Wednesday Night ONT - June 24, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

Will reading the content earn you free Triscuits? No. Will it entertain and inform while you eat your Triscuits? Perhaps. Only one way to find out.

[Top photo: Carla Manneh]

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Science News

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Giraffe News

Any Morons in Hill Country missing a giraffe?

A giraffe is on the loose in the Texas Hill Country, and her owners are asking for the public's help to bring her home.
The Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter posted on social media Monday that Cedar Hollow Ranch is searching for "Gracie," a missing giraffe last seen west of Leakey.
According to the post, Gracie has rounded ears and was recently spotted on a game camera in the area. Her owner is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to Gracie's capture and safe return.

Is it really that difficult to spot a giraffe? They're tall and don't look like anything else. Are there herds of giraffe in Texas and this one blends in? Maybe Texas giraffes are more skilled in the art of camouflage than the average giraffe.

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Yet Another Reason Why Women Typically Live Longer than Men

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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge

The environmentalists versus the unemployed. Get it on!

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Not the Bee

Not an original thought, but wow that's a lot to pack into 21 words.

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Horde Shopping Guide

I'm mostly a "live and let live" kind of dinosaur. You do you - even if I don't understand it or it isn't my thing. Don't bother me and my peeps and we'll be fine.

Can someone explain to me a bag of eight glow-in-the-dark Itty Bitty Celery pieces? Only $8.75! What is going on in your life that makes you think "The one thing that would make my earthly existence more complete is a bag of glow in the dark celery?" Glow in the dark celery (not that there's anything wrong with that)?

We rarely describe our products as essential or practical, but this Glow-in-the-Dark Itty Bitty Celery is both! You get eight stalks of 1-1/4" tall, soft vinyl celery. During the day, you'll enjoy the reminder of celery superiority, but at night, this celery really shines. It glows in the dark! And, just for clarity's sake, the celery "stalk" officially refers to the whole bunch of celery, each piece you pull off is referred to as a celery rib.

What a country!

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Fine arts

I know what you're thinking. "I like Rammstein, but the singer yells at me in German and shoots fire everywhere. I also like symphonies, but most symphony music is boring. Is there a best of both worlds solution?" Of course!

Similar for Iron Maiden here. Enjoy while eating your Triscuits.

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is Matt and his channel called Diesel Creek. Matt rescues heavy equipment - like bulldozers. He does a little restoration work and likes haunting the local auction for rescue projects, but his draw is bringing heavy equipment back to life that hasn't run for a long time. His channel has over a million subscribers.

I know what you're thinking. Do people really watch an 88 minute video of two friends trying to get a 1967 CAT D8 bulldozer running that has been sitting long enough to have trees growing through and around its parts? Yes. 5.1 million views.

His videos are good examples of story telling. He has technical knowledge and ability to explain things, but his charm is mostly a guy that likes to play with big toys and can tell stories about his projects. No artificial drama. No highly polished graphics or editing. No clickbait.

YouTube has more channels dedicated to heavy machinery rescue projects than you would think. The data doesn't lie - there is a big audience. What a country!

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Robin Trower for the big ONT finish:

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There is no truth to the rumor that TRex is working as assistant to the assistant's assistant coach for the US World Cup soccer team. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Is anyone smart and adventurous enough to click on the lurker link?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 24, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

2 YAY ONT!!! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 24, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

3 Is anyone here?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 24, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

4 Hello????

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 24, 2026 10:01 PM (g14+z)

5 'Sup Dino?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:01 PM (kOluj)

6 Echo chamber

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 24, 2026 10:01 PM (g14+z)

7 Mwow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 24, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

8 5 'Sup Dino?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:01 PM
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Howdy!

Posted by: TRex - hump day dino at June 24, 2026 10:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Can someone explain to me a bag of eight glow-in-the-dark Itty Bitty Celery pieces?

Obviously, they're.....

* checks website *

1.25" long? OK, no, they're not WNBA projectiles.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

10
*examines water stain in ONT ceiling*
*shakes head sadly*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

11 ONT!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2026 10:04 PM (7/NKC)

12 That last Pittsburgh Scanner entry....Someone is hiding something!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 24, 2026 10:04 PM (gnNyN)

13 One of my favorite line from MXC was an episode featuring office workers. A young woman says hi to the Captain and starts the obstacle and Vic Ramano says, "She was recently fired for using her Out basket as an In basket".

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:05 PM (l26NL)

14 Mystery click music video was… no surprise at all.

Bunzo nachitos, meece amigas. Hope y'all are as well as can be expected or better.

Posted by: mindful webworker - beak of the penguin was the flip side at June 24, 2026 10:05 PM (Is2cY)

15 Got a feeling there's some good ol' boys west of San Antone barbecuing a whole mess o' neck bones right meow...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:05 PM (kOluj)

16 The longest day of the year? The day your mother in law comes to stay?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2026 10:06 PM (n+l3R)

17 Pittsburgh Scanner
South Side. S 21st Street. Caller said that there is a fire in the bathroom. Also said everyone and the cat made it outside.

What's weirder:

1) "OMG A FIRE CALL THE COPS!"

B) Everyone and the cat was in the bathroom? Was a Batman water pistol involved?

