Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Lovesick Maiden
Jan Havickszoon Steen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:30 AM (mZUr4)

2 Yeah Buddy.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:30 AM (R5lpX)

3 looks more like the cramps

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (yrol0)

4 When I told him I wouldn't give him a blowjob, he dumped me.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (IIAOb)

5 She's trying to decide between the two men and the dog.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (R5lpX)

6 Doggeh looks comfy

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (mZUr4)

7 Doggie not impressed with medieval cleavage.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

8 She's the offspring of Peyton Manning and Christina Ricci. That's not even a five-head. That's a six-head!

Posted by: Buzzion at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (G2zl5)

9 I don't get lovesick from that.

She looks like she's just watched a Biden speech and is trying to figure out what he said.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (EjmvJ)

10 Alternate title: "Foot On a Box".

Posted by: grammie winger at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (45fpk)

11 That's a hell of a widow's peak on Count Dracula there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (evAgx)

12 Much better CBD

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (Dhqsd)

13 She was in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time...

Posted by: Scottst at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (nEDaf)

14 She need the booster from Paolo!

Posted by: paolo at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (UHVv4)

15 Not a very feminine pose.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (U2p+3)

16 dud looks like a maiden

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (yrol0)

17 Lovesick? She looks like she was just told she has to take the shot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (txdEq)

18 Guess that nice pair didn't do the trick

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 09:32 AM (Dhqsd)

19 Medical warning... the Paolo booster may cause heart attack.

Posted by: paolo at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (UHVv4)

20 Guy on left...I can offer you my big ten inch, a hand maiden and three milk cows.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (R5lpX)

21 Alternate title: Don't Mansplain My Manspread

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (NgqoH)

22 "I'm going to need a vole..."
-Rick Sanchez

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (LvTSG)

23 The man in the hat looks like his face was done by a completely different person when compared to the other two.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (G2zl5)

24 every time the maiden swoons we beat the dog

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

25 Come'on Irene. Let's buy you some ale.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (45fpk)

26 Doctor: All she really needs is good lovin'!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (AlkyK)

27 I recommend a course of leeches on her thingee.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:33 AM (UHVv4)

28 This looks familiar, has this one been featured before?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (p+1gI)

29 Dog - just wake me when that dude comes back.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (sX1BW)

30 The dog looks to be the healthiest and happiest of all the beings in the painting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (txdEq)

31 Dog napping on pillow, yes, definitely art.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (2SdPm)

32 Mutant metallic horseshoe crab from Fauci Lab about to strike.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

33 That's a hell of a widow's peak on Count Dracula there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2021

***
He looks to be wearing some kind of cap or bald-patch covering.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (txdEq)

34 This looks familiar, has this one been featured before?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 30, 2021 09:34 AM (p+1gI)

You're thinking of when they had to drag Hillary into the van.

Posted by: Wally at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (FJYfm)

35 Today's art shows how the election of Trump was bad for women. Even the dog is hiding itself from the horrors to come. Drs Fauci and Brix are unable to comfort the patient. The bedpan at the ready in the corner is a testament to the awful ejecta the Trump maladministration will bring to all right thinking women. They are afraid of being grabbed by the Bad Orange Man. Outside we see the storm clouds gathering that will engulf the whole world while the evil one rules.

Posted by: The Art Critic at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (7bRMQ)

36 Well, at least there's a cute dog.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

37 She's wondering if her insurance will cover the medical bill.

Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (88xKn)

38 The batteries died on her love toy.

Posted by: Lotta nerve at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (JdcHc)

39 She should get over him, he was a soyboy anyway.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 09:35 AM (Dhqsd)

40 Boy Howdy, Horde!

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at November 30, 2021 09:36 AM (L5CMQ)

41 She need s a stool for the other leg

Posted by: WSMS at November 30, 2021 09:36 AM (hcydm)

42 She's got her foot propped up, but they took her guitar away.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 30, 2021 09:36 AM (AlkyK)

43 That maiden has a blockhead.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (Y5qcH)

44 She wants to pay in tulip bulbs.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (UHVv4)

45 I have a comfortable pet bed for my cat Chekov, and he ignores it. He slept in it earlier this year, when he was shaved and the weather was cool. Now that he's down with the rheumatiz, no way.

I bring this up because the dog seems to have a very nice pillow to sleep on, and realizes it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (txdEq)

46 "Let the blood-letting begin!" -- Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (mZ3xv)

47 How do we know she is a maiden?

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (bVYXr)

48 "Son of a bitch, we're out of Mop 'N Glo."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (6FeV1)

49
Dog, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (/U27+)

50 She doesn't look lovesick. More like she's wondering what she ever saw in the man with the black hat.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

51 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:30 AM (mZUr4)

Don't talk to me...I haven't had coffee yet.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (Q9lwr)

52 She has morning love sickness. That is, she just realized she is knocked up.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (o2MD2)

53 I'm not seeing the product placement in this one like yesterday. Unless that's some high-quality copper cookware on the floor to the left. (Available now for three easy payments of $19.99 each.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (dfRN6)

54 The Lovesick Maiden

*******

Diagnostic Acumen - a limerick

There once was a young girl named Sherry
With a young man she wanted to marry
But when push came to shove
The doc said, "It's not love.
It seems that you've got dysentery!"

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (m45I2)

55 Ed Asner or Squiggy?
Run Lady?

Posted by: Idahonian at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (hD2j4)

56 She wants to her pay in tulip bulbs.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:37 AM (UHVv4)

FIFY

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (R5lpX)

57 Gent on the Left: I you are sadz and all, but we are still going to need some breakfast.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (sX1BW)

58 I don't appreciate how she's all ladyspreading there...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (6FeV1)

59 "Miss, we've rented your room."

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (vuisn)

60 Lovesick? She looks disgusted to me. Hand on the forehead says.. why me God? Why me?

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (nxdel)

61 53 I'm not seeing the product placement in this one like yesterday. Unless that's some high-quality copper cookware on the floor to the left. (Available now for three easy payments of $19.99 each.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (dfRN6)

That's a bed warmer. You see, in the old days they thought it was a good idea to put hot coals in the bed with you.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (Y5qcH)

62 I'm not seeing the product placement in this one like yesterday. Unless that's some high-quality copper cookware on the floor to the left. (Available now for three easy payments of $19.99 each.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021

***
"Just remember: It's a Spurtle, Myrtle!"

Posted by: Newsmax in the Early AM at November 30, 2021 09:40 AM (txdEq)

63 The man in the black hat is looking at her bewb which is about to be exposed any second now.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

64 61 That's a bed warmer. You see, in the old days they thought it was a good idea to put hot coals in the bed with you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (Y5qcH)

=========

I've read that they had enough experience with putting hot coals into beds that they took them out when people got in.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 09:40 AM (LvTSG)

65 Doctor: "Young lady, it appears that your heart has been wounded with a monotonous languor!"

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (m45I2)

66 That's a bed warmer. You see, in the old days they thought it was a good idea to put hot coals in the bed with you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 09:39 AM (Y5qcH)

In the days before central heat, people would pre-warm the bunk with coals. Pretty good idea, actually.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (o2MD2)

67 She needn't be so lovesick. She's with two potential mates by the look of things...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (DU+/6)

68 Moll Flanders readying for her checkup.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (UHVv4)

69 That's a big popcorn-popper at the lower left.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (mZ3xv)

70 A languor is a small-ish old world marsupial. Right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (6FeV1)

71 That face... it's constipation. I've seen it before.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (BFigT)

72 He stuck it up my yam chute and now I itch down there...

Would Not Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (8m1jA)

73 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:30 AM (mZUr4)

Don't talk to me...I haven't had coffee yet.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 09:38 AM (Q9lwr)

How long does sous vide coffee take to brew???

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (mZUr4)

74 Shame those hats went out of style..I'd like one.

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (AwYPR)

75 I see the bed in the background and she's got a headache.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

76 "I just bought an extended warranty, why do I still feel empty inside?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (PiwSw)

77 That's a bed warmer. You see, in the old days they thought it was a good idea to put hot coals in the bed with you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021
*
In the days before central heat, people would pre-warm the bunk with coals. Pretty good idea, actually.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021

***
A hot brick wrapped in flannel is the way to go!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (txdEq)

78 The dog seems bored with the whole affair.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (csEWM)

79 I did the Helicopter dance for her the night before.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (Bar7+)

80 Ill humours have gotten the best of her.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (vuisn)

81 If you embiggen the image enough, you'll see the maiden's love interest listening-in on the conversation, masquerading as a statue in jockey shorts.

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (AMIL/)

82 She looks exasperated. And she looks like she's being attended to by some doctor with an effeminate apprentice. Probably trying to diagnose that high forehead.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (fLri9)

83 Where's the sniper?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (R5lpX)

84 Doctors are always taking. Your pulse, your temperature. Take, take, take. I say it's time to give back.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (m45I2)

85 67 She needn't be so lovesick. She's with two potential mates by the look of things...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (DU+/6)

-----

Her father and her brother?

