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James Lucas
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This is not a photograph, and it's not an oil painting. It might be the most unbelievable watercolor ever made...

It's called Sommarnöje, which means something like Summer Delight, and Anders Zorn painted it in 1886. Look at the water, the gentle ripples, the reflections, the wet sheen of it, and then look at the two people, the fine detail of the wooden rowboat, the woman's white dress, the light on her face.

It has the near-photographic realism of an oil painting, and it was done in watercolor, a medium so unforgiving that a single wrong stroke ruins the entire piece.

Zorn painted this in the first summer of his marriage: the woman in white waiting on the pier is his new wife, Emma, whom he had married only months before. They had just come back from their honeymoon and were staying with her family at Dalarö near Stockholm, still looking for the home where they would spend their life. The man rowing toward her is their friend Carl Gustav Dahlström. It is a real moment from the happiest season of a young couple's life, caught and held forever.

In 2010 this single sheet of watercolor sold for twenty-six million Swedish kronor, over three million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a Swedish painting.

In his own lifetime, Zorn was celebrated above all for two things: his handling of light, and his ability to paint water. Sommarnöje is where you see exactly why...


A larger and higher resolution version can be found here.

Cat casita. You know they're not going to appreciate it.

The Sphinx of Elm Street.

King of the Domestic Jungle.

A riding elephant says it's time for his break, citing union rules.

Polar bear cub enjoys a swim.

Duplicat.

i halp

Drivin' dogs.

Hint, hint.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM




Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Will give it my same comment as I did on Substack. With watercolor, you don't paint the white parts. You let the paper do that. If you look, you can see how he used light grey to shape the dress.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 08, 2026 07:23 PM (bkuEU)

3 Trump is no good! He stop the H-1Bs by raising cost!

Posted by: John Fletcher at September 08, 2026 07:23 PM (88C+u)

4 The watercolor is amazing. And it is the most difficult medium. I am self taught and soft pastels and acrylics are easier if you make a mistake.

Wow!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 08, 2026 07:23 PM (hzuYO)

5 "Zorn was celebrated above all for two things: his handling of light, and his ability to paint water"

Every time I tried to paint water, the paint just dissolved and floated away. Then somebody told me about water primer.

Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 07:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

6 Beautiful painting. Thanks ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 08, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

7
Willowed OT oldie but goodie: The world's greatest fruit seller.

https://tinyurl.com/5bkjvabf

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 08, 2026 07:26 PM (y9nCu)

8 Guy picking fruit is now a paraplegic. Good job rotten little dog!

Posted by: Felix the Cat at September 08, 2026 07:26 PM (Fn+3X)

9 The little man in the boat has been found!!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2026 07:27 PM (WXg6e)

10 One notable thing weird about Egyptians, they only ever showed 2 dimensional, flat figures from the side. They couldn't paint or watercolor too well. They had working with granite down pretty good though.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2026 07:27 PM (+/Ezd)

11 Zorn famous for his color palette.

He used only titanium white, ivory black, vermillion and yellow ochre.

Posted by: polynikes at September 08, 2026 07:28 PM (KC5Lt)

12 Emma might have a bustle in her hedgerow.

Posted by: Zepparella at September 08, 2026 07:28 PM (Fn+3X)

13 We're on a boat mutha fucker

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:28 PM (/+uur)

14 Top image:

Watercolor? Really? Holy crap.

I am not a very good painter, but watercolor was the most trying. That is amazing work.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at September 08, 2026 07:28 PM (0aYVJ)

15 Bitch
chu eat lunch cause we be trollin this afternoon

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:29 PM (/+uur)

16 Golden's know they will never be in trouble for long because they are so cute.

Sort of my attitude with my father into college. He could blow a fuse with me right there, totally calm, as he yelled like a Marine. Then look at me, smile, and say, "I don't think you are afraid of the devil himself." No, I'm not, actually.

He always got over it quickly my entire life. So does my dude, and I don't wag my tail like a Golden!

He was perfectly happy stealing the stick and ladder because he could.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 08, 2026 07:29 PM (hzuYO)

17 B O A T
Bring
On
Another
Thot

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:30 PM (/+uur)

18 Looks like wedding dog found some cowflop or dead rabbit to roll around in.

Posted by: gp at September 08, 2026 07:30 PM (Jr5Lq)

19 Yikes - thought for sure Goldy carrying the forked hoe was gonna catch that on the fence. Whew!

Posted by: Ginny at September 08, 2026 07:30 PM (hyQrc)

20 After the 'Arena' Star Trek episode, Gorn had extreme difficulty finding work. After switching careers and adopting an alias, Zorn found himself a new gig.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2026 07:30 PM (WXg6e)

21 He used only titanium white, ivory black, vermillion and yellow ochre.

He painted his happy little ripples wherever he wanted. You paint yours in your painting.

