Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (C732X)

2 She looks excited to be the subject of the painting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (QX6xo)

4 Mom!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (Kyh8Y)

5 You're LATE!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (QX6xo)

6
Another artist with mother issues. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (HdYcL)

7 BOOORRRRiiiiinnnngggggg.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (QX6xo)

8 Alternate title:

"Even she looks tired of waiting for the Art Thread

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

9 His mom is Wednesday Addams?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (E0Pn9)

10 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (C732X)

11 I enjoy Mr. Tanner's work very much. Thanks for posting this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (2sfNr)

12 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

13 NO WIRE HANGARS!!!!

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Sco7b)

14 I thought it was a SCOTUS judge.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (C732X)

15 She seems very disappointed in what her child has become.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (QX6xo)

16 And the hand touching her face is wrong. For the thumb to be closest to the mouth, her arm would need to be crossing her body.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (ExV1e)

17 Endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (LHPAg)

18 Too dark.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (A5RD0)

19
Finally-

CBD is OCD and has to stir his Breakfast Manhattan-

1054 times exactly.

He must've got a late start.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

20 First glance, I thought that was Alfalfa.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (PSEDc)

21
She's reading in the paper about the Mets losing again last night.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (HdYcL)

22 It's no Whistler.

I am going to assume there is detail in the shaded part that my phone just can't show.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (2RJDy)

23 She looks bored and wants him to hurry up and finish.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

24 fivehead

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (g/QcK)

25 Well...she looks excited to be there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (kgE5c)

26 In competition with Whistler?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (TINjs)

27 This is where their relationship REALLY started to go wrong.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Sco7b)

28 Blech.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Kt19C)

29 5 You're LATE!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM (QX6xo)

Sorry, I was caught behind a couple of boomers at the grocery store checkout.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (2RJDy)

30 20 First glance, I thought that was Alfalfa.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (PSEDc
Me too. But I won’t gone say it.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)

31 Mama is not happy.

Posted by: dantesed at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

32 What did you all do to deserve this?

Posted by: Weasel at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (1S3fY)

33
Mama is not happy.

Posted by: dantesed at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

__________

Ain't no one going to be happy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

34 Alternate title:

"Tanner Forgot to Mail Out the Invitations to His Mother's Birthday...Again"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

35 That's a Mom I'd like to forget

Posted by: Hanging Chad at April 30, 2026 09:44 AM (HcoTw)

36 Too dark. Add some light to it or it goes back into the closet.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 30, 2026 09:44 AM (zBgIx)

37 At least Mom's not off her rocker.

Posted by: Memory Unit at April 30, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

38 "I just wanted Harry to be a doctor, like the Cohens' kid"

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 09:44 AM (gKWVE)

39
"I wanted you to become a doctor. But, no. You had to daub colors. After everything I've done for you..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (HdYcL)

40 Alternate title:

"Alfalfa Wonders If Being the Trannie Little Rascal Will Really Help His Career"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

41
38/39

Horde mind

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (HdYcL)

42 So... not the fun-mom type, I assume.

Posted by: red speck at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (Ve/HL)

43 If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

44 Henry's mom was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

45 Portrait of the Artist's Mother - 1897
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Fuggitaboutit lady. Portrait or photograph, you're sitting about the same amount of time.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (C732X)

46 The negative space speaks so loudly. It's says, "Brown paint, buy one, get one free!"

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (w/O5Q)

47 9 His mom is Wednesday Addams?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 30, 2026 09:40 AM (E0Pn9)

16 And the hand touching her face is wrong. For the thumb to be closest to the mouth, her arm would need to be crossing her body.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 09:41 AM (ExV1e)

So, the obvious explanation is that she is being caressed by Thing.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (2RJDy)

48 If you turn the painting on it's side her hand looks like an albino baby alligator.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

49 Not all moms wear capes.

Posted by: red speck at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Ve/HL)

50 She has a Linda Hunt vibe.

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (VdTX+)

51 Inspired by a surplus of brown and black paint?

Posted by: Doof at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (FenX4)

52 23 She looks bored and wants him to hurry up and finish.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

I've seen that expression too, but not on my mom

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gKWVE)

53 Mom's reading the pamphlet from Purewick Urine Collection System.

Posted by: Old Skool at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

54 Horde mind
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:45 AM (HdYcL)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

55 Where's my damn checkbook?

Posted by: Boomer at the grocery store checkout at April 30, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Is this why Mary Cassatt was so popular? First painter to show motherhood for its moments of joy, not dour, dark, light-consuming dread?

Posted by: red speck at April 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

57
I've seen that expression too, but not on my mom

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gKWVE)

___________

*rrrrring, rrrring!*

"Hello?.. Oh, hi Cheryl!... Nothing...."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:48 AM (HdYcL)

58 Mom - When are you going to get a real job?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 30, 2026 09:48 AM (QaH55)

59 With Mother's Day right around the corner, maybe the artist could spring for a lamp.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (gnNyN)

60 I don't think she looks angry at all. Just tired and thoughtful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (2sfNr)

61 Sorry, I was caught behind a couple of boomers at the grocery store checkout.
Posted by: tankdemon

The beauty of being over 29 and retired is that WE SIMPLY DONT CARE!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Kyh8Y)

62 She looks lonely and forlorn. Maybe she would be happier with us.

Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

63 Hep said he'd call.
He didn't call.

Posted by: Thinking about last night's suitor at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

64 What moms do when the Amazon account goes offline.

Posted by: red speck at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)

65 She looks bored and wants him to hurry up and finish.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 30, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

I've seen that expression too, but not on my mom
Posted by: gKWVE

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (C732X)

66
Who names their kid Ossawa?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (HdYcL)

67 Alternate title:

"Widow Benson Wonders How She's Going to Work Cthulhu Into Her Sunday School Lessons at Happydale Baptist Church. The Old One is Growing Restless."

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

68 You're LATE!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 09:39 AM

Sorry. I stopped to talk to Huckleberry Finn. I'll just go over and sit with the 'ettes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)

69 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at April 30, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

70 *long whistle*

Seems familiar

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 09:50 AM (5xoct)

71 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (HdYcL)

It's his middle name. Perhaps a family name?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 09:50 AM (2sfNr)

72 61 Sorry, I was caught behind a couple of boomers at the grocery store checkout.
Posted by: tankdemon

I hope you gave them the same look as the mom in the painting.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Sco7b)

73
He said he'd call.
He didn't call.

Posted by: Thinking about last night's suitor at April 30, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

74 Is this why Mary Cassatt was so popular? First painter to show motherhood for its moments of joy, not dour, dark, light-consuming dread?
Posted by: red speck

The dudes had mommy issues.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 30, 2026 09:51 AM (TINjs)

75 Troll should be banned for breaking the 100 comment rule.

Rude!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 09:51 AM (5xoct)

76 We’ve had this artist before. I remember “Ossawa.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

77 This is excellent. She must have been very proud of her son.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 09:53 AM (2ap+5)

78 If you turn the painting on it's side her hand looks like an albino baby alligator.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 30, 2026 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

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... or a gerrymandered legislative district in Illinois.