/What do you think this represents, the Biden family?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (mZ3xv)

86 I've read that they had enough experience with putting hot coals into beds that they took them out when people got in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 09:40 AM (LvTSG)
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Yeah, but what about when you pre-warm the bed, go back out to the parlor for a moment only to find that your long-absent second cousin has returned from an imperial posting to the colonies and so you tie one on before returning to bed, by which time you're so befuddled by drink that you forgot the presence of the warmer and sear your flesh when you just want to settle in for a catnap?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (DU+/6)

87 A languor is a small-ish old world marsupial. Right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:41 AM (6FeV1)
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Known for their monotony. Do not invite them to dinner; you'll regret it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (AlkyK)

88 That face... it's constipation. I've seen it before.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021

***
Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea. Nicotine poisoning. Not interesting.

Posted by: Dr. House at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (txdEq)

89 Ill humours have gotten the best of her.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:42 AM (vuisn)

"You two dickholes make one more pun about tulips and I'm gonna go full Dutch Fugue on your asses..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (6FeV1)

90 They brought her a cobra in the basket.

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 09:44 AM (AwYPR)

91 Her father and her brother?

/What do you think this represents, the Biden family?
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (mZ3xv)
++++
Father and brother. Sure. I'm pretty sure you mean "farrier and cordwainer, dressing up in the master's clothes and putting a move on his daughter."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:44 AM (DU+/6)

92 86 Yeah, but what about when you pre-warm the bed, go back out to the parlor for a moment only to find that your long-absent second cousin has returned from an imperial posting to the colonies and so you tie one on before returning to bed, by which time you're so befuddled by drink that you forgot the presence of the warmer and sear your flesh when you just want to settle in for a catnap?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (DU+/6)

=========

Caveat emptor.

Also, I imagine the coals had lost a lot of their warmth in the hour it took one to get sloshy drunk at the unexpected meeting of the long lost second cousin with tales of Darkest Peru.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 09:44 AM (LvTSG)

93 I wonder what is the significance of the box.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (wyw4S)

94 The man in the black hat looks like an elf.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

95 A big hearty bowl of Kaboom would gently lift her spirits, I pray.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (vuisn)

96 Hot Razors in My Heart > hot coals in the bed
https://youtu.be/Ds3B7pzWjBw

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (mZUr4)

97 A big hearty bowl of Kaboom would gently lift her spirits, I pray.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (vuisn)
++++
Vale-Rite poured over Kaboom! is the ultimate in aristocratic comfort food.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (DU+/6)

98 I wonder what is the significance of the box.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (wyw4S)

You do anything against the rules, you spend a night in the box.

Posted by: Floorwalker at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)

99 Good doggie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (mfElR)

100 The man in the black hat looks like an elf.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

No no no...he looks like more of a Fairy.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (R5lpX)

101 I wonder what is the significance of the box.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:45 AM (wyw4S)

Sewing supplies.

Or it has oysters in it...fresh from the North Sea!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (Q9lwr)

102 By Jan Havickszoon or later

Posted by: Idahonian at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (hD2j4)

103 You do anything against the rules, you spend a night in the box.
Posted by: Floorwalker at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)
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I see. So the guy who broke her heart is stuffed into it.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (wyw4S)

104 CBD, go get that coffee. You're talking nonsense.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (wyw4S)

105 She looks bored and if those two would leave her she'd rip one so foul that it would make the dog leave too.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (w9UC1)

106 Is Ace back ?

He must be chompin' at the blitz !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (arJlL)

107 Don't talk to me...I haven't had coffee yet.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

That is the exact phrase my wife used with her kids in the morning when they were little.

Now she uses it with me. Or just glares. Mostly just glares.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (BFigT)

108 I see. So the guy who broke her heart is stuffed into it.

Posted by: bluebell at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (wyw4S)

Or his remains.

Posted by: Floorwalker at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (7bRMQ)

109 You do anything against the rules, you spend a night in the box.
Posted by: Floorwalker at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)

"Just taking a pulse over here, boss!"

- Doc on the left

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (dfRN6)

110 Great. Every time in Brave I access the picture, even opened in a separate tab, it closes the whole browser when I close the supposed pop up. Nothing like losing 10 minutes of typing.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (UHVv4)

111 She looks bored and if those two would leave her she'd rip one so foul that it would make the dog leave too.
Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 09:47 AM (w9UC1)

You must now provide instructions for cleaning coffee from a computer monitor!!

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (mZUr4)

112 She has ugly shoes.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

113 Is Ace back ?

He must be chompin' at the blintz !
Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (arJlL)
++++
Enhanced.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (DU+/6)

114 CBD, go get that coffee. You're talking nonsense.
Posted by: bluebell

Go ahead ; break out the maple syrup; I DARE ya !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (arJlL)

115 103 You do anything against the rules, you spend a night in the box. Posted by: Floorwalker at November 30, 2021 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)
===
Kinda like the Ace Barrel?

Posted by: dingbat at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (XQwnh)

116 That is the exact phrase my wife used with her kids in the morning when they were little.

Now she uses it with me. Or just glares. Mostly just glares.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021 09:48 AM (BFigT)
++++
Ah, when experience transcends the need for spoken communication...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (DU+/6)

117 Huge tracts of land, Lancelot on his way up!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (w9Wax)

118 lol Mannix !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (arJlL)

119 The Thinker's sister.

Posted by: davidt at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (0hbQ6)

120 What kind of crazy skullcap is the other man wearing? It makes him look like a Vampire.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

121 Guide to medical practice:

1. If it's cool, heat it up
2. If it's hot, cool it down
3. If those two things don't work apply topical steroid cream.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (m45I2)

122 Also, good morning to all and I hope you all had lovely Thanksgiving holidays. For those of you in the Frozen North, I hope it was good when you celebrated last month!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (DU+/6)

123 4. Have an amusing anecdote to amuse the patient while waiting for the steroids to kick in.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:51 AM (m45I2)

124 Kinda like the Ace Barrel?

Posted by: dingbat at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (XQwnh)

Well, you never can tell what else is in there with you.

Posted by: The Box at November 30, 2021 09:51 AM (7bRMQ)

125 110 Great. Every time in Brave I access the picture, even opened in a separate tab, it closes the whole browser when I close the supposed pop up. Nothing like losing 10 minutes of typing.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 09:49 AM (UHVv4)

Go up to the upper left. The downward arrow that says 'search tabs'. You should be able to recover with the 'recently closed.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:51 AM (csEWM)

126 Guide to medical practice:

1. If it's cool, heat it up
2. If it's hot, cool it down
3. If those two things don't work apply topical steroid cream.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 09:50 AM (m45I2)
++++
Can we mix and match? What if we dope the cream with menthol for a cooling steroid experience?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 09:51 AM (DU+/6)

127 88 That face... it's constipation. I've seen it before.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021

***
Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea. Nicotine poisoning. Not interesting.

Posted by: Dr. House at November 30, 2021 09:43 AM (txdEq)

-----

What if I told you it was Lupus, Wolfus?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (mZ3xv)

128 Her lover has merely gone to siege whilst she couched a hogshead, but fear not, anon will he return.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (vuisn)

129 What the hell is that above the doorway?

Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)

130 129 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)

Looks like a cherub statue.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (csEWM)

131 Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea. Nicotine poisoning. Not interesting.

Posted by: Dr. House at November 30, 2021
*
What if I told you it was Lupus, Wolfus?
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021

***
Appropriate!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (txdEq)

132 Perhaps to represent Cupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (csEWM)

133 Dude over the door in a banana hammock. Looks like he's ready to jump in like Jimmy Super-fly Snooka.

Posted by: Doof at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (mZUr4)

134 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)

Looks like a statue.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (mfElR)

135 Looks like a cherub statue.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (csEWM)

Doing a Freddie Mercury impression

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:53 AM (6FeV1)

136 129 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)

Naked ninja.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (UuD2k)

137 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)
***********
I didn't notice that. It looks like a naked child.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (NpAcC)

138 "What the hell is that above the doorway?"

Shhhh... she still thinks I'm in the box

Posted by: Doll from Trilogy of terror at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (w9UC1)

139 But how does she look naked, hand-scrubbing the floor with Mop-Glo?

Posted by: Said No One Ever at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (JCZqz)

140 Love sick. Looks like a doctor on the left checking her heart rate, and the one on the right the worried father wondering who the boy who left town did to his daughter. Were the clothing heavy enough for the 'boy' to get his hands it those forbidden places, let along to do the final act.

Posted by: Colin at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (44Osg)

141 Doing a Freddie Mercury impression
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021

***
Dying: the best career move Freddie Mercury ever made

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (txdEq)

142 What the hell is that above the doorway?

Crap. You weren't supposed to see me.

Posted by: Elf on the Transom at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM (nfrXX)

143 I think the one on the right is a woman. Maid? Mother?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (6FeV1)

144 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)

'Ow should I know? I'm not Doctor Bloody Bernowski!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (dfRN6)

145 I saw Cooling Steroid Experience open for Jimi Hendrix during his Cry of Love Tour in Inglewood back in '70.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (mZ3xv)

146 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

147 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM

The sniper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (m+jkK)

148 I think the one on the right is a woman. Maid? Mother?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021

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The way the hands are held does suggest that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (txdEq)

149 Love Sick? Ya mean like...STD's?

Posted by: Birddog at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (uAI4S)

150 Alternate Title: Maiden With Manface

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

151 Don't talk to me...I haven't had coffee yet.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November

Does that mean the pie is gone too?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (U2p+3)

152 Quit smoking day two. Perhaps a pot of coffee is the wrong thing to do. A smoke sure goes good with a cup o' Joe.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (R5lpX)

153 She has one of those widows caps with the peak on, it looks like

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (6FeV1)

154 Posted by: Elf on the Transom at November 30, 2021 09:54 AM

Elf on the Transom >>> Fauci on the Shelf

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (m+jkK)

155 I like the skullcap on the fellow on the right. I wish I had one of those.

Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Just cannot seem to get rid of this damned cold.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (2JVJo)

156 What the hell is that above the doorway?
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2021 09:52 AM (88xKn)
++++
When originally designing the Panopticon, Jeremy Bentham envisioned a series of mirrors to allow the overseer to keep tabs on everyone. This worked, but was expensive and inflexible. Cameras subsequently displaced the mirror arrangement, but the people living in the new Panopticon found them unsettling and those who stuck to traditional ways could not countenance such an intrusion. To overcome these concerns, cameras were placed into objects such as statuary and light fixtures.