Posted by: Howdy at September 08, 2026 07:30 PM (pKKaQ)

22 Imagine paying some dude for a painting of you and your bride in your new boat, and he spends 3 months painting ripples.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 07:31 PM (yIb5h)

23 2 Will give it my same comment as I did on Substack. With watercolor, you don't paint the white parts. You let the paper do that. If you look, you can see how he used light grey to shape the dress.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 08, 2026 07:23 PM (bkuEU)

*******
The folds of the dress are perfection.

Have seen photos and in museums how sculptors can make marble look like lace and fabric. That blows my mind.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 08, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)

24 A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread—and Thou
with 2 Garcia Ambassador 5500 Cs on Lews Speed Stick

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

25 Bride has some gams!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB)

26 Anders Zorn is the most kick-ass painter! Got to visit his house and museum in Sweden, and also saw a showing of his work in San Francisco's Legion Of Honor. While this watercolor is superb, the one I fell in love with is "The Thorn Bush" which is just as realistic. He was a contemporary of John Singer Sargent, whom he met while visiting America. Also famed for working with a limited palette, supposedly only using four colors, which I doubt was the case with every single one of his paintings. You know damn well he had ultramarine blue lurking in his studio at some point.

Posted by: tankascribe at September 08, 2026 07:33 PM (NtoJk)

27
Diana is a happy girl. Mommy is home.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:33 PM (eRlcH)

28 Not an OSHA dog.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2026 07:34 PM (Cqx++)

29 1916 AssMaster Classic

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

30 Unsurprisingly, the second painting in the series, of the moment she fell between the rowboat and the dock, has been lost to history.

Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2026 07:35 PM (kU0PQ)

31 25 Bride has some gams!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

And she knows it!

Posted by: Walnut Cracker at September 08, 2026 07:35 PM (Fn+3X)

32
In his own lifetime, Zorn was celebrated above all for two things: his handling of light, and his ability to paint water. Sommarnöje is where you see exactly why...

_________

White privilege

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:35 PM (eRlcH)

33 But could he paint nudes?

Posted by: Zombie Bob Guccione, Italian Greaseball andSleazeball at September 08, 2026 07:35 PM (cCXR+)

34 Andy yes, the water looks wonderful. But couldn't you make my wife a little bigger? We can hardly see her face.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (yIb5h)

35 2 happiest days in a boat owners life
the day he marry the ho
then the day he ditch her

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

36 >>>In 2010 this single sheet of watercolor sold for twenty-six million Swedish kronor, over three million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a Swedish painting.


This looks suspiciously like algebra.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (lHPJf)

37 In his own lifetime, Zorn was celebrated above all for two things: his handling of light, and his ability to paint water. Sommarnöje is where you see exactly why...

_________

White privilege
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:35 PM (eRlcH)

***

Was a great QB for the Seahawks!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (2WIwB)

38 Permission to come aboard Captain
Arrrgh
It will be me comin

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:37 PM (/+uur)

39 2 happiest days in a boat owners life
the day he marry the ho
then the day he ditch her
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

Or the day he enticed her to jump off the dock.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2026 07:37 PM (2WIwB)

40 Zorn and Largent were a good combo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 07:38 PM (m7NHf)

41 Painting is nice, but I'm more a fan of the Scandi Mental Illness Wing of the Museum.

Posted by: Munch Appreciation Society at September 08, 2026 07:38 PM (Fn+3X)

42 Little girl climbs up on elephant.

https://tinyurl.com/47m8ms6x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 07:38 PM (ndZc7)

43 Or the day he enticed her to jump off the dock.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2026 07:37 PM (2WIwB)

didnt you last wife drown at the docks TOO

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)

44 >>>In 2010 this single sheet of watercolor sold for twenty-six million Swedish kronor, over three million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a Swedish painting.

This looks suspiciously like algebra.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (lHPJf)
*******************************

Currency conversion is exactly why those perfidious hummus-eaters created algebra, to befuddle and exploit us by adding letters to numbers!

