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End Of The Month ONT

As they yell, you can tell, that impeachment isn't going well, as the end of the month rolls around...

And no, I'm not going to tell you what song that's a parody of. Believe me, you don't want to know.


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Bernie Bro Burn


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Kobe Bryant


So, last week Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter, and seven other people died in a helicopter crash in California. I've never been an NBA fan, but even I know that Kobe is as close as we've come to the GOAT, Michael Jordan.

Of course, this being 2020, before the fires were even out at the crash site, some WaPo shrew was tweeting (and being roundly roasted) that we shouldn't forget that Kobe was accused of rape, but stories about Kobe's generous side were also being reported. Here is one of those stories:

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Hulk Smash!

Welcome to Smash Therapy, where you can break whatever you want!

I wonder if this is one of those million dollar ideas that will turn out to be obvious in retrospect? I can certainly think of times when I would have been all in on going bull-in-a-china-shop to relieve stress. Doing so would probably have made me hungry, so...


Gourmand's Delight


The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets

There was a sushi restaurant around here that used to have a lunch buffet that I would destroy a couple of times a year (and yes, the chefs were making the sushi fresh right at the buffet), I think I got my money's worth there. I've also heard tell of a lobster buffet somewhere in New England that I would dearly love to make a run at sometime, but outside of that, buffets are not usually known for their quality food. I will admit that I had to meet a client at a Golden Corral a few months ago and the food was much better than expected.


Senior Spaces


One man turned nursing home design on its head when he created this stunning facility.

This actually looks like a pretty neat idea. It might be too expensive to be widely adopted, but he might be onto something here.


Court


Coronavirus Update

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Science!

The heat from the Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79 turned one victim's brain to glass

I've heard of having a glass jaw before, but not a glass brain. Still, probably better to die quick from the heat than to suffocate from the ash.

Gaaaaaay!


Tonight's ONT brought to you by the perfect woman:

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Posted by: WeirdDave at 09:49 PM




Comments

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1 Bout time.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 31, 2020 09:49 PM (HuH1F)

2 Seems like I was waiting forever.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 31, 2020 09:49 PM (HuH1F)

3 Rookie mistake, I started on the content.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 31, 2020 09:50 PM (Z4rgH)

4 dudes!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 31, 2020 09:50 PM (qAYFA)

5 I love these early posts because it confuses the rubes.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 31, 2020 09:50 PM (HuH1F)

6 Cool ONT top ten

Posted by: random lurker commenter at January 31, 2020 09:51 PM (48RE5)

7 !

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 09:52 PM (Dc2NZ)

8 Top ten

Posted by: Cosda at January 31, 2020 09:52 PM (Arfj2)

9 Evening Horde!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 09:53 PM (Y4EXg)

10 Yay! a John Valby / Dr. Dirt reference on the ONT!

Posted by: donkey_joto at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (0D9O2)

11 Nigel Farage will be at SOTU next week.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (xPl2J)

12 I sensed the wierdness.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (aiDK7)

13 I love that last one.

Keep! Her!

KEEP! HER!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (x8Wzq)

14 Good evening, and Good Night, Horde.

Alas, I've got eight passengers to fetch at IAH Airport. And their flight is over an hour late, already.

Looks like I'll get home 'round 2 am. ONT oughta still be hoppin' though, right? Right? *knocks on screen, hears vast, empty, hollow echo* Right? t? t? t?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 31, 2020 09:55 PM (QzJWU)

15 You're either first, or you're last

Posted by: Ricky Bobby at January 31, 2020 09:55 PM (sb+Cg)

16 Good Evening

Posted by: wing at January 31, 2020 09:55 PM (JFzNN)

17 ONT Hot 25?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 09:55 PM (7WaWV)

18
Mike Pence -- LOL!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 09:55 PM (pNxlR)

19 Hey everybody.

More news about my job. I still have it, but...

Well, I'll share later.

(And MisHum, I promise you won't get a giant wall of text this time...) :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (L2ZTs)

20 Greetings from the secret mountain lair.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (SchxB)

21 I don't get it. What was wrong with his bill?

Posted by: the duck at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (Tnijr)

22 Almost top 20.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (wh02m)

23 I'm sure it's only a coincidence that holding the dismissal of Impeachment AFTER the Iowa Caucus...thereby screwing over Bernie (and the other Senate progressive loons).

And the double sweetness of the 'rats having to look at an acquitted President Trump during the SOTU speech i just an accident.

Tired of winning yet?

Posted by: CPT. Charles at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (W+kMI)

24
About the glass brain:

>>The intense heat from the eruption had burst open the skull, exposing the "shining black glassy material" within


I wonder why most of the victims weren't vitrified?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 09:57 PM (13CQC)

25 willowed:
Captain Josepha, my niece (a senior in h.s. Catholic girls school) has won a pre-med scholarship to Creighton university with an 85k grant. Unfortunately she seems to want to stay in the Pacific northwest close to her mom and dad and my folks and may go to UW.

Which I think (strictly among us) is nuts, especially since her GG was an m.d. from Creighton and old Omaha packing business. I bet she'd do better there than Seattle.

Posted by: Kazi at January 31, 2020 09:57 PM (0x00j)

26 Greetings from the secret mountain lair.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (SchxB)


Just dropping in!

Posted by: James Bond at January 31, 2020 09:57 PM (L2ZTs)

27 I didn't even know heat *could* turn your brain to glass.

Hopefully they were dead before that happened, sounds like it would hurt.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (2PXwn)

28 ..I don't get it. What was wrong with his bill?

Posted by: the duck at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (Tnijr)



He tried to duck out on the bill. And it wasn't wabbit season.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (QzJWU)

29 Hey, in the top 30?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (PHotS)

30 So I have a story... When we lived in Phoenix

Ok, I'm convinced. Bad people don't do that. They wouldn't know how.

Posted by: t-bird at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (dBiBP)

31 Watch your cornhole.

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (q0qV7)

32 BREAKING: Based Lindsey Graham is back! Uses the word "bullshit" on Fox News about the sham impeachment and mentions it will all backfire.

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (BqBId)

33 So, will PDT be on his best behavior on Tuesday at the SORU or not? Hope not!

Posted by: Jmel at January 31, 2020 09:59 PM (OeWgo)

34
I wonder why most of the victims weren't vitrified?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

======

Oh, never mind. There was more below the ad.

>>Petrone noted that the people in the seafront shelter were probably exposed to slightly lower temperatures than the man in the Collegium.


So you can all carry on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 09:59 PM (13CQC)

35 What the hell?

Posted by: mesablue at January 31, 2020 09:59 PM (qDozG)

36 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (L2ZTs)

Don't know what's up, but glad you still have your job.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (2PXwn)

37 Arf!

Posted by: Sandy at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (XVuno)

38 BearenSTAIN Bears? Huh.

Posted by: N.L. Urker Philips Screwdriver of the Gods at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (Uu+Jp)

39 ..I didn't even know heat *could* turn your brain to glass.

Hopefully they were dead before that happened, sounds like it would hurt.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM (2PXwn)



End-stage Liberalism. There's probably a Ten Code for that.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (QzJWU)

40 Hey, listen to me! I'm such a bad boy. I'm-a cussin' my head off!

Fuck!!
Shit!!
Booger!!

Posted by: Lackadaisical Lindsey at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (L2ZTs)

41 It's Friday, so dems, how was your week? No worries, free beer tomorrow! You got that orange sonofabitch now!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (hLKSS)

42 Evening all.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM (wh02m)

43 That cute exchange cost Rhode Island taxpayers $17,528.00.

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (q0qV7)

44 That Kobe story had a lot of pollen in it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (gd9RK)

45 Dr T, thanks.

You can check out the background in last night's ONT at comment 426.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (L2ZTs)

46 Just dropping in!
Posted by: James Bond



Dude, I don't even have a cat yet.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (SchxB)

47 Kid sister is recovering from heart surgery. She is out of ICU and in a regular room, where she is free to harangue the staff.

She. Hates. Hospitals. Understandable because she has had a rough year.

But. She's got true grit. She will make sure she walks out of there in a few days.

Thanks for listening.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (x8Wzq)

48 ONT!

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (G546f)

49 Arf!

Posted by: Sandy at January 31, 2020 10:00 PM



Shut up, Sandy!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (7WaWV)

50 44 That Kobe story had a lot of pollen in it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (gd9RK)

---------

I was intimidated by the wall o' text.

tl;dr

Posted by: Sandy at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (XVuno)

51 Oh God.

I finally watched that TikTok video and laughed so hard I got the hiccups.

Damn you WeirdDave.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (2PXwn)

52
BearenSTAIN Bears? Huh.
Posted by: N.L. Urker Philips Screwdriver of the Gods


Beloved by Nelson Mandela.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (aKsyK)

53 BREAKING: Based Lindsey Graham is back! Uses the word "bullshit" on Fox News about the sham impeachment and mentions it will all backfire.
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM

And he's gonna start calling witnesses on (fill in the democrat crime) before his committee any minute now.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (COzlW)

54 Bye, Sandy

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (XVuno)

55 Is that dad humor or was she just a blonde?

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (Z7lwY)

56 Just dropping in!
Posted by: James Bond

Dude, I don't even have a cat yet.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (SchxB)


That's okay. I always get lots of pussy.

Posted by: James Bond at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (L2ZTs)

57 11 Nigel Farage will be at SOTU next week.
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (xPl2J)


That should be a hoot!

Posted by: Emmie at January 31, 2020 10:03 PM (87gB3)

58 That first picture feels like my last week. I don't even want to get into how awful things were with my nephew passing, and now his mother (who hasn't seen him for years and whose parental rights were terminated and whom he actively detested), is trying to get in on things. It is only going to get more frisky, I believe.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:03 PM (joYrR)

59 In the next Bond flick, Bond goes from getting lots of pussy to having one.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:03 PM (L2ZTs)

60
Once I heard a sound
and it was a blast
Soon turned out
had a brain of glass

Posted by: the duck at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (Tnijr)

61 http://bit.ly/38PejPQ
*******
Alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist leader arrested in Phoenix for murder of Iraqi police officers

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (BqBId)

62 OH!
IN!
TEE!

EN!

IN!!!

FIGHT ME!!

ARGGH

GRRRR

*wait, people are looking*
*clears throat*
*adjusts monocle*
*nonchalantly wanders off to peruse the content*

Posted by: mindful webworker and rekrowbew lufdnim at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (0mP7b)

63 So, will PDT be on his best behavior on Tuesday at the SORU or not? Hope not!
Posted by: Jmel

Angry, revenge-fueled Trump is best Trump.

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (VNfwt)

64 59 In the next Bond flick, Bond goes from getting lots of pussy to having one.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:03 PM (L2ZTs)

---------

Thundertwat

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (XVuno)

65 Once I heard a sound
and it was a blast
Soon turned out
had a brain of glass
Posted by: the duck at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (Tnijr)


The original lyrics to Blondie's first big hit...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (L2ZTs)

66 So the economics of the all you can eat buffet... Didn't we already have that this week? I thought those places frowned on you getting a doggy bag for leftovers.

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (Z7lwY)

67 BearenSTAIN Bears? Huh.
Posted by: N.L. Urker Philips Screwdriver of the Gods

Beloved by Nelson Mandela.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (aKsyK)


And by Shazaam!

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (2PXwn)

68 Nigel Farage will be at SOTU next week.


Posted by: Mark1971 at January 31, 2020 09:54 PM (xPl2J)


Hold it at an Applebee's or a TGI Friday's, just to let Nancy know how much she truly means in the scheme of things.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (joYrR)

69 Is that Ewok lightening in that top picture?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (axyOa)

70 Great news Pug!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (Y4EXg)

71 BERNIE!!! BERNIE!!! BERNIE!!!

Posted by: Guy Who Says "Bernie" A Lot! at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (I2/tG)

72 I'm also nude from the waist down at the end of each month.

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (2N7oZ)

73 I would have paid almost any price to put my mother in that memory care unit.

Build them everywhere, they will be filled.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (PHotS)

74 Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (COzlW)
*******
Good Lord ! get Mental help

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (BqBId)

75 I have a bet with my wife that the dems will pull some classless stunt during the SOTU like turning their backs on the ceremonial Presidential entrance.

If Roberts is there Trump should out Chiamarellopet as the whistleblower and that Bolton is behind all this shit.

Posted by: Kazi at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (0x00j)

76 I'm also nude from the waist down at the end of each month.
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (2N7oZ)

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Well sure, otherwise where would you hang the towel?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:06 PM (XVuno)

77 delurking to give WD props for the John Valby reference. I won't go further this earlier, but he was funny as hell to college student me.

Posted by: BigZesty at January 31, 2020 10:06 PM (9Oe5k)

78 Thanks for listening.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (x8Wzq)


That's what I'm good for.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:06 PM (joYrR)

79 And, when I'm elected, I'll forcibly disperse Congress.

After all, I intend to rule by decree, so there will be no need for Congress.

Posted by: Bernie Lenin! at January 31, 2020 10:06 PM (I2/tG)

80 In the next Bond flick, Bond goes from getting lots of pussy to having one.

No, Mr Bond...er Ms Bond, I expect you to...

I'm sorry, just what the hell you are anyways?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 10:07 PM (SchxB)

81 Hey, you guys! I share a birthday with Glenn Beck.

Back when he was not a fucked up shithead it was something I thought was pretty cool.

Seriously. Beck, Stu and Pat were so fucking funny back in the Olden Tymes. More On Football, por ejemplo.

But Glenn must have begun some sort of high powered soy injections, because, WTF?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:07 PM (x8Wzq)

82 44 That Kobe story had a lot of pollen in it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM

Yes it did. And there seems to be an unending number of these types of stories about Kobe Bryant. Thank you for sharing that one, WeirdDave.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2020 10:07 PM (Do5/p)

83 Ahh, a modified song quote from Dr Dirty, rather appropriate when considering who the words are describing.

Posted by: Grog at January 31, 2020 10:07 PM (weXmt)

84 Pug Mahon, that's good news! Prayers for her.

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 10:08 PM (G546f)

85 Thundertwat

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:04 PM (XVuno)

Dr No Gender
From Berkeley with Love

Posted by: Non-Binary Ian Flemming at January 31, 2020 10:08 PM (2N7oZ)

86 It is only going to get more frisky, I believe.
Posted by: Mikey

---

Hang tough Mikey - I've seen similar shenanigans after funerals.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:08 PM (Y4EXg)

87 Imposing Travel Restrictions And Quarantines To Fight Coronavirus Is Racist

Posted by: The New York Times, Next Week! at January 31, 2020 10:08 PM (I2/tG)

88 The Quimdom of Soylance

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (Dc2NZ)

89 The intense heat from the eruption had burst open the skull, exposing the "shining black glassy material" within

Guy must have got too close to Adam Schiff.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (pPNCa)

90 i may have misjudged kobe. godspeed kobe.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (KP5rU)

91 qdpsteve, read the story.

That sounds like a job not worth hanging onto, frankly. I get wanting to build your portfolio, of course, and sometimes you just have to put up with crap to put bread on the table. But if put in that situation, I'd find it hard not to just say "later, a-holes."

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (2PXwn)

92 Welcome to Smash Therapy, where you can break whatever you want!
-------

Natural follow-on of Primal Scream therapy? Rolfing?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (xSo9G)

93 That 2020 fellow in the top pic looks like he's not wearing pants and has no nethers... Or tights, maybe...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (7WaWV)

94 I believe the Kobe story because I want to, and it makes the world a better place, ...except for the kid dying. Life is a conundrum.

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (RVcmP)

95 59 In the next Bond flick, Bond goes from getting lots of pussy to having one.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:03 PM (L2ZTs)


Normally this kind of thing bothers me. Not in this case, though - there have been 27 Bond movies. They exhausted the premise after about the 5th one, and the franchise has been a shambling zombie ever since.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (wGeit)

96 In five years, we're going to [be able to] rehabilitate our clients where they can live independently in our environment," he said. "In 10 years, we're going to be able to send them back home

Sorry not buying it. It's a worthy goal but when I look at the history of other serious non-nuerological diseases I don't see it. During my time with the paterfamilias, I researched Alzheimer's extensively. I saw no evidence of any measurable progress in identifying the cause let alone anything resembling a cure. Awareness and care practices have taken giant steps but that's it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (aiDK7)

97 Dr No Gender
From Berkeley with Love

Posted by: Non-Binary Ian Flemming at January 31, 2020 10:08 PM (2N7oZ)


Hormones Are Forever

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (2PXwn)

98 Black Throated Wind is a very cool song.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (PUmDY)

99 The Quimdom of Soylance

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (Dc2NZ)


Call my agent! I'm in!

Posted by: Daniel Craig at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (2N7oZ)

100 That Kobe story had a lot of pollen in it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:01 PM (gd9RK)

Followed by the nursing home story where they were peeling onions,

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (2DOZq)

101 Well peeps I'ma go work on my daughter's tax returns for her. My strong, independent, feminist, Trump hating daughter who calls Dad every time there's a problem. Sheesh.

See y'all on the gun thread. Take care.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (wh02m)

102 Blowjobs > dad humor

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (HALdu)

103 Coldfinger

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:12 PM (XVuno)

104 That 2020 fellow in the top pic looks like he's not wearing pants and has no nethers... Or tights, maybe...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:09 PM (7WaWV)

So 2020 is Weinstein?

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (32YRo)

105 That Kobe Bryant story was wonderful.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (joYrR)

106 The latest news about Harvey Wienstien just hit me..... that fucking pervert is going to play the I AM NOW TRANS Card!!!!! And watch for it- he will go all the way, even through the SURGERY!! just to get out of a prison sentence!!!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (5AVMW)

107 Noah Rothman at Commentary magazine has the sadz:

The Unbearable Anguish of a Bernie-Trump Election

Can't we all just elect Biden, so "true conservatives" can all go back to grifting the way we used to do?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (I2/tG)

108 They'll never be able to *cure* Alzheimer's Disease for precisely the same reason that one can't un-scramble an egg...

Might come up with a way to prevent it, though...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (7WaWV)

109 During my time with the paterfamilias, I researched Alzheimer's extensively. I saw no evidence of any measurable progress in identifying the cause let alone anything resembling a cure. Awareness and care practices have taken giant steps but that's it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (aiDK7)


My impression was they went down a blind ally, mistaking cause and effect, and have only realized it recently.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM (wGeit)

110 Sorry but I'm not getting the dad humor text thing. Is that the joke that dad humor is not funny?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (2DOZq)

111 I would totally have married dad joke girl but our kids would likely have killed us before age ten.

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (y/fJ4)

112 Trump will be awesome on Tuesday. He's not divisive during the SOTU's at all. He speaks of accomplishments, tells harrowing stories about his guests and gives them the spotlight, speaks with great hope about the future, reverently refers to traditional American values, adds a dash of drama, a little humor, and a great ad-lib here and there, and just lets the truth roast Democrats in a hell of their own deceptive creation.

The SOTU has always been boring. Trump makes it interesting and amazing.

On Tuesday he's making his last reelection pitch to The People before the debates. It's going to be lit AF.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (k3vYh)

113 They exhausted the premise after about the 5th one, and the franchise has been a shambling zombie ever since.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (wGeit)


5th? Dang.

Posted by: George Lazenby at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (2N7oZ)

114 Great news Pug!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (Y4EXg)

Thanks. I forgot the punchline. A long punchline.

She needs a kidney transplant. My brother and I were both good candidates.

But I am overweight, and take a med for high blood pressure.

Brother is in perfect health, has never been a drinker, and takes no meds. He is a nearly perfect match.

God and family.

I might not be a very good Christian, but I thank the Lord for all of these blessings I am seeing lately.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:15 PM (x8Wzq)

115 Howdy, ONT-type people!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 31, 2020 10:15 PM (NWiLs)

116 31 Watch your cornhole.
Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 09:58 PM

Wouldn't that ruin the surprise, though?

Posted by: The Otters at January 31, 2020 10:15 PM (zB+vL)

117 Me likey the ONT - Thanks, WeirdDave!

Many's the night that I get lost in the Caught In Providence channel - Judge Caprio and Ziggy ROCK!

Posted by: ibguy at January 31, 2020 10:15 PM (EHVbt)

118 "Smash Therapy" link has an annoying autoplay video.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:16 PM (LxWV7)

119 You want a blow job? Here, take this leaf blower and do the driveway.

Posted by: dad joke girl at January 31, 2020 10:16 PM (Tnijr)

120 believe the Kobe story because I want to, and it makes the world a better place, ...except for the kid dying. Life is a conundrum.

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (RVcmP)

I've read or heard people tell a dozen more of those kind of stories about Kobe.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 31, 2020 10:16 PM (2DOZq)

121 If your girl don't have a good sense of humor, your marriage ain't gonna last.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:16 PM (k3vYh)

122 A Moron beat me to it on an earlier thread, but still gonna make the obligatory/boring joke about a district court issuing a nation-wide injunction on Trump's travel restrictions in reaction to the public health problem.

Note: the statutory authority for his travel EO (which took more than a year to finally enforce), plus common sense, were every bit the equal of those for this public health-related edict.

Just to remind everyone what a disaster remains to be fixed (reducing the judiciary's role by 80% by restoring the constitution).

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2020 10:17 PM (El6T/)

123 So 2020 is Weinstein?

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:13 PM



Well, I'm not wearing pants right now, but that doesn't also make me a deranged pervert... Necessarily.........

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:17 PM (7WaWV)

124 Good evening, Horde!

Home from a second date.

It was fun, but I'm not sure it's gonna work for me...

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (TdMsT)

125 I've heard of having a glass jaw before, but not a glass brain. Still, probably better to die quick from the heat than to suffocate from the ash.

What, is this not where "embrace the power of 'and'" was coined? Suffocation and vitrification, for extra horror.

The victim - a male about 25 years old - was lying facedown in the volcanic ash.... The intense heat from the eruption had burst open the skull, exposing the "shining black glassy material" within... reached temperatures of 968 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to ignite the fat in the brain and vaporize the body's soft tissues....

What a way to go.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the unpleasant episode with the cement truck at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (0mP7b)

126 Sorry but I'm not getting the dad humor text thing. Is that the joke that dad humor is not funny?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (2DOZq)

Dad jokes are jokes that a dad can tell to his kids.

Por ejemplo:

How do you get a Kleenex to dance?

Put a little boogie in it.

Ba dum!
Tssss!

Dad joke.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (x8Wzq)

127 This cracked me up today:

So the department is looking to hire another person in the field of German history. One of the candidates was on campus today, and gave a teaching presentation in which he conducted a discussion with students about the German home front in WWI. He posed the choices facing a Berlin factory worker and asked, should this guy join a general strike to bring down the regime and end the war, or join one of the right-wing militias being organized to smash labor agitation?

Almost half the students said he should join the right-wing militias. I looked over at a few of the faculty sitting in on the discussion, and one or two of them looked like they were going to have a stroke.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (2PXwn)

128 Blowjobs > dad humor
Posted by: not so at January

You want a blow job? Here, take this leaf blower and do the driveway.
Posted by: dad joke girl at January




Blowjobs > dad humor

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (HALdu)

129 It may have already been asked but why isn't 2020 wearing pants?

Posted by: Guzalot at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (Rz36l)

130 The Trump campaign folks should immediately issue "Forever Acquitted" T shirts before the Dems put out "Forever impeached". Beat 'em to the punch.

Posted by: flashbazzbo, S. E. at January 31, 2020 10:19 PM (Va07A)

131 Well, I'm not wearing pants right now, but that doesn't also make me a deranged pervert... Necessarily.........


Does it preclude it?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:19 PM (gd9RK)

132 Once I had a mountain, it was full of gas
Soon it turned out, I had a brain of glass

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:19 PM (k3vYh)

133 Top second hundred

Posted by: Builder Berg at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (XKALC)

134 So 2020 is Weinstein?

Posted by: Boswell

You mean Weinstain?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (SfYbS)

135 From Instapundit:

7 JUNE 2016
Calm down. Trump won't be President - and Britain won't leave the EU

The nightmare of a Trump presidency and a Brexit vote ain't gonna happen, says Ian Leslie.


