Monday Overnight Open Thread (5/25/26)

["It's All Down Hill" - 12" x 12" acrylic - Mis. Hum.]

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The Quote of The Day

"In most industries, swords just don't make any damn sense. In this particular one, it actually does." James Jacobs

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It's Wisconsin humor, lighten up.

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The question is how was your Monday? Pretty darn good compared to this!

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As yours truly ages finely like a fine bottle of wine. I'm so happy to have The Fabulous at my side.

The warning signs have been there for decades. Back in 1983, American author Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a powerful book — The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment — arguing that a male revolt was underway. Since the 1950s, she suggested, men had begun rebelling against the breadwinner ethic, inspired by Playboy culture, the counterculture and a desire for personal freedom. They were rejecting the cultural ideology that had shamed them into tying the knot and becoming a good provider, lest they be seen as immature, irresponsible and less than a real man.
Ehrenreich understood that marriage was the mechanism by which society harnessed male productivity. Remove the shame and the yoke comes off.
Forty years on, the yoke has disappeared. In April 2026, the American male labour force participation rate hit its lowest level since records began in the 1940s, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics. One in three American men — roughly 33% — were not working or actively looking for work. The overall male participation rate for men aged 16 and over stood at just 67%, down from 73.5% two decades ago and from 87% in the postwar years when Ehrenreich’s story begins.
The trend is not confined to America. Similar declines — though less dramatic than in the United States — have occurred in the UK, Australia and Canada.
The marriage collapse runs in lockstep with the workforce data. According to US Census Bureau data, married-couple households made up 71% of all US households in 1970; today it’s just 47%. As University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox documents in his 2024 book Get Married, the marriage rate has fallen 65% in the last half century.

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Is it the ink that sets them off? Are my bionic knees the culprits? Is it the long hair and Duck Dynasty beard? Or is it the rotisserie chicken that grabs their attention?

TSA Says You Can Carry a Rotisserie Chicken in Your Carry-On: 'As Many as You Can Fit'
Exploring the TSA's quirky security rules that allow rotisserie chickens but restrict protein shakes.

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If you don't know anyone or have a relative with Parkinson's Disease you are quite fortunate. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Breakthrough Parkinson’s Drug Targets Disease at Its Genetic Roots

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Flight Delay Emporium

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I wonder if the dog's name is Murphy? Genius Award Winner.

Shortly after noon on Saturday, officers with the Scottsbluff Police Department responded to Short Stop, located at 2002 Avenue I, after receiving a report that an individual had been shot by a BB gun. While officers were en route, updated information indicated that the incident involved a shotgun.
Upon arrival, officers located a truck with an attached camper. The passenger side door panel of the vehicle had sustained damage consistent with a shotgun blast.
Through the preliminary investigation, officers determined that the owner of the truck had pulled into the convenience store to purchase merchandise. While the passenger of the truck was standing near the front passenger side door, a dog in the back seat moved from one side of the vehicle to the other. During that movement, the dog triggered a shotgun that had a live shell in the chamber, causing the firearm to discharge.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:40 PM

Comments

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1 First?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

2 MisHum, did your curiosity get the better of you at the gas pump?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (kpS4V)

3
You know it's a slow night when I get first.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

4 It feels early but vey good!

Thanks for kicking off the ONT MisHum!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:49 PM (oyck1)

5 Good Evening Mis Hum.
Always great to see your paintings on the ONT.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (+iIfu)

6 Mis Hum your painting feels like Middle Earth

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (eZ5tL)

7
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (n7rxJ)

8 Top Five?
It's a holiday, I guess.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:51 PM (+iIfu)

9 That last one is aa Darwin warning for sure.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (oyck1)

10 Evening Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (2WIwB)

11 Since it is Memorial Day I'll be sipping on a wee dram of Devil's Brigade whiskey.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (+iIfu)

12 9 That last one is aa Darwin warning for sure.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (oyck1)
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Or maybe Zoolander.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2026 09:55 PM (kpS4V)

13 married-couple households made up 71% of all US households in 1970; today it’s just 47%.
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I wonder if the divorce rate has changed?

Posted by: Methos at May 25, 2026 09:57 PM (vSvIl)

14 Really thought the Mystery Click would be New Found Glory's "It's All Downhill From Here."

Posted by: pookysgirl only remembers the chorus at May 25, 2026 09:59 PM (Wt5PA)

15 Sorry I'm late, I ran out of tissues.

https://youtu.be/n0lEnp7Bef0

Posted by: tankdemon at May 25, 2026 10:00 PM (CvBUs)

16 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: TRex - chicken transporter dino at May 25, 2026 10:01 PM (cCn4/)

17 Evening all. Remembering better men than I tonight. I miss them.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 25, 2026 10:01 PM (aJQbY)

18 @Eric_Schmitt

"On this Memorial Day please take 3 minutes out of your day and listen to this letter from Maj. Sullivan Ballou to his wife as the Civil War broke out.

It’s powerful.

