Saturday Night Club ONT - May 9, 2026 [D & D]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3.

Did you remember a gift for Mom? Does the top photo give you some inspiration?

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A man in a bar starts talking to a prostitute. He says, "How much for a hand job?" She says it's $250. He says, "$250 for a lousy hand job? That’s crazy!" She says, "Honey, follow me," and takes him outside.

"See that Ferrari? I bought that Ferrari just with money from hand jobs. I give the best in the world." So he tries it, and it's great. A week later he's horny again. He goes back to the bar and asks her about a BJ.

She says it's $500. He thinks that's too much. She says, "Honey, come out back. See that mansion up on the hill? I bought that mansion with money from BJs. I do it the best." So he takes her up on it, and it's amazing. He's drained for a month.

Now obsessed, he goes back. Desperately he says, "I gotta know, how much for the coochie?" "Oh honey," she says, "If I had one of those, I'd own this town."

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Elderly couple in church.

Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the 6 of spades from our deck of playing card cocktails.

Beware of brain freeze!

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Club ONT Department of Stopping to Smell the Flowers

Photo credit: Dick van Duijn

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Club ONT Department of Music History

Philips and Sony collaborated on the size of the compact disc in the late 1970s to create a single standard and avoid a format war (like VHS v. Betamax). Philips made an early prototype in 1979 which was an 11.5 cm disc that held about 60 minutes of audio. Sony initially favored a smaller 10 cm disc but Sony president Norio Ohga pushed for more capacity. Specifically, the goal was a disc that could fit Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

They settled on a 12 cm diameter disc which was precisely enough to fit the longest known recording at the time (a 1951 version at about 74 minutes).

The size of the hole in a compact disc was determined when Joop Sinjou, the head of Philops audio products development in the Netherlands, put a Dutch 10 cent coin (known as a dubbeltje) on the table during a standardization meeting. The coin created a hole of exactly 15 mm.

Now you know...

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Club ONT Endorsed 80s Re-boot

We absolutely would watch this! pic.twitter.com/oj64grsH86
— Hollywood Horror Museum (@horrormuseum) May 8, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Hallucinations

This video simulates what it looks like when you are on acid. Stare at the numbers in the middle of the screen and then look around - whoa. 😵‍💫 pic.twitter.com/h1rtn9O18T
— AlphaFox (@alphafox) May 8, 2026

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Club ONT Crime Blotter

Boston bakery pleads for return of giant ice cream cone mascot

The co-owner of a Boston bakery is offering baked goods as a reward for the safe return of the eatery's "mascot," a large plastic ice cream cone named Swirly.
Swirly, a fixture outside of Flour Bakery on the Boston Common, was initially feared to have blown away during the winter, but co-owner Joanne Chang said she now has good reason to believe the mascot is still nearby.
"He was possibly spotted in a nearby dorm window looking down longingly at home and we have reason to believe he may be confused about where he is," Chang wrote on social media.
She said all the bakery wants is Swirly's safe return.
"To anyone who is temporarily sheltering him: thank you for protecting him this winter, please return him safely, no questions asked, in exchange for baked goods and our eternal gratitude," Chang wrote.

O Swirly, Swirly where art thou? Deny thy temporary dormitory dwelling and return home. Break free from the shackles of communal living. If for nothing else, think of the sprinkles that you once called compatriots.

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The Club ONT Magical Jukebox

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you tonight by the hot v crazy matrix:

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The Club ONT lost and found still has several frilly hats left behind from Derby day last week. And lots of other stuff. Some unidentifiable. Some unmentionable. Please stop by and grab what's yours (or pick up a nice gift for Mom)!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 A couple of those Frozen Lemonades would hit the spot!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:02 PM (/lPRQ)

2 the ONT time to go

and I had to register --- again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I)

3 That ain’t beer!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

4 Sorry I'm late, I mistakenly said "See ya later," to a crocodile, and now I can never show my face in that swamp ever again.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (lbImv)

5 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.

