Saturday Night Club ONT - October 24, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Be careful though. The Moose out front may be jacked up on pumpkin spice.

[Top photo: Evidence of organic brass farming at the Place for the Thing]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Three couples marry and stay at the same hotel for their honeymoons, where they are taken care of by Dave the bellboy.

The first man married a nurse. Dave thinks to himself, "Nurses are known to be hot to trot."

The second man married a telephone operator. Dave thinks to himself, "Telephone operators have sexy voices."

The third man married a school teacher. Dave thinks to himself, "Poor guy, teachers are frigid."

The next morning, Dave reports to work and gets a room service call from the nurse's husband. He sourly says, "Don't ever marry a nurse. All I heard last night was 'You're not sanitary! You're not sanitary!'"

Then, the telephone operator's husband calls and sourly says, "Don't ever marry a telephone operator. All I heard last night was 'Your three minutes are up, Your three minutes are up.'"

Later that afternoon, the teacher's husband calls and happily says, "When you marry, be sure to marry a school teacher. All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"

Hat tip to Jim (in Kalifornia)

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Drink of the Night

Kamikaze

Ingredients
2 ounces vodka
3/4 ounce orange liqueur
3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed

Directions
Add the vodka, orange liqueur and lime juice to a shaker with ice, and shake thoroughly until well-chilled.
Strain into two shot glasses.

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Club ONT Department of Fine Art

Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia

Amateur sculptors descended on a Philadelphia market to create works of art from scrapple - a breakfast mush of pork scraps and organ meat - in an annual contest.
The Reading Terminal Market hosted its third annual Scrapple Sculpting Contest on Thursday, with sculptors competing to see who could form the most appealing masterpiece out of 6 pounds of meat mush in the 90-minute time limit.
The market itself was this year's theme, and the judge's vote went to Toni Lee, who created a scrapple sculpture of market mascot Philbert the pig.

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Club ONT Department of Science News

Scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize for controlling brain cells with light

A discovery in tiny algae led to a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough that allows scientists to switch brain cells on and off using light. The revolutionary technique has already helped researchers activate memories and is opening new possibilities for restoring vision and treating brain disorders.

Comments

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1 Is this thing on? *tap tap*

Posted by: Piper at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (4R/FS)

3 Club ONT is brought to you by dating sites

Incest! A game the whole family can play.

By Milton-Bradley.

Posted by: 80s TV voiceover guy at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

4 Ah, here we are.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (sl73Y)

5 Thank you for the ONT.

I'm never going to make that list.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)

6 Yay, ONT!

Also, looks like tonight's musical selections are shot.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:11 PM (+9wcF)

7 Club ONT Department of Truth

Did someone hear a mic drop? Because that sounded like a mic drop.

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

8 Hello and good evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 24, 2026 10:12 PM (6vuXd)

9 Yup, burned the dust off the coils earlier this week.

Posted by: Euphemisms For All Occasions at October 24, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)

10 Great, focus on the Vols and they lose. Please, kindly ignore us on future posts. Thank you for your patronage...

Posted by: The Grateful at October 24, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)

11 I don't have a sister, but I have about 12 hot cousins.

Posted by: All In The Fambly at October 24, 2026 10:15 PM (EdP2u)

12 Good evening morons amd Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

13 Good evening, horde!

I've eaten, so it's time for ONT, Bible reading and prayers, shower, and bed. In some order. Some might get interleaved.

Supposed to have an interview early next week but... depends on them coordinating on their end. Wish I knew when so I could schedule the other days for subbing.

Looking forward to church tomorrow, for sure. That's one thing I've gotten from this - a church that feels alive, and cares. It's why it would be nice to come out of this with a job that's local or remote.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

14 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (BW+Gb)

16 That top pic should have been with the hobby thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 A double D ONT!

Those are fine!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (NnhvP)

18 Love that top pic! Reminds me of the old job...

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (rdVOm)

19 Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia
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*shudders*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

20 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

21 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 24, 2026 10:19 PM (w3u3d)

22 Clemson just got fucked out of a chance to win

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

23 Thanks for another entertaining ONT, Disco and Dino!

Cute Saturday Night joke!

The kamikaze drink looks potent and dangerous...

