Mid-Morning Art Thread

Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe
Norman Rockwell

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

2 I have several Norman Rockwell collector's plates hanging in my kitchen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Very sweet! I like it!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

5 What is happening?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

6 Put on your glasses to fix that one.

Fascinating detail in this painting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (fcuif)

7 Very sweet and nice color contrasts as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (JrHfD)

8 Lots of interesting detail, would hang.

Posted by: Bryce at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (quNtV)

9 Nice painting.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (h6CE+)

10 Dammit.

Well, at least it was Sponge and not Elric.

Congrats, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

11
Congrats, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!

Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

13 I wouldn't have pegged this as a Rockwell. Doesn't look like his usual style, somehow.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

14 Cobbler's shoes are in great disrepair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

15 Hello Shoeman.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (bR6qe)

16 Hobson's Choice is an excellent movie if you are a fan of Shoecentric Entertainment.

Posted by: A Young Mrs. Fawlty Is In It at October 08, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

17 1 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

Comment check out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

18 He's gonna hang on to that shoe and let his little brownie helpers fix it overnight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

19 We can help this guy.

Posted by: Brothers Grimm at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

20 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

21 Fun fact I learned as a docent at a historical house that had once been owned by a cobbler and served as his shop:

In the old days, there were no left or right shoes. You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

22 Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Posted by: Pliny the Elder at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

23 Hobson's Choice is an excellent movie if you are a fan of Shoecentric Entertainment.
Posted by: A Young Mrs. Fawlty Is In It

My wife introduced me to that flick. It's one of our favorites.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

24 14 Cobbler's shoes are in great disrepair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

Those are slippers...
And yes, that's often the way it goes. The auto-mechanics' car is often not in the best shape...because he's busy fixing everybody elses' cars.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

25 We lived in a shoe!

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (EdP2u)

26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

27 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.

Posted by: Flip-Flopper at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

28 26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

29 I like The Cobbler's shoes/slippers

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (r7+Q7)

30 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.
Posted by: Flip-Flopper

Banging them is much more effective.
-- Zombie Khrushchev

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

31 Good morning Horde! Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Buck at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (fiwzq)

32 I guess cobblers didn't make a whole lot of money back then.

Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

33 He's a cobbler of the Old School.

Posted by: The Old School Needs A New Roof. at October 08, 2026 09:41 AM (EdP2u)

34 27 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.

Posted by: Flip-Flopper at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

https://youtu.be/Vq_UmKyPRl0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)

35 The doll was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (hdmCJ)

36 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (ptJRT)

37 26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

At least it's not The Christmas Shoes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

38 30 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.
Posted by: Flip-Flopper

Banging them is much more effective.
-- Zombie Khrushchev

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

Better than a toaster?

Posted by: Toaster F**kers Union at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)

39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)

40 I always liked this one.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (/C5Rl)

41 Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

The Proclaimers knew nothing of the magic of addition.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (XUHiS)

42 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970

Those shoes were built to last!

(HeyOhhhhh!)

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (ptJRT)

43 Brevity is the sole of wit.

Posted by: Polonius at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (EdP2u)

44 39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)

And lace up the puns nicely, please.

Posted by: Toaster F**kers Union at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

45 What about The Red Shoes?

Posted by: Kate Bush at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (XUHiS)

46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

The elves are moved into the cookie business. Humans were forced to take up the slack.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

47 45 angels want to wear them.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

48 off appliance-loving sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

49 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor

Sole inheritor to the family business.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (h6CE+)

50 46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

The elves are moved into the cookie business. Humans were forced to take up the slack.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

I thought the elves' tree was chopped down by spotted owls

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

51 Young lady, both you and the doll need a shower.

Posted by: Cobbler Joe at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (hdmCJ)

52 43 Brevity is the sole of wit.
Posted by: Polonius at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (EdP2u)

I don’t think that is how it goes.

Posted by: The Bard at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (XUHiS)

53 a prodigious application of ol' paint squeezins would be quite affectatious.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

54 What about The Red Shoes?
Posted by: Kate Bush

Ah, that beautiful redhead...sigh...

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

55 Moira Shearer was the ultimate yummy in The Red Shoes.

Posted by: Hubba Hubba!! at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

56 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

Those are Keeblers and they make cookies, yum.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (q7PvL)

57 2 sis was copy editor for bradford exchange.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

58 46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (XUHiS)

59 *Sole inheritor to the family business.*

What a heel.

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (hdmCJ)

60 Moira Shearer was the ultimate yummy in The Red Shoes.
Posted by: Hubba Hubba!!

Yep. Sigh...

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

61 The area between the cobbler's lower legs is dark and lacking detail, but to me it looks like he didn't remove the man's shoe from his foot before working on it.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

62 Caption::

"No...no, Francine, you silly girl. it's not possible to snort enough ketamine off the sole of this shoe to get high.

What you need is a big snorting boot. Like the one I have here."