Evening, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (wzUl9)

6
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence. Nothing in the Hound Group, though. We'll take them where they come from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (HdYcL)

7 Santana, proof that bs can rise to the top.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (3UR/I)

8 My first summer in Denver, I went to see the Steve Miller Band live at Red Rocks, the park just outside of town. An oudoor concert in August? I would *NEVER* have considered such a thing here in Da Swamp. But while it was warm, it was dry and actually kind of invigorating.

Oh, the band was great too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (wzUl9)

9 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (lbImv)

10 Anyone guess the music theme?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

11
*kicks rock*

My Flyers got swept tonight, losing 3-2 in OT. While I now want to see Buffalo be the Eastern Conference champs, Carolina is scary good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (HdYcL)

12 Santana didn't sound like *anybody* else in Top 40 when he first arrived with "Black Magic Woman."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:08 PM (wzUl9)

13 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

14 9 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM
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Could be a mark on your permanent record!

Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

15 Congrats to you and HM, Hadrian.

I hope her road trip continues to be successful!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (A5RD0)

16 I loved some of the X comments on the acid video - “I just did acid yesterday, it’s nothing like this!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (25Mwa)

17 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
++++++++

The two dashes of Sprite give it a kick.

Carbonation makes alcohol absorb faster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

18 The LSD video is what it looks like after the eyeball doctor injects your eye with macular degeneration meds.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (VJX5o)

19 How a r e you supposed to get a whole lemon in there?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

20 6 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM
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Hooray! Congrats!

Posted by: TRex - east german judge dino at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

21 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (NkASH)

22 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

23 Specifically, the goal was a disc that could fit Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

You know, this past Thursday was the 202nd anniversary of the first public performance of Beethoven's Ninth.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (lbImv)

24 I never was really clear if that song was about a woman who did black magic, or a magic woman who was black.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (25Mwa)

25 Tonight’s busts, Hades, Washington and Oscar Wilde.

Tonight’s drink, Rob Roy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)

26 This will be my first Mom's Day after my Mom passed last fall. But I'm gonna spoil the hell out of the mother of my sons tomorrow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, he said, snootily at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

27 Hadrian, I meant to comment this morning. I love a good spreadsheet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

28 Thanks for the swell Saturday Night Club ONT, D & D!

Great jokes tonight.

I'm having trouble visualizing the T Rex handcuffed to a dandelion...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

29 The coin created a hole of exactly 15 mm.

Just how heavy and/or hot was that coin?

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (zMT95)

30 That sit-com parody is darker than you think. Look at :45. Where's the baby?

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (0Htd1)

31 I never was really clear if that song was about a woman who did black magic, or a magic woman who was black.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (25Mwa)

Woman who did black magic, final answer. She may 'allso' have been black.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

32 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.

Nothing for me either. I guess the alternating light/dark pattern is supposed to cause some kind of residual retinal effect. Or maybe the joke is that my life is already like being on acid.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

33 Santana!
Nice!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

34 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence. Nothing in the Hound Group, though. We'll take them where they come from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (HdYcL)

So the Big Dummy isn't a Hound Dog?

https://youtu.be/aNYWl13IWhY

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

35 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Not seeing a down side.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

36 I am not ordinarily a Santana fan, but DAMN! that guy could lay down some licks! Outstanding music choice. Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)

37 Some of yall are weird...

SOME? You take that back, right now1

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (zMT95)

38 Congratulations to Her Majesty and The Big Dummy!

Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (vrNzf)

39 Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

I've got a really good eraser.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (lbImv)

40 The hallucination video is cool. Sometimes the words and letters in my prayerbook move around, especially Psalms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

41 I loved some of the X comments on the acid video - “I just did acid yesterday, it’s nothing like this!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (25Mwa)

They would be right.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

42 A mini tragedy happened today, went to The Rockaway Mall and discovered Books A Million has closed.

If the Tea Lady goes tits up the their will be no reason to go their any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

43 After watching the LSD video, then looking at a blank section of computer screen... yeah, the shifting geometric pattern is *similar* to what I remember of a (long ago!) trip.

But there's just something missing:

A lightbulb dangling at the end of a cord from the ceiling fixture, and the notion that the bulb and pattern are totally freaking HILARIOUS

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

44 Not seeing a down side.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

Its vodka. Vodka mixes well, but on its own, there is not much difference between McCormicks and top shelf stuff.