Nice to see scrapple put to a good use!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 24, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

24 I love me some good scrapple but wow, the sculpture is hideous.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:20 PM (4R/FS)

25 A double D ONT!

Those are fine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (NnhvP)

Pix or... Wait. Wrong double Ds.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 20 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl

I'd use both for catfish bait, but that's all it's fit for.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (EdP2u)

27 I'm not sure if you people have seen this, but I found it humorous.
https://tinyurl.com/3mwmks3v

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)

28 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (Y/06r)

29 All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"
.......

What a nag.

Posted by: wth at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (oq9dX)

30 Alabama Slammers > Kamikazes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

31 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Probably skipped for space. Just like UFO's "Shoot, shoot".

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (+9wcF)

32 York, PA is the scrapple capital of the universe.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (6vuXd)

33 Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

34 Club ONT rocks! The staff here is always so gracious and helpful...not so much with bail, but hey.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (BJzO2)

35 I don't have a sister, but I have about 12 hot cousins.
Posted by: All In The Fambly

After the lovely Mrs. and I got married we started to compare our family lines. Not too far back there are more than a few too many shared kin.

Rut row. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:24 PM (4R/FS)

36 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl

I'd use both for catfish bait, but that's all it's fit for.
Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet

I thought scapple was a board game.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (BJzO2)

37 You laugh but . . .

ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

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I guess they've got one of those Star Trek Tricorders to separate out the natural deaths from the human-caused climate change deaths. It's probably something in the pancreas or something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

38 Evening, Disco Doof, and TRex, and ONT Horde!

Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (n7Dzq)

39 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You didn't let out the blue smoke, did you?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:26 PM (4R/FS)

40 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (0Htd1)
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At least liverwurst doesn't hide what it is behind euphemisms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

41 I guess they've got one of those Star Trek Tricorders to separate out the natural deaths from the human-caused climate change deaths. It's probably something in the pancreas or something.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

42
"There are destructive forces in our society, that are nothing but destructive, since they are not trying to alter things, but to annihilate them, basing themselves on an inner anarchy that denies all the moral distinctions on which mere rebels base themselves. The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. The enemy arises not from among the people, but from the educated and well-off, those who unite intellectualism and ignorance, and who are helped on their way by a weak worship of force." - Chesterton

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (eRlcH)

43
Good evening! We morons may be kicking back and sliding into the second half of the weekend, but court is in order tomorrow as the Ninth Circuit hears DOJ’s emergency request to sequester California ballots flagged as probable noncitizens. Livestreaming from San Francisco.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (mmrXZ)

44
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

____________

Together, brothers Henry and Tommie Aaron hit 768 home runs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:29 PM (eRlcH)

45 I remember the first/last time I had scrapple very well.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

46 37 You laugh but . . .

ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on ~~human-caused climate change~~ being too snooty and pretentious to install air conditioning like those savage Americans, a new study found.
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Fixed.

Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)

47 Doof introduced me to scrapple at last year's TxMoMe. It wasn't bad.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

48 ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on ~~human~~over-regulation-caused ~~climate change~~lack of air conditioning, a new study found.

fix'd

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

49 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Probably skipped for space. Just like UFO's "Shoot, shoot".
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (+9wcF)

Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (n7Dzq)

50 Well, that looks like Nurse’s brass pile. Where is every else’s?

Posted by: RI Red at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (qEeiR)

51 I had AI explain scrapple to me....

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Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

Those A&E shows exploring Scientology were funny along these lines.

Scientology was building a LOT of churches. The people were truthfully told that scientology was the FASTEST growing religion as measured as a percentage of square foot expansion or something to that effect.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)

52 Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 10:30 PM

I like your "fix" better. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

53 Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change being too snooty and pretentious to install air conditioning like those savage Americans, a new study found.
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Fixed.
Posted by: ballistic

But, but, EVERYTHING in europe is FREE!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (BJzO2)

54 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
****

iirc, Hondas use a common plug. If you have something that runs that plug, switch it out and see. Looks like new does not always mean good, especially if the equipment has been unused for a long time. btdt.

Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (LOuD5)

55 here's someone pushing back on Amy Acton's allegations against her stepfather and her mother
x.com vimal4USA/status/2113351551003562340

Posted by: 88C+u at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)

56 Doof introduced me to scrapple at last year's TxMoMe. It wasn't bad.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

Sounds like uncased sausage meat to me. Would eat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (n7Dzq)

57 Well, that looks like Nurse’s brass pile. Where is every else’s?
Posted by: RI Red
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She wasn't even there this year...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (VCgbV)

58 MMMM braunschweiger. Mom used to fry it lightly in her little spider and make the best sandwiches with it. These days, I use the micro-blaster

Posted by: YellowBird at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (MEbkQ)

59 Clapton's version is great but I will always go with Bob Marley.

Cause Bob Marley.

https://tinyurl.com/3uuszy63

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

60 Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)
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I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

61 Sounds like uncased sausage meat to me. Would eat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No, no, no my good Man. Scrapple has a ton of cornmeal mixed into the pork bits.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (4R/FS)

62 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You didn't let out the blue smoke, did you?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:26 PM (4R/FS)

Might be a bit early to suggest this, but try putting gas in the tank..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (08OqX)

63
Scrapple, Braunschweiger, goetta, and livermush don't get enough love.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:37 PM (eRlcH)

64 iirc, Hondas use a common plug. If you have something that runs that plug, switch it out and see. Looks like new does not always mean good, especially if the equipment has been unused for a long time. btdt.
Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (LOuD5)

I tried a couple of different automobile plugs, no joy. Disconnected the on/off switch, no joy. Internet tells me there is a low oil switch. Engine is full of oil, over-full in fact. Will check that tomorrow. I probably do have another of those little Honda plugs somewhere, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:37 PM (n7Dzq)

65 Lin-duh, sorry to have missed you and Spawn.

Posted by: RI Red at October 24, 2026 10:38 PM (z1SIt)

66 (anecdote about liverwurst)

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

67 No, no, no my good Man. Scrapple has a ton of cornmeal mixed into the pork bits.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (4R/FS)

Bratwurst has bread mixed into it. Not all sausage is 100% meat. I have never had scrapple, but I have had head cheese. Would definitely try scrapple, if the opportunity arose. I've had Rocky Mountain oysters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:40 PM (n7Dzq)

68 I love watching old 'Price is Right' - well having it on while working. It's not distracting and I don't need to pay attention.

And I find that A BRAND NEW STATION WAGON was once...
$8014.

American dollars.

Crap, she didn't win. Maybe the showcase round...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:41 PM (Sco7b)

69 Club ONT Jukebox

Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

or (not a cover).....

Delain - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
https://youtu.be/JALGLd92QmU

and.....

The Pineapple Thief - Take Your Shot
https://youtu.be/Dp9ydNFNWqg

Nana Mizuki - Take a Shot
https://youtu.be/uD0VGGtwLVM

Posted by: Jukebox B-Sides at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

70 I've had Rocky Mountain oysters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:40 PM (n7Dzq)

Golly no! That's how they turned Lindsay Graham!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

71
Lin-duh, you can tell the Spawn from me that she's a charming young lady. Like her mother.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (eRlcH)

72 I was in New Holland, PA for a family reunion years ago and ordered scrapple at one of the restaurants. The waitress looked at me a long time and finally asked - "Do you know what that is?"

"Gott im Himmel!! Ya, zum Deifel, du dummi Maedel!”

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (4R/FS)

73 I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Oops: Troy Jackson’s Campaign Features ‘Kate From Norwich’ — A Town That Doesn’t Exist in Maine

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He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7)

74 Back from the concert with Amanda Shaw, the local fiddler/singer, and Gretchen Wilson of "Redneck Woman" fame.

One thing you have to say about a lot of Cajun music, it's fast-paced. Amanda was fun and high-energy, capering about the stage in her little red high-heel boots and short skirt, fiddling away for all she was worth. She told a story about meeting Dolly Parton a couple of years ago, and said Dolly gave her a song. Which Amanda then sang in true Dolly fashion.

Gretchen looked like she was having fun as well. I didn't know any of her songs, including one she said she had done with Merle Haggard, other than her finish, "Redneck Woman." But she and her band hit some rock numbers, and I know there was a snippet of Heart's "Crazy on You" in there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 24, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

75 >>I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.

You better hope not. Or you might have ever existed.

https://tinyurl.com/4sseju28

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

76 Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat

I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And publius will be along shortly to explain in which dimension and coordinate system both of those things can be true.