Great predicting, Ian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (I2/tG)

136 Man Smart, Woman Smarter original lyrics are great.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:21 PM (PUmDY)

137 When Adam Schiff lectures Congress on what it would take to have a "fair" trial for the POTUS, I find 2 things missing, either one of which would make his presentation 1000% better:
1) Logic
2) A laugh track

Posted by: MrObvious at January 31, 2020 10:21 PM (5prN7)

138 Hi everyone, hope you're all having a great weekend, or looking forward to one.

Watching the Nicolas Cage "Color out of Space" and so far it's pretty good.

I wrote a rant about my personal situation, but decided it didn't need to be posted, as it was about people and things not affiliated with the Horde, and as the Horde is the only family I have left, it'd be, like, "This ain't in the clan, son, why're we hearin' of it?"

And if I'm gonna whore out things, I figure my latest animation is the thing I should be whoring. But I won't post that until the Movie Thread.

Love all of you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (l9m7l)

139 77 delurking to give WD props for the John Valby reference. I won't go further this earlier, but he was funny as hell to college student me.
Posted by: BigZesty at January 31, 2020 10:06 PM (9Oe5k)

Seconded!

You can tell
By the stink...

Heh

Posted by: Heirloominati at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (GC07d)

140 Almost half the students said he should join the right-wing militias. I looked over at a few of the faculty sitting in on the discussion, and one or two of them looked like they were going to have a stroke.


Without getting into the merits,

(1) That guy is a good teacher; and

b) young people are mush brains who don't know how to think.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (gd9RK)

141 If your girl don't have a good sense of humor, your marriage ain't gonna last.
Posted by: ... at January



I try not to limit myself unnecessarily, you know, the power of and.

Definitely need humor but why would you want a marriage without blowjobs?

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (HALdu)

142
Top second hundred

Posted by: Builder Berg at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (XKALC)


Get in line.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (2N7oZ)

143 The nightmare of a Trump presidency and a Brexit vote ain't gonna happen, says Ian Leslie.

Great predicting, Ian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (I2/tG)


I read it - Hi-larious.

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (32YRo)

144 Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)

145 Forever Impeached? Forever Acquitted?

Hillary Clinton will forever not be President.

Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (l3+k2)

146 The nightmare of a Trump presidency and a Brexit vote ain't gonna happen, says Ian Leslie.

'o the fucks he anyway...

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (SfYbS)

147 Thanks for the as-always premier ONT Mr WD. Greetings horde, CC 'n cola

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (CAJL/)

148 Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January



you an orphan?

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (HALdu)

149 Shout out your orders loud and strong!

Posted by: Heirloominati at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (GC07d)

150 It was fun, but I'm not sure it's gonna work for me...
Posted by: Ladyl

----

Spill it Sister! Details.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (Y4EXg)

151 Nice story about Kobe. I lived in SoCal when the sexual assault charge was made against him. I wanted to believe the worst ... but I've heard a number of positive anecdotes about him.


Very impressive that he did kind things while insisting on no PR.

Posted by: ShainS -- Day 1,105 of the Trump Impeachment at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (WqPYg)

152 The Perfect Woman.

At last I've found the perfect girl,
I could not ask for more.
She's deaf and dumb and oversexed
And owns a liquor store.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (axyOa)

153 They exhausted the premise after about the 5th one, and the franchise has been a shambling zombie ever since.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (wGeit)


If it isn't Sean Connery it isn't James Bond!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (+00Vt)

154 I read that Kobe Bryant story the other day and it brought a tear to my eye..
The stupidity behind the decisions made that caused his death are overwhelming.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (CjFDo)

155 Great predicting, Ian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:20 PM (I2/tG)


Eh, Washington Post rated me as mostly true.

Posted by: Ian Leslie at January 31, 2020 10:25 PM (2N7oZ)

156 144 Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?


Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)



I still say it's more of a blonde joke.

"I went on a date with this blonde girl. The waiter came over and said 'Your bill, sir' and the girl exclaimed 'I thought your name was Austin!'"

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:25 PM (Z7lwY)

157 129 It may have already been asked but why isn't 2020 wearing pants?
Posted by: Guzalot at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM


It's decided to be unwelcome in the Sunday morning book thread?

Posted by: ptschett at January 31, 2020 10:25 PM (zB+vL)

158 Eh, Washington Post rated me as mostly true.
Posted by: Ian Leslie at January 31, 2020 10:25 PM (2N7oZ)

---------

I got 80%

Posted by: Dr. Paul Ehrlich, The World's Wrongest Scientist at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (XVuno)

159 Smash Therapy, clearly stolen from the universally known and renowned Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Michael Richards movie "Trial And Error", in which Theron teaches Daniels to deal with his stress by blowing the hell out of toilets at the dump with a shotgun.

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (RVcmP)

160 And no, I'm not going to tell you what song that's a parody of

The original (and yes, dammit, I do know the parody WD is referring to) song, "The U.S. Field Artillery March," was written in 1908 by Edmund Gruber and set in march form by John Philip Sousa in 1913 when an artillery lieutenant asked Sousa to compose a march for his unit. The Army's present official song, "The Army Goes Rolling Along," uses the same tune, updated words.

Anyway, here's Sousa's WWI version:

https://tinyurl.com/w78gtwz

My dad used to sing it in the shower; good memories.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (pPNCa)

161 Is that dad humor or was she just a blonde?

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:02 PM (Z7lwY)


This seems to be a valid question.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (Z4rgH)

162 Dead and Co is slow, but it is still very good.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (PUmDY)

163 About the glass brain:

>>The intense heat from the eruption had burst open the skull, exposing the "shining black glassy material" within


I wonder why most of the victims weren't vitrified?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 09:57 PM (13CQC)

Puzzling to me, too. The "vitrified brain matter" looks like it might be akin to a hydrocarbon known as "pyrobitumen", which is a black, shiny solid. Speculation: the poor guy was cooked so hot that all the moisture in his brain turned to steam, and blew his skull apart, but by then he was so deeply buried in pyroclastics that the shards didn't go far. Then the remainder of his brain, was heated so hot that most of the volatiles gassed off, leaving a tarry hydrocarbon residue.

The rest of his body, being more massive, retained enough moisture for decay to set in once the heat of the eruption subsided.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (LxWV7)

164 You been here whole hour Dave! You go now!!!

Posted by: Restaurant Owner of All You Can Eat Sushi Buffet at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (qAR6u)

165 kobe actually was the direct opposite of most nba thugs. married, father to all his children, good guy. not many like him in the nba.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:27 PM (KP5rU)

166 I didn't even know heat *could* turn your brain to glass.


Obviously his head was filled with sand.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:27 PM (aiDK7)

167 152 The Perfect Woman.

At last I've found the perfect girl,
I could not ask for more.
She's deaf and dumb and oversexed
And owns a liquor store.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (axyOa)



Because this needs to be posted after that:

https://youtu.be/piWKDZuECrY

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:27 PM (Z7lwY)

168 110
Sorry but I'm not getting the dad humor text thing. Is that the joke that dad humor is not funny?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 31, 2020 10:14 PM (2DOZq)

It is lame, obvious, groaner jokes. And it is the best part of being middle aged right after teh development of the real, relaxed, "I do not give a squat" response reflex. If it weren't for getting older middle age would be total bliss.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:27 PM (joYrR)

169
If it isn't Sean Connery it isn't James Bond!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

Connery was more Bond when he wasn't in that Nicholas Cage movie, then the new guys

Posted by: Jean at January 31, 2020 10:27 PM (B7KlG)

170
I still say it's more of a blonde joke.



"I went on a date with this blonde girl. The waiter came over and
said 'Your bill, sir' and the girl exclaimed 'I thought your name was
Austin!'"

Posted by: buzzion
...........
Ahh! OK!
Now, that's a joke!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (CjFDo)

171 If it isn't Sean Connery it isn't James Bond!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (+00Vt)


Seriously? At least I was born in England.

Posted by: Zombie Roger Moore at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (2N7oZ)

172 Watching the Nicolas Cage "Color out of Space" and so far it's pretty good.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (l9m7l)
---

I like how he runs the gamut from understated "Family Man" Nic Cage to batshit crazy "Vampire's Kiss"-level Nic Cage.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (Dc2NZ)

173 In my clan, Dad Jokes use a lot of wordplay. Like what Muldoon does. Hell, my Dad and Muldoon would get along famously.

Does not even need to be a formal joke, per se. one of my Dad's (and Grandpa's) questions to us kids was "Where's your methren?"

You know: like brethren. Duh.

That's a Dad Joke in my clan.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (x8Wzq)

174 I wonder why most of the victims weren't vitrified?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 09:57 PM (13CQC)

Puzzling to me, too. The "vitrified brain matter" looks like it might be akin to a hydrocarbon known as "pyrobitumen", which is a black, shiny solid. Speculation: the poor guy was cooked so hot that all the moisture in his brain turned to steam, and blew his skull apart, but by then he was so deeply buried in pyroclastics that the shards didn't go far. Then the remainder of his brain, was heated so hot that most of the volatiles gassed off, leaving a tarry hydrocarbon residue.

The rest of his body, being more massive, retained enough moisture for decay to set in once the heat of the eruption subsided.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (LxWV7)


Okay, well thanks for the nightmares.

'Night everyone.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (2PXwn)

175 BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (l9m7l)

Happy-ish Friday Evening, BeckoningChasm ...

I look forward to the movie thread.

Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (LPnfS)

176 >>>Then the remainder of his brain, was heated so hot that most of the volatiles gassed off, leaving a tarry hydrocarbon residue.

So his brain was "coked" as it were.

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (32YRo)

177 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (l9m7l)

Eh... it's good to spill here, BC. Cathartic, I think they call it. Nice to see you.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (k3vYh)

178 150 It was fun, but I'm not sure it's gonna work for me...
Posted by: Ladyl

----

Spill it Sister! Details.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:23 PM (Y4EXg)


Dancing (a dance lesson for the mamba), drink afterward at very nice place. Had to get home cuz tennis.

Very nice. In good shape. From my neck of the woods. Went to Watterson./OSU. Conservative. Gun guy. Fun to talk to, but no attraction yet on my part.

There. That's the whole deal.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (TdMsT)

179 Casual Friday ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/tlnbhnz

https://tinyurl.com/svcxypd

https://tinyurl.com/rsf69vq

https://tinyurl.com/rnfo5b5

https://tinyurl.com/tvaz6qm

Posted by: kbdabear at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (qAR6u)

180 You want batshit crazy Nick Cage try The Bad Lieutenant.

Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (l3+k2)

181 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (q0qV7)

182 Dead and Co is slow, but it is still very good.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (PUmDY)


It's just the drugs. They'll wear off.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (2N7oZ)

183 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (l9m7l)

"BeckChas", you'll be pleased to know that my auto cucumber now has included my abbreviated Nic for you as a known name, so small incremental triumphs, eh?

Hang in there, and remember "Illigitimus Non Carborundum!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (+00Vt)

184 If it weren't for getting older middle age would be total bliss.

My next 29th is in a couple of weeks and it will start with a 6. The joy of fucks no longer given is bounteous.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (gd9RK)

185 Good evening, Horde!

Home from a second date.


Two in one night? I'm impressed.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (SchxB)

186 huh ? austin ?

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (B+t5k)

187 interesting - detailed report of symptoms of first.persdon in US with Wuhan coronavirus

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/31/health/
washington-coronavirus-study-nejm/index.html

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (G546f)

188 Posted by: MrObvious at January 31, 2020 10:21 PM (5prN7)

Damn. Someone should do that. I would love to see Schiffty or The Nad with a laugh track. I bet that would entertaining. Someone do it.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (k3vYh)

189 152 The Perfect Woman.

At last I've found the perfect girl,
I could not ask for more.
She's deaf and dumb and oversexed
And owns a liquor store.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (axyOa)


... if interested, please send photograph of tractor ...

Posted by: Just the Punchline ... at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (LPnfS)

190 the older you get, the less a life sentence scares you.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (KP5rU)

191 So his brain was "coked" as it were.
Posted by: Boswell

Pompeiians know how to party.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (SfYbS)

192 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?
Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (q0qV7)

Well, I'm sure that it's zero that will admit it at an alumni meeting...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (+00Vt)

193 Very nice. In good shape. From my neck of the woods. Went to Watterson./OSU. Conservative. Gun guy. Fun to talk to, but no attraction yet on my part.

There. That's the whole deal.
Posted by: Ladyl

----

Cool - sounds like fun. Maybe a couple more outings and he'll grow on you.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (Y4EXg)

194 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?


Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (q0qV7)


In Casa Del Junior? It's 0%.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (2N7oZ)

195 Dancing (a dance lesson for the mamba)
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (TdMsT)


Some snakes were just born to dance. It's nice that you're supportive of its talent.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (t+qrx)

196 More Casual Friday ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/ttq5ylv

https://tinyurl.com/qqjsgfc

https://tinyurl.com/rkleshf

https://tinyurl.com/s4fnowg

https://tinyurl.com/sz4lkkv

Posted by: kbdabear at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (qAR6u)

197 Damn Pug, prayers up.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (+ldAm)

198 'o the fucks he anyway...

Perfect example of a smug. self-assured "intellectual" sitting in London or New York, who thinks he knows all the answers, and don't know a single person who disagrees with him politically.

Cf: Paul Krugman.

Krugman wrote a hilarious column before the 2016 election where he said he didn't understand why all these deplorables were whining about the economy.

After all, the economy seemed to be going just great in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where he lives.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (I2/tG)

199 @172 - he can certainly be entertaining in many ways.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (l9m7l)

200 Damn. Someone should do that. I would love to see Schiffty or The Nad with a laugh track. I bet that would entertaining. Someone do it.
Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (k3vYh)

---------

Yackety Sax is always appropriate.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (XVuno)

201 the black mamba!

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (B+t5k)

202 ...cooked so hot that all the moisture in his brain turned to steam, and blew his skull apart...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM



I've read that that moment in Indian open-pyre cremations, that great 'pop', is the moment the soul is released from the body...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:32 PM (7WaWV)

203
Puzzling to me, too. The "vitrified brain matter" looks like it might be akin to a hydrocarbon known as "pyrobitumen", which is a black, shiny solid. Speculation: the poor guy was cooked so hot that all the moisture in his brain turned to steam, and blew his skull apart, but by then he was so deeply buried in pyroclastics that the shards didn't go far. Then the remainder of his brain, was heated so hot that most of the volatiles gassed off, leaving a tarry hydrocarbon residue.

The rest of his body, being more massive, retained enough moisture for decay to set in once the heat of the eruption subsided.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (LxWV7)


Okay, well thanks for the nightmares.

'Night everyone.
Posted by: Dr. T

=======

I jumped the gun. There was more below the ad. Those stupid ads are so deceptive nowadays, they look like the bottom of the article.

Anyway, it's in my #34:

>>Petrone noted that the people in the seafront shelter were probably exposed to slightly lower temperatures than the man in the Collegium.


So you can all carry on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (13CQC)

204
the older you get, the less a life sentence scares you.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (KP5rU)


Words to live by.

Posted by: John Brennan at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (2N7oZ)

205 Late to the party but prayers for Pug Mahone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (l9m7l)

206 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (q0qV7)


My cousin went to Yale on a diving scholarship.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (aS1PU)

207 Dancing (a dance lesson for the mamba), drink afterward at very nice place. Had to get home cuz tennis.

Very nice. In good shape. From my neck of the woods. Went to Watterson./OSU. Conservative. Gun guy. Fun to talk to, but no attraction yet on my part.

There. That's the whole deal.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (TdMsT)

---------

I think I see the problem.

Mamba?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (XVuno)

208 Nick Cave Hell yes
Nic Cage Hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: Ass Chum at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (Jj+59)

209 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?

Undergrad or grad school?

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (pPNCa)

210
I like how he runs the gamut from understated "Family Man" Nic Cage to batshit crazy "Vampire's Kiss"-level Nic Cage.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:28 PM (Dc2NZ)

I hated Family Man. Not because of the movie itself, but just how profoundly sad the ending was.

Even if Nic ended up with the woman what got away, he would not get what he briefly experienced with a family that never was.

That tore me the hell up.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (x8Wzq)

211 > I wonder why most of the victims weren't vitrified?

First I was afraid, then I was vitrified.
By the pyroclastic flow coming down the mountainside.
I spent an awful day, seemed like many eons long,
But before I died I took the time to write this stupid song.

Oh, no, not I, I won't survive.
Oh, as long as lava flows, I know I'll never stay alive
I've got no more life to live, I've got no more love to give
I won't survive, I won't survive, hey, hey

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (qUFPp)

212 Love the nursing home concept. Nice plan, even for patients without dementia!

Dad would've loved it.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (gP/Z3)

213 Ever wonder what your parents did to kill time before the internet?


I asked my 26 brothers and sisters, and they didn't know either.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (1CjJc)

214 176
>>>Then the remainder of his brain, was heated so hot that most
of the volatiles gassed off, leaving a tarry hydrocarbon residue.



So his brain was "coked" as it were.

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (32YRo)

Sounds like a pressure cooker that got out of hand.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (joYrR)

215 Home from a second date.

Two in one night? I'm impressed.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (SchxB)


Yeah, that's how I read it.

Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (377Zs)

216 West Coast Swing > any dance named after a snake

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (XVuno)

217 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We are all hydrocarbons in the end.
So cool!!

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (q0qV7)

218 Don't tell my clients, but I went to Penn.

Posted by: Ass Chum at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (Jj+59)

219 There's an article over at Breitbart on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's change in attitude when he converted to Islam. Pam Grier dated him when he was Lew Alcindor, seriously enough that they were considering marriage. He began to pressure her to cover up in public, walk behind him, and quit her career:

https://tinyurl.com/yx4l9juq

"The final blow was his desire to have more than one wife. He finally gave her an ultimatum, a date when he expected her to convert to Islam. It was, of all days, her birthday. “If you don’t commit to me today, I’m getting married at 2:00 this afternoon. She’s a converted Muslim and she’s been prepared for me.”"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (Dc2NZ)

220 First I was afraid, then I was vitrified.
By the pyroclastic flow coming down the mountainside.




Rodrigo Borgia wins tonight's interwebs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (gd9RK)

221 Late to the party but prayers for Pug Mahone.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (l9m7l)

Thank you.

Cheers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (x8Wzq)

222 The older you get, the less the constant screaming in your skull seems like a menace and more like a way to mask the oncoming...bad things.


Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (l9m7l)

223 Kobe story:

Eh, maybe.


PR firms BANK on image improvement.

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:36 PM (q0qV7)

224
Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?


Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)

========

The waiter calls the guy "Sir."

The girl utterly reduces and domesticates him by saying "It's Austin."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:36 PM (13CQC)

225 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (qUFPp)

love it

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 10:36 PM (G546f)

226 >>Petrone noted that the people in the seafront shelter were probably exposed to slightly lower temperatures than the man in the Collegium.

So the seaside folks were pyrolysized versus being gasified in the Collegium. Okay then...

Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (32YRo)

227 I saw no evidence of any measurable progress in identifying the cause let alone anything resembling a cure. Awareness and care practices have taken giant steps but that's it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (aiDK7)


Recent article on how Alzheimer's GroupThink may have interfered with research into inflammation as a contributing factor.

Don't remember the link.

Posted by: Adriane the Machine that Goes Ping Critic ... at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (LPnfS)

228 My impression was they went down a blind ally, mistaking cause and effect, and have only realized it recently.
Posted by: Ace's liver

Good description.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (aiDK7)

229 We are all hydrocarbons in the end.
So cool!!


Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:34 PM (q0qV7)


We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (2N7oZ)

230 The older you get, the less the constant screaming in your skull seems
like a menace and more like a way to mask the oncoming...bad things.


Great observation.


Sometimes the warnings are actually protective mechanisms.

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (q0qV7)

231 Off to try and sleep. Prayers for those of the horde who need them, comfort to those who don't (yet) and eternal fire for the enemies of human freedom.

Yeah, too much to drink. Sorry.

Love to you all. The Horde Abides.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (l9m7l)

232 "The final blow was his desire to have more than one wife. He finally gave her an ultimatum, a date when he expected her to convert to Islam. It was, of all days, her birthday. “If you don’t commit to me today, I’m getting married at 2:00 this afternoon. She’s a converted Muslim and she’s been prepared for me.”"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (Dc2NZ)


How could anyone with an ounce of self respect respond positively to something like that?

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)

233 The license is the thing, only one or two people ever asked where I went to school and I graduated in '85. Most people can't find 1985 on a map either.
UF would have saved me 40 k just on tuition. And same license.

Posted by: Ass Chum at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (Jj+59)

234 That's the same eruption that Pliny the Elder was killed in, trying to escape by ship. In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear much about him these days.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (t+qrx)

235 Very impressive that he did kind things while insisting on no PR.
Posted by: ShainS -- Day 1,105 of the Trump Impeachment at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (WqPYg)

The no PR aspect really tips the scales in his favor for me.

Even though I know I should #believeallwomen

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (+00Vt)

236
My next 29th is in a couple of weeks and it will start with a 6. The joy of fucks no longer given is bounteous.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (gd9RK)


You know of what I have seen and speak truth!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (joYrR)

237
I think I see the problem.

Mamba?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 31, 2020 10:33 PM (XVuno)


It's the dance they were teaching tonight. His daughter is getting married so he's taking lessons.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (TdMsT)

238
I think I see the problem.

Mamba?
Posted by: Cicero
-------

Ethnic Australian dance. It's pretty brief.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (CDGwz)

239 Just got done watching a play called "Adore Us! Line", a musical about the Iowa caucuses. It's funny to see how the author had to guess who would still be in the race when he was writing it; Booker, Kamela and Beto all had big roles.

Buttigieg was played by a little kid, Biden gave massages and hair sniffs to audience members, and you could tell the playwright thought they'd have a good shot at beating Trump. Lol.

Posted by: Grimaldi at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (6scVQ)

240
Anyway, here's Sousa's WWI version:

https://tinyurl.com/w78gtwz

My dad used to sing it in the shower; good memories.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:26 PM (pPNCa)


When I was taking piano lessons in the mid 60s, this was one of thd songs I practiced. The sheet music called it "The Caissons Go Rolling Along".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (pNxlR)

241 Hoping for a speedy recovery for your sister, Pug.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (qUFPp)

242 how much cash has kareem shuffled to unsavory groups in this country and abroad? dude has an attitude.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (KP5rU)

243 That's the same eruption that Pliny the Elder was killed in, trying to escape by ship. In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear much about him these days.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:38 PM (t+qrx)

---------

Cui Bono?

Posted by: Pliny the Younger at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (XVuno)

244 > That's the same eruption that Pliny the Elder was killed in, trying to escape by ship.

He went there on a rescue mission, so major props to him.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:40 PM (qUFPp)

245 Cui Bono?


Mary, getting his seat in Congress.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (gd9RK)

246 The older you get, the less the constant screaming
in your skull seems like a menace and more like a way to mask the
oncoming...bad things.




Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2020 10:35 PM (l9m7l)


One time I was telling myself that I needed to stop drinking. But then I thought, why should I listen to a drunk?

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (2N7oZ)

247 What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (wGeit)

248 How could anyone with an ounce of self respect respond positively to something like that?
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)
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The worst part of this is, it impacts my love of one of the greatest scenes in the movie "Airplane!".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (Dc2NZ)

249
In five years, we're going to [be able to] rehabilitate our clients where they can live independently in our environment," he said. "In 10 years, we're going to be able to send them back home

Sorry not buying it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas

======

It's funny, the dude says he thought he knew a lot about dementia, then found out he didn't know much.

There's just no way you can reverse it with "care" and the proper "environment."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:42 PM (13CQC)

250 So his brain was "coked" as it were.
Posted by: Boswell at January 31, 2020 10:29 PM (32YRo)

Pretty much, kind of like creosote in the chimney of a wood-burning stove.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (LxWV7)

251 > What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbers_and_caissons

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (qUFPp)

252 John Delaney dropped out of the Presidential race. Who?

Yeah.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (ZfRYq)

253 A caisson is a wheeled, towed vehicle. Like a horse drawn cart. The ones that go rolling on have artillery on them.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (gd9RK)

254 Dr T, thanks!! And I agree.

But, and here everyone is the... [Paul Harvey impression] REST of the story... [/Paul Harvey Impression]

Okay. So I was supposed to show up at work today in the Seal Beach office. (I normally work in the Garden Grove office.)

I decided that after all the shit? I didn't feel like it. I wanna continue to enjoy my (forced) vacation and not start up 'til next week.

