Thread before the Gardening Thread: Wordplay [KT]

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

I hate to break it to Misanthropic Humanitarian, but Coffee means "a person who is coughed upon".

These are new "fun words" from a Washington Post Yearly Reader Contest. Of course, WaPo is pretty good at supplying new meanings for words right in their news stories.

Doing anything interesting this weekend? Made up any new words recently?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:16 AM

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1 Howdy, Horde.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 16, 2017 11:18 AM (nvMvs)

2 Good morning!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob's wife at September 16, 2017 11:18 AM (nmr2M)

3 Termagant. That's a good word.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 11:18 AM (hyuyC)

4 2nd?

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at September 16, 2017 11:18 AM (MCEs2)

5 damn

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at September 16, 2017 11:18 AM (MCEs2)

6 Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

Should that not be Flubbergasted?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 11:19 AM (hyuyC)

7 Interesting? Not really. Have some mundane errands to take care of either today or tomorrow. That's about it. I've finally started reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, which has been on my list for about 20 years. It's not so much reading as it is an undertaking. The book is huge.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 11:20 AM (ywNoU)

8 Sonobi means annoying bastard box who won't go away.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob's wife at September 16, 2017 11:21 AM (nmr2M)

9 Interesting story on the "Alien" gargoyles.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 16, 2017 11:25 AM (nvMvs)

10 I was flabbergasted this morning!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob's wife's scale when she stepped on at September 16, 2017 11:25 AM (nmr2M)

11 Parallax: constipation relief for twins

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 16, 2017 11:26 AM (J2oJa)

12 Sonobi doesn't bother me on my desktop machines but it's annoying on my iPad.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 16, 2017 11:26 AM (nvMvs)

13 Paraphrasing Wag The Dog:

"Two things I know for sure: There is no difference between good flan and bad flan, and there was no 'riot' in St. Louis last night. Guess who I am?"

(character who says that in the film is the CIA Director)

Posted by: mnw at September 16, 2017 11:27 AM (9WcJw)

14 The definition for "Pokemon" has been around for a long time.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 11:27 AM (sdi6R)

15 Word of the day?

EMAW

Posted by: teej at September 16, 2017 11:28 AM (T3zWB)

16 Portmanteau: A blank canvas for the artistry of Natalie Portman's pedicurist

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 16, 2017 11:28 AM (J2oJa)

17 Language being what it is, I think the world is better served by trying to make complex concepts easier to understand by employing simple, straightforward wordage, rather than trying to make up new ways to confuse and confound everyone not in one's particular jargon-filled club.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:30 AM (Pz4pT)

18 Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at September 16, 2017 11:30 AM (T71PA)

19 Wowch - combination of wow and ouch. Said when something is both amazing and hurtful.

Posted by: Roger Anderson at September 16, 2017 11:31 AM (25PAg)

20 Pussyfoot --- What individuals with no arms use to fap.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 11:34 AM (ZAAkQ)

21 Dildo: pickled female deer.

Posted by: Harry Reid at September 16, 2017 11:34 AM (/qEW2)

22 Attenuate: An excellent recent meal, judged on a numerical scale.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 16, 2017 11:34 AM (J2oJa)

23 Nood -- TBTGT
Posted by: FireHorse

Speaking of new words, I knew exactly what he meant.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 11:35 AM (YXJ+5)

24 Sextant: sending dick pics to your mother's sister.

Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 16, 2017 11:38 AM (/qEW2)

25 Soo, any chance the Equifax fiasco makes people take a really good look at their credit revealing a bunch of identity theft by illegals resulting in a push back to amnesty?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Gluten Free Souls at September 16, 2017 11:38 AM (tMFgx)

26 Aspbergers: an inexpensive alternative to better cuts of ground beef

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 16, 2017 11:39 AM (J2oJa)

27 New Word: Cramnesty-what you'll get whether you like it or not.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Gluten Free Souls at September 16, 2017 11:39 AM (tMFgx)

28 Trigglypuff - another name for the fatberg that clogged the sewers of London.

Posted by: Roy at September 16, 2017 11:40 AM (ABjxW)

29 Clientele -- The obvious clues when tracking cliens.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 11:40 AM (ZAAkQ)

30 Vanguard: I know he exists, but I've always been unconscious by the time he arrives.

Posted by: Hillary! at September 16, 2017 11:41 AM (pszv/)

31 The cleverest new word I saw last week came from http://tinyurl.com/those-clever-Catholics.

Posted by: Marooned at September 16, 2017 11:41 AM (8hRlF)

32 Anticontradisestablishmentarianism.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 11:41 AM (zkGZ8)

33 I like my coffee like I like my bikini barista, hot and dripping with sweetness.

Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 11:41 AM (8flQp)

34 "17 Language being what it is, I think the world is better served by trying to make complex concepts easier to understand by employing simple, straightforward wordage, rather than trying to make up new ways to confuse and confound everyone not in one's particular jargon-filled club."

CS Lewis has always been my model for simplicity and clarity in writing. He was a master.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 11:43 AM (398bZ)

35 Made up any new words recently?

I proud of my invention (I suppose) man-eurysm. An affliction associated with feminists and lesbians.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 16, 2017 11:44 AM (EgwCt)

36 There is a certain boiling rage signal that occurs when I hear people using, non-ironically, the stupid new made up words "antifa" "intersectionality" and "woke."

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:44 AM (Pz4pT)

37 So I was about to retell my vegetarian dish story when the thread suddenly got spiked. I blame Willow. So as I was about to say...

Many years ago Milady and I went to the family reunion. Big gathering in SW Missouri, with mostly manly men and womanly women, and some hipsters.

My younger sister came to us and decried that there was some pot of "mystery meat" on the grill. We said, oh, no, that's ours - it's BBQ tofu. Sis (being the type) hurried back to the grill to get some, but the cowboys had already devoured it.

We realized soy was not people food long time ago, but that was really good BBQ. Even the cowboys thought so.

Posted by: mindful webworker's evil twin at September 16, 2017 11:44 AM (sE4m0)

38 nood - a link you should never click, when it refers to Lena Dunham.

Posted by: Roy at September 16, 2017 11:44 AM (ABjxW)

39 Islammunist.

You know who.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at September 16, 2017 11:45 AM (Ndje9)

40 Rise and Fall ... It's not so much reading as it is an undertaking. The book is huge.

Posted by: Insomniac

It was still a high school history requirement when my sister was in school, she tore the fat paperback into four sections. I was five years later and we had other options ... but like four other books if we didn't choose Rise and Fall...

I read All Quiet on the Western Front, can't recall what else. Maybe "1984".

Posted by: illiniwek at September 16, 2017 11:46 AM (yKAUL)

41 Coterie: a small and exclusive selection of outerwear

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 16, 2017 11:46 AM (J2oJa)

42 Made up any new words recently?
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'Confusement'. It's an unconscious condition that afflicts Left/Liberal/Progs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 16, 2017 11:46 AM (5qYq+)

43 "17 Language being what it is, I think the world is better served by trying to make complex concepts easier to understand by employing simple, straightforward wordage, rather than trying to make up new ways to confuse and confound everyone not in one's particular jargon-filled club."
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CS Lewis has always been my model for simplicity and clarity in writing. He was a master.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 11:43 AM (398bZ)

Anything else strikes me as the opposite of communication. If one's profession for example, employs a lot of jargon, you are doing something other than trying to communicate, and I consider that a crime against humanity.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:47 AM (Pz4pT)

44 CS Lewis has always been my model for simplicity and clarity in writing. He was a master.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 11:43 AM (398bZ)

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i think many writers of that time wrote to intimidate the reader rather than tell a good story.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 11:48 AM (ZAAkQ)

45 the stupid new made up words "antifa" "intersectionality" and "woke."

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:44 AM (Pz4pT)

Which is why I use "antifada" when referring to them.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 16, 2017 11:48 AM (mpXpK)

46 Going to first Ringo and All Starr band show this fall. Playing the fabulous Fox Theatre

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 11:49 AM (PUmDY)

47 Loved the replacement gargoyle that looked like an Alien. From Atlas Obscura, a list of pop culture gargoyles:

http://tinyurl.com/mvdqgrd

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 11:49 AM (qJtVm)

48 Free the Everett Bikini 7!

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at September 16, 2017 11:50 AM (e1mEI)

49 Y'all fucked up. You trusted me.

Posted by: PDT at September 16, 2017 11:51 AM (mcI77)

50 If one sprinkles french words on one's vocabulary, one is engaging in ennui.

Now, here's the kick... yeah, I know it "means" something else, but if you say "ennui," and you pronounce it onn-WEE, I am going to say it back to you, and pronounce it Onn-YOU-ee, because don't include ME in your stupid french foppish bullshite language nonsense.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:52 AM (Pz4pT)

51 Yale replaces 'freshman,' 'upperclassman' with gender-neutral terms

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Fresh hell.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:52 AM (XkSQF)

52 antifa is a one word lie
antifada is good because it is a self explanatory exposure of that lie, in a word

Posted by: illiniwek at September 16, 2017 11:52 AM (yKAUL)

53 Y'all fucked up. You trusted me.

Posted by: PDT
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Troll's are out early.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:53 AM (XkSQF)

54 Contribute: a show of admiration for a criminal.

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 16, 2017 11:53 AM (/qEW2)

55 So, it's Return of Attack of the Son of Sniglets 2: Eclectic Boogaloo...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, SERENITY NOW! at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (66CWr)

56 Obama is well read.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (PUmDY)

57 I see sonobi continues its reign of error.

Mornin', Horde. What fresh hell?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (NK6r2)

58 And here are some of sculptor Walter S. Arnold's gargoyle grotesques:

http://www.stonecarver.com/Stone-Sculptures.html

That one lady looks like Ms. Pelosi stretching her face for another round of nipping and tucking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (qJtVm)

59 Recuse: avoiding conflict and responsibility in the name of "fairness"

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:55 AM (XkSQF)

60 Willowed:

Like everything else in this world, you do you, and I'll do me, and as soon as I start trying to tell you how to live is the point at which I need to shut my non-pie hole.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:22 AM (Pz4pT)

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Hear hear.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 11:55 AM (UUvSq)

61 'manopause' - the natural arrival of menstruation that usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 in men.

Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 11:55 AM (8flQp)

62 Yale replaces 'freshman,' 'upperclassman' with gender-neutral terms

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Fresh hell.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:52 AM (XkSQF)

"Fresh meat," as in "here we go, skulls full of mush into which our indoctrination flows.

"Upper-crustaceans," as in, now that we've filled them full of mush, their brains are like those of a shellfish.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:56 AM (Pz4pT)

63 Obama is well read.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (PUmDY)

A few typos there.

It should be:
Obama is well, red.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 16, 2017 11:56 AM (EgwCt)

64 Although I guess I should've written "here here" since that's apparently the "new" evolution of the expression and would've been more fitting for the thread.

I did use "willowed," which I doubt is used anywhere else in a similar manner, so we still good, yo.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 11:56 AM (UUvSq)

65 That one lady looks like Ms. Pelosi stretching her face for another round of nipping and tucking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (qJtVm)

One more round for Pelosi Galore and she'll have to wear a scarf to avoid indecent exposure.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 16, 2017 11:58 AM (EgwCt)

66 56 Obama is well read.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (PUmDY)

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One of my absolute favorite parts of the Obama candidacy and presidency was him intentionally carrying big, weighty tomes for photo opportunities on the campaign trail, and then not reading sh*t for the next eight years.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 11:58 AM (UUvSq)

67 Stone Chaney, 11, a sixth-grader at East Middle School in Farmington
Hills, said he makes a pledge to God and family - not a flag - and has
skipped participation since second grade.
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Ah yes the deep meaningful, religious, patriotic, heroic thoughts of a chunky eleven year old.

Definitely not a legal play by the parents.

Definitely.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:58 AM (XkSQF)

68 Recuse: avoiding conflict and responsibility in the name of "fairness"
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 11:55 AM (XkSQF)

Recuse: To be nominated and installed in office, only to take an extended and nearly total vacation from the responsibility and reality of one's job.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 11:59 AM (Pz4pT)

69 For all the Special Snowflakes out there, RoBear is there for you

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yc4xryu5

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 11:59 AM (NkMRl)

70 Coffee - misspelled. Should be coughee, the person coughed upon.

Cougher, the person doing the coughing. Standard English rules.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 16, 2017 12:00 PM (m9X4Y)

71 willowed - what gets dumped twice a week on the WaPo commentary page

Posted by: Roy at September 16, 2017 12:01 PM (ABjxW)

72 this is a good chuckle

http://tinyurl.com/y7wnxcen

Posted by: illiniwek at September 16, 2017 12:01 PM (yKAUL)

73 Raking Irma leaves. Picking up Irma branches. Going to the dump. Stocking up on downed Live Oak branches and trees for firewood for campfires and fires in the fireplace.

Posted by: Larry Geiger at September 16, 2017 12:02 PM (nX644)

74 comatoast

Posted by: one of those at September 16, 2017 12:02 PM (Ro0c4)

75 One of my absolute favorite parts of the Obama candidacy and presidency
was him intentionally carrying big, weighty tomes for photo
opportunities on the campaign trail, and then not reading sh*t for the
next eight years
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Barack Obama was the best president in Iranian history.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:02 PM (XkSQF)

76 Obama is well read.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 11:54 AM (PUmDY)

A few typos there.

It should be:
Obama is well, red.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 16, 2017 11:56 AM (EgwCt)

Reminds me of the old joke, about the value of capitalization.

Same words/Different meanings: I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse... I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:02 PM (Pz4pT)

77 Stone Chaney, 11, a sixth-grader at East Middle School in Farmington Hills, said he makes a pledge to God and family - not a flag - and has skipped participation since second grade.

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Bet his parents support participation trophies, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 12:02 PM (UUvSq)

78 Who in the world would name a dog after himself?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:03 PM (PUmDY)

79 Deport the alien gargoyles and all of their relatives so we don't break up their families.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:03 PM (LjR2k)

80 Is Chaney's family Jehovah Witnesses?

Supreme Court case from 1942 might have bearing.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:04 PM (NkMRl)

81 Who in the world would name a dog after himself?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:03 PM (PUmDY)

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Worse was naming the other one after Mary Jo Kopechne.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 12:04 PM (UUvSq)

82 Reminds me of the old joke, about the value of capitalization.

Punctuation, too.

I helped my uncle jack off, a horse.

Posted by: My Little Pony at September 16, 2017 12:04 PM (ABjxW)

83 It is like some space creature.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:05 PM (PUmDY)

84
77 Stone Chaney, 11, a sixth-grader at East Middle School in Farmington Hills, said he makes a pledge to God and family - not a flag - and has skipped participation since second grade.

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Sounds like a Jehovah's Witness.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 12:05 PM (ZAAkQ)

85 The AL Senate race:

McTurtle's PAC produced a poll showing the race in a statistical dead heat, but the RCP average still shows Moore ahead by about 10 points. The race does seem to be tightening, but I think Moore's still ahead.

The NRA has endorsed Strange and they've launched a last-minute ad campaign. This could be decisive. Given that both candidates have strong records on gun rights, it doesn't make sense to me that NRA would spend money here. I suspect they have an agenda other than gun rights.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 12:05 PM (398bZ)

86 I'm not saying it's an ancient alien astronaut, but....

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:05 PM (LjR2k)

87 Coffee - misspelled. Should be coughee, the person coughed upon.

Cougher, the person doing the coughing. Standard English rules.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 16, 2017 12:00 PM (m9X4Y)

No, you're just confused by those idiosyncrasies of the Engrish language.

Consider this conversation:

Waitress: Coffee?

Me: Yes, that was me, sorry about that. Could I have a cup of joe?

Waitress: There's a fresh pot coughing right now, I'll pour you one when it's done. Will you want cream, sugar?

Me: No, darling, just the cougher.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:07 PM (Pz4pT)

88

Bet his parents support participation trophies, though.
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I find it fascinating that this sniveling little shit, who probably gets "free lunch" and "free breakfast" and rides the "free bus" to get his "freed education" at his "free governemt school" (paid for by the American taxpayer), states that saying the Pledge is "like worshipping it".

AH! First Amendment case supported. Just like his parents coached him.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:08 PM (XkSQF)

89
AH! First Amendment case supported. Just like his parents coached him.

The parents indoctrinated him before the school ever had a chance to.

Posted by: Roy at September 16, 2017 12:09 PM (ABjxW)

90 adding the "under God" part to the pledge (1954) seems necessary, since it indicates our higher allegiance. Once the government starts replacing/censoring/outlawing individual rights granted by God, it is time to pledge allegiance to replacing that government.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 16, 2017 12:12 PM (yKAUL)

91
The parents indoctrinated him before the school ever had a chance to.
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Yeah. Personally I hope they win 100 million dollars in the suit and break the entire public school system. Then donate half their winnings to their anti-American pseudo-religion and invest the other half in South American chinchilla farms.

I'm rooting for injuries.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:14 PM (XkSQF)

92 Actually the Supreme Court ruling occurred in 1943 re: Jehovah Witnesses and the Pledge of Allegiance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minersville_School_District_v._Gobitis

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:16 PM (NkMRl)

93 Memphis 7, UCLA 0

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 12:18 PM (398bZ)

94 Me: No, darling, just the cougher.

Posted by: BurtTC

As soon as phlegm from cougher spits
Thy germs from bronchial tube splits.

Posted by: Johann Tetzel at September 16, 2017 12:19 PM (/qEW2)

95 Covfefe?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:20 PM (LjR2k)

96 I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. He's cool.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:21 PM (PUmDY)

97 refusing to stand is a little different than just not reciting the pledge.
not pledging on religious grounds ... OK.
not standing is more of a disrespect for the country ...

Posted by: illiniwek at September 16, 2017 12:21 PM (yKAUL)

98 I struggle with saying the pledge of allegiance. Mostly because I have an allegiance that supercedes it. I have said the pledge up till now. But I'm revisiting that in my head. Trying to tease out what that means in actual fact as a Christian. I'm not Jehovah's Witness.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:22 PM (lwiT4)

99 The Court ruled that public schools could compel students-in this case, Jehovah's Witnesses- to salute the American Flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance despite the students' religious objections to these practices.
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Anna Puma - did you see my comment on the ONT re: mandatory drug testing in schools?

http://tinyurl.com/y9cnpm7d

Horrifying decision by Clarence Thomas. I lost all respect for him.

In emphasizing the "custodial responsibilities" of a public school
system toward its students, rather than the details of how the program
was organized, the majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas appeared
to encompass random drug testing of an entire student population.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:22 PM (XkSQF)

100 I wonder if Darth Merkel can lose.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:23 PM (LjR2k)

101 I'm rooting for injuries.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:14 PM (XkSQF)

Yes! Lawfare against the Pubic Screwel Industrial Complex. Everybody gets in on the act...

TransJenner kids for lack of bathrooms. BLM kids for serving White food. Illegals for teaching in Engrish.