Posted by: C. Tarlson at September 08, 2026 07:39 PM (w3LRV)

45 The bride definitely proud of her legs.

Posted by: polynikes at September 08, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

46 The Scream has been stolen numerous times. Nobody has stolen the Zorn. There's a lesson in there for all of us.

Posted by: Vibrant Art Thread Junior at September 08, 2026 07:40 PM (Fn+3X)

47
It's called Sommarnöje

________

Originally called A Swedish Tragedy

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:40 PM (eRlcH)

48 Made a ham Stromboli and had to clean up pven, what a mess. But it was good

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Was a great QB for the Seahawks!

Also had Warner at RB and Largent at WR.

They should have won more.

Posted by: Howdy at September 08, 2026 07:41 PM (pKKaQ)

50 You might as well Jump
GO ahead and Jump

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

51 I sometime point this out on the art thread -- a lot of paintings are artists trying to capture the texture and light of different materials. This is why there are so many paintings of those shimmery silk gowns, or even curtains -- because they are challenging and fun to paint.

Same with sculpture -- it is often the artist trying to become the very best at showing water flowing over toes. or fabric draping from a shoulder, in marble.

This was all before photography. After photography artists spent their time painting stuff that wasn't there.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 08, 2026 07:42 PM (yIb5h)

52 I'm pretty sure that the dog who stole the ladder ended up in the stew that night.

That's branch was most of the productive part of the tree...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 08, 2026 07:43 PM (vJrRc)

53 This looks suspiciously like algebra.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 08, 2026 07:36 PM (lHPJf)

nothing is algebra
then all at one everything is algebra
Even the Cup Size comment is a quadratic

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

54 The Scream has been stolen numerous times. Nobody has stolen the Zorn. There's a lesson in there for all of us.
Posted by: Vibrant Art Thread Junior


Art thieves have terrible taste?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 08, 2026 07:45 PM (vJrRc)

55 How could this mere watercolor, probably two bucks worth of materials, be worth 3 million bucks, when I could coat an entire vehicle in high-quality enamel for $29.95?

Posted by: Earl Scheib at September 08, 2026 07:49 PM (Fn+3X)

56 That is quite the accomplishment using watercolors.

I thought it was an old photograph.
Which I’m 99% sure is what he worked off of to get that much realism.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2026 07:49 PM (6ydKt)

57 The Scream has been stolen numerous times. Nobody has stolen the Zorn. There's a lesson in there for all of us.
Posted by: Vibrant Art Thread Junior

Art thieves have terrible taste?
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Nope. Impressionist works are easy to imitate due to their lack of academic rigor. Translation: any ol' person can smear paint around on a canvas.

Posted by: tankascribe at September 08, 2026 07:50 PM (NtoJk)

58 Then somebody told me about water primer"

Is that like blinker fluid?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 07:51 PM (XuXeR)

59 Are there any Emma nudes?

Posted by: Hubba Hubba!! at September 08, 2026 07:51 PM (Fn+3X)

60 Don't even have to spring for turpentine!

Posted by: "Cheapskate" Zorn at September 08, 2026 07:52 PM (Fn+3X)

61 Or the day he enticed her to jump off the dock."

"Yes, your honor, I forgot to put the drain plug in"

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 07:53 PM (XuXeR)

62 so navier-stokes got solved by skynet

Posted by: 88C+u at September 08, 2026 07:53 PM (88C+u)

63 Don't even have to spring for turpentine!"

But do you have to slap that brush like it owes you rent?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 07:54 PM (XuXeR)

64 General of Infantry Hans Zorn, killed during Operation Kutezov?

Posted by: Dark Lix at September 08, 2026 07:54 PM (Fv808)

65 This couple at least looks pleasant. CBD has featured many Vulgar Boatmen.

Posted by: Ars Gratia Artis at September 08, 2026 07:55 PM (Fn+3X)

66 Thanks for the Zorn painting, ace. Good way to finish the day.

Posted by: Eromero at September 08, 2026 07:55 PM (UYYJi)

67 I've seen some realistic watercolor paintings of plants but nothing to match, or come close to, this painting. I can see why he switched to oils a few years later. Probably needed the rest.

