Mid-Morning Art Thread

Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
Lucas der Ältere Cranach

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (x8PQF)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

3 Like shooting fish in a barrel, it seems.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (wn4/D)

4 Talk about a target rich environment.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (z/ed7)

5 Deer massacre
Frederick the Wise I don't know of

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (sgkY8)

6 It's like shooting stags in a barrel.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

7 No boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

8 They've got them surrounded.

Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (VJX5o)

9 Looks medieval. No boobs. Darn

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (YetvJ)

10 So many dogs and a crossbow sniper. Must be art.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (z/ed7)

11 Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
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Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (sgkY8)

12 Doesn’t seem too sporting to me. Stags in a barrel?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (8Xlir)

13 Like shooting fish in a barrel, it seems.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (wn4/D)
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"Hey! What abut us?!?!" - Monkeys

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (x8PQF)

14 The stags were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

15 who killed bambi?

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

16 Looks medieval. No boobs. Darn
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Freddy's hat looks like it's covered in boobs.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (z/ed7)

17 Waaaaay too many deer on that island.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (kvW9k)

18 Has a Byzantine icon style to it.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (gKWVE)

19 "...Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation."

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Ah. So he was in seminary.

Posted by: Got it at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

20 What a ridiculous scene

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (jjSWr)

21 venny jalapeno sausages.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

22 Looks like a Grandma Moses painting.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (KC5Lt)

23 Think you'll never run out of Bambis? Think again.

Posted by: Buffalo in North America at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Waaaaay too many deer on that island.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (kvW9k)

Lyme Disease!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (PLxDd)

25 This was how the Dutch guys in charge used to entertain themselves?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (aq6QB)

26 dear tick, stop twitching.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

27 Carpaccio!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (8Xlir)

28 Very busy but I like it. Lots to look at.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

29 Oops- not Dutch, German

Please forgive the error

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (aq6QB)

30 One heck of a stag party.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (OUMaO)

31 You'd think there would be a few does, but it looks like an all male herd. Weird.

Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (VJX5o)

32 dear hunts, your catsups crappy.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

33 Bet you'll never see THAT artist's name in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

34 You know who could paint really well ,but of course the art world critics try to downplay his work, was Winston Churchill. He took his painting seriously and was as good as any of his contemporaries imho. I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (KC5Lt)

35 A stag hunt!

Is that like a stag film?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

36 The indigenous people lead by Fredrick the Wise used all parts of the stag and nothing went to waste.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (3cUTc)

37 31 maresy doze n lamzy doze n lil kidzy divey.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

38 Would not hang hurt doggies on my wall.

Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (pZEOD)

39 Story of a man overcome by his obsession with adult films:

The Stags My Destination

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

40 Meat sweats upcoming.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

41 34 fields painted his liver.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

42 Now if only that river were filled with crocodiles or hippos (or both!)...

Then we'd have an interesting painting.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (gnNyN)

43 Crossbows FTW!

Posted by: The Eternal Debate at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (dJeAh)

44 Would you say I have a plethora of stags?

Posted by: Frederic The Wise at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

45 By the way, many of you have already done so, and I thank you, but if anyone else wants grammie winger's address to send a card or note, please let me know. The info on the sidebar is making its inevitable march downward but I will continue to send it as long as people want it.

Many thanks to all who have sent cards (and I know two people have also sent flowers, amazing). She is going to be swamped with our love. Still in the hospital as far as I know.

To make this art thread compliant: there's a whole lot of deer in that painting.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wn4/D)

46 Bruegelian

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (XvL8K)

47 Looks like one of the dogs didn't make it.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (9MUFz)

48 Venison? AGAIN?

Posted by: The kids, six months from now at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

49 You know who could paint really well ,but of course the art world critics try to downplay his work, was Winston Churchill. He took his painting seriously and was as good as any of his contemporaries imho. I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (KC5Lt)

How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?

Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi)

50 This is from 1529, and Cranach was a court painter. So this is something like a photo snapped while Frederick was on vacation?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

51 The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to look like a wall. Very Escher.
Would hang, I think.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (itsE0)

52 All I can see are deer ticks.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (KC5Lt)

53 "Wouldn't it have been easier for you ladies to have just walked around?"

Posted by: The Boat Captain at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (dJeAh)

54 There’s just way too much going on in this painting. Almost makes me tired looking at it. No one particular section of it grabs my attention. No locus

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (D2O3S)

55 >>Elector Frederick the Wise

Also known as "Fredrick the Wise."

Posted by: one hour sober at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (J4Dwc)

56 He's definitely a talented artist but the changes in perspective bother me.

Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (lCppi)

57 Those are giants in the boat or these are miniature deer.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (KC5Lt)

58 "How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?"
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Unfortunately, refrigerators, much less, refrigerator magnets were exceedingly rare in 1930s Britain.