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

18 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread

Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

19 Evening all,

We have a launch in about an hour.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-45
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-45
Launch Date: June 24, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 8:19 p.m. PDT (June 25, 0319 UTC, 05:19 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5Qw6nsZ6CXw

Posted by: Joyenz at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (2F0/Y)

20 I guess if you eat some glow in the dark celery, you won't need a light at night to take a dump.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

21 14 Mystery click music video was… no surprise at all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - beak of the penguin was the flip side at June 24, 2026 10:05 PM
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I spent far too long looking for a clever alternative, but ended up going with the obvious choice. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: TRex - b-side dino at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 24, 2026 10:08 PM (G3T/K)

23 Sorry I'm late, I was listening to a lecture about the evils of alcohol and the virtues of temperence.

That'sthe last time I crack open a beer at my mother-in-law's place.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2026 10:09 PM (2EEIK)

24 22 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 24, 2026 10:08 PM
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You're welcome!

Posted by: TRex - triscuit enabled dino at June 24, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

25 On a podcast - wise-cracking protestant interviewing a priest -
"Father, who would you be more afraid to face - Old Scratch or the IRS?"
"It's hard to say - they are both ancient enemies..."

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM (7/NKC)

26 173 All these World Cup guests are not going to leave.

Since so many of our citizens are just too moral and sophisticated to attend, maybe we should invite them to our State Fair.
That would sure give them something to talk about later.
Imagine everything that could be deep-fried there.
Bet the Vikings wouldn't tear up our new reflecting pool.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM (GebTj)

27 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread
Posted by: Doof
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Oh, you're back with the living? Good to know....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

28 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

Maybe the bunny in my front yard would appreciate those glow in the dark celery hearts. Oops! Bun-Bun hopped away before I could ask.

Love that someone in Pittsburgh felt it necessary to report that nothing happened today. At least in his part of town.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM (D/6p1)

29 ??

Good call!

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

30
"The one thing that would make my earthly existence more complete is a bag of glow in the dark celery?"

Try a Mystic Pickle

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (Cqx++)

31 8 stalks of glow in the dark celery is not enough to fill me up.

Posted by: Pawl at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (MWfyi)

32 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (ntk8v)

33 Howdy, horde!

Nice kitty-- pspspspsps...

Triscuits? All I see behind the bar here, are twizzlers and Mtn. Dew.

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (rdVOm)

34 Ah, MXC. Always funny.

Pittsburgh scanner: The woman who reported herself murdered reminded me of AOC.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 24, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

35 28 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM
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{Crisp salute in acknowledgement before returning to duty}

Posted by: TRex - unwrinkled dino at June 24, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

36 This earthquake in Venezuela looks bad

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2026 10:13 PM (gKWVE)

37 Try a Mystic Pickle
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM (Cqx++)

Is that available next to the pizza joint they made a movie about?

Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

38 I'm sorry to say that I know what some faggoty men (or Democrat Congressmen or Miss Lindsay) will do with the Glow-in-the-Dark Itty Bitty Celery. It will show up on CT scans and be an accident.

Working for 5yrs in an ED/Trauma unit made me think this way.

I am enjoying so much the UK and Europeans loving the USA and saying basically fake news told them not to love us, our food, our hospitality and our college stadiums. Some don't want to leave. I don't watch the games I watch the fan's youtubes.

I think we should have a revolving deportation turnstile and allow good people who will love America in for every barbarian we ship off to El Salvador or wherever they came from.

What's not to like with people who like Chick fil A? Or the National Anthem?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:14 PM (hzuYO)

39 Mystery click music video was… no surprise at all.
Posted by: mindful webworker

I spent far too long looking for a clever alternative, but ended up going with the obvious choice. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: TRex - b-side dino

The judges would also have accepted any track by Tygers Of Pan Tang.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

40 Triscuits? All I see behind the bar here, are twizzlers and Mtn. Dew.

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM
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Uh oh... We'll need to stock up before Saturday Club ONT. Don't want unhappy patrons.

Posted by: TRex - out of stock dino at June 24, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

41 Evening Horde thx TRex
I like the Rammstein video of Du Hast at a Paris concert. Crazy pyrotechnics

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2026 10:14 PM (aDqI/)

42 >>This earthquake in Venezuela looks bad

Very.

https://tinyurl.com/57737v5j

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

43 *examines water stain in ONT ceiling*
*shakes head sadly*

Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

Are we sure that was water?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)

44 I know someone who could rival the dead equipment saver….

Posted by: Piper at June 24, 2026 10:17 PM (OoFl2)

45 Uh oh... We'll need to stock up before Saturday Club ONT. Don't want unhappy patrons.
Posted by: TRex - out of stock dino

No worries! Got it covered... the Big Boxes of Triscuits were on sale at my preferred grocery today. Bought several.

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

46 "A giraffe is on the loose in the Texas Hill Country…"

Just a short hop to Oklahoma. We were on the watch.

Wild animal preserves and such like do leak critters now and then. Kangaroos. Tigers. Always amusing, in a "hope they don't eat me" value of amusing.

One of my favorite stories was a few years ago, an older Oklahoma feller is driving along at night on a rural road, when he suddenly shouts to his wife, "ELEPHANT!" I can imagine recognizing such an unexpected beast, even reacting in time not to hit it (as we're used to dodging deer or loose cattle or horses), but I think I'd need a several seconds of processing time to be able to verbally identify it.

"Looky that, honey! Don't that look like one o' them gee-raffs blocking the road…?" 💥crash!💥

Posted by: mindful webworker - is that a rhino or a hippo? CrAsH at June 24, 2026 10:18 PM (Is2cY)

47 Is it really that difficult to spot a giraffe?

I think they're born that way.