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 09:53 AM (VdTX+)

79 Sorry. I stopped to talk to Huckleberry Finn. I'll just go over and sit with the 'ettes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

*pats chair*

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 30, 2026 09:53 AM (02Sat)

80 I speak for the Boomers who write checks at the grocery store:

Cans go first! Taxable items go last!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

81 At least Mom's not off her rocker.
Posted by: Memory Unit
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Looks like she might be counting something down with her rocking. Look out Henry Ossawa (first and middle name trouble) when the counting is done.

Posted by: scampydog at April 30, 2026 09:54 AM (2bFN5)

82 Mom: So what's this MAID thing you signed me up for?

Posted by: Need Assistance at April 30, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)

83
I Bet He's Thinking About Other Women.
The early years.

Posted by: The history of memes at April 30, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Is she watching "Prometheus"?

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 09:55 AM (vFG9F)

85 The "you know what you did" look.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 09:55 AM (jehhT)

86 Q: How many moms does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Henry Ossawa Tanner's mom: None, dear, I don't really need all that much light, and there's no good news in the paper anyway. Don't you worry about me, I can do just fine on my own, like I always do. . . I don't see what all the fuss is about, really. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

87 Amos McCoy had a padded headrest on his rocker. It said...

Posted by: ...Rest Thy Head at April 30, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

88 *pats chair*
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 30, 2026 09:53 AM

Mornin', nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 09:56 AM (kgE5c)

89 Mom: So what's this MAID thing you signed me up for?
Posted by: Need Assistance

Make All illnesses Death, but that's not important now. You have a doctor's appointment in an hour.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 09:56 AM (C732X)

90 Sure, I could do OnlyFans Senior Edition.
But I'd have to get a webcam.

Posted by: Thought bubble at April 30, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

91 Just a reminder that there is no color "Brown". It's really just dark orange. Orange you glad I told you that?

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 09:57 AM (vFG9F)

92
Cans go first! Taxable items go last!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

___________

I try to put the refrigerated stuff, fruits and veggies, dairy, etc. together so the cold stuff comes out first when I get home. The bagger usually puts the tomatoes in with a gallon of milk or the detergent with the bread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:57 AM (HdYcL)

93 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 09:58 AM (5rh/l)

94 Who names their kid Ossawa?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:49 AM (HdYcL)

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Orangello wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 09:58 AM (VdTX+)

95 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang.
*looks at mom*
*guess I'm fixing my own breakfast *
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (totH9)

96
Study No. 2 in Brown and More Brown

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (HdYcL)

97 “Ossawa” sounds Injun to me.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

98 So it's a grocery store checkout thread?

Posted by: Just got here at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

99 The artist didn’t flatter his mother with this painting. The lighting is so dim!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (+gA9j)

100 Apparently this was from before the invention of light bulbs, or candles, or the sun...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (sKqQm)

101 Henry Ossawa Tanner's mom: None, dear, I don't really need all that much light, and there's no good news in the paper anyway. Don't you worry about me, I can do just fine on my own, like I always do. . . I don't see what all the fuss is about, really. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)
====

Franpsycho's mom:

What is with you and 60 watt bulbs? You couldn't get 75?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

102 >>Just a reminder that there is no color "Brown". It's really just dark orange. Orange you glad I told you that?

and taupe, mushroom, mud, mocha, espresso, beige, mahogany, umber, warm grey. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM (5xoct)

103 Ossawa sounds suspiciously Japanese. Send him to the camp.

Posted by: For His Own Good at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM (oftw2)

104 97 “Ossawa” sounds Injun to me.

++++

And might work well in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

105
"Yes, son. I know that I said brown was my favorite color, but really..."

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

106 World War 11 veteran of the month

Private Ocasio-Cortez heroically extinguished a flaming river that an accounting business had set on fire.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 10:01 AM (C732X)

107
She's reflecting sadly on the Pittsburgh Penguins being eliminated last night.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 10:01 AM (HdYcL)

108 I'm working on my own personal projects right now. Dog Ralphy here by the computer. Cat Snowflake upstairs in my bedroom in her chair.

Anyways - ART - this actually just came up a few minutes ago. This is from Gemini. Some interesting stories from the art world I'm looking forward to learning more about.

Section 3: Visual & Surface Arts
Theme: The struggle to capture light, the danger of pigments, and the obsession with the perfect line.

The Lead White Poison: The "Venetian Ceruse" that gave painters the perfect white but slowly paralyzed and killed them.

Monet’s Cataracts: How the artist’s failing eyes turned his late water lilies into abstract explosions of red and purple.

The Blue of the Virgin: The extreme cost of Lapis Lazuli, often more expensive than gold, reserved only for the holiest figures.

The Anatomy Lessons: How Da Vinci and Michelangelo risked arrest and disease to dissect cadavers for "perfect" muscle sketches.

The Secret of the Camera Obscura: The controversial theory that the Old Masters used "optical cheats" to achieve photographic realism.

Mummy Brown: The macabre history of a pigment literally made from ground-up Egyptian mummies.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 10:02 AM (Sco7b)

109 She looks exhausted her child became an artist instead of a doctor or lawyer.

Posted by: Piper at April 30, 2026 10:02 AM (Wmg4n)

110 So has everyone seen the red/blue button discussion?

There are two buttons and every reasoning adult on earth must press one.

If you press the blue button nothing happens to *anyone* as long as more then 50% choose the blue button. If less then 50% choose the blue button all blue button pushers die

If you press the red button nothing happens you either way

Now, I think this is a dumb question for a reason I'll get into later if people are interested in this topic, but what would YOU press and why?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

111 Part 2..

The Speed of Van Gogh: Painting Starry Night in a single feverish session while confined to an asylum.

The Vermeer Grid: The obsessive, pin-and-string method used to lock down perfect 3D perspective on a 2D canvas.

The Graphite Smugglers: When high-quality graphite was so rare it was guarded by the British Crown like a military secret.

The Watercolor Gamble: A medium that allows no mistakes—one drop of water can ruin a month of work.

The Daguerreotype Mist: The early photographers who sat in rooms filled with mercury vapor just to develop a single image.