You won’t regret it."

x.com/eric_schmitt/status/
2058910198434013586

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (DoBxX)

19
Thank you MisHum.

Beautiful painting.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (3ek7K)

20 Dolomites?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (u/oMr)

21 Lots of greenery. Is Obama hiding back there somewhere?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

22 Did someone here recommend the show Widow's Bay on appletv?
Thanks to whomever did - I am loving the quirky comedy horror mystery

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 10:04 PM (DoBxX)

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Well! At least the ONT is better run than the Café!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:04 PM (HdYcL)

24 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Case Examples.

Inserting in both places is okay, then?

Posted by: Paul, Sid, and/or Raimondo at May 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

25

Ace was probably spending time with crows and didn't notice, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)

26 Evenin'

First World Problems!!

I've been getting ready for my golf/fishing vacation to western PA tomorrow and I can't find my range finder I use for golf. It was an Amazon Chinese made cheapie range finder but I liked it. I'm a bit annoyed. I'll have to go back to guessing and hoping for the best. Oh well, I'll endeavor to percervere.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2026 10:07 PM (sAmhv)

27 When I eat the dessicant pack in a sack of beef jerky, I like to follow it up with a gas-pump-nozzle-up-my-ass chaser.

Now some "experts" are telling me that neither of these is a good idea?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

28 I noticed listening to old time radio programs, Divorce was sometimes part of the plot line.

Generally, your spouse had to give you permission to get a divorce. Or put another way, both parties had to agree. And apparently there was some sort of sketchy workaround, called a “Mexican divorce”, maybe they had a different take on it in Mexico.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Boo5w)

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Ehrenreich understood that marriage was the mechanism by which society harnessed male productivity. Remove the shame and the yoke comes off.

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Benjamin Spock, the Playboy Philosophy, the Counterculture, the New Left, the Spirit of Vatican II. All catastrophic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

30 Room temperature rotisserie chicken in a carry on is not the healthiest thing to be eating during a long flight.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

31 Geepers! Snipers all over the place.

Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (DuLyh)

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Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

33 Once again...nicely done HUM!
It's always good to see you.
I hope you and your lovely lady are enjoying wonderful retirement.
We all miss you though❣💕
Thanks for being here!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:10 PM (uTEOj)

34 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:10 PM (77rzZ)

35 Well! At least the ONT is better run than the Café!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I dunno, seems less centered.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

36 Love the acrylic - Mis. Hum.

Looks like some Western peaks there.

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (rdeQO)

37
Sorry, left one out: The Pill.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (HdYcL)

38
Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

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Yes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (HdYcL)

39 Great painting up top - for some reason it reminds me of Mt. Index in Washington.

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (Mf3Q1)

40 27 When I eat the dessicant pack in a sack of beef jerky, I like to follow it up with a gas-pump-nozzle-up-my-ass chaser.

Now some "experts" are telling me that neither of these is a good idea?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

No need to let the "experts" run your life. They just want to keep all the really fun stuff for themselves.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (CvBUs)

41 That's the first time I've heard Berens perform without his affected accent. He's still funny.

Posted by: lurk at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (h0JFh)

42 Generally, your spouse had to give you permission to get a divorce. Or put another way, both parties had to agree. And apparently there was some sort of sketchy workaround, called a “Mexican divorce”, maybe they had a different take on it in Mexico.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Boo5w)

For years Reno NV was famous for no fault divorces. You could hock your ring right down the block from the courthouse too.

Posted by: Reforger at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (gbGyB)

43 Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons

Yes?

Posted by: RandomDave at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

44 How did Dr. Spock (as opposed to Mr. Spock) do damage?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

45 Evenin’, Hadrian. How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

46 Yeah, the Pill did more damage than all the rest!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

47 The ONT Musical Interlude & Flight Delay Emporium

Bonus track.

https://youtu.be/6MN0V4Te94k

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

48
How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

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Puttered around today. Did some dusting and cleaning. Gave Dutchess a bath. Scrubbed down her pen. And you?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (HdYcL)

49 Wait. Is the war back on? We attacked one of Iran's islands by Hormuz?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

50
Hadrian is great. He had a bath today.

Oh that was one of his dogs.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

51 Marriage was decidedly not some sort of patriarchal enslavement plot. It serves a function in society in the hopes of a stable community, among other things. It both intends to prevent females of the species from being left alone and unaided to raise children, and males from being forced to provide for children that aren’t theirs. Notice that both are a huge problem now, and “the state” is now Daddy Provider, meaning the taxpayer is on the hook for all the dysfunction that results.

The family of course is the basic building block of civilization, so it should he no surprise that it has been targeted for destruction by the usual suspects.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (Boo5w)

52 The sexual revolution, in both of its manifestations (the pill, and the requirement that chicks work) was a complete disaster.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

53 Room temperature rotisserie chicken in a carry on is not the healthiest thing to be eating during a long flight.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

It's roasted (sterilized), and animal protein is fairly safe for a few hours. I don't think it is awful...nothing like bringing a package of gas station sushi.

Or a sliced lamb sandwich with homemade mayo. (Ask me how I know).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2026 10:17 PM (iERP6)

54
Hadrian is great. He had a bath today.

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*sniffs armpit*

I'm good for another week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (HdYcL)

55 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

56 I have joked about bringing a rotisserie chicken on a plane to eat - plastic clam shell container and all. God bless you for having done it!