In this case, the aristocratic family has maintained a traditional estate environment and so statuary was chosen for camera placement. The statue in question here is a low-quality piece that was in storage. It was repurposed and placed outside of traditional sight lines to serve as cover for the surveillance equipment. It is a poor work that is also somewhat unsettling. The family rarely noticed its presence, and assumed that a housekeeper or one of the ladies of the house reinstalled it in the unobtrusive location.

Posted by: Fake History, Volume CXIV at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (DU+/6)

157 Notice how there do not appear to be any windows in this room?

Eye strain must have really sucked.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (csEWM)

158 Cherub above the door has seen some things man... it changes you

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (w9UC1)

159 Does that mean the pie is gone too?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (U2p+3)

Oh yes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (Q9lwr)

160 143 I think the one on the right is a woman. Maid? Mother?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (6FeV1)

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Oh, you're right! Now THAT's a widow's peak ... I thought it was more like Eddie Munster.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 09:57 AM (mZ3xv)

161 Just cannot seem to get rid of this damned cold.

------------

You probably need another booster.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 30, 2021 09:57 AM (sX1BW)

162 She just knew she shouldn't have sat in that tractor.

Posted by: Haywood at November 30, 2021 09:57 AM (j4k8T)

163 Elf on the Transom >>> Fauci on the Shelf
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM (m+jkK)

Wouldn't mind if Fauci were shelved. Or benched. Or deep-sixed. Or shot into the sun. Or....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 09:57 AM (dfRN6)

164 The lovesick maiden has a fivehead, possibly telekinetic powers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM (QU5/8)

165 Does that mean the pie is gone too?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 30, 2021 09:55 AM (U2p+3)

Oh yes!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 09:56 AM

Oh, no!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM (m+jkK)

166 You probably need another booster.
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at November 30, 2021 09:57 AM (sX1BW)

Humors are out of balance. Get the leeches!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM (csEWM)

167 The lovesick maiden has a fivehead, possibly telekinetic powers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM (QU5/

Nobody ever gives me the credit for that!!!

Posted by: Alopecia at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (7bRMQ)

168 I have the same problem, MPPPP.

Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (qpolg)

169 Don't talk to me...I haven't had coffee yet.
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Does that mean the pie is gone too?

Of course not. Who would eat pie without coffee? We are Morons, not Barbarians.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (nfrXX)

170 Humors are out of balance. Get the leeches!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM

"I had no idea you were a medical man, sir."

Posted by: Elizabethan Doctor at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (m+jkK)

171 Well, this is a transition from yesterday's. Yes, it's a scene in a room with a woman at the center and there are images party obscured in the dark corners of the room. But this painting isn't making a political or social point, like Monday's.

I love the humor in this painting, best shown by the expression on the woman's face and posture and partly by the men's faces who seem to be oblivious to her 'dilemma'. The detail of the dog and objects in the room and the realistic look of the wood floor help establish the everyday aspect of the scene. The bright color and sheen of her clothes focusses the viewers attention on her in the middle of the image.

It's a very entertaining and effective painting.

Posted by: JTB at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (7EjX1)

172 The lovesick maiden has a fivehead, possibly telekinetic powers.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 30, 2021

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'Twould be interesting to photoshop the face and forehead of one of the Talosians from Trek over her face.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (txdEq)

173 Humors are out of balance. Get the leeches!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 09:58 AM (csEWM)

Sorry doc, they're all in DC right now.

Posted by: Assistant at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (7bRMQ)

174 When I told him I wouldn't give him a blowjob, he dumped me.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (IIAOb)

I have always found it very difficult to believe that any woman actually likes doing that. Puts up with it, grudgingly performs, accepts it as a semi-annual grotesquerie, perhaps, but not liking it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (2JVJo)

175 Muldoon you Crack me up

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (Dhqsd)

176 Well, on embiggening the pic, it looks as though the fellow on the right is wearing a dress and so must be a woman.

I still want that skullcap, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (2JVJo)

177 I'm just saying, maybe you wouldn't have woken up with a headache and crotch rot if you did not go out drinking and whoring every night!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (csEWM)

178 German Suicide Factory Says It Will Only Help You Kill Yourself If You're Vaxxed

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In order to destroy the.village we had to save it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (FVME7)

179 "but not licking it."

FTFY

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (w9UC1)

180 Good doggie

Posted by: Hrothgar at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (BHHUx)

181 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (2JVJo)

You need to expand your dating pool.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (Q9lwr)

182 When I told him I wouldn't give him a blowjob, he dumped me.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 30, 2021
*
I have always found it very difficult to believe that any woman actually likes doing that. Puts up with it, grudgingly performs, accepts it as a semi-annual grotesquerie, perhaps, but not liking it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021

***
La Sociopath, aka Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, always seemed quite proud of her abilities in that department. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (txdEq)

183 I'm just saying, maybe you wouldn't have woken up with a headache and crotch rot if you did not go out drinking and whoring every night!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (csEWM)

Don't talk to your mother that way!

Posted by: Her mother on the right. at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (6FeV1)

184 176 Well, on embiggening the pic, it looks as though the fellow on the right is wearing a dress and so must be a woman.

I still want that skullcap, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:01 AM (2JVJo)

Only Christopher Lee or Grandpa Munster could pull off a skull cap like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (csEWM)

185 Some say the maiden's dream never came true
She never got to go to the valley

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (vuisn)

186 The pie that was so lopsided on Sunday morning was consumed with great glee and gusto and a fair bit of piggish behavior on Monday morning.

And of course I had it with coffee. I know the rules.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (Q9lwr)

187 Primum non nocere. Means "first, do no harm"

So here's what we're going to do after that: we'll apply some leeches to your scalp, give you a purgative so you'll have the shits, bleed you to remove half your blood volume, stick a red hot corkscrew up your urethra, give you an emetic annd have you drink a bottle of castor oil.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

188 180 Good doggie
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM (BHHUx)

Brittany Spaniel, you think?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (csEWM)

189 I have the same problem, MPPPP.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (qpolg)

It's been a solid three weeks now. Settled into a hacking cough, raw throat and mucus in the lungs. Nothing medicinal helps.

At least in 30-odd days I can spend a week in bed and not have to get up at all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (2JVJo)

190 I have always found it very difficult to believe that any woman actually likes doing that. Puts up with it, grudgingly performs, accepts it as a semi-annual grotesquerie, perhaps, but not liking it.

Wait... SEMI-annual?
Damn.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:04 AM (w9UC1)

191 give you an emetic annd have you drink a bottle of castor oil.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

Ok, ok, I'll tell you where the hideout is, just stop already!!!

Posted by: Her mother on the right. at November 30, 2021 10:04 AM (6FeV1)

192 Well, there's this explanation-
"Doctors were familiar targets of parody in Steen's native Leiden, the home of a famous medical school. Borrowing from the comic stage, Steen identifies the old man as a quack by his peculiar clothing, while the nature of the young lady's malady is suggested by the Cupid over the door, and other intimations like the open bed. The picture dates about 1660.
The Lovesick Maiden, Jan Steen (Dutch, Leiden 1626--1679 Leiden), Oil on canvas"
Public Domain

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 10:04 AM (NpAcC)

193 Hilariously apropos sock fail....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (6FeV1)

194 My pie was consumed with a monotonous vigour.

/WWII code talker

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (m45I2)

195 Payday today at last! I've extracted some funds from the bank, will gas up the car with the good non-ethanol stuff, and will stock up on a few groceries before going home to give Chekov his evening wet food-plus-crushed pain pill.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (txdEq)

196 So here's what we're going to do after that: we'll apply some leeches to your scalp, give you a purgative so you'll have the shits, bleed you to remove half your blood volume, stick a red hot corkscrew up your urethra, give you an emetic annd have you drink a bottle of castor oil.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

Me next!!!

Posted by: Richard Rachel Levine at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (7bRMQ)

197 Wait... SEMI-annual?
Damn.
Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:04 AM (w9UC1)
++++
If you're only getting a semi out of it once a year, the quality is as poor as the frequency...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (DU+/6)

198 Listen honey, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, no man is going to buy the cow if he's already getting the milk for free.

Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (gmo/4)

199 Did someone say drinking and whoring?

Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (2JVJo)

200 based on the attire and the posture I'd say she's trying to get those two to go away until the guy that's already under her dress finishes.

Posted by: JEM at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (cZPWv)

201 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of COVID, I will fear no evil: for Dr. Fauci art with me; thy needle and thy booster they comfort me.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (BPuaD)

202 based on the attire and the posture I'd say she's trying to get those two to go away until the guy that's already under her dress finishes.
Posted by: JEM

F'n carny midgets!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:06 AM (dwZfR)

203 I have always found it very difficult to believe that any woman actually likes doing that. Puts up with it, grudgingly performs, accepts it as a semi-annual grotesquerie, perhaps, but not liking it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:00 AM (2JVJo)

Once dated a broad who called it "dessert".

She knew what she liked.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 30, 2021 10:06 AM (8m1jA)

204 Leiden? Maybe her paramour hopped on the Mayflower for greener pastures, as it were.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2021 10:06 AM (vuisn)

205 That dog does have it made. Nice dog bed, partially deaf so he can ignore the people prattling at his mistress, looks like some nice, interesting stuff outside.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:07 AM (csEWM)

206 Listen honey, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, no man is going to buy the cow if he's already getting the milk for free.
Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (gmo/4)
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But it's so liberating to give out the milk to many people with high frequency!