Except for Kipekee, but she didn't live long.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

48 There was a funny X video today. A British woman has returned to England from the world cup and is staring at a plate of beans on toast. And she begins to weep.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (l26NL)

49 The hill country is pretty much all of central Texas so it covers a lot of area. There is a lot of surprising game on private ranches in the area. Big variety of Antelope that you usually only see in Africa. And giraffes...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (VCgbV)

50 No worries! Got it covered... the Big Boxes of Triscuits were on sale at my preferred grocery today. Bought several.

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 10:18 PM
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Outstanding! Strong candidate for ONT Staffer of the Month!

Posted by: TRex - jumbo size boxed dino at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

51 Some of the hurricanes Florida got, are why so many invasive species got loose. The zoos broke containment.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

52 T-Rex...I happen to like Eye of the Tiger and thank you for the music.

My husband and I have found the most horrible, idiotic, nauseating series to watch called Sweet Magnolias. It wins in all categories of very bad cinema. This should tell you how bad it is (even worse than Virgin River) for dialogue and acting and make up. We mock them and blow through the ghey parts that make us gag.

Because, you see, there is a gay couple, of course there is.Plus 3 married couples who always have problems and idiotic dialogue of "unpacking problems" or a tequila night where the women "pour it out." One woman, bless her, is the size of a tank. And their make up is not good at all. Have mercy!

Another woman has the teeth of a horse and a fake "refined" Southern drawl we mock a whole lot. She's probably our favorite and has about 5 hairstyles per show. She just got married and then sang to her groom at the reception to our glee.

My husband calls them the Fagnolias vs Magnolias. We are not even sure why we subject ourselves to this punishment, yet we do. It is very bad and if renewed I do believe it is a sign of end times.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)

53 No worries! Got it covered... the Big Boxes of Triscuits were on sale at my preferred grocery today. Bought several.
Posted by: JQ

Cheaper than sanding blocks, too.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

54 "Right you are Ken!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 24, 2026 10:21 PM (IChWT)

55 There was a funny X video today. A British woman has returned to England from the world cup and is staring at a plate of beans on toast. And she begins to weep.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (l26NL)

Enjoy your socialism!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 24, 2026 10:22 PM (G3T/K)

56 Glow in the dark celery > Triscuits

You can snack with the lights off. You can piss off Trick-or-Treaters initially, but watch their faces change when the realize they possess a radioactive vegetable. You can use them to line your sidewalk instead of those stand-alone solar lights. You can feed them to your Guinea Pig and watch them glow in the dark as well.

Triscuits are like chewing on a brillo pad.

Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)

57 54 "Right you are Ken!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 24, 2026 10:21 PM
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Well done. Was waiting for that and knew you'd get it.

Posted by: TRex - don't get eliminated dino at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

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A British woman has returned to England from the world cup and is staring at a plate of beans on toast. And she begins to weep.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:20 PM (l26NL)

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Get that poor lady a chicken-fried steak, eggs, hash browns, biscuits and coffee, stat!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM (O0L8i)

59 My brother had a D8 CAT - think his was a few years older than the one in the video. It used a cable pulley to raise & lower the blade instead of hydraulics. Essentially, the weight of the blade was more than sufficient to push it as deep into the ground as you wanted.. I found that astounding. Also, the starter motor was a 2 cylinder gas engine... significantly larger than what you'd find on a lawn mower. Pure awesomeness

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM (kOluj)

60 Earthquakes can be bad.

We are due for one. Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM (A5RD0)

61 Triscuits are like chewing on a brillo pad.
Posted by: Orson

Tell me you miss the 70's without saying you miss the '70s.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM (IChWT)

62 Very.

https://tinyurl.com/57737v5j
Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

Estimated 100k dead. Which seems like a lot until you see big buildings pancaked all the way down.

I still choose earthquakes over tornadoes and hurricanes, both I have lived through. So far so good on the earthquakes, but you never know.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (hzuYO)

63 Christy,
I watched maybe a season and a half of Sweet Magnolias then just couldn't anymore...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

64 I expect Trump to push and highlight a very big assistance effort for Venezuela due to the earthquake (and, looking at the structural damage, the after-shocks that will probably bring down still more buildings, though presumably already emptied of people). We are the biggest and best at disaster relief (a part of the former USAID - obviously one doing what the public thought it was doing - that few knew or know about).

Israel has one of the best search/rescue capabilities for earthquake situations (including canines). Expect them to be on the ground there quickly too.

Decent quake off Ifate prefecture in Tohoku, Japan (northern Honshu), but so far no damage or serious tsunami reports.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (U/Byj)

65 "Is anyone smart and adventurous enough to click on the lurker link?'

*re-reads post several times*

Lurker link?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Eh what? at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (Is2cY)

66 Triscuits are like chewing on a brillo pad.
Posted by: Orson

Tell me you miss the 70's without saying you miss the '70s.
Posted by: Tonypete

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I BETTER NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO YOU KIDS.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at June 24, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

67 Which team is Baba Ghanoosh on?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 24, 2026 10:25 PM (nLy2O)

68 Happy-ish Hump Day, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at June 24, 2026 10:26 PM (3ZUWJ)

69 Which team is Baba Ghanoosh on?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Llllllet's go!!!!

Guy like!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:27 PM (l26NL)

70 >>like chewing on a brillo pad.
Posted by: Orson

Ooooh, way to kick off that *electrified feeling* of metal on tooth fillings....

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)

71 59 My brother had a D8 CAT - think his was a few years older than the one in the video. It used a cable pulley to raise & lower the blade instead of hydraulics.