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (clfdg)

57 48 Hadrian, I am scheduled to have my first student tomorrow evening, from 6-7. I’m nervous as all get out about it.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

58
Hadrian,

We have strict water restrictions here. Appreciate if you'll take a shower for us.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (3ek7K)

59
I have a magnet that says "the most affectionate creature on earth is a wet dog"

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

60 "I'll take Swords for $400."

Not really Sean Connery.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

61 6 Mis Hum your painting feels like Middle Earth

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (eZ5tL)

The Dimholt.

Posted by: davidt at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)

62 55 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

Pretty much.

Posted by: Reforger at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (gbGyB)

63 Evening, MisHum, and ONT Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)

64 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

Once you become a resident of a state, that state has the right to determine their own rules and regs for things like that. Whether other states recognized it, I never looked into it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

65 I post this, as I do every Memorial Day, because it is all that I can do. I do not forget, and I will not forget. It will require a few posts.

Other people probably have longer lists, but this is mine. Friends, comrades-in-arms. Requiescat in pace guys, I think about you often.
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ROBERT NELSON MORDEN
PFC - E2 - Marine Corps - Regular

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Dec 19, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 8, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (XeU6L)

66 LLOYD WHITFIELD MOORE
HN - E3 - Navy - Regular

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jan 15, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 25, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

67 AOP, will you be home for the secession vote?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

68 CRAIG PHILIP AVERILL
CPL - E4 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 12, 1967
Casualty was on Mar 26, 1968
In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

69 The question is how was your Monday? Pretty darn good compared to this!

I have so many questions. So I asked Grok to compress them for me:

"WHY?!?"

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

70 GLENN BRANSON HAINES JR
PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
18th Eng Bde

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Nov 26, 1968
Casualty was on Mar 6, 1969
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, GROUND CASUALTY
ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

71 JOE WOFFORD EUBANKS
CAPT - O3 - Army - Regular
1st AVN BDE

His tour began on Nov 13, 1971
Casualty was on Jun 2, 1972
In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

72 From last thread:
>> There is a little known reinforced underground concrete bunker at the 39A launch site or thereabouts. In theory the astronauts could have unassed the spacecraft in an emergency via a zip line and taken refuge there. They had survival supplies and such inside.

There were actually two different things. The zip line or slidewire system was added later. The first system installed from the beginning was the so-called "Rubber Room". This was a massive bunker under the pad designed to handle the full explosion of a Saturn V on the pad. Access was via a high speed elevator, into a long slide that led to a padded rubber landing pad which then led to a massive blast door to get inside the bunker.

The slidewire basket system was added later, being setup and tested somewhere around Apollo 9. That became the preferred on, although the rubber room was still available.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

73 magnet that says "the most affectionate creature on earth is a wet dog"

I can top that

Posted by: a dog that just rolled in deer poo at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

74 RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELL
SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service
9th Infantry Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Apr 2, 1968
Casualty was on May 7, 1968
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was recovered

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

75 vmom, 18:

My sister wrote an arrangement of Ashokan Farewell which includes a cello part for my mother's funeral. The piece always makes me think about how articulate people can be about their family relationships with some thought.

Though Sullivan Ballou's letter is extraordinary.

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (rdeQO)

76 Though Sullivan Ballou's letter is extraordinary.
Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (rdeQO)

Beats most writers today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

77 Sometimes I wonder...
MisHum used to engage. I guess now it's just something the guy's gotta do....
Oh well. I hope you at least get one of those tokens at the Club.
Of course, maybe you don't GAF...
Anyway, catch a big one🤪🐟!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)

78 I can see myself walking down that path! Thank you, MisHum!

Posted by: Piper at May 25, 2026 10:26 PM (OoFl2)

79 One in three American men — roughly 33% — were not working or actively looking for work.

A non-trivial amount of that is the fact that if you're white, male, and a US citizen you probably aren't getting any bites on your resume unless you say on it that you're gay. Insty had a thing earlier that 2/3rds of Silicon Valley jobs are held by foreigners, mostly Indian and Chi-Com.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (tUj8P)

80 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, Mis Hum!

Another great artwork up top. You have a definite style to your painting, and it's lovely.

Nice to know I can tote a rotisserie chicken on board an aircraft. They will confiscate my yogurt parfait however, because it could be explosives garnished with blueberries and granola (yeah, right!).

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (D/6p1)

81 Although we honor our war dead, surely this was a greater sacrifice for our country*

https://tinyurl.com/3xm84ysa

*Not

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

82
So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

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I had thought that back then there was some residency requirement in Nevada to get a divorce. At fiirst it was six months, then three months, then six weeks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

83 I see MisHum captured the Purple Mountain Majesties quite nicely. Too high for the Fruited Plain, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

84 What is the law at Instapundit? Not to complain about another overlinked Driscoll post full of boring crap. Are we not MEN?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

85 "It's All Down Hill"

.....Until It's Up-Mountain In A Few Miles.

You've got a talent, MisHum. I'd have a hard time aping Rothko.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

86
I have a magnet with a witchy looking woman leaning on a broom.

She says Do I look like I give a rats ass?

I'm thinking about having cards made that say that to hand out to assholes.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

87 Wishing for a pleasant, albeit solemn Memorial Day Monday.

My father used to display his father's flag on today & Veteran's day...

