn out to be asshoe no matter the parental input.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (QVmho)

174 Because if it were a snek, it'd be coming out between her first and bird fingers.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)

I think her right hand is a clenched fist. What appears to be a snek is the inside lining of her cloak....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM

No step!

Posted by: The Snek at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (bFu5X)

175 Don't think I've ever seen "somatic vertebra" in a limerick before...
Posted by: Limerick lover

********

Okay, now you're pushing your luck.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (qgHp7)

176 ON leftwing sites to this day I still see:

1) If we don't give $$$ to Lil Z the Russians will be in Paris...Texas! By next month.

2) If we do give $$$ to Lil Z he'll be having a full on tranny dance party in Red Square...by next month

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

177 165 Fonda, Baez and Springsteen could set up a permanent show bar, like in Branson. Call it "No Kings Island." Rotate protests.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (zdLoL)

Jane Fonda? Joan Baez ? Are they still around?

I still think Fonda should be haunting a cell in some super max somewhere for aiding and abetting the enemy. Or decorated some long-ago lamp post.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (QGaXH)

178 Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)

Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Posted by: muldoon

Once the Grim Reaper heals up from taking Chuck Norris, he's gonna be busy.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (iHruz)

179 LOL!

Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

180 The "Prodigal" could well imply hardwood below.

The Ziegfeld Follies girls would imply that is possible, if unlikely

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)

181 Okay, now you're pushing your luck.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (qgHp7)

I just asked AI for one, and it was terrible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:20 AM (n9ltV)

182 The "Prodigal" could well imply hardwood below.

The Ziegfeld Follies girls would imply that is possible, if unlikely
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM

The MP4 Signal has been lit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

183 some of them turn out to be asshoe no matter the parental input.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (QVmho)

You should meet my older sister.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (n9ltV)

184 176 ON leftwing sites to this day I still see:

1) If we don't give $$$ to Lil Z the Russians will be in Paris...Texas! By next month.

2) If we do give $$$ to Lil Z he'll be having a full on tranny dance party in Red Square...by next month
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

Thinking about the Mexican stuff last month (what happened with that?) I wonder if we did not just create what is to all intents and purposes a drug cartel (with and without drugs) and set it up as a nation. Exists only to be a parasite on the world, taking endless money and giving... ? Some sort of check Cold War homers want on Russia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

185 It's Tolkien Reading Day. March 25th is the day the one Ring was destroyed. I'm going to read some of my favorite sections: the opening of The Hobbit, Tom Bombadil, and the ride of the Rohirrim to Gondor and their charge at Minas Tirith. Probably add Farmer Giles of Ham which is charming and funny.

Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (yTvNw)

186 173 pops was 59 when he slipped me past the goalie. having raised seven previous i was free to roam, once the harness was removed. despite all the yardsticks and belts (always on the front porch for the added humiliation factor) the siblings were jealous.

Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

187 I ain't sayin' she a gold digger...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 25, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)

188 Christ was born on October 1 or 2. Having the Annunciation on March 25 is just silly, unless the baby spent time in the NICU at Bethlehem General.

Posted by: I Got You Babe at March 25, 2026 10:22 AM (oftw2)

189 126 Or another subtext - the difference between having children late in life as opposed to early in life.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

As did mine, my mom was 40 when I was born. But I don't recall them being mistaken for grand-parents. They were quite youthful for their ages. But I do recall wondering why all my friends parents grew up in the 50's while mine were old enough to have been in the military in WW2.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (QGaXH)

190 Christ was born on October 1 or 2.
Posted by: I Got You Babe

What do you base this on? Genuinely curious.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

191 159 158 Stephan Green is doing that Ukrainian propaganda stuff again at Insty. Just weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

Ukraine ? That's so last year
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (/+IBE)

160 I gave up on Insty. Driscoll must be a siamese-twin of Treacher. The commenters can't get through to him.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (vdl4Z)

Green and Driscoll chased me away from Insty years ago. They are elemental lameness. And jagoffs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 25, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)