Pure awesomeness

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:23 PM
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Pure awesomeness indeed. Diesel creek did a rescue of just such a machine: https://tinyurl.com/55zhyvpy

Posted by: TRex - dozer dino at June 24, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

72 This might have worked as a mystery click

https://youtu.be/GTpuWlxO-ts

Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

73 I sort of don't want a pair of spinning saw blades mounted just below my danglies.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 10:28 PM (3uBP9)

74 I sort of don't want a pair of spinning saw blades mounted just below my danglies.

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does not look safe at all !

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:29 PM (GD0B3)

75 Imagine everything that could be deep-fried there.
Bet the Vikings wouldn't tear up our new reflecting pool.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 10:10 PM (GebTj)
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One British guy went to a Texas rodeo where cowboys were bucked off steers, then a steer's horn threw one guy several feet on his head.

The Brit guy said Americans are made different. That that would have stopped the rodeo and the ambulance would haul him off. He said instead a few boys grabbed him, sat him against the wall, and gave him a beer.

I had to laugh at what they think. Texas has made a huge impression on them in both diet and outrageous patriotism. Thanks, y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:29 PM (hzuYO)

76 I like triscuits. With a big piece of cheese on each one, or dipped in greek yogurt. That's as close as I get to eating "healthy."

Now Chicken in a Biskit, that was a terrible cracker.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (nLy2O)

77 Ice bike dude is a piker. That should have been at least 25hp.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (fkjGs)

78 Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

___________________________

Not riding with Tiger unless he first takes a breathalyzer.

Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

79 I sort of don't want a pair of spinning saw blades mounted just below my danglies.
Posted by: banana Dream

But if you do slide off the seat and bash your nards on the frame? Think how good you'll feel about it, given the alternative?

Posted by: no, Mister Bond, I expect you to ride at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

80 Flaming saw blades!...on ice!

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:31 PM (GD0B3)

81 Posted by: no, Mister Bond, I expect you to ride at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM
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Good nic. Golf clap.

Posted by: TRex - 007 dino at June 24, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

82 Greetings Dear Ones and Horde, too

Thank you Mr. Dino

Busy evening ahead on the lefty coast. Need to circle back to content, watch Gutfeld, eat dinner and continue planning my two summer trips.

Laughing at the DEI hire who stole the trash can in NY. I think it was mentioned in an earlier thread. Gutfeld showed the clip and nails the reason she was immediately fired from her DEI job....her employers were probably already regretting hiring her and looking for a way to get rid of the idiot.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH)

83 I spent far too long looking for a clever alternative, but ended up going with the obvious choice. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: TRex

I see a song by Katy Perry called "Roar"... nah.

Or switch up the feline
https://youtu.be/OQlByoPdG6c

Posted by: mindful webworker - a weem a wep at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM (Is2cY)

84 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM (+9wcF)

85 Good evening morons und danke Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM (mWKAz)

86 >>I still choose earthquakes over tornadoes and hurricanes, both I have lived through. So far so good on the earthquakes, but you never know.

Haven't been in a tornado but hurricanes are fairly common around here. Fortunately, they usually have lost most of their power by the time the get to this area. Still, no joke.

Earthquakes are different to me. When the earth starts shifting, that seems really bad. The Ring of Fire area is just a matter of when not if.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

87 Think how good you'll feel about it, given the alternative?

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the alternative ??

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:33 PM (GD0B3)

88 I wonder if the woman cop in Montreal is also a muzzie?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)

89 The Montreal police are Le Keystone Kops.

Always have been always wills be.

Je me souviens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 10:34 PM (mWKAz)

90 Posted by: mindful webworker - a weem a wep at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM
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That would be a good shenanigans link song... We'll see if I remember.

Posted by: TRex - roaring dino at June 24, 2026 10:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

91 6 I like triscuits. With a big piece of cheese on each one, or dipped in greek yogurt. That's as close as I get to eating "healthy."

Now Chicken in a Biskit, that was a terrible cracker.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (nLy2O)
_____________________

Currently partial to Smoked Cheddar Cheezits, or Smoked Gouda Cheezits. No dipping, no accoutraments, just a bowl of crackers. Low maintenance.

Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:34 PM (dIske)

92 "Is anyone smart and adventurous enough to click on the lurker link?'

*re-reads post several times*

Lurker link?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Eh what? at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (Is2cY)

The only one I could find is above the fold, on shenanigans. If that isn't it, I don't know where he hid it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)

93 Pittsburgh police scanner is for real ??!! I thought it was made up!

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:34 PM (GD0B3)

94

1918 Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag

https://youtu.be/k7-sMpj3LWo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)

95 84 Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM

85 Good evening morons und danke Dino
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 10:32 PM
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Howdy!

Posted by: TRex - glow in the dark dino at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

96 36 This earthquake in Venezuela looks bad
Posted by: gKWVE at

A very bad earthquake? Venezuela could wind up our 51st state. (The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Venezuela officially began on March 9, 2021.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (NFX2v)

97 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hc_expHAJo

Posted by: Tiger Paws at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (Q+gd/)

98 I wonder if the woman cop in Montreal is also a muzzie?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The photo I saw of her she had blonde hair and no head covering. Could be fake, though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (l26NL)

99 >>> Think how good you'll feel about it, given the alternative?

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the alternative ??
Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:33 PM (GD0B3)

I think he means falling on the frame which is generally a big ouch vs falling on the two people splitting blades that has replaced the wheels.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 10:35 PM (3uBP9)

100 Now Chicken in a Biskit, that was a terrible cracker.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 24, 2026 10:30 PM (nLy2O)

No, they were great. They're not horrible now, just smaller and not as buttery.