But my father has since passed. Eldest inherited the flag & prefers to keep it a tri-fold keepsake box.

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Monday . . . at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (3ZUWJ)

88 Remembering 2LT William D White USCMR E CO, 2 BN, 7th Marines. KIA while fighting the enemy at "Outpost Vegas," South Korea on March 29, 1953. Born Teaneck, New Jersey, hometown Englewood, New Jersey.

Dad always talked about LT White. White and a visiting Major were KIA during a Chinese heavy mortar or artillery barrage. Dad went to render aid but there were very little remains of either.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (DuLyh)

89 Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
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He's intolerable. But he is the only one there who links to Ace, so I give him limited kudos. It may have been one of his links that first led me here 15+ years ago.

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (6THca)

90 Ehrenreich was full of it. It's not men rejecting the role of men. It's women rejecting the role of men.

Just another haggard old boomer feminist who fucked up the world and then blamed the world for haggard old boomer feminist fuckups.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2026 10:33 PM (BI5O2)

91 Good evening morons И спасибо mh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

92 A non-trivial amount of that is the fact that if you're white, male, and a US citizen you probably aren't getting any bites on your resume unless you say on it that you're gay. Insty had a thing earlier that 2/3rds of Silicon Valley jobs are held by foreigners, mostly Indian and Chi-Com.
Posted by: Ian S.

And if you're in the other 1/3rd, you work 24 hours a day to make up for the poor efforts of that 2/3rds, and have no time for marriage or kids. If you're lucky, you get the Elon Musk harem route.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

93 That's lovely, Mis Hum. Quite a change in your style. I like the new MisHum.

Posted by: creeper at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (80oeU)

94 Thank you Mike Hammer. I have been reading the posts on X of the names of our lost. I won’t forget, even if I never knew their names.

Posted by: Piper at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (OoFl2)

95
I read Insty, but it's now pretty bad among Reynolds, Driscoll and Green. As for their commenters, they make us look like a Louis XV salon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:35 PM (HdYcL)

96 It’s a crazy world at the gas station.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2026 10:35 PM (LHPAg)

97 SGT Albert Medas USMC KIA

(from my Dad's notebooks)

Sgt. Medas was wounded during the Vegas-Carson-Reno outpost battles at the end of March, 1953. I was also wounded during those actions and was evacuated to Yokuska Naval Hosp. During my recovery I saw Medas being wheeled through my ward. I hollered at him but he gave no response. He had suffered a grave head wound and had stroke-like symptoms. He did not recognize me. The orderly came over and asked if I knew him and I told him yes, he was in my outfit. The next day a nurse came to interview me concerning the Sgt. She told me he had lost his tags and ID during the battle or evacuation and arrived at the hospital listed as "unknown" as he could not identify himself.
Medas was one mean, tough Marine.

He never left the hospital. Medas DOW in September 1953.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:39 PM (DuLyh)

98 "It's a crazy world at the gas station."

As I keep trying to say, maybe it wasn't such a great idea to destroy so much of the oil industry in the 20-teens; the oilfield in Louisiana was wrecked and what was left got buried by covid.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2026 10:40 PM (03Dwc)

99
What is the law at Instapundit? Not to complain about another overlinked Driscoll post full of boring crap. Are we not MEN?
Posted by: gKWVE

Do not walk on all fours.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

100 Yep. So yeah. Thanks Hum....
I give up on Mondays.
Nice pic. I miss your engagement, though. You're probably not even here...
Don't put yourself out. Go be retired. Much love to you and the Fabulous. ❣❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:41 PM (uTEOj)

101 The 87 Regular or the 93 Hi-Test enema?

Decisions, decisions . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 25, 2026 10:41 PM (wVcYX)

102 Grrrrr! Just ripped the flag when trying to roll it up.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

103 Thank you Mike Hammer may their memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

104 Hi Horde! Thanks MisHum!

I almost never read the comments at Insty. No value add.

Posted by: Iris at May 25, 2026 10:45 PM (bOJ2I)

105 I had thought that back then there was some residency requirement in Nevada to get a divorce. At first it was six months, then three months, then six weeks.
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And finally, six minutes, playing the slots

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:45 PM (vEz2K)

106 How did Dr. Spock (as opposed to Mr. Spock) do damage?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Popularized "permissive parenting"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

107 Saw Steppenwolf when they were playing for much smaller crowds, this one a little venue called The Wild Goose near Chicago. Good times.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 10:47 PM (L9EgK)

108 And finally, six minutes, playing the slots
Posted by: Common Tater

Some would say 'playing the slots' is what led to this outcome.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:48 PM (DuLyh)

109 102 Grrrrr! Just ripped the flag when trying to roll it up.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Bring it to me with two gin and tonics.

Posted by: Old Lady from This Morning's Art Thread at May 25, 2026 10:48 PM (6/7Fs)

110
The good news: my Astros win 9-0 on a combined no-hitter

The bad news: the Knicks are now in the finals

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:48 PM (HdYcL)

111 Do not walk on all fours.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

I was reminded of this when awaiting Cloudflare's decision of whether I was human or not.
And whether it mattered.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:49 PM (gKWVE)

112 Yeah, the Pill did more damage than all the rest!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

What, Bayer aspirin?