Posted by: mikeski at October 24, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

77 Empty brass! Yay! Whattaya mean it’s not a gun thread?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 24, 2026 10:47 PM (xOE/M)

78 Schrödinger’s Rhode Island

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:48 PM (ndZc7)

79 In re to the Kamikaze recipe, you'll find orange liqueur in that bottle of triple sec you've had in the back of your cabinet all these years. Ditto the blue curacao. Same thing, but blue..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 24, 2026 10:48 PM (08OqX)

80 Rhode Island had nothing to do with Cecil Rhodes and is not an island.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 24, 2026 10:49 PM (wzUl9)

81 Schrödinger’s Rhode Island
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

The smell emanating from the box should be a clue.Or does that only work for cats?

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (ftFVW)

82 I made cinnamon rolls with persimmon and almond filling, and penuche frosting.
I forgot the salt in the dough. Other than that it is the sort of thing that is hard to stop eating once you start.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

83 Hondas use a common plug.
****

Should have added that it might be the same as a lawnmower plug.

Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (LOuD5)

84 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Bad coil?

Posted by: He Said, Hopefully at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (EdP2u)

85 Thank you Hadrian!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (VCgbV)

86 Rhode Island, Rhodesia, what's the difference in the end?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (+9wcF)

87 You better hope not. Or you might have ever existed.

https://tinyurl.com/4sseju28
Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)
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I keed I keed! I fact I have many happy memories of Rhode Island, not all of them on drugs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

88 Other than as part of a song title I would not know what scrapple is if not for AoS.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 10:53 PM (BzKNL)

89 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 24, 2026 10:49 PM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, sent you an email today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

90 Bad coil?
Posted by: He Said, Hopefully

My brain went to some safety switch doing its job too well.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:54 PM (BJzO2)

91 Should have added that it might be the same as a lawnmower plug.
Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (LOuD5)

Champion Z9Y, IIRC. Smaller than a mower plug, 10 mm thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:54 PM (n7Dzq)

92 Rhode Island, is the sacred state of the hallucinogenic mind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (BzKNL)

93 I made cinnamon rolls with persimmon and almond filling, and penuche frosting.
I forgot the salt in the dough. Other than that it is the sort of thing that is hard to stop eating once you start.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
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Imma casually mention this to Mrs. F.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

94 In re to the Kamikaze recipe, you'll find orange liqueur in that bottle of triple sec you've had in the back of your cabinet all these years. Ditto the blue curacao. Same thing, but blue..
****

And, if you are feeling daring, you could use lime vodka rather than lime juice. DO NOT ask how I know.

Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (LOuD5)

95 Rhode Island, Rhodesia, what's the difference in the end?
Posted by: Blanco Basura

Fewer diamonds, more whites?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (BJzO2)

96 >>I keed I keed! I fact I have many happy memories of Rhode Island, not all of them on drugs.

Come back and visit. The Touro Synagogue is still here. We make sure of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m)

97 Fewer diamonds, more whites?

Fair point.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:56 PM (+9wcF)

98 Rhode Island, Rhodesia, what's the difference in the end?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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No Ridgebacks in Rhode Island.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

99 I've camped or stayed in a hotel near or on the beach in every state on the Atlantic, Florida to Maine, except the Ocean State.

Posted by: Got Stoned And I Missed It. at October 24, 2026 10:57 PM (EdP2u)

100 YouTube vids show a ratcheting breaker bar attachment being used with a battery powered drill to start small engines.

Bought it. A tool to chuck it up in the drill with a ½” square drive is necessary. Bought it. Hot dang, it’s ready to go. Nope. All the ½” drives around here are SAE and the stupit flywheel nut is metric, 24mm the caliper says. Bought the last one Homely Depot had in stock. Now I’m cookin’. Connected all the parts, chucked them up, put the socket on the nut, pulled the trigger and ...no go.
Nerk – you’re gonna’ need a bigger drill.
It’s going to take more than a day to find my old two handed B&D.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 10:57 PM (BzKNL)

101 I saw Rocky Horror in Providence in 1981? Completely out-of-control.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

102 86 Rhode Island, Rhodesia, what's the difference in the end?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (+9wcF)

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Only one is an island?