So I went ahead and texted my boss, asking if I could come back Monday instead of today. He agreed, but added "you need to work a full eight hours to *catch up*."

This stuck in my craw a little. Catch up? You mean like ALL THE OTHER TIMES my co-worker (who caused this whole mess with my job) didn't do her job, so I had to do it?????

The more I thought about it, the more it bugged me. So I texted my boss, quote:

"Hi [name redacted]. I'm texting because I'm a little confused. Why is there work to catch up on? How much is there? I've provided [bad co-worker] with training on both inputting and affidavits/invoices. She should be able to keep up with this work herself."

My boss' response:

"Steve, I'm not going to go into that. It's overall a 2 person job and having to adjust with just one person can cause things to slow down."

I'd had it. I responded, also via text:

"Okay [boss name]. I understand. Just FYI, whenever I've had to work in the office alone, you've NEVER accepted any excuse from me about how heavy the workload is."

"Therefore, I resign again. You obviously don't have respect for me."

Then all hell broke loose. My boss immediately texted me back giving me the rundown I originally requested. I didn't respond to that, instead I just texted:

"I will be at the office Sunday at noon to pick up my things. See you then."

Suddenly per my boss, I find out everything is caught up (because he's suddenly furiously typing it all up himself now, no doubt) and he's saying he does respect me. Sigh, whatever.

Then we played phone tag for a while because he made it clear he wanted to speak with me directly.

Long story short, I quit and got my job back a SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS. LOL.

We'll see what happens next, on Monday. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut in the meantime.

Sorry for yet another wall of text.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs)

255 the guy from bonnie and delaney?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (KP5rU)

256
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:37 PM (2N7oZ)


Don't forget to pack the Off and the sunscreen.

You little weenie.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (joYrR)

257 What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

Posted by: Ace's liver

I thought it was the wagon which towed the gun, carried the powder and shot.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (2ygtH)

258 What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

It's a two-wheeled large cart used to carry ammo; also used to carry coffins in military funerals. See some old videos of FDR's and JFK's funerals.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (pPNCa)

259 holy shit

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (B+t5k)

260 I thought 'caissons' were for transporting ammunition...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (7WaWV)

261
224
Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?


Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)

========

The waiter calls the guy "Sir."

The girl utterly reduces and domesticates him by saying "It's Austin."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:36 PM (13CQC)


The waiter said, "Your bill, sir".

>> Dad humor: "You're Bill, sir."

She said, "Actually, his name is Austin."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (pNxlR)

262
The SOTU has always been boring. Trump makes it interesting and amazing.

On Tuesday he's making his last reelection pitch to The People before the debates. It's going to be lit AF.
Posted by: ...

=======

I wonder if the socialistas will pull another stunt, like dressing in white again or walking out or maybe they'll turn their backs or put veils over their faces or yell "Mic check!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (13CQC)

263 The waiter calls the guy "Sir."



The girl utterly reduces and domesticates him by saying "It's Austin."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

...........
yeah.. comedy is something amateurs shouldn't try at home..
There's a finesse about writing this stuff that most people do not have..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (CjFDo)

264 No one ever talks about me.

Posted by: Pliny the younger at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (CDGwz)

265 The worst part of this is, it impacts my love of one of the greatest scenes in the movie "Airplane!".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (Dc2NZ)


Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (2N7oZ)

266 The other town that Vesuvius destroyed, Herculaneum, is even better preserved than Pompeii and still mostly covered. The conditions were different and organic matter was rapidly carbonized, but is still intact.

They have found furniture and food like bread and dates still in their original shape, just black like charcoal. They've even found scrolls that they are able to read with high tech imagining.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (+0AKE)

267 Dr. Paul Ehrlich, The World's Wrongest Scientist

Get in line.

Posted by: Neil Degrasse Tyson at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (PHotS)

268 Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)
~~~~~

Your bill, sir. >>>>> You're Bill, sir.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (sGotD)

269 Interesting article from Wuhan about the start of the epidemic.

People started getting sick in early December, and Chinese biologists did yeoman's work quickly sequencing the virus and developing a test for the virus.

And then - almost nothing was done. After all, there were a couple of important Party conferences coming up, and you didn't want to disrupt those because a few people were getting sick, did you?

And, of course, the Chinese government came down like a ton of bricks on people in Wuhan who were trying to raise the alarm.

Up to January 17, tourism authorities in Wuhan continued to launch the "Spring Festival Culture Benefitting the People Campaign", issuing hundreds of thousands of free tickets to attractions in Wuhan in order to encourage tourists from all over the country to come to the area for sightseeing.

https://tinyurl.com/svq2j4x

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (I2/tG)

270 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs)

I hope you are keeping good notes for the movie script!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (+00Vt)

271 251 > What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbers_and_caissons
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (qUFPp)


Seems like an odd thing to make the subject of a song.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (wGeit)

272 247
What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (wGeit)

Old horse drawn artillery had the gun attached to a two wheeled cart, the caisson, that held the ammunition. The caisson was what the horse or mule team was fastened too.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (joYrR)

273 Hrothgar, thanks. I am.

Only problem is, no Hollywood producer will believe anything I write about this episode is really true. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (L2ZTs)

274 Long story short, I quit and got my job back a SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS. LOL.

We'll see what happens next, on Monday. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut in the meantime.

Sorry for yet another wall of text.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs)

As if January couldn't get any better . . . .

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (1CjJc)

275 Your bill, sir. >>>>> You're Bill, sir.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM



I still don't get it!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (7WaWV)

276 the older you get, the less a life sentence scares you.

Posted by: chavez the hugo

That should scare the other guy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (aiDK7)

277
"The final blow was his desire to have more than one wife. He finally
gave her an ultimatum, a date when he expected her to convert to Islam.
It was, of all days, her birthday. "If you don't commit to me today,
I'm getting married at 2:00 this afternoon. She's a converted Muslim and
she's been prepared for me."


The hell I don't. LISTEN KID. I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (q0qV7)

278 He went there on a rescue mission, so major props to him.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:40 PM (qUFPp)


You're right. I always assumed it was because he was observing (as a natural historian/proto-scientist), and now I can't remember why I thought that. But no, he was safe with the fleet and went off to try to rescue some friends.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (t+qrx)

279 flounder, can't wait for February!

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (L2ZTs)

280 Don't forget to pack the Off and the sunscreen.

You little weenie.


Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (joYrR)


Ha! No one actually bought into that hippy shit, even the assholes that wrote it!

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (2N7oZ)

281 The waiter said, "Your bill, sir".

>> Dad humor: "You're Bill, sir."

She said, "Actually, his name is Austin."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (pNxlR)


Aaaahhhh, I get it now. It would be funnier verbally.

That girl is hot.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 10:47 PM (aS1PU)

282 Then we played phone tag for a while because he made it clear he wanted to speak with me directly.

Long story short, I quit and got my job back a SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS. LOL.

We'll see what happens next, on Monday. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut in the meantime.

Sorry for yet another wall of text.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs)



Dude you need to ask for more money next time

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (Z7lwY)

283 260 I thought 'caissons' were for transporting ammunition...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (7WaW


We learned military songs in seventh grade music. We were told that caissons were for transporting ammunition!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (TdMsT)

284 Why don't I get the Dad humor thing?


Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:22 PM (CjFDo)

========

The waiter calls the guy "Sir."

The girl utterly reduces and domesticates him by saying "It's Austin."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:36 PM (13CQC)

Missed the Dad joke moment:

She played on "Sir, you're Bill."

Brilliant.

Dad jokes are a subtle, nuanced thing, hard to explain. Being a Dad, I have become educated in the ways.

This young lady was not emasculating her date. My guess is she has a good Dad.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (x8Wzq)

285 No one ever talks about me.
Posted by: Pliny the younger at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (CDGwz)


You got to have a type of volcanic eruption (Plinian) named after you because you wrote two eyewitness letters describing the eruption of Vesuvius. What more do you want?

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (pPNCa)

286 The joke is that only gay guys are named Austin.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (k3vYh)

287 buzzion, more money and, just for fun, let him know I'm now trans and I'll be coming into work in drag 3 days a week. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (L2ZTs)

288 It was Joni Mitchell and she's brilliant.

We are billion year old carbon.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (gd9RK)

289 A caisson is a wheeled, towed vehicle. Like a horse drawn cart. The ones that go rolling on have artillery on them.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
------

Not always.

Posted by: A Sandhog at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (CDGwz)

290
247 What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:41 PM (wGeit)


Wikipedia --
A caisson is a two-wheeled cart designed to carry artillery ammunition; the British term is "ammunition waggon". Caissons are also used to bear the casket of the deceased in some state and military funerals in certain Western cultures, including the United States.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (pNxlR)

291 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (KP5rU)

292 I was neck deep in the shit in Cai Son.

Posted by: Brian Wiiliams at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (XVuno)

293 Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (PUmDY)

294 Get in line.

Posted by: Neil Degrasse Tyson at January 31, 2020 10:46 PM (PHotS)

Yo...

Posted by: Trofim Lysenko at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (dLLD6)

295 No one ever talks about me.

Posted by: Pliny the younger at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (CDGwz)

Nor me.

Posted by: Pliny the Eldest at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (k3vYh)

296 Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (PUmDY)


She bought some Just For Men, brushed it in, then disappeared!...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs)

297 > Seems like an odd thing to make the subject of a song.


?

The original song was about the field artillery. Why is it odd that a piece of artillery equipment appears in it?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (qUFPp)

298 The waiter said, "Your bill, sir".

>> Dad humor: "You're Bill, sir."

She said, "Actually, his name is Austin."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (pNxlR)


I get it now! It's funny because his name really was Bill.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (t+qrx)

299 192 What do you think the percentage of Ivy League grads are at AOSHQ?

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:30 PM (q0qV7)



Well, I'm sure that it's zero that will admit it at an alumni meeting...



hmm

Posted by: deplorable unperson at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (q0qV7)

300
There is a caisson in engineering, too, involved with bridge building. It does not go rolling along.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (pNxlR)

301
It was Joni Mitchell and she's brilliant.



We are billion year old carbon.

Posted by: Bandersnatch
...........
There is a really good version of her doing that on piano in, I think, England in the early 70's.
Big Yellow Taxi is really good from that show as well.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (CjFDo)

302 I was neck deep in the shit in Cai Son.
Posted by: Brian Wiiliams at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (XVuno)


Yeah, it was brutal.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (aS1PU)

303 The joke is that only gay guys are named Austin.


Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (k3vYh)


WTF?

Posted by: Stephen F. Austin at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (2N7oZ)

304 We learned military songs in seventh grade music. We were told that caissons were for transporting ammunition!

Posted by: Ladyl


My info came from the "Blue and the Grey," civil war set by Marx!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (2ygtH)

305 Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (PUmDY)

Check under the couch cushions.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (x8Wzq)

306 Here at the AOSHQ, we're all Ivy League.

Graduates cum laude from the School Of Hard Knocks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:51 PM (L2ZTs)

307 286 The joke is that only gay guys are named Austin.
Posted by: ... at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (k3vYh)


Hahaha. Here in Australia those name jokes are a hit.

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2020 10:51 PM (wGeit)

308 Oh, if my commenting seems off it's because I missed the last two days of work because I died of corona virus.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:51 PM (gd9RK)

309 More Casual Friday ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/ttq5ylv

Posted by: kbdabear at January 31, 2020 10:31 PM (qAR6u)

Proof, if proof were needed, that photos taken by a pro, or even a talented amateur, are much, much better than selfies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 10:51 PM (LxWV7)

310 Evening hordsters.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (hmgiv)

311
yeah.. comedy is something amateurs shouldn't try at home..
There's a finesse about writing this stuff that most people do not have..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

=======

It prolly could kill in the delivery, and in context. Explaining "character" humor is hard -- ruins it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (13CQC)

312 Ladyl, at my grade school, we learned "Goober Peas."

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)

313 > The joke is that only gay guys are named Austin.


Hey!

Posted by: Steve Austin, Astronaut at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (qUFPp)

314 There is a caisson in engineering, too, involved with bridge building. It does not go rolling along.

And it has it's own disease named after it!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (2ygtH)

315 This young lady was not emasculating her date. My guess is she has a good Dad.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:48 PM (x8Wzq)

Yes, I got that immediately, because it sounded exactly like a hundred "Dad" jokes that are still treasured in my family, even though My Dad has been gone for far too long!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (+00Vt)

316 off night I see.

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (B+t5k)

317 Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (PUmDY)


I'm more of an Iron Maiden guy. Did she ever open for Priest or Metallica?

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (2N7oZ)

318
Yesterday, Milady and I stopped by Arby's to get some curly fries to nibble on, for the drive home.

I ordered egg rolls. (Took the girl a beat to smile and say "We don't have egg rolls!")

Is that Dad humor or just creepy weirdo guy?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Dad jokes = bad jokes with a D? at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (0mP7b)

319 291 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (KP5rU)


You are on a tier?

My comments are not tier-worthy.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (TdMsT)

320 Well, I'm sure that it's zero that will admit it at an alumni meeting...

I'd rather go to a Horde MoMe any day than to an alumni meeting. I've been disgusted with my school for years.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (pPNCa)

321 I learned a lot about WW1 from the Peanuts comic strip.

"It's a long way to Tipperary..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (L2ZTs)

322 298 The waiter said, "Your bill, sir".

>> Dad humor: "You're Bill, sir."

She said, "Actually, his name is Austin."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:44 PM (pNxlR)

I get it now! It's funny because his name really was Bill.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:50 PM (t+qrx)

No. Wait.

Are you a dad?

Well. Whatever. here it is: His name is Trevor, but I'll get back to that later.

What counts is that this young lady made a dad joke. And she has a thing for otters.

Probably.

Not sure on that last part.

Wild Turkey is a shitty wing-man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (x8Wzq)

323 Dad jokes are a subtle, nuanced thing, hard to explain. Being a Dad, I have become educated in the ways.
---------

My mother was standing at the kitchen sink, washing and paring the ends off of radishes. She tasted one and said, "These are a little pithy". The old man, said, "Well, why don't we cook the pith out of them?"

This elicited a snicker from my mother, and an mild admonishment. As a kid, I didn't get it.

Posted by: Murray at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (Pu/Kw)

324 314 There is a caisson in engineering, too, involved with bridge building. It does not go rolling along.

And it has it's own disease named after it!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (2ygtH)


That seems to be the most common usage.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (wGeit)

325 Where does a bollard fit into this scheme?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (XVuno)

326 Proof, if proof were needed, that photos taken by a pro, or even a talented amateur, are much, much better than selfies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

...........
Speaking of which.. (selfies not pro pics)..
Do all young women these days spend hours working out the right angle and lip pout for their selfies?? sure seems like it!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (CjFDo)

327 off night I see.


I just died of corona virus right before your eyes. Are you not entertained?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (gd9RK)

328 qdpsteve, your boss sucks

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (G546f)

329 mindful, you should have responded to the Arby's lady, "just checking you for Coronavirus."

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (L2ZTs)

330 Dad jokes are the best jokes, especially if you're the dad.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (aS1PU)

331 vmom, he sucks but I'm finding it's fun to have his, er, nether regions in a vise.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (L2ZTs)

332 319: i was informed on an earlier thread. fourth tier.

ladyl!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (KP5rU)

333 >>> All Hail Eris
~~~~~

I had Lew Alcindor's Spanish I book in high school. Remember when you had to put your name, the year, and the condition of the book on the inside cover? He went to an all-boys Catholic high school in NYC, Power Memorial. I went to a different school, and years later I got a Spanish I book with his name at the top of the list.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (sGotD)

334 Here is a photo of artillery in the US Civil War. The wagon part that the horses are attached to is the caisson, and the gun is hitched to that and towed along. Under the seat is the ready ammunition for the gun.


https://tinyurl.com/un7pkne

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (joYrR)

335 75 I have a bet with my wife that the dems will pull some classless stunt during the SOTU like turning their backs on the ceremonial Presidential entrance.

If Roberts is there Trump should out Chiamarellopet as the whistleblower and that Bolton is behind all this shit.
Posted by: Kazi at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (0x00j)
-------
Just give a long and heart felt shoutout to Rand Paul and Justice Roberts. Never mention names other than those 2.

I'd like to thank Sen. Rand Paul for attempting to ask an important question and also Justice Roberts for making everyone focus on that important question.

Posted by: Groundhog at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (VYwSh)

336 312 Ladyl, at my grade school, we learned "Goober Peas."
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)


I've never heard that one!

Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)

337 Is that Dad humor or just creepy weirdo guy?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Dad jokes = bad jokes with a D? at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (0mP7b)


Yes. Yes it was.

Posted by: Anonymous Wendy's worker at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (2N7oZ)

338 "Well, why don't we cook the pith out of them?"

This elicited a snicker from my mother, and an mild admonishment. As a kid, I didn't get it.
Posted by: Murray at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (Pu/Kw)

See? See?

I am cackling like an idiot right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (x8Wzq)

339 I'm sure it's only a coincidence that holding the dismissal of Impeachment AFTER the Iowa Caucus...thereby screwing over Bernie (and the other Senate progressive loons).

Posted by: CPT. Charles at January 31, 2020 09:56 PM (W+kMI)


That's what I read as well, and I believe Cocaine Mitch is really devious enough to do that. You Dem senators want to fuck over Trump on some made up bullshit? I'll fuck over your Iowa presidential primary. Maybe he should be called Quid Pro Quo Mitch?

If the Democrat senators campaigning for president had recused themselves because of their inherent bias in voting to remove the guy from office they are running against, Mitch might have already called a vote and they could have been in Iowa by now.

For all the bitching about The Turtle, and I've been one, what he just did to the Dem senators running for president is a glorious sight to behold.

Mitch knows how to play the political game, which is why I could never be a politician, one reason among many.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (Y8PSl)

340 Looks up upon chavez the hugo with envy

Posted by: 5th tier commenter at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (PHotS)

341 > at my grade school, we learned "Goober Peas."

Not to be confused with the bootleg gay urine fetish video starring Jim Nabors, entitle "Gomer Pees".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (qUFPp)

342 Ladyl, no we did not. Sounds like it would have been big around 1959-65. :-)

But, I was in school in a much simpler, more innocent time. I would swear I and my class had to all sing "Puff The Magic Dragon" at least once.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)

343 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (KP5rU)


You are on a tier?

My comments are not tier-worthy.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM



Rubbish! It's hardly a proper ONT if both of you aren't here!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (7WaWV)

344 325
Where does a bollard fit into this scheme?



*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (XVuno)

In this play, the bollard is Nemesis.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (joYrR)

345 at my grade school, we learned "Goober Peas."

At my grade school, we learned "Marching through Georgia." Yeah, we were north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (pPNCa)

346 Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)


WELP I know what I'm going to find myself humming at inopportune moments for the next week or so.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (t+qrx)

347 so, we're carbon based. when i go toes up, i want to be converted to a hydrocarbon. then fed through a street hemi. fuck you, hunter thompson.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (KP5rU)

348 I'd like to thank Sen. Rand Paul for attempting to
ask an important question and also Justice Roberts for making everyone
focus on that important question.





Posted by: Groundhog at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (VYwSh)


Don't make me rule it a tax. Seriously, don't.

Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at January 31, 2020 10:57 PM (2N7oZ)

349 336 312 Ladyl, at my grade school, we learned "Goober Peas."
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)


I've never heard that one!

Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)


Never heard "Fifty Nifty United States", but we also learned "Goober Peas". Which, they explained, were actually beans.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (wGeit)

350 327 off night I see.


I just died of corona virus right before your eyes. Are you not entertained?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (gd9RK)


Are their souvenir tshirts?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (aA3+G)

351 Ace's liver, yup.
I believe Goober Peas was actually a very early version of an ad jingle.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (L2ZTs)

352 What is a caisson? I can't find a definition that relates to artillery.

Posted by: Ace's liver

I thought everyone knew that. What I want to know is what's a caboodle?

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (aiDK7)

353 Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"

Ah, somebody else remembers Perry Como's Saturday night show.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 10:59 PM (pPNCa)

354 With regards to Kobe, I stopped watching Basketball around the time he entered the league, mainly because the team I followed began its 20 year descent into the abyss.

But I watched the culture and as the culture has degraded and as athlete's and celebrities have beclowned themselves and ripped their masks off, I never heard Kobe join in and denigrate his fellow countrymen.

In fact, I have heard a story, retold, that during one of the Olympics Kobe told an interviewer that he was proud to represent his country, the interviewer said that wasn't a cool thing to say, Kobe said it was always cool to represent your country.

He also said this during an interview, "While I do not
identify with any one party, I was raised in a conservative
household. But my politics are my own and not my parents. I believe
in family values and small government. I really get into politics,
but I like to keep my views to myself. That's all I will say. Let's
talk basketball and steer clear of controversy. I don't want to
alienate any of my fans."

So, I say, rest in piece Kobe, may your family find comfort that you and your daughter are at home with the lord and hopefully your life can serve as an inspiration for others in the black community to follow your example.

Posted by: Mr. Wiffle Snuff at January 31, 2020 10:59 PM (0keV9)

355 Are their souvenir tshirts?
---

https://tinyurl.com/vf9uqm9

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 10:59 PM (Dc2NZ)

356 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:53 PM (x8Wzq)

My dog is looking at me like why are you laughing so hard this late at night!
Thanks!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 10:59 PM (+00Vt)

357 It may have already been asked but why isn't 2020 wearing pants?

Posted by: Guzalot at January 31, 2020 10:18 PM (Rz36l)


Yes. But I'll join you in asking it again.
Is this indicative of how 2020 will go? That it starts off not wearing pants?

Posted by: GWB at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (rqLai)

358
The waiter said, "Your bill, sir".

>> Dad humor: "You're Bill, sir."

She said, "Actually, his name is Austin."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

======

Okay, so, the joke's on the waiter, not Austin.

Okay okay okay. It was all over my head.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (13CQC)

359 Do all young women these days spend hours working out the right angle and lip pout for their selfies?? sure seems like it!

They teach each other how to do it. I've watched groups of girls practicing.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (PHotS)

360
Caissons and cannons portrayed in the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting --

https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=4B54D1F3-1DD8-B71B-0BBACABA68D25B21

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (pNxlR)

361 It's interesting to look at some of the very early attempts at mass advertising from the 1700s to early 1900s.

There was a 1916 ad for the Navy, of a young teenaged girl in the uniform, captioned:

"Gee! I wish I were a man...
I'd join the Navy!"

(And the caption below read, "Be a man and do it.")

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (L2ZTs)

362 Mitch knows how to play the political game, which is why I could never be a politician, one reason among many.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (Y8PSl)


And that is why he is top-turtle over there in the senate pond. And I could never be a politician because I do not hate myself that much to go through that nonsense.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (joYrR)

363 The waiter calls the guy "Sir."

The girl utterly reduces and domesticates him by saying "It's Austin."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January



Yeah, that is not what happened there.


The dad humor was that play with "your" and "you're.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (HALdu)

364 Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)

Thanks. Guess what I'll be singing as I go to sleep tonight?

BTW: Wyoming is the Best!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (x8Wzq)

365 > I would swear I and my class had to all sing "Puff The Magic Dragon" at least once.

That was before Peter Yarrow got arrested for trying to get an underage groupie to puff on his "magic dragon".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 11:01 PM (qUFPp)

366 359 Do all young women these days spend hours working out the right angle and lip pout for their selfies?? sure seems like it!

They teach each other how to do it. I've watched groups of girls practicing.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (PHotS)


Is it even possible to be more shallow than this?

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 11:01 PM (wGeit)

367 314 There is a caisson in engineering, too, involved with bridge building. It does not go rolling along.

And it has it's own disease named after it!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 10:52 PM (2ygtH)

----------------------------------

Is the caisson named "coronavirus"?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 31, 2020 11:01 PM (CAJOC)

368 Wait....I thought it was the Berenstein Bears?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (C2rVF)

369 291 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.

"It's good to be a Delta! Who would want to be a Beta or Alpha with all of the difficult "thinking" ?

Posted by: Delta at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (q0qV7)

370 Okay, so, the joke's on the waiter, not Austin.

Okay okay okay. It was all over my head.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January




The good news here, as mentioned earlier is

blowjobs > dad humor

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (HALdu)

371 > Which, they explained, were actually beans.