And woe be to the screwel that puts up any red decorations in December.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:23 PM (Pz4pT)

102 Monetize: how I see things.

Posted by: Claude Monet at September 16, 2017 12:24 PM (/qEW2)

103 The problem to me is not the Pledge itself.

It is the fact that the kid is compelled by law at the point of the government gun to be inside the government institution in the first place

There is no escape.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:25 PM (XkSQF)

104 In the original 1940 ruling they said the schools could compel, but in 1943 that ruling was reversed.

At a guess in the drug testing case, are not schools acting in the place of the parents?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:25 PM (NkMRl)

105 The Court ruled that public schools could compel students-in this case,
Jehovah's Witnesses- to salute the American Flag and recite the Pledge
of Allegiance despite the students' religious objections to these
practices.
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That is wrong. Students should no more be force to violate their conscience that bakers should be forced to violate theirs.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:25 PM (lwiT4)

106 I coined the word BFD.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 16, 2017 12:26 PM (5fVVR)

107 Sext-Mexting: Sending pictures of your junk from the restroom of a Chili's To-Go.

Posted by: Enrique Shockwave at September 16, 2017 12:29 PM (Ckg4U)

108 The Court ruled that public schools could compel students-in this case,
Jehovah's Witnesses- to salute the American Flag and recite the Pledge
of Allegiance despite the students' religious objections to these
practices.
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That is wrong. Students should no more be force to violate their conscience that bakers should be forced to violate theirs.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:25 PM (lwiT4)

I don't think it's ever necessary to make a federal case (literally) out of any of this sort of stuff. Use common freakin' sense.

If a kid says he can't/won't say the Pledge of Allegiance, then fine. Have the kid go sit somewhere quietly while the rest of us do. When the other students see him sitting over there by himself, peer pressure will start to gnaw at the situation until it resolves itself.

One way or another.

And I would damn well as a teacher in this classroom reinforce the concept that freedom, including the freedom of speech, means you have every right to express your beliefs as you see fit, but there WILL be order in MY classroom.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:29 PM (Pz4pT)

109 I received 3 mailers about the Luther Strange campaign yesterday. He's rolling in out of state bucks.

The problem is that the out-of-staters like the Senate PAC is that they are trying to run down Moore when everyone in Alabama already knows Roy. His negatives are baked in the cake, as it were.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:29 PM (LTHVh)

110 Grammie, if it helps, I don't have any problem with the pledge of allegiance vis-a-vis being a Christian. Saying the pledge doesn't mean you are putting country before God, it just means you are loyal to your country.

Like when little winger was in the military- he was serving his country at the same time he was serving God.

Growing up going to Catholic schools, we said it every day, with the addition of "God bless America" at the end. That's still the way we say it in our family.

Posted by: bluebell at September 16, 2017 12:30 PM (UoSKV)

111 two things the 1st amendment does not cover...

Posted by: Br(.)(.)ke Baldwin at September 16, 2017 12:30 PM (XFue2)

112 Hillaryous--- When excuses for one's own failure are knee-slappingly funny.

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 12:31 PM (7uYFy)

113 Grumpy, are you saying the Alabama race is in some ways similar to when David Duke tried to run for governor of Louisiana against Edwin Edwards? The voters voted in the convicted crook over Duke.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:31 PM (NkMRl)

114 Trump backed the wrong horse in Alabama.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:31 PM (LTHVh)

115 The Pledge of Allegiance acknowledges and places the country (and flag) directly below God, doesn't it?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 12:32 PM (UUvSq)

116 I saw Luther Strange open up for Jethro Tull in '71

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 12:32 PM (7uYFy)

117 If a kid says he can't/won't say the Pledge of Allegiance, then fine.
Have the kid go sit somewhere quietly while the rest of us do. When the
other students see him sitting over there by himself, peer pressure
will start to gnaw at the situation until it resolves itself.
==

Yeah I am good with resolving it that way.

If the parents are SO HORRIFIED that their overfed, overprivileged whelps are going to be damned to Hell for saying the Pledge, then why not put them in a religious school?

If you guessed "lazy", "stupid" and "uncommitted" parents, you are right on track.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:33 PM (XkSQF)

118 Joe Walsh played In the City when he opened for Tom Petty and the HB here. I love that song.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:33 PM (PUmDY)

119 Grumpy, are you saying the Alabama race is in some ways similar to when David Duke tried to run for governor of Louisiana against Edwin Edwards? The voters voted in the convicted crook over Duke.

Not at all. Both candidates will be fine. Luther is conservative enough that 90% of you would be very happy to have him for your Senator. He is just too insider for this election. Plus, Roy knows his voters. I'm not sure that he's ever lost an election.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:33 PM (LTHVh)

120 Back in the day, I think these were called "sniglets".

Posted by: Chris M at September 16, 2017 12:34 PM (6RZos)

121 Late MIL always said "flustrated" instead of flustered/frustrated. I find it a legitimate word. Expresses a particular feeling.

God bless the English language. We can make up what ever we want - like *washer* - instead of jumping through hoops of "machino para lavar de ropa"

Posted by: cfo mom at September 16, 2017 12:34 PM (RfzVr)

122 Strange, who called Trump's election a "biblical miracle," was appointed to the Senate seat previously held by Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions.
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Ah.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (XkSQF)

123 Memphis/UCLA tied at 7.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (398bZ)

124 Grump, I heard that Tubberville was going to run. Was that bs?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (PUmDY)

125 Just finished Season 1 ep. 8 of "Isis."

It appears Andrea and Rick started dating between episodes 6 and 7. Episode 8 is the first that didn't have someone twist an ankle, sprain an ankle, or get their ankle caught in rocks or a tree.

Episode 8 is also the one that had a gun in it. I don't remember the rest of the season, but here's hoping it didn't turn too dark.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (zkGZ8)

126 I thought that Sniglets were names for things that didn't have a name like that first watery thin liquid that comes out of the mustard squirter if you don't shake it up: Musquirt. Or the invisible thing you look back at when you trip over your feet: a strumble.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:37 PM (LTHVh)

127 Like when little winger was in the military- he was serving his country at the same time he was serving God.

Growing up going to Catholic schools, we said it every day, with the
addition of "God bless America" at the end. That's still the way we say
it in our family.

Posted by: bluebell at September 16, 2017 12:30 PM (UoSKV)
==================================

I love and appreciate being an American, and give my gratitude to God for that blessing in my prayers. As a little girl, I even went to a church where we had the American flag and the Christian flag, right up front.

I don't know. I struggle with it, is all I can say. And as Burt pointed out, as long as I stand respectfully and disrupt no one, I may end up doing just that, silently. Maybe I'm taking this too seriously. But sometimes I just can't say the words.

Oh well, I suppose I'll figure it out. I've been trying to get some viewpoints from theologians i know and trust.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:38 PM (lwiT4)

128 Cerebral Pelosi---a disease in which the sufferer has been in power so long they forget who the president is....

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 12:38 PM (7uYFy)

129 Weekend task -

Send newly licensed daughter to work

Slowly panic waiting for text confirming safe arrival

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 16, 2017 12:39 PM (JyFLk)

130 Sniglets is a crappy candy, I think.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:39 PM (PUmDY)

131 124 Grump, I heard that Tubberville was going to run. Was that bs? Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (PUmDY)

Yeah, he withdrew.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 12:39 PM (398bZ)

132 131 124 Grump, I heard that Tubberville was going to run. Was that bs? Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:36 PM (PUmDY)

Yeah, he withdrew.

I should add, the rumor was that he'd run for governor, not for the Senate.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 16, 2017 12:40 PM (398bZ)

133 Late MIL always said "flustrated" instead of flustered/frustrated. I find it a legitimate word. Expresses a particular feeling.

God bless the English language. We can make up what ever we want - like *washer* - instead of jumping through hoops of "machino para lavar de ropa"
Posted by: cfo mom at September 16, 2017 12:34 PM (RfzVr)

Just yesterday, I heard someone say a situation was "copulated."

In other words, something had gotten so complicated that it was all F'ed up. I don't think it was intentional, I think they were trying to say convoluted, but still, it was damn near perfect.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:41 PM (Pz4pT)

134 I should add, the rumor was that he'd run for governor, not for the Senate.

Honestly, I didn't know that he was a resident again.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:41 PM (LTHVh)

135 Send newly licensed daughter to work

Slowly panic waiting for text confirming safe arrival

Posted by: 2009Refugee
====

I can seriously relate to this. It's one of those fiery parent gauntlets that is a combination of helplessness and torture.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:42 PM (XkSQF)

136 "enfocarse" in Spanish does not mean to "turn oneself into a seal"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 16, 2017 12:42 PM (Gv+zt)

137 If the parents are SO HORRIFIED that their overfed,
overprivileged whelps are going to be damned to Hell for saying the
Pledge, then why not put them in a religious school?

If you guessed "lazy", "stupid" and "uncommitted" parents, you are right on track.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:33 PM (XkSQF)
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Not so fast. Sometimes there truly are students who have thought things through on their own, and have come to a conclusion based upon their beliefs. I am thinking of my own daughter. She once took a position in 4th grade that would have resulted in her flunking a class, and she knew full well what would happen. She stuck to her guns, and I was proud of her for it, even though I found out way late in the game. It was her decision, not mine, because her line in the sand never even occured to me.

Not all children who follow their conscience are the results of stupid idiot parents living off EBT.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:42 PM (lwiT4)

138 Texas A&M is not looking very sharp this year.

Kevin Sumlin is probably doomed.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:42 PM (LTHVh)

139 I don't think it's ever necessary to make a federal case (literally) out of any of this sort of stuff. Use common freakin' sense.