I mean, an "island"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2026 10:58 PM (vBZcw)

103
Bad coil?
Posted by: He Said, Hopefully at October 24, 2026 10:50 PM (EdP2u)

Well, there is a coil, right there on top, fed by an "igniter" mounted on the fan shroud, and under the flywheel, there is a pickup coil that puts out a voltage spike in the millivolt range to trigger the igniter. I should be able to meter the pickup, and see if it outputs a signal, and check the primary and secondary resistance of the coil, and see if they are in spec.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:59 PM (n7Dzq)

104 A lot of generators have a low oil cut out switch, maybe overfilling is not kosher, either.

Posted by: Drain Pan Alley at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (EdP2u)

105 Recall that there was a Governor of RI named Raimondo. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

106 No Ridgebacks in Rhode Island.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

But plenty of wetbacks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (n7Dzq)

107 >>I mean, an "island"

You'd have to leave the dock to know what an island is.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

108 Hondas use a common plug.

So do the Harkonnens.

Posted by: Lonely Guild Navigator at October 24, 2026 11:01 PM (+n72I)

109 You'd have to leave the dock to know what an island is.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

Simple. "island": is land
Ocean: is not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 11:02 PM (n7Dzq)

110 You'd have to leave the dock to know what an island is.

Id rather sit here and watch the tide roll away.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 11:02 PM (+9wcF)

111 Coils are easy to check for resistance. The one in my lawn tractor died early this year. A new one was like ten bucks and I was back in bidness.

Posted by: Handy Capable at October 24, 2026 11:02 PM (EdP2u)

112 And, if you are feeling daring, you could use lime vodka rather than lime juice. DO NOT ask how I know.
Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (LOuD5)

At a bachelor party, we got the guest of honor smashed on kamikazes while we did shots of Rose's Lime Juice after each toast..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 24, 2026 11:03 PM (08OqX)

113 Just a short step to Zimbabwe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

114 Mayor Pete uses a common plug as well

Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (oqH4h)

115 Imma casually mention this to Mrs. F.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

I made it with a sweet dough, but I started with sourdough starter, and used kefir instead of milk.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)

116 Doof introduced me to scrapple at last year's TxMoMe. It wasn't bad.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

No camper this year meant no scrapple. Hopefully both return next year!

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (QMAsf)

117 >>Simple. "island": is land
Ocean: is not.

Pretty much.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

118 Rainmondo has been replaced with a new version electionbot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

119 Don't worry, I'm not going to ask any questions tonight.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 24, 2026 11:05 PM (CHHv1)

120 109 You'd have to leave the dock to know what an island is.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

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Bit you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2026 11:06 PM (vBZcw)

121 When I was around 4 - 5, my parents had tongue (cow) and that big ol' thing was sitting on the table. It was revolting.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 24, 2026 11:06 PM (Fv808)

122 Cool...one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. Lots of great drummers over the years but few can match the smoothness that Liberty DeVitto switches tempo and back so effortlessly. I don't know who was working the board on that track, but the instrumental was drowning out the lyrics.

Posted by: Orson at October 24, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

123 >>Id rather sit here and watch the tide roll away.

You and Otis. And me and Elvis.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

124 It was a perfect day for sailing in SoCal today. How was the weather in Rhode "Island"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2026 11:09 PM (vBZcw)

125
Menudo, Boudin, Scrapple, ... hmmm?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 11:09 PM (BzKNL)

126 64
I tried a couple of different automobile plugs, no joy. Disconnected the on/off switch, no joy. Internet tells me there is a low oil switch. Engine is full of oil, over-full in fact. Will check that tomorrow. I probably do have another of those little Honda plugs somewhere, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:37 PM (n7Dzq)

Sounds like the last guy discovered it has no spark, so tried a new plug, which didn't fix it. He then learned about about the low oil switch and added a bunch of oil, which also didn't fix it. At that point he gave up and hauled it to the dump, where you found it. Does it have points or a magneto?

We all have faith that you will find the problem and fix it.

Posted by: a.moron at October 24, 2026 11:10 PM (X5Jzz)

127 When I was around 4 - 5, my parents had tongue (cow) and that big ol' thing was sitting on the table. It was revolting.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 24, 2026 11:06 PM (Fv80

I love tongue burritos. It is so expensive now.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 11:10 PM (rbvCR)

128 >> And publius will be along shortly to explain in which dimension and coordinate system both of those things can be true.