(From 2012....That look on Andrea Mitchell's face when Santorum supporter Foster Friess said in an interview " back in my day we used Bayer aspirin for a contraceptive. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly.") Of course he was joking but the reaction was awesome.

Posted by: Rex B at May 25, 2026 10:49 PM (rgnea)

113 Thank you Tonypete may their memory be a blessing/

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

114 I would opt for the rotisserie Cornish game hen. You can load your carry-on with more of them if you know how to pack them in.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 10:50 PM (D1E+2)

115 'stros at 23-31 have some work to do, but on the plus side, they're in AL West where everyone else sucks.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:51 PM (gKWVE)

116 I heard of a homeless guy that boofed ethanol gas for an instant drunk, so that warning sticker is warranted -- not that it would have stopped him.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at May 25, 2026 10:51 PM (yFfLy)

117 I would opt for the rotisserie Cornish game hen. You can load your carry-on with more of them if you know how to pack them in.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 10:50 PM (D1E+2)

I wonder how many you could sell on a flight, because it would likely be better than airplane food.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:52 PM (qx7Zg)

118 The sexual revolution, in both of its manifestations (the pill, and the requirement that chicks work) was a complete disaster.
Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

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And shady, divorce, lawyers are happy to dine on the Leftovers of a failed marriage.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 10:52 PM (L9EgK)

119 One of the most memorable things in my life was visiting the Vietnam War Memorial with my Dad. We did tracing of his friends' names. That was a redpilling moment.

PFC CHARLES CROCKETT HOWZE
PFC LINDSAY CLINTON TURNER

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 10:52 PM (Xdfhw)

120 For barrel scrapers, the Angels and the Rockies are duking it out 20-34 each. Kind of like lingerie mud wrestling where the contestants are Whoopi Goldberg and Natalie Maines.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE)

121
Heaven forbid you have meat on a plane.

The vegans would be screaming and the plane would be diverted.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:54 PM (3ek7K)

122 I knew a feller who lived by a Rez. He said he would find piles of cans in the woods of Lysol, with a hole punched in the side. Huffing Lysol to get high. Liquor stores would be closed on Sundays, and a pickup truck full of Injuns would descend upon a gas station and buy up all the brake fluid on the rack. Alcoholism is bad stuff.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:54 PM (vEz2K)

123 [I arrive in hell]
Demon: We will punish you for your gluttony!

Me: Awesome! I'm a glutton for punishment.

Demon: ...*quietly into walkie-talkie* can I get a supervisor over here?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)

124 Heaven forbid you have meat on a plane.

The vegans would be screaming and the plane would be diverted.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:54 PM (3ek7K)

If they don't like it, they can get out and push the airliner so it arrives sooner.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg)

125 I dunno if I accept that the root causes of declining birth rates in the U.S. are so clear and simple.

Birth rates heve fallen off a cliff in EVERY First World and Second World (Russia) country, not just here & in Western Europe. I doubt that the Pill and the Playboy Philosophy have much to do with the declining birth rates in Japan (which is having a virtual going-out-of-business sale), or China.

I think economics has been a major factor. A rising standard of living ALWAYS results in a decline in the birth rate. Conversely, birth rates remain extraordinarily high in the worst Third World sewers. The more godawful the place(Republic of the Congo), the higher the birth rate.

Yes... I know that having lots of babies is the only Social Security there is in Ethiopia.

What I'm saying is, I think it's glib and simplistic to blame it all on Hugh Hefner.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 10:56 PM (RCjYY)

126 How did Dr. Spock (as opposed to Mr. Spock) do damage?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Popularized "permissive parenting"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:47 PM

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I'll wager a lot of Moms in the 50s used Spock's book as a means of keeping Dads from being strict with the kids -- too the children's detriment

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (L9EgK)

127 The sexual revolution …. was a complete disaster.
———

Depends on what your objective was. It was a smashing success looked at from a “let’s destabilize society and introduce chaos and anarchy”

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (vEz2K)

128 ""TSA Says You Can Carry a Rotisserie Chicken in Your Carry-On: 'As Many as You Can Fit'
Exploring the TSA's quirky security rules that allow rotisserie chickens but restrict protein shakes.""

A leftover from when mayor pete was transportation secretary. He went prancing through an airplane while singing-

Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens.
Sticking my dick in rotisserie chickens

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

129 Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:54 PM (vEz2K)

I could cut back on the booze. But huffin' febreze is a whole new level of sad trombone

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (Xdfhw)

130 divorce attorneys!! My ex went to "counseling" without me. He "counselor" suggested divorce and recommended an attorney. Her son. Nasty business.

Posted by: free tibet at May 25, 2026 10:58 PM (iNp3L)

131 I was on another site when an ad for a electric bike popped up. On clearance. From Temu.

What could possibly go wrong?

(The trumpets sound a "wah-wah-wah!" in the background.)

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 25, 2026 10:58 PM (aMrr2)

132 Thank you Mis Hum for content.

Greetings Horde!

Bad Monday guy looks like he has a late model RAM pickup. If he has the fancy-schmancy tail lights that's an $800 part to replace.