Rum on the other hand, there are entire galaxies between.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

45 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (wzUl9)

Or, you're already tripping.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zMT95)

46 Ok. Not bad. Semi old fashioned with Buffalo Trace, Grand Gala, orange bitters & simple syrup.

Need to look up the actual recipe.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (S838b)

47 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)

48 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

49 Congrats to the Big Dummy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

50 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+9wcF)

51 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (C30Iv)

52 Amazing the difference between liquor stores.
One had no Buffalo Trace and another had dozens of bottles.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (S838b)

53 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)

The mini fried apple pies are worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

54 As a shitty guitar player, I've always said if I could play like anyone, it would be Carlos Santana. His tone is amazing. Second would be Joe Bonamassa in today's era.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (QaH55)

55 Rum on the other hand

Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

56 13 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Sorry. Should be 6?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (A5RD0)

57 Amazing the difference between liquor stores.
One had no Buffalo Trace and another had dozens of bottles.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (S838b)

Kentucky is good for one thing: the liquor stores never run out of bourbon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

58 Coincidence...I'm having one of those lemonades right now!
Hi you Ds!
Can we expect many more hijinks?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:22 PM (uTEOj)

59 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Sorry. Should be 6?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Always go even numbers. 6, 8, 10, etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (S838b)

60 51 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD
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Nurse!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I)

61 Congratulations to Her Majesty and The Big Dummy!!!

Well done!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

62 "Sometimes the words and letters in my prayer book move around...."

Yeah, if that happened I'd assume I was having an eye problem. If it wasn't something like that, I might burn the book. Does it spell out anything like a Ouija Board?

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (C30Iv)

63 A good vodka really is different. Blue Ice is a potato vodka, made in Idaho (natch). Keep it in the freezer. Smooth as silk.
And not hella expensive. Recommend.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, he said, snootily at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

64 The hallucination video is cool. Sometimes the words and letters in my prayerbook move around, especially Psalms.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You need to see an opthamologist or maybe an exorcist.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

65 Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

Ill try that. I first got hooked with El Dorado 15. Ray Zacappa was ok, but not great. Kraken was disgusting. Bumbu- I'll just eat a candy bar. Plantation was meh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

66 53 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)erase.

I thought the box was the recommended serving size. I must commend you forbshowing such restraint.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (lbImv)

67 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

68 If the Tea Lady goes tits up the their will be no reason to go their any longer.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, that depends. Is she nice looking? Could mean more business for her....

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (zMT95)

69 Black Magic Woman Smackdown

Larissa Liveir
Epiphone Les Paul
https://youtu.be/4FOj7DbJ66g

Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Gibson ES-390
https://youtu.be/6yJNijVVgYA

Like Democrat: vote early and often! May the better~~cleavage~~ guitar skills win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (glnUu)

70 Ron Zacappa?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

71
The captive mascot, Swirly, is being tortured via a steady spate of swirlies. What goes around comes around, as it were.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)

72 Rum on the other hand

Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Have a bottle of Brugal 1888 & Ron Zapata.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (S838b)

73 Don, I'll take 7.5 for $500.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (3UR/I)

74 26 This will be my first Mom's Day after my Mom passed last fall. But I'm gonna spoil the hell out of the mother of my sons tomorrow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

You’re a good one, pug.

My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (A5RD0)

75 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD

Is counting "glugs" the same?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

76 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"

And yet still better than "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (+9wcF)

77 I'm trying to understand this evening's music theme. Is this right?

https://youtu.be/2jKgQfohoG8

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (lbImv)

78 Have a bottle of Brugal 1888 & Ron Zapata.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (S838b)

Try El Dorado 15. The bottles can vary a bit, but it is still delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

79 You need to see an opthamologist or maybe an exorcist.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (ZVgZ4)
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There's a fortune teller around the corner...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

80
I was going to say the Avs have been scary good too, but Minnesota is kicking their asses right now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (HdYcL)

81 he said “you’re not my mother

nurse, is an ass-kickin in order here? Can be arranged.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

82 Try El Dorado 15. The bottles can vary a bit, but it is still delicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I will look for it.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:27 PM (S838b)

83 Avs are down 3-0 in the 2nd

Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

84 Hiya, Nurse!

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (C30Iv)

85 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD

Is counting "glugs" the same?
Posted by: Diogenes

Except at my Elk's Lodge. They pour shots out of dry sponge.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (glnUu)

86 I talk like I am a rum doctor, but tonight it was a Pinot Grigio for entertainment.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)

87 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

Wow. Regular *prince charming* he was...
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Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

88 @68

>> Well, that depends. Is she nice looking? Could mean more business for her....