ROFL, okay smarty pants. You can make Rhode Island bigger than Texas. Choose a reference frame moving at 0.999998c moving tangent to Texas (we're going so fast we can ignore rotation) at just the right angle. The Erf wil squashed into nearly a flat pancake. Rhode Island, is tilted enough that, it will be more on top of the flat pancake, at that speed, Rhode Island becomes the same area as Texas.

While I did think of Lorentz contraction squashing the earth, I didn't know if you could make it work, so put Grok on it, and yes you can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

129 Up until 2020, it was 'Rhode Island and Providence Plantations'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 11:12 PM (XeU6L)

130 I'm not complaining, I had a chocolate pumpkin marble muffin with sanding sugar topping.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

131 I saw Asmongold review a video from a couple of feminists (supposedly a big name podcast of some sort)

The feminists were arguing that because 1/4 when claim they were sexually assaulted all men are rapists.

And he went down the path of "hey feminists, if we looked at the pictures of those actual rapists you'd say it was racist"

But the part that more bothers me in these sort of discussions is the politicians those same feminists support turn around and let rapists out with minimal jail time.

The problem isn't "all men are rapists". The problem is 1% of men are uncontrollable psychopaths and not only so we not jail them any more we spent 4 years bringing millions of those 1%ers from all over the globe

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:12 PM (sKqQm)

132 >>> I don't know who was working the board on that track, but the instrumental was drowning out the lyrics.

Posted by: Orson
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Hang the engineers.
Notice, as you watch a video and the camera focuses on the drummer, one of his sticks is hitting a cymbal - you will not hear it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 11:13 PM (BzKNL)

133 I have one memory of Rhode Island (because otherwise I nodded off on my way to/fro Boston and missed it). I was driving a u-haul from D.C. to Boston for 3rd year law school and stopped at a friend's place in East Warrick or something. Picked some of his furniture up, had some espresso, chatted with his parents, and continued along the way. I still think Rhode Island was the inspiration for the Potempkin village.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 24, 2026 11:14 PM (Fv808)

134 I've had a fun weekend. I heard a woodpecker on my house and figured he was attacking my old need to be replaced flanges.

Nope.

He found somehow there was a void behind my shingles in one space and busted through the shingle above it. And then he took a bunch of insulation out and started making himself a nest.

I've never seen something quite like it before...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:14 PM (sKqQm)

135 Sounds like the last guy discovered it has no spark, so tried a new plug, which didn't fix it. He then learned about about the low oil switch and added a bunch of oil, which also didn't fix it. At that point he gave up and hauled it to the dump, where you found it. Does it have points or a magneto?

We all have faith that you will find the problem and fix it.
Posted by: a.moron at October 24, 2026 11:10 PM (X5Jzz)

Basically my read on it, too. Except it looks like he dragged it to the dump, on a rope behind a truck. Two of the rubber feet were ground off, and the face plate with the AC outlet and switches was half ground away. And a big gash in the fuel tank, LOL. Fixed most of that today. No points. Electronic ignition. Coil, "igniter module", various Murphy switches, and spark plug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 11:15 PM (n7Dzq)

136 Asmongold, if he were to stop cursing God I would consider watching it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 11:15 PM (BzKNL)

137 RI shouldn't exist, or more accurately it should be a county in MA.

RI is just a slightly seeder MA anyway

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)

138 “French” youuuths are still upset about overcrowding in schools it seems.

Posted by: Mon Dieu at October 24, 2026 11:16 PM (UedRb)

139 Meh, Asmongold has a gross "roach lord" schtick.

He's fine as a commenter on the news of the day but we have no shortage of those on the right

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:16 PM (sKqQm)

140 >>It was a perfect day for sailing in SoCal today. How was the weather in Rhode "Island"?

Spectacular. One of those crisp but not cold and sunny days with an early offshore breeze in the morning and a typical onshore breeze in the afternoon but a brilliant sunshine with high, wispy clouds. Visibility was at least 20 miles.

https://tinyurl.com/4b8fkkch

Greetings from the sailing capital of the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:17 PM (viF8m)

141 129 Up until 2020, it was 'Rhode Island and Providence Plantations'.