Posted by: Solemn narrator voice at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

59 The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to look like a wall. Very Escher.
Would hang, I think.
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026

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Over to the right, where the stream rounds the circular bit of land? Yes, the water appears to be climbing, but it's not painted as a waterfall.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

60 Doe !!

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (KC5Lt)

61 Over to the right, where the stream rounds the circular bit of land? Yes, the water appears to be climbing, but it's not painted as a waterfall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
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If this was painted in 1529, then Isaac Newton hadn't invented gravity yet.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

62 "How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?"
++++

Unfortunately, refrigerators, much less, refrigerator magnets were exceedingly rare in 1930s Britain.
Posted by: Solemn narrator voice at July 02, 2026

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They had literal iceboxes, though, didn't they? And ice deliveries?

Winston was indeed a multifaceted fellow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

63 Imagine you're a stag. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little stag lips down to the cool clear water... WHOOSH! A fuckin arrow rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

64 Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise

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When Does The Stripper Arrive? - a limerick

The stag party of wise elector Fred
Was a 'do' for the ages they said
He kew right from the start
That she stole away his hart
"Let's hunt! For tomorrow we wed!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (I0N4X)

65 There's a lot of deer on that island. It might capsize.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

66 54 There’s just way too much going on in this painting. Almost makes me tired looking at it. No one particular section of it grabs my attention. No locus
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Bofus?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (qJGuG)

67 Ah, muldoon. You've done it again.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (wn4/D)

68 The three guys at the lower edge of the painting are ready with their crossbows. The fellow at far lower right might have one too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

69 57 it's the keys.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

70 How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?
Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi)

Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art.

https://tinyurl.com/yr38krjj

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (PiwSw)

71 They're gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

72 Those are giants in the boat or these are miniature deer.
Posted by: polynikes

Ladies with big hats.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

73 This is an interesting painting partly for the style and period and partly for how complete the scene is. Every aspect of the hunt and the participants is included and recognizable. I found myself studying it to notice more and more detail. It's rather remarkable.

It's easy to imagine this as a huge tapestry.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

74 62 (w.c. fields voice) "i'm gonna get a frigidaaiire!"

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

75 Is that an 18' canoe in a 20' creek?

Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (G3lOb)

76 "Wouldn't it have been easier for you ladies to have just walked around?"
Posted by: The Boat Captain at July 02, 2026

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All it would take is for one stag to slam into the boat, and SPLOOSH! Lots of wet velvet, linen, and lace. Not to mention wet wigs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

77
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise

Is he the guy that invented the potato chip?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)

78 Is it really a hunt if its held at a petting zoo on an island ?

Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (bKVsz)

79 Brings Grandma Moses to mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

80 It seems Lucas wanted to show off his painting skills. There's a castle, mountains, trees, cathedral, island, water, animals, people, a boat, etc. It's like an audition for art school. "Let me in, I can paint anything you want!"

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wn4/D)

81 11 Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM

>>>I know y'all want to know -

https://tinyurl.com/47t652d6

A Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacri Romani Imperii Princeps Elector; German: Kurfürst [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁst] pl. Kurfürsten [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstn̩], from the Middle High German kure "choice" and the German Fürst "prince") was a member of the Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire, which elected the Holy Roman Emperor, initially according to formally unregulated customs, and since 1356 in accordance with provisions of the Golden Bull. The office was abolished in 1806, upon the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

From the 13th century onwards, a small group of prince-electors gained the privilege of electing the King of the Romans. The king would then later be crowned Emperor by the pope. Charles V (elected in 1519) was the last emperor to be crowned (1530); his successors assumed the title "Elected Emperor of the Romans" (German: erwählter Römischer Kaiser; Latin: electus Romanorum imperator) upon their coronation as kings.

Posted by: Gref at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (5rh/l)

82 Thanks for the limerick, muldoon. It was doe-lightful!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

83 The Met-
The Stag Hunt painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder is historically significant as it depicts a hunting scene involving the Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony, reflecting the cultural and social practices of the time, particularly the importance of hunting among the nobility. Additionally, it serves as a visual memento of an actual hunt that took place in 1497, showcasing Cranach's role as a court painter and his connection to prominent historical figures

Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (NpAcC)

84 you put your little stag lips down to the cool clear water... WHOOSH! A fuckin arrow rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces!
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Good lord, were these those explosive arrows fired by Rambo?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (3cUTc)

85 Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise

Is he the guy that invented the potato chip?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)

I thought that was the Earl of Utz.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

86 Obviously this painting needs a few changes.

Can we get a female model to repaint Frederick? Also, she should be black

Posted by: Netflix at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

87 BTW…. What is a stag, exactly? I thought it was a wild party… that kinda looks like a party going on in the picture; lots of mingling

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (D2O3S)

88 Psycho, how is Mrs. Psycho? I saw in the last thread you were taking her to the ER.

Sub-100 requirement: plenty of deer in that picture.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (wn4/D)

89 Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise

Is he the guy that invented the potato chip?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)

I thought that was the Earl of Utz.

