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Mid-Morning Open Thread
Connoisseur
Norman Rockwell
In 1961, Rockwell's studio was temporarily transformed into an abstract expressionist's workplace as he painted The Connoisseur, a painting about the relationship between conventional and modern art. Always fascinated by modern and abstract art, Rockwell designed a cover in which he could acknowledge his appreciation of the genre. By placing his back to us, he leaves the interpretation of the museum visitor's reaction to the viewer. If we can assume that he is a surrogate for Rockwell, we may also assume that the gentleman is smiling approvingly. Rockwell constructed his painting in a manner similar to the work of artist Jackson Pollock. Journals in his library would have provided him with information about Pollock's process. Rather than paint the connoisseur and then surround him with the abstract image, Rockwell first produced the abstract as a separate and complete image. He was then able to position a cutout of his painting of the man over his abstract in order to test the final effect. Later, he combined the images for his final painting. Rockwell submitted a section of the sample painting to an exhibition at the Cooperstown Art Association in New York, signing the canvas with an Italian signature. It took first prize for painting. Another section of the abstract canvas, signed "Percival," won Honorable Mention at a Berkshire Museum exhibition.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: HH at December 27, 2016 09:54 AM (DrCtv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2016 09:55 AM (TRzoP)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 09:55 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Ann K at December 27, 2016 09:56 AM (vt58B)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 09:57 AM (dFi94)
We had another Rockwell in an art thread where he did a self-portrait in a studio with works of art in various genres. He was showing that he had his particular style but it wasn't a limitation because he could also execute as a Picasso or Rembrandt.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 09:57 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at December 27, 2016 09:57 AM (C+vbB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (TRzoP)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (97XyN)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (r/0kC)
It looks like a painting tarp, that you cover floors or furniture with, that someone hung on a wall
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (auHtY)
Posted by: Ann K at December 27, 2016 09:56 AM (vt58B)
More proof, as if more proof were needed, that artists can always be bought cheap.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2016 09:59 AM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 09:59 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: CanaDave at December 27, 2016 09:59 AM (cLEJw)
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (Om16U)
The name "Chef Boy-ar-dee" should have exposed the whole scam.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (TRzoP)
Posted by: jwpaine at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (hoJm7)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo, rippin' off the NME at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (6FqZa)
I just ate a donut.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:02 AM (n1NNk)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (J8/9G)
Not just artists.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (X6fMO)
To me it looks like a soldier standing at ease. So, still-ish but not so formal.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: your president at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (6FqZa)
Fake.
Posted by: connoisseur's thought bubble at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (wpC7C)
Posted by: jwpaine at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (hoJm7)
Posted by: Willem de Kooning at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (+kwUl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (TRzoP)
And Rockwell certainly could have provided them. Now here's one of the Cubs dugout - the Cubs we all grew up knowing and loving:
http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1948-the-dugout.html
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (TRzoP)
Cooperstown is kind of a artsy, liberal, community. I'm sure most voted for Hillary.
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (ogUTd)
Anyhow, Norman is the best thing since sliced bread!
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (dFi94)
looks like shit
Posted by: ee cummings at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (97XyN)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (dFi94)
How, erum, YOU doin'?
Posted by: JFK at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (7HtZB)
Home, of course, of the famed Berkshire Hunts.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (8nWyX)
http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1948-the-dugout.html
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (s7vJs)
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I've got to get a print of that.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: StrawMan at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (GPhem)
Also, he's not standing back far enough to take it all in. He's in close examining the technique, paying attention to details.
This guy is clearly interested in the faux Pollack.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Grimaldi at December 27, 2016 10:05 AM (V/f/L)
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Now you don't even have to take them off indoors.
I always do though.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:06 AM (gmeXX)
OTOH, the contrast between the 'modern' painting and the staid, traditional viewer is pure Rockwell.
Posted by: JTB at December 27, 2016 10:06 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (EaQ6/)
N. Bates: My mother thinks so
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (auHtY)
Rockwell was a New England Yankee through and through.
Hard to imagine now that Vermont and Maine were once two of the most conservative states in the Union. Hell, Calvin Coolidge was from Vermont.
From Silent Cal to Bernie the Commie - what a shift!
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (s7vJs)
As for wearing proper hats, the hipsters here were starting to bring the fedora back, but then the Mens' Rights Activists made them too uncool even for them. Which means I now want one
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (6FqZa)
I like his hat. When did men stop wearing proper hats? I think ceasing
to wear proper hats marked the beginning of the deterioration of
American society.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (dFi94)
My husband periodically wears a fedora. His niece and nephew both got fedoras for their little sons. It's too darn cute when they all wear them at the same time.
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (zoehZ)
Long story short, he was bringing back a bunch of counterfeit money from Panama and an old beat up van with what looked like a painting drop cloth. He got the money to the bad buys and bought the van with the drop cloth for peanuts. The drop cloth turned out to be a very valuable Jackson Pollock.
That's about how I view Pollock's work.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:08 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 27, 2016 10:08 AM (DMUuz)
I have a good-quality Panama (and not one of those stupid hipster models) that I wear at lure coursing trials or stewarding at outdoor shows.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:09 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 10:10 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: alexthechick - stupid ceiling tree rats at December 27, 2016 10:10 AM (mf5HN)
Prayers especially for SMFH, that God will set the path straight with the charity and provide laborers to help you release the funds. Prayers also that you may know the love and peace of God and understand that he is near you even if he seems far away.
Posted by: Michael the Deplorable TEXIT at December 27, 2016 10:10 AM (nvMvs)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (dFi94)
It's been replaced with baseball hats. The man children wear baseball hats everywhere. Even eating a meal the man children can't remove their baseball hats
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 27, 2016 10:10 AM (auHtY)
Posted by: Pajama Boy, Nursing a Large Penis at December 27, 2016 10:10 AM (97XyN)
JFK didn't like wearing hats and so they became unfashionable, although my dad continued to wear them. (He was bald and needed something to shield his scalp from the elements).
I remember those hat holder clip thingees on the backs of church pews.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:11 AM (s7vJs)
I like Jackson Pollock's Running On Empty and The Pretender.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:11 AM (n1NNk)
http://www.best-norman-rockwell-art.com/1948-the-dugout.html
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (s7vJs) [I/]
The unbridled glee on the faces of the fans makes "The Dugout" perfect. Too bad that old Norm' couldn't handle watercolors (yeah, right!). What an arteeest!
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:12 AM (EaQ6/)
About the same time women stopped wearing hats.
George Will warned us about the dangers of blue jeans but did we listen?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:12 AM (/tuJf)
****
He Painted This While On Safari - a limerick
All those abstract reds, greens and blues
Imagination will give you some clues
There's a zebra! Giraffes?
A hyena that laughs!
But I'm not going to fall for fake gnus.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2016 10:12 AM (wPiJc)
Never mind the Pollocks.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo, rippin' off the NME at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (6FqZa)
Here's The Sex Pistols!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (rF0hx)
I know where one can find Jackson Pollock paintings where you're going. Just bring a blacklight . . .
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:03 AM (ogUTd)
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My grandparents live close by so I'm somewhat familiar with the area. I wouldn't be surprised if most in Cooperstown voted for Hillary but I did look up the Otsego County results and Trump won the county with 53% of the vote and Hillary with 40%.
Posted by: Independent George at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:07 AM (Enq6K)
That's cute and all, but like boulder terlit hobo said, a fashionable mens' hat is about as effective a sign as a scraggly neckbeard that the wearer is an unpleasant 20-something who is, as they say, On The Spectrum.
Shame about that, but it's pretty hard to pull off a nice felt hat unless you're old enough to have served in Korea.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (8nWyX)
George S. Irving, Broadway veteran, narrator for Underdog and voice of Snow Miser, dead at 94:
http://tinyurl.com/h7umou5
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:14 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 10:14 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: TR,Truman,Ike,LBJ at December 27, 2016 10:14 AM (+kwUl)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (7N6ox)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (97XyN)
A cousin is retired to Vermont and loves it, I don't know what her politics are, as we don't talk about it.
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (ogUTd)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (y3aQB)
I beg to differ. I loathe umbrellas so I have always hewn to a nice felt fedora and a good raincoat.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:12 AM (/tuJf)
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I went to school when pants weren't allowed for girls. And no one could wear jeans. Girls in the 60's wore dresses to school that had to be no more than four inches above the knee. They measured us by having us kneel on the floor, using a ruler to make sure.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (gmeXX)
If they say Make America Great Again on them you get a pass.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (/tuJf)
A cousin is retired to Vermont and loves it, I don't know what her politics are, as we don't talk about it.
Massholes moving in ! same as New Hampsha
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (y3aQB)
said, a fashionable mens' hat is about as effective a sign as a
scraggly neckbeard that the wearer is an unpleasant 20-something who is,
as they say, On The Spectrum.
Shame about that, but it's pretty hard to pull off a nice felt hat unless you're old enough to have served in Korea.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 10:13 AM (8nWyX)
Well he's 60 and the two boys are 18 mos. and 7 mos.
On The Spectrum? Da fuq?!
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (Enq6K)
to wear proper hats marked the beginning of the deterioration of
American society.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 10:04 AM (dFi94)
Supposedly, JFK didn't wear a hat at his inauguration and that started the fashion trend.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:17 AM (hESQW)
Well, maybe Serrano, but that's the limit
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:17 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:18 AM (TOk1P)
but NOT worn backwards. Baseball caps worn backwards immediately make anybody look like an idiot and it defeats the whole purpose of baseball caps - the bill shields the wearers eyes from the sun.
Caps worn backwards are part of the whole circus clown ghetto look that became popular in the '90's - baggy pants worn low to show underwear and butt crack, baggy T shirts. Total slob look. I'd rather see hipster skinny jeans than those baggy ridiculous pants.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:18 AM (s7vJs)
It was more a common social thing than a rule at my grammar school. You just didn't see girls in pants and guys never in jeans.
But you also saw women wearing hats to church every Sunday, that was more a thing than even guys wearing hats although my grandfather always wore his fedora. The time, they are a changing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
Wouldn't surprise me about the lying, thieving, Albanian dwarf.