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"And Home for the Dissolute" didn't fit on the flag?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 24, 2026 11:17 PM (vBZcw)

142 I love tongue burritos. It is so expensive now.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 11:10 PM (rbvCR)

And you cannot eat them with chopsticks; gotta use tongue tongs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 11:17 PM (n7Dzq)

143 Was plantations removed cuz St Floyd of Fentanyl?

Posted by: Mon Dieu at October 24, 2026 11:18 PM (UedRb)

144 Greetings from the sailing capital of the world.

Hey, we just opened up a new service out of Providence. Low low rates? Want to come aboard?

Posted by: The Skipper and Gilligan at October 24, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

145 I love tongue burritos. It is so expensive now.

Still free here!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 24, 2026 11:19 PM (sKqQm)

146 He found somehow there was a void behind my shingles in one space and busted through the shingle above it. And then he took a bunch of insulation out and started making himself a nest.

I've never seen something quite like it before...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:14 PM (sKqQm)

It is hard to convince them to go somewhere else, they don't frighten like other birds.
The only thing I can suggest to try is to put a large rubber snake in the hole

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 11:19 PM (rbvCR)

147 I can also suggest suppressed .22lr

Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 11:20 PM (oqH4h)

148 The only thing I can suggest to try is to put a large rubber snake in the hole

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Be still my beating heart.

Posted by: James Talarico at October 24, 2026 11:20 PM (vBZcw)

149 The only thing I can suggest to try is to put a large rubber snake in the hole

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Oh?

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at October 24, 2026 11:20 PM (UedRb)

150 138 “French” youuuths are still upset about overcrowding in schools it seems.

Posted by: Mon Dieu at October 24, 2026 11:16 PM

Deport all of the violent Jihadist illegal immigrants ... voila, the spaces in the schools are now perfectly fitted to the remaining populace.

I am a helper!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 24, 2026 11:21 PM (HlyYF)

151 Deport all of the violent Jihadist illegal immigrants ... voila, the spaces in the schools are now perfectly fitted to the remaining populace.

I am a helper!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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One of the clips, 'Riot police running from the rioters'.
The absurdity. Just fucking shoot them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 11:23 PM (BzKNL)

152 131 I saw Asmongold review a video from a couple of feminists (supposedly a big name podcast of some sort)

The feminists were arguing that because 1/4 when claim they were sexually assaulted all men are rapists.

And he went down the path of "hey feminists, if we looked at the pictures of those actual rapists you'd say it was racist"

But the part that more bothers me in these sort of discussions is the politicians those same feminists support turn around and let rapists out with minimal jail time.

The problem isn't "all men are rapists". The problem is 1% of men are uncontrollable psychopaths and not only so we not jail them any more we spent 4 years bringing millions of those 1%ers from all over the globe
Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2026 11:12 PM (sKqQm)

Sure rape is illegal and immoral. But we never take the positives into consideration.

Posted by: Therapist at October 24, 2026 11:24 PM (+n72I)

153 The only thing I can suggest to try is to put a large rubber snake in the hole

There are entire websites devoted to that sort of thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 11:25 PM (4R/FS)

154 On Reddit the retards are twisting themselves into pretzels to pretend the riots aren’t an Islamic takeover.

It’s an equal mix of “there are whites doting as well” and “so what if it’s Africans and Arabs, they’re simply embracing France’s history of protest so it proves they’re assimilating”. No I’m not kidding.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at October 24, 2026 11:25 PM (UedRb)

155 Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

___________________

Hey, I just saw that the Mayoral race for Providence won't just be an unopposed Socialist. Even though they cancelled the Republican primary it looks like some guy stepped up to run. He hasn't much of a chance, but I admire the fact that at least someone in that city wasn't willing to surrender.

Posted by: Orson at October 24, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)

156 One of the clips, 'Riot police running from the rioters'.
The absurdity. Just fucking shoot them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 11:23 PM (BzKNL)

Snipers. Instruct them to shoot anyone waving a Pali flag, or any flag other than the legit Tricolor. Shoot anyone brandishing a weapon, even sticks. Shoot the guy giving directions to the jerk with the bullhorn. Shoot anyone carrying a firebomb. Shoot looters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 11:27 PM (n7Dzq)

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