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)

63 Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

64 Very cute painting. Rockwell was so talented.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (lJ0H4)

65 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (XUHiS)

66 I thought the elves' tree was chopped down by spotted owls
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

They wanted all the cookies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (h6CE+)

67 59 *Sole inheritor to the family business.*

What a heel.
Posted by: Oh, no...

Will it last?

Posted by: Groan at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (hdmCJ)

68
Yes, dear, I can make it for you in Hot Flash Pink; come back in two weeks

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (ixS3i)

69 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.

Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

71 13 ya, like the details are a little soft.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

72 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM

Elves is shoes. You want any tailoring done, it's all mice these days, mate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (/C5Rl)

73 I know fuck all about art, really, but Rockwell really sticks out to me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (XUHiS)

74 Do other people think Norman Rockwell was a serious artist? I certainly do. And he was amazingly prolific when it came to producing art.

Posted by: Ralph at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (8WZD4)

75 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (/C5Rl)

76 70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.
Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

New Balance makes Velcro shoes?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (XUHiS)

77 70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.

Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

Slip-ons.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)

78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (rOKnE)

79
Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.
Posted by: Cow Demon

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Elves are the go-to source for all tap dancing shoes

That is all.

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (ixS3i)

80 i would like to go to holland. wooden shoe?

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

81 Stop looking between my legs.
The shoe is up here.

Posted by: The cobbler at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (hdmCJ)

82 Caption:

"Look, I'm a Cobbler. Just like the sign outside says.

I make nice baked fruit-filled desserts. Sorta like pies.

Why do you crazy people keep giving me shoes!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (YSUhf)

83 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.

Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (EdP2u)

84 Peach cobbler is the El Supremo Cobbler of cobblers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

85 75 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (/C5Rl)

Hey, I SANG that song, "Sole Survivor"...

Posted by: Michael Bolton's Hair at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (l3cgK)

86 79
Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.
Posted by: Cow Demon

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Elves are the go-to source for all tap dancing shoes

That is all.

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (ixS3i)

The tap code

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (XUHiS)

87 What a thoroughly delightful and effective painting! The colors are soft, earthy, and comfortable. Rockwell's use of illumination from the oil lamp is brilliant. Every prop and feature is designed to emphasize a gentle, grandfatherly feel: his literal carpet slippers, cushion on the bench, his age. The contrast between the work boot he is repairing compared to the tiny doll's shoe is both poignant and humorous.

What makes the painting is the little girl's expression and posture. This is a serious matter. A doll is a real person and should be properly attired, so she brought the matter to a professional like any mother would with her child's shoe. The entire painting is sweet, nostalgic, and relaxing to view. Completely enjoyable.

I recall as a kid some older ladies who decorated their homes with framed covers of Rockwell's magazine covers. It was all they could afford. They would have loved this one.

Posted by: JTB at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

88 Even her doll had shoes? Fancy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

89 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.
Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged

Leather and shoe polish.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)

90 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

Has anyone mentioned Hush Puppies shoes yet?

Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

91 82 Caption:

"Look, I'm a Cobbler. Just like the sign outside says.

I make nice baked fruit-filled desserts. Sorta like pies.

Why do you crazy people keep giving me shoes!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (YSUhf)

Yeah, we're travel agents, but get the weirdest requests...

Posted by: Kinki Travel Service Co., Ltd. at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

92 T
69 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM

Toe the line.

Posted by: Make it stop! at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (hdmCJ)

93
Has anyone mentioned Hush Puppies shoes yet?
Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

No but you should.

Posted by: Basset hounds at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (XUHiS)

94
Hoveround Sales and Service

How many seasoned citizens died during the filming of your "Hoveround Square Dance on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon" commercial, killer?

"And, go!"

* whirring motors, followed by "Aieeeeeeeee!" *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (ixS3i)

95 CBD, excellent picture choice today. Thanks so much.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (Gqar8)

96 Carpet slippers

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (XeU6L)

97 The cobbler looks like a real peach.

Posted by: Hangry Here at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (EdP2u)

98 I love this!
So sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (1TCIS)

99 21 what was i reading long ago where the narrator spoke of his job as a wearer of new shoes to break them in for the actual buyer?

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

100
Apple fritters!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (ixS3i)

101 >>Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.

Heh, thinking about the elves in "Fatman."

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (rOKnE)

102 El Sayed has a problem...

In a 2012 HuffPost essay written shortly after Obama won reelection, El-Sayed — who said he had voted for him — accused the president of failing to deliver the “hope and change” that defined his 2008 campaign. “This leader has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, deported more people from our shores than any other president before him, and the list of his failures goes on,” he wrote.

“That memory will serve not as a reminder of the history we made that night – but of the silly emotions of a naïve young man who didn’t understand that hope and change required more than flowery prose and a winning smile,” El-Sayed wrote of Obama’s first election. “I have little hope because there has been less change.”

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (gLYp7)

103 We're tapped out.

Posted by: The elves at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (hdmCJ)

104 garrett has some ruffled clothing like that!

Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (EdP2u)

105 24 mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

106
I have several Norman Rockwell collector's plates hanging in my kitchen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

* sound of plate crashing and breaking *

"Well, one fewer now..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (ixS3i)

107 Electronic billboard courtesy of something called “Puff Patriot”

We were promised:

No new wars

Lower prices

How’s that working out?

(I love hearing whiny isolationists crying. It makes me smile.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (XUHiS)

108 In other art news, Shrek got busted for sending unsolicited pictures to his state senator
tinyurl.com/yc8rr9nu

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (sDWtc)

109 100
Apple fritters!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (ixS3i)

The Bestest!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (l3cgK)

110 New Balance makes Velcro shoes?
Posted by: Cow Demon

It wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (h6CE+)

111 The Apple of Her Father's Eye - a limerick

For a certain little girl named Molly Beech
The price of shoe repair was out of reach
The Cobbler said, "Let's see,
I can fix 'er up for free!"
She said. "Thanks Mister Cobbler. You're a peach!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (I0N4X)

112 >>We're tapped out.
Posted by: The elves

Need time off to heel?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (rOKnE)

113 mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.
Posted by: cmeat

He knows how they're made and would never subject his children to that.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (q7PvL)

114 If you bind the ladies feet, you can save on leather later.

Posted by: Ancient Chinee Secret at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (EdP2u)

115

Yeah, we're travel agents, but get the weirdest requests...
Posted by: Kinki Travel Service Co., Ltd.

Tell us about it

-- TheRapists, LLC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (ixS3i)

116 No, Todd! You've crossed up the finishing lines and now we have 50 gross of fudge striped saddle shoes.

Effin' Todd!

Posted by: Line Boss Elf at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

117 Pea soup fog on the water today.

All the boats are toot toot tooting at each other.

So lovely.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:56 AM (1TCIS)

118 El Sayed has a problem...
=====

Nothing this guy says is real. He is as manufactured as Obama.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

119 117 Pea soup fog on the water today.

All the boats are toot toot tooting at each other.

So lovely.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:56 AM (1TCIS)

Is it a DISMAL FOG?

Posted by: Slayer at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (XUHiS)

120 >> mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.

Because the cobbler is back-clogged?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (rOKnE)

121 "Cobbler, heel thyself!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (I0N4X)

122 Bulgar, Saw your comment about getting woozy yesterday perhaps from dehydration. I knew someone who was on border between prediabetic and diabetic. Took such great care that sometime her test strip number would suddenly drop to between 65 and 80. Suddenly woozy and weakkneed. Started to carry a sweet for emergency purposes.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

123 Is he mocking us by not mocking art?

Posted by: Modern Art at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (f4oEt)

124 78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Every picture tells a story. Don't it?

Posted by: Rod Stewart at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (HcoTw)

125 100
Apple fritters!

If you want to know how good a donut place is, order one of those.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (jjoN6)

126 Talafreako is similarly fake.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (XUHiS)

127 Nothing this guy says is real. He is as manufactured as Obama.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

Which is why watching one of his own interns scream in his face yesterday was so rewarding for me.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (gLYp7)

128 My family was so poor during the Depression, I could only scavenge one shoe and one boot to wear. The kids in school called me "Shoebooty". Still hurts to this day.

Posted by: Archie bunker at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (EdP2u)

129 >>"Cobbler, heel thyself!"

Just the tip. . . ?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (rOKnE)

130 Went searching for cobbler rhymes:

“Cobbler Cobbler, mend my shoe”Lyrics

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.
Get it done by half past two.
Half past two is much too late.
Get it done by half past eight.
Stitch it up and stitch it down.
And I’ll give you half a crown.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (XeU6L)

131
Has Talafreako returned from hiding out yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (ixS3i)

132 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (Y/06r)

133 124 IMO, Rockwell is one of the best
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (/enuJ)

You've seen me dancing to Rasputin?

Posted by: Sam Rockwell at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

134 Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

The Museum of Modern Art once did an exhibit of all of his Saturday Evening Post covers....mementos of an earlier, more innocent time.

There was a punk couple browsing the exhibit. Leather jackets with chains, mohawks, facial piercings, the whole bit.

And they were smiling and chuckling at the displays of human nature just like the elderly lady nearby (me).

Posted by: vivi at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (37r7s)

135
'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"It's like a hot dog. But so much smaller."

-- Sum Dum Guy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (ixS3i)

136 Cheerleaders in pleated skirts and saddle shoes!

Posted by: Those Were the Days at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (EdP2u)

137 100 pops called his "apple betty."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

138 39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)
==========
I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Posted by: A real heel at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (JNTt1)

139 134 Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

The Museum of Modern Art once did an exhibit of all of his Saturday Evening Post covers....mementos of an earlier, more innocent time.

There was a punk couple browsing the exhibit. Leather jackets with chains, mohawks, facial piercings, the whole bit.