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Hitchens at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (mgbwf)
I would love a nice dove grey fedora, but there isn't a real hat shop within 50 miles of me and I don't trust ordering a hat over the internet.
I do have a Burberry trenchcoat, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (X6fMO)
http://tinyurl.com/hr2z6r6
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:00 AM (gmeXX)
Me too. *sits in the corner with SH, admires*
I love his abstract painting won an award! Ha. Reminds me of a Murphy Brown ep where her kid's finger painting somehow winds up in a gallery and two art critics try to one up each other in pretentiousness admiring it.
A lot of art criticism seems to be more about virtue signaling than actual art appreciation. Hence why Rockwell only now is starting to get the respect he deserves as a "true" artist. Something we "normals" knew all along!
Posted by: LizLem at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (EimXz)
If I'm walking away from the sun, though, turning the hat back protects my neck.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: grammie winger
Emperor Cavil would exile to Antarctica anyone who couldn't properly distinguish between a fedora and a trilby.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (9krrF)
Blame JFK.
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I think that is just another myth
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (gmeXX)
Probably due more to the overall cultural changes/deterioration that happened in the 60s
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 27, 2016 10:21 AM (auHtY)
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I beg to differ. I loathe umbrellas so I have always hewn to a nice felt fedora and a good raincoat.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:15 AM (mgbwf)
Real men don't fuss over a little rain.
Wet hair is easier to comb.
Come on!
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:21 AM (TOk1P)
Somehow I can't see Clark Kent wearing a baseball cap.
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:21 AM (ogUTd)
If ZZ Top were writing today, the line would be "every girl's crazy 'bout a cross-dressed man!"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:21 AM (X6fMO)
You live around Boston, right? Try Goorin Brothers on Newbury Street. Right around the corner from my old place.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:22 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Dr Alice at December 27, 2016 10:23 AM (LaT54)
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Wouldn't surprise me about the lying, thieving, Albanian dwarf.
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Hitchens at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (mgbwf)
If God is merciful, fake zombie Chris, He has you buffing her corns, rather than being Satan's pitchfork temperature tester.
And by pitchfork I don't mean pitchfork.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:24 AM (TOk1P)
But you also saw women wearing hats to church every Sunday, that was more a thing than even guys wearing hats although my grandfather always wore his fedora. The time, they are a changing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
My cousins and I all swoon when we see old family photos from the 40's/50's /60's because everyone looks so dressed up at the family parties- even at the barbecues!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 27, 2016 10:24 AM (oQQwD)
I can't get that picture of Lena out of my head. Where is a sea monster when you really need one!
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:24 AM (EaQ6/)
Chicago's Christmas weekend was particularly deadly this year.
60 shot, 11 dead.
Even during Christmas, black lives really don't matter when they're killed by other blacks.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:25 AM (n1NNk)
The other thing he did was to not wear an overcoat. So you had all the old grandees trussed up in overcoats and hats and the bright young man standing out their in a suit.
His trick was wearing long underwear under the suit. I stole that trick when I was doing business in Russia where the cold seeps into your bones, even indoors.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:25 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (J8/9G)
Wait, my attempt to dress like hobo grandpa doesn't impress you? Whatever.
Posted by: Hipsters at December 27, 2016 10:25 AM (EimXz)
He was right of course. It was a lesson that took a whole childhood for me to absorb.
And now I return the favor with any child who sits to eat with me.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:25 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (hESQW)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (oZEJt)
Aren't we way overdue for another racist cop shooting a black criminal (with his hands in his pockets or holding a library book)?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (n1NNk)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (Enq6K)
Autistic. It's a pretty common stereotype for grungy neckbeardy 20-somethings who wear fedoras, and presumably not actually diagnosed, more of a "gosh, it's not that I'm horribly incapable of interacting with normal humans, no, it must be my undiagnosed Asperger's! I'm so ~special~!"
85 Good hats only go with good clothes, that is, a well-dressed man. Combine a good hat with what most guys wear today and it looks like a maraschino cherry on a pile of shit.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (J8/9G)
This is pretty much it. Clapping a decent hat on a manwhale in sweatpants and a t-shirt doesn't make it classy, no matter how many of them seem to think so.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (9krrF)
If you told me those were urban dictionary terms for unspeakably acrobatic sex acts, I might believe you.
Now, where did I put my parka...
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (TOk1P)
You live around Boston, right? Try Goorin Brothers on Newbury Street. Right around the corner from my old place.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:22 AM (/tuJf)
Salmagundi hat shop is in Boston, too, with handmade hats for men & women. They are in the Italian neighborhood.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (oQQwD)
As a kid of the 60's, I was raised with "good clothes" and "play clothes". Never the twain met.
I mostly just have clothes now.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (/tuJf)
If you're talking geologic time it's actually quite quick.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:28 AM (ogUTd)
105 Is the AoSHQ front page loading slow for anyone else?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004
yes! its actually crashed a couple of times for me
Posted by: Spawn of Mayhem at December 27, 2016 10:28 AM (C+vbB)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:28 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (hESQW)
The work pooter, it is slower than usual, and it's usually slow. The site asks me to approve tweeter tweets access every time, at least twice, before it loads the ads.
No, I don't have administrator privileges. No, I can't load ad blocker.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:28 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:29 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Hipsters at December 27, 2016 10:25 AM (EimXz)
That, and your being a Grade A asshole. Now run off and polish your balls, if you have any.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:29 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 10:29 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:24 AM (EaQ6/)
Pose someone in the right way, at the golden hour for shooting, and no matter their size you can achieve a stunning photo. But that? A monstrosity of composition, never mind the subject. Either the person was a crappy photographer or secretly hates her.
Posted by: LizLem at December 27, 2016 10:29 AM (EimXz)
However, once the Greatest Generation ladies took to pants they did so with a vengeance. My mother sure had her share of ugly '70's pantsuits and so did her friends.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:29 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 27, 2016 10:30 AM (tf9Ne)
Oh, and I like Norman Rockwell too.
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at December 27, 2016 10:30 AM (Yi9Gb)
Tunisian authorities say Berlin truck attacker wanted nephew to kill uncle in ISIS pledge
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:30 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:30 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:22 AM (/tuJf)
Did not know about them. The website is painfully hipster douchebag, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:30 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:31 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 27, 2016 10:31 AM (tewYv)
Quick, Name the henchmen for the Bond villain who wore a bowler hat!
And then name his Austin Powers counterpart!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (n1NNk)
That "short-brimmed thing" is a trilby. But idiots call them fedoras anyway, even though they look gayer than Liberache in gold lame and assless chaps on a pink Segway.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (y3aQB)
That's pretty much who wear hats these days.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (/tuJf)
The abstract part looks like chaos.
But the man is standing too close to it; needs to step back where we are.
When you are too close to chaos, all you see are the individual explosions; a car bomb here, a suicide vest there, drone strikes, air strikes, coupla tomahawks, riots at the shopping malls. When you stand back, you can see the whole thing.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (n1NNk)
...walking home from choir practice with an armload of groceries for his mother.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (hESQW)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: They Don't Sell Hotdogs Here at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (+kwUl)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (/tuJf)
It is.
Google Stetson Fedora and know your hat size.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....Grate American cheese again! at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (S6Pax)
Posted by: LizLem at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (EimXz)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (9krrF)
If you told me those were urban dictionary terms for unspeakably acrobatic sex acts, I might believe you.
Now, where did I put my parka...
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (TOk1P)
"Trilby," as it happens, comes from the 1894 novel of the same name by George Du Maurier. Trilby O'Ferrall is an artists' model with beautiful, tiny feet which drive every man wild.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (n1NNk)
Quick, Name the henchmen for the Bond villain who wore a bowler hat!
And then name his Austin Powers counterpart!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (n1NNk)
Odd Job & Random Task
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (7HtZB)
Is very normal. Please continue with reading site of Spades.
Posted by: Sergei at the GRU at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (wpC7C)
"Random Task" is hilarious!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:35 AM (n1NNk)
in every report they keep saying unprotected sex. why is that? is the unprotected part somehow more outrageous?
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (8ReTf)
And then name his Austin Powers counterpart!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (n1NNk)
Wasn't it the midget (or being PC) short or height challenged or something. The Man with the Golden Gun?? With Roger Moore?
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (ogUTd)
"Razor brimmed bowler."
Meet: Oddjob!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (ty7RM)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 27, 2016 10:27 AM (oQQwD)
**looks at website**
OMG.
Thank you, dear lady. They seem to have a shop in Jamaica Plain, too, so I can combine a shopping trip with a few pints at Doyle's!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: LizLem at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (EimXz)
Oh yeah. I used to work in an art museum that displayed a contemporary (i.e. copycat) of Pollack's & every day there'd be a few new chips on the floor under the painting,
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:37 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (9krrF)
The thing is though, "just a-holes" is on the spectrum precisely because their maladjustment to normal society IS the problem.
They hate it, you hate it.
Now, the extent to which society coddles such douchebags is society's problem, but you already knew that.
The point is, we're often treated to a fine misunderstanding of personality disorders, developmental disorders, and autism spectrum disorders, mostly because pee-sigh-chiatrists have no idea what to do with them.
Real diagnoses, and no pill to "cure" it often equals "Let's pretend it doesn't exist" in the mental health industrial complex.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:37 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:37 AM (J8/9G)
Try Peter Brothers hat, in Ft Worth, TX.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 10:37 AM (Kzcny)
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (7N6ox)
The only excuse for wearing a baseball cap backwards is if you are a catcher wearing a mask.>>>
I spin mine backwards a lot when working underneath cars.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (tf9Ne)
The Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is worth going to if you enjoy Rockwell's paintings. Out of all the museums we have dragged our kids to, and that's a lot of museums, this one was by far their favorite. That was ten years ago, same New England trip that we went to the so-called fishing museum that my kids will never, ever let me forget.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:39 AM (EaQ6/)
OK, that's permitted under the functional exemption rule.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:39 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: doug at December 27, 2016 10:40 AM (BtILi)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (mgbwf)
The thing is that I want to see what I look like in a hat before I buy it. I'm painfully paranoid and skittish about my appearance, so a purchase like that needs to be made in person where I can take my time and have different versions handed to me.