The Charcoal Burners: The ancient, dirty process of turning willow branches into the artist’s most basic tool.

The Cinnabar Red: The "Dragon’s Blood" pigment that was highly toxic but gave the world its most vibrant vermilion.

The Stipple Obsession: Artists who created entire masterpieces using nothing but millions of tiny ink dots.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (Sco7b)

112 >and taupe, mushroom, mud, mocha, espresso, beige, mahogany, umber, warm grey. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 10:00 AM
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https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Posted by: Classic Frasier at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

113 What happens to a Calif. neighborhood when residents are afraid to leave home
The neighborhood is a shell of its former self

Jessie Alcheh/SFGATE
By Karen Palmer,
Los Angeles Food Editor
April 30, 2026
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Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)

114 And the hand touching her face is wrong. For the thumb to be closest to the mouth, her arm would need to be crossing her body.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

***********

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q74.0 - a limerick

If you analyze the painting more factually
You'll see that it's not her thumb, actually
It's her pinky, not her thumb
Gee how could you be so dumb
So as not to recognize clinodactyly?

Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (I0N4X)

115 I try to put the refrigerated stuff, fruits and veggies, dairy, etc. together so the cold stuff comes out first when I get home. The bagger usually puts the tomatoes in with a gallon of milk or the detergent with the bread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's a Profile in Courage that you are able to post here after suffering such indignities.

Posted by: Bagger Who Don't GAF! at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)

116 She looks like Cole Allen who looks like Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods! Tiger Woods! Tiger Woods!

Posted by: NBC Sports at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (QP+6w)

117 What if you don't push either button?

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (vFG9F)

118 16 And the hand touching her face is wrong. For the thumb to be closest to the mouth, her arm would need to be crossing her body.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April

The hand is very bizarre. Maybe it’s supposed to be an artistic interpretation of someone else actually touching her face lovingly?

Posted by: Piper at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Wmg4n)

119 Organize your stuff when you put it on the conveyer belt at the grocery store as the bagger will mostly put the items into bags as they come to him.

So if you put your frozen stuff together he probably will too...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

120 102 It’s a well-known fact that women have 34,984 color terms.

Or about the same number of slang terms that guys have for boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

121 >>https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Love it - haaaaarvest wheat!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 10:05 AM (5xoct)

122 What if you don't push either button?

For the sake of this exercise you have to, but assume you automatically die I guess.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)

123 It does seem that much portraiture is done in brown. Rembrandt and Vermeer went through a lot of brown paint.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 10:06 AM (2ap+5)

124 I wouldn't even show up for the button pushin'.

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 10:06 AM (vFG9F)

125 It used to hurt my head as a kid because I couldn't imagine the color "dark yellow".
Then I found out about the RGB scale on computers. Like, #999900. More like a dark gold.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 10:06 AM (gKWVE)

126 >>For the sake of this exercise you have to, but assume you automatically die I guess.

Did they select the colors intentionally?
Blue = suicidal empathy

Push red

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 10:06 AM (5xoct)

127 I try to put the refrigerated stuff, fruits and veggies, dairy, etc. together so the cold stuff comes out first when I get home. The bagger usually puts the tomatoes in with a gallon of milk or the detergent with the bread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's a Profile in Courage that you are able to post here after suffering such indignities.
Posted by: Bagger Who Don't GAF! at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)
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Boomers know how to bag. You youngsters are all cattywampus with the bagging.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

128 I agree. It's a dumb question.

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 10:07 AM (vFG9F)

129 Wait.....

You people have baggers!!???!!!???

My standard joke when I'm bagging my own is "In my mind, I'm always the fastest bagboy EVER, but then I do this and reality strikes."

Usually gets a smile and chuckle from people in line.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 10:07 AM (Sco7b)

130 Respect my authoritay!

Jasmine Crockett: “The level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women. I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. And for some reason, you think we on the same level, but you gonna disrespect me?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

131 The folks at Wegmans do a good job of bagging.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

132 >>So if you put your frozen stuff together he probably will too...

You would think, eh?
I do that and include one insulated bag for the cold items. Then the bagger puts the triscuits and soup in that bag. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (5xoct)

133 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q74.0 - a limerick

If you analyze the painting more factually
You'll see that it's not her thumb, actually
It's her pinky, not her thumb
Gee how could you be so dumb
So as not to recognize clinodactyly?
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (I0N4X)

Doctors convince themselves of things which normal people see to be false. She has a demon hand. Accept it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

134 “Ossawa” sounds Injun to me.
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And might work well in a limerick.

************

No. No it would not.

Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

135 Heck of a job, Tanner!

Posted by: George W at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (a992C)

136 Mummy Brown: The macabre history of a pigment literally made from ground-up Egyptian mummies.

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 10:02 AM (Sco7b)

Great...just great. I was the Pharaoh of all Egypt had 5000 slaves,

and I wind up as the iris in some spooky alien kid's painting by Margaret Keane hanging in a Motel 6 off Route 66!

Posted by: The Angriest Mummy at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

137 Papa's got a brand new bag!

Posted by: James Brown at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (oftw2)

138 My first job as a teen when we moved to this state was bagging groceries at the base commissary. Paper bags, as God intended. To this day I won't let anybody else bag my groceries.

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (vFG9F)

139 The cardboard ayatollah better look out.

Japan Explores Low-Cost Cardboard Drones That Could Be Difficult to Detect for Potential Military Use

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

140 Come for the art.
Stay for the grocery store checkout tips.

Posted by: AoS pop up advertisement at April 30, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

141 What stands out for me with Tanner's painting is his use of light. It may be outdoors and natural or inside and manmade but always seems appropriate to the scene. This one shows the lady (tired? contemplative?) being quiet. The bit of light, perhaps from a candle, shows the skin tones and her posture and expression, the white clothing and the few highlights from the wooden chair. Just enough to give form against the dark background. The result is subtle, expressive, and creates a moment of solitude.

Have to wonder if this was response to Whistler's Mother painting. Homage or humor.

Posted by: JTB at April 30, 2026 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

142 Wish he would have painted it in daylight but guess he had lots of vandyke brown and black paint to use up

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (DfAB9)

143 The hand is very bizarre. Maybe it’s supposed to be an artistic interpretation of someone else actually touching her face lovingly?

Posted by: Piper at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Wmg4n)

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Am I the only one who initially read that as "autistic?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (VdTX+)

144 My first job as a teen when we moved to this state was bagging groceries at the base commissary. Paper bags, as God intended. To this day I won't let anybody else bag my groceries.
Posted by: fd
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I recall being fairly judgmental of how groceries were bagged while at the store with mom as a young child. Specifically, don't crush the potato chips!