Wasn't today once known as Remembrance Day? Or am I thinking of Veterans day?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

133 I was reminded of this when awaiting Cloudflare's decision of whether I was human or not.
And whether it mattered.
Posted by: gKWVE

When I get that I usually just close the window and forget about it.
If it is the first time I hit that site ever it probably means I am not a bot that hits it a hundred times (+) a day. Simple test. Ef em if that cannot figure that much out.
In reality they are probably doing a deep dive into my browsing patterns to tailer the ads and click bait just for me.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)

134 And finally, six minutes, playing the slots
Posted by: Common Tater

Some would say 'playing the slots' is what led to this outcome.
Posted by: Tonypete

* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

135 AOP, will you be home for the secession vote?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

I plan to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:02 PM (8zz6B)

136
People (well, let's face it, women) see therapists to affirm their own feelings and victimhood. Because therapists know if they said, "Face it, you're immature and have the personal insight of a toddler," they'd be fired immediately.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 11:03 PM (HdYcL)

137 28 I noticed listening to old time radio programs, Divorce was sometimes part of the plot line.

Generally, your spouse had to give you permission to get a divorce. Or put another way, both parties had to agree. And apparently there was some sort of sketchy workaround, called a “Mexican divorce”, maybe they had a different take on it in Mexico.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Boo5w)

I think if you wanted a divorce and the spouse objected you had to go to Reno (I guess or Nevada in general) where the law allowed it after a residency period, if my interpretation of 1950's movies and TV is correct.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 11:04 PM (QGaXH)

138 I plan to be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:02 PM (8zz6B)

Just gather a few like minded Albertans and publish a document. It's worked before.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 11:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

139 ARiK, the British do/did Remembrance Day. With the poppies and such. It's probably Allahu Ackbar/ Durka Durka Jihad Day by now.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 11:05 PM (Xdfhw)

140 AOP, will you be home for the secession vote?
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I plan to be.

I presume it's more a statement of sentiment kind of thing and not actually legally binding on any part of the government?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 25, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs)

141 Beats most writers today.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

My father was a civil war buff, and he collected letters from soldiers written to folks back home . I read quite a few, and was struck by how even the privates and sergeants expressed their thoughts far more cogently and eloquently than most college graduates today can dream of doing.

It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:06 PM (QDJ2U)

142 I would opt for the rotisserie Cornish game hen. You can load your carry-on with more of them if you know how to pack them in.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 10:50 PM (D1E+2)
+++
I wonder how many you could sell on a flight, because it would likely be better than airplane food.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
===
I always look forward to when the chicharrones guy and his enormous bundle of fresh fried pork skins would make his way down the aisle to my row. Like a visit from Santa.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

143 It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:06 PM (QDJ2U)

LOL, U R Rite!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 11:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

144 I presume it's more a statement of sentiment kind of thing and not actually legally binding on any part of the government?

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A binding vote to secede usually requires gunplay.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (6/7Fs)

145 Alberta is relearning the truth of all socialist/leftist states - you can vote your way in, but you gotta shoot your way out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (QDJ2U)

146 My ex went to "counseling" without me. He "counselor" suggested divorce and recommended an attorney. Her son. Nasty business.

As has been often observed, probably most famously by Al Bundy, nobody wants to stop women from being happy like other women.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (xlvhb)

147 A leftover from when mayor pete was transportation secretary. He went prancing through an airplane while singing-

Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens.
Sticking my dick in rotisserie chickens
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

Hah!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (8zz6B)

148 I'll wager a lot of Moms in the 50s used Spock's book as a means of keeping Dads from being strict with the kids -- to the children's detriment
Posted by: JM

What, the edition without the Vulcan nerve pinch?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (W5mpo)

149 It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:06 PM (QDJ2U)

Oh no, you di-int.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 11:09 PM (Xdfhw)

150
As has been often observed, probably most famously by Al Bundy, nobody wants to stop women from being happy like other women.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (xlvhb)

____________

The leading cause of divorce is a woman's friends.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 11:10 PM (HdYcL)

151 I'll wager a lot of Moms in the 50s used Spock's book as a means of keeping Dads from being strict with the kids

My mom had the book. If that Dad-aim was hers, she failed miserably, at least with me. I think I developed callouses on my posterior from spankings AND I deserved each of them!
Dad and I hung out together on weekends, to my delight.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:11 PM (Jr+re)

152 MisHum, your painting appears to be done on a sheet of Masonite. Am I right? I understand it is a popular medium for artists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:11 PM (8zz6B)

153 It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:06 PM (QDJ2U)
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You can read cursive?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

154 Depends on what your objective was. It was a smashing success looked at from a “let’s destabilize society and introduce chaos and anarchy”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:57 PM (vEz2K)

My objectives were pretty clear.

Posted by: Here for the hippy pussy sign guy at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (gbGyB)

155 Adlai Stevenson was once asked if he thought being divorced (back in the '50s) would cost him votes?

He famously replied, "No... not if I get the votes of everyone who is divorced... and everyone who wishes they were divorced."

This is long forgotten, but in addition to "I Like Ike!", people generally liked Adlai too.

When was the last time we had an election for President where everybody liked both candidates? I think you'd have to go back to the '50s.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (RCjYY)

156 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (bss/y)

157 Bad Monday guy looks like he has a late model RAM pickup. If he has the fancy-schmancy tail lights that's an $800 part to replace.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I'm thinking the impact with the neighbor's house is probably more than $800.