Posted by: JTB at September 08, 2026 07:55 PM (yTvNw)

68 You can save a good bit on Coppertone if you dress like Emma.

Posted by: Tan, Don't Burn at September 08, 2026 07:56 PM (Fn+3X)

69
She's showing her wrists. Slut.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:57 PM (eRlcH)

70 For Ace. A murder of crows to take their favorite human to see their favorite tree. The degree of difficulty here is the crows hoof it because the human can't fly.

https://tinyurl.com/2wjyh55k

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 08, 2026 07:58 PM (LBYNq)

71 Way past time for bed
Have a Good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

72 Stealing CBD's thunder, ace?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 08:00 PM (aJQbY)

73 Since the Cafe is for fun things, the funniest thing I have seen all day is that following the issuance of a Presidential order lifting the general prohibition of owning and carrying firearms in Colombia, the official website of Industry Militar, INDUMIL, the principal manufacturer of firearms in Colombia, had a server crash, apparently from extremely high levels of traffic for new orders overloading the system.

Apparently there was a pent up demand for pistols.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2026 08:01 PM (rbvCR)

74 I've been enjoying the Big Bang spin-off Stuart Fails To Save the Universe. The premise is Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard build a machine to allow transportation between alternate universes. Stuart trips and breaks it causing Stuart, Kripke, Bert, and Denise to be cast into alternate universes. They try to fix the machine but even when it's operational, they don't know how to use it so they're constantly being thrown into other bizarre universes as they try to return to the real universe. Kind of a comedic Quantum Leap. Other Big Bang characters appear but are different. For example, Bernadette appears as an evil witch in a magic universe. Obviously, the humor is much broader than in BBT but I think it’s well written and funny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:01 PM (ndZc7)

75 So glad that xcancel works again. Combined with Xcancel.com Redirector extension, I can enjoy Ace's cafe links (everyone's X links) with no muss, fuss, or bother.

I (mostly) take back all the mean things I said about Eloon. Until he does it again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - casual non-joiner at September 08, 2026 08:04 PM (aKb34)

76 >>>King of the Domestic Jungle.

There was the one time where the dogs tried to get up on the bed. The cat kindly explained that it wasn't allowed.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 08, 2026 08:06 PM (syz1S)

77 A murder of crows

-
We need a collective noun for AWFLs. A nutball of AWFLs? A screech of AWFLs?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)

78 77 A murder of crows

-
We need a collective noun for AWFLs. A nutball of AWFLs? A screech of AWFLs?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)

An Asylum of AWFLs.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 08:08 PM (mP0Kj)

79 I know better than to take Horde advice on matrimony, medicine, and such, but since Piper gave the All-Clear on Sunday Night, I decided to wear my white patent leather shoes (with brass buckles to Food Lion today. In the Produce Section, the lady I've known for 20 years by name cussed me out and winged a couple overripe tomatoes at me.
Then a couple teen toughs followed me around muttering "Nice shoes, grandpa" stepping on my shoes with their black soles, then ran my feet over with their cart wheels.
In the parking lot the Fashion Police accosted me, threatening a citation. Got off with a written warning when I plopped the shoes in the trash can. Drove home in my socks.

Posted by: Shoeless Joe at September 08, 2026 08:10 PM (Fn+3X)

80 An Abomination of AWFLs?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 08:10 PM (aJQbY)

81 twitterviewer.net was a cromulent alternative to nitter/xcancel, although not as fast and it bugs me with popups. (but then so does the hq on my phone)
nice that xcancel is back. much better.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 08, 2026 08:11 PM (88C+u)

82 A "clutch" of AWFLs? Cuntage? (just spitballing here)

Posted by: Miss Ogy Nist at September 08, 2026 08:12 PM (+/Ezd)

83 The Scream has been stolen numerous times. Nobody has stolen the Zorn. There's a lesson in there for all of us.
Posted by: Vibrant Art Thread Junior

Art thieves have terrible taste?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 08, 2026 07:45 PM (vJrRc)

I remember seeing a little book called Cats in Art or something, and the scream was zoomed out to show cats stealing all the fish the guy was catching

Posted by: Oldcat at September 08, 2026 08:12 PM (uhVAy)

84 >>> Someone's very happy..

Is that a wedding? She sure is showing a lot of leg.

That's not a complaint, mind you.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 08, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S)

85 Murder fits better on AWFLs than it does on crows.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2026 08:14 PM (u73oe)

86 Shoeless Joe at September 08, 2026

You're supposed to mow grass in them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 08:14 PM (m7NHf)

87 Miss Ogy Nist:

I have never used the word c*nt. But to my mind, c*ntage is the perfect plural for a plethora of AWFLs.