I thought "goober peas" were peanuts?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (qUFPp)

372
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (13CQC)


It's a Dad thing. I do that sort of word play all the time. Mrs. Krebs gets lots of eye roll practice.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (pNxlR)

373
I have a bet with my wife that the dems will pull some classless stunt during the SOTU like turning their backs on the ceremonial Presidential entrance.

=======

Oh, I didn't see your post before I suggested the same thing.

Maybe there will be another color theme, which will give AOC and Ilhan another excuse to go shopping.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (13CQC)

374 332 319: i was informed on an earlier thread. fourth tier.

ladyl!
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (KP5rU)


{{{Chavez}}}

I have been informed that my comments have been reviewed, and found not to be up to the standards of the AOSHQ. My membership here has been reduced to "provisional."

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (TdMsT)

375 Lol, Eris.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (gd9RK)

376 Rodrigo, yup. Ick.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (L2ZTs)

377 I've never heard that one!

Did you learn the "Fifty Nifty United States?"
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)

------------------------------

"From thirteen original col-o-nies!"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (CAJOC)

378 I have a really bad feeling that the Dems are going to try to pull some bullshit between now and Wednesday. Squirrel! Bolton!

And.. while I hate the fact that they will force Trump to deliver the State of the Union under this cloud, I'm not too worried as PDT will probably get in a dig or two..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (CjFDo)

379 i have a dragon that guards my refrigerator after midnight. at least, i think it's a dragon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (KP5rU)

380 For those who don't know it, here is the "Fifty Nifty United States" song:

https://tinyurl.com/ugeqe82

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (pPNCa)

381 And it has it's own disease named after it!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp
------

The Bends, really, I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (xSo9G)

382 I wonder if the socialistas will pull another stunt, like dressing in white again or walking out or maybe they'll turn their backs or put veils over their faces or yell "Mic check!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 10:45 PM (13CQC)


The wymyns will go full hag in the bag black burka. Funeral dress for a dead Constitution or some such shit.

I vote there will be many drama queens on the Dem side of the aisle that night and they will walk out with the biggest drama queen, Schiffty, leading the way, with Nadler scurrying to beat him out of the House Chamber. It will be a conga line of stupid.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (Y8PSl)

383 Never heard "Fifty Nifty United States", but we also learned "Goober Peas". Which, they explained, were actually beans.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (wGeit)

Fifty Nifty - yep. Back during the Bicentennial we were taught all of those songs as little elementary school grubs and finally dragged along to the junior high so that we could sing them all in the auditorium. I had a dark blue shirt and a bright red clip-on tie. Just thinking about that and how...serious we were standing on those risers when the curtain opened and looking at all of those seats...at this point it is giggle-worthy.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (joYrR)

384 371 > Which, they explained, were actually beans.

I thought "goober peas" were peanuts?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (qUFPp)


That's what the wiki page says. Wouldn't surprise me to learn, after all these years, my teacher didn't know what she was talking about.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (wGeit)

385 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January


The most important ting about being a successful commenter is embracing that neither you nor your comments matter.

Ain't nothing but a thing.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (HALdu)

386 374: bullshit. you rock.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (KP5rU)

387 I am cackling like an idiot right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 10:56 PM (x8Wzq)

You are cackling like a highly refined connoisseur of a well-executed and exquisitely timed example of the high art of dad humor.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 31, 2020 11:04 PM (1CjJc)

388 Seriously.

You'd lyric drop a John Valby song and not link it?

Posted by: Simplemind at January 31, 2020 11:05 PM (ZuGkg)

389 maybe the new month will be better

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 11:05 PM (B+t5k)

390 368 Wait....I thought it was the Berenstein Bears?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (C2rVF)



I have a non-mandela effect theory for this confusion.

Posted by: buzzion at January 31, 2020 11:05 PM (Z7lwY)

391 379 i have a dragon that guards my refrigerator after midnight. at least, i think it's a dragon.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (KP5rU)

------------

Zuul

Posted by: Dana at January 31, 2020 11:05 PM (XVuno)

392 385 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January


.....

Must be nice.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:06 PM (C2rVF)