Posted by: Modern Feminist Cow at November 30, 2021 10:07 AM (DU+/6)

207 Best comment I've seen so far on the DOCTOR JILL Christmas extravaganza: it's supposed to comfort Joe and remind him of chasing little girls through FAO Schwartz to sniff their hair.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:07 AM (ZGrMX)

208 Listen honey, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, no man is going to buy the cow if he's already getting the milk for free.
Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021

***
He will if he wants the meat and hide!

Wait a minute. Let me rephrase that --

Posted by: Lovely in the Painting at November 30, 2021 10:07 AM (txdEq)

209 The only cure for love sickness is a mask and social distancing.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2021 10:08 AM (NpAcC)

210 Doctors were familiar targets of parody in Steen's native Leiden, the home of a famous medical school. Borrowing from the comic stage, Steen identifies the old man as a quack by his peculiar clothing, while the nature of the young lady's malady is suggested by the Cupid over the door, and other intimations like the open bed. The picture dates about 1660.
-- Met description

Wiki says "It shows a young woman suffering from love-sickness surrounded by her doctor and a maid-servant."

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

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:08 AM (UHVv4)

211 Love sick is what they called STDs back then, right?

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2021 10:08 AM (mbFEM)

212 But it's so liberating to give out the milk to many people with high frequency!
Posted by: Modern Feminist Cow at November 30, 2021 10:07 AM (DU+/6)

Stop making those pasture eyes at me. I'm not interested.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:08 AM (6FeV1)

213 give you an emetic annd have you drink a bottle of castor oil.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM (m45I2)

Mussolini and castor oil:

https://tinyurl.com/2p942299

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:09 AM (2JVJo)

214 Did someone say drinking and whoring?
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin

Sweet! I'm in.

Posted by: Tyrion Lannister at November 30, 2021 10:09 AM (dwZfR)

215 Incidentally, Twitter rolled out the ability to have live group chats (basically Slack/Discord lite) and last night there were dozens with titles like "HERE WE PLAN TO KILL ALL WHITE PEOPLE" and "WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE SMELL BAD". So the DNC must be ecstatic.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (ZGrMX)

216 Once dated a broad who called it "dessert".

She knew what she liked.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 30, 2021

[** tiny ladylike burp **] "Oops! Not bad manners, just good . . ."

Posted by: Lovely in the Painting at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (txdEq)

217 The doctor is explaining that the Maiden can Help the Lady with her lovesickness, IYKWIM. Wink wink.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (R5lpX)

218 SRV: Love Struck Baby
https://youtu.be/nnbnRWHDFpw

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (4I/2K)

219 215 Incidentally, Twitter rolled out the ability to have live group chats (basically Slack/Discord lite) and last night there were dozens with titles like "HERE WE PLAN TO KILL ALL WHITE PEOPLE" and "WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE SMELL BAD". So the DNC must be ecstatic.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (ZGrMX)

Odd, they have become (what was it?) Yahoo around the turn of the century?

To be fair, twitter is like AIM that everyone can see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:11 AM (csEWM)

220 HERE WE PLAN TO KILL ALL WHITE PEOPLE" and "WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE SMELL BAD". So the DNC must be ecstatic.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:10 AM (ZGrMX)

They're just trying to chase the wypipo away so they can have their Jane Austen Book Club Meeting without losing cred.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:11 AM (6FeV1)

221 My pie was consumed with a monotonous vigour.

/WWII code talker
Posted by: Muldoon

The penguins are in the freezer. Repeat:
The penguins are in the freezer.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:11 AM (dwZfR)

222 To be fair, twitter is like AIM that everyone can see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021

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The American Indian Movement?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:12 AM (txdEq)

223 Let me tell you how stupid this world is. I've gotten junk emails today on both green hydrogen and blue hydrogen. Neither of which are real things, they are just stupid concepts made by stupid people thinking they are solving a non-existent problem.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 10:12 AM (Y5qcH)

224 "The penguins are in the freezer. Repeat:
The penguins are in the freezer. "

He looks to have blown a seal...

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:12 AM (w9UC1)

225 "The penguins are in the freezer. Repeat:
The penguins are in the freezer. "
*
He looks to have blown a seal...
Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021

***
"Just fix the car and leave my private life out of it!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:13 AM (txdEq)

226 In the Met's page blowup it looks like the blackrobed figure [a woman or the oddly-dressed quack??] has five o'clock shadow but an earring. The back of the chair or whatever she/he is leaning on covers up the bottom of the robe so I don't know WTF is going on!

Maybe the Met should get it properly cleaned so we can really see what's going on?!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:13 AM (UHVv4)

227
Maybe the Met should get it properly cleaned so we can really see what's going on?!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021

***
It looks the way a lot of modern movies look, dim and unclear as to what's happening.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:14 AM (txdEq)

228 if ace is here... I finally watched all the Garth Merenghi shows over Thanksgiving holiday

and my family thinks I'm insane b/c I was dying laughing and they were totally confused

but omg so much fun! just my kind of very sick humor

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:15 AM (j9HX3)

229 Maybe the Met should get it properly cleaned so we can really see what's going on?!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:13 AM (UHVv4)

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I'm on it!

Posted by: Cecilia Gimenez at November 30, 2021 10:15 AM (VxC1e)

230 La Sociopath, aka Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, always seemed quite proud of her abilities in that department. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:02 AM

I'd ask if she has a sister, but, sociopath, so defaulting to Rule #1.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 10:16 AM (m+jkK)

231 How painful must acute syphilis be if a dude will let a doctor stick a red hot corkscrew up his pecker on the off chance that things will improve?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:16 AM (m45I2)

232 I'm on it!
Posted by: Cecilia Gimenez
-------------------------
Don't forget the Mop N Glo, Cecilia!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:16 AM (UHVv4)

233 if ace is here... I finally watched all the Garth Merenghi shows over Thanksgiving holiday

and my family thinks I'm insane b/c I was dying laughing and they were totally confused

but omg so much fun! just my kind of very sick humor
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021

***
I enjoyed the NZ vampire comedy film What We Do in the Shadows last week. Not a single "name" in the cast, yet it was very funny. (True, a lot of the dialog was supposedly improvised by the actors, but still, a fun concept and script.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:17 AM (txdEq)

234 Neither of which are real things, they are just stupid concepts made by stupid people thinking they are solving a non-existent problem. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 10:12 AM (Y5qcH)

Do not underestimate the entrepreneur just giving the market what it wants. There are billions of dollars out there looking for viable projects of this type.

I occasionally point out that there is no reason why electrolysis of water to make hydrogen needs to be coupled with a renewable power source. That means that one or the other is going to be run inefficiently and even more uneconomically than it otherwise would be anyway. No one wants to hear it.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 30, 2021 10:17 AM (BMmaB)

235 In the Met's page blowup it looks like the blackrobed figure [a woman or the oddly-dressed quack??] has five o'clock shadow but an earring. The back of the chair or whatever she/he is leaning on covers up the bottom of the robe so I don't know WTF is going on!

Maybe the Met should get it properly cleaned so we can really see what's going on?!
Posted by: andycanuck

Looks like Dickie Levine is a time traveler.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:18 AM (dwZfR)

236 La Sociopath, aka Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, always seemed quite proud of her abilities in that department. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021
*
I'd ask if she has a sister, but, sociopath, so defaulting to Rule #1.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 202

***
Not unless she's adopted a sister in the 30 years since I last saw her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:18 AM (txdEq)

237 Heated silver wires is so 1700, Muldoon! I'm drinking mercury solution for my syphilis.

Science, bitches!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:18 AM (UHVv4)

238 As Biden Resumes Nuclear Talks, Iran Declares: "We Will Not Back Off From the Annihilation of Israel"

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Czechoslovakia will be their last territorial demand.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 10:18 AM (FVME7)

239 It's been a solid three weeks now. Settled into a hacking cough, raw throat and mucus in the lungs. Nothing medicinal helps.

At least in 30-odd days I can spend a week in bed and not have to get up at all.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:03 AM

That happens to me once or twice a year. Quick head cold, with the crud settling in my chest and giving me hacking bronchitis until I give in and get my doc to give me antibiotics. Sucks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 10:19 AM (m+jkK)

240 The American Indian Movement?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:12 AM (txdEq)

What was it? AOL Instant Messenger?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:19 AM (csEWM)

241 237 Heated silver wires is so 1700, Muldoon! I'm drinking mercury solution for my syphilis.

Science, bitches!!!
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Just rape an albino. Problem solved.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 30, 2021 10:20 AM (uia9V)

242 How painful must acute syphilis be if a dude will let a doctor stick a red hot corkscrew up his pecker on the off chance that things will improve?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:16 AM

I know, right? Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

Posted by: A candiru at November 30, 2021 10:21 AM (m+jkK)

243 Did someone say drinking and whoring? Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at November 30, 2021 10:05 AM (2JVJo)

I love 1776.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 30, 2021 10:21 AM (BMmaB)

244 No, you don't drink the mercury, you rub it on the suppurating sores!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:21 AM (csEWM)

245 It looks the way a lot of modern movies look, dim and unclear as to what's happening.

Some of that's because most flat-panel consumer TVs have significantly worse ability to show detail in dark areas than CRTs (or good old analog film) does. So your average under-$1000 flat panel will make those movies look washed out and muddy, while they're fine on a more expensive OLED set or an old 1990s Trinitron.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (ZGrMX)

246 Popcorn!

Posted by: klaftern at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (taPSh)

247 And why do they call it 'the clap'? Do you give the doctor a standing ovation if he effects a cure?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (m45I2)

248 La Sociopath, aka Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, always seemed quite proud of her abilities in that department. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021
*
I'd ask if she has a sister, but, sociopath, so defaulting to Rule #1.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021
***
Not unless she's adopted a sister in the 30 years since I last saw her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021

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She did have 2 hot girl cousins, but, 30 years, so --

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (txdEq)

249 Mussolini and castor oil:

https://tinyurl.com/2p942299

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:09 AM (2JVJo)

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Interesting. Just finished reading histories of The Plantagenet Kings and Wars of The Roses, and one of the horrible tortures mentioned in use back then was to force water (or I suppose any liquid) down one's throat until their stomach ruptured.