Salmagundi makes straw boaters, I see. I think I need look no further for my needs.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:40 AM (X6fMO)
+++
i usually compliment them on showing the adjusto-strap to good effect
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:40 AM (8ReTf)
Or when fishing with a blazing sun at your back.
And I get a pass being someone who wore the tolls of ignorance for a good part of my life.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (n1NNk)
On The Spectrum? Da fuq?!
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:16 AM (Enq6K)
Autistic. It's a pretty common stereotype for grungy neckbeardy
20-somethings who wear fedoras, and presumably not actually diagnosed,
more of a "gosh, it's not that I'm horribly incapable of interacting
with normal humans, no, it must be my undiagnosed Asperger's! I'm so
~special~!"
85 Good hats only go with good clothes, that is, a well-dressed
man. Combine a good hat with what most guys wear today and it looks like
a maraschino cherry on a pile of shit.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:19 AM (J8/9G)
This is pretty much it. Clapping a decent hat on a manwhale in
sweatpants and a t-shirt doesn't make it classy, no matter how many of
them seem to think so.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 10:26 AM (8nWyX)
I know what 'on the spectrum' means. It applies to no one in my initial comment.
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:39 AM (mgbwf)
Hey, I think I look cool wearing my cap backwards while driving my John Deere mower...(at least I think I do)
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (ogUTd)
Move ahead 40-plus years and I often wear a fedora or that style hat. My hair is still thick but I want the sun protection for my face and it bugs me to get rain on my glasses. Screw fashion, I want usefulness. Also, I spend more time outdoors what with gardening, fishing and shooting. It can be difficult finding good hats big enough and with an adequate brim but they are out there.
Posted by: JTB at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (V+03K)
Says someone who has not only a fat head but big hair and can't find a decent sunhat to save her life.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: grammie winger
I wear a Brooks Brothers wool driving cap with a contrasting scarf - devastatingly dapper.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Semilitterate at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (igHRe)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (7HtZB)
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One percenter.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (gmeXX)
"Trilby," as it happens, comes from the 1894 novel of the same name by George Du Maurier. Trilby O'Ferrall is an artists' model with beautiful, tiny feet which drive every man wild.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:34 AM (X6fMO)
I appreciate your attempt to educate me on this, but when it comes to hats you are talking to the equivalent of a primate.
If I see hats on people's heads, I sorta tilt MY head sideways, look at them as some sort of alien being, and keep walking.
No, I don't sniff them.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:43 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:43 AM (/tuJf)
You know what you don't see anymore (because we're not in the 1950's?).
The "green eyeshades." You see accountants and bookkeepers in old movies wearing these.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:43 AM (n1NNk)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 27, 2016 10:43 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (tf9Ne)
Doing that, or using the bill to shield the back of your neck from the sun are legit reasons to wear the cap backwards. Any practical reason for wearing something is always fine in my book.
But the clown pants wearing goons who popularized the backwards baseball cap look in the '90's were doing so because they thought it was cool not for any practical reasons. If they were practical thinkers, they wouldn't have worn the clown pants.
Yeah, I know the gangstas originally wore baggy clothes to hide weapons. However, that consideration is overruled by the ridiculousness of being caught by the cops when you're running from the scene of a crime and your pants fall down.
I read the cops absolutely loved the baggy pants look because they caught any number of criminals who fell and tripped on their own pants as they were running down the street.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:44 AM (s7vJs)
You know what you don't see anymore (because we're not in the 1950's?).
The "green eyeshades." You see accountants and bookkeepers in old movies wearing these.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:43 AM (n1NNk)
Often seen with black armbands. That I could never understand.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:45 AM (7HtZB)
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Phrasing!
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (7HtZB)
No no, works both ways.
(That's what HE said)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 27, 2016 10:45 AM (TOk1P)
Probably mourning the death of the gold standard.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 10:46 AM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 10:46 AM (IDPbH)
Keeps the cuffs of your white shirt sleeves pulled back from the ledger so you don't get ink stains on the cuff or so I was told.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 10:46 AM (kC8NW)
And then name his Austin Powers counterpart!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (n1NNk)
Wasn't it the midget (or being PC) short or height challenged or something. The Man with the Golden Gun?? With Roger Moore?
Posted by: Colin
Oddjob - Goldfinger is correct. Whomever had picked him, please proceed to the AoSHQ parimutuel window to collect your winnings!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 10:47 AM (O7kBk)
Wore nice hats, b'gosh and b'gorra
That Indiana Jones
Looked good while diggin' up bones
That's why he's known as "Fedora the explorer"
Posted by: Muldoon at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (lHb9q)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 10:45 AM (7HtZB)
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I think those were actually sleeve garters. No idea what their purpose was - if it was just to keep sleeves up above the wrist, why not roll up the sleeves instead?
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (IDPbH)
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One percenter.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (gmeXX)
That's how we recognize each other on the street, in case we need to borrow some Gray Poupon.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (sBOL1)
I had a straw sunhat in the '80's that I sometimes wore. The problem was not only ending up with "hat hair" when I took it off, it was that I was always somewhat self-conscious wearing one - and to pull off the look, you have to look like you're entirely comfortable wearing one.
Southern women who grew up wearing sun hats seem to be able to do it.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (sBOL1)
You do not have a fat head. You do have luxurious, big hair.
As a similarly hair endowed lady, I found a great "gardening" hat at Epcot during the Flower and Garden Festival some years ago. I have seen similar hats at milliners in New Orleans that are gorgeous, but priced well above my budget. But if I had the money, I would wear them. Along with lovely pastel cotton shirtwaist dresses, kitten heels, white mid arm gloves and my pearls.
Posted by: Moki, deplorable mom and sammich maker at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (VnCI9)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (O7kBk)
I thought it was the pharmaceutical window.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (mgbwf)
Sleeve garters. They hitch up your sleeves so your cuffs don't get soiled by wet ink.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (X6fMO)
Summer hat => Straw Panama Jack
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (Kzcny)
Posted by: Alice Cooper at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Havana Cuba at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (n1NNk)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: goon at December 27, 2016 10:39 AM (EaQ6/)
He got a real charge out of his visit to Fort Knox and ended up a Kentucky Fried Korean.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (auHtY)
Because men did not roll up their sleeves.
Not everything about the past was a great idea.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 10:52 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Punk in a Jar at December 27, 2016 10:52 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Barky McFuckstick at December 27, 2016 10:52 AM (V9ARR)
I'll believe it.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous
No white after Labor Day - due to northern yankees and heating with coal. Dust and soot would destroy white clothes.
Believe. Or not.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 10:53 AM (O7kBk)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:48 AM (sBOL1)
What! Work in this office naked? Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:53 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Pepe at December 27, 2016 10:53 AM (oXJmp)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:49 AM (s7vJs)
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I have a friend who is a tall, willowy Irish ginger with extremely fair skin. She wears hats all the time, year-round. She looks gorgeous in them. She does not have a fat head.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:53 AM (sBOL1)
you appear to have a superfluous "f" in that last word, sir or madam.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (kVX3W)
Posted by: Punk in a Jar at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:38 AM (sBOL1)
So, you are one of those parents.
In the late 70's we were through Georgia to go to Disney. It was the first car we ever had with A/C and it was high 90's. Of course my dad decides we should go see the then president's home town of Plains, GA. It was a dinky town with a gas station that was the epitome of Southern gas stations you see in horror movies. We were overjoyed when Dad made us get out in the heat to stand by the Plains, Georgia sign.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (J70i0)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (sBOL1)
Oh let's!!!! I know the Hyatt in Reston has a nice afternoon tea! I can't eat most of it, but I don't care. I LOVE afternoon tea.
Best one ever was at the Peninsula in Hong Kong. I went with the restaurant manager of the Mandarin Oriental, and it was the most elegant, indulgent meal I have ever eaten. The manager was cute too, so that was a plus.
Posted by: Moki, deplorable mom and sammich maker at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (VnCI9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (n1NNk)
This needs explaining?
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (J8/9G)
Indiana Jones wears a fedora;
Frank Sinatra wears a trilby.
In addition to Trilby, du Maurier was also a gifted staff artist for Punch magazine. Here's a cartoon from 1876:
http://tinyurl.com/jhqrud3
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Pepe at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (oXJmp)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Illinois Nazis at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (+kwUl)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:42 AM (sBOL1)
Mrs. Muse bought me one of those Tilley hats for outdoor/sunscreen use. Of course, she had to measure me for hat size.
7 7/8. That's what it turned out to be.
Compared to me, you're probably a pinhead.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (hESQW)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (mgbwf)
As someone who has been down that particular rabbit hole, I pose to you these questions:
Is it the person who is unwell? Or are they reacting to an insane society? Or, God help us, are they actually well adjusted to the insane society, and we are reacting in the context of a sane one?
Many answers to what's wrong with people to be found there.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:56 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 10:53 AM (O7kBk)
Oh come on! I know us Northern Yankees mess up stuff but this?
Pure Rebel propaganda. Don't believe it at all.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Punk in a Jar at December 27, 2016 10:52 AM (8ReTf)
I have big Texas hair. So much so, that cancer (twice) couldn't get rid of all of it. It has now grown back to its normal fullness, which means a lot of damn hair.
Posted by: Moki, deplorable mom and sammich maker at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (VnCI9)
Frank Sinatra wears a trilby.
But also fedoras. He was headwear-fluid.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (9krrF)
Compared to me, you're probably a pinhead.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (hESQW)
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Compared to you, I am certainly a pinhead in terms of intellect. But guess what I got for Christmas -- yes, a chess set! It was on my list, and my daughter asked why I wanted one since we had several others, but when I asked her where they all were, she said oh, I see.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 27, 2016 10:51 AM (n1NNk)
Now, you've done it. MP4 will be probably be in his bunk for the rest of the day.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 10:58 AM (hESQW)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:58 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Ah jeez...that gag? at December 27, 2016 10:59 AM (kVX3W)
Posted by: jwest
Peasant.