393 What I want to know is what's a caboodle?
Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (aiDK7)]
~~~~~

It's what comes after "kit and."

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2020 11:06 PM (sGotD)

394 i have a dragon that guards my refrigerator after midnight. at least, i think it's a dragon.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (KP5rU)

In my house it's a jaguar with a lust for ice cubes. or a little black half-Persian kitteh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:06 PM (x8Wzq)

395 I never learned "Fifty Nifty United States", but I do like this song from the movie "Teacher's Pet":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keC5H7F66QI


Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (Dc2NZ)

396 Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (TdMsT)

Ladyl, I am currently arguing your case before the executive committee, and I think you will be allowed to retain your cardboard membership, but on a probationary basis, until the next Equinox review session.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (+00Vt)

397 Predictions of things that should happen by December 2020:

- Jerrold Nadler's gut has actually exploded
- Don Lemon found face down in a pool of his own urine
- Adam Schiff's eyes have actually bugged out

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (L2ZTs)

398 The Bends, really, I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

Yep, they didn't understand humans could fizz like soda pop.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (2ygtH)

399 394: must be a dragon, too cold for gators here.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (KP5rU)

400 Gammas are important because we make things go. We love being Gammas because Gammas are important ! We wouldn't want to be a Beta or and Alpha. Too much thinking ! SO glad I'm a Gamma!

Posted by: Gamma at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (q0qV7)

401 Yo mamma Gamma!

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (L2ZTs)

402 What I want to know is what's a caboodle?
Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 10:58 PM (aiDK7)

What you keep your kit in.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (1CjJc)

403 Thanks. Guess what I'll be singing as I go to sleep tonight?

BTW: Wyoming is the Best!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (x8Wzq)


O-H-I-O

Isn't it useful to be able to recite the names of the states in alphabetical order?

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (TdMsT)

404 - Adam Schiff's eyes have actually bugged out
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (L2ZTs)


Get his ass to Mars.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (aS1PU)

405

The good news here, as mentioned earlier is

blowjobs > dad humor
Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (HALdu

blowjobs > just about everything else.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (aA3+G)

406 We'll see what happens next, on Monday. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut in the meantime.



Sorry for yet another wall of text.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs)


Next time ask for a raise

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (6rS3m)

407 i'm just a fourth tier commenter, so most of my stuff doesn't mean shit.



"a gram is better than a damn"

Posted by: Lenina Disney at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (q0qV7)

408 blowjobs > just about everything else.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January



Yes

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (HALdu)

409 Which, they explained, were actually beans.

I thought "goober peas" were peanuts?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Made famous, kinda, by Carl Sandburg, there's even a recording out there of him singing it, if you're into abuse. He lived just down the street for a while. I never have been an admirer. I recollect that one critic called his biography of Abraham Lincoln, 'The worst thing to happen to Lincoln since John Wilkes Booth.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (CDGwz)

410 Wait....I thought it was the Berenstein Bears?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2020 11:02 PM (C2rVF)


Tell us about it.

Posted by: Cheez-itz at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (2N7oZ)

411 Kindltot, already in the script :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (L2ZTs)

412 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (L2ZTs)


I'm glad you're too kind....
You could have been in hot water.....

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (aA3+G)

413 Thanks. Guess what I'll be singing as I go to sleep tonight?

BTW: Wyoming is the Best!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (x8Wzq)


{{{Hrothgar}}}

That is so kind of you!

I'm just afraid they won't let me go to Texas!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

414 379 i have a dragon that guards my refrigerator after midnight. at least, i think it's a dragon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:03 PM (KP5rU)



------------



Zuul

Posted by: Dana
............
Of course! He controls when the light goes on and off since he is the Gatekeeper!
Obesient to Gozer, his master..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (CjFDo)

415 Gammas are important because we make things go.
Posted by: Gamma at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (q0qV7)


They are smart.

Posted by: Pakleds at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx)

416 I think this impeachment biz has sucked the snark and wit out of everybody. yikes

Posted by: Jasper Moore at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (B+t5k)

417 OOPS!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT)

418 In fairness, blowjobs > dad humor

However, a blowjob from dad is not funny.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (HALdu)

419 Many names, but "caisson" disease is one. "The Bends" is another but more typically associated with diving!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (+00Vt)

420 You want some fun? YouTube Bernie Sanders folk songs.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)

421 ammas are important because we make things go.
Posted by: Gamma at January 31, 2020 11:07 PM (q0qV7)



And the keep gampas company

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (HALdu)

422
That seems to be the most common usage.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:54 PM (wGeit)


That stands to reason, as field artillery has become quite different and mechanized these days.

Me? I read book after book about the Civil War back in the days of its Centennial.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (pNxlR)

423 I was neck deep in the shit in Cai Son.

Posted by: Brian Wiiliams at January 31, 2020 10:49 PM (XVuno)


I remember seeing you there!

Posted by: Cai Son Dick Blumenthal at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (Y8PSl)

424 You want some fun? YouTube Bernie Sanders folk songs.
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)


"If I had a hammer...
I'd hit you really hard and take all your stuff"

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)

425 It was a former military engineer who used surplus artillery caissons to brace up the construction of abutments for the first major bridge across the Missouri. Later, all falsework for deep bridge footings got named "caisson" by association.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (oRpiG)

426 420 You want some fun? YouTube Bernie Sanders folk songs.
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)

-------------------------------

How about Leonard Nimoy and the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 31, 2020 11:12 PM (CAJOC)

427 Didn't initially notice the name on the phone in the tik Tok video.

The girl calls Mike Pence after the boy tells her that he is gay.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 31, 2020 11:12 PM (kPwhk)

428 No One, and then there was that time Bilbo went to Bilbao to buy a dildo...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

429 five fully loaded cargo carrying 747's left erlananger, ky last night all within minutes of each other. headed for bahrain. must be a big building project going on there. maybe a bowling alley or some shit.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (KP5rU)

430 219 There's an article over at Breitbart on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's change in attitude when he converted to Islam. Pam Grier dated him when he was Lew Alcindor, seriously enough that they were considering marriage. He began to pressure her to cover up in public, walk behind him, and quit her career:



Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes



And that's why I don't feel bad about being a Bill Laimbeer fan.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (mBnJS)

431 I'm just afraid they won't let me go to Texas!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

If you behave, you can petition to be re-admitted on a non-probationary basis after the 21st of March and you'll be eligible in time to come to Texas!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (+00Vt)

432 Isn't it useful to be able to recite the names of the states in alphabetical order?
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (TdMsT)

Ha! I actually aced a geography test that way in junior high. I still sometimes run through it in my head when trying to remember which states I've been to (37 last count).

Shoot. Remember when schools taught kids stuff?

Good times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:14 PM (x8Wzq)

433 even I know that Kobe is as close as we've come to the GOAT, Michael Jordan.

I'm not here to shit on Kobe's memory, and that story was sincerely touching and I'm sure there are many other very positive ones, but leave the Jordan comparisons to people who actually follow the league. LeBron passed Kobe as the #3 career scorer less than 24 hours before the crash.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:14 PM (y7DUB)

434 []
No One, and then there was that time Bilbo went to Bilbao to buy a dildo...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

My precious!

Posted by: Adam Schiff at January 31, 2020 11:15 PM (2N7oZ)

435 425
It was a former military engineer who used surplus artillery caissons to
brace up the construction of abutments for the first major bridge
across the Missouri. Later, all falsework for deep bridge footings got
named "caisson" by association.


Posted by: Way, Way Downriver


I believe, sooner or later, every bit of information on the planet will end up on this blog...(not all at once, heads would explode)

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 11:15 PM (2ygtH)

436
If you behave, you can petition to be re-admitted on a non-probationary basis after the 21st of March and you'll be eligible in time to come to Texas!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (+00Vt)


Thank you, Hrothgar!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:16 PM (TdMsT)

437 "The Night I Punched Russell Crowe" is an enjoyable song.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (C2rVF)

438 LeBron passed Kobe as the #3 career scorer less than 24 hours before the crash.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:14 PM (y7DUB)


And I gave a personal shout out to my BFF Xi Jinping!

Posted by: LeBron at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (2N7oZ)

439 the best brexit celebration video:
https://tinyurl.com/wpg2z7a

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (r+sAi)

440 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (aA3+G)

More evidence why you should never argue with MisHum!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (+00Vt)

441 I believe, sooner or later, every bit of information on the planet will end up on this blog..[/l]

I was on the phone earlier with the tit midget and told her that someone was informing us of the statistical patterns of human electrocution.

Or, Friday at the HQ.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (gd9RK)

442
Ha! I actually aced a geography test that way in junior high. I still sometimes run through it in my head when trying to remember which states I've been to (37 last count).

Shoot. Remember when schools taught kids stuff?

Good times.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:14 PM (x8Wzq)



I won a grand prize at some event where we were asked to name as many states as we could.

I named them all, in alphabetical order.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (TdMsT)

443 And that's why I don't feel bad about being a Bill Laimbeer fan.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (mBnJS)


I used to love when Laimbeer would beat the fuck out of Larry Bird. He was probably the only modern NBA player whose father earned more money concurrently than he did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:18 PM (y7DUB)

444 I'm just afraid they won't let me go to Texas!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

If you behave, you can petition to be re-admitted on a non-probationary basis after the 21st of March and you'll be eligible in time to come to Texas!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:13 PM (+00Vt)

My plan is to drive through the Oklahoma panhandle really fvcking fast, and pierce the Texas border, like the zygote what wins the race.

Woo hoo! I'll be a dad.

Again.

I will reiterate that Wild Turkey is a shitty wing-man.

I think I'll head in now.

'Night, Horde.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 31, 2020 11:18 PM (x8Wzq)

445
"The Night I Punched Russell Crowe" is an enjoyable song.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (C2rVF)


Coming home from our house Christmas eve.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 11:18 PM (2N7oZ)

446 fuck

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:18 PM (gd9RK)

447 You want some fun? YouTube Bernie Sanders folk songs.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)



"If I had a hammer...

I'd hit you really hard and take all your stuff"

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)

More like-
If I had a hammer, I'd add it to my sickle

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:19 PM (9Om/r)

448 Tease, unease, please is not bad.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:19 PM (PUmDY)

449 I vote there will be many drama queens on the Dem side of the aisle that night and they will walk out with the biggest drama queen, Schiffty, leading the way, with Nadler scurrying to beat him out of the House Chamber. It will be a conga line of stupid.
Posted by: RickZ

Imagining a Donny Two Scoops response: " Ba bye. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. In your case Jerry we know that's asking alot."

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 11:19 PM (aiDK7)

450 with the tit midget and told her that someone was informing us of the statistical patterns of human electrocution.

Or, Friday at the HQ.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

----

I thought I was paying attention but "tit midget"?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:20 PM (Y4EXg)

451 Is it even possible to be more shallow than this?
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 11:01 PM (wGeit)


Between the ages of 12 and 17? You actually ask this?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2020 11:20 PM (6rS3m)

452 {{{Ladyl}}}

Always glad to help!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:20 PM (+00Vt)

453 the best brexit celebration video:
https://tinyurl.com/wpg2z7a
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (r+sAi)


That's good.

Also good: Scroll down to to an entire stadium singing Rule Britannia.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 11:20 PM (aS1PU)

454 When I was taking piano lessons in the mid 60s, this was one of thd songs I practiced. The sheet music called it "The Caissons Go Rolling Along".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 10:39 PM (pNxlR)

I've sung that at several July 4th festivities. I have always found it extremely tedious.

I was hoping he was doing a parody of Black Hole Sun.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2020 11:21 PM (V2Yro)

455 alexthemalevolent. We talk daily.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:21 PM (gd9RK)

456 G'evening, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:21 PM (O4024)

457 Hulk gamma.

Posted by: Hulk at January 31, 2020 11:21 PM (RVcmP)

458 Finally got to your story, qdpsteve. One of these days you're going to quit and have it stick.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 11:21 PM (SchxB)

459 Imagining a Donny Two Scoops response: " Ba bye.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. In your case Jerry
we know that's asking alot."

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 11:19 PM (aiDK7)


Nadler nad la, Nadler nad la, hey, hey, goodbye!

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (2N7oZ)

460 Blanco, thanks and I know.
It'll be once I find a better job. :-)
My boss will probably have a complete meltdown.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (L2ZTs)

461 440 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:08 PM (aA3+G)

More evidence why you should never argue with MisHum!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (+00Vt)


Nah I was just looking out for Steve.
He was kind.
I can think of much worse things for those assholes he discussed

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (aA3+G)

462 More like-
If I had a hammer, I'd add it to my sickle
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:19 PM (9Om/r)

Or
If I had a hammer,
I'd steal your sickle

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (+00Vt)

463 I believe, sooner or later, every bit of information on the planet will end up on this blog...(not all at once, heads would explode)

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 31, 2020 11:15 PM



The HQ became self-aware on 09 NOV 16...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (7WaWV)

464 BTW: Wyoming is the Best!

Nah-- it's Pennsylvania! PA produced Perry Como, after all. True story: when I was in junior high, the Commonwealth had a required textbook for all eighth graders titled Exploring Pennsylvania. In the last chapter there was a list of "Famous Pennsylvanians," with Perry Como at the top.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (pPNCa)

465 I confess to feeling really depressed tonite about the impeachment end, even tho we won, just as I was about Kavanaugh, even tho we won.

If we have to fight World War III over every damn thing, & then even so just scrape by by a vote or two, there's not much to look forward to, is there?

Anybody else feel exhausted & apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (Cssks)

466 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (aA3+G)

Decorum must be maintained!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (+00Vt)

467 Okay okay okay. It was all over my head.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 11:00 PM (13CQC)


The blonde jokes write themselves.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (Y8PSl)

468 MisHum, ah, now I know what you meant.
You're welcome, I know we're not allowed to get too graphic here at Ace's.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (L2ZTs)

469 It'll be once I find a better job. :-)

Looking forward to reading that story.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (SchxB)

470 Michigan is the best! Four out of five Great Lakes agree!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (joYrR)

471 I thought I was paying attention but "tit midget"?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:20 PM (Y4EXg)

I'm guessing its the LCBT thing. Little Chick Big Tits

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (9Om/r)

472 If I had a hammer,
I'd steal your sickle
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (+00Vt)


I don't want a pickle.

Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (t+qrx)

473 "The HQ became self-aware on 09 NOV 16..."

Ah'll be back...

Posted by: The Aceanator at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (O4024)

474 Blanco, thanks again. I am too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (L2ZTs)

475 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:22 PM (L2ZTs)

So you have something to look forward to!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:25 PM (+00Vt)

476 expose you shows you isn't half bad

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:25 PM (PUmDY)

477 "I don't want a pickle."


Just wanna ride....
on my motorcycle...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:25 PM (O4024)

478 Hrothgar, LOL, yes I do thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:25 PM (L2ZTs)

479 Michigan is the best! Four out of five Great Lakes agree!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (joYrR)


https://stoatnet.org/haloshirt.jpg

Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (t+qrx)

480 Michigan is the best! Four out of five Great Lakes agree!


Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (joYrR)


Give me a break, I'm working on it!

Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (2N7oZ)

481 bleh

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (t+qrx)

482 470 Michigan is the best! Four out of five Great Lakes agree!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:24 PM (joYrR)
---

*shakes head at Lake Ontario*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (Dc2NZ)

483 In the last chapter there was a list of "Famous Pennsylvanians," with Perry Como at the top.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (pPNCa)



Which part of PA, Cat? Pennsylvania is so diverse -- by which I mean that most parts of it have nothing in common with the other parts -- that I don't recognize most of the town names even though I grew up there.

There are, like, eight different Pennsylvanias.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (gd9RK)

484 here everyone is the... [Paul Harvey impression] REST of the story... [/Paul Harvey Impression]

Okay. So I was supposed to show up at work today in the Seal Beach office. (I normally work in the Garden Grove office.)

I decided that after all the shit? I didn't feel like it. I wanna continue to enjoy my (forced) vacation and not start up 'til next week.

So I went ahead and texted my boss, asking if I could come back Monday instead of today. He agreed, but added "you need to work a full eight hours to *catch up*."

This stuck in my craw a little. Catch up? You mean like ALL THE OTHER TIMES my co-worker (who caused this whole mess with my job) didn't do her job, so I had to do it?????

The more I thought about it, the more it bugged me. So I texted my boss, quote:

"Hi [name redacted]. I'm texting because I'm a little confused. Why is there work to catch up on? How much is there? I've provided [bad co-worker] with training on both inputting and affidavits/invoices. She should be able to keep up with this work herself."

My boss' response:

"Steve, I'm not going to go into that. It's overall a 2 person job and having to adjust with just one person can cause things to slow down."

I'd had it. I responded, also via text:

"Okay [boss name]. I understand. Just FYI, whenever I've had to work in the office alone, you've NEVER accepted any excuse from me about how heavy the workload is."

"Therefore, I resign again. You obviously don't have respect for me."

Then all hell broke loose. My boss immediately texted me back giving me the rundown I originally requested. I didn't respond to that, instead I just texted:

"I will be at the office Sunday at noon to pick up my things. See you then."

Suddenly per my boss, I find out everything is caught up (because he's suddenly furiously typing it all up himself now, no doubt) and he's saying he does respect me. Sigh, whatever.

Then we played phone tag for a while because he made it clear he wanted to speak with me directly.

Long story short, I quit and got my job back a SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS. LOL.

We'll see what happens next, on Monday. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut in the meantime.

Sorry for yet another wall of text.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January




Hey, good standing up for yourself and showing the confidence you deserve.


You should know though, that my mentor said that when something such as that happens where an employee threatens to quit ot gives you an ultimatum because they got a better offer you should fire them then and there or when it is convenient for you. Someone that tries to coerce you has to go.

Not suggesting it is going to happen for sure but be aware.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (HALdu)

485 City College of San Francisco has been having financial problems for a long time, mostly due to grotesque mismanagement.

The chancellor of CCSF sent a letter about the financial issues in November, which said, in part:

"This situation is not an emergency but part of a long-planned restructuring of the academic program to prioritize the graduation of students of color."

Because whether white students graduate from CCSF or not is a matter of indifference to the college's administration.

Are people like this chancellor aware that they are working for Trump's reelection campaign?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (I2/tG)

486 *shakes head at Lake Ontario*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (Dc2NZ)


Ohio can have Erie. It's hardly a great lake anyway. Just... adequate.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (t+qrx)

487 Decorum must be maintained!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (+00Vt)


In the future, there will be manners.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (2N7oZ)

488 Michigan is the best! Four out of five Great Lakes agree!

......

So much consensus in these contentious times.

It's Eerie, when you think about it.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (C2rVF)

489 I think this impeachment biz has sucked the snark and wit out of everybody. yikes
Posted by: Jasper Moore

Son, someday you'll realize life is not all fun and games.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (aiDK7)

490 "I don't want a pickle."


Just wanna ride....
on my motorcycle...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:25 PM (O4024)


LOL. I used to randomly sing that in the car to my kids. They'd groan but they loved it. Good times.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (aS1PU)

491 not so, gotcha thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (L2ZTs)

492
Nah-- it's Pennsylvania! PA produced Perry Como, after all. True story: when I was in junior high, the Commonwealth had a required textbook for all eighth graders titled Exploring Pennsylvania. In the last chapter there was a list of "Famous Pennsylvanians," with Perry Como at the top.
Posted by: Basement Cat
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Maybe, but he lived here a good bit of the time, where people would leave him alone. https://tinyurl.com/vnnye6c

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (xSo9G)

493 *shakes head at Lake Ontario*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:26 PM (Dc2NZ)

What an Erie coincidence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (LxWV7)

494 On a clear day, I can actually see Pennsyltucky from Teh Zettaibunker... I should go there more often...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:29 PM (7WaWV)

495 -
--
Anybody else feel exhausted apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?


Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM

-------------

Heh. Learn from Donny Two-Scoops.
Have some ice cream, win, and SMILE.

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 11:29 PM (RVcmP)

496 Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?

Ahem.

Posted by: Trumps' Judicial Appointments! at January 31, 2020 11:29 PM (I2/tG)

497 Awright night creatures, I'm turning in. Try not to be too beastly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:29 PM (Dc2NZ)

498 483 In the last chapter there was a list of "Famous Pennsylvanians," with Perry Como at the top.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (pPNCa)


Which part of PA, Cat? Pennsylvania is so diverse -- by which I mean that most parts of it have nothing in common with the other parts -- that I don't recognize most of the town names even though I grew up there.

There are, like, eight different Pennsylvanias.
Posted by: Bandersnatch



There are 2 Pennsylvania's. The dividing line is Breezewood.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (mBnJS)

499 When she snows you, good stuff

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (PUmDY)

500 Well, that last slice of pizza on the buffet is starting to curl up at the tip - is that even from tonight? - and the keg is empty - I know there's another one coming up from the basement, but I'm done.

'Puff,' the magic drag-on. He heh heeh. surrree..

gknyt

Zzzz♠❚❙❙❘❘❘

Posted by: mindful webworker - universes just keep alternating at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (0mP7b)

501 Awright night creatures, I'm turning in.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 31, 2020 11:29 PM (Dc2NZ)


Good idea. 'night.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (t+qrx)

502 The "real" Brits singing Rule Brittania lead by Zboris and Nigel!

Meanwhile in the US, Bernie is getting "The International" scored for vuvuzela and kazoo for his campaign rallies.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (+00Vt)

503 Boris

Dammit

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (+00Vt)

504
420 You want some fun? YouTube Bernie Sanders folk songs.
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2020 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)


Where have all the flowers gone?
Damned if I know -- I was too busy stealing your stuff.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (pNxlR)

505 We're one big Group W bench here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (xSo9G)

506 There are 2 Pennsylvania's. The dividing line is Breezewood.


This is my point. I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (gd9RK)

507
It's Eerie, when you think about it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (C2rVF)

I think Huron to something.

Posted by: Rex B at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (KLaku)

508 I have a bias in favor of Lake Michigan, since up until recently I lived 2 blocks away from it. Lake Superior is nice but very, very cold. Lake Erie - meh. I can not offer any opinion about Lake Ontario. I have never heard anyone offer any opinion about Lake Huron. It's like the little one everyone forgets about.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (d6Ksn)

509 Which part of PA, Cat? Pennsylvania is so diverse -- by which I mean that most parts of it have nothing in common with the other parts -- that I don't recognize most of the town names even though I grew up there.

There are, like, eight different Pennsylvanias.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

---

So I'm in this restaurant in PA and me and another patron are arguing about how to say town's name properly.

I say it's pronounced - Ta MAH qua

The other guy is saying No! - It's TOM a qua

We go back and forth and it's getting heated. Finally a cop, who is also eating there, comes over and I explain to him what's going on. I ask him "What the hell is the name of this place anyway?"

"Bur Ger King you dumb ass."

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (Y4EXg)

510 If Roberts is there Trump should out Chiamarellopet as the whistleblower and that Bolton is behind all this shit.
Posted by: Kazi at January 31, 2020 10:05 PM (0x00j)

Trump has had lots of practice of ad libbing at his rallies these past few months. It would not surprise me in the slightest if he did this on live TV.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (m2EfB)

511 not so, gotcha thanks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January




Not trying to ruin your day, just wanted to share the insight.

We had the hottest secretary ever. She told him she got an offer for 10 percent more which was not much and fair for her. She said if he matched she would stay.

Mentor said no thanks have fun at the new job.

The new girl got the salary the old girl wanted but she was not hot.

Should have kept the hottie.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (HALdu)

512 What an Erie coincidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 11:28 PM (LxWV7)

You needn't act so Superior!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (+00Vt)

513 We're one big Group W bench here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (xSo9G)


Sorry, I'm too drunk to google "Group W".

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (2N7oZ)

514 It was a former military engineer who used surplus artillery caissons to brace up the construction of abutments for the first major bridge across the Missouri. Later, all falsework for deep bridge footings got named "caisson" by association.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 31, 2020 11:11 PM (oRpiG)


Yep. Remember reading about the caissons used when building the Brooklyn Bridge. Also described how some workers got Caisson's Disease, a/k/a the bends, though nobody was quite sure why. As stated above, they didn't realize humans could fizz and pop like a shaken bottle of soda.

But I did not know the story of the Missouri bridge builder/military engineer giving us caissons for construction. I did always wonder how 'caissons' came to be used when I was reading about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Talk about news you can use.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (Y8PSl)

515 I can pronounce 'Tunkhannock'...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (7WaWV)

516 Which part of PA, Cat?

Lancaster. Best bud from college days is from The Burgh. I'm so old I can remember when 1) there were two MLB teams in Philly; and 2) there were only two divisions in the NL and the Phillies/Pirates rivalry was almost as bad as the Yankees/Red Sox feud.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (pPNCa)

517 From Russia With Golden Showers

Posted by: Fritz at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (ATCV4)

518 506 There are 2 Pennsylvania's. The dividing line is Breezewood.


This is my point. I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.
Posted by: Bandersnatch



The Turnpike going West from Philly. Can't miss it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (mBnJS)

519 This is my point. I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

---

I do not understand those words in that order.

LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (Y4EXg)

520 Did you know that a single piece of spaghetti is called a spaghetto?

I didn't, but learned that only recently.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (C2rVF)

521 Mentor said no thanks have fun at the new job.



The new girl got the salary the old girl wanted but she was not hot.



Should have kept the hottie.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (HALdu)


I must have missed that Space:1999 episode.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (2N7oZ)

522 Sorry, I'm too drunk to google "Group W".


Alice's Restaurant. You child.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (gd9RK)

523 Anybody else feel exhausted & apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?
Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (Cssks)


Yes. We've allowed ourselves to be sold out by the GOP for too fucking long. Reagan was too old by the end of his second term to buck the party elite and tell them to find somebody better than the guy who never stopped hating voodoo economics. And the fucking Bushes only made the derp state worse. So yeah, we've still got a lot of work to do.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (y7DUB)

524 Meanwhile in the US, Bernie is getting "The International" scored for vuvuzela and kazoo for his campaign rallies.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:30 PM (+00Vt)

It ain't Commie if there ain't a swynet in the band.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 11:35 PM (LxWV7)

525 I must have missed that Space:1999 episode.
Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January




?

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:35 PM (HALdu)

526 465
I confess to feeling really depressed tonite about the impeachment end,
even tho we won, just as I was about Kavanaugh, even tho we won.



If we have to fight World War III over every damn thing, then
even so just scrape by by a vote or two, there's not much to look
forward to, is there?



Anybody else feel exhausted apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (Cssks)

A few items for thought, as follows:
No, not really. But I could just be odd because I don't put much beyond surface emotion into these fights. It was a solid lock that this impeachment was going nowhere - the Democrats needed a unified caucus and twenty GOP defectors and that was never going to happen with the lame charges the House came up with.


Yes, the MSM says this, that, and the other thing but so what? They do that all the time and it isn't shifting anything at all. Ignore them.


Yes, Senator There makes a portentious sound, and Senator Where also foghorns lustily. Which is what they always do. Anyone who pays attention to their words while ignoring where their states' stand on major issues is doing this wrong.

People do not become Senate Majority Leader because they do not know how to get 50+ drama queens in a row. And anyone who thinks you can just order those people around is someone that is sniffing paint thinner fumes off of a hobo's ass. There are just a hundred of them, they are prouder than Satan, and when it comes to their perks and privileges they are touchier than a French actress. Those people you got to schmooze and smooth them along until they discover that what you are proposing is what they always intended to do all along.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:35 PM (joYrR)

527 Sorry, I'm too drunk to google "Group W".

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM



It's where they put all the mother rapers and father stabbers...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:35 PM (7WaWV)