Ahem

Posted by: Baron Von Lays at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)

90 We must all stand together and reject this art.

Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (G3lOb)

91 Cranach painted the best known portrait of Martin Luther. If it's accurate, Luther doesn't look like a fun guy.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

92 We must all stand together and reject this art.
Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (G3lOb)
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I stand with Weasel.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (wn4/D)

93 I'll paint any scene for 99.95 !!!

Posted by: The Midieval Earl Scheib at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (bKVsz)

94 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM
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Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: The Prince of Pringle at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

95 Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (wn4/D)
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Thank you bluebell.

Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (G3lOb)

96 How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?
Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi)

Besides being worth a small fortune, it's a piece of history beyond just painting. ( reason they sell for so high)

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

97 Inspiration for the hunt scene is Planet of the Apes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

98 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (D2O3S)

99 94 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM
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Stay in your lane, pal.
Posted by: The Prince of Pringle at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

Well I never.

Posted by: The Margrave of Charles Chips at July 02, 2026 09:56 AM (PiwSw)

100 100

Posted by: doug at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Hy+R4)

101 Posers - the lot of you.

Posted by: The Viscount of Lay at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (bKVsz)

102 I'll paint any scene for 99.95 !!!

Really? Bang Bang Bang

Because I'll do it for $5000 plus gratuity

I'll do oil painting
I'll do acrylic painting
I'll even do finger painting

But you best have that $5000 plus gratuity

bang

Posted by: DeAndre Holmes at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

103 Stags have a penis, does have a vagina.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE)

104 I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM
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It was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona.

Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Hieronymus Bosch before he discovered LSD.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (snZF9)

106 Cranach painted the best known portrait of Martin Luther. If it's accurate, Luther doesn't look like a fun guy.
Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvN

Reminded me that Parliament commissioned a painting of Churchill for his 80th birthday. It was done by an English abstract / portrait painter Graham Sutherland. Churchill hated it with a passion. Never hung it and his family burned it a year after it was painted.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (KC5Lt)

107 Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM

Bluebell, could you send me grammie's info?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (kgE5c)

108 Stags have a penis, does have a vagina.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE)

Stop with your cis-gender hatred !!!

Posted by: Stag in a Mini Skirt at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (bKVsz)

109 particularly the importance of hunting among the nobility.
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Here's something I learned recently, medieval livestock was much smaller than what we have today.
So, butchering the cow, which you relied upon for milk and to plow, wasn't just a huge loss, you got quite a bit less meat than a modern cow.
Like selling the family's only car for a week's worth of groceries.
And all the other livestock was smaller.
Which is why so much of their diet was (involuntarily) vegan.

And why the killing of the king's deer by serfs was so grave a crime:
Meat was hard to come by for everyone.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (3cUTc)

110 Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art.

https://tinyurl.com/yr38krjj
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (PiwSw)

thanks. I just looked it up= definitely going on my 'buy' list.

Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (lCppi)

111 My cousin, the Earl of Utz, did too create the potato chip. We sorta go together.

Posted by: Earl of Sandwich at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)

112 Will do, RMBS!

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wn4/D)

113 Stags have a penis, does have a vagina.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026

***
Who does?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

114 Star Parker: Smooth Operator Mamdani Seduces Confused Voters With Sugar-Coated Lies

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"Smooth"? Now, slimey I could see.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

115 Them's some racks!

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (Fi81e)

116 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (3cUTc)

Thus the Legend of Robin Hood.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (KC5Lt)

117 Bravo Muldoon

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sgkY8)

118 107 Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM

Bluebell, could you send me grammie's info?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM
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Likewise.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

119 I was reading more on Craig Robertson and the news stories in the FNM from the time he was shot. This is the guy that made a vague threat about Biden and so the Junta sent an assault team to kill him.

The FNM stories all follow the same pattern:

The government monitored him for months because he said bad things.
He made specific threats
He had a gun

Therefore he deserved the assault squad showing up at his house and it was his own fault that he got shot because he didn't immediately surrender.

And looking at 2026 this is surreal. If Trump adopted this standard hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lefties would be also getting assault squads at their door with many of them also getting shot.

Meanwhile on lefty forums I see the argument that a a few decades in jail for trying to assassinate a federal agent is fascism.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

120 I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026
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It was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona.
Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026

***
Easy to toast chips when you're crossing the desert.

Posted by: Horse With No Name at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

121 Another layers and layers of fact checking story.

ESPN Pulls Story Claiming NFL’s Mike Pennel Was Under Investigation for Murder in Dominican Republic

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

122 Bet you'll never see THAT artist's name in a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick Lover

Lucas der Ältere Cranach

***********

Odor? Why, I hardly Even Knew 'Er - a limerick

HerrLucas Cranach the Elder
Spied a young maid, he beheld her
He thought she'd be his wife
for the rest of his life
Until he took a sniff and he smelled her!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)

123 Would you say I have a plethora of stags?
Posted by: Frederic The Wise at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM

Ja, Frederick, du hast ein Plethora!