If a kid says he can't/won't say the Pledge of Allegiance, then fine. Have the kid go sit somewhere quietly while the rest of us do. When the other students see him sitting over there by himself, peer pressure will start to gnaw at the situation until it resolves itself.

One way or another.

And I would damn well as a teacher in this classroom reinforce the concept that freedom, including the freedom of speech, means you have every right to express your beliefs as you see fit, but there WILL be order in MY classroom.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:29 PM (Pz4pT)

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Sitting quietly in the corner would be fine. But it would be better if he would have to wear a funny and undignified hat when he did. And after the pledge, the rest of the students get to mock him for two minutes. And no recess or lunch for the offending student. Plus, he would get extra home work assignments.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 12:43 PM (ZAAkQ)

140 Amusing story for the day:

Vice President Pence's bunny rabbit Marlon Bundo has gotten a book deal.

Word of advice Mr. Vice President, don't let Maduro of Venezuela anywhere near your bunny.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:43 PM (NkMRl)

141
Just yesterday, I heard someone say a situation was "copulated."

Nice. FUBAR.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:43 PM (LTHVh)

142 "Notsies"---Trump voters

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 12:44 PM (7uYFy)

143 Have the Chokies lost yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:44 PM (LjR2k)

144 A government compelled oath of loyalty is neither.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:44 PM (XkSQF)

145 Sitting quietly in the corner would be fine. But it would be better if
he would have to wear a funny and undignified hat when he did. And
after the pledge, the rest of the students get to mock him for two
minutes. And no recess or lunch for the offending student. Plus, he
would get extra home work assignments.
================================

When government coercion reaches a state of bullying and shaming children over the recitation of an oath, then perhaps government is putting itself in a higher position than it ought.

Bend the knee, or else.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:47 PM (lwiT4)

146 Subduction: kidnapping an underwater vehicle.

Posted by: Yellowstone Caldera at September 16, 2017 12:49 PM (/qEW2)

147 I thought that Sniglets were names for things that didn't have a name like that first watery thin liquid that comes out of the mustard squirter if you don't shake it up: Musquirt. Or the invisible thing you look back at when you trip over your feet: a strumble.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:37 PM (LTHVh)

I'm sure the word "sniglets" is one of those words you can't use anymore, because even though there's absolutely nothing related to race about it, it sounds vaguely rayciss, so no one wants to take the chance and be accused.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:49 PM (Pz4pT)

148 "Government-mandated and administered education"

This is the real problem.

And no, I do not believe that the eleven year old brat's undeveloped conscience had ANYTHING to do with this LEGAL ISSUE now covered by the NATIONAL MEDIA .

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:49 PM (XkSQF)

149 Which, now that I say that, is a concept that is just BEGGING for a word to describe it.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:49 PM (Pz4pT)

150 Nice scrum TD by the Ragin' Cajuns. 7-7

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:50 PM (LTHVh)

151 On our way to the Black Hills. We usually go in the summer but thought it would be quieter in the fall. Its hot on The Plains but Yellowstone is expecting 16 in of snow. If we see snow we're headed south.

Posted by: Abby at September 16, 2017 12:50 PM (H2KpL)

152 Going to College Station for the Alabama game this year,.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 12:50 PM (PUmDY)

153 To put it simply, government subsidized education is copulated.

And as a self respecting android cat-grrl, time to get back to writing. Because I refuse to be upstaged in literary circles by a rabbit named Marlon Bundo. Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:52 PM (NkMRl)

154 I'm sure the word "sniglets" is one of those words you can't use anymore, because even though there's absolutely nothing related to race about it, it sounds vaguely rayciss, so no one wants to take the chance and be accused.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:49 PM (Pz4pT)

You beat me to the punch. Had a redneck friend over 40 years ago who used a word extremely close to "sniglets" to describe baby......

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 12:52 PM (7uYFy)

155 Drudge's week in #FakeNews suppression of actual news:

--immigration beings massive outbreak of Hep A to San Diego

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yambluqn

--SJW Jennifer Lawrence (I recommend her Fappening entries, btw) lays a massive goose egg with her recently released new film. Audiences are left "bewildered, perplexed" and actually "angry" as they leave film showings; people complain of so little coherence that they're left having to google what the film's plot was after returning home.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybkod6jz

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at September 16, 2017 12:52 PM (ylUqT)

156 A government compelled oath of loyalty is neither.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:44 PM (XkSQF)

145 Sitting quietly in the corner would be fine. But it would be better if
he would have to wear a funny and undignified hat when he did. And
after the pledge, the rest of the students get to mock him for two
minutes. And no recess or lunch for the offending student. Plus, he
would get extra home work assignments.
================================

When government coercion reaches a state of bullying and shaming children over the recitation of an oath, then perhaps government is putting itself in a higher position than it ought.

Bend the knee, or else.

Posted by: grammie winger - heretic for the Lord at September 16, 2017 12:47 PM (lwiT4)

Yep. The Pledge of Allegiance can and MUST only be voluntary.

Just as the rest of us are free to exercise our right to free expression by looking askance at the child who won't say it.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (Pz4pT)

157 God bless the English language. We can make up what
ever we want - like *washer* - instead of jumping through hoops of
"machino para lavar de ropa"
Posted by: cfo mom at September 16, 2017 12:34 PM (RfzVr)

That's a "lavadora" or "maquina de lavar" if you want to be formal

Places like Colombia also like to use foreign words if they are shorter than the native Spanish terms. "esmoking" for a suit jacket comes to mind, as does the term "el parking" in the place of "lote de estacionamiento". (the Real Academia is now gnashing its collective teeth by the way)

Posted by: Kindltot at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (Gv+zt)

158 Just what I needed: A pic reminding me of my upcoming colonoscopy.

Posted by: jwpaine at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (BvAnV)

159 >>>The Pledge of Allegiance acknowledges and places the country (and flag) directly below God, doesn't it?<<<

I'm not so sure, - it depends on how its expressed. Nothing chaps my ass more than that awkward silence between "one nation" *pause* "under God" ...

There's no comma there. It's "one nation under God," and anything else is just sloppy and lazy.

Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 12:54 PM (8flQp)

160 Spreading the third world diseases that Americans won't spread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 12:54 PM (LjR2k)

161
School should be voluntary after a certain age.

Don't want to say the Pledge anymore? Cool. Go apprentice as a welder, kid.

If freedom is an actual goal , the multi-year government mandated tyrannical mind-warp that is the public school system has to end.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:54 PM (XkSQF)

162 I notice that Pickaninny is out of favor though I don't recall it being considered a slur in my youth.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 12:55 PM (LTHVh)

163 Audiences are left "bewildered, perplexed" and actually "angry" as they leave film showings; people complain of so little coherence that they're left having to google what the film's plot was after returning home.

--

Ha. From the same piece:

""Horrible. If you need to Google search the meaning of movie when you get home, it was a failure," a viewer wrote on Rotten Tomatoes. "

Followed by Ms. Lawrence lawrenceplaining:

"Obviously I never claimed that President Trump was responsible for these tragic hurricanes,"

If you need to explain the meaning of a statement, it was a failure.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 12:56 PM (UUvSq)

164 One last thing... which of you Morons did this?

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y7z2y3oo

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 12:57 PM (NkMRl)

165 The Rolling Stones could have used "Sonobi" in the Shattered chorus, instead of "Shadoobie".

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at September 16, 2017 12:57 PM (ylUqT)

166 Which, now that I say that, is a concept that is just BEGGING for a word to describe it.

Posted by: BurtTC
________

Racish?

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 12:57 PM (zkGZ8)

167 Send newly licensed daughter to work

Slowly panic waiting for text confirming safe arrival

Posted by: 2009Refugee
====

I can seriously relate to this. It's one of those fiery parent gauntlets that is a combination of helplessness and torture.

Mission accomplished. And in 4 hours I get to repeat the process!!

To all the posters on the site who share your parenting struggles, I cannot sufficiently express my admiration for you.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 16, 2017 12:58 PM (JyFLk)

168 I'm not so sure, - it depends on how its expressed. Nothing chaps my ass more than that awkward silence between "one nation" *pause* "under God" ...

There's no comma there. It's "one nation under God," and anything else is just sloppy and lazy.
Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 12:54 PM (8flQp)

The whole damn thing is lazily recited, with the comatose placing ill-placed commas everywhere.

Like church singing that has words like "Oh God, you are super awesome and mighty and powerful and you dress nice," sung like a funeral dirge.

If you can't bring some feeling to the words, then shut up already.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:58 PM (Pz4pT)

169 Bend the knee, or else.

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Now that you mention it, I would appreciate the little fellow demanding that school costs travel with him so that he could freely take his amount to the best schools instead of something about a pledge.

But, if his parents put him up to this (and you have to admit the chances are good), then I'm guessing they don't support that level of freedom and clear anti-teacher h8.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 12:59 PM (UUvSq)

170 Yep. The Pledge of Allegiance can and MUST only be voluntary.

Just as the rest of us are free to exercise our right to free expression by looking askance at the child who won't say it.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (Pz4pT)

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So you support the NFL players taking a knee during the Nation Anthem?

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 12:59 PM (ZAAkQ)

171 Places like Colombia also like to use foreign words if they are shorter than the native Spanish terms. "esmoking" for a suit jacket comes to mind, as does the term "el parking" in the place of "lote de estacionamiento".

Dunno how widespread the use of this is, but I've heard Mexicans used the verb "lunchar" for "to eat lunch." ex. Me voy a lunchar.