Thank you.

Posted by: Wenda at September 08, 2026 08:17 PM (uSgX5)

88 three of the Clancy jur-ettes
tinyurl.com/dcmntvwb
Massachusetts isn't a state, it is an assembly line

Posted by: 88C+u at September 08, 2026 08:19 PM (88C+u)

89 Baby's got back.

Posted by: Case at September 08, 2026 08:21 PM (noln+)

90 A wine mom of AWFLs?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

91 Thanks to polynikes and tankascribe for their comments about Zorn's limited color palette. Looked up some articles about it. Several demonstrate the huge range of colors that can be made from those four colors. Simply amazing.

Glad tankascribe mentioned Zorn's The Thorn Bush, another watercolor as realistic as the one above. Glad I don't have to choose which I prefer, it would take a long time.

Posted by: JTB at September 08, 2026 08:21 PM (yTvNw)

92 three of the Clancy jur-ettes
tinyurl.com/dcmntvwb


At least they had the courtesy to wash the neon dye out of their hair and remove their nose rings.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 08, 2026 08:22 PM (vTZFs)

93 Just got home. Lucy the Fink has a follow up with the urgent care vet to see if her tail lump needs excising. It has not blown up again since the last round of draining and antibiotics. It went from the size of a ping pong ball to a small almond. No oozing or redness or warmth. Her appetite is back.

Hopefully we get the “let’s just keep an eye on it” instead of “I think this needs to be surgically removed.” Because that’s expensive. And I don’t want anyone cutting on my little Fink.


Sorry. But a little shout out to St Francis would be nice if you have a couple seconds or the inclination.

Thank
You.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2026 08:22 PM (FVIA4)

94 What's wrong with Coven of AWFLs?

Posted by: fd at September 08, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

95 Sommarnöje, thank you for the update. It's saved in my collection of images. I like to put them on auto-scroll, lean back and savor the beauty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 08:24 PM (4tmEn)

96 In the parking lot the Fashion Police accosted me, threatening a citation. Got off with a written warning when I plopped the shoes in the trash can. Drove home in my socks.
Posted by: Shoeless Joe at September 08, 2026 08:10 PM (Fn+3X


Next time wear your straw boater.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)

97 *sigh*

Chloe the Bengal Klutz Kitty just knocked over some stuff sitting next to my desk.

She is NOT a graceful kitty, despite her sleek appearance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 08:24 PM (FZ29D)

98 Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2026 08:2

I hope it heals quickly and without surgery.
Poor kitty.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 08:26 PM (Sco7b)

99 Aw man! I'm missing a bonus art thread.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2026 08:26 PM (ftFVW)

100 100

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 08:28 PM (m7NHf)

101 Trump has tamed the hurricanes.

There have been no hurricanes in the Atlantic yet, making 2026 the quietest since satellite tracking began in 1966

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:29 PM (ndZc7)

102 'Ancient Aliens' - an Indian guy said Hinduism has 330 million gods.

No wonder we don't hear crap from them. That's a lot of names to memorize. I'd probably give up after 1,001,693.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 08:30 PM (Sco7b)

103 We have a winner:

What's wrong with Coven of AWFLs?
Posted by: fd at September 08, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 08, 2026 08:30 PM (zeRnp)

104 BTW, if anyone is interested, There are several collections of Zorn's paintings on Kindle for under two dollars. Not the same as seeing them in person, of course, but affordable. I use a ten inch tablet as my main reader for e-books.

Posted by: JTB at September 08, 2026 08:30 PM (yTvNw)

105 He used watercolors to paint water? Big deal. That's like using oil paint to paint an oil slick.

Posted by: fd at September 08, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)

106 Trump has tamed the hurricanes.

There have been no hurricanes in the Atlantic yet, making 2026 the quietest since satellite tracking began in 1966
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Proof positive he's a puppet of the joooooos. REEEEEE!

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2026 08:30 PM (ftFVW)

107 Trump has tamed the hurricanes.

There have been no hurricanes in the Atlantic yet, making 2026 the quietest since satellite tracking began in 1966
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:29 PM (ndZc7)


Global Warming

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 08, 2026 08:31 PM (zeRnp)

108 I kind of feel sorry for that one thoroughly asleep kitten the videographer was disturbing.

Let sleeping kittens lie.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 08, 2026 08:31 PM (vJrRc)

109 "Proof positive he's a puppet of the joooooos. REEEEEE!
Posted by: She Hobbit"

I was going to say he made a deal with Israel.