Posted by: Frederick's Person of Hench at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (kgE5c)

124 Your job is to wear the stag costume to draw the others out. If all goes well, you'll be the last one standing...

Posted by: t-bird at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (XFXIk)

125 Star Parker: Smooth Operator Mamdani Seduces Confused Voters With Sugar-Coated Lies

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Not what I had in mind!

Posted by: Sade at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

126 Will do, RMBS!
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM

Thanks!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (kgE5c)

127 Morning.

This painting kind of annoys me. Size and scale are all fucked I'm. Was the Elector of whatsitcalled like two feet tall?

I dunno, I find it weirdly offputting.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (a+7LQ)

128 t was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona.
Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026

***
Easy to toast chips when you're crossing the desert.
Posted by: Horse With No Name at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM
*****
Sitting right here, pal.

Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

129 Likewise.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
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Just sent it! And to RMBS as well.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (wn4/D)

130 The two guys at the bottom of the painting look like they are to get friendly with each other.

Posted by: dantesed at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (Oy/m2)

131 Best common brand of chips?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

132 Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. He was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony, and Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)

133 Another layers and layers of fact checking story.

ESPN Pulls Story Claiming NFL’s Mike Pennel Was Under Investigation for Murder in Dominican Republic
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

When writers are too lazy to even skim whatever bullshit the AI pumps out.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:05 AM (a+7LQ)

134 Odor? Why, I hardly Even Knew 'Er - a limerick

HerrLucas Cranach the Elder
Spied a young maid, he beheld her
He thought she'd be his wife
for the rest of his life
Until he took a sniff and he smelled her!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)
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I knew if you were around you wouldn't be able to resist the bat signal, lol! Well done.

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (wn4/D)

135 Bravo muldoon!
Bravo!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)

136 It's like a digital Pearl Harbor.

Sony Playstation Deletes 551 Movies Customers Already Paid For

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

137 ICE has issued a memo requiring 2,000 detentions a day.
They are hitting that target.

The goal by Miller is 3k a day.

So, they're on track for 750k a year.
Aiming for 1+ million a year.

And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving.
And no more are being let in.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (3cUTc)

138 131 Best common brand of chips?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

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Until the bubble pops, Nvidia.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (PiwSw)

139 That talent is scary, muldoon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (kgE5c)

140 I read a history of the Holy Roman Empire a few years ago. Interesting stuff. It was actually a more effective institution than people give it credit for.

Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

141 It's like a digital Pearl Harbor.

Sony Playstation Deletes 551 Movies Customers Already Paid For
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

This is why I will never part with my collection. I have four editions of Ghostbusters and you will only pry them from my cold, dead hands.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:07 AM (a+7LQ)

142 129 Likewise.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
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Just sent it! And to RMBS as well.
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM
#######
Thank you!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

143 Cape Cod chips are the best.

Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

144 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet

You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (OUMaO)

145 Quite a busy painting. I like the green shrubbery though. I don't know if this is by Cranach the Elder or the younger Cranach . I think the elder has a nice painting of Christ and the Samaritan Woman by the well, and I generally prefer the way the younger one paints people, including one lovely one of a woman with red hair and an apple tree (? )by her head. Can't look it up now, though because I'm on my way out.

Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (D+BhG)

146 And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving.
And no more are being let in.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM
++++

For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of all the winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)

147 NEW: DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN.

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Well, he'll probably invent a perpetual motion machine or something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

148 144 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet

You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (OUMaO)

LOL.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (PiwSw)

149 You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (kgE5c)

150 Cape Cod chips are the best.
Posted by: Bulg
_________

Anything sour cream and onion.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (XvL8K)

151 Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle chips are good.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)

152 Ack, typo!

"He kew right from the start"

should be:

"He gnu right from the start!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

153 110 ... " Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art."

Shadout Mapes,
I love that book. Churchill's account of his first attempt at painting is hilarious and his explanation of the value of a hobby should be required reading. Add to that the man was an excellent artist.

There is a Kindle version for three dollars. I enjoyed it so much I got a hardcover edition.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw)

154 Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (wn4/D)

Likewise - just sent you a request.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

155 JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.

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How French are they?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

156 "DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN."
_______

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

157 139 he has an i ching calculator.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

158 Can we deer stand together and eat this art?

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (Wejm4)

159 Cape Cod chips are the best.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026

***
As a teen I loved Ann Parker chips, A & P's house brand. They came in a big tin like those Christmas gift snacks do now, except in pure white with the A & P logo on them.

A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)

160 JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.

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How French are they?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
__________

Visions of Caddyshack pool scene.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K)

161 history of the Holy Roman Empire a few years ago. Interesting stuff. It was actually old greek homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Kt19C)

162 NEW: DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN.

The left: Trump and the Epstein class are pedos and need to be removed now!