And they were smiling and chuckling at the displays of human nature just like the elderly lady nearby (me).
Posted by: vivi at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (37r7s)

LOL. Punks dressed up with chains, mohawks and leather jackets is a hallmark of a simpler, more gentle time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (Y/06r)

140 Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe
Norman Rockwell

Best Normal Rockwell Art: "Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe, this Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Literary Digest published April 30, 1921.

This illustration was Rockwell's twenty-fifth picture featured on the cover of The Literary Digest.

Rockwell artwork was featured on the cover of The Digest twelve times just in 1921. A Rockwell cover was published once a month just on this one magazine alone."
----
The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (NFX2v)

141 Read a piece on Breitbart.

Greenland has sharks and they causing problems for the fisherman.

-they live to be 400 years old.
-sexual maturity reached at 150 years old
-gestation, they think, lasts close to decade.

Fucking crazy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (h6CE+)

142 This woman knows what time it is.

"I may be in a small cohort here, but I experienced October 7 and Charlie Kirk’s assassination very similarly. Not because the scale or facts were similar or comparable, but because they showed me with equal clarity who would cheer if my family and I were murdered. This understanding is now central to my politics."
- Inez Stepman

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)

143 >>I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Toe the line?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (rOKnE)

144 78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Every picture tells a story. Don't it?
Posted by: Rod Stewart at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (HcoTw)

A thousand words worth.

Posted by: Arthur Brisbane, US Newspaper Editor, March 1911 at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

145 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

I thought that was about a fish that got away

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (W6UZk)

146 Delightful painting, CBD! I would not have guessed it was a Rockwell. The intensity of the little girl's gaze feels like late Romanticism. But there is humor in the old cobbler's expression, which was a Rockwell trademark. Much appreciated!

Posted by: fly gal at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (NOlOe)

147 Ya gotta have stones to survive as a cobbler.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

148 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"It's like a hot dog. But so much smaller."

-- Sum Dum Guy
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (ixS3i)

It's like all the other penises, but so much smaller. It's cute!

Posted by: Gal from Cornell at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (Y/06r)

149 Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

Democrats
@TheDemocrats
Trump just said it again: Let Iran hit Los Angeles or San Diego.
Disgusting and dangerous. End the war and hold him accountable.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

150 If he cobbles well enough, he, too, can be a COB!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (quk5M)

151 2 sis was copy editor for bradford exchange.
Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

I believe that's where my mom got the Norman Rockwell plates I have now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

152 cobble (v.)

1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch.

"Tennessee Dept. of Corrections cobbled the Christa Pike execution."

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

153 "I may be in a small cohort here, but I experienced October 7 and Charlie Kirk’s assassination very similarly. Not because the scale or facts were similar or comparable, but because they showed me with equal clarity who would cheer if my family and I were murdered. This understanding is now central to my politics."
- Inez Stepman
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)

This is a good quote.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

154 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (quk5M)

Did you get the email I sent the other day?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (ccf/V)

155 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

Given the subject of the painting, one should be calling out, "Last!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (quk5M)

156 >>Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

The people who claim they are experts on nuance once again choose to take Trump literally so that they can freak out.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (rOKnE)

157 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.
Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged

Heh, yeah, me too. The husband and wife team that ran the local shop each had the nastiest hands I have ever seen. The woman, well past middle age, was simply lovely except for those hands.

Wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ptJRT)

158 Aaron Rupar
@atrupar

Trump: "[You think gas prices are bad? You think the war is inconvenient?] Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)

159
----
The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic...

It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ixS3i)

160 Democrats
@TheDemocrats
Trump just said it again: Let Iran hit Los Angeles or San Diego.
Disgusting and dangerous. End the war and hold him accountable.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

All they have is lies. Lies lies lies.

It's the "very fine people" hoax all over again.

When will they be held accountable for their lies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

161 Rockwell was underrated. Like this one, would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (t9883)

162 would hang

Posted by: Gref at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (5rh/l)

163 63 Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.
Posted by: Count de Monet

The Bad Seed strikes again!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:07 AM (NFX2v)

164 The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic...

It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ixS3i)

Or they are the stairs up to the attic where crazy Aunt Edna lives.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:07 AM (wVcYX)

165
Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Your failure to include Bob Ross in that listing is... disturbing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ixS3i)

166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

167 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD
_________

Looks to be too small for that doll's foot.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (JzUSu)

168 Thom Tillis quacks:
I've had conversations with Mitch McConnell. That man's brain is as sharp as it ever is. I met with him a week ago and he immediately jumped to asking what we are going to do to help Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (sDWtc)

169 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.

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

170 i know a kid who has a very rare and collectible pair of nike's called "skunk dunks" that were released some time ago on 4/20. the insoles are ridiculously detailed.
my boy refers to him as a "sneakerhead."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

171 159. It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

😨
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

172 >>Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.