192 Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)

All of them could be the 'prodigal son'. That's why it's a hard pill to swallow and why Jesus had so many parables about salvation at the last minute.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (V4IXI)

193 As did mine, my mom was 40 when I was born. But I don't recall them being mistaken for grand-parents. They were quite youthful for their ages. But I do recall wondering why all my friends parents grew up in the 50's while mine were old enough to have been in the military in WW2.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Same here. Both my folks had lived through the Depression and served in the war (my Mom as an Army flight nurse). Most other kids' parents just seemed like my older siblings. It was weird.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

194 I wonder if I will live long enough to have lefties tell me Trump was behind the Uke war and Biden and Kamala wanted peace...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)

195 You should meet my older sister.

$20, same as in town?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Kt19C)

196 Today's selection reminds me of the Russian painter, Ilya Repin,s, "Unexpected Visitor".

Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (lJ0H4)

197 Christ was born on October 1 or 2.
Posted by: I Got You Babe

What do you base this on? Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

I think astronomy is the main basis IIRC.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (V4IXI)

198 the ride of the Rohirrim to Gondor and their charge at Minas Tirith
____

it gets dusty every time I read that.

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a little romance though. The Steward and the King. Faramir closing the deal -

'Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn! But I do not offer you my pity. For you are a lady high and valiant and have yourself won renown that shall not be forgotten; and you are a lady beautiful, I deem, beyond even the words of the Elven-tongue to tell. And I love you. Once I pitied your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, were you the blissful Queen of Gondor, still I would love you. Eowyn, do you not love me?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)

199 Today's selection reminds me of the Russian painter, Ilya Repin,s, "Unexpected Visitor".
Posted by: Tuna

You're right. I thought that this looked Russian for a reason.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

200 Rightwing media constantly produces squishes that spend more time agree with the left on important things then anything else.

There isn't a market for it from conservative media readers, BUT, there is a very big market for it apparently from leftwing oligarchs

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (sKqQm)

201 I know I got my tickets to see Baez and Springsteen! As Bavid Durge said:
[textwall of quotes from some nevertrump douche]
This reminds me of the Beatles. You kids love the Beatles
[more shit to scroll through]

Posted by: Ded Riscoll at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (vdl4Z)

202 It's Tolkien Reading Day. March 25th is the day the one Ring was destroyed. I'm going to read some of my favorite sections: the opening of The Hobbit, Tom Bombadil, and the ride of the Rohirrim to Gondor and their charge at Minas Tirith. Probably add Farmer Giles of Ham which is charming and funny.
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (yTvNw)
---
I'm about halfway through The Hobbit right now. The Company is just about ready to leave Beorn's house and enter Mirkwood proper.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (ESVrU)

203 75 Her son, Jamal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)

D'Qwizz.

Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 10:28 AM (wa/yD)

204 John did like the ladies.

Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (zFsEm)

205 Neither did grok!

Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—
---

Unless CBD's image is reversed it's her left hand holding the doorknob.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (PHjsi)

206 194 I wonder if I will live long enough to have lefties tell me Trump was behind the Uke war and Biden and Kamala wanted peace...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)

Well I hope so!

Because that will happen anytime!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Can See The Very Immediate Future. at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (dmDsy)

207 I'm about halfway through The Hobbit right now. The Company is just about ready to leave Beorn's house and enter Mirkwood proper.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (ESVrU)

The 'Traveling Drinking Party' phase of the book.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)

208 What do you base this on? Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Bulg

The Biblical Timeline of History is quite complicated and takes much study. There is a very good timeline at ebiblefellowship.com. People have spent thousands of hours working on this there.