Also the left: So what if this guy had sex with a 10 year old. I mean some people did some things you can't just send him to jail or out of the country

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

163 JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.

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How French are they?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury!

Attack mimes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (Aa6+n)

164 Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
Lucas der Ältere Cranach

The Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise is a celebrated 1529 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The expansive bird's-eye view depicts a lavish courtly hunting excursion featuring the Elector, Emperor Maximilian I, and Elector Johann the Steadfast in a detailed woodland and river landscape.

The iconic painting—housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna—was likely commissioned by Johann the Steadfast as a visual memorial. It commemorates a historic 1497 gathering and hunt where the Saxon princes were guests at Emperor Maximilian's court in Innsbruck. The artwork masterfully juxtaposes the festive, aristocratic atmosphere of a successful outing with the natural pathos and brutality of the hunt.
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32 years later, when Johann the Steadfast was well on the road to not so.

However, Johann/John was also notable for organizing the Lutheran Church in Saxony at both governmental and administrative levels.
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Very interesting but I'd pass hanging as it's a bit too much, like Richard Scary kids' puzzles.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v)

165 A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Shoot, that sounds inviting at 29...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (OUMaO)

166 *Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle*

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

167 HEB makes their own potato chips. They're not bad but nothing special.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

168 ICE has issued a memo requiring 2,000 detentions a day.
They are hitting that target.

The goal by Miller is 3k a day.

So, they're on track for 750k a year.
Aiming for 1+ million a year.

And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving.
And no more are being let in.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (3cUTc)

Woo hoo! Top cities with illegal aliens: Portland (mainly Ukrainians), New Orleans (Philippines), Atlanta (Ukraine); Detroit (India); Baltimore (phillipines), LA (Nicaragua, Mexico), SF (china), Arizona (Mexico), NY (Haiti), El Paso (all), San Diego (Mexico), Laredo (Mexico), Miami (Haiti). That's only 150 / day from each of these cities. This doesn't even include all the illegal Canadians hanging out in the northern cities, or anyone in Minneapolis, Seattle or most of the east coast.

Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (lCppi)

169 Also from Germany:

they are going to outlaw calling in sick

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (jjSWr)

170 A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Shoot, that sounds inviting at 29...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026

***
At thirteen you don't care about calories. (Or at least I didn't. I'd gain weight during the summer and lose it again when I went back to school.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

171 JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.

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How French are they?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM

Went on the attack? "French" men. From the very, very south of France.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)

172 This looks like an illustration of Mark twain’s criticism of james fenimore cooper

Posted by: Oglebay at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (EqyD7)

173 Russia’s Top Banker Begs Putin to End Ukraine War: “Economy Simply Cannot Survive”

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I foresee him falling out of a window.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

174 Where's Waldo?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

175 As a kid I ate potato chips in a certain order.

Put chips in mouth
Take drink of soda
Chew the chips with the soda and swallow

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (KC5Lt)

176 Trap em on a island and set the dogs at em. Nice sportsmanship.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (sl73Y)

177 I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.

Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

178 @OilHeadlineNews
THE EIA EXPECTS GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY TO OUTPACE DEMAND THROUGH 2027, FORECASTING HIGHER INVENTORIES AND LOWER PRICES, WITH BRENT AVERAGING ABOUT $57.69/BBL IN 2026 AND AROUND $53/BBL IN 2027.

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Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April.

Months is forever in politics except when it comes to oil and gas prices in Spring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 10:20 AM (hWfuL)

179 I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

Golly!

Posted by: Yutes Today at July 02, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

180 The Great Potato Chip Heist of 1967: That summer my mother decided we kids were eating too much junk food. Rather than just not buy it, as she loved a nosh or two herself, she put a padlock on the kitchen cabinet with the goodies.

I, fresh off the first season of Mission: Impossible, took this as a challenge. At first I removed the drawer above and could reach down in. She nailed a board to the end of the drawer to prevent this.

Further inspection revealed that the cabinet doors had enough play that I could unscrew the hasp itself and open the cabinet at will, then reinstall the screws before we went to bed.

Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9)

181 Empty Charles Chips cans were the Amazon boxes of their day.

Posted by: Way back when at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

182 At thirteen you don't care about calories. (Or at least I didn't. I'd gain weight during the summer and lose it again when I went back to school.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

So many nice things about being 13 that I didn’t appreciate when I was that age. Isn’t that always the way…if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S)

183 170 "extra sugar, extra salt, extra oil and the msg!"

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)

184 Empty Charles Chips cans were the Amazon boxes of their day.
Posted by: Way back when at July 02, 2026

***
I think Pretzel Perfects (white chocolate-covered pretzels) came in a tin too.

(*Of course* we called them Pretzel Perverts! What else could you expect?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

185 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S

A perpetual erection was frustrating though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt)

186 The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (itsE0)
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Understanding of perspective came later. This is still medievalist.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e)

187 Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9)

She was secretly teaching you valuable life skills in cabinetry hardware and persistence.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (wVcYX)

188 175 but did you make wishes on the foldy ones?