She’s a nice proper young lady.

I could spend a couple of hours in there wafting tea from the tins.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

89 The jokes were great. Thanks for the ONT.

Nothing for me for acid video either. I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other so stuff like that doesn't usually work.

I just watched '3 from Hell'. That and "The Devil's Rejects" were great movies. Bloody and violent but not that scary. But great.
I've been enjoying 'Hellraiser' movies too. Fantastic effects, not really scary bit still very enjoyable.

Congratulations Hadrian!

One more movie tonight. Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (Sco7b)

90 Hello friends!

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (Dd38x)

91 I ran across the oddest story on twitter.

Nick Fuentes, yes that guy, is claiming Dan Blitzerian had planned to assassinate Ben Shapiro.

Now Blitzerian is crazy and Fuentes is a lying grifter.

So true or fale?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

92 Ya know, let me tell you about acid trips from my youth.
That simply simple thing up top....
Like a virgin...can't possibly compare🥸!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (uTEOj)

93 I didn't see any numbers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

94 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

You're not my mother, either. But based on that story alone if I had your address I'd at least send you a card. (Please note, that is not a request.) It's one fricken' day to acknowledge the importance of the women in your life for their amazing capacity to carry, deliver, and nurture a live human being. To refuse to do so for the mother of your children is just being a shit person.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (+9wcF)

95 I watched a few seconds of the psychedelic video and started to feel nauseated

I got enough problems already

Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

96 That guy that jumped the fence in Denver at the airport and was sucked into the engine of the plane?

The plane almost mist him.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:31 PM (S838b)

97 Posted by: LRob in OK

You’re a gem, thank you for the offer.
I didn’t really appreciate the effort, sacrifice, happiness and GIFT of motherhood until I was a mom. By then, my mom had been dead for several years. I never got to intentionally thank her.

Call your moms. Tell her thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (A5RD0)

98 That guy that jumped the fence in Denver at the airport and was sucked into the engine of the plane?

The plane almost mist him.
Posted by: rickb223

Instant comment winner of the week.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu)

99 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"
***

Imagine has entered the chat.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

100 69 Black Magic Woman Smackdown

Larissa Liveir
Epiphone Les Paul
https://youtu.be/4FOj7DbJ66g

Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Gibson ES-390
https://youtu.be/6yJNijVVgYA
...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram -
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Larissa Liveir, much better sound and style.
Vibrato should be used sparingly if at all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (3UR/I)

101 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (Edy1T)

102
My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

I would view that as being an ungracious indictment of him, and her, as his raiser.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (xG4kz)

103 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

104
HM is out of town so I did Mother's Day last Sunday. She took the box of See's chocolates I gave along with her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (HdYcL)

105 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.
Posted by: Easy the Elder

Ouch, sympathies, but, it's kinda in the recipes. Just sue your relatives. I'm sure it'll be ok.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (diia5)

106 Call your moms. Tell her thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (A5RD0)

This is great advice!
I lost my mom when I was a teen.
Still miss her.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

107 103 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at

I miss my mom, too. *big virtual hugs*

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (Dd38x)

108 @101

>> Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.

You never hear, I cracked my crown eating carrot cake, is all I’m saying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)

109 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM
***
Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
*********
Would that be the AOSHQ permanent record, or THE record at NSA?

Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 Did acid about 300 times. I'm totally normal except for sometimes I seen Punkin' Heads comin' at me.

Posted by: Joshua Light Show Fillmore East at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)

111 Hiya Pablo!

Blanco, you have always been a special person to me here. Thank you. And peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (A5RD0)

112 lderly couple in church.

Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

====

I am sure they could all feel it through the pews.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

113 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Mom, dad & wife. I feel your pain.
Tomorrow will be weird.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (S838b)

114 I just came back from celebrating mom's birthday in Portland.

She and her yenta friends disapprove of me and my politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

115 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.
Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (Edy1T)

Ummmm...that's not a banana...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

116 Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

====

I am sure they could all feel it through the pews.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)

117
Between the missus and me, we are down to one parent still alive, her mother. The family is gathering with her tomorrow.

My own mother passed on two days after Mother's Day in 2022. All four of we kids had gotten up to Michigan to see her at one point or another during her last six weeks before passing.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (xG4kz)

118 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

119 Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (S838b)

Bittersweet. I love that word. Fraught with meaning.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

120 Huh. I didn't realize that Police video was Throckmorton-approved.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:41 PM (zMT95)

121 🌺💐
{{nurse r}}
I haven't had a mom in over 55 years. I miss her still. God bless you my dear! I bet you are a BEST mom!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (uTEOj)

122 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.

Posted by: Oak Is Good at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)

123 109 Would that be the AOSHQ permanent record, or THE record at NSA?
Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

I convinced the NSA that I don't exist. I'm still working on the IRS.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (lbImv)

124 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider

Best dark rum bar none:
Sebastian's on the Beach. Little Apple Bay, Tortola BVI

Dark rum. Locally made for their restaurant and hotel.

Can drink it straight without any burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (S838b)

125 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table.

But (or butt) how's the vibrato?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

126 Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)
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I have a very clear memory of the 3rd grade the teacher was reading "Sounder" aloud and glancing my buddy leaning over in one of those little wooden seats and it was loud like a gunshot. The whole class busted out laughing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

127 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*

Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)

128 But there's just something missing:

A lightbulb dangling at the end of a cord from the ceiling fixture, and the notion that the bulb and pattern are totally freaking HILARIOUS

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

lol. yup.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (snZF9)

129 122 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.
Posted by: Oak Is Good
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Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:45 PM (3UR/I)

130 COMM!

I was 24 when my mom died. You must have been a child.

Smooches and hugs.

Can we sit at the wobbly
Table and snicker at the boys being dorks?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)

131 118 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

My wife makes the best mojitos. Not saying that's why I married her, but it didn't hurt...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 09, 2026 10:46 PM (QaH55)

132 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*
Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)
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Are you smoking a cigarette? That would help with the overall effect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

133 I convinced the NSA that I don't exist. I'm still working on the IRS.
Posted by: tankdemon
**************
Lucky foy for you the feds don't talk to each other. But you should have convinced the IRS you don't exist....

Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

134 Got a close friend south of here who has more money than he can count. I am NOT a fan of tequila (it should be registered as a hallucinogen) but he brings out some expensive stuff that is literally sippable. I could be converted if I could afford it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (Jr+re)

135 Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026
*
I've got a really good eraser.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026

***
Dorothy Parker said that the only useful thing she ever learned in school was that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will erase ink. Maybe that was true of 1910s and 1920s ink. I've tried it today, and nada.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

136 Hey nurse - thanks for telling your story. I am so sorry, that is so hurtful. My ex treated Mother's Day the same way.

To those who are expressing sympathy, thanks. It is nice to know that there are men who appreciate the women who made them fathers.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (RkOfE)

137 Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard

The Dickens you say!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

138 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.

Posted by: Oak Is Good at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)

Sweeeet. My brother would hate you. He just built something like that for his dining room. He would kill for an old original.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9)

139 Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)

Oak gives you a nice tone, but walnut or mahogany are best for volume and resonance.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

140 Only at AoS could we have a thread honoring our mothers, intertwined with fart jokes. Oh, and analysis of Santana's guitar playing. All woven together like the threads of some ~~great tapestry~~ bathroom area rug.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (zMT95)

141 My mother passed at age 70 in Nov. 1986, so it's been almost forty years. My gosh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:53 PM (wzUl9)

142 Can I cross stuff out? I guess not.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

143 Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard

Depends on how much you have to pay for it.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Edy1T)