Posted by: jwpaine at September 16, 2017 12:59 PM (BvAnV)

172
157

Places
like Colombia also like to use foreign words if they are shorter than
the native Spanish terms. "esmoking" for a suit jacket comes to mind, as
does the term "el parking" in the place of "lote de estacionamiento".

Posted by: Kindltot at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (Gv+zt)

Thank you. Good to know that other languages are as flexible as English. I get a kick out of how *protective* the French seem to be about theirs.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 16, 2017 01:00 PM (RfzVr)

173 Mission accomplished. And in 4 hours I get to repeat the process!!
===

Two words of encouragement and advice:

1) it gets better!

2) No left turns! I told my kids to circle the block to the right if they have to. Tough on tire sidewalls, but much safer than "Lefty Louie".

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 01:00 PM (XkSQF)

174
So you support the NFL players taking a knee during the Nation Anthem?
===

Participation in the NFL is not mandatory.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 01:01 PM (XkSQF)

175 Wow. A&M appears determined to lose this game.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:02 PM (UUvSq)

176 2) No left turns! I told my kids to circle the block to the right if they have to. Tough on tire sidewalls, but much safer than "Lefty Louie".

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 01:00 PM (XkSQF)

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That's a good idea. Tough in rural areas, but I like the concept. Hmm...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:03 PM (UUvSq)

177 (the Real Academia is now gnashing its collective teeth by the way)

Posted by: Kindltot
________

If a professor calls out us stupid "Americanos," feel free to tell him that the correct word is "estadounidenses."

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:03 PM (zkGZ8)

178 Two words of encouragement and advice:

1) it gets better!

========================

I don't think it does. My 24 year old gave me a ride to the train station last week and I was sweaty and bug-eyed when we arrived. She chattered happily the whole way.

Please Lord, help her learn to drive. I've done my best.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at September 16, 2017 01:03 PM (ylUqT)

179 "lote de estacionamiento"

Itself a calque from the Frogs, zone de stationnement, when THEY were trying to purge "Anglo-Saxon" words from their lexicon.

Henry V did nothing wrong.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:04 PM (6FqZa)

180 Burt, like the Gloria Patri or the Doxology?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:04 PM (PUmDY)

181 If a professor calls out us stupid "Americanos," feel free to tell him that the correct word is "estadounidenses."
Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:03 PM (zkGZ

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And pronounce it with Castilian flair.

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 01:05 PM (ZAAkQ)

182 Yep. The Pledge of Allegiance can and MUST only be voluntary.

Just as the rest of us are free to exercise our right to free expression by looking askance at the child who won't say it.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 12:53 PM (Pz4pT)

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So you support the NFL players taking a knee during the Nation Anthem?
Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 12:59 PM (ZAAkQ)

Picture Julie Andrews twirling in the Alps.

That is all the f**ks I give about what NFL players do, always and ever.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 01:07 PM (Pz4pT)

183 Soona - re the NFL.

I disapprove of the kneeling as it is clearly an active show of disrespect.

He could stand there quietly , but no, he has to drop his pants and let the world see his best side. Fine.

Now the NFL should fire his ticket-sales-killing multimillionaire ass.

In a free world that works according the principles of free markets and capitalism , that is.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 01:09 PM (XkSQF)

184 SJW Jennifer Lawrence (I recommend her Fappening entries, btw) lays a massive goose egg with her recently released new film.

To be fair, that's the fault mostly of Aronofsky the director.

But we can also blame the 80% of Western critics who saw the special first-week screenings. These are failed film-students and humanities-majors; they always figure that if some nerd directs a film, that there HAS to be a point in there somewhere.

No. No, there wasn't. As Rex Reed explained in The Observer, and as Matt Drudge linked. Y'all been had.

(Although, Drudge was probably just butthurt that the movie didn't break out into a choreographed song-and-dance number.)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:10 PM (6FqZa)

185 Burt, like the Gloria Patri or the Doxology?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:04 PM (PUmDY)

Eddie Izzard, the world's greatest transvestite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuEuY4BUMfM

Language warning, of course.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 01:10 PM (Pz4pT)

186 Grump, I heard somewhere about Big GOPe $$$ behind lots of negative advertizing in AL, and I scratched my head. Never have been to AL, far from an expert on the situation, but I was thinking "hmm, nasty personal negative ads against a figure well-known and generally liked in his state? WTF?".

The bankruptcy (of various sorts) of the "establishment" continues to amaze. And one recalls MS, and it's difficult to dissent from the crudest, most seemingly outlandish, negative views of these people.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 01:11 PM (QDnY+)

187 And pronounce it with Castilian flair.

Sthounds like stheam esthcaping.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:11 PM (6FqZa)

188 We can't, of course, because it would be racist as heck, but it would be interesting to have a poll asking NFL players to identify a still from that iconic scene in the Sound of Music.

Almost any answer would give them credit, too. Name of film, actress, location, time frame, bad guys, anything.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:11 PM (rjrh3)

189 So you support the NFL players taking a knee during the Nation Anthem?

Posted by: Soona at September 16, 2017 12:59 PM (ZAAkQ)
*********************

I support them being benched for doing it.

Posted by: gNewt at September 16, 2017 01:14 PM (C7UJR)

190 I like the modified video of Julie Andrews twirling in the Alps with a sub-machine gun in each hand, firing away.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 01:15 PM (QDnY+)

191 Jennifer Lawrence was messing around with that Coldplay idiot who married Gwyneth Paltrow. Lol

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:15 PM (PUmDY)

192 "Well that's exactly what their strategy is. That's what they're talking
about. I wish the people of Alabama knew that. I wish the people of
Alabama knew that McConnell and them were using the Democrats to come
into the Republican primary," Moore stated.

http://tinyurl.com/yck7pp7f

Yeah Grump, Trump backed the wrong guy. Probably due to "loyalty" to Sessions. That's one thing Trump and W have in common - unfortunately.

The silver lining is that Trump can and does change his mind.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 01:16 PM (XkSQF)

193 adding the "under God" part to the pledge (1954) seems necessary, since it indicates our higher allegiance.

It was the Chalcedonian fix. (Chalcedon was the Church council which dialed orthodox Christianity back from Monophysitism.)

The Pledge was a fascist oath designed specifically to force loyalty to a united American banner. Putting "under God" in there neuters that intent.

Whether this results in an oath that still makes sense... well, I dunno. It's hard to explain Chalcedon too.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:16 PM (6FqZa)

194 NFL viewership down significantly again the first night/week, right? Think there's any talk, at all, among the owners, or in the league office, about this?

Or will the bad wheat harvest just be blamed on the weather, again? (recalling an old Sovietologist's joke)

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 01:17 PM (QDnY+)

195 This school pledge incident happened in Detroit. More and more, I can't help but think of these festering blue cesspools as foreign countries. What happens there is about as relevant as whatever oaths and pledges Saudi Arabian children are forced to make.

I don't even have any idea of what the teacher or the student think the words 'republic', 'God', 'liberty', 'justice' mean. If they assign radically altered definitions to those words, they are not reciting the pledge anyway. They are making noises that sound like the pledge.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 01:17 PM (/qEW2)

196 Thank you. Good to know that other languages are as flexible as English. I get a kick out of how *protective* the French seem to be about theirs.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 16, 2017 01:00 PM (RfzVr)

The sign of a living, vibrant, growing language is that it happily adopts foreign words and owns them. If a language has to be policed and purged of foreign words, it's a museum piece.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 01:19 PM (EkNES)

197 >>>Soona - re the NFL.
I disapprove of the kneeling as it is clearly an active show of disrespect.
He could stand there quietly , but no, he has to drop his pants and let the world see his best side. Fine.<<<

The NFL and their partners, the MSM networks, are a clown show. When your client and/or sponsor and/or promoter are at odds with the predetermined narrative, fuck you if you can't take a joke or a massive hit to your pathetic ratings.

Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 01:19 PM (8flQp)

198 If a language has to be policed and purged of foreign words, it's a museum piece.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Mais bien sur.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:20 PM (zkGZ8)

199 Haven't mentioned it in awhile but I love gargoyles.
Just went to a firetruck parade the fire department had for a dedication.

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 01:20 PM (ghofu)

200 Re "mother!!@#!@#1" again, it's interesting how it compares with "Brad's Status".

Brad's Status was screened at the same time as motherEleventy. The first reviews for that were weak, with terms like "white male whining" showing up.

But where mother!2 went from 80ish to 69, Brad's Status went from 70ish to 83.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:21 PM (6FqZa)

201 --SJW Jennifer Lawrence (I recommend her Fappening entries, btw) lays a massive goose egg with her recently released new film. Audiences are left "bewildered, perplexed" and actually "angry" as they leave film showings; people complain of so little coherence that they're left having to google what the film's plot was after returning home.

This is odd. This film sounds like some high falutin' art film vanity project. Something done in order to win the directors and actors high profile awards, but which they know will not make much at the box office. Was this really marketed like a horror/thriller movie with mainstream appeal? Oh well, nice to see Jennifer finally retracted her statement.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 01:21 PM (/qEW2)

202 Roy Moore will win. He drives the libs there around the bend.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:22 PM (PUmDY)

203 They are making noises that sound like the pledge.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 01:17 PM (/qEW2)

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Ooh, I like that.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:22 PM (UUvSq)

204 The Wikipedia entry for the Pledge of Allegiance is interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance_(United_States)

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 01:23 PM (sdi6R)

205 Oh, for cryin' outs. I had JW schoolmates. They had a number of reasonable options during the Pledge:

1. Stand quietly
2. Leave the room
3. Put your hand over your heart, recite the Pledge, and doom your immortal soul to eternal suffering

Most did the 2nd one.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:24 PM (zkGZ8)

206 That's a good idea. Tough in rural areas, but I like the concept. Hmm...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:03 PM (UUvSq)

How about this: only make left turns at intersections where provision is made to accommodate them, like a turning bay with an advance green. Or from a one-way onto a one-way.