Posted by: fd at September 08, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

110 An Asylum of AWFLs.
Posted by: Romeo13


A coven?
A hysterical of women.
A tantrum of women.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2026 08:34 PM (WXg6e)

111 78 77 A murder of crows

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We need a collective noun for AWFLs. A nutball of AWFLs? A screech of AWFLs?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)

An Asylum of AWFLs.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 08:08 PM (mP0Kj)
Contender for threadwinner. How about a cacophony or a dyspepsia of AWFLs?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 08, 2026 08:34 PM (7aGEe)

112 I have long suspected that tarot opened up vulnerability to demonic oppression. I now see that as such a weak determination that it was foolishness by omission.

The Lindsaystans have swiftly convinced me that not only is tarot demonology on par with Ouija, but also, astrology is straight-up diabolism. Just star charts? They might as well be Wiccan or Crowleyist! It has taken them so far around the bend, they're doing Satan's work.

Posted by: SciVo at September 08, 2026 08:34 PM (ke3zm)

113 A Sorority of AWFLs.

Posted by: davidt at September 08, 2026 08:37 PM (Q+gd/)

114 111 78 77 A murder of crows

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We need a collective noun for AWFLs. A nutball of AWFLs? A screech of AWFLs?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)

An Asylum of AWFLs.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 08, 2026 08:08 PM (mP0Kj)
Contender for threadwinner. How about a cacophony or a dyspepsia of AWFLs?
Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 08, 2026 08:34 PM (7aGEe)


A cackle of AWFLs
But 'asylum' is great

Posted by: SciVo at September 08, 2026 08:37 PM (ke3zm)

115 Art Thread??

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 08:37 PM (AKptf)

116 Trump sent the Atlantic hurricanes to Hawaii.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2026 08:38 PM (Cqx++)

117 A ballsack of AWFLS?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 08:39 PM (Sco7b)

118 The lack of hurricanes is positive evidence of climate change. As the climate changes, there may be instances of no hurricanes, while at other times, there may be hurricanes that cause flooding and widespread damage. These fluctuations are due to climate change.

Posted by: Climate Change Facts at September 08, 2026 08:40 PM (MWfyi)

119 A coven?
A hysterical of women.
A tantrum of women.
Posted by: Tonypete


f*ck off. You wouldn't like it if people were trying to come up with a collective noun specifically for soy-filled leftist males and somebody suggested "a rape-gang of men" or "an abuse of men" (as though all men were soy-filled leftists), would you?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 08, 2026 08:41 PM (vJrRc)

120 A drum-circle of AWFLs?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 08:42 PM (aJQbY)

121 collective noun:

a screeching of AWFLs

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:43 PM (TSDuf)

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:43 PM (TSDuf)

123 A Sewing Circle of men.

Posted by: fd at September 08, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

124 "Dear, are you sure the body will not rise to the surface?"

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 08:45 PM (AKptf)

125 "Dear, are you sure the body will not rise to the surface?"

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 08:45 PM (AKptf)

126 A Cuntry of AWFLs

Posted by: ... at September 08, 2026 08:46 PM (vE0+H)

127 NOT AGAIN!!

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 08:46 PM (AKptf)

128 Well, from direct observation and interaction, I can say that affluent white “men” progressives are far worse than any female. They are nasty and bully and scream and spit and turn into everyrhing they say they abhor.

Even the fags are better behaved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2026 08:46 PM (sNKWb)

129 A bitch of AWFLs

Posted by: LASue at September 08, 2026 08:48 PM (lCppi)

130 from direct observation and interaction, I can say that affluent white “men” progressives are far worse than any female.