Who did it? Reports of sneakers in the area at the time of the fire. Police would like to converse with them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (rOKnE)

173
California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

Texas Roadhouse should pull up steaks and depart that Third World Shithole

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (ixS3i)

174 Greenland has sharks and they causing problems for the fisherman.

-they live to be 400 years old.
-sexual maturity reached at 150 years old
-gestation, they think, lasts close to decade.

Fucking crazy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Sturgeon are also slow to mature and procreate. The Jamestown Colony relied on them for protein the first few years because they were large, plentiful, easy to net or spear. They soon fished them out and numbers were very slow to rebound.

Posted by: Fish Facts at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (EdP2u)

175 134 "chainwallet sidewalk commando."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

176 175 134 "chainwallet sidewalk commando."
Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

If they were bitching about Thatcher, you know they're really going for authentic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r)

177 143 >>I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Toe the line?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (rOKnE)

From Dr. Laura open jokes from some years ago:
Q: What kind of shoes do Frogs wear?
A: Open-toad shoes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (l3cgK)

178 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (1kJuV)

179 Yup, this girl is shower-ready in my book.

Posted by: Gropey Joe at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (EdP2u)

180 When my youngest daughter was four, we noticed one day that she had her shoes on the wrong feet. Missus Muldoon said in her best Mom voice, while pointing, "THAT shoe, goes on THAT foot."

Daughter replied with flawless four-year-old logic, pointing to her other shoe, "But Mom! Then where does THAT shoe go?"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:14 AM (I0N4X)

181 Carry On movies are the pinnacle of cinematic excellence. I was a big star!!

Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (EdP2u)

182 How the !@#$%^ can I make socks that small?

Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (FhXTo)

183 156 >>Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

The people who claim they are experts on nuance once again choose to take Trump literally so that they can freak out.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (rOKnE)

The transcript I saw was wrong; changed the word "war" for "word", confusing things. It's obvious he was talking about high gas prices and the war, and that given time Iran would nuke cities like LA and San Diego if they could. It takes purposeful stupidity and obfuscation to come up with the theory that Trump wants Iran to nuke California cities.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:16 AM (l3cgK)

184 Not in my ~~wheelhouse~~ shoebox. I won't be commenting this morning.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at October 08, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)

185 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

By whose standard?

They just need to pull out and tell them, in Randian fashion, that they can do it since they know better how to do it apparently.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 10:17 AM (XUHiS)

186 Daughter replied with flawless four-year-old logic, pointing to her other shoe, "But Mom! Then where does THAT shoe go?"
Posted by: muldoon

Awww. That's sweet and hilarious.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

187
When will they be held accountable for their lies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

1. When the commies take over and they find themselves before firing squads, wondering why, since they helped, they're the first or second group to be shot.
2. When they stand before God at the final judgement

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:18 AM (l3cgK)

188 Sturgeon are also slow to mature

************

Like a sturgeon. Poached for the very first time...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:19 AM (I0N4X)

189 Trump wants Iran to nuke California cities.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Hey, I'm already a Trump supporter, you don't have to oversell him.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

190 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

Just change the menu from "Kids meals" to "NOT kids meals"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (l3cgK)

191 How the !@#$%^ can I make socks that small?
Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM

And the (white) ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all

Posted by: Grace S. at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)

192 If they're voters weren't so gullible that they fall for the lies every time the propagandists lie to them then the media wouldn't even try to get away with it.

They have decades of lies that worked which only tells them to keep on lying until they win elections.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (6ydKt)

193 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (1kJuV)

Bookmarked!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

194 I give up on grammar today.

My teachers taught me so much better than this.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (6ydKt)

195 >>> Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe

lol. What the hell am I supposed to do with this thing?

Great painting.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (8mulE)

196 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

197 2. When they stand before God at the final judgement
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The final judgement has been proceeding since 2011 and will culminate in the end of all things visible in 2033, the 2,000th anniversary of the Cross.

Posted by: Ample Biblical Evidence at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (EdP2u)

198 Did you get the email I sent the other day?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (ccf/V)

I did, and I thought I sent a response. Sent one just now, in any case.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (quk5M)

199 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM

* taps foot *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)

200 Sturgeon are also slow to mature...

*********

Understandable. Four years undergrad, four years of med school, one year general internship, four year general surgery residency and then maybe four to six more years fellowship for sub-specialists such as neurosturgeons.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

201 179 Yup, this girl is shower-ready in my book.

Posted by: Gropey Joe at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (EdP2u)

Oh?

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (l3cgK)

202 If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

The waffle cones are made from Kale.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

203 I give up on grammar today.

My teachers taught me so much better than this.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

204 199 * taps foot *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)

=======

Tap...

Tap...

Dance...

Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (1kJuV)

205 Rockwell painted this one in 1921.

If you want a print of this one, they have three sizes available here:

https://tinyurl.com/42uksdcx
(Custom Prints - Norman Rockwell Museum)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (6ydKt)

206 Carry On movies are the pinnacle of cinematic excellence. I was a big star!!
Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (EdP2u)
---------------
"I Dig a Pygmy" by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-Aids.