Posted by: scampydog at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (2bFN5)

145 Damn. Now I want Triscuits and soup.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

146 So has everyone seen the red/blue button discussion?

There are two buttons and every reasoning adult on earth must press one.

If you press the blue button nothing happens to *anyone* as long as more then 50% choose the blue button. If less then 50% choose the blue button all blue button pushers die

If you press the red button nothing happens you either way

Now, I think this is a dumb question for a reason I'll get into later if people are interested in this topic, but what would YOU press and why?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

I think I’d look for a Cadet Kirk type Kobayashi Maru test hack that would allow me a failsafe option that would ensure my survival!

But first glance it seems like everyone should choose red… all should agree on red and we’re all okay. Blue seems risky

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (+gA9j)

147 Sounds dicey to me.

D&D-Style Games Act as “Drama Therapy in the Wild” for Boosting Self-Esteem

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

148 "The only words that rhyme with clinodactyly seem to be syndactyly, polydactyly, and arachnodactyly", Muldoon said matter-of-factly.

Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

149 Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.

Except Trader Joe’s. No self checkout( at least not the one I go to). I’m always Amazed how they manage to fit 17 items into one bag.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:12 AM (th4KY)

150 “Ossawa” sounds Injun to me.
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

How?

Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at April 30, 2026 10:12 AM (wVcYX)

151 That's a lot of brown real estate.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 10:13 AM (Fbc0I)

152
Whenever there's a line of people in a hurry behind me,

I like to place each item in it's own paper bag separately.

It's more hygienic!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:13 AM (iJfKG)

153 148 "The only words that rhyme with clinodactyly seem to be syndactyly, polydactyly, and arachnodactyly", Muldoon said matter-of-factly.
Posted by: muldoon
++++

Exactly.

Posted by: Smart ass in the back row at April 30, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

154 I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country.

And... *poof!* goes your seat. That's power.

Posted by: t-bird at April 30, 2026 10:15 AM (3arSl)

155 Nothing a strong cup of coffee and a cigarette wouldn't cure.

Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 10:15 AM (9lqZe)

156 Japan Explores Low-Cost Cardboard Drones That Could Be Difficult to Detect for Potential Military Use
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)
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At last! A practical use for origami!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:15 AM (gnNyN)

157 Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:12 AM (th4KY)

Winnco has the customers bag their own groceries. I like that, because nobody knows how to bag groceries correctly except me. Also, it's a great store with sometimes far lower prices. Excellent bulk foods selection.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 30, 2026 10:15 AM (PSEDc)

158 2Ez/1. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:16 AM (rzCjW)

159 153 148 "The only words that rhyme with clinodactyly seem to be syndactyly, polydactyly, and arachnodactyly", Muldoon said matter-of-factly.
Posted by: muldoon
++++

Exactly.
Posted by: Smart ass in the back row
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You said that compactly.

Posted by: scampydog at April 30, 2026 10:16 AM (2bFN5)

160 Posted by: JTB at April 30, 2026 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

I appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:17 AM (2sfNr)

161 Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.

Gladly, since I don't have to carry on a meaningless conversation with a cashier or wait for some 16 yr old cashier to hurry up because she's in no hurry since her shift just started.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 10:17 AM (C732X)

162 157 Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.
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Be sure to bring a quarter for the grocery cart deposit.

Posted by: Aldi at April 30, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

163 People really get anal about those bars you put on the belt to separate different customers’ stuff. Like, if you don’t put one down because there’s enough space between your stuff and their stuff, they’ll put one down anyway and give you a nasty look.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

164 D&D-Style Games Act as “Drama Therapy in the Wild” for Boosting Self-Esteem

When I played D&D ages ago it was playing a game where you are a character in a LOTR world - a medieval world with non-human intelligent creatures, magic, and grand evil threats.

But I see a common way people play now is some weird thing where they pretend to seduce NPCs played by your friends and deal with very modern sort of issues.

Out: We must journey through the swamp of doom to get the book of knowledge to defeat Garmon the Dark Lord before he enacts the ritual of destruction

In: I role for seduce against the bisexual female Tiefling with the big boobs in the tavern (note the DM is male, the player is male)

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

165 Around here, the grocery stores still have food (and other crap) in them. I am pretty excited about that.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (v0R4U)

166 Not exactly a loving portrait of mom.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (8mulE)

167 > Organize your stuff when you put it on the conveyer belt at the grocery store as the bagger will mostly put the items into bags as they come to him.

So if you put your frozen stuff together he probably will too...
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One reason to do self checkout. You bag. So, instead of 23 bags with odd assortments in each, I have 4 bags, each with similar size/shape or product in each.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (jehhT)

168 Should have waited to paint this until after electricity came to the Ossawa Farm.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at April 30, 2026 10:19 AM (oftw2)

169 Be sure to bring a quarter for the grocery cart deposit.
Posted by: Aldi

Car key pushed in the slot defeats that lock.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 10:19 AM (C732X)

170 D&D-Style Games Act as “Drama Therapy in the Wild” for Boosting Self-Esteem
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Carl Sargent's "city of greyhawk" box was full of weird therapeutic shit like this. Later I found out that Sargent had literal degrees in psychology and a PhD in parapsychology.
Actual real-life Peter Venkman.
The 1970s and early 1980s were... different.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 10:20 AM (gKWVE)

171 I like it!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 30, 2026 10:20 AM (dmDsy)

172 D&D-Style Games Act as “Drama Therapy in the Wild” for Boosting Self-Esteem

When I played D&D ages ago it was playing a game where you are a character in a LOTR world - a medieval world with non-human intelligent creatures, magic, and grand evil threats.

But I see a common way people play now is some weird thing where they pretend to seduce NPCs played by your friends and deal with very modern sort of issues.

Out: We must journey through the swamp of doom to get the book of knowledge to defeat Garmon the Dark Lord before he enacts the ritual of destruction

In: I role for seduce against the bisexual female Tiefling with the big boobs in the tavern (note the DM is male, the player is male)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

Finally!

Now can we all agree the D&D is gay?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:20 AM (iJfKG)

173 So I think the red/blue question is dumb because there is literally no reason to press blue.

If 100% of people press red no one is hurt. And you can literally tell everyone that out of the gate.