I recall a horrifying scene at the beginning of the movie Caligula where a man has wine forced down his throat for an extended time and then is stabbed in the stomach with a sword ... as the wine bursts out from the wound.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (mZ3xv)

250 To be fair, twitter is like AIM that everyone can see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021
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Didn't AIM open to all comers in like 1998 or 1999? Now I wanna go check.

:: goes and checks ::

First stand-alone version (did not require AOL internet access) was 1997. A bit earlier than I thought. The late 90s were fun. Chat Wars were a thing, with Microsoft and AOL and Yahoo battling it out with ancient powerhouses like ICQ and IRC, only for all to die with SMS and in-mail chat from the likes of Google and then the titanic rise of social media.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (DU+/6)

251 Painting looks like they are begging her for another threesome and she's deciding whether to give in.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:23 AM (fgzLM)

252 I enjoyed the NZ vampire comedy film What We Do in the Shadows last week. Not a single "name" in the cast, yet it was very funny. (True, a lot of the dialog was supposedly improvised by the actors, but still, a fun concept and script.)

I haven't seen the movie, but the series of the same name is hilarious. Colin Robinson is a secret Moron.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:23 AM (ZGrMX)

253 "No, you don't drink the mercury, you rub it on the suppurating sores!"

{another little lady like burp} You don't say?...

Posted by: Maiden in the picture at November 30, 2021 10:23 AM (w9UC1)

254 The movie was the flight of the Conchords crew, hardly no names

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:24 AM (6FeV1)

255 Does the prominent bed warmer mean she can't get anyone to share her four-poster?

Posted by: red speck at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (gS3OW)

256 First stand-alone version (did not require AOL internet access) was 1997. A bit earlier than I thought. The late 90s were fun. Chat Wars were a thing, with Microsoft and AOL and Yahoo battling it out with ancient powerhouses like ICQ and IRC, only for all to die with SMS and in-mail chat from the likes of Google and then the titanic rise of social media.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (DU+/6)

Email lists for discussing books or series. AIM and the other... SQL? was another instant messenger. SQC?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (csEWM)

257 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

258 "If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be? "

Fiat 500

Posted by: Maiden in the picture at November 30, 2021 10:26 AM (w9UC1)

259 257 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

=======

The Ford Pinto?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

260 257 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

A 1987 Plymouth Omni.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:26 AM (6FeV1)

261 257 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

Unicron, sir. He was a planet that transformed into a robot. Voiced by Orson Wells.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:26 AM (csEWM)

262 Off you fellacious sock!

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:26 AM (w9UC1)

263 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021

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A Lada. Or a Yugo. Maybe a Moskvitch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (txdEq)

264 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)
++++
1988 Yugo GV.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (DU+/6)

265 I love both the movie and the show WWDITS

can't wait til next season! Colin is awesome

and also you guys are reminding me about AIM which was acquired ONLY to destroy it (like a lot of worthwhile platforms and software I could name)

tech monopolies suck IOW

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (j9HX3)

266 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

Well, it's a consequence of terrible American foreign policy, so K-car.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (JtPV8)

267 257 A Renault Dauphine

Posted by: CN at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (ONvIw)

268 That happens to me once or twice a year. Quick head cold, with the crud settling in my chest and giving me hacking bronchitis until I give in and get my doc to give me antibiotics. Sucks.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 30, 2021 10:19 AM (m+jkK)

I've mentioned before I belong to a concierge medical service. When I called my PCP, he had me go to a quick clinic for strep and kung flu testing before he would do anything. I haven't got back to him yet to get some antibiotics; I'm just lazy and depressed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (2JVJo)

269 Chat Wars were a thing, with Microsoft and AOL and Yahoo battling it out with ancient powerhouses like ICQ and IRC, only for all to die with SMS and in-mail chat from the likes of Google and then the titanic rise of social media.

It's worth noting to annoy certain people that ICQ was Israeli (as was the core technology in Windows 95/9

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:28 AM (ZGrMX)

270 How painful must acute syphilis be if a dude will let a doctor stick a red hot corkscrew up his pecker on the off chance that things will improve?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:16 AM

I know, right? Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.
Posted by: A candiru

Shiver me timbers!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:28 AM (dwZfR)

271 Email lists for discussing books or series. AIM and the other... SQL? was another instant messenger. SQC?

Television Without Pity

loved that site for discussing TV and movies too

the networks/media empires hated it, bought it, closed it down

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:28 AM (j9HX3)

272 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

******

Plymouth Variant...

...er...

...Valiant

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:28 AM (m45I2)

273 257 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
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Basically a Checkered Cab full of seminal fluids from strangers.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 30, 2021 10:29 AM (uia9V)

274 How painful must acute syphilis be if a dude will let a doctor stick a red hot corkscrew up his pecker on the off chance that things will improve?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021

***
Gives a whole new meaning to "up yours," and to "down the tube(s)."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:29 AM (txdEq)

275 Well, it's a consequence of terrible American foreign policy, so K-car.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2021 10:27 AM (JtPV

I was going to say a Gremlin but I like K-car . A nondescript forgettable car that was promoted by the company as something special.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:29 AM (fgzLM)

276 And why do they call it 'the clap'?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (m45I2)

Well, I didn't know the answer, so I checked, and now I know more than I would have preferred.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 10:29 AM (Q9lwr)

277 ICQ! That was it. IIRC, the interface was better than AIM. You had a small little friends list open all the time, so it was easy to send messanges.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (csEWM)

278 276 Well, I didn't know the answer, so I checked, and now I know more than I would have preferred.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021 10:29 AM (Q9lwr)

=========

This feels like an inappropriate moment to ask for pictures.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (LvTSG)

279
It's been a solid three weeks now. Settled into a hacking cough, raw throat and mucus in the lungs. Nothing medicinal helps.

Week two. Same. Horrible cough. Harfed up my soup last night. Working from home today.

Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (qpolg)

280 Personally, I relish the thought of the communists coming to kill me, as I will have the opportunity to kill them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (o2MD2)

281 post-cold secondary infections suck

I am prone to bronchitis and throat infections

once you get one bad, you are prone

SO .. hit any cold hard, early is the solution (it doesn't always work). Advil Cold and Sinus (the real one!) all day, plenty of zinc, and a serious nighttime cold med. prevent and shorten your cold as much as possible; reduce phlegm as much as possible

it helps. because once I get the bronchitis, I'm effed for like a month (unless I get antibiotics but I do try not to if possible)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (j9HX3)

282 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

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A 1984 Ford Escort.

Or a 1974 Volvo 164, the model that often ruptured fuel lines and burned up. (Happened to me.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (txdEq)

283 HERE WE PLAN TO KILL ALL WHITE PEOPLE

Everyone has a plan until we open up on 'em at 300 yrds.

Posted by: Armed White People at November 30, 2021 10:30 AM (gmo/4)

284 Willowed from the Morning report:

The full interview of Tucker Carlson with RFK Jr. about his book on Fauci is here: https://tinyurl.com/yckm663c

At some points, the old flake sounds like an old-time Democrat in defending the Constitution, saying all the amendments but the 2nd have been cancelled during the last year (although they're not quartering troops in our houses yet in violation of the 3rd.) He also says we should love our freedom more than we fear a germ. I enjoy seeing such cracks in the Democrat coalition.

Posted by: Brett at November 30, 2021 10:31 AM (uO9il)

285 Television Without Pity

loved that site for discussing TV and movies too

the networks/media empires hated it, bought it, closed it down
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:28 AM (j9HX3)

Yep. Checking a couple different sites that I cannot remember the names for episode synopsis for your favorite shows you missed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:31 AM (csEWM)

286 Is the dude in her right checking her pulse??

Posted by: runner at November 30, 2021 10:31 AM (faXIs)

287 Modern women's retort: Why buy the pig when you just want some sausage?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 30, 2021 10:31 AM (4I/2K)

288 245 It looks the way a lot of modern movies look, dim and unclear as to what's happening.

Some of that's because most flat-panel consumer TVs have significantly worse ability to show detail in dark areas than CRTs (or good old analog film) does. So your average under-$1000 flat panel will make those movies look washed out and muddy, while they're fine on a more expensive OLED set or an old 1990s Trinitron.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:22 AM (ZGrMX)

In May 2015 I bought two of the few remaining new-in-box plasma tv's. A 51-inch Samsung and a 50-inch LG. I'm very satisfied with the imaging of everything from old movies to live sports. The Samsung does everything except sports slightly better to my eye, though. I have no idea what I'd get today for a replacement if one failed.

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 10:31 AM (AMIL/)

289 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

One of those wretched little Smart Fortwo things.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (dfRN6)

290 She got Joetatoe's fourth jab.

Posted by: torabora at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (fbHXO)

291 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)

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The Yugo of variants.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! (Non Compos Anus) at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (mZ3xv)

292 I would say the people in the painting are gentle folk, as their mutt has his own bunk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (o2MD2)

293 Well, I didn't know the answer, so I checked, and now I know more than I would have preferred.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

******

Rookie mistake!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (m45I2)

294 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

Chevy Vega....any year.