...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 24, 2026 10:36 PM (G3T/K)

101 Problem with earthquakes is your home is probably now broken. It can fall down around your ears maybe not during the quake - probably not during the quake - but at any time over the next few weeks. You have to call in someone to fix all the cracks but that someone is likely working on important city buildings first.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)

102 Pure awesomeness indeed. Diesel creek did a rescue of just such a machine: https://tinyurl.com/55zhyvpy
Posted by: TRex - dozer dino at June 24, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

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Thanks for the link, Dino - that's a fun video. Thinking my brother's was a mid-late '50s model. Was similar to the one in that video, except the cable spool was mounted on the front of the tractor as I recall.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:38 PM (kOluj)

103 Dino, what duty did you pull tonight? Singing That's Amore to The Grateful?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

104 Decent quake off Ifate prefecture in Tohoku, Japan (northern Honshu), but so far no damage or serious tsunami reports.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2026 10:24 PM (U/Byj)
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I have an unscientific theory of waiting after a big one somewhere, for a big one on the opposite side of the world. So far it holds true as the plates settle or whatnot.

The largest I've been in was a 6 at 7am when we were still in bed. Instead of staying in bed, on abdomens with pillows over our heads, we ran to the landing and watched the chandelier swing. Not good. I figure we'd be found two floors down in the basement like a couple after Pompeii.

My first, in college, was over a 5 and I was in a basement apt alone. In the kitchen I felt like I was on a ship and thought, "This is weird, I have had no beers to get the spins." Noted the electric clock cord swaying. The house was 100yrs old and I heard walls creaking.

With every earthquake there is a boom before you feel it. Then a bit of sort of vertigo.

Called my friend who verified an earthquake and neither of us knew what to do, being from MS. At the time you were supposed to stand in a doorway, which I think is old news now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)

105 The only one I could find is above the fold, on shenanigans. If that isn't it, I don't know where he hid it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It was right there. See?

29 ??
Good call!
Posted by: mikeski

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

106 An alternative for the Mystery Click

The Tiger Rag, old timely jazz classic

youtu.be/89fZGnAdago

Posted by: Just The Punchline at June 24, 2026 10:39 PM (bhZyo)

107 I think , and I am sure y'all will agree, that the idiot riding saw blades is an idiot.

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:39 PM (GD0B3)

108 103 Dino, what duty did you pull tonight? Singing That's Amore to The Grateful?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:38 PM
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That's a privilege, not a duty.
Duty is keeping the hamsters fed that are keeping the ONT powered. They're glowing a bit now...

Posted by: TRex - lurker link dino at June 24, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 Pittsburgh police scanner is for real ??!! I thought it was made up!
Posted by: runner

Reality is tough competition.

Posted by: The Babylon Bee at June 24, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

110 I think , and I am sure y'all will agree, that the idiot riding saw blades is an idiot.
Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:39 PM (GD0B3)

An ice boat powered by a pulse-jet engine would be much more cool, and the wrecks would be spectacular!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)

111 29 ??

Good call!

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:11 PM
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!!

Posted by: TRex - under the radar dino at June 24, 2026 10:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

112 Cat's been sitting in the weather for 25 years and the freaking gauges work. He got the pony engine running.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 10:43 PM (GebTj)

113 Duty is keeping the hamsters fed that are keeping the ONT powered. They're glowing a bit now...
Posted by: TRex - lurker link dino at June 24, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

Perhaps it was a bad idea to feed them the Glow-in-the-Dark Itty Bitty Celery. I'm sure it makes the escapees a little easier to find, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

114 7.1 near a major city any 3rd world sh*thole will be bad. Ask me how I know.

Venezuela has been impoverished 30 years, they can't afford building standards or safety systems.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 10:43 PM (mWKAz)

115 Triscuits are gnarly. Dry. Stringy. Tasteless.

Wheat thins are much better.
Ritz
Wheat thins.
Breton

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 24, 2026 10:43 PM (A5RD0)

116
Yet Another Reason Why Women Typically Live Longer than Men

___________

True, no woman would try that. They also would not try to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in a leaky boat. Or pilot a B-17 over Berlin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 10:43 PM (O0L8i)

117 I bet Debbie Harry was a fun gal, maybe still is at 80. who knows

Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 10:44 PM (3uBP9)

118 Debbie Harry still looks great.

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:44 PM (GD0B3)

119 Earthquakes can be bad.
We are due for one. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Taking bets on which goes off first, Juan de Fuca or Madrid. Either should be devastating.

Posted by: mindful webworker - San Andreas is punk at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Is2cY)

120 Or, maybe I am thinking of another celebrity ...

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (GD0B3)

121 I like to think of myself as being the best cracker.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (3uBP9)

122 Apparently there were two earthquakes in Venezuela. The first 7.2 and the second 45 seconds later which was 7.5. That's a lot of shaking

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (aDqI/)

123 18 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread
Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Is Piper still dead?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

124 the alternative ??
Posted by: runner

I think he means falling on the frame which is generally a big ouch vs falling on the two people splitting blades that has replaced the wheels.
Posted by: banana Dream

Correct.

iron bar to the nads >>> giant spinning sawblade to the nads

If the iron is heated, it might even be healthy, per the usual Horde advice.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

125 Two Imperial Stormtroopers are talking on Tatooine.

#1: I heard you got a new iPhone.