144 Nurse reminds me of something I heard once: You know you have raised your kids well when they grow up to be people you want to be around.
Well done Lady!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

145 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

Flor de Cana is yummy. Used to buy it a lot, but it has become too expensive, being an import. Lamb's Navy is much cheaper, and works fine for rum and cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (utfVc)

146 Mrs. F. will receive offerings tomorrow. Boy F. will prepare his famous eggplant parmigiana for dinner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

147 AOP, isn't all rum imported to Canada?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

148 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.
Posted by: Oak Is Good at

Great find! Well done!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 10:56 PM (RkOfE)

149 Oak gives you a nice tone, but walnut or mahogany are best for volume and resonance.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

I love working with mahogany and walnut. Oak is indestructible, but mahogany and walnut have really nice natural colors.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

150 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*
Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)
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Are you smoking a cigarette? That would help with the overall effect.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Either that, or a long beard. Feel free to rock to "Jesus Just Left Chicago".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

151 My father passed at about the same age, nine years earlier -- and he was just nine years older than Mom. Odd.

If mothers-in-law count -- and they should; some are very nice, I know -- I drove past my second MIL's house this morning. No idea if she still lives there, or is even living, but there was a compact SUV in the driveway, so the house is still occupied by *somebody*.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

152 130 nurse

Snicker? I say laugh out loud😜!
Smooches and love back atcha💕
(And yes. I was a child...never really got over it).

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:58 PM (uTEOj)

153 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (A5RD0)

He sounds like a real asshole. Tell me you fell to your knees and dick punched him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

154 I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

---------
A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:00 PM (JkO4W)

155 Today Tom Peterson, bass player for Cheap Trick, turns 76. I'm not really familiar with Simple Plan, but by a neat coincidence their lead vocalist and studio bassist Pierre Bouvier also turns 47 today, and they once covered "Surrender" for the movie soundtrack of Fantastic Four (2005). So, here's two versions of the same song, from two birthday bassists!

Cheap Trick - Surrender (Live at Nippon Budokan, 197

https://youtu.be/ZbkypX1OhZ0
Note: Normally you would identify the bass player by looking for the guy holding a four- or five-string guitar, but Peterson is using an unusual 12-string electric bass here, as he did for their third studio album Heaven Tonight (197

that the song is from.

Simple Plan - Surrender (Lyrics)
https://youtu.be/wiBknA75YXM
Note: *NSFW* (uncensored F-bomb)

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (Sy6m/)

156 A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.
Posted by: Cicero

I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

157 Can I cross stuff out? I guess not.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

left-square-bracket, then a 's', then a right-square-bracket. Square brackets are right below the squiggly ones on a regular American keyboard.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (zMT95)

158 AOP, isn't all rum imported to Canada?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

There are a number of boutique distilleries that make rum. I have not tried their stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (utfVc)

159 AmericanKestrel,
Well stated. Thank you.

Peace be with you, sweet lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (A5RD0)

160 Rum reminds me of the sickly-sweet medicine I had to take as a kid when I'd have an asthma attack. I can have it in small quantities if it's mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (C30Iv)

161 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

People always look at me weird when I say that. I'm not hanging out with the right people.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (zMT95)

162 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.

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Let me know how it goes when you show up for your first harp lesson like that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:04 PM (JkO4W)

163 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

Oh, and I award an extra bathroom token for the first use of "nekkid" tonight.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:04 PM (zMT95)

164 left-square-bracket, then a 's', then a right-square-bracket. Square brackets are right below the squiggly ones on a regular American keyboard.
Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (zMT95)

Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.
Or visit the barrel.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:05 PM (zMT95)

165 Just got in. Did anyone ask how many of us are expected to get our wives a mother's day card? Even though she's not our mother.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

166 Can I strike stuff out? ~~Maybe.~~

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

167 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223

It’s the only honorable way to go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (A5RD0)

168 My mother died in 2011 at 74. My father is still alive at 87, so is his sister at 90, and his brother at 92. I see them all every sunday for diner. All sharp as a tack. Dad's family lives forever. Mom's family is completely wiped out. I miss her, but damn if she don't have a knack for letting me know she's still watching.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

169 Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.