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)

189 Isn't it interesting that the painter clearly seems to be able to depict colour and lighting very effectively and is trying to show distance but is still squarely in that stunted medieval perspective?

Posted by: stv at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (ODbzh)

190 A perpetual erection was frustrating though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt)
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See your doctor.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e)

191 if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was

Learning how to talk to a woman you might be interested in is a skill. Something very few 13 year olds have.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)

192 I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer

Charles Chips

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (lJ0H4)

193 Some of you might remember Charles Chips

sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr)

194 Looks a lot like that "Lazy River" pool from a recent ONT. Kind of cartoonish.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (1z8ji)

195 Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April."

There's only one thing to say, then...

Prometheus.

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (XuXeR)

196 Chips

from a truck

uphill both ways

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr)

197 Some of you might remember Charles Chips

sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr)

We were way cooler.

Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:27 AM (wVcYX)

198 . . . Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026
*
She was secretly teaching you valuable life skills in cabinetry hardware and persistence.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026

***
That was the end result for sure. All of this went on without any discussion of the topic. The padlock simply appeared one day. Then, after she realized I could reach inside by removing the drawer, the board nailed to the end of it occurred without announcement or fanfare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:27 AM (wzUl9)

199 I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer

Charles Chips
Posted by: Tuna
__________

I've got a Grippos can from that time, but I think every decent sized city had its own potato chip maker back in the day.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (XvL8K)

200 We were way cooler.
Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026

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Whatever happened to your ice milk?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

201 Some of you might remember Charles Chips"

Ah...no. oh well.

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (XuXeR)

202 I ate pretzels more than potato chips as a kid. I don't eat potato chips at all as an adult.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (KC5Lt)

203 Besides A & P, we had a company called Dickey's Potato Chips. They didn't come in a can, but in a plastic bag in every grocery and vending machine in town.

Their plant was just outside the French Quarter, not far from the river. When we visited a park over there, we could smell the delicious aroma.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

204 1. Take one medium sized buffalo.
2. Cut into really thin slices
3. Heat canola oil to 450°
4. Fry slices a few at a time until golden brown
5. Remove from oil and lay on paper towels
6. Salt to taste

Voila! Buffalo chips!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (I0N4X)

205 Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April.

Months is forever in politics except when it comes to oil and gas prices in Spring.
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I'm still not over Trump being forced to resign in disgrace because the price of eggs went over $8 a dozen and never, ever came back down.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (3cUTc)

206 Chips from a truck?

We had them in the vending machines at school. Lunch in high school was a bag of chips, a (full size!) Snickers and a Pepsi.

Has she known, Mom would've had a conniption.

Posted by: GenX at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (JCLJi)

207 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins.

Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

208 Some of you might remember Charles Chips

sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr)
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With Charles in Charge.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e)

209 German Renaissance art to potato chips. Amazing transition. It can only happen on AoSHQ.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)

210 After 200, so willowed from the Morning Report thread-

261 Trans people are mentally ill people. It's easy to persuade them to butcher themselves, and when most of the blood dries they are still mentally ill. This group of people hate themselves, and everybody else. They are the kamikazes of the democommies.
Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:31 AM (LHPAg)

211 Whatever happened to your ice milk?"

Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate satin draped frane...

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:32 AM (XuXeR)

212 I recently had the Pringle's Carolina BBQ chips.

For Pringles, they aren't that bad, and actually get some of the flavor.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e)

213 Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt)

214 207 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins.
Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)
Wasn't gross just on the margins, it was gross through and through.

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

215 I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026

***
"Gee, Pops, how'd they get the dinosaur to move so fast?" (Nyuuck, nyuck, nyuck)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9)

216 213 Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt)

Mrs. OCiS scoops vanilla and strawberry, leaves the chocolate. She is not a fan of chocolate at all.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (N39Ws)

217 In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (jjSWr)

218 Boil water warning for LA Koreatown. Re elect mayor bass!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (Kt19C)

219 Presuming the sort of peace in Hormouz holds the oil price spike will be long over and not have any impact on the election.

Why its almost like this Trump guy understands the political game.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

220 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (N39Ws)

We would get along well.

Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (KC5Lt)

221 181 was that the same as "charles roast?"

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)

222 Trans people are mentally ill people. It's easy to persuade them to butcher themselves, and when most of the blood dries they are still mentally ill. This group of people hate themselves, and everybody else. They are the kamikazes of the democommies.
Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg)
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They're starting to behave like standard delusionals.

Not all delusionals will attack you if you deny their reality, but some will. Some will also try to destroy themselves when they realize the world doesn't match up to their delusion.

Both trends are present in trannies.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (Fi81e)

223 She is not a fan of chocolate at all."

A fine woman, then. Tho I did like the chocolate pecan pie the other day...

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)

224 Strawberry ice cream is harder to get right then chocolate or vanilla.

Many brands just make it sweet with no real strawberry flavor.