This shall not pass at Meadowbrook.
Posted by: Gent whose scarf matches, as it ought at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (H5rtT)
that was the epitome of Southern gas stations you see in horror movies.
We were overjoyed when Dad made us get out in the heat to stand by the
Plains, Georgia sign.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at December 27, 2016 10:54 AM (J70i0)
Always wanted to visit that place, I was a big Jimmy fan in my younger days. Does anyone go their anymore?
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (ogUTd)
Posted by: Alice Cooper at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (IqV8l)
I got a book for Christmas, "Luke, We Need To Talk" - a humorous look at pop culture through letters, emails, etc (like a Yelp review of the Bates Motel). One of the items was an imaginary exchange between Ozzy & Tony Iommi about "War Pigs":
Dear Ozzy,
You rhymed "masses" with "masses." Please advise.
Dear Tont,
Huywg, mgfickc rock n roll, man.
Dear Ozzy,
Good point.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (7HtZB)
who wears a homburg?
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 10:58 AM (8ReTf)
John Foster Dulles?
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (J8/9G)
I see I've made a name for myself.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (X6fMO)
Indiana Jones wears a fedora;
Frank Sinatra wears a trilby.
Brim size?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:01 AM (O7kBk)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:55 AM (mgbwf)
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Hi Bander - yes, it was a lighthouse in Maine, can't remember which one, but probably fairly far south. They were open for tours, which ended promptly at 5. We got there at 4, but there were a few people ahead of us, not a line by any means, but they could only take a few up at once. So to placate those who had to wait, the first floor (tiny, cramped) was turned into a "fishing museum," which in reality was pretty much some old nets and fishhooks, at least to hear my kids describe it.
Of course, everyone ahead of us finished their tours by 5:00 sharp, at which point the Mainiacs informed us that the lighthouse was closed, no more tours today, thanks and get out now.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:01 AM (sBOL1)
Humphrey Bogart was 5'8".
Posted by: Me at December 27, 2016 11:01 AM (EwGtF)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:01 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (oZEJt)
I have thick hair too. I once complained about it within earshot of a friend's mother. The mother had very thin hair (and as she got old, she had a real problem with bald patches). She glared at me and said, "Never, ever complain about having thick hair. It's like listening to someone bitch because their waist is too small."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Me at December 27, 2016 11:01 AM (EwGtF)
Well, knock me over with a feather. I thought he was at least 6 feet tall.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 11:03 AM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 11:03 AM (4WhSY)
Glen Morangie
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (oZEJt)
Door hinge?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:04 AM (GdPXh)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 11:04 AM (QQ+il)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/252937/
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2016 09:58 AM (r/0kC)
That's just mind blowing.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at December 27, 2016 11:04 AM (wq8Cl)
Door Flange
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:05 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 11:03 AM (4WhSY)
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No way. But she is lovely enough to be a fashion model, for real. You'll have to use your imagination. But keep it classy -- she's a very classy, lovely lady.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:05 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 11:05 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Lauren Bacall at December 27, 2016 11:05 AM (+kwUl)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:06 AM (8ReTf)
Will it create a government-run Ministry of Truth?
I'm just amazed that it could get folded into a Defense Appropriations bill in a lame duck Congress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:06 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (QQ+il)
ernge and warsh
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:02 AM (IDPbH)
This is Tom Mix, who was a star at the Fox Film Corporation:
http://tinyurl.com/z5x765u
Bruce Wills played him in the underrated 1988 mystery movie Sunset:
http://tinyurl.com/jx5ysa8
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Moki, deplorable mom and sammich maker at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (VnCI9)
Consider it taking one for the team.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 11:08 AM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Gent whose scarf matches, as it ought at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (H5rtT)
I see you haven't received the "scarf" memo...
Pity.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 11:09 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Barky McFuckstick at December 27, 2016 11:09 AM (V9ARR)
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Seems like we follow the old adage that an act does the exact opposite of what it is named.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 11:10 AM (gmeXX)
Pity.
Neck scarf like Snoopy vs The Red Baron or '60's hair scarf?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:10 AM (O7kBk)
It sure as hell cares about us...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 11:11 AM (9krrF)
Yes. Anything with that Orwellian a name is immediately suspect.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:11 AM (0mRoj)
Pity.
Neck scarf like Snoopy vs The Red Baron or '60's hair scarf?
Posted by: rickb223
Well, hello there! Have a Jelly Baby?
Posted by: The Doctor (#4) at December 27, 2016 11:11 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:12 AM (IDPbH)
... the end of the Blues ... and Bourbon Street ?
Posted by: SMOD at December 27, 2016 11:12 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:13 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 10:36 AM (mgbwf)
You have obviously never had a job working outside.
The ability to turn one's cap to best provide shade, or, allow illumination, is a feature not a bug. If the sun is to my back and it's hot out, I may want to protect my neck without having to wear a collared shirt. etc. etc. etc. ymmv
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 27, 2016 11:13 AM (WF5ei)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:13 AM (sBOL1)
I'm a bit slow on the draw this morning.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:14 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:14 AM (DW+jj)
I couldn't find anything on the online home page for The New York Times about Israel saying that it has proof that the Obama administration is lying about its role in the UN resolution.
Independent, Trusted, Real. A new NYT's tagline on their home page.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:15 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:16 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:44 AM (s7vJs)
Yup. Should have read a little further down
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 27, 2016 11:17 AM (WF5ei)
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Then again, its not news to say the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 11:17 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Tami at December 27, 2016 10:41 AM (Enq6K)
I didn't mean it to apply to any of them either. I'm saying that I won't wear one, even with well-tailored clothes and proper grooming, because it's like a rubber stamp for unwashed asocial goons with negligible social skills. Nothing says that an older gentleman and some kids couldn't wear it just fine, I just happen to be in the age bracket where wearing one is a stone's throw from wearing a top hat and monocle and spouting made-up Victorian lingo.
"Combine a good hat with what most guys wear today and it looks like a maraschino cherry on a pile of shit."
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 11:17 AM (8nWyX)
Independent, Trusted, Real. A new NYT's tagline on their home page.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:15 AM (SIY7D)
I commented in the previous thread that CBS radio has "Real news" in their tagline now.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:18 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:18 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 10:57 AM (sBOL1)
Oh good, now you can hang out on the chess thread on Saturdays and work the problems.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:18 AM (GdPXh)
Independent, Trusted, Real. A new NYT's tagline on their home page.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:15 AM (SIY7D)
I commented in the previous thread that CBS radio has "Real news" in their tagline now.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:18 AM (7HtZB)
The Gray Lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:19 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:19 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2016 11:19 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: jwest
Peasant.
This shall not pass at Meadowbrook.
You mean Bushwood, amirite?
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:19 AM (di1hb)
@270
I was trying to come up with something like that; hat and scarf. Couldn't do it.
Well done, sir.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:20 AM (kC8NW)
I still don't understand why Vermont is so blue, might be all the NYC retire?
The back to the land hippies moved to VT cause it was cheap. Half left, half stayed and had hippie kids and they attracted the usual socialist layabouts. Then there's the 14th generation Vermonters-it's a parallel world.
Posted by: Little Boomer at December 27, 2016 11:20 AM (ZuVs9)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:18 AM (GdPXh)
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That's the goal, eventually! I don't think I've played since college, which of course was last millennium.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (sBOL1)
Also, when shooting a Dragon missile.
I know, I date myself.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Bob Costas at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (+kwUl)
anybody look like an idiot and it defeats the whole purpose of baseball
caps - the bill shields the wearers eyes from the sun.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 10:18 AM
One exception is when one is wielding the 'tools of ignorance', of course.
Posted by: The Catcher at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (DMUuz)
After Berlin attack, Germany extends border controls with Austria
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 10:32 AM (y3aQB)
Horse, barn door, some assembly required.
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 27, 2016 11:22 AM (WF5ei)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:22 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (di1hb)
Cheaper than dating someone else.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:22 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Yo! at December 27, 2016 11:22 AM (GwIKd)
The old Steel Street Shuffle!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:23 AM (O7kBk)
Deerstalker.
There was a pretty good movie called Mr. Holmes a couple of years ago. Its conceit was that the real Sherlock Holmes had withdrawn into retirement but was aware of the books and movies.
He said he never would have worn the deerstalker.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 11:23 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 11:23 AM (9krrF)
I chose to believe that this is the Rockwell equivalent of the Sokal Affair. But, that's just me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 11:23 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:23 AM (8ReTf)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 27, 2016 11:24 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (di1hb)
Cheaper than dating someone else.
Oh, no, it's not! I'll take myself on a date to a gun shop or a gun show...
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:24 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:14 AM
Feeling a little sketchy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 27, 2016 11:24 AM (DMUuz)
Tiny brim = trilby.
I did not know that until this thread.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (O7kBk)
Posted by: Yo! at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (GwIKd)
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And said to be a master of disguise.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (MIKMs)
It's called a deerstalker. That was never mentioned by name by Doyle, but used in some illustrations. Later they would draw Holmes wearing it in London, which would have been a terrible faux pas. No man of Holmes breeding would wear one in the city.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (8ReTf)
P.S. Isn't Lena Dunham's 15 minutes about up?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 27, 2016 11:26 AM (N3vu2)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:14 AM
Feeling a little sketchy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 27, 2016 11:24 AM (DMUuz)
Eh, just post-Yule fatigue on top of all the other crapola that is my life right now.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:26 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Alice Cooper at December 27, 2016 10:50 AM (IqV8l)
I got a book for Christmas, "Luke, We Need To Talk" - a humorous look at pop culture through letters, emails, etc (like a Yelp review of the Bates Motel). One of the items was an imaginary exchange between Ozzy & Tony Iommi about "War Pigs":
Dear Ozzy,
You rhymed "masses" with "masses." Please advise.
Dear Tont,
Huywg, mgfickc rock n roll, man.