#2: Yeah, I couldn't find the droid I was looking for.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

126 Earthquakes are different to me. When the earth starts shifting, that seems really bad. The Ring of Fire area is just a matter of when not if.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m
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We evacuated six times in 20yrs from hurricanes on the Atlantic. Barrier island. If hit "just right" the Intercoastal and Atlantic would meet over our house. I'm a great swimmer but we decided we did not want to drown in our own home. It gets old to evacuate and in 2005 we did 3 times in about six weeks. Got hit twice by a CAT 3 with little damage. The house was built like a bunker but we took no chances: contractor said it could withstand a tornado with rebar in concrete block every few feet, hurricane code roof, metal shades on every door and window, etc.

Tornadoes, though. Oh, boy. I HATE them. Waiting to basically die if you don't have a shelter. Two years ago one missed us visiting my mother in MS by about 10miles as we watched on radar at night. I hate tornadoes.

Earthquakes? I guess if that's how I go it's better than watching your death on radar.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO)

127 >>>I think , and I am sure y'all will agree, that the idiot riding saw blades is an idiot.

Posted by: runner

>Front blade doesn't serve much purpose, but it looks cool.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2026 10:47 PM (fkjGs)

128 123 18 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread
Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Is Piper still dead?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone)

Sadly.

Posted by: Piper at June 24, 2026 10:47 PM (pZEOD)

129 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread
Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Is Piper still dead?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

Nobody threw their bodies into my cart on Monday when I called for the dead. So, they must be alive.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

130 Perhaps it was a bad idea to feed them the Glow-in-the-Dark Itty Bitty Celery. I'm sure it makes the escapees a little easier to find, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

And now this firefly keeps hitting on me.

Posted by: a server hampster at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

131 *muses*

D8 CATs and Iron Maiden in the same thread... you post something about 4440 John Deeres and Irish Whiskey and Imma start thinking we were separated at birth 😁

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM (kOluj)

132 You guys ever see the ACE of SPADES Police Scanner:

June 19- Giant Food Market on Brown St. A call from the manager claiming there is some guy in a Sponge Bob T-shirt sixth in line at the register, but keeps shouting "FIRST!"

June 19- Resident of Peters Str. are reporting a guy marching down the street dressed as a Viking shouting "The BLADE is first. As it should be. All bow down to the BLADE."

June 22- Clerk at 7-11 on Bower str might have had a stroke. He keep's repeating "$20, same as in town."

June 23- Brawl on Aspen Drive. Started over someone criticizing Rush.

Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

133 The Cascadia Subduction Zone has every seismologist worried. There's a megathrust quake every 300 years or so and the last was 326 years ago. If course with geological time who knows.
But when it does the North West Coast of the US will get hit with tsunamis like the one in Indonesia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2026 10:50 PM (aDqI/)

134 119 Earthquakes can be bad.
We are due for one. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Taking bets on which goes off first, Juan de Fuca or Madrid. Either should be devastating.
Posted by: mindful webworker - San Andreas is punk at June 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Is2cY)
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Former nursing classmate lives on Bainbridge Island. I always watch for tsunamis there when they happen. That would not be good.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 24, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

135 131 *muses*

D8 CATs and Iron Maiden in the same thread... you post something about 4440 John Deeres and Irish Whiskey and Imma start thinking we were separated at birth 😁

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM
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You're going to love the John Deere combine thread I have in mind someday...

Posted by: TRex - farmer dino at June 24, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

136 ONT's

They're GREEEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2026 10:51 PM (2EEIK)

137
Movie tsunamis are always walls of water 300 feet high. But all the actual tsunami videos I've seen are a tide that doesn't stop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 10:52 PM (O0L8i)

138 132 You guys ever see the ACE of SPADES Police Scanner:
Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM
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Well done. Golf clap.

Posted by: TRex - scanning dino at June 24, 2026 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

139 Nobody threw their bodies into my cart on Monday when I called for the dead. So, they must be alive.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 10:47

I was not in the outfit I wanted to wear forever when I died, so I am going to be haunting things for a long time as a result.

Posted by: Piper at June 24, 2026 10:54 PM (pZEOD)

140 43 Are we sure that was water?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)

Don't ask questions unless you are sure you want the answer.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2026 10:55 PM (2EEIK)

141 I don't if they're still active, but 4 cellists that went by the name Apocalyptica used to do hard metal covers. My favorite is still "Nothing Else Matters." 2Cellos was similar, but they did more pop songs. Their video for "Thunderstruck" is epic.

Posted by: pookysgirl told Pookette she couldn't shred her bows like that at June 24, 2026 10:56 PM (Wt5PA)

142 136 ONT's

They're GREEEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2026 10:51 PM
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Ha!

Posted by: TRex - Tony the Dino at June 24, 2026 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

143 >>Movie tsunamis are always walls of water 300 feet high. But all the actual tsunami videos I've seen are a tide that doesn't stop.

The later is closer to the truth and if anything more damaging. More damage is done and people die from water than wind in a hurricane and it's the relentless flooding that does it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 10:58 PM (viF8m)

144 You guys ever see the ACE of SPADES Police Scanner:
Posted by: Orson

June 22 - Greenwich Village. The Comedy Cellar. Caller states a heckler in a Ben Roethlisberger jersey is loudly explaining Every. Single. Joke. Caller would like assistance bouncing him.

3h - 4th Street. Shady Oaks Rest Home. A man with a long mustache is pushing all the wheelchair-bound residents up against the walls.