Just plan your route to avoid making turns that are dangerous, or unnecessarily delay you. Sometimes driving a mile or two further, and turning where it's easy, takes less time than doggedly taking the "shortest" route.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 01:25 PM (EkNES)

207 Is "Mother!" really the title?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:25 PM (PUmDY)

208 "lote de estacionamiento"

Itself a calque from the Frogs, zone de stationnement, when THEY were trying to purge "Anglo-Saxon" words from their lexicon.

Henry V did nothing wrong.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:04 PM (6FqZa)

I have seen "lote de parqueo" or simply "parqueo" in Nicaragua. And billboards selling food for "doguis".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 01:28 PM (EkNES)

209 Just plan your route to avoid making turns that are dangerous, or unnecessarily delay you. Sometimes driving a mile or two further, and turning where it's easy, takes less time than doggedly taking the "shortest" route.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 01:25 PM (EkNES)

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Yeah, I constantly irritate my wife by noting if a shopping center parking lot has a light we can use or by not turning into the first gas station off of an interstate exit and instead driving a half mile to one that won't require me to turn her and my kids back into to path of oncoming 55mph traffic in order to get back on the road we need.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:29 PM (UUvSq)

210 Is "Mother!" really the title?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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Yes, exclamation point and all. So you have to say it a little louder than everything else you say.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:30 PM (zkGZ8)

211 Screw your hegemonic white patriarchy language and its oppressive insistence on punctuation, btw.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 01:31 PM (UUvSq)

212 Grump, I heard somewhere about Big GOPe $$$ behind lots of negative advertizing in AL, and I scratched my head. Never have been to AL, far from an expert on the situation, but I was thinking "hmm, nasty personal negative ads against a figure well-known and generally liked in his state? WTF?".

Exactly. His negatives are known. Out of the 4 mailers, one talks about Luther's positives. 3 are wasting money running down Moore.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:31 PM (LTHVh)

213 Sadly, my Representative is GOPe "conservative". But these things are relative. Most of you would love to have him.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:33 PM (LTHVh)

214 Grump, one can only hope that whatever animus or motivation WRT the GOP establishment Moore already has, this experience will turn him into a fanatical enemy of theirs, above and apart from already existing conflicts he might have.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 01:33 PM (QDnY+)

215 So strange that UA/Colorado St game is a night game

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:34 PM (PUmDY)

216 Can't say I've ever really loved gargoyles.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 01:34 PM (7m3t8)

217 I've carved a few, havd a idea for one

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 01:35 PM (ghofu)

218 "Mother!"

Actually mother! lowercase.

The dictionary entry for "pretentious twat" needs to have Aronofsky's portrait by it.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:36 PM (6FqZa)

219 I will regret asking, but what is it about?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:37 PM (PUmDY)

220 Grump, I take it you didn't win the boom-stick from Classic?

I looked over the prices on 45 at sga, as someone here flagged yesterday. Indeed some especially low prices, but still slightly above those for new or reman. stuff from places like AmmoValley. I plan to add a small bit of "factory" stuff for things like training classes, where it's usually required, but will probably do it last-minute (CA ammo law, pending challenges, will stop internet sales in January).

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 01:38 PM (QDnY+)

221 Actually mother! lowercase.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
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Wow. I'd missed that. The pretension gets better. None of the characters has a name.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:39 PM (zkGZ8)

222 Is "Mother!" really the title?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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Yes, exclamation point and all. So you have to say it a little louder than everything else you say.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:30 PM (zkGZ

Oh no, that's not the title. It's "mother!"

Small m. So you know it must be good.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 16, 2017 01:39 PM (Pz4pT)

223 I will regret asking, but what is it about?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie

Peebles linked to a Rex Reed review on the EMT. Reed gives a plot summary at the end of the review:

Rex Reed calls J-Law's 'Mother!' the worst movie of the year, maybe of the century.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycb8e6o4

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 16, 2017 07:36 AM (oVJmc)

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 01:39 PM (/qEW2)

224 99---Horrifying decision by Clarence Thomas. I lost all respect for him.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 12:22 PM (XkSQF)
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I don't think so. Let's not make the leftist mistake of confusing "good" or "wise" with "Constitutional."

We are dealing here with minors in a custodial (yes) situation who CANNOT have the full panoply of rights if any semblance of discipline is to be maintained.

For decades the Left has been using the federal courts to set policy on everything from dress codes to "fair" grading under the cover of "civil rights." The results have been disastrous.

Policies should be set by the local school board and, if they are stupid in conception or execution, they should be fought by the citizens. That is what government "by the people" means. It's not about whining to unelected, black-robed priests for a (inevitably leftist) diktat from Washington.

Thomas is a 10th-amendment guy and routinely comes down on the side of state and local authority, especially when it comes to education, a subject about which he is very well informed.

So, while I think there are decent arguments against this particular decision, I hardly think it "horrifying." I have taught in public schools and have the scars, actual physical scars, to remind me how horrifying the impact of the federal judiciary has been on school discipline.

It's complicated, as they say.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 01:40 PM (0jtPF)

225 I don't think Roy can change, for good or ill. He is what he is. He's been pissed on by the State Establishment but just keeps plugging along asserting Federalism.

FWIW, Alabama's State motto is 'Audemus jura nostra defendere' - 'We Dare to Defend Our Rights'.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:41 PM (1Yeix)

226 I will regret asking, but what is it about?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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I don't know.

*reads Wikipedia entry*

I still don't know.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:41 PM (zkGZ8)

227 Is it about Norman Bates?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:41 PM (PUmDY)

228 Greetings from Sarasota! I just got my power back up. That was fun. Thank god I have a generator. I just wish I have Duke energy instead of FPL. Oh well.

Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (WVn9a)

229 Looks like J-Law is the latest victim of the Curse of the Donald.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (kD8Fh)

230 Wonder if "mother!" will suffer the same fate as "The Room".

("The Room" is a 2003 movie that now has a cult following... among hecklers. Like "Rocky Horror".)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (6FqZa)

231 228 Greetings from Sarasota! I just got my power back up. That was fun. Thank god I have a generator. I just wish I have Duke energy instead of FPL. Oh well.
Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (WVn9a)

+++

Good for you. Glad you are safe.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 01:44 PM (7m3t8)

232 Grump, I take it you didn't win the boom-stick from Classic?

Sadly no. I haven;t heard any Moron's crowing either so double sad.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:45 PM (1Yeix)

233 21-14 Louisiana at the turn.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:46 PM (1Yeix)

234 ("The Room" is a 2003 movie that now has a cult following... among hecklers. Like "Rocky Horror".)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
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Maybe that's what they're doing. Maybe they're taking bad movies and creating a new genre by making the movies worse and worse, eventually getting to something so incredibly bad like "Sharknado" that it becomes a phenomenon.

And maybe I'm giving Hollywood too much credit.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2017 01:48 PM (zkGZ8)

235 Ideally there would be no public schools, with the possible exception of what they used to call "reform schools," i.e., juvie prisons.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 01:51 PM (0jtPF)

236 I read the Rex Reed review. I wish he would quit pussyfooting around and tell us whether he liked it or not.

Now I'm thinking we should take up a collection to buy a ticket for ace.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 01:51 PM (sdi6R)

237 Looks like It is going full American Assassin on mother! at the box office

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 16, 2017 01:53 PM (NkMRl)

238 I worry that the GOPe jihad against the challenger in AL could result in. DEM senator-- there is some polling which shows the GE within 4 points.

Last time I expressed my concern, I got flamed by angry AL posters.

Posted by: mnw at September 16, 2017 01:54 PM (5u3aN)

239 Aranofsky's Requiem for a Dream was not a bad movie.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:54 PM (PUmDY)

240 The made up word I use is kidfusion, when I call a young one by the wrong name.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 01:55 PM (hyuyC)

241 228 Greetings from Sarasota! I just got my power back up. That was fun. Thank god I have a generator. I just wish I have Duke energy instead of FPL. Oh well.
Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (WVn9a)

Glad to hear it. I saw a lot of Duke Energy trucks in Pennsylvania after Sandy a few years ago.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 01:55 PM (sdi6R)

242 Last time I expressed my concern, I got flamed by angry AL posters.

Flamed? I just pointed out that there isn't a single statewide elected Democrat in office in Alabama.

That worm has turned here.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 01:55 PM (1Yeix)

243 228 Greetings from Sarasota! I just got my power back up. That was fun. Thank god I have a generator. I just wish I have Duke energy instead of FPL. Oh well.
Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (WVn9a)

Congratulations! How'd you fare other than the power going out? I have to give Duke Energy props. They got power restored like a boss in my neighborhood. Under 12 hours from initial outage to full restoration.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 01:56 PM (NWiLs)

244 239 Aranofsky's Requiem for a Dream was not a bad movie.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:54 PM (PUmDY)

Grim and depressing but not a bad movie.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 01:56 PM (NWiLs)

245 Ugh, Brad's Status doesn't get screened nationwide until 22 Sept.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:57 PM (6FqZa)

246 Ace's dungeons and dragons stuff is very funny.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 01:57 PM (PUmDY)

247 The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.

James David Nicoll (1990) rec.arts.sf.written

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 01:58 PM (hyuyC)

248 I worry that the GOPe jihad against the challenger in AL could result in. DEM senator-- there is some polling which shows the GE within 4 points.