Dear Ozzy,
Good point.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:00 AM (7HtZB)
It's even funnier when you understand that it was Geezer Butler who wrote all the lyrics in Black Sabbath.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 11:26 AM (Brjj7)
As cameras became commonplace, painters were challenged to do something different. I like a lot of modern art but not all of it. YMMV, and that's part its point.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:27 AM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:14 AM
Feeling a little sketchy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
ISWYDT.
Golf. Clap.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:27 AM (O7kBk)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (sBOL1)
It's like riding a bike, you never forget how.
Also, if you fall on your butt, get right back up. This happens a lot in chess.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:27 AM (GdPXh)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:28 AM (GdPXh)
And said to be a master of disguise.
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Barack Banana pretends to be American. His disguise isn't very good, though.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 27, 2016 11:28 AM (N3vu2)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at December 27, 2016 11:28 AM (Fbj4h)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (sBOL1)
It's like riding a bike, you never forget how.
Also, if you fall on your butt, get right back up. This happens a lot in chess.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:27 AM (GdPXh)
Along with skinned knees, skinned elbows, and the occasional mild concussion, to continue the simile.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: TooLazyToNomDePlume at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (H6Dn5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Silver! at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (8TdcF)
Posted by: mnw at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (D1bJZ)
Some behave most do not. Here at AOSHQ if I select the comments link for a post while the main site is loading still everything works peachy 1-2-3.
If I did not have a ton of digital material on Apple devices I'd have blended them all long ago.
Looking to bite the bullet and move to a new platform and devices not Apple. Their politics literally sux as well as their devices ( more accurately OS and apps ).
Posted by: Fewenuff at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (gHE26)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 11:31 AM (O7kBk)
Hi Yo.
Posted by: Silver! at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (d76uN)
That's my line! All weekend passes are canceled!
Posted by: Capt. Sobel at December 27, 2016 11:31 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:25 AM (DW+jj)
I always thought he was supposed to be a practical character who would have been indifferent to fashion considerations like that. Sort of like Columbo, but not as inclined to wear a raincoat in August in LA.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 11:31 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (di1hb)
Um...this is um...well actually I don't mind going to weddings or anything,
as long as their not my own I show up.
But I've always kinda been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out, you know?
Oh yeah, you call yourself up too huh? Yeah, well one thing about it, your always around.
Yeah I know, yeah you ask yourself out, you know, some class joint somewhere.
The Buretto King or something, you know. Well I ain't cheap you know.
Take yourself out for a couple of drinks maybe.
Then there'd be some provocative conversation on the way home.
Park in front of the house you know.
Oh yeah, you smoothly put a little nice music on,
maybe you put on like uh, you know, like shopping music,
something thats not too interruptive you know and then uh slide over real nice and say
'Oh I think you have something in your eye'.
Well maybe it's not that romantic with you but Christ I don't know, you know I get into it you know.
Take myself up to the porch, take myself inside or maybe uh,
or may get a little something, a brandy snifter or something.
'Would like you like to listen to some of my back records?
I got something here' Uh Well usually about 2.30 in the morning you've ended up taking advantage of yourself.
There ain't no way around that you know. Yeah, making a scene with a magazine, there ain't no way around.
I'll confess you know, I'm no different you know. I'm not weird about it or anything, I don't tie myself up first.
I just kinda spend a little time with myself
Posted by: ajmojo at December 27, 2016 11:31 AM (1H9ox)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:31 AM (IDPbH)
Except the guy named Beard. Go figure.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (9krrF)
IT'S FUNNY CUZ HE DOESN'T HAVE A BEARD!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 27, 2016 11:33 AM (7HtZB)
You'll have to use your imagination. But keep it classy -- she's a very
classy, lovely lady.
I'll just wait for Thursday.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 11:34 AM (4WhSY)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:34 AM (sBOL1)
I know, I date myself.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:21 AM (di1hb)
Then again, when that rear bumper shears in two and the burning section is still attached to the tube dripping molten plastic on the gunners back........ you need more than a ball cap visor.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 11:34 AM (Brjj7)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:34 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (8TdcF)
Not me. Now a girl wearing a cowboy hat, on the other hand...
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
I just kinda spend a little time with myself
Thank you, Mr. Waites.
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2016 11:36 AM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 27, 2016 11:36 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:34 AM (sBOL1)
I am, which is good. It's divvied up of course, but it's better than a lot of other dads get.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:36 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM
I tend to agree with the RMBS Dad who thinks that women in stylish hats are teh hawt. Well, being 80 he said it a bit differently, but you take the point. Sadly, few women wear good hats outside of Ascot these days...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 27, 2016 11:37 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
And Daisy Dukes.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:37 AM (0mRoj)
Holmes was a deductive genius and a master of observation, of course, but he was something of a dandy. A Beau Brummell, even.
I would have loved to see Peter Falk wear a deerstalker as a goof. With the raincoat. Hell, I don't think Clouseau ever wore one either, even though you'd think it would've been a good gag.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:38 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Homer Simpson at December 27, 2016 11:38 AM (IqV8l)
There are two cases where I turn a cap backwards: 1. I'm at a Katy football day game and my neck needs the sunburn protection. 2. When I'm at the shooting range and the bill contacts the scope on the rifle.
Posted by: An Observation at December 27, 2016 11:39 AM (2w5R7)
And little else. A tie, sort of loosely worn with it. And very little else. Some suitable "framing" of other things, but very little fabric making up the framing..
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:40 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
Definitely. Yes, this.
Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2016 11:40 AM (8TdcF)
I am, which is good. It's divvied up of course, but it's better than a lot of other dads get.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:36 AM (
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Good good good. Get some pictures of you and them together for your notebook. So glad you can have a good amount of time with them.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 11:40 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:29 AM (0mRoj)
And bruised egos. Probably the most painful for all.
I could tell you stories.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:41 AM (GdPXh)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:41 AM (kC8NW)
Cowboy hat=for cowboying
Baseball hat=for playing baseball
Porkpie hat=?
Posted by: ajmojo at December 27, 2016 11:42 AM (1H9ox)
And little else. A tie, sort of loosely worn with it. And very little else. Some suitable "framing" of other things, but very little fabric making up the framing..
Yes. I have a series of photographs of one of the best ex-girlfriends in my fedora, shirt with French cuffs, and tie, in varying stages of unbuttonedness.
Good stuff.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 11:42 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Bruce at December 27, 2016 11:42 AM (8ikIW)
Julian Assange.
I see a limerick with orange (Trump) and Assange in the near future.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (kC8NW)
Good stuff.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 11:42 AM (mgbwf)
Braggart.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:44 AM (GdPXh)
Good stuff.
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So you actually have pics.
Posted by: SH at December 27, 2016 11:45 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Walter White at December 27, 2016 11:45 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:46 AM (DW+jj)
Doyle's artist, Sidney Paget, put Holmes into the deerstalker in, I am almost certain, one story (either The Reigate Squires or Silver Blaze). When Holmes was depicted wearing a hat, it was either a topper or a homburg, but somehow, the deerstalker captured the public's imagination.
Much like the "real" Holmes never smoked a "Sherlock Holmes pipe;" that was used by the actor William Gillette on stage, because he found he was able to speak his lines better with that pipe clenched between his teeth in preference to the straight-stemmed pipes The Master preferred.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:48 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:48 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 27, 2016 11:48 AM (Y5oz1)
I have a slight request... whenever no talent hacks (specifically, Lena Durham, but I think the principle can be generalized to include others) whenever she comes up with more sick trainwreck "Pay Attention to MEEEEEE" attempts at "humor' we need to at least consider ignoring her.
Or maybe confine stuff like that to special Outrage Outlet threads? I dunno.
Just a suggestion.
There's real news out there we're probably missing.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Deck The Halls With Boston Charlie at December 27, 2016 11:49 AM (yE1fo)
Posted by: Brother Cavil
Stay out of my territory.
Posted by: Walter White at December 27, 2016 11:45 AM (VdICR)
Piss off, lightweight.
Posted by: Joilet Jake and Elwood Blues at December 27, 2016 11:50 AM (GdPXh)
Well, you guys already seem to know about it, so why belabor the point?
Posted by: The NYT at December 27, 2016 11:50 AM (HwVbl)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2016 11:50 AM (KP5rU)
Tiny brim = trilby.
I did not know that until this thread.
Pay attention to the shape of the crown, a trilby is not the same as pork pie (which is what I think of when I read douche-lid). Triby is like a fedora crown with small brim.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (DW+jj)
And Black church ladies.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (J8/9G)
There's real news out there we're probably missing."
Take it up with management. Many of us believe she should be totally ignored.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (SIY7D)
I grew up surrounded by women in jodhpurs, leather boots and riding crops. I had a good childhood.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (DW+jj)
And Royal Ascot.
Except a lot of the hats look as though they just came from a job lot in China and were put together by a short-sighted Mongolian with the running trots.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
I hate you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:53 AM (X6fMO)
Bought one for the wife at the Ralph Lauren store in Buenos Aires. Very nice...
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 11:53 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
So, your parents ran a BDSM brothel?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:53 AM (GdPXh)
Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2016 11:30 AM (8TdcF)
Not me. Now a girl wearing a cowboy hat, on the other hand...
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
Yep to both
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2016 11:54 AM (s7hQ/)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
So, your parents ran a BDSM brothel?
Posted by: Joilet Jake and Elwood Blues at December 27, 2016 11:53 AM (GdPXh)
Not exactly...
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at December 27, 2016 11:54 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
Why do all Her Majesty's romance novels have titles like "The Billionaire's Virgin Mistress" and not "The Lusty Countess's Kept Stableboy"?
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (J8/9G)
It gets better. We had girls from all over come live with us and help work the farm in exchange for riding lessons.
Thank you, mom.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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In the Summer, my grandfather would wear a boater to church. Looked rather elegant.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (ZO497)
What is the difference between a hat and a "fascinator"? They wear a hell of lot of those things at the Ascot. Prince Andrew's daughters, hell I can't remember the names, some call them Princess Twiddledee and Tweedledum, wore some that were mocked hilariously one time.