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

145
Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

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lol

Caller says 132nd Street has been reset to 131st Street and suspects that something was nuked.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 24, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)

146 don't if they're still active, but 4 cellists that went by the name Apocalyptica

==

Still around.

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 10:59 PM (GD0B3)

147 I've been monitoring the weird stuff amazon is hawking during their whole multi-day prime day. I'm seeing a lot of laser hair removal. Are women really just blasting themselves with these guns to remove hair? They are in the hundreds of dollar range. How does that not burn your skin? I'd probably pay hundreds of dollars if it added hair instead. Or made all my celery glow.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 11:01 PM (3uBP9)

148 RE: escaped giraffe:

A few years ago, meerkats at the St. Louis Zoo tunneled out of their enclosure-- and then dug their way out of the zoo entirely.

Freedom!

Posted by: mnw at June 24, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

149 It's 88* outside, and Cat is on the deck...

He's s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out.

Posted by: JQ at June 24, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

150 128 123 18 TRU sending an officer to verify is a caller is dead -- reminds me of when Weasel killed me on Sunday's gub thread
Posted by: Doof at June 24, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Is Piper still dead?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone)

Sadly.
Posted by: Piper at June 24, 2026 10:47 PM (pZEOD)

Weeps silently.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 11:02 PM (QGaXH)

151 I kinda want to go to the Eucharistic Pilgrimage when it comes to Philly, but no one else I know wants to come.
Debating whether to go anyway. I think the local KofC has a bus.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 24, 2026 11:02 PM (Qf511)

152 You guys ever see the ACE of SPADES Police Scanner:
Posted by: Orson at June 24, 2026 10:48 PM
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Well done. Golf clap.
Posted by: TRex - scanning dino at June 24, 2026 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

Jun 24- Four people were in the park saying, "I'm Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont." Two others were yelling, "I'm Ben Roethlisberger!"

Jun 24- Somebody started ranting, then disappeared into thin air. For a few seconds, the text "CBD was here" appeared where the person was, then it, too, vanished.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

153 I don't if they're still active, but 4 cellists that went by the name Apocalyptica used to do hard metal covers. My favorite is still "Nothing Else Matters." 2Cellos was similar, but they did more pop songs. Their video for "Thunderstruck" is epic.

Posted by: pookysgirl told Pookette she couldn't shred her bows like that

Still active! They're touring right now.

They've done a lot of collaborative work that I like, too.

https://youtu.be/7imPLmvLyQA

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)

154 I once laughed so hard at an MXC episode that a contact lens popped out. I think it was Sperm Whalers. Doesn't matter; it was a great show.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at June 24, 2026 11:04 PM (C1NyB)

155 Tidal waves don’t worry me.

It’s the actual shaker. The ground turns liquid and waves. Actual waves going down the street. My dad was on the golf course during the Nisqually quake in 2001. He said the fairway rolled.

I looked out our living room window with my Marine in my arms and my oldest clinging to my leg in an archway in the house. The waves rolled down the street. It was amazing. And kind of beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 24, 2026 11:04 PM (A5RD0)

156 Gov. Gavin Newsom met this week with his likely replacement, Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra, at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant for the first time since Becerra won this month’s primary election. Becerra is expected to win November’s general election because of California’s Democratic majority.

The two lawmakers chatted over a mid-morning meal Wednesday at the Richmond District restaurant, a beloved family-owned San Francisco institution.
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Tia Margarita is ten times better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 11:05 PM (mWKAz)

157 Olen Steinhauer has a novel Bridge of Sighs, part of a series about Commie eastern Europe.
Recommend them highly.
And a 7 foot giraffe would stand out in the Hill Country.
Only a Texan is impressed by the hills there, like upper midwesterners thinking the Black Hills are beautiful.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 24, 2026 11:05 PM (nJkOL)

158 Evenin', all. Looks like we're talking about earthquakes tonight. I got a notice on my phone this morning that there was a 6.0 (initial reading) in Northern California, a couple hundred miles from my location. I didn't feel anything, but I was driving at the time. If Cascadia lets loose then everything here will get pancaked, but I'm far enough inland (with high terrain between me and the Pacific) that I won't have to worry about tsunamis.

Posted by: PabloD at June 24, 2026 11:06 PM (tTZHu)

159 Just checked. Reports that Gracie the Giraffe has been recaptured are not valid, says sheriff.

Posted by: mindful webworker - still on the loose at June 24, 2026 11:07 PM (Is2cY)

160 Posted by: PabloD at June 24, 2026 11:06 PM (tTZHu)

iirc Redwoodland

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 24, 2026 11:08 PM (mWKAz)

161 Something I didn't know until today:

In the UK, they have something they call "watershed TV." Only shows that are suitable for children can be shown before 9pm. That's the watershed. After 9pm, adult programming can be broadcast.

Posted by: mnw at June 24, 2026 11:08 PM (RCjYY)

162 Or made all my celery glow.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 24, 2026 11:01 PM (3uBP9)

IYKWIM.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 24, 2026 11:08 PM (G3T/K)

163 PabloD
I live within a stones throw of salt water. I’m not worried because there’s a HUGE peninsula between my inland waters and the coast.

It’s the actual shaker that will do the damage. I hope im not downtown at work.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 24, 2026 11:09 PM (A5RD0)

164 Various Blvds - Caller reports guy with Maple Leaf flag hot rodding around in classic Studebaker

Promethious Ct - Guy on rocker on porch waving cane threateningly while yelling 'You kids get off my lawn'. No kids in sight....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 11:10 PM (QGaXH)

165
A few years ago, meerkats at the St. Louis Zoo tunneled out of their enclosure-- and then dug their way out of the zoo entirely.