With the toolbox blocking the camera, I originally thought he might have made it back in and hit the brakes, but he's rolling on the sidewalk at the end; he got caught in the tow strap.

....unless you meant headlights and not taillights.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)

158 You can read cursive?

Two grandkids in Chicago, of all places, public schools. Aged 8 and 10. Both are learning cursive writing. Their mother is happy.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:13 PM (Jr+re)

159 The Quebecois tried to separate in the 70s but, well, French, so....that's how that went.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

160 It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Make Americans Eloquent Again

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 11:14 PM (eZ5tL)

161 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum! Hope you got Holiday Pay!

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

162 I presume it's more a statement of sentiment kind of thing and not actually legally binding on any part of the government?

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A binding vote to secede usually requires gunplay.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 11:08 PM (6/7Fs)

If the referendum passes, it would require the Alberta government to enter into negotiations with Ottawa aimed at a peaceful secession. Since there is zero chance of Ottawa bargaining in good faith, ultimately it will come down to a unilateral declaration of independence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)

163
Two grandkids in Chicago, of all places, public schools. Aged 8 and 10. Both are learning cursive writing. Their mother is happy.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:13 PM (Jr+re)

____________

Truly loving parents make their children learn copperplate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 11:16 PM (HdYcL)

164 Hi folks. For those interested, Robert the Cat(TM) is still kind of the same, though he is starting to get used to the idea that "me without a shirt" is not the nauseating surface he thought it was. Still hurts, mind you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

165 136
People (well, let's face it, women) see therapists to affirm their own feelings and victimhood. Because therapists know if they said, "Face it, you're immature and have the personal insight of a toddler," they'd be fired immediately.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 11:03 PM (HdYcL)
________________________________

IMO, a worthless profession except in the most extreme circumstances where an indiividual is not functional. Beyond that, "common sense" which doesn't require a license to distribute is sufficient. Incidentally, I believe a significant number of "therapists" are likely more mentally unstable than their client lists. Dated one once who insisted the best way to let off stress was to scream at the top of her lungs when necessary....which she did in the middle of South Street in Philly. First and last date...gave her cab fare and left her right there.

Posted by: Orson at May 25, 2026 11:16 PM (dIske)

166 You can read cursive?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

LOL! I really dont think anyone under 30 knows how to anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (QDJ2U)

167 AOP, is secession allowed in whatever Canada calls their constitution?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (Jr+re)

168 132 Wasn't today once known as Remembrance Day? Or am I thinking of Veterans day?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

Decoration Day.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (y171U)

169 Tom Servo I usually use Civil War diaries and letters (from people who mostly didn't go beyond the equivalent of today's 6th grade) to illustrate the dumbing down/death of literacy.

Then's the more recent example (50s/60s) of "we used to teach Latin and Greek in high school, now we teach remedial English in college".

Having guest lectured to and graded papers for a public university upper division class (several times), the word "appalled" barely begins to capture things.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (U/Byj)

170 Ben Had says I have good cursive so I've got that going for me.
/thumbs in suspenders, rocks back on heels

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

171 It made me realize how dumbed down our entire society has become.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Idiocracy.

Saw some click-bait on ivermectin.
Apparently available OTC for real people in a number of states now. Curious which states I did a Google and found most web pages / articles were on medical industry pages.
About a hundred comments on one page, every one was how stupid people are to take that because COVID and everybody knows that red states that didn't hold the lockdown for two years+ had bodies piling up in the streets... oh, and comparing red states to the move Idiocracy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)

172 "In case you thought it was about a three day weekend" reminded me of a great film. It is "Taking Chance", starring Kevin Bacon. It is about a military officer who takes on the job of accompanying the body of a soldier back to his home town. It shows details, such as how the soldier's body is handled and cared for, that you wouldn't think about. Very appropriate for this holiday.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)

173 Whew! I finished yardwork just as daylight dimmed. Then, heard thunder rumbling in the distance.. a breeze and sprinkle of rain.. couple of loud booms and it's over now. Still warm outside.

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)

174 Joe Besser was the only human to master the Vulcan Pinch.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 11:19 PM (Cqx++)

175 AOP, is secession allowed in whatever Canada calls their constitution?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (Jr+re)

I think technically it is, with impossible hoops to be jumped through. Canada's "constitution" was unilaterally imposed by Pierre Trudeau as an Act of Parliament, so as far as I am concerned, it is invalid on its face.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

176 Then's the more recent example (50s/60s) of "we used to teach Latin and Greek in high school, now we teach remedial English in college"

I'm 29+ but my small town North Dakota high school had German, Spanish, French and Latin. Probably only Spanish today.

Posted by: free tibet at May 25, 2026 11:20 PM (iNp3L)

177 Hi folks. For those interested, Robert the Cat(TM) is still kind of the same, though he is starting to get used to the idea that "me without a shirt" is not the nauseating surface he thought it was. Still hurts, mind you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)
No offense or judgment about your shirtlessness. But does Robert like fleecy blankets? Our cat likes making biscuits on my lap. I make her do it through a blanket. She ain't going to town on my bare leg. Ow and no.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 11:20 PM (Xdfhw)

178 Also, all these Civil War letters were written in longhand, no type-delete possible.

Most of us have lost the skill, or perhaps never had, of holding a fully expressed thought in our head before writing it down.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 11:20 PM (eZ5tL)

179 IMO, a worthless profession except in the most extreme circumstances where an indiividual is not functional.

I recall there was a recent study indicating that therapy was exactly as effective as just talking to your friends. Probably even your gray box friends!