Some one did a photoshop of things in Kirk'sand Spock's hands with the caption "Fascinators on stun!".
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (DW+jj)
Ok, what is the name for the style of hat Lee Van Cleef - Angel Eyes wore in "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly".
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:56 AM (kC8NW)
Well....
Posted by: Lady Chatterly at December 27, 2016 11:56 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 11:43 AM (DW+jj)
And Royal Ascot.
Except a lot of the hats look as though they just came from a job lot in China and were put together by a short-sighted Mongolian with the running trots.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (X6fMO)
All horse races & shows, actually. There's a horse culture on Philadelphia's Main Line & hats a very big deal. A friend of mine makes outlandish hats for the occasions.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 11:56 AM (7HtZB)
It gets better. We had girls from all over come live with us and help work the farm in exchange for riding lessons.
Thank you, mom.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (/tuJf)
I really REALLY hate you.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 11:56 AM (0mRoj)
I hate pushing the brim up to use the camera.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2016 11:57 AM (s7hQ/)
of all of it. It has now grown back to its normal fullness, which means a
lot of damn hair.
My hair, when I was young, was so thick it was hard to get a comb through it. Yesterday the girl who cuts my hair filed a lawsuit against me; claiming she was going blind from the glare.
Posted by: An Observation at December 27, 2016 11:57 AM (2w5R7)
Posted by: Caliban at December 27, 2016 11:57 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:56 AM (kC8NW)
A cowboy hat?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM (GdPXh)
What is the difference between a hat and a "fascinator"? They wear a hell of lot of those things at the Ascot. Prince Andrew's daughters, hell I can't remember the names, some call them Princess Twiddledee and Tweedledum, wore some that were mocked hilariously one time.
Some one did a photoshop of things in Kirk'sand Spock's hands with the caption "Fascinators on stun!".
A fascinator is an accessory added to a hat. Victorian bling, if you will.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM (di1hb)
THAT's the pommel, Mr. Straw? If you say so...
Posted by: The Young and The Nubile at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM (/wWB4)
Creepy Pennywise misses the whole point of the clown disguise for the Space Spider.
It was camouflage meant to attract children so they could be captured.
Not scare the living doodah out of them so they run away.
FAIL
Posted by: naturalfake at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM (vZ9Fw)
Thank you, mom.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:55 AM (/tuJf)
"Dear Penthouse Forum..."
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM (GdPXh)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous
Not sure, but lots of places on the Internet sell replicas.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 11:59 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Chupacabra
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Let's hope that Trump doesn't take the bait, and--at most--laughs, or tweets back "Thanks for the advice."
Everyone else on our side should mock the shallowness of the thought and Obama's complete lack of class.
Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2016 11:59 AM (77i7V)
A cowboy hat?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 11:58 AM
Boooooo.
Not a Stenson, not quite a Sam Houston.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 11:59 AM (kC8NW)
Posted by: Independent George
Hey, I would have won that by 138%!
The Perpetually Childish Narcissist in Chief
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2016 12:00 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous
Intertubes call it a Bolero
Posted by: Bruce at December 27, 2016 12:00 PM (8ikIW)
A Gambler
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:01 PM (Kzcny)
Way back, I remember a, what did they call it, Pet of the Month, I think it was Julie Strain, who was wearing a riding outfit....
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 12:01 PM (DW+jj)
"I have to still myself. You have to get back in tune with your center and process what's happened before you make a bunch of good decisions"
*facepalm*
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 12:01 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM (/tuJf)
I hate you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Jodhpurs are like yoga pants. Not everyone can, or should wear them.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 12:02 PM (O7kBk)
Posted by: John Derek at December 27, 2016 12:02 PM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2016 12:02 PM (oiNtH)
The old cavalry expression is, "The horse, the saddle, the man."
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:02 PM (J8/9G)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDKFxecgHMw
(starts 9:45 ish)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 12:03 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Bruce at December 27, 2016 12:00 PM (8ikIW)
That's cuz it's the hat that goes like this:
TUM da da da DUM da da da DUM da da dadadadada TUM...
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:03 PM (GdPXh)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 12:03 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:03 PM (kC8NW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 27, 2016 12:04 PM (4WhSY)
That rather suggests to me that Rockwell was cocking a snook at the bien-pensants of the art world, who always denounce him as a "mere illustrator". By showing that a "mere illustrator" could win awards in the modern art world when anonymously submitting work, he effectively pantsed the critics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (MiBfH)
China and were put together by a short-sighted Mongolian with the
running trots.
Come to Ace of Spades for the Art, stay for the imagery of a well turned phrase.
Posted by: An Observation at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (2w5R7)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (jsWA8)
Wow, his Teleprompter input guy has already left. We are going to have so much fun with him.
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 12:06 PM (NBHj5)
term. Can't wait for you to finish burning down your party.
Posted by: Chupacabra
And says he must "process what's happened before you make a bunch of good decisions."
What's gonna change? Arrogant ass.
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:06 PM (k0S3A)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:06 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: CSMBigBird
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No one ever talks about me.
Posted by: Helmet liner at December 27, 2016 12:07 PM (ZO497)
He doesn't seem to grasp that his part in the life of our nation is done.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 12:07 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (FYrz1)
Hooray for Fen! Glad you're back with us
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (8nWyX)
That rather suggests to me that Rockwell was cocking a snook at the bien-pensants of the art world, who always denounce him as a "mere illustrator". By showing that a "mere illustrator" could win awards in the modern art world when anonymously submitting work, he effectively pantsed the critics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (MiBfH)
That's my view too. If he had sent them in with his names the snobs wouldn't have even given it a second look. I bet there are plenty that look at the finished painting and wonder who Rockwell bought the artwork from to paint over it.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Aluminium Foil at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (J8/9G)
Hope the ticker is good, too.
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (k0S3A)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (jsWA8)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 12:07 PM (QQ+il)
Our national "guy who peaked in high school".
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (jsWA
I started out with a dixie cup, then graduated to ball caps. ::fistbump::
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 12:10 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: mnw at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (D1bJZ)
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (k0S3A)
Goddamnit, not again...
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Helmet liner
And why do they always call it tin foil?
Posted by: Aluminium Foil at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (mgbwf)
We're puttin' on da foil, coach!
Posted by: Hanson brothers at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (Kzcny)
And why do they always call it tin foil?
Posted by: Aluminium Foil at December 27, 2016 12:08 PM (mgbwf)
Because dumb-ass Limeys keep mispronouncing your name.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (Brjj7)
Posted by: Helmet liner
*snap*
A great name for a movie character, "Helmut Liener"
Posted by: Helmet liner at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (kC8NW)
A hat is a hat.
A fascinator is a headpiece that uses a comb or clip of some sort to attach to the hair.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (X6fMO)
He better hurry up, he's only got a couple weeks in which to make his first good decision.
In that context, may I suggest resigning now?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: They Don't Sell Hotdogs Here at December 27, 2016 10:33 AM (+kwUl)
Excellent entertainment.
Posted by: m at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (3jGss)
Or rather, his part in attempting to END the life of our country....
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 27, 2016 12:12 PM (kVX3W)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (QQ+il)
But they've been epically stupid before.
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (Y5oz1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (9krrF)
They need to come up with a hat look for Dockers & a polo shirt. Business casual.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (O7kBk)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:09 PM (J8/9G)
Riding the pine for his JV basketball team.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (SRKgf)
Pollock discovered an attractive effect and created art, I'll give him that. But you can't look at a Rockwell or that guy yesterday and think, "That's cool, I should do one of those!"
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (/cksx)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Could be worse.
Posted by: Lieutenant at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (ZO497)
Which is a regrettable oversight, given that Jayne is a legit Moron.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 27, 2016 12:07 PM (QQ+il)
I'm not looking forward to this. It has been customary for past presidents to keep their mouths shut. Reagan, both Bushes, even Clinton pretty much kept this tradition. The exception was that yammering ninny Carter who never got over his landslide defeat, so he ran his mouth pretty much the entire Reagan presidency.
So it looks like Obama is going to be a Carter.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (GdPXh)
That rather suggests to me that Rockwell was cocking a snook at the bien-pensants of the art world, who always denounce him as a "mere illustrator". By showing that a "mere illustrator" could win awards in the modern art world when anonymously submitting work, he effectively pantsed the critics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (MiBfH)
Hard to take it any other way.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (SRKgf)
While towering over the entire squad by half a foot or more.
Flailing spastic brain damaged clown.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 27, 2016 12:15 PM (kVX3W)
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 10:14 AM (eeTCA)
Meh, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:15 PM (MiBfH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 12:11 PM (Brjj7)
Me: Hey, how do you guys pronounce the foil wrapping sheets in the drawer?
Housemate from St. Alban's: (skips a beat, glares) Tinfoil, ya shite.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 27, 2016 12:15 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: rickb223
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Yeah... I'm sure the hipster at Untuckit.com could do that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:16 PM (ZO497)
front page. And that's with blocking like my life depended on it.
Something ain't right.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (9krrF)
it's the colors, man. Having flashbacks.
Posted by: Pixy at December 27, 2016 12:16 PM (k0S3A)
Also he looks like a film character I can't place. Maybe someone played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Posted by: m at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (3jGss)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (9mGRY)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I say again, Sokal Affair.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (ZO497)
I hate pushing the brim up to use the camera.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 27, 2016 11:57 AM (s7hQ/)
Classic photo: http://tinyurl.com/hdtodcr
This is how we got Obama.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:18 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:18 PM (k0S3A)
Tin foil came first. Aluminum was pretty rare until you could produce massive amounts of electricity.
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 12:18 PM (8zL5i)
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 27, 2016 12:18 PM (Y5oz1)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at December 27, 2016 12:18 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:05 PM (jsWA
Back in the old days, a Command Sergeant Major's primary job was to get the staff sergeants to quit beating up their wives in the trailer park, so it would reduce the paperwork the battalion commander had to do.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:19 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:19 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I say again, Sokal Affair.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:17 PM (ZO497)
Little pinch between cheek and gum...oh. SOKAL. Never mind.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 27, 2016 12:19 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 27, 2016 12:19 PM (bU9et)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (GdPXh)
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This is what I fear. And his every word will be reported, because it would be racist not to.