So it does just become a proxy for virtue signaling.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (sKqQm)

174 I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM

Not any more.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (kgE5c)

175 I like. I also have to admit this is one of my favorite American artists, his Annunciation is a particular all-time favorite of mine.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (OUMaO)

176 Posted by: No Name Today at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (8mulE)

People including painters can love their mom even if she's looking tired.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (2sfNr)

177 Yeah winco has some crazy cheap stuff. But the problem is you have to be around Winco people to get them. 😀 Makes people of Walmart look posh by comparison.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (th4KY)

178 Boomers know how to bag. You youngsters are all cattywampus with the bagging.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*clears throat*

It’s kittywampus.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (STxG3)

179 carry on a meaningless conversation
_-_
I know it's not one of my better traits, but I like to see how deep of a conversation I can get people in in the few seconds available (without delaying anyone, of course). Great fun in elevators.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:22 AM (rzCjW)

180 But I see a common way people play now is some weird thing where they pretend to seduce NPCs played by your friends and deal with very modern sort of issues.

Out: We must journey through the swamp of doom to get the book of knowledge to defeat Garmon the Dark Lord before he enacts the ritual of destruction

In: I role for seduce against the bisexual female Tiefling with the big boobs in the tavern (note the DM is male, the player is male)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

Finally!

Now can we all agree the D&D is gay?

Posted by: naturalfake

This, this shit is why you should gatekeep the living shit out of your hobbies.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (OUMaO)

181 No, it's "cattywampus."
On this there can be no debate!

Posted by: Person raised in the Deep South at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

182 Jazzy J is retarded if she thinks she’s more powerful than someone like Marco Rubio or the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (th4KY)

183 Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Misogyny, trans-genocide and Trump?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (Dv3i1)

184 I know it's not one of my better traits, but I like to see how deep of a conversation I can get people in in the few seconds available (without delaying anyone, of course). Great fun in elevators.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:22 AM (rzCjW)

People like you are why the "Despite the look on my face, you're still talking" t-shirt exists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

185 Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:21 AM (OUMaO)

Yes, that's a very nice painting. He also has some lovely landscapes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (2sfNr)

186 Boomers know how to bag. You youngsters are all cattywampus with the bagging.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

When I was recovering post-surgery last year I had a nurse who had never heard "cattywampus" before. I'm not sure what to make of that fact.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (OUMaO)

187 I know it's not one of my better traits, but I like to see how deep of a conversation I can get people in in the few seconds available (without delaying anyone, of course). Great fun in elevators.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:22 AM (rzCjW)

What is the ONE, TRUE religion?
And why can't people understand that...

Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (Sco7b)

188 183 Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Misogyny, trans-genocide and Trump?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (Dv3i1)

Global warming.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (th4KY)

189 Pteradactyly!

Posted by: Caveman Artist at April 30, 2026 10:25 AM (lI1ZI)

190 People like you are why the "Despite the look on my face, you're still talking" t-shirt exists.
_-_
Yup.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:25 AM (rzCjW)

191 No, it's "cattywampus."
On this there can be no debate!

Posted by: Person raised in the Deep South

My very Minnesotan mother said it that way too, where I got it from.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:25 AM (OUMaO)

192 People like you are why the "Despite the look on my face, you're still talking" t-shirt exists.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

It's ironic, isn't it?

Posted by: Elaine Benes at April 30, 2026 10:25 AM (a992C)

193 183 Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Misogyny, trans-genocide and Trump?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (Dv3i1)

Global warming.
Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:24 AM (th4KY)

Chemtrails

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2026 10:25 AM (wVcYX)

194 Jazzy J is retarded if she thinks she’s more powerful than someone like Marco Rubio or the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:23 AM (th4KY)

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Unless Dr. J went full tranny.

/Who?

Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 10:26 AM (VdTX+)

195 This, this shit is why you should gatekeep the living shit out of your hobbies.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Sinister whisper: "Female space marines will bring in a whole new demographic of customers..."

Posted by: Lies of the Modern Audience at April 30, 2026 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

196 I know it's not one of my better traits, but I like to see how deep of a conversation I can get people in in the few seconds available (without delaying anyone, of course). Great fun in elevators.

I live in New England, if I make small talk with people in an elevator they make a face like they just saw roadkill.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)

197 Was this a funeral memory, painted after she died? Seems like a dark representation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 30, 2026 10:26 AM (krlmU)

198 Now can we all agree the D&D is gay?
____

Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's song "All apologies" released in 1993 sang that "everyone is gay". Not so funny anymore, is it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)

199 183 Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

the invasive Australian drop bear

Posted by: gKWVE won't go to Florida at April 30, 2026 10:28 AM (gKWVE)

200 in New England, if I make small talk with people in an elevator they make a face like they just saw roadkill
_-_
Ah, the warmth of the east coast.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:29 AM (rzCjW)

201 I'd say this was a forced portrait. Junior was pouty.

https://shorturl.at/tvNuL

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Fbc0I)

202 KITTYwampus.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Q8X17)

203 Hi, what's your name? Cheryl? Cheryl with a "C" or Sheryl with an "S?" Oh, with a "C?" That's pretty. I have a cousin who spells it that way. Why did your parents choose to name you Cheryl?

Posted by: Yeah, I'm that guy at April 30, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

204 The painter decided to take Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" as an inspiration.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 30, 2026 10:31 AM (ox2jc)

205 Out: We must journey through the swamp of doom to get the book of knowledge to defeat Garmon the Dark Lord before he enacts the ritual of destruction

In: I role for seduce against the bisexual female Tiefling with the big boobs in the tavern (note the DM is male, the player is male)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)
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There's absolutely ZERO reason to buy any modern D&D materials. Get the 1st or 2nd editions of the PHB and DMG, both of which should be readily available in PDF format somewhere on the web. Then go to town shaping your campaign how YOU want to play.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (gnNyN)

206 Somebody's gonna have to go back to town and' get a shitload o' brown paint!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (rzCjW)

207 It's catawampus.

Similarly, it's cata-cornered, not kitty-cornered.

eg: His house was cata-cornered from my house.

Fight me.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (Y1sOo)

208 I’d never heard either of the “-wampus” words until I came to Virginia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

209 This painting is too bright. It must be made darker.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)

210 206 Somebody's gonna have to go back to town and' get a shitload o' brown paint!
Posted by: Don in SoCo

*crabwalks away*

Posted by: Jerrold Nadler at April 30, 2026 10:33 AM (gKWVE)

211 There's absolutely ZERO reason to buy any modern D&D materials. Get the 1st or 2nd editions of the PHB and DMG, both of which should be readily available in PDF format somewhere on the web. Then go to town shaping your campaign how YOU want to play.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (gnNyN)

I still got mine on my bookshelf.