Phase One: in which Doris gets her oats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 10:24 AM (amcLV)

207 All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

My main problem was using "they're" instead of "their".

I know better but my brain pretends it doesn't half the time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:24 AM (6ydKt)

208 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

This is the same class of online idiots who said Karmello Anthony was gonna get off on account of self defense. Jury only took 3 hours to say GUILTY!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (B0Z3q)

209 202 If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

The waffle cones are made from Kale.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

Acckkk! Ackkkk!

Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (l3cgK)

210 https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Wow, I didn't know Hammer made it into the Hillary Swank era.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

211 Who votes Democrat? Single females. Everyone else is predominantly Republican.

https://tinyurl.com/54ck4kf7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (CORHs)

212 210 Wow, I didn't know Hammer made it into the Hillary Swank era.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

======

Liquidated in 1979. Library and name bought in 2008. Changed corporate hands a few years ago, but making movies ever since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (1kJuV)

213 I know better but my brain pretends it doesn't half the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Eh. With all the homophones in English, everybody does that from time to time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

214 180 "nice socks."
"thanks, gotta pair just like 'em at home."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (Bep7s)

215 211 Who votes Democrat? Single females. Everyone else is predominantly Republican.

https://tinyurl.com/54ck4kf7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (CORHs)

I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL

Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

216 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

This is the same class of online idiots who said Karmello Anthony was gonna get off on account of self defense. Jury only took 3 hours to say GUILTY!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (B0Z3q)

Putting aside the Candace Owens crazy conspiracy theories, the evidence against Robinson: video , dna, texts, admissions, the towel, the gun, the car, the bullets, plus other physical evidence and circumstantial evidence, seems overwhelming and consistent.

On the other hand, maybe it was the Jews!!!

Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 10:30 AM (lCppi)

217 off cartoon sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:30 AM (l3cgK)

218 Too bad for Iran. The Democrats have already nuked L.A.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (AaY6N)

219 SpeakingOf

All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

Sand, which?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (B0Z3q)

220 218 Too bad for Iran. The Democrats have already nuked L.A.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (AaY6N)

But the question remains, like with Japan: Nuked too much or not enough?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (l3cgK)

221 I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL
Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

Without property taxes, who will pay the schools that all their kids will go to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (quk5M)

222
Will it last?
Posted by: Groan
---

All's well that ends welt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (XeU6L)

223 off cartoon sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If you're gonna sock a cartoon character, Bill the Cat is a pretty good choice.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

224 221 I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL
Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

Without property taxes, who will pay the schools that all their kids will go to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (quk5M)

I think Obamacare was paying for the gay couple to have kids...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (l3cgK)

225 Rockwell returned to the little girl with a doll theme in Girl At The Mirror three decades later in 1954.

Viewable here:

https://tinyurl.com/5dupj746
(IllustrationHistory.org - direct link to .jpg)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (6ydKt)

226 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

227 223 off cartoon sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If you're gonna sock a cartoon character, Bill the Cat is a pretty good choice.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

Well, Kale Waffle Cones...so seemed appropriate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (l3cgK)

228 Sand, which?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (B0Z3q)

Sand kebabs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (6ydKt)

229 PSA - Fun fall trips - There are two fabulous Rockwell Museums in two beautiful places to visit.

The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY, an affiliate of the Smithsonian. It has a diverse collection of American paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography.

It also has a formal land acknowledgement: The Rockwell Museum is located on the ancestral land of the Seneca, one of the six Nations that comprise the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. We recognize the many legacies of displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here.

🙄

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

230 Speaking of Hillary Swank, what's the 'Rons consensus on Hillary Swank? I thought she was pretty cute when she was younger. Still decent-looking now.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

231 226 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

Mel Brooks. LOL. That guy is still alive at 100.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:35 AM (l3cgK)

232 Susie Nose Cones >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kale Waffle Cones

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:36 AM (0sNs1)

233 In the old days, there were no left or right shoes. You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it

-----------

The Wong Brothers emigrated to America and decided to ply their trade making shoes in a small town that had never had its own cobbler. On their opening day the brothers had on display an array of high quality shoes in various styles, but only left shoes. The orders poured in from the local townspeople and the Wongs were busier than they had ever dreamed was possible.

When the first pairs were delivered, one customer noticed first that the shoes were of excellent quality and style, but second, that both shoes were lefts. Assuming this was a mistake, the customer headed off to the cobbler's shop to get the omitted right shoe. To his surprise, he found the shop jammed with other customers, each of whom had the same complaint. Each had received two left shoes.

When Mr. Wong finally appeared before the mood of the crowd was darkening. One of the customers held up his two shoes and asked angrily, "what's the big idea giving everybody two left shoes with their order?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (wpRMV)

234 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art. Would definitely hang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (2WIwB)

235 Sand kebabs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM

And, just like that, yesterday's discussion of Somali cuisine returns!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)

236 233 sum ting wong.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

237 The Wong brother looked confused for a moment, then he said, "I thought in America everyone knows, two Wongs don't make a right."