Freedom!

Posted by: mnw at June 24, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

____________

They were 20 feet short of the woods.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 11:10 PM (O0L8i)

166 >>>It’s the actual shaker. The ground turns liquid and waves. Actual waves going down the street. My dad was on the golf course during the Nisqually quake in 2001. He said the fairway rolled.

I looked out our living room window with my Marine in my arms and my oldest clinging to my leg in an archway in the house. The waves rolled down the street. It was amazing. And kind of beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched.

>It's even better when you see it on the highway. Just make sure you're driving below the speed limit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2026 11:11 PM (fkjGs)

167 That combine thread is going to be a sad one. Every modern one is the size of my field. They'd already started, 50 years ago, having demolition derbies in Iowa and Nebraska with the 'normal' ones I would see working in the fields when I was young. Now, the spare parts from those are about used up, and quite a few people are hobby-farming on plots just the right size for them.

The pony motor starters on Cats had megaphones instead of mufflers; on a cold morning you could hear them yowl from a mile away, and they had to warm up and really scream to turn all that mass over. The Sixty models started another way: there was a deep hole in the flywheel, exposed of course, into which you fitted a steel bar about six feet long. Walk her up onto top dead center, preheat the glow plugs, prime, and yank that sucker for all you're worth. If it fired, it flung the bar out, sometimes 20, 30 feet away. Heads up. And beller, O Jesus.

Once you had one running, you did not shut it down.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 24, 2026 11:11 PM (zdLoL)

168 You're going to love the John Deere combine thread I have in mind someday...
Posted by: TRex - farmer dino at June 24, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

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Hellz Yeah! Would also accept Claas combines and/or silage cutters. Which reminds me.... some neighbor back home took this drone video several years ago of my elder siblings doing silage harvest:

https://youtu.be/QuutYcGqKZA

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 11:12 PM (kOluj)

169 Fern St. - a large dinosaur is laying waste to the area. A woman with a shiv walked up to him, and he stopped after she pulled a small thorn from his foot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 11:12 PM (qx7Zg)

170 Just checked. Reports that Gracie the Giraffe has been recaptured are not valid, says sheriff.
Posted by: mindful webworker - still on the loose at June 24, 2026 11:07 PM (Is2cY)

Well, shit. Guess I have to turn this okapi loose, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2026 11:13 PM (1z8ji)

171 Can someone explain to me a bag of eight glow-in-the-dark Itty Bitty Celery pieces?

You must be RIBbing me with these celery stalks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 24, 2026 11:15 PM (l3cgK)

172 Puddingcup Ave - caller reports a group of suspicious old men all wearing onions on their belts.

Posted by: PabloD at June 24, 2026 11:15 PM (tTZHu)

173
Tonight's feature is Matt and his channel called Diesel Creek.

He has a very wholesome channel, I believe I've watched everything he has posted. He got me watching his buddy Skrappy Industries as well.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 24, 2026 11:15 PM (P+jBU)

174 Bottom Street: caller reports a man is sitting naked on an ottoman. Caller reports man is fat.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 11:16 PM (2WIwB)

175 Just thought I'd share this random band that happened to land in my YouTube suggestions. Kind of a goth/emo thing. The female lead singer has a nice voice, instruments generally subdued with a few crescendos.

https://youtu.be/q2cPveZXG8A

Posted by: tankdemon at June 24, 2026 11:16 PM (2EEIK)

176 Just checked. Reports that Gracie the Giraffe has been recaptured are not valid, says sheriff.

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They captured some animal, and after extensive genetic testing determined that it was a donkey and not a giraffe?

Posted by: runner at June 24, 2026 11:16 PM (GD0B3)

177 Various Blvds - Caller reports guy with Maple Leaf flag hot rodding around in classic Studebaker

Promethious Ct - Guy on rocker on porch waving cane threateningly while yelling 'You kids get off my lawn'. No kids in sight....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 24, 2026 11:10 PM (QGaXH)

Gah! AOP would fly the Alberta flag. Or the Red Ensign. Not that pansy maple leaf.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)

178 Louvre street - people keep shouting "would hang" and warning a dildo about snipers...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 24, 2026 11:17 PM (kOluj)

179 Hadrian confirmed I wasn't lying about the meerkats. They're awfully cute. They conduct themselves like big, long prairie dogs.

Lewis and Clark sent some live prairie dogs back to President Thomas Jefferson. The WH hadn't been built back then.

Posted by: mnw at June 24, 2026 11:18 PM (RCjYY)

180 You're going to love the John Deere combine thread I have in mind someday...
Posted by: TRex - farmer dino at June 24, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

Golf carts need love too. That said, I understand the TRex has trouble hitting a ball with a golf club, what given the short arms.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 11:20 PM (2WIwB)

181 Referral from the Telephne Reporting Unit that an individual stated that she was murdered. TRU thinks it's best if an officer responds to verify if the caller is or is not dead.

In a restraining order hearing, my mother said in court that my father had killed her multiple times...the Judge had to ask her to repeat what she said...the TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) was complete BS concocted by little bro and mother, tied to BS lawsuit started by little brother using mother against all her children and their spouses, save little brother and his spouse...family disputes suck.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 24, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

182 This channel keeps popping up for me. One of the video series is the restoration of a KV-1S.

http://www.youtube.com/
@ausarmour

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 24, 2026 11:20 PM (qx7Zg)

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