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 11:21 PM (xlvhb)

180 Having guest lectured to and graded papers for a public university upper division class (several times), the word "appalled" barely begins to capture things.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (U/Byj)
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At least my senior thesis is better than Michelle Obama's.

Keeping expectations low is a key to success.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)

181 You know if Trump told people not to stick a gas nozzle up their ass some percentage of leftists would tell us it was actually good for you - a deep carbon cleanse...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 25, 2026 11:22 PM (sKqQm)

182 We are DEVO

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)

183 Most of us have lost the skill, or perhaps never had, of holding a fully expressed thought in our head before writing it down.

Wrong. I had an excellent English teacher in junior and senior high and a mom who taught me as well. My letters and now my emails are epic! My kids think I use too many words with too many syllables!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:23 PM (Jr+re)

184 I'm 29+ but my small town North Dakota high school had German, Spanish, French and Latin. Probably only Spanish today.
Posted by: free tibet

My small-town MN school only had German and Spanish. I guess they couldn't find a French-speaking hockey coach.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

185 Brevity is the soul of wit.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 11:24 PM (Cqx++)

186 185 Brevity is the soul of wit.

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What's your point?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 11:25 PM (6/7Fs)

187 I'm happily married, but I find myself fascinated by all the articles and videos about the sad state of modern dating and marriage. Hoe_math is probably my favorite YouTube channel on the subject. Most men seem to have adopted the Joshua strategy (as in the WOPR computer in "Wargames") - the only way to win is not to play. I didn't get married until my mid-40s and was prepared to die single, but I found a unicorn and locked her down pronto.

Posted by: PabloD at May 25, 2026 11:25 PM (K1RVP)

188 Remembrance Day is what the Brits call Veteran's Day, inso far as it's done on November 11th.

But they are honoring the dead, as we do on Memorial Day.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 25, 2026 11:25 PM (Vvh2V)

189 During the Articles of Confederation time period after the Revolutionary War (1783-'89), both the northern AND southern states thought secession looked quite appealing.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

190 You know if Trump told people not to stick a gas nozzle up their ass some percentage of leftists would tell us it was actually good for you - a deep carbon cleanse...

The left is currently melting down over people posting online that they're going to drive to LA to vote for Spencer Pratt, since Newsom signed a law making it illegal to ask for or show ID at a polling place.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 11:26 PM (xlvhb)

191 Decoration Day, in the South anyway, is the Saturday before Memorial Day.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 25, 2026 11:26 PM (Vvh2V)

192 Brevity is the soul of wit.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Is not.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

193 "In case you thought it was about a three day weekend" reminded me of a great film. It is "Taking Chance", starring Kevin Bacon. It is about a military officer who takes on the job of accompanying the body of a soldier back to his home town. It shows details, such as how the soldier's body is handled and cared for, that you wouldn't think about. Very appropriate for this holiday.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)

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Absolutely agree. This is very well done

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 11:26 PM (2VJPo)

194 You know if Trump told people not to stick a gas nozzle up their ass some percentage of leftists would tell us it was actually good for you - a deep carbon cleanse...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 25, 2026 11:22 PM (sKqQm)

I wish he would tell them that Oxygen is bigly awesome.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 25, 2026 11:27 PM (Xdfhw)

195 Good night, horde! Enjoyed another ONT. Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 11:28 PM (Jr+re)

196 123 [I arrive in hell]
Demon: We will punish you for your gluttony!

Me: Awesome! I'm a glutton for punishment.

Demon: ...*quietly into walkie-talkie* can I get a supervisor over here?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)

You'll be the guy in one of my favorite Far Side cartoons happily pushing a wheelbarrow full of brimstone down in heck, goofy smile on his face, and two demons off to the side, watching, with one saying to the other 'you know, we're just not getting through to that guy'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)

197
Carolina, 3 - Montreal, 2 in OT

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 11:28 PM (HdYcL)

198
The left is currently melting down over people posting online that they're going to drive to LA to vote for Spencer Pratt, since Newsom signed a law making it illegal to ask for or show ID at a polling place.
Posted by: Ian S.

What happens in LA influences the entire world so everyone should be allowed to vote for LA Mayor.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 11:29 PM (Cqx++)

199 Hoe_math is probably my favorite YouTube channel on the subject.

I like his stuff, especially when he explains that it's all the fault of Democrats, but he's also at least "and it's the fault of the Joooz that we have Democrats" adjacent. That's mostly in his social media posts though, I haven't seen it in his videos.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 11:29 PM (xlvhb)

200 Didn't somebody here post a video of a man at a gas station doing something with a gas nozzle that I would not have thought would be anatomically possible?!

There are no other places I hang out in online where I'd be likely to find such a cultural gem.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 25, 2026 11:30 PM (Vvh2V)

201 I am off to bed. Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at May 25, 2026 11:31 PM (OoFl2)

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