Posted by: Time Marches On at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (oftw2)

209 John did like the ladies.
Posted by: javems

Ginger ladies, in particular.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

210 Woke bullshit.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 10:31 AM (464q3)

211 Mother, father my trust fund has run dry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 25, 2026 10:31 AM (xvV+O)

212 2 Looks like she is wearing carpets.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

She’s wearing a blankie like a five year old, which is very fashionable among young people now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)

213 Unless CBD's image is reversed it's her left hand holding the doorknob.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (PHjsi)

The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....

rick's link shows she's holding her dress and the hem is going down.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Sco7b)

214 >>>Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)

Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Posted by: muldoon

Once the Grim Reaper heals up from taking Chuck Norris, he's gonna be busy.

Posted by: rickb223

>Does anybody give a fuck about what these elderly scholars have to say? Go home and play with your cats.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Wnd0C)

215 Nice representation of light in the painting.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 25, 2026 10:33 AM (f1kZG)

216 211 Mother, father my trust fund has run dry.
___

Some NGO will pay you for a do nothing job. Until Trump gets serious and shuts it all off.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

217 If that's a mirror on the left wall, she's the only one that I see in it. Wonder if _that's_ a message? Maybe the 'rents are all in her head?

Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 10:34 AM (aJQbY)

218 Don't think I've ever seen "somatic vertebra" in a limerick before...

***********

Lycra, the Miracle Fabric - a limerick

There once was a woman named Baba
Who was blessed with bodacious tatas
I am happy to report
that she found enough support
With a custom-made Somatic Verti-Bra™

(alternate title: Ribbed for her Pleasure)

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)

219 193 As did mine, my mom was 40 when I was born. But I don't recall them being mistaken for grand-parents. They were quite youthful for their ages. But I do recall wondering why all my friends parents grew up in the 50's while mine were old enough to have been in the military in WW2.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Same here. Both my folks had lived through the Depression and served in the war (my Mom as an Army flight nurse). Most other kids' parents just seemed like my older siblings. It was weird.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

My dad spent most of the war at Kingman Army Air field then Europe. They were mustering up to go to the pacific when news of the Japanese surrender came thru.

My mom got her nurses training thru some government program but I don't think she was actually in the WACs.

The prodigal daughter has a look I saw many times on my older sister's face......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (QGaXH)

220 She’s wearing a blankie like a five year old, which is very fashionable among young people now.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Unfortunately, my teen granddaughter is fond of the pajama bottom look. I don't get it.

Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (lJ0H4)

221 My eyebrows are slowly winning a war against my eyelashes. It's a land battle I never thought Eye'd see.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (diia5)

222 204 John did like the ladies.
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (zFsEm)

'Pharoah's Handmaidens'
It's good to be the Pharoah!

Posted by: Nicless at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (nPp6w)

223 Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
---------
Geezer tour '26
Probably have wait for nap time to be over before they're ready to do much of anything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (AkEZC)

224 Looking at people like Fonda it is amusing how the anti-war movement took off solely because of the draft.

Obviously you have more at stake when you can be drafted, but it is interesting the argument was almost never, "This isn't worth the lives of a bunch of draftees" but quickly became "Supporting SV is wrong" - and this matters because even after Nixon ended conscription this held and the US didn't support SV with weapons and support in '75

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm)

225 The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....

The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)

226 Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)

Now you're just showing off!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:38 AM (n9ltV)

227 There once was a woman named Baba
Who was blessed with bodacious tatas
I am happy to report
that she found enough support
With a custom-made Somatic Verti-Bra™

(alternate title: Ribbed for her Pleasure)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)

You did it!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Limericks Get Me Very...Judicious. at March 25, 2026 10:38 AM (dmDsy)

228
The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....

rick's link shows she's holding her dress and the hem is going down.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Sco7b)
----

Looks like she's using forked stick to hold her breast up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (PHjsi)

229 Neither did grok!

Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—
---

Unless CBD's image is reversed it's her left hand holding the doorknob.

Posted by: Braenyard

Damn front facing phone cameras! Reversing everything.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (iHruz)

230 Running as a well endowed woman must have been very unpleasant before modern bra science...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (sKqQm)

231 Morning.

Oh, very nice art. Love the old woman's imposing shadow, like a specter. Would hang.

Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Z2yLo)

232 rick's link shows she's holding her dress and the hem is going down.
Posted by: Stateless

I did a short stint as an elevator operator at a Department Store.

"Bras, panties and girdles - going down!"

*tap tap tap* "Hey, is this thing on?"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (cYBz/)

233 Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)

I think we can both be right.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Sco7b)

234 It's a forked weapon, she's holding the door shut because she's come back to kill her parents.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (PHjsi)

235 Squirrels have reportedly been “vaping” discarded e-cigarettes due to the fruity aromas, mistaking them for potential food.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Kt19C)

236 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (5bGGs)

237 "Dat's a HUGE bitch!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (5bGGs)

238 OUT: Cocaine Bear
IN: Nicotine Squirrel

Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (vdl4Z)

239 Running as a well endowed woman must have been very unpleasant before modern bra science...
Posted by: 18-1

If you see me running, shit has went sideways and you should run too. You won't care about black eyes.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (iHruz)

240 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. I'm thinking the lady in black makes her living on her back.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

241 Fixed up, stood up. Pissed off about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (5bGGs)

242 Guys, did you know violence is "an artificial construction"?

https://tinyurl.com/yh8bs9e2

Mamdani seems to think so. Violence is solved, guys! We'll just say it doesn't exist and *POOF* it'll be gone.

Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.

Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Z2yLo)

243 225 The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....

The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1
---

One idiot is a lot cheaper than the other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (PHjsi)

244 "Bras, panties and girdles - going down!"

*tap tap tap* "Hey, is this thing on?"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (cYBz/)

Thanks. Lol.

Since we're talking about the elderly liberals, look was on ew....

The View's Joy Behar reveals incident with young man who repeatedly threw $100 at her in public amid relentless flirting

After Behar's husband showed up, the comedian said the young "stud" told her: "I guess we won't be going to your room later?"

Someone obviously doesn't understand performance art, internet pranks or mental illness....whatever it was.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (Sco7b)

245 Unfortunately, my teen granddaughter is fond of the pajama bottom look. I don't get it.
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (lJ0H4)

To be fair, women that can pull it off tend to have nice asses that jiggle just the right amount when walking in PJ bottoms. Emphasis on 'can pull it off.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (5bGGs)

246 Mamdani seems to think so. Violence is solved, guys! We'll just say it doesn't exist and *POOF* it'll be gone.

Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Z2yLo)

Imagine what would happen if violence was against the law, or even better, there were SIGNS everywhere telling people to NOT commit acts of violence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (5bGGs)

247 Bruce Springsteen wants you to know that he was born in the USA. Can we still deport him?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (Wnd0C)

248 Muldoon comes through!!!

Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

249 Bruce Springsteen wants you to know that he was born in the USA. Can we still deport him?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (Wnd0C)

Yeah, that song sucks and is his mantra against a free USA. He can choke on the bag of dicks he should be eating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (5bGGs)

250 Fixed up, stood up. Pissed off about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've stood up too quickly once again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)

251 Muldoon comes through!!!
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

Every. Single. Time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (5bGGs)

252 230 Running as a well endowed woman must have been very unpleasant before modern bra science...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM

+++++
You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

253 Oldest trick in the book. Solve crime by no longer reporting crime as crime.

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)

254 Still remains within the sound of silence
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)

The song remains the same.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (5bGGs)

255 Zohran Mamdani’s New York:

Migrants grilling GUINEA PIGS? on the streets like it's a third-world market.

This is what happens when you flood the city with illegals and let chaos reign.
https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi)

256 violence is "an artificial construction"

-
What is that supposed to mean?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

257 Oldest trick in the book. Solve crime by no longer reporting crime as crime.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)
---
The greatest trick the Devil ever played on mankind was convincing us he didn't exist...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)

258 Zohran Mamdani’s New York:

Migrants grilling GUINEA PIGS? on the streets like it's a third-world market.