Fuck WotC.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)

212 203 Hi, what's your name? Cheryl? Cheryl with a "C" or Sheryl with an "S?" Oh, with a "C?" That's pretty. I have a cousin who spells it that way. Why did your parents choose to name you Cheryl?
Posted by: Yeah, I'm that guy

Sounds like a Progressive Insurance - Don't become your parents commercial.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

213 I still got mine on my bookshelf.

Fuck WotC.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)
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Same here!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:34 AM (gnNyN)

214 Oh, and those little freshwater crustaceans? They’re “crayfish.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

215 Jasmine Crockett:
" I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. "

President Trump just entered the chat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 30, 2026 10:34 AM (N39Ws)

216 This painting < Hillary Clinton's heart < The TV Show "Dark"

Posted by: Just how dark some things are at April 30, 2026 10:34 AM (sKqQm)

217 Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's song "All apologies" released in 1993 sang that "everyone is gay". Not so funny anymore, is it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)

The last song Nirvana recorded was “I Hate Myself And Want To Die” off of the Beavis and Butt-head Experience.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

218 Wow. She looks enthused.

Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D4VUo)

219 Sorry folks. I guess it's just me.

But I could honestly care less about your gammy's lumbago, your uncle Sid's gout or your mom's 5th divorce.

I'm 14 hours into an 8 hour workday and I'd just like to get home, cook dinner and go to bed before this shit starts all over at 3:30.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 10:35 AM (C732X)

220 Those Progressive "Dr. Rick" commercials are hilarious, but they hit too close to home.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 30, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

221 207 It's catawampus.

Similarly, it's cata-cornered, not kitty-cornered.

eg: His house was cata-cornered from my house.

Fight me.
Posted by: one hour sober

Careful, this will soon spiral into a "bless your heart" level conflict.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:35 AM (Dv3i1)

222 Counterpoint on 2nd edition: everything Greyhawk in it is terrible. Lorraine Williams hated first edition's fans and literally thought we worshipped demons.
It gets better maybe 1996 when people like Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell drifted in, likely because Williams was trying to sell the company.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE)

223 No, it's "cattywampus."
On this there can be no debate!

**********

screwjawed or skewjawed?

Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:36 AM (I0N4X)

224 Portraits seem to be more about space and light than the subject. The light being bright at a point and then fading nearly completely away is an interesting way to display perspective.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 10:37 AM (2ap+5)

225 Jasmine Crockett: “The level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women. I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. And for some reason, you think we on the same level, but you gonna disrespect me?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)
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Her sammiches are not good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

226 There's absolutely ZERO reason to buy any modern D&D materials. Get the 1st or 2nd editions of the PHB and DMG, both of which should be readily available in PDF format somewhere on the web. Then go to town shaping your campaign how YOU want to play.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:32 AM (gnNyN)

You can always use any of the other 15 systems to do the same thing. Most of which are much more fun, and don't have the "We must drag out this IP and suck as much money from it as possible" thing going on. (And a huge chunk of which are out of copyright.)

Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:38 AM (D4VUo)

227 Can't buy a decent lightbulb these days.

Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (9lqZe)

228 199 183 Three guesses why "residents" are "afraid" to leave their homes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It's all for the best. The Asian Jumping Worm may kill us all.

Posted by: Invasive, Becoming Pervasive at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (oftw2)

229 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

What made her one of the 535 most powerful people and who made up the list?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Yl2Ob)

230 Counterpoint on 2nd edition: everything Greyhawk in it is terrible. Lorraine Williams hated first edition's fans and literally thought we worshipped demons.
It gets better maybe 1996 when people like Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell drifted in, likely because Williams was trying to sell the company.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 30, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE)
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I never much cared for the Greyhawk campaign setting in general. I thought Forgotten Realms was much more fun.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (gnNyN)

231 It's time for dinner, go warsh your hands.

Posted by: your southern grandmother at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Y1sOo)

232
Jasmine Crockett:
" I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. "

535, huh?

Who knew that there is such a shortage of loud, hateful, racist, obnoxious fat black women-

that they've gained in value like dry-wall cooper wiring?

Who could possibly have predicted?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (iJfKG)

233 157 Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:12 AM (th4KY)
Yeah, and I love self-checkout. No small talk with the cashier, and if I am just grabbing five items, it’s faster.

People bawl and whine about that like it’s some massive chore. If you so desperately need the chit chat and are in too much agony to bag yourself, go through a traditional checkout line.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (E6xSb)

234 nobody knows how to bag groceries correctly except me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 30, 2026 10:15 AM (PSEDc)

Absolutely correct. Well, and the occasional cashier that I like. (I took years ago to placing my groceries on the conveyor in the order/by the grouping in which I would like them bagged. Just to prevent the clerk from putting the cans of soup on top of the loaf of bread.)

Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (D4VUo)

235 you gonna disrespect me?
_-_
All are worthwhile whom God created and for whom Christ died, but, aside from that?
Yep.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (v0R4U)

236 It's catawampus.
Similarly, it's cata-cornered, not kitty-cornered.
eg: His house was cata-cornered from my house.

**********

Thanks, Clavin!

Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (I0N4X)

237 *sigh*

cooper = copper

Stupid fingers!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

238 Speaking of commercials making fun of millenials…saw a weird one recently. It’s 3 dudes in their 30s trying to book a flight on their phone and they’re scared to do so without a big screen.

I thought millenials all lived on their phones 24/7.

Would have made sense if it was GenX or Boomers. But millenials? Makes no sense.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:41 AM (th4KY)

239 225 Jasmine Crockett: “The level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women. I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. And for some reason, you think we on the same level, but you gonna disrespect me?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

I lob disrespect at her because I vehemently disagree with Statism and because of her own disrespect. I’m following MLKJr to a T: I’m not judging the bitch because of the color of her skin but by the content of her shitty character.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (E6xSb)

240 Jasmine Crockett: ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)
====
Her sammiches are not good.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

They're practically sh**.

Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (D4VUo)

241 one of the 535 most powerful people
_-_
Crockett seems unclear on the concept of "representative".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (rzCjW)

242 What made her one of the 535 most powerful people and who made up the list?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Yl2Ob)

She's a member of Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

243 Comedian Rod Man had a good bit on self-checkout (some swear words)

https://youtu.be/dxwWKaL1iCQ

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Dv3i1)

244 238 Speaking of commercials making fun of millenials…saw a weird one recently. It’s 3 dudes in their 30s trying to book a flight on their phone and they’re scared to do so without a big screen.

I thought millenials all lived on their phones 24/7.

Would have made sense if it was GenX or Boomers. But millenials? Makes no sense.
Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:41 AM (th4KY)

If only we evaluated people as individuals, not by when they were born.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)

245 >>>But I could honestly care less about your gammy's lumbago, your uncle Sid's gout or your mom's 5th divorce.