The same pollsters who showed Ossoff running away with that Georgia seat?

Polls this far out are shite. Absolutely worthless and full of lies, usually driven by an agenda.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:58 PM (6FqZa)

249 240 The made up word I use is kidfusion, when I call a young one by the wrong name.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 01:55 PM (hyuyC)
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On that score, I consider myself doing well if I don't call the kids by the dogs' names.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:00 PM (0jtPF)

250 How do you have general election polling when the candidates aren't known? This sounds a bit push-polly.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 02:01 PM (LTHVh)

251 Margarita DeVille Heh.

My Mom did that with all four children. But we had our family dog when we were older, so I was never called Skivvies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 02:02 PM (hyuyC)

252 Like Osoff? Not happening.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 02:02 PM (PUmDY)

253 Actually, Margarita, "ideally" there would be a culture, and prevalent standards and mindset among parents, and a lack of liability-shakedown and social engineering lawlessness from the judiciary, and a prevalence of dedicated and competent non-unionized teachers, and ......

Because when all those things were mostly in place, as they were, not all THAT long ago, in some places at least, public education was usually just fine. Or excellent.

Public education created the country that won WWII, put man on the moon, won the Cold War, and built the greatest prosperity man has ever known. It also mixed social strata in a way that was uniquely American, and healthy, in many places.

And in pockets where some of those critical elements - or vestiges of them - are still in place, public education is still fine (sadly, almost only in the wealthiest jurisdictions). But overall - yep. Precipitous decline in standards and results. And parents fleeing the system, for good reason.

Educational decline is both symptom and cause of national decline.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:04 PM (QDnY+)

254 A dog named Skivvies? Most people who dress up their dogs just buy them sweaters.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 02:04 PM (sdi6R)

255 Skivvies.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:06 PM (0jtPF)

256 253--
Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:04 PM (QDnY+)
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Well said.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:09 PM (0jtPF)

257 Congratulations! How'd you fare other than the power going out? I have to give Duke Energy props. They got power restored like a boss in my neighborhood. Under 12 hours from initial outage to full restoration.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 01:56 PM (NWiLs)

Other than six long days without power, I just lost a magnolia tree. It wasn't very big, so it did no damage.

Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 02:09 PM (WVn9a)

258 Before the crash, I did a closing for a mtg broker whose co name was shiv mtg

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 02:09 PM (PUmDY)

259 rickl and Margarita DeVille

He was a great dog. Named after a dog my Dad had when he was stationed in Adak, Alaska.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 02:09 PM (hyuyC)

260 Other than six long days without power, I just lost a magnolia tree. It wasn't very big, so it did no damage.
Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 02:09 PM (WVn9a)

Good. There were a lot of areas with house damage, due in no small part to falling trees.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 02:10 PM (NWiLs)

261 French Bulldogs look like gargoyles a little.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 02:12 PM (PUmDY)

262 U2 cancels St Louis concert.

Security issues.

Probably the white supremacists that AllahPundit, the president and Congress (through the concurrent resolution), and others are warning us about.

Wish the damn right-wing, corporate news would stop suppressing all the info about white supremacists - making campuses no-go zones for many speakers, attacking peaceful political demonstrations around the country, damaging property, forcing public event cancellations, injuring many people, getting many cops murdered.

Oh, wait .....

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:12 PM (QDnY+)

263 Glad there wasn't more damage.

This made my day:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8z52xa4

Posted by: Infidel at September 16, 2017 02:12 PM (bfUpy)

264 Ideally there would be no public schools, with the possible exception of what they used to call "reform schools," i.e., juvie prisons.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille

It could be made to work, as long as the moral backbone of the society is strong enough. I'm thinking of the Puritans, who were the first to found public schools here.

But unfortunately, I agree, we can't have public schools, since liberals and unions will tend to corrupt them, and have thus ruined the possibility. It's like the public swimming pools that used to be a harmless way for communities to enjoy themselves have become unusable because of the "refugees" defecating in them and behaving in an unruly manner.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 02:14 PM (/qEW2)

265 U2 fancies themselves champions of the oppressed, but like Springsteen, their fan bases are lily white and and their concerts are whiter in fact than a Republican National Convention.
I don't think there would have been trouble at the U2 concert tonight.

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 02:18 PM (7uYFy)

266 What sucks about u2 is they are great musicians. They didn't used to be so pretentious. Bono is a complete dickwad now.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 02:23 PM (PUmDY)

267 264---.....It's like the public swimming pools that used to be a harmless way for communities to enjoy themselves have become unusable because of the "refugees" defecating in them and behaving in an unruly manner.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 02:14 PM (/qEW2)
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Don't forget the open door policy for the girls' changing rooms!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:25 PM (0jtPF)

268 Boner is a shitty comedian. I saw him on some racist dickwads late show.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 02:25 PM (LjR2k)

269 Wonder if "mother!" will suffer the same fate as "The Room".

("The Room" is a 2003 movie that now has a cult following... among hecklers. Like "Rocky Horror".)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 01:43 PM (6FqZa)
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I am eagerly awaiting the Franco Brothers' "making of" flick "The Disaster Artist" and James' star turn as Tommy Wiseau:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disaster_Artist_(film)

Very, very meta.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 02:25 PM (qJtVm)

270 265. I dunno. Maybe the spectre of cultural enrichment and dialogue in the parking lot and streets outside the venue was sufficient deterrent.
Racial animosity tends to find expression in physical violence directed primarily toward the U2 demo. Just sayin.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 16, 2017 02:25 PM (fA1SL)

271 Ideally there would be no public schools, with the possible exception of what they used to call "reform schools," i.e., juvie prisons.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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And the principal is reformed juvie Mamie Van Doren.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 02:27 PM (qJtVm)

272 U2 fancies themselves champions of the oppressed, but like Springsteen, their fan bases are lily white and and their concerts are whiter in fact than a Republican National Convention.

I don't think there would have been trouble at the U2 concert tonight.

Posted by: JoeF. at September 16, 2017 02:18 PM (7uYFy)

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You're looking at it wrong. They cancelled it so they wouldn't have to address violence or complaints BECAUSE you don't get much more whitebread and privileged than f*cking U2.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 02:30 PM (UUvSq)

273 Has Trump spoken out about the white supremacist violence in St Louis yet? Was it forceful enough? Anybody resigning over it? Has the pope spoken out?

Are there any statues we can remove or streets we can re-name to show our outrage?

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:31 PM (QDnY+)

274 Bono is a complete dickwad now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 16, 2017 02:25 PM

Well he is the worlds biggest piece of crap.

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/73vgqz/bono-is-crap

Posted by: Thursby at September 16, 2017 02:32 PM (WVn9a)

275 Let them burn St Louis down

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 16, 2017 02:32 PM (SjImc)

276 right now it looks like Jose is headed for New England. It's not a high intensity storm though.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:34 PM (kD8Fh)

277 How does my ass taste white nationalists?

Posted by: PDT at September 16, 2017 02:34 PM (mcI77)

278 Cute story about how one of the Little People chumped Bono:

He and his wife were interested in purchasing a vineyard in Tuscany (where else). Part of the review process was tasting the wine produced by the estate. The wine passed his taste test and he signed the papers.

The next year after the harvest he tasted the wine that the grapes yielded and found it to be unsatisfactory. He called in the vineyard manager, whom he'd retained from the prior owner. "What happened to the grapes?? This year's vintage is terrible!"

Manager replied, "Signor Bono, the wine you tasted prior to purchasing the estate was not from our grapes."

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:37 PM (kD8Fh)

279 Idiot Bono trusted Italians trying to sell him land.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:38 PM (kD8Fh)

280 273
Are there any statues we can remove or streets we can re-name to show our outrage?

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:31 PM (QDnY+)
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Rename the effing city.

As Sen. Feinstein would note with horror, St. Louis was an "orthodox Catholic" stuffed with dogma. IOW, a hatey-hateface.
He was also a Crusader. Islamophobe!
And naming a city after a French king not only smacks of white elitism, but of colonialist oppression.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:41 PM (0jtPF)

281 right now it looks like Jose is headed for New England. It's not a high intensity storm though.
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And it's not within 10 miles of me, so whatevs.

Posted by: Methos at September 16, 2017 02:42 PM (XQvuQ)

282 Are there any statues we can remove or streets we can re-name to show our outrage?
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O.o

Posted by: The Gateway Arch at September 16, 2017 02:42 PM (XQvuQ)

283 Just got back from having our golden retriever put to sleep.

A sad day here.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 16, 2017 02:45 PM (SRKgf)

284 My condolences, Jay.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 02:46 PM (sdi6R)

285 >>>Cute story about how one of the Little People chumped Bono:
<<<

Has there ever been a bigger twat, besides Madonna, from the international pool of global activists? Why don't these grandstanding meddlers spend equal time in the Congo or in Somalia?

Posted by: Fritz at September 16, 2017 02:47 PM (8flQp)

286 Absolutely, Margarita. These religious names are offensive to me. Doesn't matter why. If ignorant racists can demand history be vandalized, my exquisitely delicate religious sensibilities must be indulged.

Unless a place is more than 10 miles from my zip code. You know. SOP and all that.

Some kind of "confederate" rally in Richmond today.

Are the late-night "comedians", Gary Cohn, the North Korean news service, the congressional leadership, AllahPundit, and other stalwarts of our civic conscience ready to say/do what's needed?

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:48 PM (QDnY+)

287 279 Idiot Bono trusted Italians trying to sell him land.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:38 PM (kD8Fh)

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One of the smartest men in the world. Don't believe me?