This is what happens when you flood the city with illegals and let chaos reign.
https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi)
----
Did they run out of flying rats?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)

259 Mamdani seems to think so. Violence is solved, guys! We'll just say it doesn't exist and *POOF* it'll be gone.

Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.
Posted by: Robert

NYC is hugely pissed off at Taylor Sheridan for The Madison and him intimating that NYC is a shithole.

Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)

260 250 Fixed up, stood up. Pissed off about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've stood up too quickly once again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)

You changed the second line as a response to Sponges comment, right? Cause that was funny.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Come To Talk To You Again. at March 25, 2026 10:52 AM (dmDsy)

261 You changed the second line as a response to Sponges comment, right? Cause that was funny.
Posted by: Denny Cran

😁

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:53 AM (iHruz)

262 ---
The greatest trick the Devil ever played on mankind was convincing us he didn't exist...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)

You asked for it...........

https://youtu.be/_-ojCwNvQyQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:53 AM (5bGGs)

263 https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi

Nice link. Thanks.

Unfortunately liberal anger only extends to cooking cats or above.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:54 AM (Sco7b)

264 NYC is hugely pissed off at Taylor Sheridan for The Madison and him intimating that NYC is a shithole.

Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)

Did Taylor Sheridan make a deal with the devil? I just get that feeling...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 10:54 AM (dmDsy)

265 Oldest trick in the book. Solve crime by no longer reporting crime as crime.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)

See also education.

Are kids failing tests? Easy solution. No more tests.

Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:55 AM (AvVQO)

266 The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....

The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1
---

One idiot is a lot cheaper than the other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (PHjsi)

On the plus side, if you replace all your brain trust with AI, your opposition only has to eliminate one entity to completely destroy your business. But it'll look real good on your quarterly stock report so you'll get a big bonus. Until people realize that having everyone unemployed means no one can buy your shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)

267 Having solved all other problems . . .

Canadian Parliament summons Air Canada CEO to "explain himself" for not using enough French in his statement about this week's crash

-
Is the proper response "o la la" or "ongh ongh ongh"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

268 NYC is hugely pissed off at Taylor Sheridan for The Madison and him intimating that NYC is a shithole.

Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)

I'm going to ask this unironically...

They're pissed at WHO over the WHAT?

Goddamn, I'm officially old.

Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (Z2yLo)

269 Unfortunately liberal anger only extends to cooking cats or above.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care
----

Does NYC really have guinea pigs in the wild?

they're eating the dogs
they're eating the cats
they'r eating the pet of our children

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (PHjsi)

270 Did Taylor Sheridan make a deal with the devil? I just get that feeling...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

I don't know how he does it. 1883, 1923, Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingston, Tulsa King, Landman & now The Madison.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (iHruz)

271 "...the emotional complexities of returning home after a period of independence or rebellion."

Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM

Not that complex. She comes home, still spouting, "You're still not the boss of me!"

Dad replies, "Go live in a ditch, then. You're not welcome here!"

Mom softens. "Well, if a baby comes, we'll take it in, hire a nurse to feed it till it's weened. In the meantime, enjoy your ditch, sweetie."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (fxCK2)

272 Dang. I'm thinking the lady in black makes her living on her back.
Posted by: Diogenes

**********

Lady's back. Dressed in black.
Silver buttons all down her back.
Hi Ho. Tippy toe.
She broke the needle, now she can't sew
Walkin' the dog. Uh huh walkin' the dog
If you don't know how to do it I can show you how to walk the dog.
/Rufus Thomas

https://is.gd/Mn9fk0

Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (qgHp7)

273 & now The Madison.
Posted by: rickb223

Somebody made a movie about our resident Prometheus fan?

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

274 I tried watching Landman. Didn’t see what the hype is about. It’s a soap opera, with oil as a backdrop.

Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (AvVQO)

275 >>>Yeah, that song sucks and is his mantra against a free USA. He can choke on the bag of dicks he should be eating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>I knew this guy was a clown the first time I heard this song. That was like 40 years ago.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (Wnd0C)

276 273 & now The Madison.
Posted by: rickb223

Anyone here do the Madison ?