>Can we talk about the lump on my neck? It speaks to me.

Posted by: Senator Fetterman at April 30, 2026 10:44 AM (Fbc0I)

246 People bawl and whine about that like it’s some massive chore. If you so desperately need the chit chat and are in too much agony to bag yourself, go through a traditional checkout line.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:40 AM (E6xSb)

Bro, chill!! lol

I love self checkout precisely because of what you said. However from a business standpoint point it was fucking genius how stores got customers to provide the labor they once had to pay for. Thats all.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:44 AM (th4KY)

247 You can always use any of the other 15 systems to do the same thing. Most of which are much more fun, and don't have the "We must drag out this IP and suck as much money from it as possible" thing going on. (And a huge chunk of which are out of copyright.)
Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:38 AM (D4VUo)

GURPS

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

248 Organize your stuff when you put it on the conveyer belt at the grocery store as the bagger will mostly put the items into bags as they come to him.

So if you put your frozen stuff together he probably will too...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

As I said, I started doing that ages ago.
And it didn't work with some.

Posted by: GWB at April 30, 2026 10:45 AM (D4VUo)

249 Ok so while y'all debate cattywampus or catawampus or kittywampus I would like to clarify that toot sweet should be tout de suite.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2026 10:45 AM (RIvkX)

250 I love self checkout precisely because of what you said. However from a business standpoint point it was fucking genius how stores got customers to provide the labor they once had to pay for. Thats all.
Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:44 AM (th4KY)
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People probably would have taken to it long, long ago but I know some grocery stores are unionized. Including the baggers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:45 AM (gnNyN)

251 What was the old D&D setting with The Island of Dread?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)

252 Democracy dies in darkness.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 30, 2026 10:46 AM (KiBMU)

253 What was the old D&D setting with The Island of Dread?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)
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Ravenloft.

I loved that setting.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:46 AM (gnNyN)

254 She looks bored with putting up with him.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 30, 2026 10:46 AM (sl73Y)

255 scared to do so without a big screen
_-_
More likely, they remember when none of the mobile versions of websites (or phone "apps") actually worked correctly.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:47 AM (v0R4U)

256 Bro, chill!! lol

I love self checkout precisely because of what you said. However from a business standpoint point it was fucking genius how stores got customers to provide the labor they once had to pay for. Thats all.
Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:44 AM (th4KY)

No, seriously, I’m not used to that take. I’m used to people bitching about it like it’s some affront to humanity. And, working in a store as my side hustle, I 100% agree with the business standpoint. It’s worth remembering that of every $1 you spend, 0.01 of that is profit to the store. They must find ways to cut corners and get you to buy more. If they could miracle the product onto the shelves at night, they’d do it in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:47 AM (E6xSb)

257 Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's song "All apologies" released in 1993 sang that "everyone is gay". Not so funny anymore, is it.

Best thing he ever did was eating that shotgun.

And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song...

Posted by: Remington at April 30, 2026 10:48 AM (QP+6w)

258 I only do self checkout anymore… I love not having to deal with another human. Call me anti-social

But I’m glad they still have the “normal” checkout lines because my dear parents are tech challenged enough they’d never get out of the store if they had to do it themselves

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 10:49 AM (+gA9j)

259 People probably would have taken to it long, long ago but I know some grocery stores are unionized. Including the baggers.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:45 AM (gnNyN)

Kroger stores. Mine, fortunately, is not. If it ever goes union I am out. I will not work for two chains of command, one of which is parasitic in nature.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 30, 2026 10:49 AM (E6xSb)

260 I looked up Isle of Dread and it says the world it is in:

Original Setting (1981/1983): It was placed in the Thanegioth Archipelago within the Sea of Dread in the world of Mystara.
Later Appearances: The island was moved to the Greyhawk setting (in Dungeon #114), the Feywild in 4th Edition, and the Plane of Water in 5th Edition's Dungeon Master's Guide.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 10:49 AM (sKqQm)

261 I've seen the WallyMart in my hood recently flip from lots of self checkout to just a few self checkouts.
Guess there were too many five finger discounts.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 30, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

262 >>>Grocery stores all did a neat trick. Got their customers to check out and bag their own groceries for free.

Posted by: Heroq

>One thing is for certain; I ain't looking thru code books for produce. Let the bluehairs do that, and give me a couple of bags of ice.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 10:51 AM (Fbc0I)

263 I only do self checkout anymore… I love not having to deal with another human.

I generally do self checkout but I often chat with whoever is hanging around the area since I go grocery shopping almost every day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:51 AM (ExV1e)

264 Original Setting (1981/1983): It was placed in the Thanegioth Archipelago within the Sea of Dread in the world of Mystara.
Later Appearances: The island was moved to the Greyhawk setting (in Dungeon #114), the Feywild in 4th Edition, and the Plane of Water in 5th Edition's Dungeon Master's Guide.
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Huh. I guess I was wrong. I thought for sure "Islands of Dread" was a Ravenloft region.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:52 AM (gnNyN)

265 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

I should have known that was the number. Sorry. I think people in Congress are for the most Part entitled loudmouths. I don't think that makes them the most important people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:52 AM (2sfNr)

266 Speaking of cashiers, the movie Go is a great movie. Some might dare even call it a Christmas movie. One of those movies that flew under the radar and few people even know about.

Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 10:52 AM (th4KY)

267 My grocery store bug-a-boo is all the abandoned carts and trolleys in the aisles, left by vendors and store employees who either have been Raptured, called away on more urgent duties needed in another county, or simply "forgot".

Every danged aisle, every trip.

I guess designating a "sweeper" to go collect them all every half-hour is out of the question.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (wVcYX)

268 The Wampus Wars have begun. Is there anything The Horde won't fight about?

Posted by: Irish Need Not Apply at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2)

269 Original Setting (1981/1983): It was placed in the Thanegioth Archipelago within the Sea of Dread in the world of Mystara.
Later Appearances: The island was moved to the Greyhawk setting (in Dungeon #114), the Feywild in 4th Edition, and the Plane of Water in 5th Edition's Dungeon Master's Guide.
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Huh. I guess I was wrong. I thought for sure "Islands of Dread" was a Ravenloft region.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:52 AM (gnNyN)
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I found my source of confusion. "Islands of Terror" was the name of isolated regions of Ravenloft, while the setting as a whole was known as the "Domain of Dread."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (gnNyN)

270 I think the reduction of human interaction in society overall is not a good thing. I realize some people have had it "up to here with your f@#$ng human interaction", but, still...kinda dangerous.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (rzCjW)

271 Tanner's Mom << Whistler's Mother

The artist's talent really shines through in the left half of the painting.