And what makes it worse is that he'll still be hanging around here, instead of going off into the sunset somewhere. There will be people looking for Obama sightings everywhere, I guarantee.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (sBOL1)
Yeah, me too. I think it happens for a while after each of WeirdDave's media-heavy posts.
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (8zL5i)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004
________
Jew Hater? Check.
Racist? Check.
Incompetent? Check.
No class? Check.
Narcissist? Check.
Able to properly hold and use a hammer? This might get interesting.
Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (77i7V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:21 PM (ZO497)
bien-pensants of the art world, who always denounce him as a "mere
illustrator". By showing that a "mere illustrator" could win awards in
the modern art world when anonymously submitting work, he effectively
pantsed the critics.
Love it!
Hubby and I saw the "art" of his son, Jarvis Rockwell, at Mass MOCA. It included dioramas in fish tanks of action figure ewoks at various social events, such as an ewok cocktail party. His big installation was a giered pyramid containing posed and placed action figures, dolls, toy animals.
We were underwhelmed. Cute, but...was it exhibit-worthy art?
Norman pwned the modern art world...that later seduced his (lesser talented) son.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2016 12:22 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 12:13 PM (O7kBk)
Straw trilby. Trust me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 12:22 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2016 10:20 AM (6FqZa)
That. And another legitimate reason to reverse a ball cap is if you are a geologist in the field, trying to use a hand lens to examine a specimen. The bill of the ball caps gets in the way, or shades the light on your specimen, unless you reverse the cap. Temporarily, of course, since it's a documented fact that a reversed ball cap knocks 40 points off your IQ as perceived by onlookers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:22 PM (MiBfH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:16 PM (ZO497)
I'm wearing one of those today.
Very comfortable and reasonably priced.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:22 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 27, 2016 12:24 PM (U+nHb)
Then it's all the better that we elected Trump: he fights back.
Still giggling over Katty Kay saying she was terrorized by Trump's tweets!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2016 12:24 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (77i7V)
The JEF holding a hand tool? No. Just no. No one around him would be safe... http://tinyurl.com/j3etyod
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:24 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2016 12:25 PM (29QcC)
And what makes it worse is that he'll still be hanging around here, instead of going off into the sunset somewhere. There will be people looking for Obama sightings everywhere, I guarantee.
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Yes, the MSM will hang on every word Obama says. As will his cult members.
I am hoping however, that at some point, people will reach peak saturation and stop listening. Becuase he won't be relevant any more, any more than OJ Simpson, Paris Hilton or Hillary Clinton are relevant. Plus... if ratings keep falling, the MSM might be forced to cut down on the worship stories.
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:26 PM (9mGRY)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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Waaay back, there was photo-op video of Al Gore and Bill doing 'volunteer work' at a habitat house. They were both tap-tapping with hammers. It was pathetic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:27 PM (ZO497)
Personally, I prefer to purchase my manly men's manly work clothes at Farm and Fleet. Durable, long wearing, functional and comfortable.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:27 PM (kC8NW)
Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2016 12:28 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 27, 2016 12:28 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2016 12:28 PM (qUNWi)
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Rock and Roll or Polka?
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:29 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:27 PM (ZO497)
Heh! I can only imagine. I wouldn't give either of those candyasses a tapping hammer, let alone a framing hammer.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:29 PM (Kzcny)
"It looks like Walt Disney threw up."
(Sits back and waits for buzzing swarm of Disney lawyers)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at December 27, 2016 12:29 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2016 12:30 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:30 PM (jsWA8)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:14 PM (GdPXh)
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This is what I fear. And his every word will be reported, because it would be racist not to.
And what makes it worse is that he'll still be hanging around here, instead of going off into the sunset somewhere. There will be people looking for Obama sightings everywhere, I guarantee.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (sBOL1)
I think they'll eventually ditch him just because giving him a tongue bath won't really help whoever the 2020 dem nominee is. But consider that. If they do ditch him to push their next messiah then that will be a blow to his ego. And if they don't ditch him and continue to treat him as their god-king then that will hurt their next preferred candidate.
So those are pretty good outcomes in my view.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:31 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:30 PM (jsWA
Things have changed over the years. The post housing used to be so bad nobody would live there.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:31 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:22 PM (MiBfH)
Used to flip my Ballcap backwards when I entered the interior of a Ship during boarding ops in the Gulf...
Wanted the dang thing to keep the sun out of my eyes outside... but inside didn't want any obstruction of vision....
Posted by: Don Q. at December 27, 2016 12:31 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 27, 2016 12:32 PM (jsWA8)
Trump's direct style of communicating will schlong Obama's passive aggressive pontificating.
e.g., Obama didn't come out and say that he'd beat Trump if he could have run for a third term. That's the translation MSM had to make. Here's what he actually said:
"I am confident in this vision, because I'm confident that if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could have mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it."
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 12:33 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:27 PM (ZO497)
I bet Trump can use a hammer without difficulty.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:34 PM (cAnNx)
again and articulated it, I think I could have mobilized a majority of
the American people to rally behind it."
=====================================
After he leaves office, maybe finally they will let him be clear.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:34 PM (dFi94)
Something like this:
http://tinyurl.com/joq3zb2
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at December 27, 2016 12:34 PM (FYrz1)
I hope I'm wrong, and you're right.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:36 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy at December 27, 2016 12:37 PM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:34 PM (cAnNx)
Well, he was a carpenter for three weeks.
Posted by: Miley, the Unindicted Duchess of the DSR at December 27, 2016 12:37 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 27, 2016 12:37 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:31 PM (Zs4uk)
When Carswell AFB closed, someone suggested the base housing could be used to help lower income residents but the city basically said it was substandard and had to be removed.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:37 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (Zs4uk)
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That's the kind of hat I'd love to get, but so far I haven't found them in the fathead/big hair size.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (sBOL1)
Heh. He also delivered this in a painfully slow cadence.
Obama can't do tweets. Can Favreau?
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 12:39 PM (X6fMO)
Racist? Check.
Incompetent? Check.
No class? Check.
Narcissist? Check.
Able to properly hold and use a hammer? This might get interesting.
Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2016 12:20 PM (77i7V)
But let's give the devil his due: Jimmy Carter served his country in the armed forces. I don't think President Historic First has ever served anyone but himself.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:39 PM (GdPXh)
Hey BTW...howzit goin out there?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:39 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (Zs4uk)
LOL
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:40 PM (k0S3A)
I hope I'm wrong, and you're right.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:36 PM (sBOL1)
See I don't mind if that is the case. Its not like 2000 with Clinton and Gore. Back then they still had the fantasy of Gore running again. And Bill could be covered for the long game of Hillary's eventual run. But Obama? He can't run again and Michelle is even lazier than his pathetic ass. So covering him hurts their future nominees. So I say to have at it.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:40 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (Zs4uk)
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The have pix and pix and pix and pix of the people fleeing or standing outside the mall.
Very few of those involved. It would is acistray to do so.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 27, 2016 12:40 PM (8XRCm)
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Back in the late 70's and early 80's, brides often chose to wear a large sunhat instead of a veil, or sometimes combining the two. Bridesmaids wore them a lot too. I believe Karen Carpenter wore a wide hat when she got married. And who can forget Dynasty. Nothing but big hats and shoulder pads for miles and miles.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (dFi94)
Thanks. I don't get the results for a few weeks, but I can't say I was too thrilled with them increasing the speed and incline on the treadmill. However, they gave me crackers and freshly made coffee afterwards-since I hadn't eaten-so i can't complain too much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:39 PM (GdPXh
Bath house attendees in Chicago might disagree.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (cAnNx)
I hope I'm wrong, and you're right.
--
When I say "eventually" I do mean in a year or two. It would be nice if it happened sooner, but the MSM and libtards love their Chocolate Jesus and won't abandon him quickly.
However... ratings drive news, especially local news. There might be a chance that Trump crowds him out of prime time, and leaves him relegated to doing things like 60 Minutes or commentary at the Super Bowl.
/really? You don't see him doing sports commentary? It's a way to keep his narcissistic supply flowing.
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (9mGRY)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:39 PM (Kzcny)
Fine. California is nice enough, and I'm away from LA so I avoid the madhouse. School is... school. I've got midterms starting next week, and after that I jump right into prepping for finals. The good news is that I've started to get into a routing about going out dancing and socializing.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM (FYrz1)
I can't think of a positive thing about the Obama years.
OK, he was a good father. My kinds would say I was better.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM (SIY7D)
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It should be obvious, the ostentatious materialism of the dominate white culture's celebration of wealth during the holidays while poor people of color struggle with basic needs that go unmet and unnoticed.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM (kC8NW)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (sBO
Let Audrey Hepburn show us how it's done:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1306497/thumbs/o-AUDREY-HEPBURN-570.jpg?2
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:43 PM (GdPXh)
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at December 27, 2016 12:43 PM (7Ni1g)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM
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Bob...in real life, do you work for the MSM?
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:43 PM (9mGRY)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (9mGRY)
Not well. That would take preparation.
Plus the ah's and um's won't work.
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (k0S3A)
we're like woo hoo
no idea what to do
Janesville on a cold dreary Tuesday.
aka Tuesday.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (8ReTf)
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 12:31 PM (cAnNx)
Cling to the past, and the future slips away.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:45 PM (SRKgf)
http://tinyurl.com/hg2yqlk
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:45 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:45 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: fixerupper at December 27, 2016 12:40 PM (8XRCm)
Heh. I can't even guess what you meant. Did you just choke on your bagel?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (GdPXh)
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (9mGRY)
Not well. That would take preparation.
Plus the ah's and um's won't work.
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (k0S3A)
No one would have the guts to tell him that.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (7HtZB)
In my old unit, the senior NCOs spent most of their time trying to keep the 19 yr old privates from banging the 16 yr olds from the high school on post. In one memorable instance, our 1SG got up in front of the company and lectured us for about 20 min straight, saying "I'd better not catch any of you bastards down at the junior high school with a fly rod and a Snickers bar"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (Brjj7)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM (FYrz1)
0_o That's what summer is for. JUST KIDDING.