528 I watched NBC Nightly News for the first time in a very long time tonight. Nothing at all about Trump's EO regarding human trafficking and nothing about Brexit taking effect. The IMPEACHMENT and Corona Virus were the big stories.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at January 31, 2020 11:35 PM (d6Ksn)

529 I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:31 PM (gd9RK)

Nobody expects you to know the location of every rest stop in the State.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (tVQUs)

530 From Russia With Golden Showers


Posted by: Fritz at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (ATCV4)


I'm listening.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (2N7oZ)

531 2) there were only two divisions in the NL and the Phillies/Pirates rivalry was almost as bad as the Yankees/Red Sox feud.


I miss it. Alas, I can still hate the Flyers. They are in the same division as the Penguins. The Pens beat the Philthy Flyers tonight!

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (mBnJS)

532 I can pronounce 'Tunkhannock'...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:33 PM (7WaWV)


The Allegheny Pharaoh?

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (t+qrx)

533 Bander - I take it you've never been to Kutztown or Mertztown?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (Y4EXg)

534 Should have kept the hottie.
Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (HALdu)

Add that to the Rules To Live By text!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (+00Vt)

535
Miley still refuses to get the pea/bean thing down. She defiantly calls black-eyed and crowder peas "beans".

To her, peas are green peas, English peas as we generally call them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 31, 2020 11:37 PM (rCwaK)

536 Nobody expects you to know the location of every rest stop in the State.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (tVQUs)

Just the ones with a Arthur Treacher's.

Posted by: Jimmy Lennon's Junior at January 31, 2020 11:37 PM (2N7oZ)

537 439 the best brexit celebration video:
https://tinyurl.com/wpg2z7a
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 31, 2020 11:17 PM (r+sAi)

That is awesome.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (1CjJc)

538 Add that to the Rules To Live By text!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January



Sweater Puppies

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (HALdu)

539 Anybody else feel exhausted & apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM (Cssks)


Welcome to Alinksy World. He wrote the Bible for how tor exhaust normies. Don't let that Alinsky bastard win!

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (Y8PSl)

540 PA is a beautiful state. I guess that surprised me the first time I drove though it because I never hear people talking about how pretty it is. The mental image that I had of it was Billy Joel's "Allentown."

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (d6Ksn)

541 Alas, I can still hate the Flyers.

May I ask your opinion of the Iggles?

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (pPNCa)

542
Sorry for yet another wall of text.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January

=======

Good LORD, qdpsteve

You've got to get out of there eventually. Sooner would be better. That's no way to work.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2020 11:39 PM (13CQC)

543 I can pronounce 'Tunkhannock'...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
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Hmm. I just noticed that on of the countries placed on the restricted travel list is Kyrgyzstan. Want to have a go at that?

I'd pay $20 for Sharpton to give it a go.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:39 PM (CDGwz)

544 Kutztown...

Is the J's Atlantic City Subs still there on the main drag?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:40 PM (O4024)

545 thirst!

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 31, 2020 11:40 PM (n0ufP)

546 Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?

Yes, she did it gracefully.



That's a dad joke.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 31, 2020 11:40 PM (k5ANL)

547 >>> It's Eerie, when you think about it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:27 PM (C2rVF)

I think Huron to something.
Posted by: Rex B


Great. Lake humor.

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (jPtGI)

548 Mikey, I read your comment with interest.

Let's be honest. One of the reasons Dems are so united and forceful on everything?

Dems are afraid of their constituents. Literally AFRAID. Many of their constituents are psychotic, violent and dangerous.

If someone doesn't get in line on the D side, all the party has to do is let that person's own constituents know.

Then their lives, and the lives of their loved ones and friends, are all in danger.

Also don't forget that life is seen as cheap by the DNC honchos anyway, and they don't really have a problem with making people disappear forever.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (L2ZTs)

549 518 506 There are 2 Pennsylvania's. The dividing line is Breezewood.


This is my point. I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.
Posted by: Bandersnatch



Breezewood was planned specifically to make driving through PA miserable.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (TdMsT)

550 Mayer and Oteil have been jamming this lately...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8dK0iEzi1M

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (PUmDY)

551 541 Alas, I can still hate the Flyers.

May I ask your opinion of the Iggles?
Posted by: Basement Cat



Neutral but I was glad they finally won the SB a few years ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (mBnJS)

552 Bander - I take it you've never been to Kutztown or Mertztown?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM (Y4EXg)



This is my point. I think I went to Kutztown on a road trip once. Maybe. Never heard of Mertztown.

Grew up in Doylestown from fifth grade to college, college at Penn State, had an LDR with a girl from high school who lived in Pottstown five to ten years ago. That should be Pennsylvania cred.

But no, I don't know Breezewood or Mertztown. I've barely learned the difference between Pottsville and Pottstown.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (gd9RK)

553 Welcome to Alinksy World. He wrote the Bible for how tor exhaust normies. Don't let that Alinsky bastard win!
Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2020 11:38 PM (Y8PSl)

This!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (+00Vt)

554 The Alinsky thing works when the alinskyites are working against someone that believes the alinskyites are working in good faith.

When you realize that they are not it does not work.

Meet my friend NO.

Posted by: not so at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (HALdu)

555 PA is a beautiful state. I guess that surprised me the first time I drove though it because I never hear people talking about how pretty it is. The mental image that I had of it was Billy Joel's "Allentown."
Posted by: Donna&&&&V
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Some very beautiful areas. Motorcycled Hwy 6. I have to say that I will never forget Potato City.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (CDGwz)

556 The Allegheny Pharaoh?

Posted by: hogmartin at January 31, 2020 11:36 PM



It took me a while to get that... Hah!

There is an actual beast known as the 'Alleghany alligator', though!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (7WaWV)

557 Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM (O4024)

558 not so and Blonde, yup and yup and thanks and thanks. :-)

Blonde, yes, it's getting openly crazy. As I said before, when I REALLY leave forever, I'm kind of interested seeing how big of a meltdown I have to deal with on the part of my boss.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM (L2ZTs)

559 I'd pay $20 for Sharpton to give it a go.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:39 PM (CDGwz)


$20 is the same as downtown.

Posted by: Maxine Waters at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM (2N7oZ)

560 I don't know what you folks learned in school, but it was always the Shifty Fifty-Seven United States when I went to school in Indonesia!

Posted by: Barry O. at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM (a4EWo)

561 Wow, good for Kobe.

Along similar lines (sick kids), since people were asking for an update, my girl came through her surgery and appears well.

She's doped up and white as a sheet, but is awake and looks at me. She can't cry yet because she's sore from the tube, but she tries to and is clearly alert and stable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (PBmdd)

562 Great. Lake humor.

.....

May not be that entertaining, but it's better than the usual titty caca that goes on around here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (C2rVF)

563 Such charming elbows.


https://tinyurl.com/v4nsqr3

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (joYrR)

564 Kobe could very well turn out to be another George Michael.

Someone who was seen as a bit shifty during their lifetime, but after they left, turned out to be pretty decent.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (L2ZTs)

565 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM (L2ZTs)

If you quit, why do you have to deal with anything related to your former boss?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (+00Vt)

566 Alice's Restaurant. You child.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (gd9RK)

When you google "Alice's Restaurant" (for me at least) the first result is for a place that I can't afford to eat at in Woodside. Nothing about the song until a few links down.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (tVQUs)

567 It took me a while to get that... Hah!

There is an actual beast known as the 'Alleghany alligator', though!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (7WaWV)

Is that like a Bremalo?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (LxWV7)

568 Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
------

Well, the spawn of a Democrat Senator, so...

Naturally, she was NPR/PBS talking head for decades, because, not biased.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (CDGwz)

569 >>> Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Heck, I thought she was dead?

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (CpuQE)

570 -
--
Has anyone here ever seen Macy Gray?

----------------

Was this when his wife got arrested?

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (RVcmP)

571
Along similar lines (sick kids), since people were asking for an update, my girl came through her surgery and appears well.

She's doped up and white as a sheet, but is awake and looks at me. She can't cry yet because she's sore from the tube, but she tries to and is clearly alert and stable.


Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (PBmdd)


Thank God she's okay, Yud. I didn't know your baby was having surgery.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (TdMsT)

572 544 Kutztown...

Is the J's Atlantic City Subs still there on the main drag?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

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Don't think so. If you are in town, you MUST get to Letterman's Diner. Cheap, but great eats - only has 20 or so seats. Pancakes as big as manhole cover.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:46 PM (Y4EXg)

573 Hrothgar, I don't, but I get to receive his follow-up texts and voicemails.

It's gonna be a challenge for me to decide: keep them, read/listen to them and enjoy the entertainment value? Or just block him?

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)

574 May not be that entertaining, but it's better than the usual titty caca that goes on around here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger, Still Stuck at 8th Level Commenter at January 31, 2020 11:44 PM (C2rVF)


Hey! That's some of my best material!

Posted by: Cannibal Blob at January 31, 2020 11:46 PM (hmgiv)

575 But no, I don't know Breezewood or Mertztown. I've barely learned the difference between Pottsville and Pottstown.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:42 PM (gd9RK)


That's a paddlin.

Posted by: Jasper Beardsley at January 31, 2020 11:46 PM (2N7oZ)

576 so I'm reading about that first US patient

he was just 35yo
checked into hospital on day 4 of symptoms (cough & fever, but went because he'd been to Wuhan)
on day 9 got pneumonia
on day 11 they gave him a nrw (still experimental I think) antiviral called remdesivir via IV
he starredrto get better in a day but they say they don't know if it was the drug or he was just gonna get better

links here if you're interested

https://twitter.com/votermom/status/
1223465243562606593

Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 31, 2020 11:47 PM (G546f)

577 US Rt 40 in PA is lovely. US Rt 6 is a worthwhile drive too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 31, 2020 11:47 PM (mBnJS)

578 -
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Sorry, I'm too drunk to google "Group W".


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Alice's Restaurant. You child.


Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM

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Yeah, Vic Tayback was great.

Posted by: irright at January 31, 2020 11:47 PM (RVcmP)

579 YD - Manhug.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:47 PM (CDGwz)

580 When you google "Alice's Restaurant" (for me at least) the first result is for a place that I can't afford to eat at in Woodside. Nothing about the song until a few links down.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (tVQUs)



Arlo Guthrie song, 1967, about a 1965 incident involving trash and the draft.

Someone else can tell you about the lawn.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (gd9RK)

581 YD, so glad your little one is doing well. Continued prayers.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (Y4EXg)

582 I just noticed that on of the countries placed on the restricted travel list is Kyrgyzstan. Want to have a go at that?

I'd pay $20 for Sharpton to give it a go.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:39 PM (CDGwz)


It's a very mountainous country, beautiful and probably not safe. Sharpton wouldn't last a day there.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (y7DUB)

583 @ 557
VIA, Cokie Roberts passed, sue you didn't misidentify someone?

Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (KATBx)

584 Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice




Is she rubbing one out? Because I'd be rubbing one out.

Posted by: Jen Rubin at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (2N7oZ)

585 college at Penn State

My cousin the airline captain went to Penn State for aerospace engineering and flight school. He was very pleased with the program and was able to step right into a job with the airlines after graduation. But I don't know whether it's gone SJW since he was there.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (pPNCa)

586 ???
I thought Cokie Roberts was mort???

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (L2ZTs)

587 561: yd, prayers up for continued healing. stay strong, my friend.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (KP5rU)

588 Heck, I thought she was dead?

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (CpuQE)

She's been RBG'd. Just a walking husk. Already embalmed.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (hmgiv)

589 Thank God she's okay, Yud. I didn't know your baby was having surgery.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (TdMsT)

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Me either. They called that shot yesterday. It was supposed to be a few months out, but it looked urgent so we did it now. Shunt from brain to abdominal cavity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (PBmdd)

590 Let us also note that the United Kingdom is also officially, finally out of the EU.

Posted by: logprof at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (oZuI0)

591 This is my point. I'm from Pennsylvania and I've never heard of Breezewood.

Posted by: Bandersnatch



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I do not understand those words in that order.



LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:34 PM (Y4EXg)


My little brother lives in Maryland. I know of Breezewood and the interchange from the Turnpike to Not The Turnpike. It is not a place for mortal souls.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (joYrR)

592 Knocks Me Off My Feet is crazy good.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (PUmDY)

593 Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Heck, I thought she was dead?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (CpuQE)


She is.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:50 PM (y7DUB)

594 Last time I was in Shunk, the old Studebaker dealership was still there, signage and all... Rather cool!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:50 PM (7WaWV)

595 She's been RBG'd. Just a walking husk. Already embalmed.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (hmgiv)


I'd hit it.

Posted by: Jen Rubin at January 31, 2020 11:50 PM (2N7oZ)

596 VIA, Cokie Roberts passed, sue you didn't misidentify someone?
Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2020 11:48 PM (KATBx)


Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.
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These are not necessarily contradictory statements.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:50 PM (CDGwz)

597 Young Cokie Roberts was hawt.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (gd9RK)

598 Actually RBG was fully animatronicized by Disney.
Human outside, robot inside!

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (L2ZTs)

599 If Roberts is there Trump should out Chiamarellopet as the whistleblower and that Bolton is behind all this shit.
Posted by: Kazi

*Donny Two Scoops puts on Carnac the magnificent's turbine

"He was a Biden staffer"
"Adam Schiff coached him."
"registered Democrat Eric Ciaramella"

* Pence hands him an envelope *

"Who is the whistleblower."

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (aiDK7)

600 The only silver lining to the misery & foreboding I feel is the warm happy glow I get contemplating the misery & foreboding on the other side.

Somebody said the MSM all look like a bunch of kids who got socks for Christmas tonight.

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (Cssks)

601 >>> Me either. They called that shot yesterday. It was supposed to be a few months out, but it looked urgent so we did it now. Shunt from brain to abdominal cavity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at

Hydrocephalus?

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (CpuQE)

602 Let us also note that the United Kingdom is also officially, finally out of the EU.

Out and proud, by the looks of it.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (pPNCa)

603 " Cokie Roberts passed, sue you didn't misidentify someone?"

Could explain her looking like she was ill....yes?

Somebody who looked like her, I'll grant you that.

Busy working on a mortgage application, so I wasn't watching too closely.

But the mewling quems were trying to stoke the fires of anger in the citizenry.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (O4024)

604 Heck, I thought she was dead?

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:45 PM (CpuQE)



She is.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:50 PM (y7DUB)


Gonna need some lube is all.

Posted by: Jen Rubin at January 31, 2020 11:52 PM (2N7oZ)

605 My little brother lives in Maryland. I know of Breezewood and the interchange from the Turnpike to Not The Turnpike. It is not a place for mortal souls.
Posted by: Mikey NTH

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I had our bus driver stop in Breezewood coming back from DC with my high schoolers last week. At a truck stop. In the middle of the night.

Life lessons and all. LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2020 11:52 PM (Y4EXg)

606 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)

Got it, decide on your level of pain tolerance and adjust accordingly, whatever you decide, I wish you well! Personally, I think I'd block him and move on, because it doesn't sound like an option worth keeping open.
YMMV

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:52 PM (+00Vt)

607
Me either. They called that shot yesterday. It was supposed to be a few months out, but it looked urgent so we did it now. Shunt from brain to abdominal cavity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (PBmdd)


YD--You must be wrung out. I just sent a prayer up for your little one and for you.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:52 PM (TdMsT)

608 Hrothgar, fair enough, all true. Thanks.
I admit I have a lot of pain tolerance, because I've always had self-esteem issues and dealt with a lot of people (including bosses) who were even more psycho than this guy. A LOT more.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)

609 Yes, prayers up YD.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 31, 2020 11:53 PM (gd9RK)

610 Also, just thanks to the Horde for all the HUNDREDS of prayers. Means more than you guys think to me personally, and I think it's made a positive impact on a pregnancy, delivery, and postnatal situation that all looked very bad. It's a miracle, really.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (PBmdd)

611 Just repeating a recommended view - video of a Brit (I guess this is "Sargon") discussing the unhinged, idiotic "Remainer" vitriol and hate and ignorance unleashed by the glorious Brexit day:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/rxflfjd

Trying to think of the last time I saw the word "xenophobic" used by *other than* a dumb, closed-minded, ignorant, mono-lingual, mono-cultural, racist. And these airheads fancy themselves "cosmopolitan". Darkly funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (El6T/)

612
Yes, Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts, aka Cokie died in Sept of last year.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (rCwaK)

613

Couple years ago wife and I took a 2 week trip down though Virginia, using county roads and eschewing the interstates.

We used a 55 Ford Town Sedan courtesy of a person who owed me big time.

I actually formally rented it from him. So much fun, noodling around with no formal itinerary.



Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (KATBx)

614 Prayers up YD. Went through similar with my youngest. Neonatal ICU for a week at birth. Major surgery at 6 months. He's 25 and a pain in tje ass now.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (aiDK7)

615 Actually RBG was fully animatronicized by Disney.
Human outside, robot inside!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (L2ZTs)

Obligatory: "for some values of human".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (LxWV7)

616 Best wishes to your child, YD.

I'm out.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 31, 2020 11:54 PM (y7DUB)

617 Ordinary Pain is very good.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at January 31, 2020 11:55 PM (PUmDY)

618 Let us also note that the United Kingdom is also officially, finally out of the EU.
Posted by: logprof at January 31, 2020 11:49 PM (oZuI0),

Hillary Clinton will never be President,

And Epstein didn't kill himself !

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:55 PM (+00Vt)

619 YDice, prayers up for he little one. Please keep us posted.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob at January 31, 2020 11:55 PM (hmgiv)

620 Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.

Well, I should say so. She died last September.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 31, 2020 11:55 PM (oRpiG)

621 Hydrocephalus?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (CpuQE)

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That's the one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2020 11:55 PM (PBmdd)

622 My memories fade...

Teh Go Ogles informs it was actually a Kaiser-Frazer dealership in Shunk I was remembering...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 31, 2020 11:56 PM (7WaWV)

623 Cokie Roberts. Shit, man. That's not a TV you're watching. It's a spirit box. Ask it some questions.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2020 11:56 PM (H5knJ)

624 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:41 PM (L2ZTs)


Everything may be that; however for us? Out here? Don't drop too much emotional energy into this, save that for the things that are really important (trust me on this - this has been hell week), and use your brainy-head (not the feelz-good-head) to look over all of the propaganda and try to decipher where each of these legislators perceives his or her interest to lie.



Because where their treasure is where their heart lies.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at January 31, 2020 11:56 PM (joYrR)

625 Yes, Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts, aka Cokie died in Sept of last year.
Posted by: publius
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Ah. That's it, she was Hale Boggs daughter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2020 11:57 PM (CDGwz)

626 Yeah, I vaguely recall that Cokie had crossed the river Styx. Seemed young for that.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2020 11:57 PM (El6T/)

627 Anybody else feel exhausted apprehensive? Feel like we play defense only-- FOREVER?




Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2020 11:23 PM


I take comfort in the fact that I will outlive most of the assholes that are making our lives miserable. Many future celebrations on the horizon. Every time one of those fucks die a beer truck gets it's wings.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:57 PM (9Om/r)

628 Mike, true, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:58 PM (L2ZTs)

629 Popping in

maybe popping out ...maybe signing off before popping off

that kinda week....could not even muster going up-thread

so I'm kind irrelevant....actually.

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 31, 2020 11:58 PM (kFkpX)

630 623 Cokie Roberts. Shit, man. That's not a TV you're watching. It's a spirit box. Ask it some questions.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2020 11:56 PM (H5knJ)




I can't stop laughing.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:58 PM (TdMsT)

631 I'm done good people
Enjoy the night
YD, Prayers up for your and yours, and the attending hospital staff,

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 31, 2020 11:59 PM (+00Vt)

632 "Hulk smash". Late 1960s, Japanese, been there done that.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 31, 2020 11:59 PM (ePWRo)

633 Cokie Roberts. Shit, man. That's not a TV you're watching. It's a spirit box. Ask it some questions.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2020 11:56 PM (H5knJ)









I can't stop laughing.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 31, 2020 11:58 PM (TdMsT)

I know, me too. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:59 PM (9Om/r)

634 Thanks for the ONT, WeirdDave.

YD, prayers up for your little one, and for your family. I pray that God comfort you and that your daughter be completely healed.

Pray for our President and our valiant warriors.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 01, 2020 12:00 AM (v+W/p)

635 Cokie is muerto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 01, 2020 12:00 AM (n0ufP)

636 -
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Cokie Roberts looks to be about to have an aneurysm on the late night MSNBC special on the Peach Mint.


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2020 11:43 PM

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Little known fact: Cokie Roberts was the initial inspiration for Gozer (the Gozerian, the Traveller, the nimble little minx) from Ghostbuster's fame.

Posted by: irright at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (RVcmP)

637 I take comfort in the fact that I will outlive most of the assholes that are making our lives miserable. Many future celebrations on the horizon. Every time one of those fucks die a beer truck gets it's wings.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2020 11:57 PM (9Om/r)

Some beer trucks don't need wings:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/r3fn3mh

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (LxWV7)

638 Couple years ago wife and I took a 2 week trip down though Virginia, using county roads and eschewing the interstates.
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That's the way all of my motorcycle camping trips have been. Kind of select a target destination, then plot out the back roads to get there. Look at the map each night around the campfire, adjust as inclined. It's the trip that counts, not the destination.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (CDGwz)

639 598
Actually RBG was fully animatronicized by Disney.

Human outside, robot inside!

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (L2ZTs)


That's the Ginsberginator. It never tires, it never stops, it has no mercy, nor pity, it will always keep coming for you in order to deny certiorari and concur to make an otherwise minority Leftist opinion law.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (joYrR)

640 Oooookay on the Cokie Robts quiz. Guess we're all up on our NPR stars.



There is a pretty good art museum at Toledo, Ohio. They had a joint exhibit project planned with a major NYC museum, and had crated up several large masterpieces for transport. The trailer was stolen at Breezewood, The City of Motels.

It was serious, but after a few days of what must have been some damned interesting phone calls to international art fences, they dropped the trailer off. IIRC, no questions were asked. Famous paintings are hard to re-sell.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 01, 2020 12:02 AM (oRpiG)

641 Mikey gets it :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 01, 2020 12:02 AM (L2ZTs)

642 Some beer trucks don't need wings:



https://preview.tinyurl.com/r3fn3mh

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (LxWV7)

That is way cool. I would make it a summer home. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:03 AM (9Om/r)

643 >>> Hydrocephalus?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 31, 2020 11:51 PM (CpuQE)

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That's the one.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

My best man's daughter was diagnosed with this and had shunt put in as well.

Great to hear they took care of this right away. Many blessings and prayers for healthy recovery. Love my boys. But my daughter is my joy.

Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 01, 2020 12:03 AM (CpuQE)

644 When you google "Alice's Restaurant" (for me at least) the first result is for a place that I can't afford to eat at in Woodside.

And the restaurant is about as old as the song is.

Posted by: Trumps' Judicial Appointments! at February 01, 2020 12:04 AM (I2/tG)

645
Cokie was 75. I was looking her up along with the rest of the Boggs family. It seems a lot of them die relatively young.

She had a sister who died of cancer at just 51. Her brother, Tommy (Thomas Hale, Jr.) died of a heart attack at 73.

Her mother made it to 97, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 01, 2020 12:04 AM (rCwaK)

646 spirit box. reminds me of an injun i babe i had relations with a long time ago.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 01, 2020 12:05 AM (KP5rU)

647 About the dad humor date: The gal remembered his name and made a joke. Sounds like a keeper to me.

But no, because it was not a sterling effort at humor, worthy of a stand up act at the local comedy club, these twits act like mean girls.

Idiots.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 01, 2020 12:05 AM (WEBkv)

648 And of course her dad died in Alaska, plane crash. Like Will Rogers.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:05 AM (El6T/)

649 Love's in need of love is very great.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:06 AM (PUmDY)

650 Cokie is muerto.

And Cokie was the daughter of Hale Boggs, long-time Democratic congressman.

Official DC is more inbred than a West Virginia trailer camp.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 01, 2020 12:06 AM (I2/tG)

651 . Like Will Rogers.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Plane piloted by Wiley Post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:07 AM (CDGwz)

652 And of course her dad died in Alaska, plane crash. Like Will Rogers.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:05 AM (El6T/)
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Any relation to Wiley Post?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 01, 2020 12:07 AM (WEBkv)

653 And Cokie was the daughter of Hale Boggs, long-time Democratic congressman.

Official DC is more inbred than a West Virginia trailer camp.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 01, 2020 12:06 AM (I2/tG)
* * * *

*SNORT*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 01, 2020 12:07 AM (v+W/p)

654
Couple years ago wife and I took a 2 week trip down though Virginia, using county roads and eschewing the interstates.

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That's the way all of my motorcycle camping trips have been. Kind of
select a target destination, then plot out the back roads to get there.
Look at the map each night around the campfire, adjust as inclined.
It's the trip that counts, not the destination.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM (CDGwz)


I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:08 AM (9Om/r)

655 YD, the sooner the better, right?
hugs for the baby and your wife too

Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 01, 2020 12:08 AM (G546f)

656 The former Alice's Restaurant in Stockbridge, MA, has been Theresa's Cafe since 1995.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:09 AM (gd9RK)

657 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:07 AM (CDGwz)
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Do we want to admit we might be a tad older than 29 or just claim we've read a lot of history?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 01, 2020 12:09 AM (WEBkv)

658 I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.
Posted by: Berserker
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*sigh*

I always have to encourage the Harley types to man up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:10 AM (xSo9G)

659 Do we want to admit we might be a tad older than 29 or just claim we've read a lot of history?
Posted by: blake
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I used to be in close association with a number of Lockheed engineers. Every time they would start acting uppity, I would reel off a list of people who died while flying in their planes. Will Rogers and Wiley Post were two them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:12 AM (xSo9G)

660 -
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And Cokie was the daughter of Hale Boggs...

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And who had started some sort of comet-cult and drank 107 beers on an airplane before disappearing.

Posted by: Half-Assed History at February 01, 2020 12:12 AM (RVcmP)

661 Don't delay, send your love right away. Holy shit.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:13 AM (PUmDY)

662 I hate rain.


Australian Outback Duster.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 12:13 AM (aiDK7)

663 >>> I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

I got caught in major downpour (pre-smartphones) once. Since then, rain doesn't bother me much. Though I might think differently if I had happened somewhere like the tail of the dragon. Lucky it was in Iowa (only straight aways).

Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 01, 2020 12:13 AM (CpuQE)

664 I used to be in close association with a number of Lockheed engineers. Every time they would start acting uppity, I would reel off a list of people who died while flying in their planes. Will Rogers and Wiley Post were two them.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:12 AM (xSo9G)
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Heh.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 01, 2020 12:14 AM (WEBkv)

665 -
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ome beer trucks don't need wings:


https://preview.tinyurl.com/r3fn3mh



Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:01 AM

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Am drinking a Labatt as we type.

Posted by: irright at February 01, 2020 12:14 AM (RVcmP)

666 Well, just my usual hit and run evening.

Really looking forward to Feb 1.

January has been the pits.

Later all!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 01, 2020 12:15 AM (WEBkv)

667
Boggs went missing with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich, Sr. in Oct of '72. The plane disappeared and no wreckage or bodies were every found.

Both Begich and Boggs were posthumously reelected.

The House declared them officially dead by resolution, allowing special elections to fill the seats.

Hale's wife and Cokie's mother, Lindy (Maire Morrison Claiborne Boggs) took Hale's seat and held it until 1990.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 01, 2020 12:16 AM (rCwaK)

668 Fuck you, blake. Bwahahahah!

Posted by: February at February 01, 2020 12:16 AM (gd9RK)

669 658 I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.
Posted by: Berserker
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*sigh*

I always have to encourage the Harley types to man up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:10 AM (xSo9G)


Be nice Mike, he's afraid of melting.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 01, 2020 12:17 AM (aA3+G)

670 I remember reading that when there was a murder in Amish Country, the main suspect claimed he couldn't speak English so they brought in a German grad student to translate. The German couldn't understand "Pennsylvania Dutch."

I suppose it would be the same if a frog tried speaking to a Cajun.

Dialects change a bit in the course of hundreds of years.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:17 AM (d6Ksn)

671 Boggs went missing with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich, Sr. in Oct of '72. The plane disappeared and no wreckage or bodies were every found.