Posted by: Brad at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (/+IBE)

277 I tried watching Landman. Didn’t see what the hype is about. It’s a soap opera, with oil as a backdrop.
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (AvVQO)

That's most of his stuff, in reality, just with lots of violence and cussing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (5bGGs)

278 I tried watching Landman. Didn’t see what the hype is about. It’s a soap opera, with oil as a backdrop.
Posted by: Heroq

At least it's not another cop show or medical drama.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (iHruz)

279 The Prodigal Daughter
John Collier

Chronical250

1903 The Prodigal Daughter and the Problem Picture
By Pamela Fletcher, Professor of Art History at Bowdoin College

In the early twentieth-century, the “problem picture” became a popular craze at the Royal Academy exhibitions. Deliberately ambiguous—and often slightly risqué—scenes of contemporary life, these pictures encouraged eager audiences to offer competing interpretations of the puzzles they posed, both at the Academy itself and in newspaper coverage and competitions.1 John Collier’s painting The Prodigal Daughter, exhibited at the Academy in 1903, was one of the first and most popular problem pictures, sparking conversations about new roles for women and the purpose of art in the early twentieth century (Fig. 1).

A young woman stands proudly—even haughtily—at the doorway of a humble parlour, decorated with old-fashioned prints and a modest round table. The daughter has interrupted her ageing parents at their evening reading, as the father looks up from his book and the mother slightly rises from her chair. ..." (More)

She should have had my mother. 🫣

I probably wouldn't hang this selection but I do like it.

Thanks

Posted by: L - no nic... at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (LF4hQ)

280
Anyone here do the Madison ?
Posted by: Brad at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (/+IBE)

How about The Michigan Rag?

Posted by: Singing Frog at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (5bGGs)

281 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

282
Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
It’s 2026. No one is believing in a magic bullet theory.
Please just shut up. It’s frankly annoying and patronizing to keep claiming the evidence is OVERWHELMING.
If it’s so obvious, why not cease hiding behind microphones to spew propaganda and instead host open discussions?
. . . .
It’s so “overwhelming” we have gun that not even the bomb dogs could trace, a magical bullet that caused minimal damage to Charlie’s neck though it would have taken down a bear, and of course, a scene that was paved over the next day.
Just soooooo overwhelming.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)

283 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

284 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

285 I love the landman very much. I might have to check out The Madison, not sure if it's going to be too mushy for me.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 25, 2026 11:02 AM (BCuCF)

286 An Obama Hawaiian judge has ruled that this thread is over.

Fortunately

Nood.
Morning rant.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:02 AM (Sco7b)

287 >>>Anyone here do the Madison ?
Posted by: Brad

>I've been on the Madison more times than any of these posers can fathom. It's all fiction. It may be entertaining but it's all bullshit. Same with the Yellowstone. Fiction.

I like to be entertained so long as I don't have to pay for it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:05 AM (Wnd0C)

288 Great news errybody - Variety is reporting that Stephen Colbert is co-writing "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past". 14 years after the passing of Frodo, Sam Merry and Pippen set out to retrace their first steps of their adventure and are surprised to find Barliman Butterbur transitioned and is now Barliwoman Butterbur, meanwhile Sam's daughter Elanor, had discovered a long buried secret and (plot twist?!) outs Bilbo and Frodo's love affair.

TBF, I tweaked Variety's reporting on this, but not by much.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1)

289 Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

Gee. What are the odds of one of those fossils snuffing it right then and there on the stage?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)

290 >>>Gee. What are the odds of one of those fossils snuffing it right then and there on the stage?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

>That's a tough choice. Who is the most annoying and influential? Take them all and let God sort them out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (Wnd0C)

291 Art.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (URVGt)

Processing 0.05, elapsed 0.054 seconds.
14 queries taking 0.0139 seconds, 299 records returned.
Page size 144 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.