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (AwYPR)

295 Seen a few pictures of WH decoration, kids could have done better

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 10:32 AM (Dhqsd)

296 And why do they call it 'the clap'? Do you give the doctor a standing ovation if he effects a cure?
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That one slayed them at the Leiden Commedia Fest!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (UHVv4)

297 And why do they call it 'the clap'?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021
*
Well, I didn't know the answer, so I checked, and now I know more than I would have preferred.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 30, 2021

***
Thankfully my mother's old-school nursing textbooks, into which I illicitly peeked as a kid, had nothing specific about syphilis. Or maybe I just stopped after the pics of elephantiasis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (txdEq)

298 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)
++++
If we're talking about the COVID response generally, though, I would go with the later Soviet ZIL limousine/staff car. They had a gigantic 7.7 liter engine (425 cu in) and with such a huge power plant, it managed to produce just 315 HP that was sent through a sluggish three-speed automatic that could accelerate the car to 100 KM/h in an arduous 13 seconds flat-out, and do all of that a staggering 9 MPG...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (DU+/6)

299 Worth noting that classical music went to shit at about the same time that they cured syphilis.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (sGnvY)

300 295 Seen a few pictures of WH decoration, kids could have done better

yeah Skip it's REALLY BAD

comical!

btw local peeps - its way worth it to go to Longwood this year even tho half the Conservatory is closed. they did a great job - but go on a night that isn't too freezing. most of the cool stuff is now outside.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (j9HX3)

301 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note

An El Camino?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (FVME7)

302 For those sick who have killer sore throats, if the medicine is failing, I'd suggest raw honey in warm tea (so you don't kill the rawness in the honey) and sip all day. It will both coat the throat and has some anti-viral and anti-biotic qualities that may help on top of the "coat" effect. You can also spread raw honey on toast and have it with the tea. Manuka is the "best", but any raw honey will give helpful qualities...

I'd also suggest some outdoor sunshine sitting midday for the vitamin d and the non-constantly-germed air...

Posted by: Nova local at November 30, 2021 10:34 AM (exHjb)

303 297 Thankfully my mother's old-school nursing textbooks, into which I illicitly peeked as a kid, had nothing specific about syphilis. Or maybe I just stopped after the pics of elephantiasis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (txdEq)

========

Saw the Elephant Man, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:34 AM (LvTSG)

304 I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production. Absolute factory made piece of junk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:35 AM (o2MD2)

305 Thankfully my mother's old-school nursing textbooks, into which I illicitly peeked as a kid, had nothing specific about syphilis. Or maybe I just stopped after the pics of elephantiasis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021

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Saw the Elephant Man, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021

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That is probably why I never have seen that film!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (txdEq)

306 If we're talking about the COVID response generally, though, I would go with the later Soviet ZIL limousine/staff car. They had a gigantic 7.7 liter engine (425 cu in) and with such a huge power plant, it managed to produce just 315 HP that was sent through a sluggish three-speed automatic that could accelerate the car to 100 KM/h in an arduous 13 seconds flat-out, and do all of that a staggering 9 MPG...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (DU+/6)

Luxury cars have always had huge engines. It is not so much about power as it is how smooth the ride and flow of that power is.

I will also note that those number were hit by luxury American cars of the 30s. Aside from HP which even for a gigantic engine was more in the 200s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (csEWM)

307 Chicken noodle soup, followed by a blowjob.

Good for whatever ails you.

Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (4I/2K)

308 I'd also suggest some outdoor sunshine sitting midday for the vitamin d and the non-constantly-germed air...
Posted by: Nova local at November 30, 2021 10:34 AM (exHjb)
++++
This latter is universally good advice. For me, if I have a sore throat/chest cold that isn't due to something like Strep, I have great results with saline nasal irrigation (it's unpleasant, but it works well for me) and a mild OTC steroid nasal spray like Flonase (not right after each other - I do irrigation then follow it up an hour later with nasal spray, and do that twice a day for persistent sore throats and chest colds).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (DU+/6)

309 The clap is slang for gonorrhea right? I thought it came from French name for whorehouse.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (fgzLM)

310 And the outdoors midday sunshine does have the mood enhancing effect to help encourage the doc phone call...

Posted by: Nova local at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (exHjb)

311 The late '90s wouldn't have been the same without Eli the Bearded.

Porn always has been in the forefront of popular technology.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (DwF62)

312 In May 2015 I bought two of the few remaining new-in-box plasma tv's. A 51-inch Samsung and a 50-inch LG. I'm very satisfied with the imaging of everything from old movies to live sports. The Samsung does everything except sports slightly better to my eye, though. I have no idea what I'd get today for a replacement if one failed.

I have a 2013 (last year they made them) Panasonic top-of-the-line plasma that I got for half price after they were discontinued. The 2021 LG OLEDs look as good and are pretty cheap ($1800 for the 60"), and high-dynamic range is a much better gimmick than 3D was. But my existing set continues to work so well 7 years later that I'm not in a hurry to change either.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (ZGrMX)

313 305 Saw the Elephant Man, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021

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That is probably why I never have seen that film!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (txdEq)

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Film?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

314 298 If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?
Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:25 AM (fgzLM)
++++
If we're talking about the COVID response generally, though, I would go with the later Soviet ZIL limousine/staff car. They had a gigantic 7.7 liter engine (425 cu in) and with such a huge power plant, it managed to produce just 315 HP that was sent through a sluggish three-speed automatic that could accelerate the car to 100 KM/h in an arduous 13 seconds flat-out, and do all of that a staggering 9 MPG...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (DU+/6)

*****************
Beware of the ZIL. There are varients.

Posted by: torabora at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (fbHXO)

315 Chevy Vega....any year.
Posted by: BignJames

Ah, memories. My first car that I bought used using money earned from my part-time job in high school was the 76 Chevy Vega with the American flag red, white, and blue paint theme.

It was a piece of crap, but I was so proud of that car.

Posted by: Biergood at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (FQWHA)

316 An El Camino?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 10:33 AM (FVME7)

With astroturf in the bed.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (fgzLM)

317 I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production.

*waves*

Posted by: Chevette at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (nfrXX)

318 I will also note that those number were hit by luxury American cars of the 30s. Aside from HP which even for a gigantic engine was more in the 200s.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (csEWM)
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Right, I dig it. In the early days, it was all like that. Those later ZIL models were in the 80s and held on until the early aughts, though.

And yeah. Smoothness. My Lincoln has a 4.6L V8 that generates around 240 HP but does it so very smoothly and confidently. And with comparatively poor fuel economy. Real nice, though!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (DU+/6)

319 "Chicken noodle soup, followed by a blowjob. "

and the circle closes

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (w9UC1)

320 After an initial rollout success, the Dauphin was hailed as the worst piece of French engineering since the Maginot Line.

Posted by: CN at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (ONvIw)

321 matt berry (who is also in the series) was in that meta comedy, darth marenghis dark place, where he plays an bargain basement steven king, who writes a tv series where he plays a plays an actor, rick dagless who is in a hospital where there eldritch things happen, I think I got that right,

Posted by: no 6 at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (hMlTh)

322 I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production.

*waves*
Posted by: Chevette at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (nfrXX)

You get my vote, Chevette.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Meatbag at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (4I/2K)

323 304 I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production. Absolute factory made piece of junk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:35 AM (o2MD2)

Earlier-than-normal planned obsolescence a for Detroit product, plus a guaranteed boost in business for the service and parts departments! The Vega Design Team must have received huge bonuses!

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 10:39 AM (AMIL/)

324 320 After an initial rollout success, the Dauphin was hailed as the worst piece of French engineering since the Maginot Line.
Posted by: CN at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (ONvIw)

Actually, the Maginot was a nice bit of overengineering- considering it's entire purpose was to force Germany to go through the low countries and get France allies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:39 AM (csEWM)

325 The Elephant Man did not have elephantiasis.

Elephantiasis is dramatic enlargement of a lower extremity caused by lymphatic system blockage.

The Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, a condition characterized by (sometimes rather large) soft fleshy skin tumors.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (m45I2)

326 "I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production. "

There's been so many since 1972 it's hard to pick one, V6 Citation? Early Northstar Cadillacs? Geo Metro?

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (w9UC1)

327 *waves*
Posted by: Chevette at November 30, 2021 10:37 AM (nfrXX)

No way, man. The Chevette was a bastion of reliability compared to the Vega. Vega was a cartoon come to life. Parts falling off as you drive down the road in a cloud of oil smoke.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (o2MD2)

328 After an initial rollout success, the Dauphin was hailed as the worst piece of French engineering since the Maginot Line.
Posted by: CN at November 30, 2021

***
I rented a Renault Alliance for a day in '83. It drove all right for a small car, but I was glad to bring it back to the rental shop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (txdEq)

329 307 Chicken noodle soup, followed by a blowjob.

Good for whatever ails you.
Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera at November 30, 2021 10:36 AM (4I/2K)
**************
Drop on in Sailor. I'm home. Bored stiff.

Posted by: Kamela Harris at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (fbHXO)

330 The Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, a condition characterized by (sometimes rather large) soft fleshy skin tumors.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (m45I2)

Hah I learned that from watching Dr Pimple Popper.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (fgzLM)

331 321 matt berry (who is also in the series) was in that meta comedy, darth marenghis dark place, where he plays an bargain basement steven king, who writes a tv series where he plays a plays an actor, rick dagless who is in a hospital where there eldritch things happen, I think I got that right,
Posted by: no 6 at November 30, 2021 10:38 AM (hMlTh)

==========

Matt Berry is the funniest man alive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

332 Matt Berry is the funniest man alive.

he really really is!

just him walking can set me off (especially in Garth Merenghi)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (j9HX3)

333 325 The Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, a condition characterized by (sometimes rather large) soft fleshy skin tumors.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (m45I2)

=========

I thought he had about 20 things, of which elephantiasis was one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (LvTSG)

334 Now that you're gone, oh Ria,
I think of you every time I urinate.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (UHVv4)

335 Florida has the lowest covid case rate in America but, with Omicron, lefty totalitarians still have hope!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (1DGjJ)

336 The Elephant Man did not have elephantiasis.

Elephantiasis is dramatic enlargement of a lower extremity caused by lymphatic system blockage.

The Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, a condition characterized by (sometimes rather large) soft fleshy skin tumors.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021

***
Right, but either way, the notion of a human looking anything like an elephant, no matter what the cause, is disturbing to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (txdEq)

337 Matt Berry is the funniest man alive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

"Twenty thousand pounds to a wise man in India, and I'm wankered on Rohypnol...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (6FeV1)

338 The Fiero was a coffin with wheels.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (mfElR)

339 335 Florida has the lowest covid case rate in America but, with Omicron, lefty totalitarians still have hope!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (1DGjJ)

==========

"I am terrified of covid to the point that I wanted to throw away a great economy to defeat it. I will now move to Florida."
-Progressives, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (LvTSG)

340 The Vega had the misfortune of being in production during the time that the UAW was actively trying to sabotage GM.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (nfrXX)

341 There's been so many since 1972 it's hard to pick one, V6 Citation? Early Northstar Cadillacs? Geo Metro?

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (w9UC1)

How about that 350 cid engine...converted to diesel?

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (AwYPR)

342 335 Florida has the lowest covid case rate in America but, with Omicron, lefty totalitarians still have hope!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 10:42 AM (1DGjJ)

The sad part is, this is a clear case of what the founder's intended- laboratories of democracy. Citizens could look at what worked and what didn't and go from there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (csEWM)

343 Elephant man didn't look like an elephant, he looked like a walking, talking, living humanoid tumor. Tragic life.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (o2MD2)

344 342 The sad part is, this is a clear case of what the founder's intended- laboratories of democracy. Citizens could look at what worked and what didn't and go from there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (csEWM)

==========

"How about, instead, we break California and then force everyone to be California because if everyone is broken like California then we'll all be great? Can we try that?"
-Modern progressives

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, holy crap, John Ford made a lot of movies in the 1930s at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (LvTSG)

345 There's been so many since 1972 it's hard to pick one, V6 Citation? Early Northstar Cadillacs? Geo Metro?

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021
*
How about that 350 cid engine...converted to diesel?
Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021

***
Or the 4-6-8 Cadillac engines?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (txdEq)

346 "How about that 350 cid engine...converted to diesel?"

Also a fan favorite.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (w9UC1)

347 The sad part is, this is a clear case of what the founder's intended- laboratories of democracy. Citizens could look at what worked and what didn't and go from there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (csEWM)

That's the basis for the petition in California to split the state up. Competition.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (fgzLM)

348 that dead pan delivery, there's also aylward (sic) who plays his producer dean learner, who also plays it straight,

Posted by: no 6 at November 30, 2021 10:45 AM (hMlTh)

349 And now, a medical moment with Fang Bang Swalwell . . .

Your unvaxxed status is creating new variants.

-
I hope you're happy! You didn't get vaccinated and now Omicron Rex ravishes the country side!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 10:45 AM (FVME7)

350 "...laboratories of democracy."

I've always hated that metaphor, which is as threadbare as "the fabric of society." Aside from the fact that the states are supposed to be republics, not democracies, the notion that the citizens are to be experimented upon by the governments is straight-up tyrrany.

Posted by: Brett at November 30, 2021 10:46 AM (uO9il)

351 "I hope you're happy!"

I am, but I credit it to the chicken soup and the blowjob.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:46 AM (w9UC1)

352 Worst car ever in the history of the world? I give you the Trabant!

Posted by: Armed White People at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (gmo/4)

353 I hope you're happy! You didn't get vaccinated and now Omicron Rex ravishes the country side!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021

***
Did someone say "ravished"?

Posted by: Kamala H. at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (txdEq)

354 352 Worst car ever in the history of the world? I give you the Trabant!

Posted by: Armed White People at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (gmo/4)

Step aside!
/Yugo

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (o2MD2)

355 Is Ben Domenech gone from Federalist? He seems to write only on his substack and his podcast link on their site is shut down.

I hope he is still there. Unlike some (I know), I enjoy his stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (1DGjJ)

356 I've always hated that metaphor, which is as threadbare as "the fabric of society." Aside from the fact that the states are supposed to be republics, not democracies, the notion that the citizens are to be experimented upon by the governments is straight-up tyrrany.
Posted by: Brett at November 30, 2021 10:46 AM (uO9il)

Except that the people are supposed to be the scientists. They are supposed to be in charge of the government.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:48 AM (csEWM)

357 >>>If Omicron was a transformer what kind of car would it be?

>Chevy Monza. My high school friend had one and used to pretend he was driving a ferrari.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 30, 2021 10:48 AM (BPuaD)

358 The Vega had the misfortune of being in production during the time that the UAW was actively trying to sabotage GM.
====================
They just finished what the designer's started. IIRC, didn't some wild-ass-country boys drop big blocks in Vegas and tear up 1/4 mis?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 30, 2021 10:48 AM (7Fj9P)

359 As the last of the possible suitors left for the day, the lena dunham looking maiden sits quietly in deep thought. The dude with the Ming the merciless helmet says under his breath "yeah, that went well". Trying to console her, the quaker oats hat wearing dude says "I can try and bring him back, but he left so fast he didn't even close the front door"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 30, 2021 10:49 AM (VwHCD)

360 I am, but I credit it to the chicken soup and the blowjob.
Posted by: IP

Chicken Soup = Jewish Penicillin

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:49 AM (dwZfR)

361 I once owned a Datsun B210 - Bought is new. The car slowed down when the air conditioner compressor kicked on.

Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021 10:50 AM (gmo/4)

362 Omg bishes, look at what the left is doing to our country.

Posted by: Megan McCain at November 30, 2021 10:50 AM (28b0e)

363 "IIRC, didn't some wild-ass-country boys drop big blocks in Vegas and tear up 1/4 mis?"

Racers still do that, but the old Buick V6's were almost a direct bolt in back in the day.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:50 AM (w9UC1)

364 They just finished what the designer's started. IIRC, didn't some wild-ass-country boys drop big blocks in Vegas and tear up 1/4 mis?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 30, 2021 10:48 AM (7Fj9P)

Tore out rear ends too.

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 10:50 AM (AwYPR)

365 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. Interesting art. I slept in so I assume its all been said. Sniper has an interesting shot.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 30, 2021 10:50 AM (axyOa)

366 Chicken soup really does help a cold, but flushing your sinuses with warm salt water laced with a few drops of iodine helps a lot more.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (o2MD2)

367 Colin Brazier @colinbrazierGBN; 5h
While we still can.... today, let's celebrate the birthday of Winston Churchill. A man who mobilised the English language to defeat the darkest tyranny the world had ever known. #Churchill

https://tinyurl.com/mwwnwu34

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (UHVv4)

368 Chevy Monza. My high school friend had one and used to pretend he was driving a ferrari.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 30, 2021 10:48 AM (BPuaD)

Chevy Monza....luxury Vega

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (AwYPR)

369 Longwood Garden pre Covid was a spectacular holiday trip, sadly probably haven't gone in 20 years but have gone there many times

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (Dhqsd)

370 How about that 350 cid engine...converted to diesel?

The Oldsmobile Diesel is the correct answer for "worst thing GM ever made", although there's definitely stiff competition.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (ZGrMX)

371 "but flushing your sinuses with warm salt water"

My almost paralyzing fear of drowning keeps me from ever doing that.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (w9UC1)

372 Wish I did these last some years to send a few pictures to KT

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (Dhqsd)

373 >Chevy Monza. My high school friend had one and used to pretend he was driving a ferrari.

Basically a Vega with different sheet metal. Was popular with Pro Stock teams for a while, presumably for the aerodynamics.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (nfrXX)

374 @colinbrazierGBN
While we still can.... today, let's celebrate the birthday of Winston Churchill. A man who mobilised the English language to defeat the darkest tyranny the world had ever known. #Churchill

https://tinyurl.com/mwwnwu34
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (UHVv4)
++++
Indeed. Among other things, he mobilized the English language better than any other man in history with the possible exception of Shakespeare.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (DU+/6)

375 347 The sad part is, this is a clear case of what the founder's intended- laboratories of democracy. Citizens could look at what worked and what didn't and go from there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 10:43 AM (csEWM)

That's the basis for the petition in California to split the state up. Competition.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:44 AM (fgzLM)

The Founders did not foresee the post-Civil War American Experiment. If they had, most would have predicted a failed experiment, and as of now would have been proved prescient, unfortunately. Due to the Democrat Party, a pox on America they could not specifically foresee.

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (AMIL/)

376 Well Hon, you have to admit, you gave it up pretty quickly. What did I tell you about the third date?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (mD/uy)

377 Chevy Monza....luxury Vega

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 10:51 AM (AwYPR)

lol, so true.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (VwHCD)

378 358 The Vega had the misfortune of being in production during the time that the UAW was actively trying to sabotage GM.
====================
They just finished what the designer's started. IIRC, didn't some wild-ass-country boys drop big blocks in Vegas and tear up 1/4 mis?

The Vega platform was a nice design, badly made but a nice design.

The engine...well, just about every German manufacturer ended up using the same high-silicon die-cast aluminum block technology that GM and Reynolds cooked up for the Vega (Kolbenschmidt Alusil = Reynolds 390) but where GM effed up was that they took this open-deck aluminum block and put an IRON HEAD on it with a CHEAP STEEL SHIM head gasket and you ended up with radically different thermal expansion between the two.

Add to this general American unfamiliarity with aluminum block engines and the coolant requirements thereof, and you had a pasty white mess of an engine.