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Black hole, rube.

Posted by: Don Lemon at February 01, 2020 12:18 AM (xSo9G)

672 Thanks, Blake.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:18 AM (PUmDY)

673 Impeachment will be over when Roberts pounds the gavel. - Not counting chickens.


Popping corn in peanut oil makes licking the bowl tasty.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 01, 2020 12:18 AM (ePWRo)

674 I'm thinking seriously about buying a mini motorhome, when this is all sold. I'd still like to see TN and there are folks aling the way to visit. I'd get a small covered trailer to move my stuff. Just a thought right now. I've lived in travel trailers before and it feels right. I would still buy a house to live in

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:18 AM (Lqy/e)

675 *sigh*



I always have to encourage the Harley types to man up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:10 AM (xSo9G)

Yeah well, the big problem is my bikes were always bar hopper types. Form over function. lol. No windshields, or saddle bags, or big comfy seats, etc. If I had a tour bike I might be less resistant, but it would never get ridden in normal life. The other bikes would win out. I have 2 softails, one regular, one springer. Nice for reasonable rides, but not this multi state shit. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:19 AM (9Om/r)

676 I remember reading that when there was a murder in Amish Country, the main suspect claimed he couldn't speak English so they brought in a German grad student to translate. The German couldn't understand "Pennsylvania Dutch."

I suppose it would be the same if a frog tried speaking to a Cajun.

Dialects change a bit in the course of hundreds of years.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:17 AM (d6Ksn)

IIRC, there are still people in the northeast of Germany that speak dialect very similar to Pennsylvania Dutch.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (tVQUs)

677 >>> Boggs went missing with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich, Sr. in Oct of '72. The plane disappeared and no wreckage or bodies were every found.
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Black hole, rube.
Posted by: Don Lemon

It was ALIENS!

Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (CpuQE)

678 Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:18 AM (Lqy/e)


How you holding up, girl?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (gd9RK)

679 Love Today is awesome.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:21 AM (PUmDY)

680
Boggs and Begich's plane disappearance has been the subject of JFK conspiracy theories. Boggs was on the Warren Commission and dissented, not buying the magic bullet theory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 01, 2020 12:21 AM (rCwaK)

681 IIRC, there are still people in the northeast of Germany that speak dialect very similar to Pennsylvania Dutch.
Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (tVQUs)

I have read that German dialects are pretty varied. I don't speak German but even I can tell the difference in accent between a German and an Austrian.

It's also not hard to distinguish between French Canadian and frog French.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:23 AM (d6Ksn)

682 Trump has had lots of practice of ad libbing at his
rallies these past few months. It would not surprise me in the
slightest if he did this on live TV.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 31, 2020 11:32 PM (m2EfB)


"There's this minor bureaucrat, a minor, low placed bureaucrat, that no-one will say his name. He apparently works for me, but I have never found out what he did, but one thing is, he never listened to my calls!
But no-one is allowed to say his name, like he is some sort of character out of a book. You know, that book, the one with wizards, the one those people always quote, that Harry Potter book, what was the name of the guy who who was so bad? It's like that name, but worse.
But this guy, people tell me his name is so secret you get your tweets removed if you tweet it. I am not sure why they seem to think it is so secret. . . They even tell me it is secret and I can't say it out loud, which is odd for what he is supposed to be doing working for me isn't very secret, or if it is they haven't bothered to tell me. But a lot of people here seem to think they know what he was doing . . .But they say, Mr President, you shouldn't say that name, shall I say it? "

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (6rS3m)

683 I've never owned a bike with a fairing, nothing that would be called a tourer.

Actually, my favorite, and most-ridden ride was one of these, with tank bag, and soft saddlebags :
https://tinyurl.com/w2dlkyl

75,000 miles on that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (xSo9G)

684 Speaking of dad jokes and caissons... At breakfast one morning in HS, Mom and I were at the table when Dad, back in the kitchen, let one rip. He came walking back into the breakfast room, looked at me and asked innocently, "Did I ever tell you how we used to answer roll call back in my artillery unit?"

I guffawed. Mom's response was a disapproving, but smiling, "Oh, Daddy!"

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (YqED9)

685 681 IIRC, there are still people in the northeast of Germany that speak dialect very similar to Pennsylvania Dutch.
Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (tVQUs)

I have read that German dialects are pretty varied. I don't speak German but even I can tell the difference in accent between a German and an Austrian.

It's also not hard to distinguish between French Canadian and frog French.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:23 AM (d6Ksn)


From Little Chute to Kaukauna, eh?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (aA3+G)

686 676 I remember reading that when there was a murder in Amish Country, the main suspect claimed he couldn't speak English so they brought in a German grad student to translate. The German couldn't understand "Pennsylvania Dutch."

I suppose it would be the same if a frog tried speaking to a Cajun.

Dialects change a bit in the course of hundreds of years.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:17 AM (d6Ksn)

IIRC, there are still people in the northeast of Germany that speak dialect very similar to Pennsylvania Dutch.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (tVQUs)



I think Germany still has "High German" and "Low German" dialects that have a few differences. At least my German teacher mentioned them but never really gave any examples.

Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (Z7lwY)

687 Much more than ordinary.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (PUmDY)

688 680
Boggs and Begich's plane disappearance has been the subject of JFK conspiracy theories. Boggs was on the Warren Commission and dissented, not buying the magic bullet theory.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 01, 2020 12:21 AM (rCwaK)

To me, the conspiracy theories boil down to one thing: the Left was never willing to accept that one of their own killed JFK.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:25 AM (d6Ksn)

689

Tis time.

There's food to be done for the game, ribs started plus some other stuff. Somewhat early start is good.

So goodnite, good people. Be safe, stay warm and sleep well.




Posted by: irongrampa at February 01, 2020 12:25 AM (KATBx)

690 I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:08 AM (9Om/r)

You know, I see a glimmer of a business opportunity here: "Rain Rescue Bike Transport". Riders pay a hundred bucks to join, and then a small monthly fee to keep membership in good standing. You're on the road, your trip gets rained out, you call an 800 number, and Rain Rescue sends a truck with an enclosed trailer to haul you and your bike home, warm and dry, or on to dry roads beyond the storm. At a very competitive per-mile rate. The company owns no trailers, nor has drivers on salary. Run it like Uber; they are all contractors. Bike riders, the users, call in at the outset of their trip with a general itinerary: "five of us are doing the Blue Ridge Parkway this weekend". Company keeps a tally of users out on the road, watches the weather forecasts, and alerts contractors to stand by if it looks like there may be a flurry of calls. Of course it would all be on-line, and GPS-supported, and made as an app. too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:25 AM (LxWV7)

691 yet,

I will claw my way through this one thing..

We are living, now, this day, to witness an abhorrent attempt to cripple the Constitution of the United States Of America through the nefarious, calculated, with underhanded POLITICAL misrepresentation, and subterfuge by those of the Democrat party comprising their sinister and evil attempt to UNSEAT a duly elected PRESIDENT.
We, the PEOPLE, numbering in the MILLIONS, do take umbrage with this complete abomination of DUE PROCESS, and the STANDARDS of process regarding impeachment, and their total lack of adherence to anything remotely connected to past history or civility within our CONSTITUTION.

Democrats.....I piss on you as a body with lusty stream....in your face!

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at February 01, 2020 12:25 AM (kFkpX)

692 685: don't get me started on combined locks.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 01, 2020 12:26 AM (KP5rU)

693 -
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Impeachment will be over when Roberts pounds the gavel. ...

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I might even waggle me wig.


Posted by: John (I've Got A Secret) Roberts at February 01, 2020 12:27 AM (RVcmP)

694 The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer."

many years ago I had a roommate who was all about his cycle, how fast it was, how great it was, how cycles were always better than cars.

So I remember in the neighborhood pulling up next to him in my car - we were both stopped at a stoplight and it was a cold, hard, driving February rain. And he didn't even have a rain coat. I looked over at him and grinned, and after one quick glance he wouldn't even look at me. He just sat there with cold, cold water running down the back of his pants.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:27 AM (V2Yro)

695 Gonna take a shot at that song. Doesn't *exactly* fit but it's the first thing that came to mind.:

"When The Man Comes Around"- Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jifaNxq7IG8

Posted by: FlamethrowerInTheDark at February 01, 2020 12:28 AM (zlzYb)

696 Goodnight all, thanks for all the great chat and support AGAIN tonight.

Again, I'll keep you posted about the job. There's not likely to be any more news until Monday night.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 01, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs)

697 I have read that German dialects are pretty varied. I don't speak German but even I can tell the difference in accent between a German and an Austrian.

It's also not hard to distinguish between French Canadian and frog French.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:23 AM (d6Ksn)


Same with Spanish. In South America, in some countries one word is innocuous but in another country that same word is an insult/vulgar.

Living where I do, in hysteric Jackson Heights (part of AOC's district), I can hear the different accents, though I couldn't tell you from which country they originate. 'Cept Mexican. That sounds 'sloppy' or 'muddy'.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 12:29 AM (Y8PSl)

698 >>> https://tinyurl.com/w2dlkyl

75,000 miles on that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

One year in college I lived with 4 others and we all had bikes. One had the Honda Interceptor 1000. The other a Sabre 750., and one with that gpz 750. The gpz blew all the others away.

Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 01, 2020 12:29 AM (CpuQE)

699 I went back to work today. Went okay. Have a friend coming over to see what he can help me with. He has a heart condition so can't do any hard work. I've got to get the deadbeats off the river property. It needs to be cleaned up and sold.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:31 AM (Lqy/e)

700 To me, the conspiracy theories boil down to one thing: the Left was never willing to accept that one of their own killed JFK.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:25 AM (d6Ksn)

The loss of the Boggs and Bergich plane was an almost exact repeat of the loss of Wiley Post and Will Rogers 40 years earlier.

It's Alaska. You go down on a mountain, the plane slides into a crevasse in the ice, and it may be 10,000 years before it comes back to the surface.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (V2Yro)

701 The gpz blew all the others away.
Posted by: 6to4to3
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It was (for me) the perfect sport-tourer. Plenty of power, decent handling, light weight, as such things go.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (xSo9G)

702 I think Germany still has "High German" and "Low German" dialects that have a few differences. At least my German teacher mentioned them but never really gave any examples.
Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (Z7lwY)

Pennsylvania Dutch is related to Low German. It's part of the reason it's referred to as "Dutch".

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (tVQUs)

703 692 685: don't get me started on combined locks.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 01, 2020 12:26 AM (KP5rU)

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What about combined locks?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (XVuno)

704 I've never owned a bike with a fairing, nothing that would be called a tourer.



Actually, my favorite, and most-ridden ride was one of these, with tank bag, and soft saddlebags :

https://tinyurl.com/w2dlkyl



75,000 miles on that one.





Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (xSo9G)


You got balls that clank. lol
Sturgis ruined me. I hit 4 seasons of weather in 2 days in that area. One day it was hail, and later that night a dense fog and heavy mist, and some mini fucking twister we must have been near. It hit us head on while screaming down the highway, and pushed us from 70mph down to 30mph in an instant. Some smaller chick on a sportster got blown off the road into a ditch. The next day it was 90 degrees out, and when we left deadwood at night it was 38 degrees. After 10 years of that shit happening, in august no less, I started thinking about how day after day of that shit would start to piss me off if I ever headed out for a grand tour.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (9Om/r)

705 And Begich's son, I think, also became an AK elected official (senator?). AK is still effectively a small frontier state. The same names in politics, forever. Small pond. Begich. Murkowski. No Stevens or Young, as far as I know, but the pattern is strong.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:34 AM (El6T/)

706 The Dutch are just Germans who have no taste for invading Belgium.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 01, 2020 12:34 AM (XVuno)

707 I went back to work today. Went okay. Have a friend coming over to see what he can help me with. He has a heart condition so can't do any hard work. I've got to get the deadbeats off the river property. It needs to be cleaned up and sold.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Unasked for advice, pace yourself. Not everything has to be done at once.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:34 AM (xSo9G)

708
I went back to work today. Went okay. Have a friend coming over to see what he can help me with. He has a heart condition so can't do any hard work. I've got to get the deadbeats off the river property. It needs to be cleaned up and sold.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

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God bless you, Notsothoreau.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 12:34 AM (13CQC)

709 Joy Inside My Tears

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:34 AM (PUmDY)

710 I went back to work today. Went okay. Have a friend coming over to see what he can help me with. He has a heart condition so can't do any hard work. I've got to get the deadbeats off the river property. It needs to be cleaned up and sold.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:31 AM (Lqy/e)

deadbeats, river. some assembly required

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:35 AM (LxWV7)

711 Of FFS. Boris Johnson ruined his little Brexit pep talk by including "fighting climate change" in his litany of neat stuff a sovereign independent UK can now get on with.

This idiocy really has to be confronted, hard, decisively, as soon as possible.

Looking at you, 2nd term Trump EPA, and administration.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:35 AM (El6T/)

712 He has a heart condition so can't do any hard work.

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This is my problem exactly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 01, 2020 12:35 AM (XVuno)

713 IIRC, there are still people in the northeast of Germany that speak dialect very similar to Pennsylvania Dutch.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:20 AM (tVQUs)

I think Germany still has "High German" and "Low German" dialects that have a few differences. At least my German teacher mentioned them but never really gave any examples.
Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 12:24 AM (Z7lwY)

my grandmother, who was born in Milwaukee, didn't speak anything besides plattdeutsch (low german) til she was 9 years old. Interestingly, plattdeutsch is closer to yiddish than it is to High German.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:36 AM (V2Yro)

714 I think Germany still has "High German" and "Low German" dialects that have a few differences. At least my German teacher mentioned them but never really gave any examples.


High German, Hochdeutsch, is official German. It's what's spoken by newscasters like Middle Atlantic American.

Low German is Plattdeutsch, and it's one of dozens of regional dialects. The dialects are massively more different from each other than American regional accents, even more so than between American regional accents and British regional accents.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:36 AM (gd9RK)

715 deadbeats, river. some assembly required
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Why, the problem almost solves itself!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 12:37 AM (xSo9G)

716 You made life history

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:38 AM (PUmDY)

717 Yo, Morons...

Fishin' report...

Left home at 5 this morning. Lost in thought, missed the exit to my brother's house & drove 10 miles before realizing it... Left Bay Area a little after 6, arrived at Pyramid Lake before noon.

Geared up, started fishing. Started with a two-fly indicator rig. Which is basically bobber fishing. You know, redneck Trump voter fishing. Very Philistinic to us refined fly anglers. So I ditched the bobber indicator and did straight nymphing. Which is still low-brow, as dry fly fishing is the only proper method. But, that's what they do here, so when in Nevada...

Flogged the water till dusk. Nada. Will try again tomorrow. Possibly hit the Truckee River in the afternoon; word has it the fishing's pretty good, with even some off-season dry fly action going on.

On the plus side, weather was pleasant. Low 60s, light breezes. Water was toe-and-nut-numbing, tho. Beautiful scenery. Strange volcanic rock formations.

Staying at the "lodge" on the lake. Our room is a fifth-wheel trailer, hundred bucks a night. Actually not too bad; clean, has all the necessary accommodations. I've paid more for worse hotel rooms.

Will report back tomorrow, hopefully with some fish tales...

Posted by: Average Guy at February 01, 2020 12:39 AM (AOW9F)

718 Of FFS. Boris Johnson ruined his little Brexit pep talk by including "fighting climate change" in his litany of neat stuff a sovereign independent UK can now get on with.

This idiocy really has to be confronted, hard, decisively, as soon as possible.

Looking at you, 2nd term Trump EPA, and administration.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:35 AM (El6T/)

Well, he may just be mouthing platitudes. The Leftards seem convinced of that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:39 AM (LxWV7)

719 You have done

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:40 AM (PUmDY)

720 Dutch are what happened when Germany and England had drunk sex and neither would acknowledge parenthood.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:40 AM (gd9RK)

721 Bander, you misspelled Standard American English (and it's from the west coast and pockets elsewhere, not Mid-Atlantic).

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (El6T/)

722 What no one thought could be done.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (PUmDY)

723 Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 12:29 AM (Y8PSl)



I have a sister-in-law from Colombia. She knows all about the different accents and which are the preferred ones - sort of like the difference between cockney and oxbridge in English. BTW - do not call her Mexican or Puerto Rican unless you are resistant to the death stare.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (joYrR)

724 The richest coffee comes from Colombia.

Posted by: Juan Valdez and his Donkey at February 01, 2020 12:43 AM (XVuno)

725 >>> I started thinking about how day after day of that shit would start to piss me off if I ever headed out for a grand tour.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2020 12:32 AM (9Om/r)

I have a small fairing which helps (the only thing that really bothers me is a cross wind). So, as long as I have the right riding gear, I*m good.

Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 01, 2020 12:44 AM (CpuQE)

726 Kazi -- Don't know if you're still around. I wandered off to do something else for a while.

Your niece is very fortunate to get that scholarship from Creighton. It is a top notch teaching institution. (Just don't go into labor the 1st of October when all the new interns, residents, and nursing students are just starting out. Any modesty I might still have harbored before I went into the hospital was totally gone by the time #1son was born.)

Omaha also has the Nebraska Medical Center, the University of Nebraska's medical school. The Med Center is very aggressive in research, and very rich people donate millions to keep the place expanding and improving.

I suspect there is less chance of your niece getting sucked up into radical leftist politics here, although there have been a couple incidents down at UNL in Lincoln. Creighton isn't so big in football, but it is crazy about basketball.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at February 01, 2020 12:44 AM (zDcjz)

727 I have a sister-in-law from Colombia. She knows all about the different accents and which are the preferred ones - sort of like the difference between cockney and oxbridge in English. BTW - do not call her Mexican or Puerto Rican unless you are resistant to the death stare.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (joYrR)

One of my wifes cousins married a peruvian, lovely woman, and she says everyone in South America thinks that the Mexicans talk so fast that no one can understand a word they say.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:45 AM (V2Yro)

728 I went back to work today. Went okay. Have a friend coming over to see
what he can help me with. He has a heart condition so can't do any hard
work. I've got to get the deadbeats off the river property. It needs to
be cleaned up and sold.

Posted by: Notsothoreau


Chin up, hold up. It's hard, but doing what needs to be done is also soothing.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:45 AM (joYrR)

729 my grandmother, who was born in Milwaukee, didn't speak anything besides plattdeutsch (low german) til she was 9 years old. Interestingly, plattdeutsch is closer to yiddish than it is to High German.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:36 AM (V2Yro)

My father's parents, who were originally from what is now the Czech Republic spoke both Czech and German. Since our last name sounds more Germanic than Czech, I thought that they might be Sudeten Deutsche even though my dad did not have a high opinion of the Germans. My dad said no, they were born in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and German was very commonly spoken by even non-Germans. It helped them get by in Wisconsin while they were still struggling to learn English.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:45 AM (d6Ksn)

730 AOP, I get that it's a platitude. But it's one that should not exist, any more than "and at last deliver a final solution to the Jewish question" or "begin complying with the demands of the extra-terrestrial over-lords who communicate with me via my teeth fillings".

Crushing climastrology/lysenkoism and removing every wasteful debilitating larcenous trace of it from public policy and discourse is probably the most important thing facing the western world right now.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:46 AM (El6T/)

731 It's really too bad my friend can't work. He helped a lot on the house before the heart problems.

The deadbeats at the river have to go. I can't afford providing them with free electricity. And I think I can unload the place with them gone. I just need an enforcer down there.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:46 AM (Lqy/e)

732 Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:35 AM (El6T/)



I'll take a 90% ally that wins over a 100% ally that doesn't exist but in my imagination.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:47 AM (joYrR)

733 Notsothoreau, I don't think I had the opportunity before to offer my condolences. Prayers for you, dear.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 12:47 AM (d6Ksn)

734 Capt. Sabin, did you see my question earlier today re the Commander's Cut at the Offutt O-club?

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:48 AM (El6T/)

735
Boris Johnson ruined his little Brexit pep talk by including "fighting climate change" in his litany of neat stuff a sovereign independent UK can now get on with.

Posted by: rhomboid

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Groooooaaan. Trump ought to start making some small but telling points about this. "I heard the Obamas plunked down fifteen million dollars to live in a FLOOD PLAIN. What kind of inheritance is that gonna be for their daughters? A bunch of underwater luxury furniture? Do you think he really believes in climate change? That Obama, still making those bad real estate deals, just like he did in Chicago. But really, folks, these celebrities who lecture lecture lecture about climate change don't believe in it themselves. Look where they live!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 12:48 AM (13CQC)

736 Martha's Vineyard is not a flood plain. It's a rock and they're high enough above sea level to last through a few global warmongerings.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:50 AM (gd9RK)

737 I would really really love to mouth some hard, girthy platitudes.

Posted by: Chrissy Wallace at February 01, 2020 12:51 AM (CLteG)

738 Mikey, that's pretty irrelevant. UK as an "ally" is only slightly less academic than for most of the obviously, ridiculously useless/even hostile "allies". And they need us 1 billion times more than we need them. That's leaving aside the intelligence service problem, perhaps even worse there than here.

It's fucking idiotic for Johnson to imitate Steyer and Thunberg. And has a real, ongoing cost, that's not academic.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:53 AM (El6T/)

739 Night nights, Horde. I died of corona virus earlier today and it's catching up to me.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:53 AM (gd9RK)

740 "Martha's Vineyard is not a flood plain. It's a rock and they're high enough above sea level to last through a few global warmongerings."

So when the global super storm puts NYC underwater, Martha's will stay high and dry?

Posted by: Bell and Strieber at February 01, 2020 12:54 AM (/LQkF)

741 I've thought about a motorcycle. I'm really kind of waiting for one with a comfortable seat, and maybe something to block the wind. And possibly a roof and windows to keep out the weather. Probably an extra wheel or two for stability, along with heat and A/C. Come on, free market. I can't be the only person to want these things.

Posted by: irright at February 01, 2020 12:55 AM (RVcmP)

742
Crushing climastrology/lysenkoism and removing every wasteful debilitating larcenous trace of it from public policy and discourse is probably the most important thing facing the western world right now.
Posted by: rhomboid

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Climastrology, that's a good one!

As far as I know, Trump is removing it from policies, charters, mission statements, which means plenty for those responsible for implementation -- as long as they're not rogue agents. An aggressive EPA head who takes on the climastrologists head-on and blasts their non-science to bits would be spectacular.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 12:55 AM (13CQC)

743 And has a real, ongoing cost, that's not academic.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:53 AM (El6T/)


Cost is no problem. We'll just kill you and take your wealth and not even thank you for your contribution to help save the planet.

Posted by: Watermelons at February 01, 2020 12:56 AM (Y8PSl)

744 AOP, I get that it's a platitude. But it's one that should not exist, any more than "and at last deliver a final solution to the Jewish question" or "begin complying with the demands of the extra-terrestrial over-lords who communicate with me via my teeth fillings".

Crushing climastrology/lysenkoism and removing every wasteful debilitating larcenous trace of it from public policy and discourse is probably the most important thing facing the western world right now.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 12:46 AM (El6T/)

Problem is, most of the voting public has been so dumbed down by miseducation that it's doubtful they could be persuaded. But polls usually show that "climate change" ranks pretty darned low on the list of priorities of the average voter, too. Jobs and cost of living rank way higher.

Climate catastrophism is a fad, and eventually, it will run its course. But push back too hard, and the True Believers will dig in, and may become violent. Pay it a little lip service, but don't actually do anything drastic, and the great masses will be satisfied. The True Believers won't but they will be unable to get traction with the great masses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 12:56 AM (LxWV7)

745 The richest coffee comes from Colombia.

Posted by: Juan Valdez and his Donkey at February 01, 2020 12:43 AM



Juan Valdez' "donkey" was actually a mule named "Conchita"....

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at February 01, 2020 12:56 AM (7WaWV)

746
Martha's Vineyard is not a flood plain. It's a rock and they're high enough above sea level to last through a few global warmongerings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

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Click my nick. That "Day After Tomorrow" wave will destroy them in seconds.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 12:58 AM (13CQC)

747 *stretches out, looks about, thinks "why not?" and decides*

WAAAHHHH!!!!! BOO-HOO BOO-HOO!


A politician did not say today everything I want him to say!

WAAAHHHH!!!! BOO-HOO BOO-HOO!



Now, getting past this...is it possible to be happy, at all? I mean, we haven't got everything we want, just some things, but is it possible to be happy, to be grateful for the victories we have?


I guess not, and the Eeyore and The Woe Is Me Chorus, is getting so G-D old. Serious question - can the pissing and moaning be dropped for a little bit? I know it is a lot to ask, but can there be maybe a thread where we can focus on our blessings instead of dwelling all the time on all of our hurts, real and projected?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:59 AM (joYrR)

748 Martha's Vineyard is not a flood plain. It's a rock and they're high enough above sea level to last through a few global warmongerings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 01, 2020 12:50 AM (gd9RK)

It's a glacial moraine; it's too high to be flooded by the Floods that Will Kill Us All in 11 Years (tm), but it's made fairly loose material that would face severe erosion in such a scenario.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 12:59 AM (tVQUs)

749
Here's just a pic, no blah-blah:

https://tinyurl.com/rlyqooj

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 12:59 AM (13CQC)

750 Juan Valdez' "donkey" was actually a mule named "Conchita"....

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at February 01, 2020 12:56 AM (7WaWV)


Read where she got busted at JFK.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:00 AM (Y8PSl)

751 The deadbeats at the river have to go. I can't afford providing them with free electricity. And I think I can unload the place with them gone. I just need an enforcer down there.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:46 AM (Lqy/e)

Are they living in trailers, or squatting in a house? Why not just have the power shut off?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:01 AM (LxWV7)

752 Obama's home however, is so low down it'll be underwater in his lifetime, if the climate alarmists are to be believed.

Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish at February 01, 2020 01:01 AM (tVQUs)

753 I have a sister-in-law from Colombia. She knows all
about the different accents and which are the preferred ones - sort of
like the difference between cockney and oxbridge in English. BTW - do
not call her Mexican or Puerto Rican unless you are resistant to the
death stare.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (joYrR)


I have met Mexicans who think Colombians sound "really smart" but I didn't ask if they meant the ones from Bogota or the Coastal ones.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:01 AM (6rS3m)

754 I guess not, and the Eeyore and The Woe Is Me Chorus, is getting so G-D old. Serious question - can the pissing and moaning be dropped for a little bit? I know it is a lot to ask, but can there be maybe a thread where we can focus on our blessings instead of dwelling all the time on all of our hurts, real and projected?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:59 AM (joYrR)

Why u want to put the Outlet out of bidnezz?

Posted by: eeeeeee ooorrre at February 01, 2020 01:02 AM (/LQkF)

755 Kindness knows no pain.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 01:03 AM (PUmDY)

756
Obama's home however, is so low down it'll be underwater in his lifetime, if the climate alarmists are to be believed.
Posted by: Surfperch, a littoral fish

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That's what I'm sayin'. Pic in my nic. Those people do not believe in climate change. They'd be taken out in the first wave.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2020 01:03 AM (13CQC)

757 Mikey, there are plenty of puppy and kitten videos on UToob, just cue one up any time a comment isn't soothing or at a suitably low level of understanding.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 01:03 AM (El6T/)

758 Why u want to put the Outlet out of bidnezz?

Posted by: eeeeeee ooorrre at February 01, 2020 01:02 AM (/LQkF)


Ha. Like there isn't enough to keep three Outrage Outlets busy at the same intersection.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:04 AM (joYrR)

759
Juan Valdez' "donkey" was actually a mule named "Conchita"....
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto
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Juan Valdez ->

Jose F. Duval, an actor and singer, died last Saturday at Brotman Memorial Hospital in Culver City, Calif. He was 72 and lived in Los Angeles.

The cause of death was heart failure, said his son, Rex, of New York City.

Mr. Duval was a familiar face to television viewers as the original coffee planter Juan Valdez in commercials for Colombian coffee. His picture also appeared on coffee cans and in print ads for 10 years.

Mr. Duval was born in Havana and came to the United States at the age of20 under the sponsorship of the Metropolitan Opera baritone and Broadway star Robert Weede. He began his career as an opera singer, appearing in a Met touring production of "Die Fledermaus," and moved into musical theater and film.

He played the King in "The King and I" in six productions over the years and had lead roles in "Kismet," "South Pacific" and other musicals. He was also seen in several movies, including "The Cardinal" and, most recently, "The Mambo Kings."

On television he was featured on the Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar shows and made appearances in many nightclubs around the world.

Mr. Duval's marriage to Betty Jane Dunn ended in divorce.

In addition to his son, he is survived by a daughter, Melissa Gray, and a grandson, Bryce, both of Grosse Pointe, Mich.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:05 AM (CDGwz)

760 As is a good song.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 01:05 AM (PUmDY)

761 753 I have a sister-in-law from Colombia. She knows all
about the different accents and which are the preferred ones - sort of
like the difference between cockney and oxbridge in English. BTW - do
not call her Mexican or Puerto Rican unless you are resistant to the
death stare.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 12:42 AM (joYrR)

An Argentinian woman told me she found Cuban and Puerto Rican accents almost incomprehensible. I felt the same way trying to speak to 2 drunken Scots in a London pub.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 01:05 AM (d6Ksn)

762 One of my wifes cousins married a peruvian, lovely woman, and she says everyone in South America thinks that the Mexicans talk so fast that no one can understand a word they say.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2020 12:45 AM (V2Yro)


The one thing I've come to understand is that everybody in South America hates the uppity Argentinians. Even their pronunciation is different. For example, 'llame', or call me, is usually pronounced 'yaw-may'. But not the Argentines. They pronounce the 'll' like a 'zh', so it comes out 'zhah-may'.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:06 AM (Y8PSl)