Good to hear you're adjusting to it.Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (Kzcny)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (8ReTf)
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It should be obvious, the ostentatious materialism of the dominate white culture's celebration of wealth during the holidays while poor people of color struggle with basic needs that go unmet and unnoticed.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM (kC8NW)
Alternative narrative: people with lousy characters and poor impulse control end up at the bottom of society, and are now demonstrating to all and sundry exactly why they are there.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (SRKgf)
aka Tuesday.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (8ReTf)
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I'd say go ice skating, but the temps have been a little too warm the last couple of days. That leaves ice fishing out too.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:47 PM (tOcW/)
Plus the ah's and um's won't work.
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Hahahaha.
Who cares if he does it well?
He would be a brilliant addition to the team:
check all that apply:
[x] black
[x] 'special needs'
[x] celebrity
[x] libards love him
All they have do to is feed him lines, and give him a teleprompter.
"That was a great play. Don't you agree Mr. President? "
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (9mGRY)
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:41 PM (9mGRY)
Not well. That would take preparation.
Plus the ah's and um's won't work.
Posted by: Golfman at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (k0S3A)
No one would have the guts to tell him that.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (7HtZB)
It would be great if every team Obama publicly rooted for not only lost, but lost bigly, beaten like a rented redhead.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (X6fMO)
The media is having a hard time trying to find some common thread among all the mall fights...
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2016 12:38 PM (Zs4uk)
People are idiots?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (s7vJs)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (8ReTf)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 27, 2016 12:43 PM (GdPXh)
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She really was lovely. I thought her eyes were beautiful.
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:49 PM (sBOL1)
Janesville on a cold dreary Tuesday.
aka Tuesday.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:44 PM (8ReTf)
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You could go over and see if they have Carhartt overalls on sale at the Farm and Fleet.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:49 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (dFi94)
Yesterday was gorgeous, however. I think everyone in Milwaukee county was in line at the car wash yesterday.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 12:49 PM (s7vJs)
http://tinyurl.com/z5x765u
Bruce Wills played him in the underrated 1988 mystery movie Sunset:
http://tinyurl.com/jx5ysa8
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 11:07 AM (X6fMO)
I drove by the Tom Mix death site. There's a marker. He wrecked a classic '37 Cord in the process.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/7200
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (MiBfH)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (dFi94)
You are not ice fishing properly, grammie, if I may be so bold to say so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrG13DAGA3s
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (7Ni1g)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: shibumi,
Heh, No.
Just an ordinary nobody.
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:51 PM (kC8NW)
Had to listen to two unemployed weirdos mooching free WiFi on their laptops lamenting the new year under Evil Trump. What a couple of fuckheads.
Posted by: wth at December 27, 2016 12:51 PM (HgMAr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrG13DAGA3s
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (7Ni1g)
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Ha! That's awesome. I want that!
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:52 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (dFi94)
My first position was in a place with no-foolin' winters. The department chairman chirped at me that soon I'd be able to partake of one of the seasonal sports, ice fishing.
Surprisingly, this was not a monster selling point to a California boy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:52 PM (SRKgf)
I am very blessed. The seminary student was back from maternity leave so that I only had a do a reading for the lessons and carols on Saturday night and I just sat in on a Christmas Day service at the other church. I only have one service this Sunday and am them back to my usual schedule of being "Communion Queen" the second Sunday of the month. How many services did your Reverend have?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:52 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Evilpens
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TCM is going to have to update their "Celebs Who Passed Away in 2016" video.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:52 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:53 PM (8ReTf)
Yep, I had one. A fur muffler too. although, I think the muffler was rabbit.
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2016 12:53 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (y3aQB)
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She died? Yesterday they said she was in stable condition.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:53 PM (dFi94)
If I lived out there I would definitely give one of these a go. That looks like a blast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC0I5PEhkJo
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 12:54 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Evilpens
She hadn't been all that healthy for a while, am I right?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 12:54 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Bob the Credulous at December 27, 2016 12:42 PM
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Bob...in real life, do you work for the MSM?
Posted by: shibumi
What is Milo's favorite saying?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 12:54 PM (O7kBk)
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 12:50 PM (y3aQB)
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She died? Yesterday they said she was in stable condition.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:53 PM (dFi94)
Not sure what to think. A few hours ago, Debbie Reynolds said that she was in stable condition, but IMDB has her as being deceased.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2016 11:51 AM
I concur. More time for me.
Posted by: Yoko at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (DMUuz)
You can chant
You can shrive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Dig it communion queen
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (8ReTf)
Posted by: Evilpens
Having a heart attack on a plane flying from London to LA (no stops at all?) is a really terrible time to have a heart attack. I'm sure the staff did what they could, but, hell you're still on a plane. It's rather amazing she didn't die on the plane.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (s7vJs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:52 PM (tOcW/)
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Two Christmas Eve, one Christmas Day, now one on New Year's Eve and another on New Year's Day. For the life of me I have never been able to figure out why churches have services on New Year's Eve. I grew up with that too - but it's not a religious holiday! Let people go to their parties and then rope them back in on Sunday.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:56 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I'm surprised that ours made it through:
Saturday Services at 3:00, 5:00, 11:00
Sunday Service 10:00
All of them fairly involved.
On the other hand, at least two services a day, every day, used to be the norm for Anglicans, and probably Episcopalians.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 12:57 PM (ZO497)
Too much drug abuse in their earlier years doesn't help anyone's heart. How sad for her mother and her daughter and other friends and family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 12:57 PM (tOcW/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC0I5PEhkJo
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 12:54 PM (/tuJf)
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Wow. That looks terrifying. Maybe if I were younger. But hey, grammie, it's on Lake Geneva so if you give it a try, let us know!
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:57 PM (sBOL1)
check all that apply:
[x] black
[x] 'special needs'
[x] celebrity
[x] libards love him
All they have do to is feed him lines, and give him a teleprompter.
"That was a great play. Don't you agree Mr. President? "
Posted by: shibumi, a deplorable who is tired of dealing with crazy people at December 27, 2016 12:48 PM (9mGRY)
He'd be perfect as a tennis commentator. He's already got down that "look left, look right" thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:58 PM (SRKgf)
Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher dies in hospital aged 60 after suffering massive heart attack
Posted by: Evilpens at December 27, 2016 12:58 PM (y3aQB)
On the other hand, at least two services a day, every day, used to be the norm for Anglicans, and probably Episcopalians
+++
spoken then sung
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 27, 2016 12:58 PM (8ReTf)
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out...
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 12:59 PM (O7kBk)
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (7HtZB)
Well, I guess "deceased" counts as "stable." I'd had no idea Debbie Reynolds was so pedantic.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 12:59 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:59 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 12:59 PM (dFi94)
Not sure what to think. A few hours ago, Debbie Reynolds said that she was in stable condition, but IMDB has her as being deceased.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (7HtZB)
I think the hospital had her as critical but stable condition
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Possibly the darkest humor I'll encounter today.
I wish I had not chuckled. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (/tuJf)
I hope he/she took Monday off. If you have more than two Christmas services in a 24 hour period you are required to take the Monday after Christmas off, or they make you submit the horrible Year End administrative reports by January 1st. Not really, but someone who was my mentor said Clergy are required to take the Monday after Holy week off. She was kidding but I thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (tOcW/)
I'm expecting the "tribute" tweets for her to be extra-loaded with Trump hate.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2016 01:01 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2016 01:02 PM (O7kBk)
That's a lot. I am always exhausted after just one service-not to say that it also takes time to get all the worship services together. Hopefully your happy fun church pastor is taking most of this week off.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 01:02 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Possibly the darkest humor I'll encounter today.
I wish I had not chuckled. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (ZO497)
Sorry. I debated that one.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2016 01:02 PM (SRKgf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC0I5PEhkJo
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2016 12:54 PM (/tuJf)
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Wow. That looks terrifying. Maybe if I were younger. But hey,
grammie, it's on Lake Geneva so if you give it a try, let us know!
Posted by: bluebell at December 27, 2016 12:57 PM (sBOL1)
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I've seen them - they're very cool. The lake is not iced over yet, so maybe in a few weeks they'll be back out. That's the lake I got married on.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 01:02 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 01:02 PM (tOcW/)
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He is. After Christmas the whole staff takes off until the Sunday after New Year. So they won't have services this weekend.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 27, 2016 01:05 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2016 01:06 PM (tOcW/)
Not sure what to think. A few hours ago, Debbie Reynolds said that she was in stable condition, but IMDB has her as being deceased.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2016 12:55 PM (7HtZB)
I think the hospital had her as critical but stable condition
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2016 01:00 PM (lKyWE)
And they can turn pretty quick at the end too. My aunt was stable one minute and doing ok and the next she wasn't going to make it through the night anymore.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2016 01:07 PM (cAnNx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOotsq4soug
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2016 01:23 PM (MiBfH)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 27, 2016 01:26 PM (x9k49)
540
In my old unit, the senior NCOs spent most of their time trying to keep the 19 yr old privates from banging the 16 yr olds from the high school on post. In one memorable instance, our 1SG got up in front of the company and lectured us for about 20 min straight, saying "I'd better not catch any of you bastards down at the junior high school with a fly rod and a Snickers bar"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2016 12:46 PM (Brjj7)I once was privileged to overhear a conversation between my battalion commander and our Sergeant Major concerning a lieutenant who wanted to prefer charges against a platoon sergeant for assaulting him. Turns out that the lieutenant was attempting improper advances on the platoon sergeant's teen daughter. make that UNDERAGED teen daughter. The colonel advised the lieutenant that not only would charges NOT be accepted against the NCO, but he was considering researching charges of moral turpitude for the lieutenant, and he would be fortunate if ALL he got out of the episode was a caved-in face.
Posted by: Mostly Cajun at December 27, 2016 01:41 PM (U5CmX)
Posted by: Dave H at December 27, 2016 04:08 PM (QmKuB)
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