But GOOD strawberry ice cream? Now that's the good stuff.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm)

225 *peeks in*

*wonders what dafuq is going on with this "art" thread*

Posted by: Doof at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (1YtbS)

226 Saratoga Potato Chips (Saratoga Springs, NY), created in 1853, are considered the first potato chips ever made.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (N39Ws)

227 Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?
Posted by: polynikes
___________

No, but I did just yell at the wife for picking all of the M&Ms out of jar of trail mix.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (XvL8K)

228 wonders what dafuq is going on with this "art" thread"

Well, there are limits to what one can do with Prussian venison.

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR)

229 Lunch in high school was a bag of chips, a (full size!) Snickers and a Pepsi.

**********

I'll see you and raise you a Hostess cherry pie and a 16 oz. carton of chocolate milk.

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (I0N4X)

230 Polynikes and man -
Others out there that don't like chocolate. And all these years I thought Mrs OCiS was a unicorn.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (N39Ws)

231 Spumoni.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (afJtY)

232 Remember when just signing the MOU meant that Iran would get an immediate wire transfer of $300 billion?

"@Osint613
Responding to reports that $3 billion in Iranian funds would be unfrozen, a U.S. official tells the Jerusalem Post:

"No frozen funds have been released and no frozen funds will be released unless Iran meets the requirements outlined in the MOU. As the MOU outlines, the United States must approve how the funds are used. If Iranian assets are released, they will be used to purchase American agricultural products from American farmers to feed the Iranian people.""

Oh, and they can't sell their oil despite the waivers, so they're not even making money on that.

"@business
A hoard of Iranian oil is building up at sea, as the Islamic Republic struggles to find buyers before the expiry of a 60-day window granted by Washington"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (hWfuL)

233 ‘Stag hunt?”

[perks up]

James Talacreepo

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (5eUqU)

234 M. C. Escher walked to school uphill, both ways.

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (Fi81e)

235 If you're ever driving on I-81 in Virginia, visit Route 11 Chips in Mount Jackson (exit 269), see their factory, and gorge yourself on a variety of free samples.
WARNING: there's a Buc-ee's near Harrisonburg now.

Posted by: Snack Food PSA at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

236 Damn. Now my diabetic self wants ice cream.

Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

237 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026
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Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins.
Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026

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Translation: Couldn't get the cows to stand in the refrigerated section long enough!

At ten I preferred ice cream, of course, but even an ice milk cone on a hot day from the little ice cream truck was a treat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

238 235 If you're ever driving on I-81 in Virginia, visit Route 11 Chips in Mount Jackson (exit 269), see their factory, and gorge yourself on a variety of free samples.
WARNING: there's a Buc-ee's near Harrisonburg now.
Posted by: Snack Food PSA at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

That's my route to from NH to FL. Will definitely keep that in mind for our next road trip.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (N39Ws)

239 So Frederick the Wise was a member of the Elector set?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (I0N4X)

240 Spumoni"

Gesundheit.

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (XuXeR)

241 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I got nothing.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

242 No, but I did just yell at the wife for picking all of the M&Ms out of jar of trail mix.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026

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How about picking all the raisins out of the Raisin Bran and then *throwing them away*? Raisins look to me like little dead wingless flies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)

243 It was a proud moment for Frederick venison graduated from knickers to long pants.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (I0N4X)

244 In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.
Posted by: Don Black

We had an old guy do that in St. Louis growing up. Had a push cart with a sharpening wheel. Must have been '68 or '69.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (kvW9k)

245 So Frederick the Wise was a member of the Elector set?"

A real Gilbert.

Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)

246 If you have election for more then four hours call your doctor!

Posted by: The warning on viagra in Japan at July 02, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm)

247 If you have election for more then four hours call your doctor!

Posted by: The warning on viagra in Japan at July 02, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm)
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Hello, doc,...

Posted by: California at July 02, 2026 10:45 AM (Fi81e)

248 190 "(do some pushups, it'll go away)"

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

249 Some of you might remember Charles Chips

sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr)

I forgot about them. Shit yeah, they were good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:46 AM (snZF9)

250 191 i think my technique involved kicking their shins and running.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)

251 Just heard that more people die in Europe from a lack of A/C than Americans die by gun deaths.

A real savings there, huh, Europe?

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:48 AM (Fi81e)

252 Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (1z8ji)

253 Electors were just royalty in charge of a country/state. There wasn't that many.
Not long a podcast on the Empire, can't remember which podcast it was on

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (sgkY8)

254 In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.
Posted by: Don Black

We had an old guy do that in St. Louis growing up. Had a push cart with a sharpening wheel. Must have been '68 or '69.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (kvW9k)

That sounds about right. I was really young and remember the guy from my grandmother's neighbor hood in NJ. Back then a lot of the knives were the good carbon steel and a lot of the women in the neighborhood would all be hanging around the dude's cart getting knives sharpened and uh..gossiping. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:50 AM (snZF9)

255 252 Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM
****

On my way.