Didn't do that? Is CBD lurking tonight?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (Jr+re)

170 Rum reminds me of the sickly-sweet medicine I had to take as a kid when I'd have an asthma attack. I can have it in small quantities if it's mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026

***
Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that). It was Jagermeister that reminded me of those cherry-flavored cough and cold medicines my mother often administered (read: forced on me).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

171 Can I strike stuff out? Maybe.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

What you can't do is simply quote someone else and have the strike stay around. You have to go put the strikeout command back in there.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (zMT95)

172 Can I strike stuff out? Maybe.
Posted by: LRob in OK

You can Italian it too.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (S838b)

173 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223

That soooo needs to be on a T-shirt. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

174 That ain’t beer!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I loaded the ONT up on my phone while watching the hockey pucks flying around, and thought it was a joke pic with "afro" heads on the beer.

* focus on the phone instead of the teevee *

Oh, flowers for Mom's Day. That makes more sense.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

175 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

176 Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

Well, here we go:
https://t.ly/93Ll_

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:09 PM (zMT95)

177 Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that). It was Jagermeister that reminded me of those cherry-flavored cough and cold medicines my mother often administered (read: forced on me).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

Jagermeister is nasty. Brake fluid is cheaper, and tastes better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:10 PM (utfVc)

178 Good night, and may God bless.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (0aYVJ)

179 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!
Posted by: LRob

Just remember the equivalent [ / letter ]

on the other end. (Without the spaces)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (S838b)

180 Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.

Didn't do that? Is CBD lurking tonight?
Posted by: LRob in OK

It's a more-recent feature of the comment system, to help the Barrel with its diet.

You can "usually" miss one close tag, and not infect the rest of the comment section. Just the rest of your own post.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

181 Jagermeister is nasty. Brake fluid is cheaper, and tastes better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026

***
Hey, you want nasty? Mercedes' own power steering fluid, at least back in the '90s and '00s. Stuff smelled like stale pretzels dissolved in male cat spray.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1)

183 Now how in the hell did it do that? I didn't put in the equivalent letter and everything on the close dide was spaced out.

Crap. Auto close tags. That's how.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (S838b)

184 182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

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Nah. It's all a matter of who you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (6/7Fs)

185 You can "usually" miss one close tag, and not infect the rest of the comment section. Just the rest of your own post.
Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

Used to be, the cool kidz put close tags in their nics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (utfVc)

186 ~I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.rickb223

So, do you have someone particular in mind? Or just any bloody someone? Will you actually be screaming, or howling with laughter?
My mind wanders🙄 ...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (uTEOj)

187 Happy Saturday Horde.

Very nice ONT, I am going to make some of those frozen lemonades when I host book night in June. Books are seldom actually discussed, but life stories are told along with food and drink and a certain level of reminiscence. I am one of the elders in the tribe.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (0nHVk)

188 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!
Posted by: LRob
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No, c'mon. It's easy enough. Just omit the spaces here:

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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:15 PM (XeU6L)

189 I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.
Posted by: Cicero

Should be the other way. God made us in His image. And in the Garden, we were naked, until we got the devil's learnings.

So if we show up in Heaven dressed the way are in our coffins, St Peter and the gang must get a laugh out of all of us.

Posted by: mikeski is naked under his clothes at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

190 So, do you have someone particular in mind? Or just any bloody someone? Will you actually be screaming, or howling with laughter?
My mind wanders🙄 ...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

No one in particular. And hopefully not any time soon.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (S838b)

191 Ooooops. Nice example, Hammer

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)

192 > They settled on a 12 cm diameter disc which was precisely enough to fit the longest known recording

Didn't some of Stalin's speeches span multiple analog recordings, including multiple discs of applause (it wasn't healthy to be the first person to stop clapping).

Maybe this was before the Euros decided that communism was groovy again.

(see what I did there?)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (qpyNK)

193 Books are seldom actually discussed, but life stories are told along with food and drink and a certain level of reminiscence. I am one of the elders in the tribe.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (0nHVk)

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*passes talking stick*

Posted by: Iron Eyes Cody at May 09, 2026 11:17 PM (6/7Fs)

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