763 so.
time for me to go to bed

that's all.

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at February 01, 2020 01:07 AM (kFkpX)

764 757
Mikey, there are plenty of puppy and kitten videos on UToob, just cue
one up any time a comment isn't soothing or at a suitably low level of
understanding.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 01:03 AM (El6T/)

Bite it, whiny-boy. You can also find plenty of videos to plumb your deep, dark, places without continuously inflicting it on everyone here.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:07 AM (joYrR)

765 Loving you.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 01:09 AM (PUmDY)

766 Mikey, there are plenty of puppy and kitten videos on UToob, just cue
one up any time a comment isn't soothing or at a suitably low level of
understanding.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2020 01:03 AM (El6T/)

Bite it, whiny-boy. You can also find plenty of videos to plumb your deep, dark, places without continuously inflicting it on everyone here.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:07 AM (joYrR)

Hey! You two. No fighting in the War Room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:10 AM (LxWV7)

767 Loving you.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
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Minnie Ripperton?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:10 AM (CDGwz)

768 I sense a disturbance in the New Collegiality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:10 AM (xSo9G)

769 An Argentinian woman told me she found Cuban and Puerto Rican accents almost incomprehensible.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 01:05 AM (d6Ksn)


New Yorican is Spanglish.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:11 AM (Y8PSl)

770 AOP - You may have missed my question last night, can you lift Pogo into the vehicle, and is she alright with just riding?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:12 AM (xSo9G)

771 Hey! You two. No fighting in the War Room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:10 AM (LxWV7)

You are such a wet blanket. Well, going to bed; I didn't sleep well last night and I think I may be tired enough now to get a good snooze in. Be of good cheer and keep your hearts high, all shall muddle through as usual.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:13 AM (joYrR)

772 I've done a lot of foolish things

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 01:14 AM (PUmDY)

773 RickZ, it is worse than that, in places words like Calle (KA-yeh) are pronounced KA-shay.

But a lot of places turn that Y sound into a Zh sound, it is mostly a matter of degree.

now, in general, the Argentines are disliked because they are such high handed snobs. Except the Paraguayans who dislike them because they have a long memories.


Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:14 AM (6rS3m)

774 Got tickets to see the Clarence Thomas flick tomorrow. Should be good times.

Posted by: Zakn at February 01, 2020 01:16 AM (cXz93)

775 AOP - You may have missed my question last night, can you lift Pogo into the vehicle, and is she alright with just riding?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:12 AM (xSo9G)

No, I got it. She weighs 60 pounds, and I am afraid that grabbing her hindquarters to boost her in might cause her more pain. I suspect part of her refusal to even try is that maybe she hurt herself in some previous attempt to climb in the truck, and now sees it as a source of her pain. She loves car rides, so I think she will get over it.

Might try her in the Studebaker Lark. I don't think she has any negative vibes from it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:17 AM (LxWV7)

776 So, what do you Morons think the Dems' State of the Union stunt is going to be? Do they all not show up? Do they boo him in the chamber? I consider it a given, that they are going to disrespect the President in some public way that will be "Historic" and "Powerful" to the left wing media.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 01, 2020 01:17 AM (DRgs8)

777 now, in general, the Argentines are disliked because they are such high handed snobs. Except the Paraguayans who dislike them because they have a long memories.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:14 AM (6rS3m)


When you call Buenos Aires 'the Paris of South America', you might be a snob.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (Y8PSl)

778
775 AOP - You may have missed my question last night, can you lift Pogo into the vehicle, and is she alright with just riding?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:12 AM (xSo9G)

No, I got it. She weighs 60 pounds, and I am afraid that grabbing her hindquarters to boost her in might cause her more pain. I suspect part of her refusal to even try is that maybe she hurt herself in some previous attempt to climb in the truck, and now sees it as a source of her pain. She loves car rides, so I think she will get over it.

Might try her in the Studebaker Lark. I don't think she has any negative vibes from it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:17 AM (LxWV7)



What if you got her some steps to get in?

Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (Z7lwY)

779 You are such a wet blanket. Well, going to bed; I didn't sleep well last night and I think I may be tired enough now to get a good snooze in. Be of good cheer and keep your hearts high, all shall muddle through as usual.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:13 AM (joYrR)

Night, Mikey. I am suffering through a cold, and not at my best, either. Hate to see good Morons get in a pissing match. Sleep well, buddy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (LxWV7)

780
A donkey, a mule, and a zebra are all the same.


Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (ErdyI)

781 So, what do you Morons think the Dems' State of the Union stunt is going to be? Do they all not show up? Do they boo him in the chamber? I consider it a given, that they are going to disrespect the President in some public way that will be "Historic" and "Powerful" to the left wing media.
Posted by: RichardWindsor
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It doesn't matter too much, I think. Those who are pleased with the Donks will feel smug, we will feel even more disgusted. There is a risk, however, middle-of-the-roaders might be offended.

If they are smart, they will sit down, and STFU.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:21 AM (xSo9G)

782 What if you got her some steps to get in?
Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (Z7lwY)

Well, I tried placing a wooden box (an inverted drawer) on the ground as a step, and she refuses to try that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:21 AM (LxWV7)

783 Good night, horde. Feel better AOP!

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (d6Ksn)

784 YD, I think I was one who urged you to keep baby Vanessa because she would make a very important mark on your life. You mentioned that she has 'looked' at you, she knows you, you are her Dad, I wish you all the best, Vanessa is here for a reason. Notsothoreau, I have been thinking of you, how are you doing? My Dad was a probate lawyer, he always counseled widows that they should not make any major decisions for at least six months after the death of a spouse, you are not thinking clearly, that being said you need to oust the river dwellers. Riverfront land could be worth more than you think. Captain Josepha how are you? How did you do on the Jeopardy test?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (a4EWo)

785 So, what do you Morons think the Dems' State of the Union stunt is going to be?

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 01, 2020 01:17 AM (DRgs


Some think they'll stand and turn their backs on him. My vote is they'll walk out. But whatever they do, black will be the dress color of the day. Funeral attire for the Constitution or some shit.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (Y8PSl)

786 A donkey, a mule, and a zebra are all the same.


Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 01, 2020 01:19 AM (ErdyI)

You'd need mighty big boobies to fill a Z bra.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (LxWV7)

787 Dog ramp.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (xSo9G)

788 Kudos to Kobe for that story. Thanks for sharing that.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at February 01, 2020 01:23 AM (HjbC9)

789 I'm out. Nighters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:24 AM (CDGwz)

790 Dog ramp.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (xSo9G)

If that's what it takes, she will get one. I have lots of material here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:25 AM (LxWV7)

791 At the beginning of the 20th Century Argentina had a bigger economy than the US, and then it imported all those Italian ideas about socialism. A lot of the Parisian charm came from that time.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:25 AM (6rS3m)

792 Too High is awesome.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 01, 2020 01:26 AM (PUmDY)

793 Have you seem pictures of Brasilia? The government buildings look like Gene Roddenberry's architectural vision of the Federation

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:28 AM (6rS3m)

794 I am going to hit the sack, too. Bed rest is what I need to shake this cold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:28 AM (LxWV7)

795 At the beginning of the 20th Century Argentina had a bigger economy than the US, and then it imported all those Italian ideas about socialism. A lot of the Parisian charm came from that time.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:25 AM (6rS3m)


Argentina has the largest population of Italians outside of Italy. Bensonhurst hardest hit.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 01:29 AM (Y8PSl)

796 Have you seem pictures of Brasilia? The government buildings look like Gene Roddenberry's architectural vision of the Federation
Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2020 01:28 AM (6rS3m)

Probably where he got the idea from.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:29 AM (LxWV7)

797 'Night AOP, feel better soon.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:30 AM (a4EWo)

798 Just stopping by, have to work today so better try and get back to sleep.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 01:33 AM (ZCEU2)

799 Jim, I hope you are getting home soon, pour yourself some Bourbon and join the conversation, the Friday Night ONT is getting really sleepy. So am I, might not be awake when you do check in.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:33 AM (a4EWo)

800 Ha. Like there isn't enough to keep three Outrage Outlets busy at the same intersection.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet for Your Souvenier Impeachment Gear! at February 01, 2020 01:04 AM (joYrR)

Zings, PeeGulls, and Mikey's.

Posted by: Tea for Two at February 01, 2020 01:36 AM (YqED9)

801 They're turning on each other like rabid starving rats... https://tinyurl.com/rgjtnaz

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 01, 2020 01:39 AM (ABuva)

802 'Night AOP, feel better soon.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:30 AM (a4EWo)

Thanks! Going to bed for real, right now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:39 AM (LxWV7)

803 "I believe that as a long-term strategy our best hope lies in access to quality education, specifically an education that reinforces the autonomy of the individual by cultivating critical thinking and emphasising academic freedom.

The tide turned against open societies after the crash of 2008 because it constituted a failure of international co-operation. This in turn led to the rise of nationalism, the great enemy of open society."

George Soros

Ffff u George

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 01:42 AM (aiDK7)

804 Isn't AOP north of the International Date Line?

Anyway, I get to go to a museum tomorrow and shoot some film. Or just practice with digital. Taking pix in the dark is a ho lot easier with digital.

Posted by: klaftern at February 01, 2020 01:42 AM (RuIsu)

805 781 Oh, PLEASE let them all walk out, every Demned one of them.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 01, 2020 01:49 AM (ABuva)

806 Yudhishthira's Dice, I will pray for your little munchkin.

Posted by: fly gal at February 01, 2020 01:53 AM (OsGcn)

807 Sock Monkey, you've been on fire tonight, well done young man!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:55 AM (a4EWo)

808 OK, I really have to go to bed, thanks to my Horde friends for getting me through another day, you guys are the best.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2020 01:59 AM (a4EWo)

809 All my best to you, YD! Stay strong!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 01, 2020 01:59 AM (DY3v8)

810 Thanks Debby. Hope you're holding strong. It's a tough battle you're in. Think and pray often for you and the other morons fighting that merciless disease. Keep smiling. Keep laughing. I, like all Sock Monkeys, have a smile on my face. Miss the paterfamilias some nights. Even the times he would holler out " I'm hungry! What's for breakfast ". Got up in the middle of the night a few nights ago and made bacon , eggs and toast in his honor. I'm so glad I had that chance with him.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 02:06 AM (aiDK7)

811 Oh, PLEASE let them all walk out, every Demned one of them.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 01, 2020 01:49 AM (ABuva)


If they do stage a walkout, even if just a few do that, Trump has a ready-made line that he can use as a teachable moment (are we still doing that?) for the undecided/independents (which are as rare as Bigfoot): 'America, there goes your modern Democrat Party!'

The Dems think they always have Trump cornered/embarrassed, being the excellent strategerists they think they are, but they always end up being Wily Coyote chasing the Roadrunner. What the Dems think will be great optics will end up shooting themselves in the electoral head. (Which is the primary reason the Dems are all in for gun confiscation: They are tired of shooting themselves in the head and want it to stop.)

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 02:10 AM (Y8PSl)

812 Howdy you morons. Has anyone heard from Slap lately?

Some snow here in Northern Illinois but it's been above freezing for a couple of days so not too bad for January. We will see what February will bring.

Posted by: Farmer at February 01, 2020 02:12 AM (IIsQh)

813 Normally this kind of thing bothers me. Not in this case, though - there have been 27 Bond movies. They exhausted the premise after about the 5th one, and the franchise has been a shambling zombie ever since.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 31, 2020 10:11 PM (wGeit)
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service was #6

I've never stopped liking it.

Posted by: torabora at February 01, 2020 02:12 AM (Y274z)

814 796 Have you seem pictures of Brasilia?

They should build a bigger wall.

Posted by: Peruvia at February 01, 2020 02:12 AM (Vy7tf)

815 RickZ

This

*holds up bic lighter*

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 02:13 AM (aiDK7)

816 Vote for me because I might die in office


https://tinyurl.com/qq6cz8e

Posted by: Joey Two Blasts at February 01, 2020 02:18 AM (IynkW)

817
796 Have you seem pictures of Brasilia?


The city of decomposing concrete, infested with Volkswagens (or now maybe FIATs)?

Posted by: Arbalest at February 01, 2020 02:20 AM (FlRtG)

818
You'd need mighty big boobies to fill a Z bra.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2020 01:22 AM (LxWV7)

Go to Costco, get the Kleenex 10 pack. The lotion type will prevent nipple chaffing.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at February 01, 2020 02:22 AM (e1mEI)

819 I think that I have solved the Impeachment-Constitutional-Calamity problem.

The Dems have to claim too many things--keep too many plates spinning just the way they want, to keep demanding things out of the narrative.

I was struck by this solution while watching Schumer lament how dictator Trump, unless removed by the Senate will "get away with it again".
....

Get away with *what*? How have Trump's election chances improved over the Ukraine's failure to announce an investigation into Biden? I mean, what the fuck? What the fuck is going on in that thing you call a "head", Chuck?

It's simple. Their rejection has to be consequential (it is not), because the world is a horrible place if they don't get what they want. You can see it in the reaction of the "press" to the vote. America is over, Democracy is done--and Trump might go on to have the same null effect again!

Because it is a "quid pro quo" that Trump would withhold--and yet *release* funds within the deadline, he had to expect the announcement *months* before the first primary. And to make the case that it's "interference in election" it has to be against Trump's "most likely opponent".

However, they need things out of the story. They need both things. They need it to be within that time period, months before any primary, and yet a delayed interference in next November's election.

But the announcement would either have a significant effect on the support of Biden or it wouldn't. If it did, it could eliminate him from the primary. Bernie Sanders isn't going to lose because the Ukrainians announced an investigation into Hunter Biden. If it didn't, we we've moved to a position that the phone call didn't result in an effect because they didn't announce it, to a point where there is little effect because they did.

Hillary Clinton won the nomination and campaigned for winning the so-called "popular vote" while being investigated by the FIB for violating over 100 national security laws. The Director of the FIB publicly announced that she did it all--but she didn't *mean* to do it. She destroyed evidence under subpoena, and to this day, pointing all this out is some character defect of conservatives. And her opponent was "tired of hearing about [her] damn emails!"

So it's questionable how far an *announcement* of an *investigation* would have taken Trump.

Plus if it's such a slam-dunk case that President's shouldn't enlist foreign countries in "cheating in an election", isn't that something you should be able to convince the people of? And if you can't convince the voters of that, and the voters re-elect the "tyrant" it's not really the tyranny that keeps him in place, but the vote of the people. Not the Democrat's preferred outcome, but harldy the Death of Democracy or a Constitution.

Which is why the fabrication of the fevered fantasy that Trump will not leave. Well if that's the case, it would only come to light if he lost. And the case that he lost, suggests that his "cheating" wasn't that effective and not an indication of tyranny--because that failed strategy is peanuts to a President that can *effectively* refuse to leave.

He's not a tyrant if the Senate's vote is the difference. He's also not a tyrant if winning the election by cheating is the difference. He's also not a tyrant if losing an eleciton is the difference. And whatever tyrant intentions he has, if he does not succeed in effectively resisting the will of the people, the country would be free of a would-be tyrant. The only thing that would result in the Death of America is if Trump *effectively* resisted being unelected.

And if President Trump had that much loyalty, I doubt we'd see him constantly under fire in Washington. Constantly under investigation, constantly under fire, constantly in processes the self-contradicting press convinces themselves is the "end to his Presidency".

Because Democrats about about counterfactual wish fulfillment fantasies that have no tissue of reality. Where Trump is so doomed, impeached, removed, prosecuted, on the run, but if the world turns poopy, he's an unremovable tyrant that spells the Death of America.

Posted by: Axeman at February 01, 2020 02:29 AM (Eicbe)

820 Vote for me because I might die in office

Joe's desparation is starting to resemble a pachyderm. Barky and Mooch won't acknowledge him, let alone endorse him. Now the DNC are whispering behind their hands that maby bloomin mini mike might be the one to get behind.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 02:39 AM (aiDK7)

821 Also if Trump could effectively refuse to leave--and wanted to refuse, the Senate's vote doesn't make a difference.

However, this is a higher stake than simply a iffy call with Ukraine, and to suggest that the Republicans will refuse to remove no matter how Trump escalates his "tyranny" is to avoid the exact premise of the Republicans that *this* charge is not impeachable and *this* case is not well made.

But a good part of their party is mentally ill, and no matter how reasonable a case you make only a potentially reasonable remnant will be able to see it.

The rest of them will never see that Dershowitz did not say that anything a President does could be legal. Just that if an act isn't in itself illegal (and it wasn't) "corrupt motives" is unnecessary psychoanalyzing over which we should not impeach a President.

Posted by: Axeman at February 01, 2020 02:41 AM (Eicbe)

822 Now the DNC are whispering behind their hands that maby bloomin mini mike might be the one to get behind.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 02:39 AM (aiDK7)


I say, let the Dems rig it for BloomingIdiot, a Napoleon complex of a man with all the charisma of a wet dishrag, and not nearly as useful.

I can see the debates with BloomingIdiot now. Trump walks out on the stage holding a 7-11 Big Gulp. Or is that a Bigly Gulp?

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 02:47 AM (Y8PSl)

823 I can see the debates with BloomingIdiot now. Trump walks out on the stage holding a 7-11 Big Gulp. Or is that a Bigly Gulp?
Posted by: RickZ

PDT leans over, " need to wet your whistle before we begin Mikey?"

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 03:01 AM (aiDK7)

824 They're going to have to give Mikey a riser to stand on.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 03:04 AM (aiDK7)

825 I say, let the Dems rig it for BloomingIdiot, a Napoleon complex of a man with all the charisma of a wet dishrag, and not nearly as useful.

I can see the debates with BloomingIdiot now. Trump walks out on the stage holding a 7-11 Big Gulp. Or is that a Bigly Gulp?

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 02:47 AM (Y8PSl)



Every rally come out with it. "Mike Bloomberg wants to ban this because of all the sugar in it! By the way this is DIET COKE! No Sugar! Sad!"

Posted by: buzzion at February 01, 2020 03:11 AM (Z7lwY)

826 Fun fact about BloomingIdiot: He ran as a Republican for mayor and won the election just after 9/11, riding Giuliani's coattails. Ran a second time and won again as a Republican, but two years in switched to Independent. Then he had the mayoral term limits law changed so he could run again, this time as an Independent on the Republican line and won. Now he's running for president as a Democrat.

All Trump has to do is ask him is he always so wishy-washy, not being able to make up his mind as to which party he belongs?

In a presidential battle of the billionaires, BloomingIdiot will come up short.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 03:12 AM (Y8PSl)

827 Well now it's time to say
Goodnight to Weird Dave and all his kin,
I would like to thank
You folks for kindly droppin' in.
You're all invited back again to this locality
To have a heapin' helpin' of their hospitality.

Moron that is, sit a spell, take your pants off.

Keep smiling horde. Pray for each other , our leaders and our country and, .....put down your guns cause I'm armed too, ...our enemies cause we're sorta called to do that.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...waxing bananas at February 01, 2020 03:25 AM (aiDK7)

828

Mary Higgins Clark is mort.
Never read any of her books.

Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 01, 2020 03:26 AM (2PSuu)

829 Biden senile, bloomberg/styer plutocrats trying to buy nomination against the will of the base. Donor class desperate to stop sanders using warren. Kloby and booty not up to it and AOC 's is not old enough. Trump: "better to be lucky then good!" If dems lose in 2020 AOC walks into nomination and presidency in 2024. Demographics are her friend.

Posted by: raimondo at February 01, 2020 03:33 AM (dvheq)

830 If dems lose in 2020 AOC walks into nomination and presidency in 2024. Demographics are her friend.

Posted by: raimondo at February 01, 2020 03:33 AM (dvheq)


Terminal stupidity is yours.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 03:36 AM (Y8PSl)

831
Wow. Quiet.

Posted by: Gooshy at February 01, 2020 03:55 AM (oS6f0)

832 Australian Open wimmenz finals on live on ESPN.
The American chick Kenin has nice legs.
The Spanish chick Muguruza is taller, and somewhat mannish.

Match just started. First set 1-1.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 01, 2020 04:00 AM (ufFY8)

833 Time to get moving

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 04:05 AM (ZCEU2)

834 Vote for me because I might die in office

Why wait? Do it now and become a trendsetter. Have we ever had a candidate, drawing crowds of dozens, croak on the campaign trail?

Btw, I had an initial typo -- 'crowds' was 'crows'

And since a crowd of crows is a 'murder', well...

Post your conspiracy theory here and beat the crowd.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:08 AM (Z4rgH)

835 @834 I think it was horace greely.

Posted by: raimondo at February 01, 2020 04:11 AM (dvheq)

836 As another aside, of which I am full of among other things, ---

Jason Lee, only son of Bruce Lee, was starring in the best film of his career in 'The Crow', when he was shot and killed on the set by a gun that the armorer failed to check for a clear barrel...

Bruce himself died under somewhat mysterious circumstances.

It's crows, all the way down. Fuck them turtles.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:14 AM (Z4rgH)

837 Pissed off got to wait until Wednesday, fkers

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 04:15 AM (ZCEU2)

838 Bruce Lee's son was named Brandon.

Posted by: Ace's liver at February 01, 2020 04:20 AM (wGeit)

839 835 raimondo,

Via wiki --

Greeley was the new Liberal Republican Party's presidential nominee in 1872. He lost in a landslide despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party. He was devastated by the death of his wife five days before the election and died himself one month later, before the Electoral College had met.

So he didn't die on the campaign trail, despite drawing crowds of dozens.

Sorry, he fails one of my criteria. Close but no cigar.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:23 AM (Z4rgH)

840 Bruce Lee's son was named Brandon.

Posted by: Ace's liver at February 01, 2020 04:20 AM (wGeit)


You are right. Alcohol was involved. The rest of my story checks out?

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:24 AM (Z4rgH)

841 Fact checking trolls since 2020...

It's okay though, raimondo occasionally makes a point.

We've had worse. We will have worse.

Election season is coming.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:31 AM (Z4rgH)

842 Not a whole lot out there for news

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 04:45 AM (ZCEU2)

843 Dman, I've see a better pulse on a corpse destined for China's coronavirus crematoriums.

Get up, you slug-a-beds.

Dear Adam,

Are you gonna draw those subpoenas, or whistle 'Dixie'?

Schitt is already threatening to call Bolton for 'testilying'. The Vindman twins are Bolton's gift to PDJT's NSC, and Pelosi changed the House rules to grant Schitt unlimited subpoena powers.

Check out Treehouse and AM Greatness for details.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:48 AM (Z4rgH)

844 So a pretty good amount of good news, then?

Posted by: Tea for Two at February 01, 2020 04:48 AM (YqED9)

845 So he didn't die on the campaign trail, despite drawing crowds of dozens.

Sorry, he fails one of my criteria. Close but no cigar.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:23 AM (Z4rgH)


Didn't Jeb! die on the campaign trail?

Please clap.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 04:58 AM (Y8PSl)

846 ..It's really too bad my friend can't work. He helped a lot on the house before the heart problems.

The deadbeats at the river have to go. I can't afford providing them with free electricity. And I think I can unload the place with them gone. I just need an enforcer down there.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2020 12:46 AM (Lqy/e)



Can anyone you know put a backhoe at my disposal?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston,TX

Posted by: Jim at February 01, 2020 04:58 AM (QzJWU)

847 I would love to do that one day. Tour the country on a motorcycle. No plans, just go. The only problem is I hate rain. I can't stand riding in the rain. I hate the rain with the heat of 1000 suns. I hate the rain more than chuck fucking schumer. Ok maybe not, but I hate getting caught in the rain. I can see me burying the bike and renting a car to get home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


So, I guess a Pina colada is out of the question.

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2020 04:59 AM (arJlL)

848 Get up, you slug-a-beds.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 04:48 AM (Z4rgH)


Digging into a plate of homemade corned beef hash with two sunny side up eggs. I'm up and at 'em.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 05:00 AM (Y8PSl)

849 pjmedia.com/schumer falsely claims theres been no-witnesses no documents during impeachment
from
28,578 pages of documents
192 video clips of 13 witnesses
18 witnesses chosen by Democrats deposed
17 witnesses chosen by Democrats deposed in public
0 witnesses chosen by Republicans

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:03 AM (ZCEU2)

850 ..Digging into a plate of homemade corned beef hash with two sunny side up eggs. I'm up and at 'em.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 05:00 AM (Y8PSl)



And I'm fixin' to hit the snoozer, after a too long a' night's work.

Hasta la whatever, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 01, 2020 05:04 AM (QzJWU)

851 In Newz, Zero Hedge has been permanently banned from twitter for 'doxxing' some Chinese scientist, by quoting his writings. Or something.

Buzzfeed was involved in getting them banned. ZH is fighting back.

I link ZH occasionally, though I usually warn that you can't trust their Russia coverage at all, and stay THE FUCK out of their comment section.

But the MFM coverage that ZH is a 'far-right' website is utter bullshit. In that case so is Drudge.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 05:05 AM (Z4rgH)

852 Had a ham and cheese omelette with toast, or at least wood fiber board that my wife claims is bread.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:05 AM (ZCEU2)

853 pjmedia.com/election/is schumer trying to take sanders out by agreeing to hold acquittal vote after the iowa caucus
https://tinyurl.com/t2bygxj
A interesting thought concerning I wrote the powers that be would like to see Biden as the candidate.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:10 AM (ZCEU2)

854 Good Morning Morons

Posted by: Vic at February 01, 2020 05:10 AM (mpXpK)

855 Good luck Vic, not seeing a whole lot

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:12 AM (ZCEU2)

856 Didn't Jeb! die on the campaign trail?

Please clap.

Posted by: RickZ at February 01, 2020 04:58 AM (Y8PSl)


Bloomberg has now blown more of his own money than Jeb! did in his failed, OPM, cocksuckery.

Using your criterion, Bloomberg has been sucking carbon monoxide fume for months.

So the DNC changes their debate rulez once again, to allow Nanny Bloomberg onto the next debate stage even though he hasn't raised a plugged nickel in private donor cash. Which WAS a RULE.

Rules are very flexible in the Democrat world.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 05:14 AM (Z4rgH)

857 Fun campaign slogan maker:

Your first name , followed by 2020: followed by the last thing you said to your pet.

LASue 2020: Time for a treat!

Posted by: LASue at February 01, 2020 05:18 AM (Ed8Zd)

858 855
Good luck Vic, not seeing a whole lot

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:12 AM (ZCEU2)


News is a little lean this morning but not as sparse as it has been the past several days. The Scampeachment is petering out now.

Posted by: Vic at February 01, 2020 05:18 AM (mpXpK)

859 Face it, Twitter is run like a dictatorship which is fine if every company was permitted to do that but the Leftists and their courts don't see it that way, so they can and do.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:20 AM (ZCEU2)

860 856
So the DNC changes their debate rulez once
again, to allow Nanny Bloomberg onto the next debate stage even though
he hasn't raised a plugged nickel in private donor cash. Which WAS a
RULE.



Rules are very flexible in the Democrat world.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 05:14 AM (Z4rgH)

And they are talking about changing the convention rules to bring back the Superdelegates. I have a link for the EMT.

Posted by: Vic at February 01, 2020 05:21 AM (mpXpK)

861 Mornin y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 01, 2020 05:23 AM (y/fJ4)

862 "Fun campaign slogan maker:
Your first name , followed by 2020: followed by the last thing you said to your pet.
LASue 2020: Time for a treat!
"
-Posted by: LASue at February 01, 2020 05:18 AM (Ed8Zd)

Slapweasel 2020: I'm Sorry, Sweetheart

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 01, 2020 05:23 AM (Ckg4U)

863 Big V 2020: "Good bye buddy."

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 01, 2020 05:25 AM (y/fJ4)

864 Democrat voters love when they get a hand picked candidate, its tje tried and true Leftist way.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:26 AM (ZCEU2)

865 864
Democrat voters love when they get a hand picked candidate, its tje tried and true Leftist way.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:26 AM (ZCEU2)


Once again Commie Bernie is leading the pack going into the convention and the DNC doesn't like that.

Posted by: Vic at February 01, 2020 05:27 AM (mpXpK)

866 Skip 2020 You can have the seat

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2020 05:27 AM (ZCEU2)

867 bear with asymmetrical balls 2020: you're a good girl

I sound like Biden trolling a middle-school cafeteria looking for hair to sniff.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 01, 2020 05:29 AM (H5knJ)

868 "Fun campaign slogan maker:
Your first name , followed by 2020: followed by the last thing you said to your pet.
LASue 2020: Time for a treat!"

-

Posted by: LASue at February 01, 2020 05:18 AM (Ed8Zd)

"Don't piss on my porch, and tell me "Its raining."

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 01, 2020 05:30 AM (Z4rgH)

869 Just saw the dem creep Awan and his family have sued Luke Rosiak and the Daily Caller for defamation etc. all while the DOJ refuses to release FOIA docs on the Awans. The case should get dismissed under anti Slapp but if not discovery could be fun. The complaint is full of anti republican rhetoric and claims Luke attacked Awan because hes Muslim.

Bold move. Could be interesting

Posted by: LASue at February 01, 2020 05:30 AM (Ed8Zd)

870 JHU CSSE Coronavirus Updates

https://tinyurl.com/usg22ww

Another big jump in the counts.

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at February 01, 2020 05:35 AM (XzVUd)

871 Double-Fault for a Service Break in the Third Set of the Womens' Australian Open Final.

Kenin, (USA) 4-6, 6-2, 4-2 over Muguroza (ESP)... up 40-15 (w) serve.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 01, 2020 05:40 AM (Ckg4U)

872 4-6, 6-2, 5-2... U.S.A.! - U.S.A.! - U.S.A.!

...one Break way from Championship.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 01, 2020 05:43 AM (Ckg4U)

873 Muguruza Double-Faulted herself out of the Championship. She was getting tired and is showed.

U.S.A. takes the Australian Open Women's Final.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 01, 2020 05:49 AM (Ckg4U)

874 Yeah Me 2020 Should have known better!

Posted by: Yeah Me at February 01, 2020 05:54 AM (/LQkF)

875 Morning nood

Posted by: Spypeach at February 01, 2020 05:56 AM (7R8A2)

876

**static**

We'll crap. Didn't even get a chance to say "hi."

Posted by: teej who will never buy another Yamaha instrument at February 01, 2020 05:56 AM (8VsQb)

877 nood !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 01, 2020 05:56 AM (zlgJP)

878 152 The Perfect Woman.

At last I've found the perfect girl,
I could not ask for more.
She's deaf and dumb and oversexed
And owns a liquor store.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2020 10:24 PM (axyOa)

That's pretty great.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2020 06:08 AM (7juvc)

879 "Fun campaign slogan maker:
Your first name , followed by 2020: followed by the last thing you said to your pet.
---

Eris 2020: Nobody Will Hear You Scream

(Does it have to be just animals?)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 01, 2020 07:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

880 Whoa am I behind schedule!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 01, 2020 07:08 AM (Dc2NZ)

881 I know the song! I know the song! The Diarrhea Song: "You can tell, by the smell, that you're not feeling well! DIARRHEA! *clap, clap* DIARRHEA! *clap, clap*"

"Some people think it's funny, but it's stinky, brown, and runny"

"DIARRHEA! *clap, clap* DIARRHEA! *clap, clap*

And so on...

Posted by: Ragnarokpaperscissors at February 01, 2020 08:43 AM (IQ2Yl)

882 " You can tell by the stench she's got blood in her trench when that time of the month comes along "

I think it is a Sasquatch and the sickabillies cover
Only remember because I could projectile vomit like him and go right back at the borrle without missing a beat.

Posted by: Roman at February 01, 2020 11:01 AM (4NHBE)

883 John Valby.

Posted by: Occasional Reader at February 01, 2020 11:52 AM (lZ0Jc)

884 There are plenty of other people who do nice things - who could rightly be called heroes - who didn't rape a girl.

Enough about Kobe, already.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at February 01, 2020 02:02 PM (jWe5r)

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