Posted by: Bill Murray at July 02, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

256 Just heard that more people die in Europe from a lack of A/C than Americans die by gun deaths.

A real savings there, huh, Europe?

Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:48 AM (Fi81e)

A brit did the math. 15,000 gun deaths verses 60,000 heat deaths.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:52 AM (snZF9)

257 252 Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (1z8ji)

Send it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:52 AM (N39Ws)

258 Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April.

I'm waiting for the yoots to notice that rents are dropping and not because of muh socialism.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

259 Found it
Prime & Load A guide to the Holy Roman Empire
6 May 2026

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (sgkY8)

260 34 ... m "I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life."

polynikes,
Which documentary and is it on YT? Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (yTvNw)

261 168. Woo hoo! Top cities with illegal aliens:

Posted by: LASue

You gotta be kidding me. NE and SW Philadelphia are swamped, and it's bleeding quickly to the ring counties.

Southwest Philly is basically African culture; the NE is Ukrainian and a mix of many others. (It's especially obviously in the NE Philly public schools bursting at the seams like no other area, while others are practically empty or rapidly losing school age population.)

My county has been the preferred living site by Liberian warlords. No kidding.

AI Overview: These warlords weaponized the system by hiding among the tens of thousands of innocent Liberian refugees who legitimately fled the civil wars and legally settled in Southwest Philadelphia and Delaware County.

It explains exactly why local trust in the immigration system fractured. While the vast majority of the community arrived through legitimate federal refugee programs, the reality that top-tier war criminals managed to slip through the cracks, obtain legal status under false pretenses, and blend into the Philly suburbs for decades is a stark reminder of the system's vulnerabilities.

That and Philadelphia International Airport.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

262 Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."

Posted by: Now it's making sense at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

263 229 three ice cream sandwiches and three half pints of milk (subsidized, the milk was a few cents) all through junior high. unless you bought a hot meal ticket from the dark market. chicken ala king!

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)

264 The HRE electors were the ones that got to vote for who the next emperor would be

It wasn't directly tied to their power as an independent state within the HRE though which is interesting.

Bohemia, Saxony, Brandenburg, Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, Cologne.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm)

265 if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S)

So, your aim is to be expelled on the first day of school and put on a list?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)

266 And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (jjSWr)

267 Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."
Posted by: Now it's making sense

Yeah.
Posted by: The Mailman

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (kvW9k)

268 On Spotify or Apple Podcasts maybe other places

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sgkY8)

269 Doesn't look like hunting. Looks like it's set up for people to kill something just for the sake of killing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (g8Ew8)

270 And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday
Posted by: Don Black

I miss the big Folgers cans.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (kvW9k)

271 the local chips here have always been jay's. they are perfect.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)

272 Our local frozen custard place’s flavor of the week is “Red, White and Blue”.

May need to get some just because of that and I don’t even know what red white or blue tastes like.

Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (Wmg4n)

273 Spumoni.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (afJtY)

Nice, if you can find it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

274 240 kumzoutloose.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)

275 242 way more fun than buying bran flakes.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

276 Big cans are good.

Posted by: Jayne Mansfield at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

277 The HRE electors were the ones that got to vote for who the next emperor would be

It wasn't directly tied to their power as an independent state within the HRE though which is interesting.

Bohemia, Saxony, Brandenburg, Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, Cologne.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm)
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Bavaria was made into an electorate during the 30 Years' War, to get another Catholic elector.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (amcLV)

278 Charles Chips has a website

you can purchase online

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (jjSWr)

279 https://tinyurl.com/5d4vzazr
Link to Spotify Prime & Load Podcast on HRE

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (sgkY8)

280 I miss the big Folgers cans.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (kvW9k)

You can still get them. But they're plastic and not air tight, and they cost $142.50.

Posted by: GenX at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (JCLJi)

281 "because you might need a big can someday"

Yo!

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (Q3Z2/)

282 214 207 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins.
Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)
Wasn't gross just on the margins, it was gross through and through.

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

Ice milk is from Stan. I remember when McD's changed their soft serve to ice milk (they say it was just low-fat, but the texture changed, so I call BS.) Their caramel sundae was my go to cheap treat from its introduction, but the first spoonful after the change was my last one.

Dangit. Now I want one....

Posted by: goozer at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (eTh1u)

283 24 north part of this town (affluent) still has the pedal trike with the grinding wheel. he gets a dollar an inch, just like paolo.
i'm at the southern border.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)

284 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

285 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (kvW9k)

286 267 Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."
Posted by: Now it's making sense

Yeah.
Posted by: The Mailman

I agree.
Posted by: The Milkman

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (/enuJ)

287 246 i tried those once, got stuck in my throat.
had a stiff neck for a week.

Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (R11M+)

288 And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (jjSWr)

Nah, just marry one with big cans.

Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (wVcYX)

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