Thank you very much.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (wpRMV)

238 It also has a formal land acknowledgement: The Rockwell Museum is located on the ancestral land of the Seneca, one of the six Nations that comprise the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. We recognize the many legacies of displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here.

🙄

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

Peon's land acknowledgement: "It's my land. My ancestors took it away, fair and square, from your ancestors, because they were wasting it."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (quk5M)

239 California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

How about forcing yourself to build that high speed rail instead?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (jjoN6)

240 oh, two wong's don't make a right. duh.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

241
Eh. With all the homophones in English, everybody does that from time to time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

I read that as "With all the homophobes in England,..." and was about to beg to differ because everybody here says they're all fags

(I got they're right this time at least)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (6ydKt)

242 Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

243 You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM

Need further evidence of the perniciousness of the cisheteropatriarchy? I think not!

Posted by: Karen, with septum piercing and hair color not found in nature at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

244 Speaking of movies...

Saw "A Cure for Wellness' last night.

A very artsy, very loooooong horror movie by Gore Verbinski.

Very pretty cinematography. Nice creepy atmosphere. Story-wise it's like a mash-up between Kafka, bergman, and those old Universal or Hammer horror films.

It also has the same problem of those old horror movies in that halfway into the flick you've already figured out the entire plot (more or less) and are ready for the scares. Even so, Pally, you've got another another hour and fifteen minutes to go.

So, it could easily lose 30-60 minutes with no damage.

The acting ain't great. Not horrible, but they're all charisma vacuums.

it's a swing and a miss. Watch if it sounds interesting to you.

A better Kafka and "horror" mash-up is "Kafka" (1991) by Steven Soderbergh. Hard to find but well-worth watching, it's another one like "Revenant" (2007), that I drag out to each each Halloween season.

Even Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" (also 1991!!!) is a better if not very good Kafka and horror mash-up.

TL/DR Forget AACFW and watch Soderbergh's "Kafka" (1991).

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (YSUhf)

245 Wright Brothers-quite famous and celebrated.
Wong Brothers-forgotten to history.

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (EdP2u)

246 , "I thought in America everyone knows, two Wongs don't make a right."

Thank you very much.
Posted by: Cicero
------
Ha, ha.

Posted by: Sholess Joe Jackson at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (XeU6L)

247 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

248 Two Jimmy Choos make a lot of women swoon, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:42 AM (6ydKt)

249 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223

So, the Gulf of America's luck has finally run out?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

250 he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM

Welsh has some advantages, eh wot?

Posted by: Wffl Hse at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (0sNs1)

251 "The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

252 Well it's obviously pronounced Is-A-I-Ass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (6ydKt)

253 We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

We need Foghorn Leghorn to teach us how say it:

"I say us, boy! I say us!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (quk5M)

254 Peon's land acknowledgement: "It's my land. My ancestors took it away, fair and square, from your ancestors, because they were wasting it."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's only morning and you're raring to go!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

255 Onions>>Bunions

Posted by: Dr. Scholls Corn Plaster at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (EdP2u)

256 255 "leave the funyuns julia! they can smell them!"

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (Bep7s)

257 247 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

Spanish for Isaiah...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (l3cgK)

258 >>Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?

The Clancy trial was held in Plymouth. Stockbridge is in western MA, other end of the state.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

259 Spanish for Isaiah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

From Latin, I think. I believe it's also the form of the name in Catholic Bibles.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

260 242 Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?
Posted by: Bulg

Close. Plymouth, MA

Wikipedia, in part, "Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States.[5] The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)

261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

262 Spanish for Isaiah...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (l3cgK)

Well with the way the Spanish pronounce H's I'm never gonna get this one right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (6ydKt)

263
"The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

Both versions are good, but I give the remake musical the edge.

Yes, yes, I know...I'm the only guy in the Western Hemisphere who prefers the remake.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (YSUhf)

264 261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (6ydKt)

265 Well with the way the Spanish pronounce H's I'm never gonna get this one right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM

Call me.

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (0sNs1)

266 From Latin, I think. I believe it's also the form of the name in Catholic Bibles.
Posted by: Bulg

Sorry. The Mackerel Snapper Thread is on Saturday morning, whenever Mis Hum gets out of bed.

Posted by: Keeping the Thread Pope Free at October 08, 2026 10:50 AM (EdP2u)

267 264 261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (6ydKt)

Water gets too cold as hurricanes get up to Kalifornia...so they lose a lot of their power. Also, they tend to curl out to sea or into Baja California first. I think in the last 150 years, maybe ONE hurricane has hit San Diego...and a handful of tropical storms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)

268 Plymouth is not in Greater Boston unless you define Greater Boston is all of eastern MA. It's right next to Cape Cod.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (viF8m)

269 Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

270 Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Please. No Fat-Shaming!