But, like I said, thirty years of German engines have used that same technology, with aluminum heads and good head gaskets.

Posted by: JEM at November 30, 2021 10:53 AM (cZPWv)

379 361 I once owned a Datsun B210 - Bought it new.

The family Honeybee was what I learned to drive stick in. It's also why I know a shit-ton of 60s songs, as it only had an AM radio and the only music station that came in clearly played oldies (back before 80s music became "oldies.")

Posted by: red speck at November 30, 2021 10:53 AM (gS3OW)

380 Not tonight, I got a haddock

Posted by: Kip Odata at November 30, 2021 10:53 AM (QEsfM)

381 My almost paralyzing fear of drowning keeps me from ever doing that.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM (w9UC1)

Don't anyone buy that nasal flusher thing on TV for Christmas for IP, then.

Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021 10:54 AM (gmo/4)

382 There's something to be said for the first 5 speed manuals GM tried to put in their 1985 Firebird/Camaro mated to the anemic 305. Those transmissions were shitboxes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2021 10:54 AM (BFigT)

383 I once owned a Datsun B210 - Bought is new. The car slowed down when the air conditioner compressor kicked on.

My dad had an Opel Kadet. When you turned on the headlights, you could see the temperature gauge rise.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2021 10:54 AM (nfrXX)

384 The Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, a condition characterized by (sometimes rather large) soft fleshy skin tumors.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 30, 2021 10:40 AM (m45I2)

The actor Rondo Hatton had acromegaly, which gave him a niche in horror films for Universal in the 1940s.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 10:55 AM (2JVJo)

385 Add a happy little bush or or two? It's your painting!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 30, 2021 10:55 AM (a3Q+t)

386 "Don't anyone buy that nasal flusher thing on TV for Christmas for IP, then. "

I will and do change the channel when that commercial comes on.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:55 AM (w9UC1)

387
Don't anyone buy that nasal flusher thing on TV for Christmas for IP, then.
Posted by: Archer at November 30, 2021 10:54 AM (gmo/4)

A guy here did and died from a brain eating amoeba.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 10:55 AM (UuD2k)

388 My almost paralyzing fear of drowning keeps me from ever doing that.

Posted by: IP

Don't anyone buy that nasal flusher thing on TV for Christmas for IP, then.
Posted by: Archer

Crap.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 10:56 AM (dwZfR)

389 Sick with or sick of?

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 10:56 AM (KAi1n)

390 Worst car ever in the history of the world? I give you the Trabant!
=======================
TopGear did a bit on this 3 wheeled car, 2 in back, 1 in front, that was made in England. It was laugh out loud funny. Clarkson would turn the thing on its side on even low speed turns. There's a whole society of nerds who are into those cars over there.
Ralph Nader hardest hit.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 30, 2021 10:56 AM (7Fj9P)

391 Don't anyone buy that nasal flusher thing on TV for Christmas for IP, then. "

I will and do change the channel when that commercial comes on.
Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:55 AM (w9UC1)

You would not do well with water boarding.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 30, 2021 10:57 AM (fgzLM)

392 Datsun B210, heh. I ran over a full grown Holstein cow with one of those in a snowstorm in the southern New Mexico Rockies. Was prolly airborne for 50+ feet.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 30, 2021 10:57 AM (o2MD2)

393 You would not do well with water boarding.
Posted by: Just a side note

But water sports are still in play, right?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (mD/uy)

394 "You would not do well with water boarding. "

Nope. But I would not talk, I would die.

Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (w9UC1)

395 GM films describing how to sell Vegas and Monzas to the masses

https://tinyurl.com/32pkab34

https://tinyurl.com/58xd23hh

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (AMIL/)

396 TopGear did a bit on this 3 wheeled car, 2 in back, 1 in front, that was made in England. It was laugh out loud funny. Clarkson would turn the thing on its side on even low speed turns. There's a whole society of nerds who are into those cars over there.

Reliant Robin. Some auto YouTubers have one for the laughs.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (ZGrMX)

397 Nope. But I would not talk, I would die.
Posted by: IP at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (w9UC1)

Interrogator: "... but we haven't even started yet?"

IP: *dead*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 10:59 AM (6FeV1)

398 DOW down 500+. Biden is angry with us.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 30, 2021 10:59 AM (uia9V)

399 326 "I would postulate that the Chevy Vega was probably the worst car GM ever put into production. "

There's been so many since 1972 it's hard to pick one... Geo Metro?

Rented a cheap car for a house-hunting recon trip ages ago. Ended up being a Metro. My God, the way it screamed and shimmied on the Mass Pike, it was like driving a go-kart in freeway traffic.

Posted by: red speck at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (gS3OW)

400 -
While we still can.... today, let's celebrate the birthday of Winston Churchill. A man who mobilised the English language to defeat the darkest tyranny the world had ever known. #Churchill
Posted by: andycanuck
++++
Indeed. Among other things, he mobilized the English language better than any other man in history with the possible exception of Shakespeare.
Posted by: Joe Mannix -
----
(walks away dejected)

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (8rX4S)

401 I wish I had some chicken soup right now, but I'm just about to flush eight hours of my life down the toilet.

A daily staple at MGM was chicken matzoh ball soup, made from a recipe of studio chief Louis B Mayer's mother. It had to have fresh-killed chicken in it every day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (2JVJo)

402 500 points off the DOW is barely even noise in the measurement.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (6FeV1)

403 TopGear did a bit on this 3 wheeled car, 2 in back, 1 in front, that was made in England.

If I could afford a car just for its curiosity value, I would totally have a BMW Iseta.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (nfrXX)

404 Nood ape

Posted by: 496 at November 30, 2021 11:01 AM (VJsqe)

405 The Founders did not foresee the post-Civil War American Experiment. If they had, most would have predicted a failed experiment, and as of now would have been proved prescient, unfortunately. Due to the Democrat Party, a pox on America they could not specifically foresee.

Posted by: Gref at November 30, 2021 10:52 AM

Benjamin Franklin knew the great experiment was doomed to fail from the start and he said so. A couple of others harbored some reservations about the success of the new Country also but they were not as upfront as Ben was.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 30, 2021 11:01 AM (bVYXr)

406 Reliant Robin. Some auto YouTubers have one for the laughs.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 10:58 AM (ZGrMX)

You know, they made that car for 30 years. The Top Gear one was modified to roll over more easily.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 30, 2021 11:02 AM (UuD2k)

407 Commies in charge: Twitter will no longer allow videos of politicians doing or saying embarrassing or criminal things. Also, no other videos.

To publish a video on twitter, as of today, you have to have written permission from everyone in the video.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 11:02 AM (1DGjJ)

408 Nood. Monkey up.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 30, 2021 11:02 AM (GcCnI)

409 402 500 points off the DOW is barely even noise in the measurement.
---------------
Did you forget the Black Friday 800+ selloff?

Scary Bugs from Africa is shutting down the world.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 30, 2021 11:02 AM (uia9V)

410 @kristina_wong; 16h
From the Marine Corps: "To date, there have been 2,441 requests for religious accommodation concerning the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. At this time, 1,902 have been processed and zero requests have been approved."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 30, 2021 11:02 AM (UHVv4)

411 Ended up being a Metro. My God, the way it screamed and shimmied on the Mass Pike, it was like driving a go-kart in freeway traffic.

Posted by: red speck at November 30, 2021 11:00 AM (gS3OW)

Well...yeah.

Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2021 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

412 Tonypete -

The day is the feast of St. of Andrew Apostle !

Check out of the novena !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 11:03 AM (arJlL)

413 I'm deleting all " giving Tuesday " bullshit, with rude comments reservedfor the " giving back" bastards who don't ask looters to " give back" but treat responsible people like thieves who have stolen what they earn. FTS.

Posted by: CN at November 30, 2021 11:04 AM (ONvIw)

414 Rented a cheap car for a house-hunting recon trip ages ago. Ended up being a Metro. My God, the way it screamed and shimmied on the Mass Pike, it was like driving a go-kart in freeway traffic.

I had a rental early-2000s Ford Taurus after a woman talking on a cellphone hit me in 2006 and if you went over 70 MPH it got *really* sporty in a bad way.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 30, 2021 11:06 AM (ZGrMX)

415 355 Is Ben Domenech gone from Federalist? He seems to write only on his substack and his podcast link on their site is shut down.

I hope he is still there. Unlike some (I know), I enjoy his stuff.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2021 10:47 AM (1DGjJ)

Interestingly enough, that's a hard question to answer. He's listed at the top of the 'staff' page on the site, but Bre Payton is still there as well, and she died in 2018.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 30, 2021 11:06 AM (GcCnI)

416 The Telegraph
@Telegraph
Nov 27, 2021
A Wikipedia entry detailing "mass killings under Communist regimes" faces being purged from the platform over fears about bias

The Socialist Party
@OfficialSPGB
It should also be deleted due to ignorance. The Soviet Union, China etc never had communism - a class-free society where the people collectively own and control the means of production. It only ever had state capitalism.

-
I still don't understand the part about "fears about bias." I guess some people just don't like mass murder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 30, 2021 11:06 AM (FVME7)

417 The Socialist Party
@OfficialSPGB
It should also be deleted due to ignorance. The Soviet Union, China etc never had communism - a class-free society where the people collectively own and control the means of production. It only ever had state capitalism.
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It achieved the melding of state and religion and produced serfdom. Very progressive wouldn't you say?

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 30, 2021 11:15 AM (uia9V)

418 Ay when you take of the bodice do your tits get smaller?

Posted by: Randy at November 30, 2021 01:28 PM (khAUc)

419 You know it always seems the Pizza Man will never arrive

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 30, 2021 06:54 PM (wGqjj)

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