Yoiiks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - just arrived, still acclimatizing at April 30, 2026 10:54 AM (9wnX8)

272 If you're doing you own check out, and you've got produce or whatever sold by the pound, check the weight before you bag it. It's an ongoing ripoff. Stores mislabel (intentionally) the weight.

So if the package of meat says 1.5 lbs and it weighs .65 lbs you're getting ripped off.

That 1.5lbs @ $3.75 is now about a third less product for the same price.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 10:54 AM (jehhT)

273 The Wampus Wars have begun. Is there anything The Horde won't fight about?
Posted by: Irish Need Not Apply at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2)
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I've only got one arrow for my bow, but let's go Hunt the Wumpus!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 30, 2026 10:54 AM (gnNyN)

274 I should have known that was the number. Sorry. I think people in Congress are for the most Part entitled loudmouths. I don't think that makes them the most important people.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:52 AM (2sfNr)

Given that she was a junior member of the minority party in the House, and that she gave up her seat to be beaten in the Senate primary, her delusion that she's one of the 535 most powerful people (until January when she'll be unemployed) is pretty laughable, even by Congressional standards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:54 AM (ExV1e)

275 Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (rzCjW)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:54 AM (2sfNr)

276
"Go" is one of my favorite movies.

I wish they'd re-release it on blu-ray or 4k so I could get a nice copy at a good price.

But, no it's not a Christmas movie. Though I suppose even though it occurs during Christmas, you might be able to torture an Easter interpretation out of it.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)

277 267 Carts left in the parking lot make me want to beat someone with a crowbar.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

278 Is there anything The Horde won't fight about?
Posted by: Irish Need Not Apply at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2)

lol. No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

279 I only do self checkout anymore… I love not having to deal with another human. Call me anti-social

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 10:49 AM (+gA9j)

Introverts unite! Alone! Indoors!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 30, 2026 10:56 AM (dK+Kv)

280 And, yea, I've caught both Kroger and Walmart doing this. Management always says "it's a mistake."

And then you sit through an agonizing "override" process while the people around you wonder WTF... which is why people tend to ignore it because it's a hassle to fix.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (jehhT)

281 Is there anything The Horde won't fight about?
Posted by: Irish Need Not Apply at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2)

Boobs?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

282 The flat cart you need but somehow can't find when walking into the garden centers of either Lowe's or Home Depot.

Then you walk into the main store and find the flat carts are sitting everywhere, unattended and loaded with stock to be put on the shelves.

Pisses me off

Posted by: one hour sober at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Y1sOo)

283
lol. No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

Yes there is.

Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Mvg3c)

284 Are these paintings so dark because of the age? I read somewhere that the pigments darken over time.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (kJmSS)

285 267 My grocery store bug-a-boo is all the abandoned carts and trolleys in the aisles, left by vendors and store employees who either have been Raptured, called away on more urgent duties needed in another county, or simply "forgot".

Every danged aisle, every trip.

I guess designating a "sweeper" to go collect them all every half-hour is out of the question.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2026 10:53 AM
*****

We fixed that with this one weird trick!

Posted by: Aldi at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)

286 Looks like junior is in for a enthusiastic spanking. Would not hang.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (abIsI)

287 lol. No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

Yes there is.

Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Mvg3c)

*rolls eyes*

You are just arguing in your spare time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (dK+Kv)

288 GURPS

Posted by: Cow Demon

I loved GURPS in the day. Then SJG abandoned it for Munchkin, I figured out how much money I'd wasted on it, and was gaming less and less anyway. (Also depression's been wearing away my brainpower for a while now. Not quite as sharp up top as once I was.)

I own almost no RPG materials of any kind anymore. Haven't played in a couple of years beside. I miss it but mostly for the social aspects now.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (OUMaO)

289 ossawatchoo did there...

Posted by: cmeat at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

290 lol. No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2026 10:56 AM (2sfNr)

Yes there is.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Mvg3c)

Poor formatting. You didn't include the post Fen was replying to which is needed to make the joke. Be better. 😉

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (ExV1e)

291
Also "Go" is streaming on Netflix now if you wish to check it out.

Maybe Hulu too.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

292 Are these paintings so dark because of the age? I read somewhere that the pigments darken over time.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 30, 2026 10:57 AM (kJmSS)

They do, but now we can't redraw their boundaries.

See? Topical!

Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Mvg3c)

293 284 Are these paintings so dark because of the age? I read somewhere that the pigments darken over time.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

A little light cleaning and proper conservatorship will bring it back to market value.

Posted by: Antiques Roadshow at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (abIsI)

294 Carts left in the parking lot make me want to beat someone with a crowbar.
_-_
Reminds me of the ol' "Boot to the head" gag.
"Beat people up?"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajEOZ4tBqjQ

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (rzCjW)

295 Poor formatting. You didn't include the post Fen was replying to which is needed to make the joke. Be better. 😉

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (ExV1e)

That's just the kind of thing a leftist would say.

Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Mvg3c)

296 Nood monkey.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

297 Monkey.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (ExV1e)

298 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

299 That's just the kind of thing a leftist would say.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Mvg3c)

That's abuse, I came here for an argument.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ExV1e)

300 You are just arguing in your spare time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 30, 2026 10:58 AM (dK+Kv)

Your five minutes is up.

Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Mvg3c)

301 I use self checkout at the grocery store because I want to bag the stuff myself based on what I can carry. The last time I used a person, they put stuff in a dozen plastic bags, impossible to move efficiently. Even worse now that paper bags are required and they are the cheapest the store can find and rip almost immediately.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (kJmSS)

302 I know it's not one of my better traits, but I like to see how deep of a conversation I can get people in in the few seconds available (without delaying anyone, of course). Great fun in elevators.
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Having spent some considerable time in health care waiting rooms, I grew a little tired of seeing people sitting around, isolated, as though they were in a funeral parlor. So, I just started striking up conversations with perfect strangers. Most folks are amenable to that, given a friendly approach. I think the key is to find some introductory approach that has nothing to do with the immediate circumstance. "How are you folks today?" works well in the South. Traffic and weather are always topics to get things under way. Before you know it, you'll find out where they are from, where they went to school etc.

This almost always results in nice conversations.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (XeU6L)

303 OOOOoooops /Michelle Fields

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 30, 2026 11:05 AM (XeU6L)

304 health care waiting rooms
_-_
Wanna spin-up a bunch of people on the topic? Airplanes.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (v0R4U)

305 the "jewels" by me has what my wife called "handy baggers."

Posted by: cmeat at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (R11M+)

306 tactly.

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