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!! at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (EdP2u)

271 Water gets too cold as hurricanes get up to Kalifornia...so they lose a lot of their power. Also, they tend to curl out to sea or into Baja California first. I think in the last 150 years, maybe ONE hurricane has hit San Diego...and a handful of tropical storms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)

Yup, Cali is positioned quite well for avoiding hurricanes as most that get that far north head into Mexico.
The rest are forming so far up in the Pacific they head northwest to Hawaii and Asia.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (6ydKt)

272 Plymouth is Boston is Providence is Augusta is Philadelphia is NYC, and so on.

All a bunch of g-ddamned Communists to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

273 >>Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Totally

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

274 270 Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Please. No Fat-Shaming!

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!! at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (EdP2u)

Florida, on the other hand, gets hit a lot because it's like a huge flaccid penis hanging into the Gulf Stream.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:54 AM (6ydKt)

275
Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

Sure. $20 same as in Boston.

Around the World costs extra.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:54 AM (YSUhf)

276 >>>>Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Totally

$20 bux, same as in Woo-stah!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:55 AM (rOKnE)

277 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS

I knew it. The Welsh have weaponized the weather, probably allied with The Joos and their weather machine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 10:55 AM (iqcvy)

278 More bad news for H-1B holders and employers, particularly Microsoft.

JD coming off the top rope today.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

279 JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw

What does that mean?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

280 279 JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw

What does that mean?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

It's Wrassling lingo. In Mexico, It's real, says Homer Simpson...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (l3cgK)

281 Rubio in Athens, giving a masterful speech

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (4OHfz)

282 It's been quite dry here in my AO, and Hurricane Isaias may bring some beneficial rain to SE MO/SW Illinois.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (Y4uRa)

283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

284 More bad news for H-1B holders and employers, particularly Microsoft.

JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

I'll know H1B reform is working when I don't see ten Hindi movies playing at the local Cinemark anymore.

So, far....meh.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (YSUhf)

285 269 old man used to send me to the fish keg for scrod.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

286 283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (6ydKt)

287 >>What does that mean?

It means the DOJ and Vance's fraud team are cancelling thousands of H-1B visas and other visa fraud that took jobs from Americans and gave them to cheaper foreign imports and banning Microsoft and other companies from using the system because of their abuse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

288 286 283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (6ydKt)

Waddabout Hurricane Xi?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

289 >>Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

She really did complain about that - that there weren't any black named hurricanes.
SMFH

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

290 It means the DOJ and Vance's fraud team are cancelling thousands of H-1B visas and other visa fraud that took jobs from Americans and gave them to cheaper foreign imports and banning Microsoft and other companies from using the system because of their abuse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

They may not survive.
That's probably 75% of Microsoft's workforce.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (6ydKt)

291 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

292 Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM

That one is a very nice day trip. The museum and its grounds are lovely, and Stockbridge is a cute small New England town.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (/C5Rl)

293 Waddabout Hurricane Xi?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

They'll probably save that for the Western Pacific Typhoon name list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (6ydKt)

294 I got scrod in NJ hundreds of times.

Posted by: Bachelor #1 at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (EdP2u)

295 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg
======
Podcasters say crap to drive audience numbers. Has little to no relation to reality nowadays.

From a decent dip into prosecution evidence against Troon furry lover from pretrial, there is not reasonable doubt to me that he did it because there is a witness, video evidence, forensic evidence (DNA, etc.), provenance of the weapon, text admissions, etc.

Too many people focus on ONE particular witness or bit of evidence when a trial is a summation of all the evidence provided. Thus they try to create an illusion of reasonable doubt on ONE piece of evidence arguing the logical fallacy--if one piece is false, then the whole case is false. Bullshit. It is the concatenated joint probabilities of all the evidence going on.

I think this case is mainly where the defense lawyers are trying and will try to keep him from getting the death penalty rather than conviction.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)

296 She really did complain about that - that there weren't any black named hurricanes.
SMFH

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

I vaguely recall somebody complaning about that awhile back.

I don't know why they'd want to be so associated with a killer storm.

My first name was attached to a hurricane that was so bad they retired the name permanently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (6ydKt)

297 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

Dear California fags, it's named TEXAS for a reason. We have decided to close 15 of our locations in your ghey state and open more in free states. Have a nice day, y'all.

Posted by: Texas Road House management at October 08, 2026 11:11 AM (hmYU4)

298 274 map filth
"hey europe, eat my florida"
-b. kliban

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (Bep7s)

299 "The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

I have the movie on Blu Ray. The stage scenes were actually filmed in the St James theater while the play was still running. The bloopers on the DVD are freaking hilarious as well. The choreographer for the stage production also choreographed and directed the movie.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 11:17 AM (hmYU4)

300 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

Mel remade it as a musical in 2005, but admitted that he would not be able to make it today.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 11:21 AM (hmYU4)

301 One word: Charming. Rockwell has always been one of my favorite artists. Excellent pick!

Posted by: Dr_No at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (ayRl+)

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