Just ask him.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 02:48 PM (UUvSq)

288 Really sorry, djc. I had a lab for almost 15 yrs.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 02:49 PM (PUmDY)

289 283 Just got back from having our golden retriever put to sleep.

A sad day here.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 16, 2017 02:45 PM (SRKgf)
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Painful.
I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:49 PM (0jtPF)

290 Sorry to hear that, Jay.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 02:50 PM (QDnY+)

291 As Sen. Feinstein would note with horror, St. Louis was an "orthodox Catholic" stuffed with dogma. IOW, a hatey-hateface.
He was also a Crusader. Islamophobe!
And naming a city after a French king not only smacks of white elitism, but of colonialist oppression.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 02:41 PM (0jtPF)

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These same people have no problem taking paid leave for Christmas, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 02:51 PM (UUvSq)

292 I'm so sorry Jay. Goldens and their smiling faces are really sunshine in dog form.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 02:52 PM (qJtVm)

293 283 Just got back from having our golden retriever put to sleep.

A sad day here.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 16, 2017 02:45 PM (SRKgf)

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Oh no. I am so sorry.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 02:53 PM (7m3t8)

294 Let them burn St Louis down

Posted by: Nevergiveup

Heh. Do you know who is there, speaking out at the protests?

"Right now, I'm just going to be honest, I pray for my city, man," Michael Brown said outside the courthouse Friday morning. "Because my people are tired of this." Brown is the father of Michael Brown, a young black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

Who needs Bono when you have celebrity protestors like this? He should sell tickets for his performances.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 02:54 PM (/qEW2)

295 And naming a city after a French king not only smacks of white elitism, but of colonialist oppression.

The city supervisors have already approved the installation of a statue dedicated to St. Pumpkin Spice.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:54 PM (kD8Fh)

296 Thanks to all. I didn't want to milk this, but just to close the loop from yesterday.

It was for the best. He was in trouble, and whatever got him was so aggressive we didn't think he'd make it to Monday.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 16, 2017 02:55 PM (SRKgf)

297 A sad day here.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 16, 2017 02:45 PM (SRKgf)

Condolences, our four legged companions are irreplaceable.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 02:55 PM (kD8Fh)

298 Is St Louis burned down would anyone notice?

Posted by: #neverskankles at September 16, 2017 02:57 PM (1JAxC)

299 "Right now, I'm just going to be honest, I pray for my city, man," Michael Brown said outside the courthouse Friday morning. "Because my people are tired of this." Brown is the father of Michael Brown, a young black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

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Poor dude doesn't realize people are almost 100% fine with putting down criminals who are committing violence against other.

I'd bet, if you pressed him, he is, too.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 02:58 PM (UUvSq)

300 Is St Louis Bruning?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 16, 2017 02:59 PM (SjImc)

301 Condolences, Jay. Parting is always tough.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 02:59 PM (/qEW2)

302 California lawmakers punctuated the end of the 2017 legislative season by passing a comprehensive immigration bill that makes the state one of the nation's most hostile to federal immigration authorities.
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Let's have a round of applause for California people. They're just great out there. The Golden state is truly golden. Jerry! Jerry stand up and take a bow for everyone.

Posted by: PDT at September 16, 2017 03:00 PM (mcI77)

303 German airline Condor warns pilots not to circulate pics/videos they have taken of flight attendants doing the nasty - some on-board aircraft - it is rumored they have.

"Ladies and gentlemen, those of you on the left side of the plane can see the Rhine as we make our final approach to Frankfurt. Those back in rows 30 thru 34 should have a good view of Inge, our newest flight attendant, doing a spirited version of the Varnished Turk on our veteran flight attendant Hans, who is celebrating his 20th year with Condor. Thanks for your business, and welcome to Frankfurt."

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:00 PM (QDnY+)

304 Did you all see the mem that was going around, maybe a month ago, about Bono and Baby Bush? Bono visited Baby Bush at his ranch and took a pic and wrote something like "we may not agree on things, but we worked together to help AIDS in Africa, so love blah blah blah".

And this was oooohed and aaaahhhhed all over the place. It was on LinkedIn too.

Funny how Chimpy McBushitler has evolved into an elder statesman. All it took was voting for Hillary and all his sins have been forgiven on the left.

Posted by: #neverskankles at September 16, 2017 03:01 PM (1JAxC)

305 German porn is....what's the word I'm looking for.....odd. Just odd.

So I hear from a friend.

Posted by: #neverskankles at September 16, 2017 03:03 PM (1JAxC)

306 291---These same people have no problem taking paid leave for Christmas, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 02:51 PM (UUvSq)
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I am confident that "Christmas" will become "Winter Holiday" soon enough.
The only thing stopping that right now is the commercial interest. And where there is no commercial interest, e.g., in the schools, the process is already in full swing.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 03:06 PM (0jtPF)

307 I enjoy the good Sessions snoozing jokes as much as anyone, but I seriously hope he and his people and the WH are going to take serious action on the insurrection over immigration law.

The federal court injunction yesterday blocking the gambit tying law enforcement grants to cooperation with ICE just underlined how weak and unimpressive the public, known approach has been from the outset. The court might even be right - I doubt there is any conditionality, or all-purpose "public interest" language in such grants allowing post-facto moves.

Hard appropriations language conditioning federal funds on DHS/DOJ certification of full cooperation with ICE. Reciprocal, punitive foot-dragging or non-cooperation by fed law enfarcement with state/municipal authorities. Civil and criminal action against local/state officials directly tied to immigration lawlessness.

Not rocket science. Approaching the point where only logical conclusion is they don't really care, or are incompetent. And they have the political wind at their back on all of this, making it even more mysterious.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:12 PM (QDnY+)

308 Bono visited Baby Bush at his ranch and took a pic and wrote something like "we may not agree on things, but we worked together to help AIDS in Africa, so love blah blah blah".

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What, by treating it like a social problem instead of a deadly communicable disease?

Isolate carriers. Carriers die. Disease is eradicated.

Best part? Virtually free.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 16, 2017 03:13 PM (UUvSq)

309 Margarita it's already happened. One major city re-named the large outdoor Christmas carnival, in the huge municipal park, to "Winter Nights" or some such, a few years ago.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:15 PM (QDnY+)

310 304---Posted by: #neverskankles at September 16, 2017 03:01 PM (1JAxC)
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In fairness to Bono, he visited Bush in the WH when the guy was POTUS and said the same things.
And back then it was rather daring to say anything nice about Bushitler.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 03:17 PM (0jtPF)

311 Yep, Bono love for Dubya based on AIDS/Africa aid is very old news.

But Code Pink and Kerry diehards are recyclers, so .....

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:23 PM (QDnY+)

312 Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:15 PM (QDnY+)

They tried that with the Christmas Market on City Hall Plaza in Philly but there was such an outcry that had to change it back.

Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 03:23 PM (kD8Fh)

313 309 Margarita it's already happened. One major city re-named the large outdoor Christmas carnival, in the huge municipal park, to "Winter Nights" or some such, a few years ago.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 16, 2017 03:15 PM (QDnY+)
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Yep.
The Cultural Revolution proceeds apace.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 03:25 PM (0jtPF)

314 Okay, back from risking my life cleaning the Irma out of the gutters and repairing the Irma-damaged skylights.

I deserve a medal.

I will settle for a beer.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 03:30 PM (XkSQF)

315 312
.... there was such an outcry that had to change it back.
Posted by: kallisto at September 16, 2017 03:23 PM (kD8Fh)
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Damned riff-raff.
This is why they will need their black-robed priests to declare that the very mention of "Christmas" is an abomination.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 03:30 PM (0jtPF)

316 Policies should be set by the local school board and, if they are stupid
in conception or execution, they should be fought by the citizens. That
is what government "by the people" means. It's not about whining to
unelected, black-robed priests for a (inevitably leftist) diktat from
Washington.
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I agree with almost everything you said, Margarita D.

But aren't those SC judges part of the government of We the People? They are appointed and confirmed by the ones we elect.

I just can't believe that Clarence Thomas would look at the government forcing children, who have done nothing wrong, to pee in a cup and give it to a government contractor who is then "trusted" to return a thumbs up or down verdict that could affect the rest of the kids life, as anything but unConstitutional and a completely unreasonable search and seizure.

No wonder the little punks are jaded about our "so-called rights".

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 03:36 PM (XkSQF)

317 Purdue goes up 7-0 on the Shame of the SEC.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 04:08 PM (1Yeix)

318 Now 14-0

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 04:25 PM (LTHVh)

319 Ha! 21-0

Suck it Mizzou SJWankers.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 04:46 PM (LTHVh)

320 Ha! 21-0

Suck it Mizzou SJWankers.
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Participation trophies for everyone!

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 04:52 PM (XkSQF)

321 Suck it Mizzou SJWankers.

Gee, wonder how come they don't seem to have cash, students, or the goodwill of its alumni and community.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:21 PM (6FqZa)

322 I will settle for a beer.

I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but Mike's Hard Lemonade is a pretty sweet beverage

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:22 PM (6FqZa)

323 No skunk. 28-3 Purdue at the turn.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 05:29 PM (LTHVh)

324 I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but Mike's Hard Lemonade is a pretty sweet beverage
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I have become a New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA convert.

1) 9% ABV
2) I'm cheap.

Mrs. M. says that they are "too strong".

I reply by drinking another.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:36 PM (XkSQF)

325 Volumptuous = very, very busty, in a bad way
Intestate = without testes

Posted by: ahem at September 17, 2017 12:11 AM (lKGzI)

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