I'm not taking sides, having dealt with these status-climbers and back-stabbers from either claimed gender and from some they made up.
Those three shrews I linked above? They were enabled by weak women, and a bunch of soyboys who probably wanted a slut to pick them.
There was only one sentient human on that bench, who happened to be male.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 08, 2026 08:49 PM (88C+u)

131 A Strangle of AWFLs.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 08, 2026 08:51 PM (zdLoL)

132 A field of impaled of AWFLs

A volcano of AWFLs

A mass grave of AWFLs

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 08, 2026 08:52 PM (S41Gd)

133 Even the fags are better behaved.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Why, thank you nurse!

Posted by: The Great Poof at September 08, 2026 08:53 PM (Fn+3X)

134 That water color painting is something else. To me thats the type of painter that deserves the title "Artist" and is an actual painter. Some of these famous painters are shit, and I'll never understand just how they got famous.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 08, 2026 08:55 PM (S41Gd)

135 3 of the jurors were teachers. Not surprised. Some of the most ridiculous people you'll ever meet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 08:55 PM (m7NHf)

136 Are women slaves to their emotions?


X - https://tinyurl.com/5n8taswh

xcancel - https://tinyurl.com/yc7zthdd


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 08:58 PM (4tmEn)

137
I kind of feel sorry for that one thoroughly asleep kitten the videographer was disturbing.

Let sleeping kittens lie.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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Yeah. Jeez. People probably do a lot of mean stuff for cute animal videos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2026 08:58 PM (XJ22o)

138 Good evening! I have made it through day 1 of our Fall Fit Challenge. Whew!

Posted by: Piper at September 08, 2026 08:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

139 A Strangle of AWFLs.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 08, 2026 08:51 PM (zdLoL)

I mean....

Posted by: ... at September 08, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)

140 First day back from vacation. I don't think they missed me enough. Ima put in for one in October too.

Posted by: Reforger at September 08, 2026 09:01 PM (W+h5s)

141 A PTA of AWFLs.

Posted by: A Educater at September 08, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

142 Critically endangered pygmy raccoons on Cozumel Island in Mexico have shown remarkable creativity by making balls out of rubbish at beach clubs and teach each other to make toys out of paper and sand

someone tell AlexTheChick!


Scientific American

https://tinyurl.com/4rt982c2

Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2026 09:03 PM (rbvCR)

143 Astrology, Ouija, Tarot - they're just games (and pseudo-science, Astrology) with no inherent good or bad about them. What they do is focus the mind, and what that means depends on how they're used.

My first experience with Ouija, an older cousin was so obviously pushing the palette around on purpose (while denying doing so) that I thought, oh, so that's the trick. Decades later, with a trusted friend, I tried again. Neither of us had a goal or agenda, and the palette just wandered around aimlessly. I realized the wandering, as opposed to sitting still, was a product of our mutual muscle-reflex. Interesting, but not spooky in any way.

Now, of course, if some young teen girls in a dark room with candles flickering invoke some dark being, they may come up with dangerous and disturbing results (whether one of them is forcing answers or not). Like when throwing the Tarot, the "death" card comes up, and, by golly, by the voodoo power of suggestion, one of the girls does something stupid and dies. (The interpretation of the card by more careful folks is that it symbolizes end and renewal.)

Still wise not to tempt demons. Trust in God, but it's not a good idea to sit on a cliff edge.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a typical Leos at September 08, 2026 09:03 PM (aKb34)

144 Has many dogs, been around many cats.
That stuff doesn't happen every day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 09:03 PM (4tmEn)

145 143 Astrology, Ouija, Tarot - they're just game...

Some people think it opens a spirit doorway and Jesus said, don't fuck with the spirits or something like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 09:07 PM (4tmEn)

146 It's just a bunch of silly stuperstitions..

Posted by: A Educater at September 08, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

147 Every time I tried to paint water, the paint just dissolved and floated away. Then somebody told me about water primer.
Posted by: gp


Water primer? So..... Jello?

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

148 145 143 Astrology, Ouija, Tarot - they're just game...

Some people think it opens a spirit doorway and Jesus said, don't fuck with the spirits or something like that.

Posted by: Braenyard

Not just Jesus.

“There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.”

Posted by: Deuteronomy 18:10 - 12 at September 08, 2026 09:13 PM (PkrKm)

149 A Strangle of AWFLs.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 08, 2026 08:51 PM (zdLoL)


I am sooooo stealing that

Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2026 09:14 PM (2WIwB)

150 Ay, de mí Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste
Ay de mí Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:16 PM (AKptf)

151 Dog pulling ladder out from under man. Harold Lloyd or Buster Keaton probably did it first.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 08, 2026 09:16 PM (/yRoS)

152 THIS is what I'd like to see in the art thread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:19 PM (l3cgK)

153 I thought that first picture was Judge Sullivan by the way the NY Post captioned pictures but it was a female juror. How in the world did the prosecution allow that screaming butch on the jury?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 08, 2026 09:20 PM (4tmEn)

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